Chapter 700: Farewell (Fourth update, please subscribe)
The next afternoon, when they met again, Sun Mei, who had been daydreaming all day, saw her brother who had troubled her all day, and saw him standing on the side of the road holding a bicycle.
Sun Mei couldn't help but be surprised.
"Huh? Where did you get the bicycle?"
Zhao Qihang, who was pushing a bicycle, smiled.
"I borrowed it from a colleague at work. I'll take you to that restaurant on my bike to try their beef cubes with butter and black garlic."
That dish was a Chinese dish prepared by the hotel chef using Western methods, and it tasted very good. In fact, in the current Ming Dynasty, there are many dishes that have incorporated Western methods. After all, civilizations will inevitably influence each other.
"Um,"
Sun Mei jumped onto the back of the bicycle with a smile on her face, and naturally held his waist with her hands.
As he pedaled forward, Zhao Qihang pressed the bell, and he spoke amid the crisp sound of the bell.
"Hold on tight, let's go..."
Didn’t she say it’s cold to ride a bike in winter?
How... Cheng An looked at Teacher Sun walking away, and the bitterness in his heart was imaginable. Especially when he saw her leaning her head on the man's back and holding his waist with her hands. His heart was broken at that moment.
Sun Mei didn't care about what other people thought at all. Sitting on the back of the bicycle, her head naturally rested on his back. As she breathed in his scent, Sun Mei's originally troubled mind suddenly calmed down.
She enjoyed this moment very much, she just leaned on his back,
"Sister, are you cold?"
Hearing him ask her this, Sun Mei spoke in an inaudible tone.
"Qihang, I haven't ridden a bicycle for a long time, and I haven't been so close to someone for a long time. Although the weather is very cold, I feel so warm at this moment."
When she said this, her heart was in her throat. Even after she finished speaking, she cursed in her heart... You, what are you talking about!
"Sister, what did you say?"
Zhao Qihang didn't hear clearly what she was saying, Sun Mei said with a blushing face.
"No, nothing. Just be careful when riding your bike. The ground is slippery. Don't fall."
"Don't worry, sis. If you fall, I'll be there to protect you!"
"I know".
At this moment, Sun Mei's heart was warm, and she leaned her head on his back.
But when they arrived at the hotel, she was so nervous that she was embarrassed to even look at Zhao Qihang. Although she kept looking elsewhere, she still found that he was different from usual, always looking like he was worried, so she couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Why? What's on your mind?"
Looking at her pure and sweet smile and listening to her pleasant and melodious voice, Zhao Qihang said.
"Well, the director talked to me today and asked me to go to the coal mine next week."
Sun Mei stopped her hand and said after a while:
"To the coal mines? Where?"
"It's about 300 kilometers away from here, at the Moyuhe Coal Mine. According to the company's regulations, we can take two weeks off every three weeks, but we can't meet normally."
Zhao Qihang chuckled a few times:
"You know, I only went to high school. Most of my classmates at that time went to college or vocational school. What about me? I only went to high school. Although I could have joined the company after graduating from high school, I would have been a low-level employee. It was only here that I had the opportunity to become a middle-level employee. However, I must first go to the mine, so that I may have a chance in the future. Those who graduated from school worked very hard, so I also wanted to work hard."
Sun Mei lowered her head and said quietly:
"I know, but you work hard too."
Suddenly, she smiled again.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go try Sun Er's ramen some other day. You may not have eaten such authentic ramen in Nanhua..."
After saying that, she walked forward and then turned around and smiled at Zhao Qihang.
"By the way, you are going to come back every three weeks, right? When you come back next month, can you teach me how to ride a bike? I still don't know how to ride one! Otherwise, I will let you ride the bike and take me around to play. I have never been out of the city in the past few years!"
The girl looked at him with a sweet smile.
"Well, then I'll take you with me on my bike every day. Just like today."
Zhao Qihang looked at her pretty face. At this moment, he suddenly didn't want to leave. He just looked at her like that.
…
The next morning, outside the train station.
Sun Mei, who was wearing a fur coat, looked at Zhao Qihang and gave instructions.
"You must take good care of yourself when you get to the mine."
Although she seemed to be smiling, only she knew the reluctance in her heart.
"Yes, I know, sister, don't worry, I will be back in three weeks!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you then."
After reluctantly bidding farewell to Sun Mei, Zhao Qihang entered the train station. The train station was full of coal-carrying trains and everything was dark, the trains, the station, and even the people.
Although the news of the discovery of gold in the Yukon River in the Northwest Territories two years ago triggered a gold rush and attracted tens of thousands of gold prospectors to the Yukon River, the most important industry for Beihai is still coal mining.
Coal mine!
Since the day when Ming bought the British Columbia colony from Britain, coal mining has become the mainstay of the Beihai Governorate. Every year, millions of tons of coal are transported from the inland by rail, loaded on ships in Beihai and shipped to Linhai. There are even special large-tonnage clippers that bypass the Strait of Magellan and transport coal directly to Nanhua, Yingtian and other places.
This is why mining companies can provide so many job opportunities. Because the highly developed coal mining industry really needs local talents. After all, those indentured laborers are just laborers.
When he arrived at the company's dedicated platform, a train had already been parked there. Unlike the trucks of Pu Neng, two passenger cars were attached to the rear of the train. The moment Zhao Qihang stepped into the train with his luggage, he felt the heat wave coming towards him. Like the room, the train was well heated. He was no longer surprised by this. In Beihai, there were heaters everywhere. Ordinary people could not live without heaters. As for ordinary houses, most of them used European-style fireplaces. After all, there were forests everywhere in Beihai, and wood was available everywhere.
There were not many people in the carriage, only a few passengers sitting near the windows, most of them were reading books or writing something in their notebooks. It seemed that everyone was very busy.
These carriages are reserved for employees of mining companies. Every two to three weeks, they travel back and forth between the coal mines and Beihai by train. After all, most coal mines are located in relatively remote areas. There are not even villages or towns near those coal mines. Many people travel back and forth between the two places for work and life.
Sitting on the comfortable soft seat, Zhao Qihang glanced at the coal-carrying train outside the window and muttered to himself.
"Okay, from now on I will have to travel back and forth between the two places like this."
Although he thought so in his heart, he was actually very satisfied with this job. After all, this was the best job he could find with his academic qualifications.
Even there, far away from civilization.
Looking at the black world outside the car window, he talked to himself.
"Moyuhe Coal Mine, I don't know what it looks like..."
(End of this chapter)
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