Achoo!
The train is stopping at the station.
As the Spring Festival approached, educated youth returned to their hometowns, and the train station was crowded with people, with long queues forming in front of the train doors.
The soldier in charge of escorting the train checked the situation several times, then walked to the window and jumped out of the wide-open window, landing on his feet and turning around to reach out his hands.
"Boss, pass my luggage through the window."
With so many bags and a disabled person, this method of handing out luggage before getting off the bus was indeed much more convenient. Watching this, Ruan Qing's drowsy mind was filled with snot bubbles.
Her cheeks and Jing Si's were flushed, and their feet felt like they were walking on cotton.
God knows how cold it can be on a train in Heilongjiang Province in January; the doors are frozen, and the inside of the carriage is a blanket of white.
In addition, there was the sudden ambush along the way.
If it weren't for the kind-hearted Jun from next door lending them two cotton-padded coats, the two might have either been scared to death or frozen to death on the way.
That damned Ruan Xianxian really doesn't care about them.
As expected, after driving out of the coldest area, the two of them developed high fevers!
Ruan Xianxian: Ha! I don't care about you? You have no awareness of being an ugly duckling or a concubine!
...
On the platform, several familiar faces stood beside the pillars amidst the bustling crowds.
Ruan Baozhu and Lu Yi.
Ruan Kangri and Tian Tian.
Jing's father led five or six members of his clan.
Further away, two more faces that Ruan Xianxian recognized stood.
Knowing the carriage number, these people waited outside the carriage door.
The car doors opened, and the crowd filed out.
Ruan Kangri stared intently at the crowd with his cloudy old eyes, trying to find his unfilial daughter at first glance and carry her to the marriage registration office.
Once they get the marriage certificate, he can get more syphilis treatment drugs from the Jing family's daughter-in-law.
Moreover, his gloomy eyes swept over Tian Tian beside him. He had recently discovered some things and had a suspicion in his mind.
If what he guessed was true...
Ruan Kangri's breathing became increasingly rapid, and he couldn't help but cover his lips with his hand and cough.
His cough sent the people around him scattering like birds and beasts, all afraid that he hadn't fully recovered from his hepatitis A and might infect them. Ruan Kangri's face grew increasingly gloomy, faintly revealing a deathly pale hue.
Ruan Baozhu and Lu Yi stood together like strangers, not like a newlywed couple, but more like a newlywed ghost wife.
Lu Yi sneered, "What? Instead of going with your cousin to snatch that rotten cucumber, you came to the train station to pick someone up. Are you planning to recruit your cousin so the three of you can all snatch a cucumber together?"
Ruan Baozhu stared intently at the crowd getting off the bus, her gaze sweeping over each face.
She absolutely had to get the jade pendant—the magical jade pendant that helped her cousin reach the pinnacle of life in her dream.
She touched the jade pendant in her pocket, trying everything she could: burning it, soaking it in water, dripping blood on it, even biting it with her teeth, but the pendant remained unresponsive.
There's only one possibility... that bastard gave himself a fake.
It must still be in Ruan Xianxian's hands. Has she discovered anything about it being pre-selected as her master?
In her dream, she was told that after the reform and opening up, her cousin discovered the wonderful use of the jade pendant and reached the pinnacle of her life, becoming the richest woman.
It's still early, but we should be prepared for anything.
Ruan Baozhu was both nervous and excited. She unconsciously grabbed Lu Yi's clothes, but Lu Yi forcefully pushed her away, saying, "Don't touch me with your dirty hands."
Snapping out of her reverie, Ruan Baozhu sneered, "You're not dirty, you just like middle-aged women. No wonder you smell like an old person. It's better to stay away from you."
Seeing his granddaughter and grandson-in-law's falling out like this, Ruan Kangri was filled with sorrow. The family's decline began when Ruan Xianxian went to the countryside.
The higher one stands, the more superstitious one becomes, Ruan Kangri thought. Although he didn't like Ruan Xianxian, if her return could get the family back on track...
He wouldn't mind giving a few glances.
He had seen the hopeful and longing look in Baozhu's eyes whenever he doted on her since she was little.
If everything can get back on track, she can be obedient and marry into the Jing family. She's not the type to be unable to tolerate a woman who's about to be married off to another family.
A member of the Jing family's collateral branch stood beside the head of the Jing family and said, "The registration office has been taken care of. We'll take them there as soon as they come out."
Mr. Jing nodded, his gaze sweeping over the Ruan family members, each with their own thoughts. "Take her away directly. Don't let her have any contact with the Ruan family; they're dirty."
Ruan Baozhu and Lu Yi went from exchanging barbs to belittling each other and then to hurling insults. If a glimmer of light hadn't suddenly appeared in Ruan Baozhu's eyes, they probably would have started fighting.
Ruan Xianxian was wearing a long white down jacket, calf-length deerskin boots, and a gray scarf around her neck.
The pair of large, exposed eyes were like black obsidian fallen into the snow.
She's as beautiful as a fairy who has wandered into the human world.
Even the train attendant, who was in charge of maintaining order and was shouting loudly, reached out her hand, blushing as she said, "Lady, slow down and watch your step."
"Thank you," Ruan Xianxian said politely.
Ruan Baozhu suddenly grabbed Lu Yi's arm, and Lu Yi felt a sharp pain in his arm. He was about to ask her if she was sick when he followed Ruan Baozhu's gaze and his breath caught in his throat.
A look of amazement flashed in his eyes.
In the vast train station, Guanghua stood alone, like a little elf in the snow, her bright, intelligent eyes sweeping across the room, her face beaming with smiles.
She raised her hand and waved in this direction, "I'm back, Grandpa, cousin, brother-in-law, how are you all?"
I'm back to collect my debts. Are you ready?
Ruan Kangri couldn't help but take a step forward, his vision blurry, "Fenghua."
He felt a sudden dizziness, as if he had returned to the Southern Railway Station more than forty years ago, when he was about to go to the battlefield, and Fenghua was seeing him off in a light-colored ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress).
Back then... back then he thought that after achieving great success, he would definitely not let this woman down, and would make her the wife of the regimental commander, the happiest woman in the world.
He raised his hand, trying to touch that face deep in his memory...
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