Wang Jingqi set off at around 11 o'clock in the morning.

After receiving a call from his father Wang Zhi, Wang Jingqi was quite excited when he heard Wang Zhi say on the phone that he wanted Wang Jingqi to go to Jiahe to play and teach the boss's son.

Since he was a child, Wang Jingqi had never traveled far. The farthest place he had been was Xuguang Town, where Wuzhou Middle School was located. So now that he had the opportunity to go out and see the world, Wang Jingqi naturally wanted it.

After knowing that the boss would reimburse the train tickets to Jiahe and that the boss’s son could receive 100 yuan a day, Wang Jingqi was even more tempted.

but......

"Dad, I can't do it, right?" Wang Jingqi said worriedly on the phone, "Is my level good enough? I haven't learned well myself, so I hope I won't teach other people's children bad things."

Wang Zhi disagreed with his son's words, "Why not?! What do you mean you can do it with your level? You scored 630 in the college entrance examination! How many people in our province have higher scores than you? There are only a few hundred people!"

"I heard that our boss's son's grades aren't that good. With your level, aren't you more than capable of teaching our boss's son?! You're my son, you can definitely do it! Do you understand?"

"Also," Wang Zhi on the other end of the phone thought for a moment and added, "If you really don't know how to teach, just think about how your head teacher, Mr. Zhou, taught you. Recall it carefully! Then teach that kid, right?!"

"Well...then let me try?"

So, at Wang Zhi's urging, Wang Jingqi hurriedly ate a bowl of noodles at home, packed his clothes and several sets of notes and test papers he had brought back from school, and set off.

The long drive made Wang Jingqi's initial excitement disappear without a trace, and he was replaced by a desire to quickly step on solid ground.

At around six o'clock in the evening, the car slowly drove into the Jiahe bus station.

The moment Wang Jingqi got off the car with his luggage, his complexion began to improve visibly.

The nearly six-hour drive was obviously too much for Wang Jingqi, a young man who was just 18 years old, not to mention his father and mother.

When Wang Jingqi thought about how his parents had to take such a long bus ride every year to go to an unfamiliar city to work hard to earn money to support his schooling in his hometown, he had a more intuitive understanding of his parents' hard work and couldn't help but feel more distressed for his parents.

Walking out of the bus station step by step, Wang Jingqi saw the familiar middle-aged man standing outside the bus station, squatting on the ground smoking not far away.

"Dad!" Wang Jingqi greeted him and walked over there.

Wang Zhi was smoking and thinking about something. When he heard his son's voice coming from the exit of the bus station, Wang Zhi quickly looked over.

After confirming that it was indeed his son, Wang Zhi quickly put out the cigarette butt, threw it into the trash can nearby, and hurriedly trotted towards his son.

"Are you tired after sitting in the car for several hours? Give me your luggage. You must be tired after sitting for so long!" Without waiting for Wang Jingqi to refuse, Wang Zhi snatched the luggage bag from Wang Jingqi's hand and asked as he walked forward, "Are you hungry? Come on, I'll take you to eat first!"

Wang Jingqi shook his head. "I'm fine. Where's my mom? Why didn't she come?"

As Wang Zhi walked away, he replied, "Your mother won't come."

After saying this, Wang Zhi was afraid that his son might have misunderstood him, so he quickly explained, "Your mother's workplace is far from here. If you come here and go back at night, there will be no bus. It will cost dozens of dollars to take a taxi back and forth!"

......

The factory provides free meals three times a day, but the food is not satisfactory.

Wang Zhi did not want to take his son to the factory for dinner when he first came. Instead, he took him to a nearby restaurant where he and his co-workers would occasionally go.

Now in Wang Zhi's eyes, Wang Jingqi is very satisfactory no matter how he looks at him. Not only is he filial, obedient and steady, but most importantly, he has good grades. He scored 630 points in the college entrance examination, which made Wang Zhi proud in front of outsiders. Even his boss looked up to him.

"Come on, come on, eat something!" As soon as the dishes came up, Wang Zhi called Wang Jingqi to eat, "Try this pickled duck, it's a local specialty of Jiahe! We can't have it in Ruxu!"

"And this steamed pork with rice flour. Try it and see if the taste is any different from the steamed pork with rice flour we have in our hometown!" As he said that, he took the initiative to pick up several pieces with chopsticks and put them in Wang Jingqi's bowl.

"Dad, I can do it myself!" Wang Jingqi said quickly.

Wang Zhi put down his chopsticks, glanced at his son, and nodded with satisfaction, "You've grown up."

After saying that, Wang Zhi glanced at the white wine at hand. After hesitating for a moment, Wang Zhi finally spoke and said to Wang Jingqi, "Do you want to drink with your dad?" As he said that, he raised the small bottle of white wine to gesture.

Wang Jingqi raised his head and hesitated for a moment after seeing the white wine in his father's hand.

But in the end, Wang Jingqi nodded and took the initiative to pick up the wine glass beside him.

Wang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, poured a little for Wang Jingqi and then stopped, "Just a little for your sake, you're still young, don't drink too much."

After saying that, Wang Zhi put down the bottle, raised the glass, and looked at Wang Jingqi, "This is a drink. Dad wants to congratulate you. Congratulations on your good performance in the college entrance examination!"

Wang Jingqi quickly raised his glass and clinked glasses with Wang Zhi, "Thank you, Dad!"

After putting down the wine glass, Wang Zhi looked at Wang Jingqi who was concentrating on the food in the bowl, smiled, and sighed, "Jingqi, Dad was wrong about what I said before the New Year."

"Dad was wrong, don't blame me."

Wang Jingqi quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at his father who had aged and looked unrecognizable without him knowing when. He felt bitter in his mouth and was speechless.

After a long while, Wang Jingqi spoke softly, "Dad, don't worry, I never blame you. It was indeed my fault in the past. The way I was before was really not worth it for you and mom to waste more energy and money on me."

"You guys worked so hard to make money outside, but I didn't know how to appreciate it. I just lived day by day in a daze. It wasn't until I reached the third year of high school and met Teacher Zhou that I woke up."

"Dad, don't worry. I will study hard after I go to college. After I graduate, I will work hard and make good money."

"Then, you and my mom won't have to work so hard away from home. I will definitely let you and my mom live a good life."

Looking at his son who has become extremely sensible, Wang Zhi feels that all the hardships he has endured in these years away from home have not been in vain.

Resisting the soreness in the corners of his eyes, Wang Zhi picked up the wine glass and drank all the remaining liquor in the glass in one gulp.

"Hiss, ha!!" Wang Zhi put down the wine glass and wiped the corners of his eyes vigorously with his hands.

His hands fell back on the table. Wang Zhi opened his red eyes and smiled at Wang Jingqi across the table. "I'm not used to this liquor after not drinking it for a long time. It's really spicy!"

......

I still owe Goudan a chapter to watch because he really wants to eat meat. I will continue with three chapters tomorrow.