Chapter 58 is coming
Lin Qiu never expected that his parents would come to Pengcheng without even saying hello.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were not many customers, she was tidying up the shelves with her back to the stall, when she heard a familiar voice.
"Qiuqiu?"
Lin Qiu thought he was too busy to hear his mother's voice, so he shook his head and thought it was just tinnitus.
"Qiuqiu? Is that you?"
This time the voice was a little louder and sounded more like my mother's voice.
Lin Qiu turned around, looked up, and was so scared that the magazine in his hand fell to the ground.
"Mom, why are you here? Where's Daddy?" Lin Qiu screamed in fright.
"Your father is at home. I came here alone."
Zhou Qing's light words frightened Lin Qiu so much that his soul almost dispersed.
God knows how scared Lin Qiu was when he heard the news.
Zhou Qing, an illiterate old lady, had been to her uncle’s home in Chen City, and she went there with her father. Now he actually came all the way to Pengcheng by himself, a long way away. It is hard to imagine what might happen on the way.
"Mom, how can you be so brave? If something happens, what do you want us to do?"
Lin Qiu complained as he pulled Zhou Qing into the newsstand. Seeing that the corners of her mouth were dry and chapped, he quickly unscrewed a bottle of water and handed it to her, "Mom, moisten your throat first!"
Zhou Qing had already finished the water he brought with him, and after asking all the questions along the way, he was already thirsty.
He took the water, drank half the bottle in one breath, and let out a long sigh.
"Qiuqiu, is there anything to eat?" Zhou Qing touched his stomach and turned away embarrassedly.
"Mom, couldn't you have informed us in advance?" Lin Qiu felt sad and angry when he saw her like this.
He peeled two eggs and handed them to me. "Take some for now, and I'll make you something delicious when I get home tonight!"
Zhou Qing didn't care about his image and wolfed down two eggs, only then did he calm down.
"Mom, tell me honestly, does Dad know you're coming?"
Lin Qiu picked up the newspapers and magazines scattered on the ground, and while holding his mother, he stared at her closely.
Zhou Qing was stared at by his daughter. He pursed his lips and turned his head away. It took him a long time to utter two words: "No."
Lin Qiu was panicked, "Does anyone else know?"
"They are all ungrateful people. Tell them what to do?" At this point, Zhou Qing instantly became angry.
"You didn't tell anyone and secretly ran to Pengcheng by yourself?" Lin Qiu could now imagine it completely. His family must be worried crazy now.
Just as I was about to say something, I heard the phone ringing.
Lin Qiu quickly picked up the phone.
"Qiuqiu, what should we do? I don't know where your mother has gone."
Lin Ting's hoarse voice came through the receiver.
Lin Qiu quickly replied: "Dad, Mom is here with me, don't worry."
"Why did she come to your place alone?" Lin Ting was also shocked by the news.
At first, he thought Zhou Qing was lost and looked for her everywhere. Now he learned that she ran to Pengcheng alone. Lin Ting's voice became weak.
"I'm glad your mom is okay. I was so worried in the house and couldn't find her anywhere."
"Daddy, don't worry, it's okay. Just take care of yourself, otherwise you might get hurt if my mom is fine." Lin Qiu was afraid that his daddy might get worried and something might happen, so he quickly comforted him.
"Old man, I'll stay at Qiuqiu's place for a few days and come back soon. Don't worry, I'm fine!"
Zhou Qing was also worried about his wife's health, so he leaned close to the phone and shouted.
Lin Qiu immediately put the phone to her ear.
"You said you wanted to go to Qiuqiu's place, so you should tell me and I'll take you there. Why did you sneak out alone? Don't you know there are all kinds of people on the road? If something really happens, what are you going to do with me and the children?"
Lin Ting came back to his senses and chattered to his wife.
Zhou Qing couldn't help but mutter, "I'm really mad!"
"What happened? You ran away without telling me. Do you know how worried I was?"
