Chapter 480 Gift
After dinner, the two took a walk to digest the food and then went back to the hotel to rest.
Fortunately, when I opened the door, the small piece of paper that I had inserted into the gap before leaving was still there, floating down slowly.
Lu Xiaoshuang was very unfamiliar with this place, much more unfamiliar than Hongcheng.
Although her hometown is here, she has only been to this city once in the past 19 years.
Since the first bus tomorrow morning is at 6:30, the two of them plan to go to bed early.
In addition, the hotel facilities were simple, so Zhou Yi turned on the TV and saw snowflakes and electric noises.
The viewing experience was so bad that I turned it off after turning it on for three minutes.
Looking at the large bed that the landlady described as being 1.5 meters wide and particularly spacious, Zhou Yi pointed to the inside of the bed and said, "You sleep on this side, and I'll sleep on the outside."
As he said this, he took a pillow to the other end.
Lu Xiaoshuang nodded and said okay.
This is probably why Zhou Yi fell in love with Lu Xiaoshuang, because when he is with her, no matter what the circumstances, he gets along very naturally.
Even though it was the first time the two of them were alone together, they felt the comfort of an old married couple.
Although Zhou Yi is very young now, he was reborn in middle age in his previous life.
After living for most of his life and experiencing many things, he realized more clearly how important it is to be with someone who shares the same values as him and who is like a family member.
"By the way, Brother Yi, I suggest you take a shower." Lu Xiaoshuang suddenly said.
Zhou Yi was stunned.
Then I heard Lu Xiaoshuang say again: "There is no facilities for taking a shower at home, I can only wipe it."
Zhou Yi suddenly understood, "Oh, that's what I mean."
Lu Xiaoshuang asked, "What do you think it means?"
Zhou Yi quickly picked up his clothes to cover up his embarrassment and said, "Then I'll go take a shower first."
In the middle of the night, Zhou Yi had just fallen asleep when he heard someone knocking on the door.
This made him wake up instantly like a conditioned reflex, and he asked, "Who?"
A charming woman's voice asked outside the door: "Boss, do you need someone to accompany you?"
Hearing this, Zhou Yi immediately felt relieved. It turned out that she was just a prostitute. He was afraid that he would accidentally run into another case.
I didn't have any superpowers after my rebirth, and I didn't even have any system. But the strange thing is that the case seemed to have grown legs and came here as if it had smelled something.
"Not interested, go find someone else!" Zhou Yi replied. He was too lazy to reveal his identity or call the police.
It is normal to see such people around the station, it is not an isolated case.
Moreover, these people are very tough and are not afraid of detention or anything like that.
If things go wrong, it might even delay Lu Xiaoshuang from going home tomorrow, which would be more trouble than it’s worth.
Unexpectedly, the woman outside was still unwilling to give up and continued, "Boss, if you open the door and talk, you will be interested. I will charge you a lower price."
At this time, Lu Xiaoshuang was woken up, rubbing her eyes and asked, "Brother Yi, who is it?"
"Prostitute." Zhou Yi answered casually, then raised his voice and shouted, "Go away, or I'll call the police!"
When the woman outside heard that there was no hope, she cursed, "Tsk, stop pretending to be a serious person!"
When Zhou Yi heard this, he thought, hey, the world is going downhill.
If Lu Xiaoshuang hadn't been here, the woman from outside would have had to stay in jail for half a month.
The woman walked away cursing, and after a while, she heard someone knocking on the door next door again.
After being disturbed like this, Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang's sleepiness disappeared in an instant.
The two of them opened their eyes and looked at the ceiling.
After a while, Lu Xiaoshuang asked, "Brother Yi, are you asleep?"
"without……"
"I can't seem to sleep...how about we chat?"
"Oh ok, what to talk about?"
"……I don't know either……"
"Little Frost."
"Um?"
"Go to sleep. You have to get up early to catch the bus tomorrow."
"Oh... okay then... goodnight."
