Chapter 48 Lin Ping
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Lin Qiu was reading picture books with Wang Shan at the newsstand as usual, when suddenly the phone rang.
I didn’t make any outgoing calls today, so how come there is an incoming call? Lin Qiu was a little puzzled, but still picked up the phone.
The call was from Lin Ting.
Lin Ting told Lin Qiu that the day before yesterday, Zhao Dalong came to the house and asked if there was anything he wanted to take with him. As a result, Lin Ping heard that Zhao Dalong was going to Pengcheng in two days, so he asked to go to Pengcheng to work with him. The family couldn't persuade her, so they had to give in to her. So Lin Ting sent her to meet Zhao Dalong and his wife early this morning, and they are probably already at Yancheng Station.
Lin Ting made this call hoping that the two sisters would take care of each other, but when he thought about his children growing up and slowly leaving him one by one, there was a hint of sadness in his tone.
"I understand. Don't worry, Dad. I will definitely take good care of my own sister!" Lin Qiu comforted Lin Ting. "Xiu Ren and I will go to the station to pick her up tonight. I will call back tomorrow morning to let you know she is safe."
"Okay, I'll be waiting for your call at the prefabrication factory tomorrow morning!" Lin Qiu's words made Lin Ting feel relieved. "You have to take good care of yourself. We don't ask for anything else at home, we just hope that you are safe and sound."
"You should also take care of yourselves at home! Remember to call me if you have any problems."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Qiu excitedly hugged Wang Shan and spun around.
"Shanshan, your aunt is coming!"
Wang Shan was picked up and was confused. Soon she found it fun to be held and spun in circles. She shouted excitedly: "Mom, spin more! Spin more!"
Lin Qiu held his daughter and spun around a few more times until he was out of strength, then he put her down, panting.
"Shanshan, your aunt is coming! Do you still remember her?" Lin Qiu squatted down and panted, looking at his daughter with sparkling eyes.
"Aunt?" Wang Shan was a little confused.
It’s not her fault. After all, Wang Shan was only one and a half years old when she left her hometown, and she basically had no impression of the people and things in her hometown.
"Mom's sister is called Auntie."
A clear child's voice suddenly sounded, surprising Lin Qiu.
"Shanshan is so smart! Aunt is mom's sister. We will meet her later in the evening."
Wang Shan was very happy with Lin Qiu’s praise. She continued to recite loudly: “Dad’s dad is called Grandpa, and dad’s mom is called Grandma…”
Children have good memories!
When Wang Xiuren came to the newsstand after get off work, Lin Qiu had already closed the rolling shutter.
He was a little surprised: "Why are you in such a hurry today? You closed the door before seven o'clock?"
"We're going to pick someone up at the train station later, so of course we have to close early."
"Who do you want to pick up?" Wang Xiuren was confused. He knew that Brother Zhao should come over in the next two days, but Brother Zhao was an old hand, so why did he need to be picked up?
"It's my aunt! My aunt is coming!" Wang Shan pulled Wang Xiuren's trouser leg and answered loudly.
Lin Qiu then told him about Lin Ting's phone call and told him that Lin Ping came here to work with Zhao Dalong.
"My aunt is coming, so we have to go pick her up!" Wang Xiuren nodded. "The train is expected to arrive around eight o'clock, so we might as well go out for a meal to welcome my aunt and Zhao and the others."
"Okay!" Lin Qiu had no objection.
"When does the nursery start?" Wang Xiuren picked up his daughter who was following him, "I see many students have already started classes."
"She will be sent there the day after tomorrow! The nursery starts two days later than other schools." Lin Qiu replied, "Let me tell you, Shanshan has a very good memory. She still remembers everything her teacher taught her last year very clearly."
He also told Wang Xiuren about the moment Wang Shan memorized the name in the morning.
"It seems that the thirty yuan a month is not wasted, but my Shanshan is smart!" Wang Xiuren was very proud after hearing this, "My Shanshan will go to college in the future!"
Lin Qiu also felt that his daughter was smart. She was admitted to a key university despite having such poor conditions in her previous life. Her conditions in this life had improved, definitely better than in her previous life!
Back at the rental house, Lin Qiu took out a can of food. Dinner would be late today, and he was afraid that Wang Shan would be hungry, so he opened a can of food for her to fill her stomach.
After eating the canned food, the family of three changed their clothes and rushed to the train station.
Now is the time when various factories are resuming work. The train station is crowded with people and the exit is also blocked. Taxi, tricycle and motorcycle drivers were also waiting on the side to solicit customers, and some, like Lin Qiu's family, were here to pick up relatives and friends.
"Shanshan, when you see Uncle Zhao later, just shout loudly, okay?" Wang Xiuren carried Lin Shan on his shoulders and told her.
