"You must be from the Beijing Municipal Transportation Department? I'm really sorry to have troubled you; you've come at just the right time."
"I was hoping the goods would arrive by tomorrow, but you delivered them overnight."
The steel mill workers expressed their gratitude repeatedly and coordinated with them on the goods before allowing the stevedores to unload and inspect them.
Only after everything was confirmed to be in order did they stamp it, and everything was done according to procedure.
Li Baichuan and Biancheng had no objections, which saved them a lot of trouble, since they also had to take responsibility for the goods they had in hand.
The two men were both so serious that the steelworkers on the other side couldn't bring themselves to say anything polite.
Knowing that the Beijing Municipal Transportation Department generally does not accept outsourced work, it must have taken a lot of effort for them to come this time, but they deserve praise for their dedication.
"Comrades, it's so late. Why don't you come with me to the logistics department dormitory to rest for the night?"
The people over there looked at Li Baichuan and Biancheng politely.
"No need, we have somewhere to go." Li Baichuan knew they were just being polite and didn't take it seriously.
Unlike other places, the Beijing Municipal Transportation Department rarely deals with factories in other provinces.
Let alone them being drivers, even if it were a dog from Beijing, they would still treat it well.
Because in the minds of Shanghai residents, apart from Beijing, which is considered a big city, all other places are considered small places.
They wouldn't have this attitude if they came from elsewhere, Li Baichuan knew perfectly well.
"Alright, then I won't disturb your rest any longer." The man handed each of them a pack of cigarettes, knowing they were definitely going to the guesthouse.
The driver's benefits on business trips are definitely not bad; it's much better than being crammed into their dormitory.
Neither Li Baichuan nor Bian Cheng accepted them, as they both knew that they might not have the opportunity to deal with these people again for a year or two.
Asking for other people's things gives them something to talk about, so why be greedy for such a small advantage?
They're after the profits, but they don't care about these things.
The steelworkers hesitated for a long time before finally delivering it, and knowing they genuinely didn't want it, they didn't press the matter further.
They politely helped the person into the car, only then noticing that there were still people sitting inside.
The people at the steel mill felt that Su Ti and Grandma Guo looked familiar, as if they had seen them somewhere before, but they couldn't remember where they had seen them before, no matter how hard they tried.
It wasn't until they left that I realized they were the in-laws of the Su family, the ones who had caused such a commotion at work a few days ago.
Li Baichuan and his team felt much more relaxed after delivering the goods and drove directly to the military compound in Shanghai.
Grandma Guo only started to feel homesick when she reached her doorstep.
"Grandma, the light is still on inside." Suti walked over and knocked on the door.
This knock woke up the whole family. Ever since Grandma went to live with them, Grandpa had been living alone, and Mom and Dad were worried he would be lonely, so they moved in with him.
Seeing Suti and his family, the whole family felt like they were dreaming.
"Mom, Nannan, Baichuan, why are you back?" Guo Xuqing excitedly stepped forward and hugged the child from Su Ti's arms.
She then looked at the one in her mother's hand and saw that they were still awake, not making a fuss, and were being happily played with by her.
"Baichuan and his team came to Shanghai to deliver goods, so we came back with them to visit. Grandma, Mom and Dad, come inside."
Suti and her grandmother were holding the baby, while Li Baichuan and Biancheng were carrying quite a few things.
"Yes, yes, come in quickly, you must be exhausted from the journey!" Commander Guo hurriedly asked the family's housekeeper to get some food.
The house became lively because of their return, with people surrounding the children, Su Ti and Li Baichuan, and Grandma Guo.
They even treated the people in the border town very well.
"You didn't even tell me you were coming, and the house wasn't even tidied up." Guo Xuqing handed the child to Su's father, who was watching with longing.
Thinking about how the house was only cleaned up after my daughter's wedding, I realized that I haven't had the energy to tidy up the rooms lately because of all the things that have been going on at home.
"It's okay, Mom. We can clean up ourselves in a bit. Changing the sheets and blankets is nothing. Baichuan, why don't you call Grandpa and the others to let them know we're safe? They've probably been waiting for us."
Seeing her grandfather and father holding the baby with such affection, Suti realized it would be a lie to say she didn't miss home.
She will always cherish the place where she grew up.
"Okay." Li Baichuan thought that bringing his wife along was a last-minute decision, and he figured his grandfather and the others must be worried sick.
I just grabbed the home phone and called. Grandpa and the others must be waiting for the call.
Sure enough, the phone was answered after only one ring. Li Baichuan and his wife had discussed it and agreed that they were there to deliver goods.
He also mentioned bringing his wife and grandmother back for a visit, told them his approximate return time, and then chatted with his grandfather and the others for a few more minutes before hanging up.
It wasn't until the nanny called them to eat that they realized they were hungry.
The journey has been inconvenient, with only dry food and snacks to tide me over. It's only now, smelling the aroma of noodles, that I realize how empty my stomach is.
"Nannan, go and eat something. You're still breastfeeding, you can't go hungry." Guo Xuqing hurriedly called for her to eat.
Seeing that they were all eating, I went upstairs to tidy up the house.
Nannan and Baichuan's rooms are ready-made; they've just been unoccupied for several months, so all they need to do is change the sheets.
The main issue was that the young man they brought needed to clean out a room. They had an empty room, but it was cluttered with all sorts of odds and ends.
She needed to go upstairs and tidy up so that she could arrange for people to stay. She knew that if they didn't have a good relationship, Nannan and the others wouldn't have brought them home.
After dinner, none of them had the energy to chat with their families anymore, and even the children needed to go to sleep.
The Guo family quickly arranged for them to go upstairs to rest.
"Did they hear something when they came back at this time?" Guo Xuqing asked her husband with a puzzled look after Su Ti and Li Baichuan went upstairs.
"How could the news spread so quickly?" Su's father frowned.
"Then tell me, how could it be such a coincidence?" Guo Xuqing still felt something was off.
"Didn't Nannan say that Baichuan came to deliver goods and just stopped by to visit?"
Su's father thought the matter was almost resolved, and besides, they hadn't asked anything, so they didn't seem to know anything.
"That would be for the best. No matter what, we can't let Nannan worry about us. You should stop now. Those people aren't worth your time."
Guo Xuqing mentioned that those people looked down on her, and she didn't want her family to suffer any injustice.
“I don’t know what you and Dad are talking about, but those people dared to treat you like that, so I’m not going to back down this time.”
Guo Xuqing felt truly aggrieved for her husband; those people who hurt her husband were simply unacceptable.
But she also knew that her father and he both had plans, and that those people's antics were all part of their scheme.
She let Nannan and the others play as they pleased since they weren't back, but she was afraid that those shameless people would shift their focus and cause trouble for Nannan and the others.
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