"good evening."
Five minutes later, extremely exaggerated moans were heard from the next room.
The next morning, early in the morning, it was just dawn.
Lu Xiaoshuang was still sleeping soundly, so Zhou Yi tiptoed out of the door to buy breakfast.
When I passed by downstairs, I greeted the proprietress.
The landlady looked at his dark circles, curled her lips and muttered, "Good fellow, please don't break my bed again."
…
The two of them took the early morning bus to the county town. The driver had darker circles under his eyes than Zhou Yi, and he yawned while driving.
Zhou Yi couldn't understand the dialect spoken by the driver and the conductor. Lu Xiaoshuang explained that the driver played cards until almost two o'clock last night, lost money, and was complaining.
Zhou Yi thought to himself, wow, this is a good thing that mobile phones and the internet were not well developed. If he had taken a video and posted it online, the driver would probably have been cyberbullied.
The bus drove along like this for an hour and a half and finally arrived at the county town.
Then the two of them took a minibus to the town.
When we arrived at the town, there were no cars going to Yangjiatun, so we had to find another one.
Although the road was bumpy and the car was moving slowly, as they got closer to home, Lu Xiaoshuang became more and more excited and talked a lot more.
The town is called Shacao Town. Although it is called a town, it is actually similar to a rural market. After getting off the bus, you can see the whole street at a glance. There are some shops on the street, which basically sell daily necessities, and there are also some people setting up stalls.
Outside this street, there are relatively dense low-rise buildings. The so-called town is actually just a place with a lot of people living there.
Lu Xiaoshuang stood on the street, excited. "This place is exactly the same as I remember it as a child. It hasn't changed at all. Of course...it might be inconvenient to find a car."
Zhou Yi stood on the street, looking into the distance, and then said, "Follow me."
Lu Xiaoshuang was pulled away by him in confusion, not knowing where Zhou Yi was going to take her.
Then, Zhou Yi took her to the police station.
The police station in Shacao Town is right next to the town government. After all, the street is so long that you can see the end at a glance.
It was the first time that Zhou Yi had seen a police station with such harsh conditions. The entire police station only had three bungalows.
The only two-story building on the street is the town government next to the police station, but it has also been weathered by the years.
It’s normal to think about it. The places where the educated youth went to when they went to the countryside were of course underdeveloped areas.
"Brother Yi, why are we coming to the police station?" Lu Xiaoshuang asked in a low voice.
As the two men reached the police station entrance, a police officer behind a desk at the outermost corner noticed them and asked in dialect, "What can I do for you?"
Zhou Yi asked in Mandarin, "Excuse me, is Officer Zhao Liang here?"
Behind a desk in the back, a young police officer looked up and said in Mandarin, "I'm Zhao Liang. What can I do for you?"
"Hello, Officer Zhao. I'm Zhou Yi, the person you called earlier. I'm from Hongcheng."
When Zhao Liang heard this, he quickly stood up, walked over and asked, "Are you Zhou Yi?"
Zhou Yi nodded and handed over his ID.
Zhao Liang took it, glanced at it, and then handed it back to Zhou Yi, shaking his hand warmly. "Welcome, welcome! You didn't say when you'd be coming, otherwise I could pick you up at the county."
"No, no, we came here by bus, it's quite convenient."
Lu Xiaoshuang was a little confused and didn't understand what was going on. Zhou Yi didn't mention that he had contacted the police here in advance.
At this time, Zhou Yi introduced: "This is my girlfriend Lu Xiaoshuang, you are here."
Lu Xiaoshuang quickly took the initiative to shake hands with Zhao Liang. Zhao Liang was probably less than 30 years old and much older than her and Zhou Yi.
Zhao Liang looked at her and asked, "Mr. Lu's daughter from Yangjiatun?"
Lu Xiaoshuang was shocked: "Officer Zhao, do you know my dad?"
