Chapter 123 Mom, I pick up garbage to support you 25

Like in previous years, the temperature in Changjin City has dropped to a few degrees shortly after the beginning of October.

The sky is covered with frost and white fog.

A train with its first stop in Shenzhen is slowly heading towards its final stop, Changjin City. The conductor walks back and forth, checking tickets for the last time.

A family of three is sitting in one of the ticket carriages.

The parents look to be in their forties, with slightly hunched bodies, dark skin, strong joints, and full of traces of hard work in wind and rain.

The son is about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a hat, and his facial features cannot hide his handsomeness.

The conductor checks their documents and tickets one by one.

"Yao Nian."

"Zhou Xiu."

"Yao Fugui."

After making sure that the documents and tickets matched, the conductor returned the items to them.

Yao Fugui packed his things. He was too cold to bear it. He put on his clothes one by one, shivering as he put them on. He said, "It's really cold today. We were wearing short sleeves when we set out from Shenzhen. Dad, Mom, do you want to put on one more piece?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man sitting opposite smiled and spoke in an authentic Changjin accent: "Are you here to visit relatives or to do business?"

Yao Nian, the head of the family, rubbed his palms and replied in a somewhat unfamiliar Changjin accent: "Neither, we are locals."

The journey was boring. There was still some time before the train arrived and stopped. The middle-aged man closed the newspaper in his hand and asked in a warm voice: "You are carrying so many bags. Are you going back to settle down?"

Yao Nian nodded: "Yes, I heard from fellow villagers that Changjin City has developed rapidly in recent years, and many jobs are short of manpower. "

Yao Fugui is young and lively. Seeing that the middle-aged man is enthusiastic and easy to talk to, he asked him about the situation in Changjin City with some curiosity.

It was obviously not the first time that the middle-aged man answered this question: "Have you heard of the Fairy Tale World Factory?"

Yao Fugui nodded: "I have heard of it. This toy brand is very famous in Shenzhen."

The middle-aged man smiled proudly.

Since Fairy Tale World started making wooden toys, many local people in Changjin City have also discovered the business opportunities hidden in it.

They followed the footsteps of Fairy Tale World and started toy businesses one after another.

As more and more people started to do this, coupled with the government's strong support and intentional publicity, it took only one year for Changjin City to transform from a furniture business to a toy business, and from a downstream industry that provided raw materials to an upstream industry that produced finished products.

Merchants from all over the country flocked to Changjin City to wholesale toys and shipped the toys here to all parts of the country for sale.

Just like when people mention Jingdezhen, they think of blue and white porcelain;

when people mention Dehua Town, they think of white porcelain;

now, when people mention Changjin City, the first thing they think of is toys.

The reputation of "Toy Capital" was spread out.

The middle-aged man said excitedly: "...I heard that the government is planning to hold a trade fair recently to sell local toys abroad."

Listening to the middle-aged man's words, Yao Nian and his wife Zhou Xiu looked at each other and felt more confident.

More than a decade ago, they took their three-year-old son to Shenzhen.

The couple had no diplomas and could only do hard work.

However, after more than a decade, they had saved a lot of money.

Seeing that their son was about to reach the age of marriage, Yao Nian and Zhou Xiu thought about buying a wedding house for their son to make it easier to find a daughter-in-law in the future.

But the house prices in Shenzhen have been rising year by year, and the couple's life savings are not enough for the down payment.

Just when the couple was in a headache, they heard about the situation in Changjin City from their fellow villagers, and they thought about returning to their hometown to buy a house and work.

It's still the same sentence, it's hard to leave your hometown.

After all, they are old and can no longer fight like they did when they were young. Compared with a wandering life, they naturally hope to return to their hometown.

Soon, the train arrived at the station.

Yao Nian looked out the window at the bustling scene outside the train station.

In terms of facilities, Changjin Railway Station is completely incomparable to Shenzhen Railway Station.

But along the way, Yao Nian has seen no less than ten train stations, and among these train stations, the facilities and liveliness of Changjin Railway Station are definitely second only to Shenzhen Railway Station.

"Take your luggage, we are about to get off the train." Yao Nian reminded. He

didn't feel much when he just got off the train, but as soon as he got out of the train station, he was hit by a chilly wind and shivered violently.

There were many people driving tricycles to solicit passengers at the entrance of the station.

When they saw Yao Nian and his friends carrying large and small bags, they rushed forward and asked them where they were going.

Yao Nian ignored them and went to the small supermarket next door to buy a pack of cheap cigarettes and asked the boss how to get to the city bus station.

