Countdown... the last day.
Countdown... the last day.
Just after get off work, Qiao Ruru and Su Huaiyuan hurried to the train station from Beijing University.
The train that Lu Baoguo and Su Feng bought was scheduled to depart at 5:35 pm. When the couple rushed to the train station, it was just in time for ticket checking and entry into the station.
The youngest son, Su Feng, was standing at the ticket gate, looking towards the train station entrance, his face full of anxiety.
It wasn't until he saw his parents appear that he felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When Qiao Ruru and Su Huaiyuan saw their youngest son, they quickly ran towards him and bought platform tickets together.
"Xiao Feng, you must keep your employment letter safe. Your parents are by your side. You must take good care of yourself in the future. Mom has also prepared some Qiao family ancestral medicine for you. You can only use it by yourself, otherwise it will bring disaster."
"Your father and I have already mailed your luggage, so don't worry about us. When we get there, let your sister write to you. If you write to Huazhu, be careful with your words and actions in the future."
Qiao Ruru put the medicine and food she had prepared for her youngest son into his arms and gave him some final instructions.
Su Feng nodded with red eyes and a sour nose. Apart from nodding, he was too sad to speak.
At this time, Lu Baoguo and his friends had already carried all of their luggage into their carriage.
"Xiaoru, Huaiyuan, don't worry, I will take good care of Xiaofeng on the way."
Seeing the sad and sorrowful faces of the family of three, Lu Baoguo felt bad too, and could only promise the couple to bring the people to the south safely.
"Brother Lu, Xiaofeng is sorry to bother you."
The train was about to leave, and Qiao Ruru had nothing else to say except to thank Lu Baoguo.
"You don't need to be polite to your own people, and Xiaofeng is just a little kid, so you should go back quickly."
Lu Baoguo waved to the couple impatiently, and took Su Feng to see Qiao Ruru and Su Huaiyuan off the train.
The four of them stood in the car like this, looking at each other, until the train door closed and slowly started moving, slowly driving into the distance until it disappeared from their sight.
…
In the evening, Su Huazhu came back with her luggage and books.
"Huazhu, why are you back?!"
"Today is Sunday, isn't it time for a holiday?"
"Hey, that's right, Huazhu, why did you bring your luggage back with you?!"
"What's wrong?! Huazhu?! Why are you back?!"
"What happened?! Were you expelled from school?!"
"Why drop out? Huazhu has good grades. If your son is expelled, she will be expelled too."
"How dare you talk like that?! Am I asking this out of kindness? Is there any need to make such a fuss?!"
"Are you doing this with good intentions?! I think you are just gloating over the Su family's misfortune."
"You're crazy, I don't want to argue with you."
"You are crazy, your whole family is crazy."
…
Su Huazhu: “…”
She hadn't left home yet with her luggage and the bookkeeper, but everyone in the family compound started arguing when they saw her.
"Hello, aunts and sisters-in-law. I signed up to go to the countryside the day before yesterday and will leave tomorrow. I just took the high school graduation exam at school the day before yesterday, so I came back late."
Her mother didn't tell anyone to tell anyone, but only explained that it was she who signed up to go to the countryside, so Su Huazhu told everyone in the family compound directly.
Anyway, these people will definitely know it later, it’s just a day earlier or later.
"What!? Huazhu, you signed up to go to the countryside?!"
"Are you stupid? Everyone else wants to go to the countryside, but why did you take the initiative to sign up?!"
"Huazhu, does your mother know about this? You are going to piss her off to death."
"Young people are really sensible. They are just full of enthusiasm. What's so good about the countryside?! Living like in the city, eating like in the city, getting up early and working late, do you think it's so easy?!"
"But, apart from when it snows and when you go out to work, when can you go out? Unless you are too sick to do it."
"Yes, there are no children in our yard who went to the countryside either. They wrote back to complain and ask for money, and they cried and shouted to come back."
"Huazhu, you are so stupid."
"There's no point being stupid or angry. Didn't you hear Huazhu say that we're leaving tomorrow? This is a case of acting first and asking for permission later."
"Leaving tomorrow?! So soon?! Is there still enough time to prepare?!"
"Stop talking, let Huazhu go back quickly. The more you can prepare now, the better. If it's really possible, Teacher Qiao can go buy it and send it to the child tomorrow."
…
Everyone talked about Su Huazhu being too stupid, gloating, and sympathizing with Qiao Ruru for having a stupid daughter.
Su Huazhu said nothing when she saw this, and obediently followed everyone's instructions and went home.
The noise was so loud outside, it was like talking at the doorstep. Of course everyone in the Su family heard it, so Zhou Wanwan was so surprised that she couldn't stand the food she had just put on the table.
Is my sister-in-law crazy? ! Or were you urged to sign up by your classmates? !