"My aunt married into your Yangjiatun community, and your father taught my cousin. When I was a child, I often went to your Yangjiatun community during the summer vacation, and I met you there."
"Really? I...I don't seem to have any impression of you." Lu Xiaoshuang said embarrassedly.
Zhao Liang gestured: "You were only that young back then, you don't remember much."
That's how it is in small places. Basically, everyone is related to each other. If two strangers meet three times, they will definitely find a connection in a roundabout way.
It’s just that Lu Xiaoshuang has been away from home for many years.
"My uncle's name is Yang Jinbiao, and my cousin's name is Yang Lele."
Lu Xiaoshuang's eyes lit up immediately and she nodded repeatedly: "I know you. So you are Sister Lele's cousin. I seem to have some impression of you."
Zhao Liang shook hands with Lu Xiaoshuang again enthusiastically and said, "Welcome home."
At this time, Zhou Yi asked: "Officer Zhao, have all the things arrived?"
Zhao Liang nodded quickly when he heard this and said, "I received it the day before yesterday. It's in the interrogation room next door. Wait, I'll move it out for you."
Zhou Yi quickly put down the bag and said, "Excuse me, I'll help carry it."
Lu Xiaoshuang was even more confused, so she pulled him aside and asked, "Brother Yi, what on earth is this?"
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "I prepared some gifts for your parents."
"A gift?" Lu Xiaoshuang pointed at the suitcase and said, "Don't you already have one?"
"That was prepared by my parents, not mine."
At this time, Zhao Liang brought out a tightly sealed box with a postal label on it.
Not long after, there were four boxes at Lu Xiaoshuang's feet.
Zhou Yi said he would find a car to load the things, but Zhao Liang quickly stopped him and said enthusiastically that they had already arrived in Shacao Town, so how could he let them call a car by themselves? He would drive the police car over.
Then, Zhao Liang drove the only police car in the town police station and took them to Yangjiatun.
Only then did Lu Xiaoshuang realize what the four large boxes in the car contained.
One box is full of stationery, including chalk, pencils, erasers, notebooks, rulers, etc.
One box was filled with books, and the other two boxes were filled with brand new school uniforms.
This surprised her greatly, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. She didn't expect Zhou Yi to send these learning materials so early in advance.
It turned out that he had arranged everything long ago.
She hugged Zhou Yi and said thank you.
But Zhou Yi stroked her hair and said, "I prepared all of it. I paid for the stationery. I used the reward given by the Wuguang Cao Detachment. The books were prepared by Brother Biao and Brother Yan. Brother Yan picked them out specially. I didn't spend any money on the school uniforms. Sister Qiao asked her husband to ask for them from stock."
"Here's what I think. If we give them money, your parents will definitely not want to take it. Besides, it's probably not convenient for you to buy things here, and the prices are probably not cheap, so it's better to prepare the things directly."
Although there were already many Hope Primary Schools in the 1990s, there were often donations of supplies and mutual assistance.
But after all, our country is too big and has too many people, and this kind of donation often needs to be implemented through official channels, which takes time to promote.
So Zhou Yi simply prepared it himself.
However, he was still bedridden at the time. When Chen Yan came to see him at home, he asked Chen Yan to help prepare things. After Chen Yan returned to the bureau and told everyone about it, everyone felt that this was very meaningful.
So we made arrangements in advance.
He also contacted the Shacao Town Police Station, and it happened that Zhao Liang answered the call.
On the way to Yangjiatun, Zhou Yi sat in the passenger seat and chatted with Zhao Liang who was driving.
Lu Xiaoshuang sat in the back seat, with two cardboard boxes next to her and two more in the trunk.
She looked at these things, then looked at Zhou Yi's back, and felt a great sense of luck.
Actually, Zhou Yi was only four years older than her. She had heard Mo Youyou talk about a lot of school gossip, about who was dating whom, and who was breaking up with whom.
Even though they were seniors in their third and fourth years, who were only one or two years younger than Zhou Yi, the things they did made her feel extremely childish.
