Chapter 253: Wisconsin Trip
Just go.
The mother and daughter were not the type to procrastinate, so they took their ID cards and went directly to the ticket agency to buy the earliest tickets to Feitianfu.
Then I went home and packed my luggage for Wisconsin.
At seven o'clock the next day, after Lin Qiu checked the house, he took a taxi with his daughter, dragging his suitcase, and headed straight to Bao'an Airport.
The plane took off at 9:05 and landed at Tianfu Airport at 11:20 on time.
There was no one to pick them up at the airport this time, so Lin Qiu and her daughter picked up their luggage and took a taxi directly to Dujiangyan.
The mother and daughter kept looking at the strange city through the car window.
Tianfu, as the capital city of Sichuan Province, was also affected by the Wisconsin earthquake. Many buildings were damaged to varying degrees. Fortunately, the main urban area was not seriously damaged.
But the closer you get to Dujiangyan, the more you can feel the destructive force of the Weizhou earthquake.
Collapsed houses, broken bridges, collapsed roads, and boulders left by landslides can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road...
Although I had felt the disaster that the earthquake brought to the people of Sichuan Province from news reports and TV screens before, it was not until I stood on this land in person that I truly realized the concrete form of the "catastrophe."
Both mother and daughter were in a heavy mood.
The taxi driver also looked solemn.
The silence in the car was deafening.
After getting off the bus, Lin Qiu let out a long sigh and calmed down. "Are you hungry? Let's go eat something first."
The mother and daughter dragged their suitcases and found a fermented glutinous rice wine shop to sit down.
I ordered fermented glutinous rice flour, brown sugar glutinous rice cake, and yerba.
The food was delicious, but neither of us had much appetite.
The two of them bit the Yeerba without any taste, and then sighed at the same time.
Just when Lin Qiu wanted to say something, his cell phone rang.
Upon seeing that it was Wang Xiuren calling, Lin Qiu immediately pressed the answer button.
"Where are you? I'm in Dujiangyan."
Lin Qiu walked out and told him the name of the store.
Not long after, a black SUV stopped outside the store.
The mother and daughter looked outside and saw Wang Xiuren just getting out of the car.
"Dad!" Wang Shan stood up and ran over.
Lin Qiu also stood up and walked towards the door.
"dad!"
Wang Shan wanted to hug her father, but he dodged her.
Wang Xiuren pointed at his clothes and said, "Dad hasn't had time to change his clothes yet. He's very dirty."
Wang Shan pouted, "I won't dislike you."
"I know, I know!" Wang Xiuren grinned and reached out to touch his daughter's head.
Then he looked at his wife who was walking over and said, "You're here."
"Yeah." Lin Qiu also stared at him.
It has only been a short time since then, but he has become darker, thinner, and his hair has grown longer.
"You haven't had lunch yet?"
"without."
"Then come in and eat together!"
After saying that, he went in and asked the boss to order a bowl of hot jelly and a scallion roll.
Wang Xiuren was probably very hungry. After the food came, he picked up the bowl and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Seeing how relishing he was eating, the mother and daughter also felt a lot better in their appetites.
After filling their stomachs, the family got in the car and talked.
"Dad, whose car is this?" Wang Shan sat in the back seat and looked around the car with interest.
"Your Uncle Ada lent it to me." Wang Xiuren replied.
"Oh! Where are the others?"
"In Mianzhu. He has to travel back and forth between several places. He is very busy."
After Wang Xiuren answered his daughter's question, he turned his head and discussed with his wife: "How about you and Shanshan stay here for one night and go back tomorrow?"
ah?
Lin Qiu stared at him with eyes wide open.
"There are still aftershocks here. It's not safe for you here," Wang Xiuren explained.
"I shouldn't have let you come here. I was selfish and wanted to see you and your daughter. Now that people have seen you, for safety's sake, you should go back to Pengcheng. That way I can feel at ease."
After listening to this, Lin Qiu did not answer. He lowered his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Seeing her like this, Wang Xiuren thought she was angry and grabbed her hand. "I'm glad you came here, but there are still too many aftershocks here. Sometimes there are several a day, and in serious cases, the aftershocks can be as high as magnitude 4 or 5."
Lin Qiuhui held his hand and looked at him. "I'm not angry. I also know that you are thinking about the safety of Shanshan and me. Now that I'm here, I still want to go to your workplace to take a look."
"Three days. Shanshan and I will stay here for three days. After three days, we will return to Pengcheng."
Wang Xiuren couldn't resist his wife's sincere look, and he still gave in.
"Then it's settled. You'll stay in the tent for the next three days. You can't walk around. Call me if you have any problems."
"Yeah." Lin Qiu nodded in agreement.
"Yes, sir." Wang Shan also saluted and assured.
The highway from Dujiangyan to Weizhou has not yet been officially opened to traffic and is now undergoing final maintenance work.
Wang Xiuren drove carefully on the road. From time to time, large and small rocks fell from the mountain on one side, which was frightening.
Finally, we arrived at the construction site where Wang Xiuren was working.
The workers all went to work, and Wang Xiuren led his wife and daughter into the accommodation camp.
Thanks to Adago, Wang Xiuren was considered a contractor and was assigned a tent.
After settling his wife and daughter, he went to the construction site not far away.
"Mom, can I go outside and take a look?"
After lying in the tent for more than an hour, Wang Shan couldn't stand it anymore.
"Didn't your father tell us not to make a fuss?" Lin Qiu was also worried about aftershocks, so it was safer to stay in the tent.
"I'll just look around the camp and won't wander around." Wang Shan looked at her mother anxiously.
Lin Qiu thought about it, but still couldn't persuade her, "I'll go with you."
After leaving the tent, I found that the construction site was not far away and I could hear the workers shouting.
Looking from afar, I saw a group of shirtless men working together to unload the steel bars from the truck.
One can imagine that there must be beads of sweat on their heads, the muscles in their arms must be bulging, and they may even be clenching their teeth.
She could feel a surge of vitality from it.
Even though this place is still in ruins now, as long as we work together, flowers will eventually bloom from the ruins.
"Mom, can I draw here?"
Lin Qiu looked at the scorching sun in the sky and advised: "You will get heatstroke."
Wang Shan is not afraid of these. Inspiration is hard to come by, but she insists: "I want to paint here."
"Then you draw it."
She ran into the tent, took out her painting supplies from the suitcase, and ran out again.
Wang Shan actually seldom paints figures, especially modern figures, which look awkward when placed in traditional Chinese paintings.
But she had a strong feeling in her heart, so she found a good angle, picked up a brick and sat down, setting up the easel.
Spread out the drawing paper and take out the pen, and with a few strokes, a few lines appear on the paper in one go, a bit like a child's scribbles.
People who don’t understand have no idea what is being painted.
Lin Qiu couldn’t understand what was going on for the moment, so he could only stand behind her and hold an umbrella for her.
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