Chapter 280 Hurrying

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan quickly shook her head and said, "Mom, don't worry. If my dad follows me out, how can I feel at ease when you are taking care of six little kids at home?"

After hearing this, Lin Yuru remembered that Liu Lan had someone take Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao away, and her heart skipped a beat.

If Xia Juanjuan hadn't gone to Liu Lan with a kitchen knife to settle the score and forced her to reveal the location of the criminals, she would have been able to successfully rescue the triplets.

Otherwise, she would just cry, which would be of no use at all.

If something really happened while Xia Juanjuan was away, what should I do if I am alone?

Seeing Lin Yuru's expression, Xia Juanjuan said a few words to comfort Lin Yuru, and only then did she agree to go alone.

She actually knew that it was definitely inconvenient for a woman to go out alone these days.

But letting Xia Shuangshan stay at home was one thing in case something happened when she was not at home.

Also, she might have used space to shorten the time as much as possible during her journey.

If Xia Shuangshan goes with us, we can only follow the routine of taking the train and then transferring to the bus. There's no point in being anxious!

After explaining everything to Lin Yuru, Xia Juanjuan hugged the triplets again. The triplets didn't know their mother was going away, and they said excitedly, "Mom, let's kill pigs today! Kill pigs!"

Xia Juanjuan felt guilty. She had promised them a few days ago that she would take them to see the slaughter of the New Year pigs, but this year it was impossible.

"You guys are good, this year go with your grandparents to watch the pig slaughter."

Then, he instructed Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei to help their grandparents with more housework at home, and not to neglect the winter vacation homework assigned by the teacher. Also, they had to take good care of their three younger brothers Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao.

Xiaowen couldn't help but ask, "Mom, are you going on a long trip? You're not going to be home for the New Year?"

Xiao Wu reacted when he heard this, staring at Xia Juanjuan with wide eyes: "You're not going home for the New Year? Then where are you going to celebrate the New Year? What if you can't eat dumplings outside?"

Beibei is five years old this year and has become much more sensible. He looked up and asked, "Mom, we are going to eat dumplings together on New Year's Eve..."

Xia Juanjuan touched their heads and smiled softly, "Isn't your fourth uncle not coming back this year? I'll go find your fourth uncle and spend the New Year with him. Anyway, you just be good and listen to your grandpa and grandma. When I come back, if I hear your grandma say you're naughty, I'm going to beat you up!"

After giving instructions to her family, Xia Juanjuan did not dare to delay any longer and went out.

First he left the village and walked to a deserted place, then he used space teleportation to the county town, went to the troop contact point and sent a telegram to Li Zhan.

Then, I went directly to Beijing through space.

In this way, the travel time from home to Beijing, which originally took half a day to a whole day, can be saved.

In the past, she rented a house from Dahei in Beijing. Later, after she bought a courtyard house near Houhai, she gave up the lease and then teleported directly to her own courtyard house.

Xia Juanjuan asked Dahei to buy a train ticket from Beijing to Hohhot in the northwest.

Although she had a letter of introduction from the village, which stated that she was going to visit her relatives in the army, it was not easy for her to buy a sleeper ticket.

Moreover, today is the 25th day of the lunar year, and although it is not as busy as the Spring Festival travel rush later, there are still many people who want to travel thousands of miles to go home for a reunion dinner. Everyone bought their tickets early.

For those who bought urgent tickets on the same day like her, although they might be lucky enough to meet someone who was refunding their tickets, the probability was that the tickets were sold out and could not be purchased.

Then you can only wait until tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow to get the ticket, so it’s best to save time by directly finding someone with connections to help you.

Dahei was also a little puzzled: "Sister...it's Chinese New Year, today is already the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, why are you going to the west where birds don't lay eggs?"

Xia Juanjuan explained vaguely: "My husband is there, I just want to spend the New Year with him. Oh... don't worry about it. Just help me get the ticket, money is not a problem."

After hearing this, Dahei once again felt sorry for his elder brother Luocheng in his heart for a while.

Luo Ge is so miserable, the woman he likes has to travel thousands of miles to find her husband, to spend the New Year with her man...

Speaking of which, Xia Juanjuan’s man should be the man who was found in Luo Ge’s house last time, right?

He is pretty good looking. But... well... definitely not as good looking as his brother Luo! Definitely!

