Chapter 227 Tianjin
Tian Guihua comforted Lu Miao, saying that Fu Jingyou would be back soon and they would meet soon.
But soon after, it was Tian Guihua who started to count the days on her fingers.
Those who leave at the end of February will have to stay in Tianjin for four months. According to the time, they should be back after mid-June.
It is already June, and there are only a few days left before Fu Jingyou returns.
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Perhaps because the turtle entrails were buried under the tree last year and the year after, the jujube tree is growing exceptionally well this year.
The jujube flowers are densely packed, attracting many bees.
Lu Miao's stomach felt heavier and heavier, and she was looking forward to Fu Jingyou's return. She often brought a small stool and sat under the jujube tree in front of the door, gazing into the distance.
The hill that seemed small before now seems very high, very big and very far away.
If Fu Jingyou came back, he would have to walk a very long way through that mountain path, and it would take a very long time to get home...
Lu Miao gently stroked his round belly with his thumbs, staring at the distant mountains and thinking casually.
What is Fu Jingyou, who is being missed, doing?
I took the train in the evening of February 24th and arrived in Tianjin at one or two o'clock in the morning of the next day.
It was still cold at that time. Among the four people who went from Province H, only Fu Jingyou was dressed warmly and had a boiled egg in his hand that his wife had stuffed in advance.
Along the way, Fu Jingyou was neither cold nor hungry.
The other three people who were traveling with us could not make it.
Either I didn’t bring any dry food, or I didn’t wear enough clothes. The spring and winter in the north are very different from those in the south, and it’s very cold.
Coupled with the bumpy ride of more than ten hours, the three of them looked listless, like chickens with fowl plague, huddled together with their small bags.
Fu Jingyou was tall, with a straight back, so the three men huddled behind him, using his size to block the wind.
Fortunately, the Tianjin factory sent someone to pick us up, and the arrogant big iron ox was parked outside the train station.
A few people looked at the red silk welcome message on the side of the big iron ox and climbed onto the truck bed, but the truck did not move for a long time.
Someone asked what was going on, and the driver behind the wheel of the big iron bull said:
"We can't leave now. We have to wait a little longer. There's another bus tonight."
Fu Jingyou and his group didn't know what to say, so they just huddled in the truck bed and squatted in a corner sheltered from the wind.
"It's not that cold where we are at night, is it?"
"It's not that cold. My teeth are chattering...hiss, it's so cold!"
"Does anyone bring extra clothes? Can you lend me one first?"
"I don't have any. I've already put mine on. You can ask Brother Fu. He's dressed warmly, so he might have some in his suitcase."
Several people around me were chattering.
Fu Jingyou glanced at the tall street lights near the train station, turned his head and refused without waiting for them to speak:
"No, that's what my wife made for me."
“…”
The other three laughed awkwardly and didn't ask to borrow it again.
After enduring the cold wind for nearly two hours, we finally received the students coming from Zjiang.
The tractor rumbled, expelling a cloud of black mist in the early morning and night, pulling a group of people to where they lived.
The students from H Province and Zjiang were the last group to arrive. Since the large factory could not accommodate them in the dormitories, they were temporarily accommodated in two family rooms in the family compound.
A building has four floors, and the bottom two floors are occupied by either factory workers or their families.
This building is where small leaders and other people live, and the space is spacious.
Each household not only has an independent bathroom, balcony and kitchen, but also a large living room that is larger than two sleeping rooms.
Fu Jingyou and his group were lucky. This kind of government-owned residential building left over from the Republic of China era was not something that ordinary people could live in.
The total space of a household is about 130 to 140 square meters, which provides ample space for activities. However, after each room for rest has a double bed, there is not much space left.
There are a total of eight people from H Province and Z Jiang. The person who sent them here said early in the morning that four people would live in one household, and two people would live in one room.
Fu Jingyou walked back and forth and took a look.
Although the place is spacious, there is nothing in the room except the bed and the quilt brought from the factory.
Apart from a small box of charcoal piled on one side of the kitchen bellows and the regular tables and chairs, the entire room was basically empty.
Fu Jingyou looked around and went to the room with better lighting with his luggage.
He is tall and strong, with a cold face and few words. He looks very powerful and seems like someone who is not easy to mess with.
The people traveling with him didn't dare to provoke him, so he stayed in whichever room he wanted.
The problem became which of the other three would live with him.
Three people in dusty, torn coats stood in the living room, muttering to each other.
After several rounds of regretful selections, Wang Xiaohu, the shortest among the group, was finally pushed out to live with Fu Jingyou.
Wang Xiaohu was a little afraid of Fu Jingyou. He didn't dare to speak after entering the room. After putting his things down, he didn't even dare to close the door. He just sat in the corner farthest from Fu Jingyou with his legs crossed.
Fu Jingyou opened the wicker box and made the bed.
No one noticed Wang Xiaohu at first, until they heard the deafening "gurgling" sound of his stomach, and then they realized that there was such a new person in the room.
Fu Jingyou looked up at Wang Xiaohu, who was looking at him nervously.
The two looked at each other, feeling a little awkward.
"Uh... hehe."
Wang Xiaohu laughed dryly and touched his head.
Fu Jingyou thought for a while, then threw the small cloth bag on the bedside table to the other side of the bed:
"I have two eggs left. You can have one."
We are all away from home and it's not easy for everyone. Please help if you can.
Apart from some more private things, Fu Jingyou is unwilling to lend or take things out, and he really doesn't care much about food.
Wang Xiaohu tentatively asked, "Is it okay?" Fu Jingyou continued to busy himself without saying anything.
Wang Xiaohu hesitated for a while, but finally couldn't resist his hunger and picked up the egg and gobbled it up.
"Fu, hiccup..."
Wang Xiaohu choked on the egg so much that the veins on his neck bulged. After swallowing it with great effort, he looked at Fu Jingyou with gratitude and embarrassment.
"Brother Fu, I brought food coupons with me this time... The county leaders said that you can eat cheaply at the big factory here. I will definitely return the rations to you when the time comes."
Fu Jingyou said "hmm" vaguely, took out the toothpaste, toothbrush and enamel pot and walked out.
I saw it when I was strolling around just now. There was indeed the faucet that Lu Miao mentioned in the bathroom.
There should be water if there is a faucet, so Fu Jingyou planned to go over and wash up.
Wang Xiaohu followed behind him, thinking that he was quite particular, even buying such expensive toothpaste to brush his teeth.
But he said, "Brother Fu, I just checked, there is nothing in the water tank in the kitchen..."
Before he could utter the word "water", Wang Xiaohu heard a rushing sound of water.
He quickly went to the bathroom door to take a look.
"Hey, what's going on here? Is there a well underneath?"
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