Chapter 195: Foreign Feelings 4
There was no New Year's Eve in a foreign country, let alone the concept of the Spring Festival. So when Fubao counted the calendar and found out that the Spring Festival was already underway in the capital and Pingxi Village, she was still in class. After class, she quickly pulled on her padded jacket and braved the heavy snow to return to her apartment.
Today, the international students organized an activity and everyone made dumplings together to celebrate the Spring Festival. However, Fubao returned to the apartment early. She knew that her family would definitely call her today, and she didn't want their phones to ring in vain, so she came back to wait.
Sure enough, Ning Huiyue called first, asking this and that, showing her concern in detail, and finally asked her to eat dumplings.
Fubao looked at the frozen dumplings he had bought from Overseas Chinese Town in the refrigerator. They were still cold and hadn't been put into the pot yet. He smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, Mom. The dumplings are ready. We'll put them in the pot soon."
After Ning Huiyue finished speaking, Old Man Yu came over and gave Fubao a good warning: "Fubao, don't be reluctant to spend money. Grandpa sent you money. Eat whatever you want. Don't let yourself get hurt!"
Fubao's nose turned sore after hearing this, but he still said cheerfully, "I know, Grandpa! I have everything I need. We are government-funded students studying abroad, and the government provides subsidies!"
Old Master Yu was of course delighted to hear this: "My granddaughter is really capable!"
After Old Man Yu finished speaking, Yu Jingyue quickly came over and said, "Sister, the United States is a good country, but you have to be careful and don't get cheated. There are a lot of bad people there."
Fubao burst out laughing. She didn't know why, but ever since Yu Jingyue was admitted to university, although her personality remained the same, she gradually stopped treating her as an older sister and started to treat her as a younger sister. She loved to instruct her on everything, as if she were a child and she was always worried about everything.
Yu Jingyue finished speaking and Yu Jingfei said a few simple words. Compared with other people in the family, Fubao and Yu Jingfei were not so casual. However, when she heard Yu Jingfei's words "Happy New Year, Fubao" on the microphone, Fubao was deeply moved. She smiled and said, "Thank you, brother."
A few days ago, she learned from Yu Jingyue that Yu Jingfei seemed to be very close to Feng Meini now.
Although she didn't know the details, she knew that Feng Meini admired her brother back then, but later Feng Meini felt a little ashamed of herself and became stage frightened. Although Feng Meini had Yu Jingfei's contact information after that, she rarely contacted him.
Now, after several years, the former country girl has become a well-known female writer. Her temperament is completely different from before. It can be said that the ugly duckling has transformed into a white swan.
Across the ocean, Fu Bao only occasionally spoke to Feng Meini on the phone. The phone bill was so expensive, and of course it was not convenient to chat about family matters, so it was not convenient to ask what exactly happened and who took the initiative.
But no matter what, if Feng Meini can be with Yu Jingfei, it would be a good marriage. I just hope everything goes well for them.
After Yu Jingfei talked to Fubao for a few words, he thought there was nothing to worry about. After giving him a few more instructions, he subconsciously hung up the phone.
Just as he was about to hang up, Yu Jingfei suddenly heard a "cough" sound beside him. He subconsciously looked over and saw that it was his father, who was sitting on the sofa with a serious face and a cup of tea in his hand. He seemed not to pay any attention to the person on the phone.
But Yu Jingfei still remembered that his father hadn't spoken to Fubao yet, so he asked, "Dad, do you want to say a few words to Fubao?"
Yu Anmin seemed to have just realized that they were calling Fubao, and suddenly realized: "Really? Calling? Then let me say a few words."
As soon as he said this, Yu Jingyue next to him suddenly realized something, laughed, and tried hard to hold it back, until his mouth twitched, and finally ran out quickly.
Yu Anmin walked over, coughed lightly, and started talking to Fubao. There was nothing special. He just asked her how she was doing in school. He told Fubao to study hard, learn advanced knowledge from abroad, come back to bring glory to the motherland, and be a good role model for the motherland while she was abroad and never bring shame to the motherland.
Fubao naturally agreed.
In fact, compared with other people in the family, Fubao has never been very familiar with his father. His father speaks in a more orthodox way, and he talks about all kinds of big principles and directions as soon as he opens his mouth. For example, now, he is wasting such expensive phone bills across the ocean, and during the New Year, he is talking to him about the big principles of bringing glory to the motherland.
But perhaps it was because they hadn't seen each other for too long, perhaps it was because the snow in a foreign country was too cold, or perhaps it was because his father's voice was too generous, that Fubao's nose became more and more sour.
This is the familiar hometown accent, this is family.
