It’s the New Year, with all the eating and drinking, and it’s over quickly.
However, farmers nowadays don’t just sit quietly in their cat houses and count their days.
Before the tenth day of the first lunar month, people working in the oil press, the livestock shed, and the sand and soil haulers were all busy.
Qiu Yuling also actively participated in the labor, and formed a team to pull sand and build roads, just like last year.
However, she and Qiu Dashu only worked for a few days before it was time to report to school.
Because Qiu Yuling was young, her family was always a little worried, so they appointed Qiu Dashu to return to school early and help his sister report to Lan City.
On the 16th, Li Qingmei harnessed the car early and sent the brother and sister to the county bus station. She waited until the car started moving before she came back to her senses from the cold wind.
She did not go back directly, but took the key given by her daughter, opened the door of the alley and courtyard, walked around inside and outside, and left with peace of mind when she saw that everything was the same as before.
Qiu Yuling and Qiu Dashu sat in the two seats at the back, next to the window.
"Third brother, study hard after school starts. I've already told you everything about the money. My mother said she wouldn't touch the money I earned, so I kept it for myself.
If you see a suitable house around a factory or school, and someone is offering it, you can buy it and keep it there. I will give you the money as a loan, and you can pay me back when you become successful.
I copied another contract template, and after signing the contract, I also tried to run around as much as possible, looking for more places to check the road, so as to avoid confusion later."
Just think of her as a brother-supporting demon. The house in the county will most likely be given to the eldest brother in the future, or he can buy another one if he finds a suitable one later.
If her third brother could stay outside and rely on the company to allocate housing, who knows how long he would have to wait, so she could just consider it as an advance financial support from her.
The fact that her second brother was in the army made this a bit of a hassle, but she kept it in mind. He had sacrificed the most for the family, so there was no reason for him to be forgotten.
As for her parents, she would see which one they would live with, and then she would buy a house nearby to settle them down.
Regardless of the future, she was not dissatisfied with this relationship at the moment, so she was willing to pay for it.
Qiu Dashu was momentarily stunned. Honestly, he'd never understood this little sister. She was a bit confused, but she was more clever than anyone else. But she was also incredibly careless and muddle-headed about many things.
My parents have worked hard all their lives, and the half-yard house we own was only bought in recent years. She buys it if she wants to, and gives it away if she wants to.
Just think of that windfall as free money. Ask yourself, how many sisters from other families have the courage she has?
Recently, the two of them teamed up to load sand. After the people left, they talked more and he gradually listened to what his sister said about opportunism.
Now when I hear her mention it again, I don’t object. I just remember it silently in my heart and I will definitely repay my sister a thousand times in the future.
"I've remembered everything, don't worry."
He was also curious about one thing, how his sister was so good at hiding things. As long as she really wanted to hide something, their mother would not be able to find it even if she dug three feet into the ground.
I admire you so much!
Could Qiu Yuling tell him this? Wouldn't that be like running naked?
He got away with it by saying a few vague words.
As usual, the shuttle bus stopped frequently. The brother and sister did not have the connections to buy train tickets in advance, so they could only go to Weiwu City and then buy tickets.
As it turned out, the date was too close and only standing tickets were available. She didn't want to buy one, but Qiu Dashu thought standing tickets were good, and cheaper than staying in a guesthouse.
She had no choice but to buy a standing ticket and risk her life to accompany the gentleman. After another four or five hours of wandering, she finally arrived in Lan City.
It was already midnight when we left the station.
The two of them took their letters of introduction and student ID cards and checked into a nearby guesthouse.
To Qiu Dashu, the two were siblings who had lived on the same kang since childhood. For safety reasons, they were registered in the same room when they were away from home.
There was nothing for Qiu Yuling to complain about. She had long since become the real Qiu Yuling, and there were two beds in one room. And in the eyes of outsiders, she was still a little girl.
After they put their luggage away, they went to the check-in desk to get a pot of boiling water. They took out the aluminum lunch box from their luggage, poured some milk powder into it, and soaked the dry steamed buns to make a meal.
After tossing and turning for more than a day, both of them were extremely tired. After boiling the lunch boxes, brushing their teeth, they fell asleep.
I didn’t have an alarm or a watch, so I almost overslept the next day.
Perhaps Qiu Dashu was worried about something and was a little alert. He was suddenly awakened when he heard footsteps coming and going outside the door.
Otherwise they would sleep past midnight and have to pay an extra day's rent.
The two of them didn't have time to eat, they just washed up briefly and then dragged their luggage out.
"Where to go now?" Lan City is much bigger than Chang City. Even though Qiu Dashu has seen some of the world, he is still a little confused at this moment.
"We're not going anywhere. Let's go back to the station. I saw a state-owned Bei Restaurant when we went out yesterday. Let's go there and fill our stomachs first."
Qiu Dashu had no objection. Since leaving home at five o'clock yesterday, the two of them had barely had a proper meal.
When we were leaving, Mother Qiu made fried eggs. Because we woke up so early, it seemed like we had just fallen asleep when we were woken up. We both ate only one and couldn't eat any more.
After arriving in the county seat, they rushed to catch the earliest bus. When the bus arrived in Weiwu City, the two of them didn't even have time to catch their breath before buying overnight train tickets to Lanzhou...
Because they had a lot of luggage and it was inconvenient to enter the store, and they were worried about losing it, the two of them found an empty seat near the door.
Qiu Yuling asked her third brother to sit down and rest while she kept an eye on the luggage while she went to order the food.
It was dinner time, and the place was bustling with people.
She repeated her request several times, but the waiter ignored her. Patiently, Qiu Yuling called out the name of the dish again. The waiter then acted as if he had just heard it, quickly writing it down and tearing off a small slip for her to take to pay.
Maybe there are more rules in big cities. She paid the money and came back with the small piece of paper with the menu written on it and the payment stamp on it, handed it to the food window, and received a number card. Then she listened to the instructions and stood aside to wait for the food to be served.
She didn't know exactly how long she waited, but she kept waiting from left to right until both feet were tired, and then it was her turn.
She hurriedly ran over and made three trips before she finally got all the food served.
"Why did you order so much?" Qiu Dashu clicked his tongue.
"It's okay, we can use the lunch box to scoop out some and eat it in the evening." She estimated that she would have to find a place to stay near the school for the night, and there might not be a place to eat by then, so it was better to be prepared.
After hearing her say that, Qiu Dashu didn't think it was too much anymore. He went out and took the aluminum lunch box from the top of the luggage. Qiu Yuling shoveled some of the braised pork, big plate chicken, stir-fried bean sprouts, and scrambled eggs with green onions into it one by one.
There was rice in Lan City. Qiu Yuling didn't know that the two kinds of rice were mixed, so she asked for five taels of rice for each of them, and also asked for a few more steamed buns, thinking that if there was any leftover, she could pack it up and eat it in the evening.
Their eyes met, and they each started eating.
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