The excitement on their side had just ended when Qian Duoduo spotted a sign with her name on it. She immediately went over to it. The person holding the sign was a young man who looked fair-skinned, wore glasses, and was quite refined.
Qian Duo stood in front of him and asked, "Are you here to pick up Qian Duoduo?"
The boy nodded, holding up the cardboard sign in one hand and adjusting his glasses with the other, and said, "Yes."
Qian Duoduo found his Mandarin to be quite poor. If she hadn't liked listening to Cantonese songs and watching Hong Kong movies in the past, she probably wouldn't have been able to understand what he was saying.
Qian Duoduo said, "My name is Qian Duoduo. Are you here to pick me up?"
Upon hearing this, the boy immediately put down the cardboard he was holding; it was indeed tiring to hold it up like that. He asked, "Where are you from?"
Qian Duoduo: "Xinjiang Province. Is the person who sent you to pick me up surnamed Ling?"
The boy's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded and said, "Yes, our district chief sent me to pick someone up. I've been waiting here for three days."
Although Qian Duoduo was surprised, she still said, "Thank you."
The boy said, "My name is Zhou Xing, you can just call me Xingzai."
Qian Duoduo looked at the face in front of him, which was completely different from the actor in her nonsensical movie. Well, okay, Xingzai it is!
Xingzai picked up the people, but he didn't expect there to be so many. His car could only seat five people. What would he do with the last one?
Xingzai hesitated for a moment before telling Qian Duoduo that his car couldn't fit so many people. Qian Duoduo looked at him and said, "Xingzai, these three are soldiers who came to protect us. They need to take us to where we need to go before we can go back. I have an idea. Do you think it will work? I see there are taxis over there. Let's take one and have it follow your car. What do you think?"
Xingzai's eyes lit up: "Great, great!" He immediately hailed a taxi, told the driver where he wanted to go, and asked the driver to take Yang Bin and Zhou Zhuang with them.
Qian Duoduo took the first seat in the passenger seat. Being the only girl there, she didn't want to sit in the back and squeeze in with two big men. No one else said anything about this.
Soon, Xingzai took Qian Duoduo to a guesthouse in Baiyun District. He said, "This is an internal guesthouse in Baiyun District. You two rest for a while. I'll go and report to the district head."
Qian Duoduo and his group took out their letters of introduction and checked in. Qian Duoduo paid for the expenses this time, since he came here because his sister-in-law picked him up. Speaking of which, he had met his sister-in-law when he was in college, and several years had passed in the blink of an eye. He had graduated from college and was now studying for a master's degree, which was more than five years ago.
As expected, Qian Duoduo didn't have to wait long. Ling Yun, dressed in a smart suit, came over. When Yang Bin saw Ling Yun, he felt like he was seeing a female soldier. However, when he heard Qian Duoduo call her "sister-in-law," he looked at the female secretary in surprise. Goodness, Qian Duoduo really wasn't lying. This really was his sister-in-law! Goodness!
Looking at her sister-in-law, Lingyun was truly surprised to see her grow into a beautiful young woman after five years. She heard from her mother-in-law that her sister-in-law had a boyfriend, which made Lingyun feel a little regretful. She had once wanted to bring her sister-in-law to Guangdong Province, but things didn't go as planned.
Ling Yun smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you!"
Qian Duoduo looked at Ling Yun in surprise and said, "Sister-in-law, did you know I was coming?"
Ling Yun pulled Qian Duoduo to sit down and said, "Your older brother received a telegram from Lu Yuan saying that you had already boarded the train from Xinjiang to Guangdong. I immediately arranged for someone to pick you up at the station. I didn't expect you to arrive so late."
Qian Duoduo nodded. If it was Lu Yuan, she felt there shouldn't be any problem. After all, Lu Yuan's brother was the commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. It was inevitable that he would contact Lu Yuan when she left. However, she didn't expect that traveling from the Northwest to the Southeast Guangdong Province, diagonally across the entire country, would fill her with emotion.
Lingyun smiled and said, "I originally wanted you to stay at my house, but then I thought that since you came here with your teacher for a study tour, it might not be as convenient for you to stay at home as it is here."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "Thank you for your trouble, sister-in-law!"
Ling Yun smiled and said, "The ferry to and from Hainan Island runs every three days, and the one that runs the day after tomorrow happens to be there. Come visit my child in the next couple of days."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "Then I'll tell the teacher."
Ling Yun nodded.
When Professor Yuan saw Ling Yun accompanying Qian Duoduo, he knew that the woman in front of him had arranged for them to be here. Hearing that Qian Duoduo wanted to go to her sister-in-law's house, he asked in surprise, "Duoduo, this place is too far from home. Do you really know this sister-in-law you're talking about?"
Qian Duoduo said with a smile, "Teacher, this is my sister-in-law, my older brother's wife!"
Professor Yuan was even more surprised. He knew about Qian Duoduo's family; his parents were farmers, and he had two older brothers serving in the military. Could this be one of them?
Ling Yun stepped forward: "Professor Yuan, hello. I am Ling Yun, Qian Duoduo's sister-in-law. My family is from Guangdong Province."
Professor Yuan looked at Ling Yun, and he had a feeling that this woman was not ordinary!
Qian Duoduo said, "Teacher, my sister-in-law is the Party Secretary of Baiyun District in Guangzhou!"
Professor Yuan nodded. This female student's family seems to be quite well-off as well!
When Qian Duoduo first came to Qian Feng's house, it was clear that this was where Qian Feng and Ling Yun lived. Everywhere there were traces of their life, especially the photos of the two children.
Ling Yun noticed that Qian Duoduo didn't look around too much, and knew that this sister-in-law was a sensible person.
Just as they returned, the nanny brought Xiao Le Ran back. Qian Duoduo was also very happy to see the beautiful little girl. She took out a safety buckle from her pocket.
Lingyun, being a discerning person, immediately said, "This is too valuable, you can't accept it!" Her sister-in-law was still a student; where would she get such a thing?
Qian Duoduo smiled and took out another safety amulet, handing it to Ling Yun: "This is for Yixuan."
Lingyun looked at the two safety buckles and could tell they were made from the same piece of material. She asked, "Duoduo, this isn't cheap! And it looks quite old."
Qian Duoduo said with a smile, "I got all of these from that ethnic minority fellow villager when I was in Xinjiang! I didn't spend much money at the time, so I just considered it a bargain!"
When Ling Yun heard the term "finding a bargain," she looked up at Qian Duoduo. This sister-in-law seemed to be more than she had imagined.
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