Previously, a junior boy in the boys' dormitory next to them threatened to jump off the building, just because his girlfriend went to the cafeteria to get food with other male classmates and said that he felt insecure.
Many people gathered to watch at that time. The boy was standing on the rooftop crying with tears and snot. Lu Xiaoshuang looked at him and thought he was so childish, just like a child playing house and throwing a tantrum.
Zhou Yi arranged everything in an orderly manner. Not only did she not have to worry about anything, but she also got a huge surprise. She was fascinated by the charm of this mature man.
Lu Xiaoshuang felt that this was probably the true sense of security.
The road leading to Yangjiatun is a dirt road and is quite narrow.
But it doesn't matter, because there was no other car in front or behind except this police car.
Occasionally there are a few bicycles and ox carts, but more often there are old farmers wearing sun hats and pushing wheelbarrows walking in the sun.
The most common thing you see along the way is the electric poles stretching into the distance.
As the car drove along, it was a bumpy ride. Zhao Liang said, "Officer Zhou, the conditions here are tough. They're not comparable to your big cities."
"No, the view here is broad and it makes people feel enlightened. It's a different experience."
Zhao Liang smiled and said, "At night, we can look at the stars. The sky is so clear."
"Officer Zhao, the remaining matter..." Zhou Yi asked.
"Oh, that, don't worry, I'll arrange it tomorrow."
When Lu Xiaoshuang heard this, she immediately came up and asked, "Brother Yi, what else do you have planned? Why are you being so secretive?"
Zhou Yi smiled, then turned sideways, covered his mouth with his hand and whispered a few words in Lu Xiaoshuang's ear.
Lu Xiaoshuang was surprised when she heard this.
Then he waved his hand, indicating that he also had something to say in private.
Zhou Yi leaned forward.
Lu Xiaoshuang leaned close to his ear, but did not speak. Instead, she kissed him on the cheek.
Zhou Yi was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Captain Wu paid for this, not me."
Lu Xiaoshuang blushed and sat back down. "I don't care. I've already expressed my gratitude. If not, you can convey this gratitude to Captain Wu yourself when you get back."
After she said that, Zhou Yi instantly recalled the scene of himself kissing Wu Yongcheng's old face.
He was so frightened that he trembled all over and quickly said, "Forget it, I'll take it on behalf of Captain Wu."
Zhao Liang watched the interaction between the two with a smile on his face.
…
On the earthen slope to the south of Yangjiatun, there are two simple adobe houses. At the door of one of them, there is a wooden board with a few vigorous words written in ink on it: Yangjiatun Primary School.
On the east side of the house, there is an open space, and in front of the space stands a tall flagpole.
The five-star red flag on top of the flagpole fluttered in the wind.
A middle-aged man wearing glasses was grinding dried corn with a stone mill. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes looked like they were carved with a knife, and his hands were covered with calluses and tiny cracked wounds.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a car engine in the distance.
So he looked up in the direction where the sound came from.
Then I saw a police car driving towards me.
Lu Guohua put down the millstone in his hand and stood up with difficulty, holding his knees.
He craned his neck and stared at the police car that was slowly coming to a stop.
When the rear door of the police car opened and a figure stepped out, Lu Guohua excitedly shouted into the house, "Xiuying...Xiuying...Xiaoshuang is back, our daughter is back."
In the room, Su Xiuying, who was wearing an apron, ran out quickly when she heard the words and saw what was happening. Tears couldn't help but flow down her face.
As soon as Lu Xiaoshuang got out of the car, she saw her father.
I haven't seen my father for six years. He has grown old and his posture is no longer as straight as before, but he still looks the same as I remember.
Her tears could not stop flowing down, and she rushed over and cried, "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Zhou Yi watched Lu Xiaoshuang throw herself into her parents' arms, and the family of three was finally reunited.
He knew it until this moment.
The grand case has finally come to a complete and successful conclusion!
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