"Dad, I will remember what you said. I will study hard and try to learn the essence of foreign countries. When I return, I will make contributions to our country." Fubao's voice was a little choked, but she tried her best to hold it back.
Yu Anmin naturally heard it as well, and there was silence on the other end of the phone.
After a long while, Yu Anmin said, "Take good care of yourself and come back soon. Your grandpa and mom miss you very much."
After saying this, he added, "Dad misses you too."
After hanging up the phone, Fubao began to cry softly.
Snowflakes are falling outside, and there is no New Year atmosphere here. The international students may be cooking dumplings, but dumplings in a foreign country do not taste like those at home and are not delicious at all.
Fubao cried for a long time, and the phone rang again. She quickly wiped her tears, coughed a few times, took a deep breath, and then answered the phone.
The person who called this time was naturally Xiao Dingkun.
"What's wrong? Are you crying?" Before Fubao started to speak, Xiao Dingkun had already keenly noticed that something was wrong.
"Woo--" He had been planning to hide it, but now that he had been exposed, he couldn't hold it in any longer and cried softly into the phone.
"What happened?" Xiao Dingkun asked in a deep voice, "Who bullied you?"
"No!" Fubao rubbed his nose: "My parents called me just now, I miss home a little bit."
After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, the man finally said, "Stupid, if it really doesn't work out, just ask for leave and come back. Or I can come over to see you, okay?"
The voice was low and gentle, full of care and concern, like coaxing a child.
Fubao had almost calmed down by then. "It's okay. I just called home and suddenly felt a little homesick. It will be fine after a while. Brother Dingkun, how are my parents and grandparents? Are they all doing well?"
There is no phone in my hometown, so there is no way to call Fubao overseas.
Xiao Dingkun: "Very good, I just came back from Pingxi Village. Pingxi Village was very lively this year. Your parents bought your grandparents brand new clothes. The two old people were dressed in fashionable clothes and happily walked around the village twice."
Fubao thought about the scene and burst out laughing.
My grandmother is actually a person who likes to show off. She has to tell everyone in front of the village well about everything. She once met a foreigner and told it to everyone when she returned to the village. So even the neighboring village knew that Miao Xiujiu from Pingxi Village had gone out to see a big scene and that foreigners had talked to her.
When Xiao Dingkun heard Fubao laugh, he told her other things about Pingxi Village, such as how his parents were, how his grandmother was, how Gu Yuehua was, how Bao Ni was, and even how Grandma Hu and Nie Lao San's wife were.
As Fubao listened to Xiao Dingkun's words, she seemed to see the Pingxi Village where she grew up, the elderly people basking in the winter sun with their sleeves tucked in, and the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law gossiping about other people's affairs. This is Pingxi Village, this is the countryside of China, this is her hometown, and the place where she grew up.
After listening for a long time, Fubao looked at the time and saw that they had been talking for more than an hour. He hurriedly said, "Brother Dingkun, let's stop talking. It's been quite a while and it will cost hundreds of dollars."
Too luxurious.
Xiao Dingkun smiled. She felt sorry for the few hundred dollars, but he felt it was worth it to spend a few hundred dollars of his time to comfort her.
Lowering his voice, he said gently, "There's one more thing I forgot to say."
Fubao: "Brother Dingkun, what is it?"
Xiao Dingkun: "I miss you too. I miss you so much that I feel uncomfortable all over."
The man's low and hoarse voice penetrated the vast Atlantic Ocean and reached Fubao's ears. It was a longing that made him toss and turn and ache in his heart and lungs.
Fubao's ears burned, and he whispered, "I miss you, too."
In fact, there wasn't much time left before they met again.
February 8th was the date they had set for their wedding, and she had already taken leave.
By then, she will become Brother Dingkun's bride.
After finishing the phone call with Xiao Dingkun, Fubao's legs felt a little sore. She stood up and walked around, thinking about what Brother Dingkun had said. Her chest felt warm and her heart was sweet.
She wished it was the eighth day of the second lunar month, and she wished she could go back now to see the wedding room he had prepared, lie on the big bed, and become his bride.
Remembering that he said the bed was very big and she could roll around on it as she pleased, she couldn't help blushing and smiled to herself.
Just as I was laughing, the phone suddenly rang again.
Fubao subconsciously thought it was Xiao Dingkun calling, so he hurried over to answer the phone. But after he picked up the phone, he heard a powerful voice: "Fubao, Fubao? Is that Fubao?"
Fubao was overjoyed and couldn't believe it: "Grandma? Grandma! I missed you so much! Why did you call? Where did you call from?"
When Miao Xiuju heard Fubao's voice, she was delighted: "Oh my, this thing is amazing! I can hear Fubao's voice! We can also make phone calls to foreign countries!"
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