Chapter 483 Fulfilling the Promise
When I got home, the food was already on the table. The food for the New Year’s Eve dinner is actually almost the same every year, and the cooking method is also the same.
But after eating it, everyone agreed that this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner was particularly delicious, and even the wine in the glasses became a little more intoxicating.
Grandma Lu saw through it but didn't say anything. Qiao Qiao has been abroad for the past few years, and there is one less person at home. How could they not worry or miss each other?
At this age, it doesn’t really matter what you eat. What matters is that the family is together.
Fortunately, the children are back and life is getting better and better every year.
As the clock struck midnight, time officially entered 1977.
This was the first time that Lin Siqiao stayed in Shanghai to celebrate the New Year after her marriage. To be honest, she had a very comfortable Spring Festival.
She doesn't have to worry about work or what will happen in the future. She just has to open her mouth and open her mouth for food and stretch out her hand for clothes. In her free time, she can go shopping and buy things. The key point is that no matter what she does, her family will give her unlimited tolerance.
After the tenth day, Lu Jianchuan accompanied Lin Siqiao back to Tongcheng.
Before the New Year, they had agreed with their families that they would stay in Shanghai for the first half of the holiday and go to Tongcheng for a short stay in the second half.
Of course, Lin Siqiao came to Tongcheng this time with a little wish.
She had said during the Spring Festival three years ago that when she had the chance in the future she would bring her grandparents to Beijing to stay for a while.
Lin Siqiao is sure that she will be very busy next year, including every year after the reform and opening up.
So now that she has some free time and her grandparents are in good health, she plans to fulfill this promise as soon as possible.
The grandparents' reaction after hearing this was exactly the same as three years ago, but this time it was different because Lin Siqiao had external help.
In the years when she was away, Lu Jianchuan would call his grandparents every New Year, and he never forgot to give them money as a gift.
It is said that a son-in-law is half a son. Now the status of Lu Jianchuan, the granddaughter-in-law, is much higher than hers.
He is very good at speaking.
In addition, Lin Siqiao also greeted his uncle and aunt in advance.
At first they didn't agree very much. Lin Siqiao knew that they were afraid of causing trouble for themselves, but she also said it clearly.
We are a family, so how can there be any question of trouble or not?
We always talk about later, but how many laters are there in life?
She didn't want to leave any regrets for herself.
Finally, after the efforts of several parties, Mrs. Qiao finally agreed.
On the Lantern Festival, the family happily had a reunion dinner.
The next morning, Lin Siqiao took her grandparents on a trip to Beijing.
Just like before, they first took a boat to Jinling. When they arrived in Jinling, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Lu Jianchuan found a nearby guesthouse and checked in.
The next morning after breakfast, he went out with several people's documents and letters of introduction.
Lin Siqiao took his grandparents for a walk around the neighborhood.
Two hours later, Lu Jianchuan came back.
It was only after Mrs. Qiao got on the three-wheeled motorcycle that she felt something was wrong. Although she could not read a few words, she knew that her mouth was right under her nose.
This morning, when she was chatting with the guesthouse waiter, she heard the other party say that the guesthouse they were staying in was just two streets away from the train station.
But now all the three-wheeled motorcycles have driven out of the city.
It was not until half an hour later that the three-wheeled motorcycle stopped outside the airport terminal and Mrs. Qiao finally realized that Qiao Qiao was going to take them on a plane.
Old Mrs. Qiao never dreamed that she would have the chance to take a plane in her lifetime.
Mr. Qiao was also extremely nervous.
But soon, the old couple thought of a problem. They only had a letter of introduction issued by the brigade. They were not eligible to buy plane tickets, let alone train tickets.
Seeing the discomfort on the two elders' faces, Lin Siqiao explained to them with a smile.
The current civil aviation tickets do have restrictions on positions. For government units, the limit is department level and above, while for the military, the limit is company level and above.
These are all fixed, but every family has elderly people and children, so out of humane considerations, an additional explanation is added on this basis.
That is, children under three years old or elderly people over sixty years old as accompanying persons only need to show a letter of introduction.