"Got it! Just shout when you see Uncle Zhao. And shout when you see Auntie too!" Wang Shan sat on her father's shoulders and agreed readily.
“How clever!”
When the train station broadcast announced that the train from Yancheng to Pengcheng was about to arrive, the crowd at the exit began to stir.
Wang Xiuren pulled Lin Qiu tightly against the iron fence at the exit. This was a good location; Lin Ping and the others could see his family as they exited the station.
As the whistle sounded, soon a large group of passengers began to check their tickets and exit the station. Drivers on both sides of the fence began to solicit passengers loudly, and the noise gradually became louder.
"Uncle Zhao! Uncle Zhao!"
The sharp-eyed Wang Shan saw Zhao Dalong, who was carrying two woven bags, twisting excitedly on Wang Xiuren's shoulders.
"Son, be gentle, or your dad's shoulders will collapse!" Wang Xiuren was afraid that Wang Shan would fall, so he quickly supported Wang Shan.
"Dad, Uncle Zhao is out! I saw him!" Wang Shan pointed at the exit and said loudly.
"Uncle Zhao, I'm here! Uncle Zhao!"
Wang Shan followed her father's instructions seriously and shouted so loudly that her voice broke.
Zhao Dalong heard a child's voice just as he arrived at the station entrance. He looked up and saw Wang Xiuren and his family of three. He wanted to wave back, but his hands were busy. Seeing Wang Shan's baby voice shouting "Shanshan, I see you, stop shouting!"
"Uncle Zhao! Uncle Zhao!"
Wang Shan shouted even louder when she heard the voice.
Zhao Dalong quickly squeezed out of the station, and Zhang Guixiang followed him out, carrying a luggage bag in one hand and holding Lin Ping in the other.
“Finally squeezed out!”
This was Lin Ping’s first words when he arrived in Pengcheng.
Wang Xiuren quickly took the huge luggage bag from his aunt's sister, and Lin Qiu also grabbed Lin Ping, who had a pale face.
"There are too many people here, let's go out first!"
Zhao Dalong took the lead and walked out of the station, followed by the others.
After leaving the station, Wang Xiuren was too lazy to squeeze into the bus with others, so he stopped two taxis, settled his people and luggage, and the drivers drove the two cars towards the rental house.
"Pingping, why do you look so bad?"
Lin Qiu held his sister's hand all the time and wanted to ask when they met, but there were too many people around, so he didn't speak until they got in the taxi.
"Sister, brother-in-law." Lin Ping said gloomily, "There were too many people on the train. I was almost squeezed into a meat patty. And I was so unlucky. The woman next to me was carsick and kept vomiting, which made me want to vomit too."
"Now is the peak period for returning to work, so of course there are a lot of people! I thought you were sick just now, but it turns out you are a little carsick." Lin Qiu felt relieved. Although he had a lot to say in his heart, it was a bit inconvenient in the car. He decided to wait until he got to the rental house to talk.
"Shanshan, this is my aunt. Did you call anyone?" Lin Qiu introduced Lin Ping to Wang Shan.
Wang Shan had no impression of Lin Ping, and curiously stuck her head out of Wang Xiuren's arms and looked back.
Wang Xiuren saw that Wang Shan only looked at him but didn't call out for help. He turned his body back from the passenger seat and said, "Shanshan, this is your aunt. She carried you on her back a lot when you were a child."
"Shanshan, do you remember me? I'm your aunt!" Lin Ping leaned forward to touch Wang Shan.
Wang Shan dodged for a while before speaking: "Aunt."
"Hey." Lin Ping agreed happily, then turned his head to talk to Lin Qiu, "Sister, I think Shanshan doesn't remember me."
"She was too young before. She'll be fine after a few days. You might even dislike having a follower like her!" Lin Qiu explained with a smile.
"I don't dislike her! Shanshan is so fair and cute! If my brother-in-law hadn't carried her on his back, I wouldn't have recognized her. She looks exactly like a city kid." Lin Ping calmed down and became more energetic. "Sister, you and your brother-in-law have become much fairer. This big city makes people beautiful!"
When these words were spoken, not only Lin Qiu and his wife, but also the driver laughed out loud.
Lin Ping felt a little embarrassed by the laughter and his ears turned red.
"Your brother-in-law and I basically stay in a shady room to work and don't get much sun, so our skin became white. Your skin will also become white after a while!" Lin Qiu saw that his sister was a little embarrassed, so he held back his laughter and explained the reason to her.
"I thought the water in Pengcheng had bleaching properties!" Lin Ping blurted out.
Several people in the car couldn't help laughing.
The strangeness of meeting again after a long separation gradually faded away in the laughter and joy, and what remained was only the joy of meeting relatives.
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