"Mom, Dad, Brother and Sister-in-law, I'm back."
Su Huazhu entered the living room carrying her luggage and books, and politely greeted her parents, brother and sister-in-law with a smile.
"I'm back, let's eat. Your parents will take you to your Uncle Zhang's house later. Dabao and Xiaobao are both there. They will easily make a fuss if you go there."
"You are going to the countryside tomorrow. Go directly from your uncle Zhang's house. A comrade from the team will pick you up and take care of you on the way."
Qiao Ru had thought it through long ago and arranged it clearly, and was not as angry as others guessed.
Zhou Wanwan was shocked. She looked at her parents-in-law and sister-in-law and said, "..."
Su Huazhu nodded, went to wash her hands, then sat down to eat while telling her parents about the day's exam.
"As long as you take the graduation exam, then I'll ask Uncle Zhang or Uncle Lu to get your high school diploma for you."
Qiao Ru nodded, and she could basically put her mind at ease about her daughter's situation.
The family hurriedly finished their meal and asked Zhou Wanwan to clean up. Qiao Ruru and Su Huaiyuan helped their daughter pack her luggage again. The things that needed to be sent would be left with Zhang Hong later. They would have to trouble him to help send them tomorrow.
"Xiao Ze, Wan Wan, we are going to send Hua Zhu to your uncle Zhang's place, you two should go to bed early."
Before leaving, Qiao Ruru told her eldest son and daughter-in-law, then she and Su Huaiyuan pushed their bicycles and set off with their youngest daughter and two large bags of luggage.
At this time, everyone in the family compound was busy eating, and there were not many people outside, so the family of three left smoothly.
It was not until they were far away from the family compound that Qiao Ruru and Su Huaiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huazhu, don't trust anyone when you go out. Make sure to keep the money your parents give you safe. It's too much money for you to carry alone. Wait a few days for your parents to come over and then find a chance to give it to you. Don't eat anything given by strangers, and don't pay attention to any strangers. This time, the big brother who escorted you there is in the team. If you feel uncomfortable, tell him."
"By the way, your parents have found two companions for you to go to the countryside with. They are the grandchildren of your grandfather's classmates. They are good people. You can stay with them when you are away and take care of each other."
"Huazhu, here are five pills for strengthening your body. Take one first. In addition, Mom has prepared various medicines for you. Don't force yourself to feel comfortable. Rest when you need to rest and work when you need to work."
Qiao Yuru stopped all the way to instruct her daughter that when they were about to leave Zhang Hong's house, she took out several kinds of medicine that were useful to her daughter from the ink bracelet space and told her to take it when she needed to.
Su Huazhu quickly took the medicine from her mother's hand, but before she had time to look at it, a pill was stuffed into her mouth.
"You must keep these Chinese medicines secret. They are the Qiao family's secret recipes, specially made by your great-grandfather and grandfather. They are detoxifiers, and can detoxify all kinds of poisons. And this is a special cold medicine. One pill is enough."
"Huazhu, these medicines are very precious and are about to be lost. No one can make them except your great grandfather and great grandfather. I hope you won't let anyone know about this and give it to others. You can take one pill at a time. I gave some to you and your little brother. There isn't much left now."
"From now on, you must be strong, brave, independent, and know how to protect yourself. In the end, don't give up easily. We will definitely return to the city one day, so you must hold on. When the time comes, we will go home together."
Qiao Ruru was only full of worries about her little daughter. After all, girls are just like boys.
Su Huazhu nodded silently, tears kept falling down, she was no longer a child. She knew what happened in her eldest sister-in-law's family, and similar things had also happened in the families of her classmates. She saw it often.
Therefore, she will be naive and will easily trust others. She knew what she was going to face, she would be afraid and at a loss. But her mother said that they would be able to live far away in the next few days, and Su Huazhu felt relieved again.
Time was too tight, and Qiao Ruru and Su Huaiyuan had no choice. After they sent Su Huazhu to Zhang Hong's house, they only stayed for half an hour and left in a hurry.
They went to find Xiao Lei first and asked him to help order two thousand kilograms of food, both coarse and fine grains, two eggs, more than thirty pickled sea fish, ten pieces of bacon, half a pork loin, thirty kilograms of pork fat, five live chickens, twenty kilograms of brown sugar, fifty kilograms of toilet paper, and even twenty kilograms of salt.
The agreed delivery time was still 5 a.m., and the delivery address was still the original one, which was next door to the Song family.
Afterwards, the couple hurried to Guangsheng's home and asked Guangsheng's wife's nephew to go to the hospital's family area to find Zhang Hong's home tomorrow. They also forced Guangsheng to give him 20 yuan to pass on to his cousin and left quickly.
"Huaiyuan, I suddenly realized that we missed a very fatal and serious problem."
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