As for the price, Lin Siqiao also opened the plane ticket and showed it to the two elders.
The price for a flight from Nanjing to Beijing is 57 yuan, which is only eight yuan less than a sleeper train berth, but it’s much faster!
The point is that grandparents are old, and Lin Siqiao always wants to give them the best experience within his ability.
For this purpose, she specially chose a window seat for the two elders.
Two hours later, the plane landed at the Capital Airport, and this time Jiang Da came to pick us up again.
From the time we set out to the time we finally entered the staff quarters of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it took less than four hours in total.
Even when she sat on the sofa in the living room, Mrs. Qiao was still in a daze. She was clearly in Jinling just now, so how did she end up in Beijing in such a flash?
This speed is too fast!
It was already time for dinner and it was obviously too late to cook. After Lu Jianchuan lit the stove at home, he took his lunch box to the canteen in the staff housing complex and packed some food.
After finishing their meal, Lin Siqiao took the two elders to visit each room one by one. The house was not big and they finished the tour in less than two minutes.
Thinking that grandpa and grandma also got up early today, Lin Siqiao asked them to go back to their room and take a nap.
It was getting late today, so she didn't plan to arrange any trip for them.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qiao just waved her hands after hearing this. She was still in an excited stage, how could she fall asleep?
Not only could Mrs. Qiao not sleep, she couldn't sit still at all.
As soon as she finished touring the room, she filled a basin with warm water and started to wipe the whole room. Lin Siqiao tried to persuade her for a long time but to no avail, so he had no choice but to let her do what she wanted.
As long as she is happy.
The next morning, Lin Siqiao drove them around Beijing.
Taking into consideration that his grandparents are old, Lin Siqiao did not take too many measures and only arranged one attraction for them to visit every day, so that they would not feel tired after visiting them.
In this way, in the next ten days or so, they visited all the scenic spots big and small in Beijing, and took several barrels of film just for photos.
Soon it was mid-March, the temperature in Beijing began to gradually warm up, and it was also the planting season in the south.
The day before leaving, Mrs. Qiao packed her luggage early.
They had a lot of fun and food here during this time. They had experienced everything they should have, and it was time to go back.
Lin Siqiao was reluctant to go home, but she also knew that her grandparents had things that worried them, so she let them go.
At night, the old couple lay in bed, feeling deeply moved.
Old Mrs. Qiao thought about it and gave the old man a few more words of advice, saying that Qiao Qiao was living a good life, and they just needed to know it, and there was no need to show off these things when they returned home, so as to avoid making others jealous.
Old man Qiao nodded. He was not stupid.
After seeing off her grandparents, Lin Siqiao’s vacation was almost over.
On the 21st of the month, Lin Siqiao went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with her appointment report. What she didn't expect was that the person who received her was Senior Sister Hua.
After completing the entry procedures, Hua Chunqiu said with a smile.
"Do you have time later? If so, come sit in my office for a while?"
Lin Siqiao nodded. She had an appointment with the National Planning Commission and would go there in the afternoon.
After entering Senior Sister Hua's office, Lin Siqiao asked curiously, holding his chin.
"Senior Sister Hua, when did you come back? Why didn't we get any news beforehand?"
"I just came back less than half a month ago. I wanted to contact you. You haven't come back yet."
Hua Chunqiu poured Lin Siqiao a glass of water and then sat opposite her.
"I heard you joined two ministries, that's great."
"Same here, Deputy Director Hua."
When the staff introduced her just now, they said that Sister Hua is now the deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Management Office.
"That's different." Hua Chunqiu joked, "You can't get away with the treat."
Lin Siqiao didn't want to run away. She smiled and said, "It's just a matter of a word to treat us. How about today? Just order whatever you want to eat."
"Today... maybe not today."
After a pause, Hua Chunqiu frankly told him that she was going on a blind date at noon.
Lin Siqiao was a little confused by this news, "Blind date?"
"Yes, blind date."
Hua Chunqiu looked at Lin Siqiao's expression and roughly guessed what she was thinking.
"Don't worry, no one forced me to do this. I agreed on my own, and you also know the person for the blind date."
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