Time entered the year 1970, and it was the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. Yun Qiao felt that the time passed extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was almost the end of the lunar calendar.
Feng Juan and Qin Zheng did not mention to Yun Qiao that they were going back to the capital for the holiday.
Qin Lin had called Qin Zheng several times. He wanted to see his daughter and repeatedly urged Qin Zheng and his friends to buy train tickets back to Beijing, saying that if it was difficult to buy tickets, he could help them arrange tickets, but Qin Zheng refused every time.
Qin Zheng still said the same thing, there was no reason for everyone to accommodate one person. If you want to see Yun Qiao, come to the Northeast.
Qin Lin was helpless.
During the Spring Festival, everyone is busy going home to celebrate, so the Spring Festival is also the busiest time of the year for the Ministry of Railways.
Qin Lin also wanted to go to Northeast China to spend the holiday with his daughter, but he really couldn't do it.
The entire Ministry of Railways is extremely busy, so as a minister, he has no free time. He can only take time off after the Lantern Festival in the following day.
The train clanged into the station and a long whistle blew.
During the Spring Festival, the number of people at Shanghai Railway Station is greater than ever before.
Su Lin was wrapped in a bulky old black cotton-padded jacket, with a navy blue scarf on her head and a sack of luggage in her hands. She looked very gray.
Not only was her clothing gray, her entire person also looked gray. Her fair complexion had long since become dull and grayish under the ravages of wind and sand, and her delicate skin had become rough. She was clearly only seventeen or eighteen years old, but she already had a sense of old age.
After a while, Su Lin set foot on the land of Shanghai again, but she felt as if she was in another world.
The Loess Plateau is not only plagued by sandstorms, but also droughts. The conditions there are even more difficult and poorer than when she went to Jiangxi in her previous life. In just a short period of time, Su Lin experienced more hardships than she had endured in the past ten years when she went to the countryside.
Following the crowd out of the station, Su Lin immediately saw the person waiting for her at the exit. It was her former sister Su Hua.
At the age of twelve, Su Hua had grown a lot taller. Her height grew taller and taller. At the same time, her body also blossomed like a flower, and she already had the graceful figure of a young girl.
The little girl who was once looked down upon by her has grown into a graceful and elegant young lady, as charming and attractive as a beautiful bud before she noticed it.
Su Lin stared at Su Hua's delicate skin, and suddenly she felt an urge to hide herself.
She stopped involuntarily and pulled the scarf on her head, trying to cover her face so that Su Hua would not recognize her.
However, when things really happened as she wished, when she passed by Su Hua, Su Hua avoided her sight with an expressionless face as if he were a stranger, which made Su Lin feel a little unbearable.
Could it be that I am so ugly that even when I meet Su Hua face to face, she can't recognize me?
Su Lin's lips trembled slightly. She took several steps forward and then turned back in embarrassment.
She walked up to Su Hua, pursed her lips, and called her in a low voice: "Xiao Hua."
"Do you know me?" Su Hua was stunned.
In Su Hua's impression, the eldest sister Su Lin was a beautiful and fashionable image. She had never associated her eldest sister with the simple rural elder sister dress, so she didn't notice the person wearing a gray, bulky cotton coat at all.
It wasn't until Su Lin called out her name that Su Hua looked at her face and recognized her from her familiar features: "You are...Eldest Sister?"
Su Lin pulled the corner of her mouth bitterly: "Xiaohua, it's me."
"Sister, why have you become like this?" Su Hua looked Su Lin up and down and said in disbelief.
She was still young and hadn't learned to hide her feelings yet. The surprise in her eyes was like a blade, almost hurting Su Lin's eyes.
"It's a big change, right?" Su Lin forced a smile and tried to explain, "I think so too. It's because the sun is strong and the wind and sand are strong over there on the Loess Plateau. I have to work under the scorching sun, so I got tanned like this."
In fact, it's not just that she got tanned, Su Lin's skin also became rough.
Because her skin had been dehydrated for so long, wrinkles had even appeared around her eyes and between her eyebrows. Although wrinkles are not reversible, they are very similar to wrinkles, making her look several years older.
Su Lin didn't want to talk to Su Hua about life in the countryside, so she quickly changed the subject and asked, "Are you the only one who came to pick me up? Where are Dad and Yixing Yichang?"
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