Listening to his wife's caring words, Zhou Qing's eyes also turned red. It was wrong for him to sneak out.
"I won't do that next time. If I run away, I'll take you with me!"
"Okay, you stay at Qiuqiu's place for a while, and I'll come pick you up when the time comes."
Lin Ting knew his wife's temper and personality. If she wasn't extremely angry, she would not have run to such a far place as Pengcheng. I'll go home and find out what exactly caused my mother to get so angry that she ran away from home!
"Well, you should take care of yourself at home. Buy whatever you want to eat yourself and don't be reluctant to spend money!" Zhou Qing also missed his wife who was left at home.
"Okay, the phone call is expensive, I'll hang up first. If you have anything, ask Qiuqiu to call me."
"good!"
Lin Qiu also promised his father that he would take good care of his mother.
After the call was hung up, Zhou Qing sat aside with red eyes. His clothes were crumpled after the long journey, and his hair was stuck to his scalp in clumps.
Seeing his mother's pitiful appearance, Lin Qiu sighed and lowered his voice.
"Mom, how did you find me?"
Zhou Qing took out a remittance slip from his trouser pocket.
"I went to Yancheng to take the train and met a fellow villager. I heard that she was going to take a bus to Pengcheng, so I followed her and bought a ticket and got on the bus. After arriving in Pengcheng, I took the remittance slip to the ticket seller at the bus station. They sent me on the bus and told me to get off at Xixiang and ask at the post office. When I arrived at the post office, a young man heard me talking about you and took me here."
"It's probably Xiao Chen. I have to thank him tomorrow!"
To be honest, Lin Qiu admired Zhou Qing for being able to travel thousands of miles to Pengcheng alone and find him successfully, but this kind of behavior is not worth encouraging.
Therefore, she solemnly told Zhou Qing: "Mom, next time if you have any problems, remember to tell your family. The world is not like before. Some people will do anything for money. So for your own sake and for our whole family, don't do this kind of thing again!"
Zhou Qing's face turned red after being told this by his daughter. He was so angry at the time that he didn't think too much about it. He felt a little regretful as soon as he got in the car, but there was nothing he could do but go on. Now that I hear my daughter say this, I feel even more scared.
"Okay, next time I go out I'll bring your dad along!"
“That’s more like it!”
Lin Qiu's face relaxed only after hearing his mother's affirmative answer.
After calming down, Zhou Qing looked around the small newsstand. Although it was small, it was kept in perfect order by his daughter, and the glass on the shelves was wiped clean. Colorful books were neatly arranged on the shelves in front of the newsstand, and tea eggs and corn were steaming on the coal stove.
"Your business looks good, but there isn't much business. Can you make money?" Zhou Qing looked at his daughter with some concern.
"Whether the business is good or not, you will see it later!" Lin Qiu did not explain, you will see it later.
Sure enough, as the children got out of school and the adults got off work, the small newsstand welcomed waves of customers, and Lin Qiu was busy all the time.
It was the first time that Zhou Qing saw such a scene. While he marveled at the booming business of the newsstand, he stared at the shelves in front of him intently, fearing that others would take advantage of the situation.
It was almost seven o'clock when the newsstand gradually became deserted.
Lin Qiu moved the shelves into the newsstand and extinguished the coal stove. He checked again and again to make sure there were no safety hazards before closing and locking the rolling shutter door.
Zhou Qing was not idle. He helped his daughter move things and cleaned up the garbage in the newsstand with a broom.
"Mom, let's go!"
Lin Qiu unlocked the bicycle next to the newsstand and pushed it to his mother's side, "Come on up!"
Zhou Qing sat on it sideways and looked at his daughter's thin body. "Can you carry me?"
"You'll know if you try it!"
After saying that, he pushed his legs hard and the car moved forward.
Zhou Qing sat in the back seat, watching the endless stream of vehicles and pedestrians, and the tall buildings flashing by, and said softly: "This is Pengcheng!"
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