Chapter 178 I miss you, and I miss you too.
What Xia Qingxi didn't expect was that there was a hundred yuan in it.
She couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Wu was really generous. This hundred yuan, if put in today's time, would be a huge thank you for the matchmaking. Now that she had accepted the money herself, Xia Qingxi felt a little guilty.
Because she had to go to the army soon, she couldn't attend their wedding, but the wedding gifts could be sent to them in advance.
Xia Qingxi didn't go anywhere during the day and rested at home all day. When Lu Baichuan came back in the evening, she told him that she wanted to invite her family to her home to play for a few days.
Lu Baichuan readily agreed and took out money for Xia Qingxi to treat them well.
When Lu left in a panic, he had left money. The 400 yuan that his mother secretly gave him last time had not yet been paid to them. His salary added up to more than 200 yuan, and there was also the matchmaking money that Xiao Wu gave him. All in all, it was about 700 to 800 yuan.
When the family was divided last time, Lu Baichuan had just bought a house. In the future, he would not only be responsible for the daily life of the family, raising Lu Xiaoxue, but also helping Yao Hongmei. The economy was not expected to be good during this period, so Xia Qingying did not accept his money.
The next day, Xia Qingying called back, and Guo Yumei, who was here, looked anxious and hurried to the township government to answer the phone.
Ever since she received a call from Lu Lidong four years ago asking her to go to the city, she has had a psychological shadow when answering the phone, fearing that something might have happened to her daughter again.
Later, the original body listened to Wang Mingfang and rarely contacted her family. She had not called home for almost three or four years. Although Guo Yumei missed her daughter, no news was the news of safety for her.
She was weeding rice in the field when she suddenly heard a radio broadcast asking her to answer the phone. Guo Yumei's clothes were all muddy, and she didn't bother to change them. She walked out of the field and ran to the township government. Xia Qingshu was also nervous and limped behind Guo Yumei.
Guo Yumei knew that he would feel uncomfortable if he walked fast, so she told him not to follow her and to go by himself. Xia Qingshu could not wait for her, so she told her mother to walk quickly and not to worry about her.
Guo Yumei hurried to the township government and found that her youngest son Qingcao had already arrived. He was sitting there nervously answering the phone. He was not even wearing shoes and came barefoot. It seemed that he had heard the radio broadcast and ran here as soon as possible.
Seeing his mother coming over breathlessly, Xia Qingcao quickly stood up from the chair and let her sit.
Guo Yumei looked at the mud on her body and was afraid of dirtying other people's chairs. She waved her hand and said that she was not tired and let him sit.
Xia Qingcao was originally more mature than other children of the same age. She could guess her mother's thoughts as soon as she saw her mother's movements. She was also afraid that she would dirty other people's chairs and embarrass her mother, so she did not insist on letting her mother sit.
The two stood and sat like this, anxiously waiting for Xia Qingqing to call.
Seeing that both of them looked nervous, in order to adjust the atmosphere, the village party secretary on the side asked them jokingly:
"Old Guo's family, are all the barefoot immortals in your family? No one wears shoes?"
Guo Yumei looked down and found that she had forgotten to wear shoes. She ran too fast when she came out of the rice field just now and completely forgot about wearing shoes.
"Don't worry, your Qingqing just spoke in a happy voice." The village party secretary comforted the two.
"Her voice is quite good?" Guo Yumei confirmed again.
"Very good, very good, she must have something good to tell you." The village party secretary said with a smile.
It's no wonder Guo Yumei was excited. Xia Qingxing had never called her in the past few years. She must have something to say now. She just murmured:
"That's good, that's good."
The two sat for nearly ten minutes, but the phone still didn't ring. The village party secretary saw their worries and comforted them:
"Don't worry, Qingxing thinks you won't be that fast. Wait a little longer, she should call again soon."
But as soon as she finished speaking, the phone rang. The village party secretary took it with a smile, said a few words to the person on the phone, and then handed the phone to Guo Yumei.
Guo Yumei's hands were shaking when she answered the phone. She asked,
"Xiaoxi, are you okay? Is everything okay?"
"Mom." Xia Qingxi called out crisply. She could hear the worry in Guo Yumei's words and said quickly,
"Don't worry, I'm fine." In order not to let her worry, she immediately told her the purpose of her call:
"I'm calling this time to ask you, brother, and Qingcao to come to the city to play for a few days."
"Come to the city to play?" Guo Yumei suspected that she had heard it wrong, and asked in disbelief.
Xia Qingcao, who was standing aside, was surprised when she heard her mother's words, but she couldn't hide her expectation in her eyes.
"Well, you, brother, and Qingcao are all coming." Xia Qingxi said.
"No, no..." Guo Yumei refused subconsciously. She knew that there was a large family living in the Lu family. Wang Mingfang smiled on the surface, but was always finding fault to "teach" her daughter behind her back. She didn't want to go and cause trouble for her daughter.
Xia Qing knew her concerns and explained to her:
"Mom, I will be going to the army in two days. I don't know when I can come back to see you. I originally planned to come back, but Jing Jing asked you to come up and play for a while." Then he continued:
"Don't worry, my father, Xiaoxue and I are the only ones living at home now. Everyone else has moved out. You have your own room and you will feel comfortable."
"They all moved out?" Guo Yumei couldn't believe it. The last time she went there, Wang Mingfang acted like a hostess. She knew at a glance that she was planning to reconcile with Lu Baichuan. How could she bear to move out?
"Well, they all moved out. We separated. I'll tell you slowly when you come." Xia Qing replied.
Hearing about the "separation of the family", Guo Yumei's heart, which had just been relieved, became tense again, and she said anxiously:
"Xiaoxi, is there something wrong with you? Are you wronged? Don't hide it from mom, mom is worried about you..."
"Mom, it's really okay, I just miss you..." Xia Qingxi replied softly.
Hearing her daughter's words, Guo Yumei's tears suddenly fell. This was the first time in four years that her daughter said she missed her so intimately on the phone. Guo Yumei was moved and wronged in her heart. She couldn't hold back for a while, and tears fell like a broken string. When
you swallow too much grievances, often a warm word can make you break down.
In order to prevent her daughter on the other end of the phone from noticing her abnormality, she tried hard to smile even though she was crying, and her voice was deliberately cheerful:
"Yes, yes, my dear, Mommy misses you too."