Chapter 114: You rascal, who are you calling your wife?
Huo Jianguo is not a person with high emotional intelligence.
He often says the wrong thing.
But there are always a few words that hit the spot right in people's hearts.
Because what he said was always from the heart.
Sincerity is always the ultimate weapon.
The words "I am enough for you!" just hit the spot in Su Mei's heart. After hearing these words, she paused for a long time and couldn't say anything else.
But Huo Jianguo had no idea how much damage those few simple words had brought to Su Mei.
After seeing Qin Zhengting, the two went home to wash up and go to bed.
The next day they got up very early, packed their things, went to the gate of the military area and took the bus home.
The bus was full of people, and the cadres who had holidays would rush home one after another in the next few days.
Su Mei and Huo Jianguo took a bus into the county town and went straight to the railway station.
When they arrived at the train station, Su Mei sat on the ground looking at the luggage while Huo Jianguo queued up to buy a ticket home.
This is a small county town in the northwestern border area. The railway station in the county town is bare. Apart from a ticket office, there is only a platform guarded by train attendants.
All the people who wanted to take the train were waiting on the platform for the train to arrive.
After buying the tickets, Su Mei followed Huo Jianguo to the back of the line, following the educated youth who were returning home for the New Year.
After waiting in line for twenty minutes, a green train with eleven carriages slowly pulled into the platform from a distance. Su Mei picked up two bags and, together with Huo Jianguo, followed the crowd and got on the train.
Because this is the starting station, there was no one on the train and the carriage was empty. Huo Jianguo took Su Mei into the sleeper car.
He bought two sleeper berth tickets and slept in them with Su Mei, one above him.
In the past, when Huo Jianguo took this train alone, he would buy a hard seat and travel 72 hours home.
After taking Su Mei out, he was afraid that Su Mei could not bear the long journey, so he started buying sleeper tickets.
The train rattled on for three days before Su Mei and Huo Jianguo finally arrived in Guiyang.
They are from Guizhou, and the train can only go to Guiyang. There is no train to their hometown, so the two of them have to take a half-day bus from Guiyang to get to their hometown.
When they arrived at the small county town, Su Mei's head was already spinning from being thrown around by the car. However, they had not yet finished the journey. They had to take a bus from the small county town back to the town, and then walk another sixty miles along the mountain road to reach their hometown.
It takes five days to return home from the military area. Su Mei feels that this long journey is more tiring than working the night shift in the hospital.
When they arrived at their hometown, Su Mei squatted on the ground and vomited for a long time before she stood up with a pale face. She said to Huo Jianguo:
"Huo Jianguo, this journey is too tiring. I will live in my hometown when I come back this time. I will never go to the border with you again. It's exhausting!"
"Are you sure? Our hometown village has no water or electricity, and there is often a shortage of water. We can only take a shower once every three to five months, and there is no place to wash clothes. Are you sure you want to live here forever?" After spending a few months together, Huo Jianguo already knew what Su Mei was afraid of, so when he heard Su Mei say she didn't want to leave, he was not anxious at all. He just calmly told Su Mei about the conditions in his hometown.
When Su Mei first came through, she didn’t want to go back to her hometown because the small mountain village in her memory was dirty, messy, and poor. She suddenly felt like a frost-bitten eggplant:
“Not sure anymore!”
If Su Mei hadn't occupied the original owner's body and needed to come back to see the original owner's grandfather, parents and brothers, she wouldn't have wanted to set foot in the original owner's hometown at all.
Seeing that Su Mei was upset, Huo Jianguo did not let her continue on her journey, but took Su Mei to stay in a guesthouse in the county town.
After moving the luggage into the guesthouse, Huo Jianguo took Su Mei out and went to the state-owned hotel for dinner.
Winter in the south is a little warmer than that in the north. Su Mei and Huo Jianguo walked all the way to the hotel. When they entered the hotel, Su Mei was already sweating all over.
She took off her coat, wearing only a sweater, and sat with Huo Jianguo to eat.
The two of them ordered a side dish and a bowl of soup and finished their lunch quickly.
After dinner, Huo Jianguo felt uncomfortable in his stomach, so he asked Su Mei to wait for him while he went to the toilet in the backyard of the hotel.
Su Mei continued to stay at the table waiting for Huo Jianguo.
She sat and waited for a long time, but Huo Jianguo still didn't come out. It was time for dinner, and a lot of people suddenly poured into the hotel.
Seeing that the new guest had no place to sit, the waiter walked over to discuss with Su Mei:
"Comrade, could you please go to our lounge and wait for someone? It's time for lunch and people from the factories next door will come over to eat.
There is really no place to sit in the lobby, sorry to bother you!"
"No trouble. Where is the lounge? Take me there!" Su Mei stood up interestedly, followed the waiter into the inner hall, and sat on the sofa.
She was already sitting on the sofa when she remembered that she had forgotten to take her coat in the living room. She thought that Huo Jianguo should be ready soon, so when he came to find her, she could just go out and put on her coat. So Su Mei didn't go out to look for clothes.
The sun outside the window shone on the sofa, making Su Mei feel warm. She leaned on the sofa, drowsy, and drank several cups of hot tea brought to her by the waiter.
"Why isn't he well yet? Do you have diarrhea?" Su Mei couldn't help but yawn and talk to herself when she saw that Huo Jianguo hadn't come yet.
Just as she closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, she was about to fall asleep when a sharp curse suddenly came from the hall:
"You bastard, who are you calling your wife?
Shame on you! Someone come quickly and take this bastard to the police station."
"I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person!" After the woman's voice fell, a man's apologetic voice was heard in the hall. The familiar voice woke Su Mei up instantly, and she stood up at once.
What’s going on? How did Huo Jianguo become a gangster?
Just when Su Mei was puzzled, the sharp female voice suddenly came again:
"Bullshit, how can you admit your mistake about your own wife? I know you, and you just come up to me and call me wife casually!
You are still wearing a military uniform. You are a disgrace to the military."
"I'm sorry, I really recognized the wrong person. The clothes you are wearing belong to my lover..." Huo Jianguo stood there awkwardly, he didn't expect that he could have recognized the wrong person.
As soon as he went out, he looked at the seat where Su Mei had originally sat.
She was still sitting there, with a huge bow embroidered on her coat, which he had watched her sew with his own eyes. It was when he saw the bow that he was sure that the person sitting there was Su Mei.
That's why he came up to her, patted her on the back, and said, "Wife, let's go!"
As a result, the woman on the seat stood up, turned around, and made a voice that made Huo Jianguo so unfamiliar that he was terrified:
"You bastard, who are you calling your wife?"