"Where are you going?"

Hearing that Yao Nian was going back to Jixiang Town, the boss said, "Then you don't have to go to the bus station."

"There is a bus stop 100 meters west of the train station. The bus there runs once an hour, all to Jixiang Town."

Yao Fugui grew up in Shenzhen and was not surprised, but Yao Nian and his wife were dumbfounded: "What? Is the transportation in Changjin City so good now?"

My goodness, Jixiang Town is the poorest town under Changjin City.

Now there is a direct bus.

The boss knew he was a local by his accent, and said happily: "You haven't been back for many years. Jixiang Town is different now. Eight out of ten people who come to Changjin City to do business go to Jixiang Town."

"With so many people going there, shouldn't they open a special bus line to facilitate those big bosses?"

Yao Nian and his wife were still amazed.

After thanking the boss, they walked forward along the west and saw a brand new bus stop.

At this time, many people were standing near the bus stop, all going to Jixiang Town. It was

also a coincidence that Yao Nian and his friends arrived at the bus stop after waiting for less than two minutes.

Everyone got on the bus in an orderly manner.

Yao Nian and Zhou Xiu thought they were prepared, but perhaps because they had too deep an impression of the poverty and backwardness of Jixiang Town, they could not help but be shocked when they saw the current situation of Jixiang Town.

The roads were basically renovated.

The houses on both sides of the road had either been repaired or were under construction.

The whole town was in a state of rapid development. The pedestrians coming and going were hurried, dressed simply, but exuded the lightness of hope in life.

How could Jixiang Town now look like a poor town?

Yao Nian and his wife were only shocked, but Yao Fugui breathed a sigh of relief.

Before returning, his parents had given him many vaccinations. Yao Fugui originally did not have high expectations for the environment in Jixiang Town, but now it seems that it is not as bad as his parents said.

Soon, Yao Nian and his family got on the bus to the village again.

The situation in the village is actually better than that in the town.

At a glance, most of the villages have new buildings. There is also a large factory building outside the village. The market is built around the factory building, and the bus stops at the entrance of the market.

Yao Nian inexplicably felt homesick.

The village has changed a lot now. I wonder if the relatives who used to live in the village still live in the village.

And...

I wonder how his sister's family is doing now.

Are they still running a garbage recycling station?

"Dad, why don't you leave?" Yao Fugui couldn't understand this kind of homesickness at all, and urged him.

Ruirui's father had just returned from a delivery trip to the city, and in the blink of an eye, he saw a familiar face.

After more than ten years, Ruirui's father was not very sure, and hesitantly stepped forward: "Is it A Nian?"

Ten minutes later, Yao Nian's family followed Ruirui's father back to his home.

Ruirui's father asked them to sit down and poured them tea: "I'm still at work, you sit here for a while and eat something, I'll ask my dad to come back and treat you."

Yao Nian expressed his understanding: "It's okay, it's okay, you go and do your work."

The village chief was watching others play chess not far away. Hearing Ruirui's father's shouting, he said hello to his chess friends and walked back home.

Ruirui's father then went back to work with peace of mind.

As soon as he arrived at the factory gate, Ruirui's father saw Jiang Fanyue walking over surrounded by several children.

Two or three years passed in a

flash, and the fifteen-year-old girl grew up to be a graceful young lady. After her nutrition caught up, Jiang Fanyue grew a lot taller, and now she is 1.65 meters tall.

She still has a head of soft short hair, with a pearl hairpin pinned to her ear. The sunlight fell on it, reflecting the crystal light, falling into her round eyes, and she smiled without speaking.

At this time, Jiang Fanyue was slightly tilting her head and chatting with Erniu.

After the first novel was published in the newspaper, Erniu stopped writing novels. Jiang Fanyue asked her, and Erniu said that she was not very interested in writing novels. It was enough to be published once, and she would devote all her energy to studying next.

Sure enough, in September this year, Jiang Fanyue was successfully promoted from the junior high school of No. 1 Middle School to the senior high school of No. 1 Middle School, and Erniu was also admitted from Jixiang Middle School to the senior high school of No. 1 Middle School, and the two became classmates again.

"Yueyue——"

Ruirui's father called.

When Jiang Fanyue looked over, Ruirui's father said: "Your cousin and his family are back and are now at my house. If you see your mother, tell her."

I thought Jiang Fanyue had no impression of her cousin's family, but who knew that after hearing what Ruirui's father said, Jiang Fanyue actually showed a happy smile on her face: "Are my cousin and his family really back? I'll go see my cousin and his family first." After

that, Jiang Fanyue said hello to Erniu and hurried to the village chief's house.

