Chapter 961 Returning Home
Time slips away like water while the family is having fun.
The journey was long and the time was tight, but Fu Jingyou had made all the calculations.
On the night of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, Fu Jingyou came home from get off work. Before he even had time to sit down, he took his wife and children out with a lot of bags.
Lu Yuanzheng took the car keys and took them to the station.
It took nearly two days on the road to reach Xi County, H Province.
Lu Miao, carrying two wicker boxes, walked while looking back and got off the car first.
The three older children followed closely behind, carrying their own small backpacks.
Fu Jingyou stayed in the car for a while before getting off.
He also had a larger and heavier box in his hand.
Plus, Baichuan was fast asleep.
Afraid that the child would catch a cold after getting out of the car, Fu Jingyou opened the box and found a piece of clothing and tied it behind his back.
He put the sleeping boy in front of his chest and hid him inside his coat, and only got off the car after he was done.
"Brother Xiaofu! Damn it!"
There are many members in the family, and they are all well-dressed, so they are a huge target.
Hu Zhiyuan could see the platform from a distance because it was so big.
Hu Zhiyuan waved and ran closer.
Just as Lu Miao was about to turn around to look, Hu Zhiyuan had already picked up the two boxes at his feet:
"Thank you for your hard work! You must have had a hard time on this journey! Hurry up, the bus is waiting at the station entrance!"
As Hu Zhiyuan spoke, he leaned over and shifted his hands. One hand held two boxes, and the other was free to touch the heads of the three children one by one:
"Haha, I haven't seen you for a year. You've grown so tall? This is Shi An, right? He's really strong, half a head taller than that kid at home!"
Hu Zhiyuan walked in front, patting the three children on the head and chatting with them for a long time.
Lu Miao stared blankly for a while, then suddenly turned his head, raised and lowered his slender curved eyebrows and looked at Fu Jingyou blankly.
Fu Jingyou seemed to understand her doubts, shook his head slightly, and took the initiative to ask Hu Zhiyuan:
"How did you know we were arriving today?"
Hu Zhiyuan turned around and said with a smile:
"It's almost New Year, and I went to the countryside with the comrades from the food station to collect the pigs we were supposed to be collecting. When we got to the village, I heard my uncle say..."
Speaking of this, Hu Zhiyuan glanced back and forth at Fu Jingyou and Lu Miao with a click of his tongue:
"Brother Xiao Fu, you guys weren't very considerate this time! You didn't even inform the county before you came back. I heard the news from my uncle, and I went back to the county and spent a long time looking up train schedules, only to find out it was only at this time today!"
The village is developing slowly, and the electricity supply problem has been going on for several years without any solution.
However, because schools have resumed classes, more people in the village can read and write.
Some positions are gradually filled.
For example, the post office now has postmen who deliver letters to people's homes in the village.
When Fu Jingyou came back this time, he did not call the county to inform them, but wrote a letter to inform He Hong in advance.
As for why the county was not alerted?
The reason is that Fu Jingyou was in his rising period in the past.
If he makes a name for himself, he will lend a hand if his hometown needs any support or help, as long as it does not violate discipline.
But now it's different.
Fu Jingyou already felt that his career path was going downhill.
He is a director and his job is in jeopardy.
In the final analysis, it was because he was worried about using the county's connections too much. If there was something they wanted to entrust him with, he would be in an awkward position because he couldn't do it well and couldn't refuse.
This is what happened, but now that Hu Zhiyuan has arrived, Fu Jingyou could only smile and say:
"There's a lot going on in the county at the end of the year, and I didn't want to disturb you. But who would have thought you had such a keen nose? You smelled something and came here early."
Hu Zhiyuan laughed heartily, turned around and glared at the couple, saying:
"I heard you were promoted to director. You better be telling the truth, or I'll think you've gotten high up and look down on people like us from this poor, remote village."
Lu Miao listened to their conversation for a while, then suddenly smiled and interrupted:
"Look at what you said. What do you mean by remote and poor? Isn't he also from this remote and poor country?"
Hu Zhiyuan slapped his lips and said yes with a smile.
Fu Jingyou also laughed softly.
We got into the car chatting and laughing.
Fu Jingyou didn't talk much about work, and Hu Zhiyuan sympathized with their hardship from riding in the car, so he didn't ask.
He just chatted about family matters and said that when he was free during the New Year, he wanted to invite them to his home for a New Year's dinner.
Fu Jingyou and Lu Miao also answered straightforwardly.
They said that they were busy and might not be able to come to their house, but if Hu Zhiyuan could come to their house for dinner, they would definitely welcome him.
Hu Zhiyuan was an old acquaintance of theirs, so naturally he didn't bother with politeness. He just smiled and replied:
"That's a deal, I'll be here when the time comes!"
Lu Miao said with a smile:
"Come on, you're welcome!"
There was another burst of hearty laughter in the car.
The car shook all the way to the west threshing ground in Dahe Village.
Fu Jingyou, with Xiao Baichuan in his bulging arms, pushed the door open and got out of the car to get his luggage.
Lu Miao took care of the children in the back, tightened their clothes and sleeves, and then opened the car door and led the children out.
Hu Zhiyuan looked at Fu Jingyou and said:
"Brother Xiao Fu, do you need a car? If you do, I'll leave it here for you to drive."
Fu Jingyou shook his head and refused:
"No need. We installed everything at home last year. Now there's nothing that needs a car. If you need to buy something, you can just ride a bicycle... You can go home today. We'll clean up the house in the next two days and wait for you to come over for a drink after the New Year."
Hu Zhiyuan was amused and nodded with a grin:
"Okay!"
Glancing at the boy sleeping soundly in Fu Jingyou's arms, Hu Zhiyuan said with a smile, "The boy is really good at sleeping. He slept all the way."
After that, he nodded and greeted Fu Jingyou and Lu Miao one after another. Then Hu Zhiyuan opened the car door and got in. After a burst of "tengtengteng" driving, he drove the car slowly out of Dahe Village.
Fu Jingyou picked up the suitcase, lightly embraced Lu Miao, and went to the He family with his wife and children.
Someone living near the threshing ground leaned out and squinted to look, but for a moment he didn't realize who had returned.
It was not until I heard the noisy firecrackers from the He family that I slowly came to my senses and realized that it might be Fu Xiaoliu and his family that had returned.
That's right. Apart from them, no one in the village works in the city.
Not to mention being able to dress so neatly and elegantly...
Some people hunched their shoulders and necks, stuffed their hands into their sleeves, and shivered with cold as they went to watch the fun at the He family's house.
Let’s talk about the He family.
After waiting for a year and a half for the person to come back, He Hongjin was willing to give up this time and went to the town early to buy a thousand round firecrackers.
There was a crackling sound, and just as the smoke filled the yard, the house was filled with a noisy shouting:
"Grandpa, grandma!"
"Second uncle! Second aunt!"
"Why!"
He Erge and his wife responded with a smile.
He Hongjin also said:
"Dabao, Erbao! Come on, let grandpa see you. Oh my, you've grown so big! You've grown so big!"
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