Hua Youcai was stared at by his daughter's big eyes and hadn't figured out what was going on yet.
"Dad, when are we leaving?"
I slapped my head and forgot about it.
Even if I forgot, I couldn't admit it. "My daughter, Dad has thought about it carefully all night and thinks it's better not to set a date in advance. Let's pack up now and leave the next day. Isn't this a good idea?"
Hua Yuanyuan... Is this an idea? Not bad?
Is this father too casual?
No need to buy train tickets in advance, just go to the train station with your bags, awesome! !
It's not something ordinary people do.
"What if, what if, we pack up tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow?"
"Uh-huh."
"good."
So, under the general command of Hua Yuanyuan, the Hua family began to pack their luggage.
She remembered that her original train ticket to Beijing was bought from a scalper.
Train tickets are hard to buy, so it’s easier to just pay a little more from scalpers, and it’s best if you can buy a sleeper berth.
Hua Youcai meant to take away everything that could be taken, and Hua Yuanyuan thought the same.
Hua Fangfang doesn't need to express her opinion, she just points and hits wherever she wants.
Freshly slaughtered pork and chicken are all fried and made into dry jerky.
Raw meat takes up a lot of space, so after frying it, wrap it in brown paper and tie it with a rope.
Add salt, star anise, soy sauce and pepper powder and marinate it, and it will taste great.
Take the meat, seasonings, salt and half a can of soybean oil with you.
No soy sauce and vinegar.
The winter vegetables stored in the vegetable cellar, such as cabbage, radish, and potatoes, can no longer be taken away.
Take more food and leave the vegetables behind.
Because grain is more expensive than vegetables.
When working, if I don’t have enough tools, I will borrow from my brothers.
Things like kitchen knives and basins can be borrowed, and packaging materials like kraft paper can be bought from the village store.
…
On the evening of the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Hua family was ready.
The three brothers of the Hua family gathered again on the kang in the third brother's house, all with heavy faces.
"Third brother, have you made up your mind?"
"Think about it again. It's more difficult to be outside and unfamiliar with the place than to be at home."
"Yeah, Third Brother, why do you have to leave your hometown?"
…
The brothers meant well, Hua Youcai listened with a smile.
The excuse given was that he was taking his daughter and son out for a walk and they might come back someday.
In the end, it was the eldest brother Hua Youwei who spoke.
"Okay, stop trying to persuade me. Don't worry about the things at home. Write back when you've settled down."
"Yeah, bro, don't worry."
…
On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month, at 2:30 in the morning, the Hua family got up.
When I opened the door, snowflakes started falling from the sky.
The snow starts to fall in Xinghua Village from October every year and lasts until April of the following year.
The next rain occurs every few days and people are used to it.
It would be strange if it didn't snow.
The carriage stopped quietly at the door, and luggage was loaded onto the carriage one by one.
The three brothers of the Hua family wanted to send him to the train station, but Hua Youcai refused.
It’s so cold, don’t bother doing that.
If there is no carriage, ask the brothers to help deliver it.
The horse-drawn carriage helped to pull the car to the town, and we asked Brother Ma to help contact a tractor.
Change the tractor in town and go directly to the city train station.
We took the car all the way, it was not tiring.
If it were up to the three of them to choose, he wouldn't dare to take so much.
Food, clothes, bedding, pots and pans, thermoses and washbasins... they took everything they could.
If there are vegetables in the vegetable cellar that cannot be taken away from home, let your brothers take them home and eat them, so as not to waste them.
The eldest brother said that they would watch over him at home and asked him not to worry.
With his elder brother's words, Hua Youcai felt more at ease.
I also told my brothers that no matter who asked, they should say they were visiting relatives.
Only after the carriage disappeared did the three brothers go into the house, thinking of helping to clean up.
I found there was nothing to clean up, just a few pieces of broken furniture, and I took away everything that could be taken away.
"This is the first day I know that Third Brother is so good at living."
Hua Laosi couldn't help but complain.
"Hahaha, the third brother knows how to live. Don't you know that he is the poorest among the four of us brothers?"
Hua Laoer's lips were curled so much that they were almost reaching the sky.
"Hehe, he has some money and puts it in his mouth."
On the stove were three packages of fried meat wrapped in oil paper and three basins filled with frying oil.
Hua Youcai knew everyone's pots, so he improved his brothers' food.
"Brother, come and take a look, is this for us?"
Hua Youwei had already seen it and nodded.
"Brother, do you think Yuanyuan really asked the Wang family for so much money?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Hua Youwei scolded the fourth brother, saying that they had not asked the third brother and the news had already spread in the village.
It’s better that they left. These past few days, the villagers not only like to hang out at the Wang family, but also come to the Hua family to talk.
The third brother’s fence was always locked from the inside to prevent anyone from coming in, but he couldn’t stop people from shouting outside.
They saw the bag tied to Hua Youcai and Hua Fangfang, which was bulging.
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The three men from the Hua family arrived at the train station just after dawn.
The three of them had a pile of luggage in front of them and were watching the people coming and going in the square in front of the station.
There was already a long line at the ticket window at this time, and Hua Yuanyuan called out to her father who was about to queue.
"Dad, let's pay a little more and buy it from the scalper."
"Okay, add some money if you want."
If you can’t buy the ticket yourself, you have to stay in a guesthouse, which also costs money.
They didn't even need to ask, as someone had already come to solicit business.
The man was wrapped tightly in a worn military coat and a cotton hat, and his face was red from the cold.
Whenever someone came, Wang Dali would ask, "Brother, where have you been?"
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