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At this moment, the village chief was reminiscing with Yao Nian and Zhou Xiu.

Yao Fugui couldn't get into their conversation. He was still sitting on the sofa, but his mind was already wandering to other places.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a stylishly dressed girl coming to the gate of the courtyard.

The girl seemed to have noticed his gaze, and her eyes also fell on him.

Then, she smiled at him.

Yao Fugui was stunned, and subconsciously smiled back at the other party.

Jiang Fanyue's smile deepened, raised her hand and knocked on the door and walked in, her eyes curved, and her tone was eager: "Is it my cousin, uncle and aunt? I'm Yueyue."

In the past few years, Jiang Fanyue has been keeping in correspondence with "cousin's family".

Some time ago, she asked in a letter when "cousin's family" would return to their hometown to visit. In the end, she

didn't receive a reply, but she saw the person first.

However, the reactions of Yao Nian, Zhou Xiu and Yao Fugui were beyond Jiang Fanyue's expectations.

They didn't seem to recognize her, their eyes were filled with strangeness and alienation, and they were at a loss for being greeted so warmly.

The village chief also noticed their embarrassment and introduced her: "She is Yao Rong's daughter, Yueyue."

Yao Nian was a little surprised.

The clothes and appearance of this niece were not cheap at first glance. It seemed that his sister's family's financial situation had improved a lot in recent years.

"Yueyue has grown up so much."

Zhou Xiu also smiled: "This child is really beautiful, just like the girls in the city."

Yao Fugui scratched his head. Because of Jiang Fanyue's smile just now, he had a particularly good first impression of Jiang Fanyue and directly called her "cousin Yueyue".

Jiang Fanyue has completely confirmed that the "cousin family" she has been communicating with for four years is not the three people in front of her.

There is no doubt that the identities of the three people in front of her are all correct.

The people who wrote to her as "cousin family" every day for four years -

Jiang Fanyue did not show any strange expression on her face, and sat quietly next to the village chief.

"Yueyue, where is your mother?" asked the village chief.

Jiang Fanyue replied: "The city is going to hold a trade fair recently, and she was invited to the meeting. She is not very free these days."

Yao Nian was stunned.

He heard people mention the trade fair in the city on the train.

But what does this have to do with Yao Rong?

Why was Yao Rong invited to the meeting?

Looking at the clothes on Jiang Fanyue and the exquisite watch on her wrist that didn't look cheap, Yao Nian asked in a hoarse voice with a little shock: "How has your family been doing these years?"

The village chief smiled and said, "Did you see the factory at the entrance of the village? They all belong to Yao Rong."

"I... I remember that factory belongs to the fairy tale world..."

"Yes, Yao Rong is the boss of the fairy tale world. If it weren't for her help in these years, our village and Jixiang Town would not have developed so fast."

Yao Nian and Zhou Xiu both showed expressions of doubt about life.

"Arong!? The boss of the fairy tale world!?"

"Is it that particularly famous fairy tale world!?"

The village chief nodded: "Which other fairy tale world is there in Changjin City?"

Yao Nian: "..."

On the way back, he wondered if Yao Rong was still running a garbage recycling station.

As a result, the garbage recycling station was a thing of the past.

Now his sister has suddenly become a big boss, the kind who can often hold meetings with city leaders!

The village chief looked at the still shocked Yao Nian family, then looked at Jiang Fanyue who was looking down and wondering what was going on, and said, "A Nian, you must have had a hard time riding the bus all the way back. I'll take you to rest first."

"We have a homestay in our village, and people who have just returned from other places can stay there for free for a week. You can rest there for a few days and think about what to do next."

He also asked Jiang Fanyue to go back and rest, and when he saw Yao Rong, don't forget to tell Yao Rong about the return of Yao Nian family. Jiang

Fanyue watched Yao Nian family leave, turned around and walked to the village entrance, took a bus to the town, and went straight to the post office.

The staff at the post office was still the familiar Xiaoshan from that year.

"You mean this? Yes, these packages were all prepared by your mother herself, and then she asked me to pretend that they were sent from Shenzhen."

"I don't know what's inside, but what is certain is that from four years ago to now, there has been such a package basically every month."

"Why should I help her?"

Xiaoshan smiled brightly.

Perhaps it was because the motherly love carried by the package was too touching. After so many years, he still clearly remembered what Yao Rong said.

"At that time, your mother told me that if there were not so many people who loved you for the time being, she could give you a lot of love alone."