"Don't worry, sister. I'll take care of it. There's only one train to Hohhot every day. It leaves at 9pm and arrives the next morning. I guarantee you can leave this evening."

Xia Juanjuan smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you very much!"

Dahei took the money and left.

Xia Juanjuan pulled out a map of future times from the space and looked for it. Fortunately, the name of the place where Shen Wanxue was had not changed, so she found it.

However, there is no way to refer to the railway crossings and provincial roads marked on the map.

There are no smart phones now, so naturally there are no online maps that can be checked at any time. Xia Juanjuan thought about it and decided to go out and buy a map from that era. Otherwise, it would be difficult to ask for directions later.

I also bought some bread, a kettle, peanuts, sugar-roasted chestnuts, donkey meat and other snacks at the grocery store. I also bought a box of Daohuaxiang snacks and White Rabbit milk candies, so that people would think I was visiting relatives.

About two hours later, Dahei came back and got a sleeper berth ticket for that day.

Xia Juanjuan thanked him profusely, packed up her things immediately, and went to the train station.

We got on the train smoothly in the evening. The green train set off with passengers who were traveling thousands of miles to various places before the end of the year.

The train takes an overnight trip and doesn’t arrive in Hohhot until around seven or eight in the morning of the next day.

The farm where Shen Wanxue and Rong Zhenbang worked was in a remote, uninhabited farm under a county town near Hohhot.

The train arrived in Hohhot, and then they went to the bus station to buy a ticket to the county seat. Xia Juanjuan was a little confused about how to get there, so she could only ask while walking.

It’s not easy to ask about the farm, but you can just ask about the military’s garrison location.

During the day in the county town, she also made sure to inquire about all the garrisons near the county town under the jurisdiction of Hohhot.

The comrades at the county military liaison station had met her several times and knew that her husband was the regiment commander, so they told her readily and helped her send a telegram to visit her relatives, which was like giving them a heads-up in advance.

Although she was very tired, she couldn't fall asleep because her mind was in a tense state. Besides, if she fell asleep, she would probably have that dream again, which she was somewhat resistant to.

I endured this until two or three in the morning, but I couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

This time there was more content in the dream. Lizhan lost his mind and took a few people deep into the desert to hunt down those horse thieves. Although they killed the horse thief leader and several other horse thieves in the end, they also captured the rest.

But two of the brothers who went there together also died. Lizhan also suffered a serious leg injury. The medical conditions there were very poor, and the doctor recommended amputation...

Xia Juanjuan woke up again. Although it was winter, her back was soaked with cold sweat.

Must... catch up!

She couldn't let this happen!

The train was delayed by an hour and arrived at the destination at nine o'clock. It was already the morning of the 26th.

After Xia Juanjuan got out of the station, she went to the bus station to buy a ticket.

In those days, everything was state-owned, and there were no private buses or scalpers who dared to come out to solicit customers.

Xia Juanjuan took the letter of introduction and went to queue up to buy tickets.

The ticket seller read her introduction letter and found that it was issued by a place near Beijing. She was going to visit her relatives at the garrison of the army. He looked at Xia Juanjuan with some caution and said, "Wait a minute, I need to report this to my superiors."

Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to wait patiently. After a while, someone who looked like the leader of the bus station came over and asked Xia Juanjuan some questions, such as what her man's name was, which unit he belonged to, etc.

Xia Juanjuan answered patiently, and the person on the other end seemed to verify the situation, which delayed them for another whole day.

Xia Juanjuan wanted to get angry, but was afraid that if there were any more complications and she was detained here, it would waste even more time. So she simply told them that the information she provided was true and she was not afraid of them verifying it, so she just waited patiently.

After much effort, I finally verified that there was no problem, but the ticket to the county town that day was gone...

Xia Juanjuan was also speechless. She could only stay in a guesthouse near the bus station for one night and set off again early the next morning.

On the 27th of May, we finally got on a car and arrived at the county town. We first went to the county’s military contact point to say hello, and then asked how to get to the military base here that we had arranged in advance.

The comrades at the contact point verified and asked for instructions for a long time before they confirmed that Xia Juanjuan was indeed here to visit her relatives, and then they asked the garrison to send someone to pick her up.

"However, your man is seconded here to help with the snowstorm relief work. I don't think you will be able to meet him there. When they are out on duty, sometimes you can't get in touch with them for several days or even months. You have to be mentally prepared."