Chapter 6 Transfer
Without any impatience, she responded patiently to his every word of concern.
As the familiar radio music sounded, workers who were off work walked out one after another. The quiet factory gate began to become bustling with noise. Suning had to say goodbye to Mr. Fu who was reluctant to leave with a smile.
Turning back to look at the figure still standing at the gate and refusing to go in first, he could not help but raise his hand and wave at him vigorously, then he took a deep breath and rode away.
…
The Su family officially owns four properties in Beijing. In addition to the two courtyards, one large and one small, that my grandfather gave to my mother as a dowry, there is also a large bungalow with a separate entrance where my grandfather lived during his lifetime, and an old house near the suburbs.
When Suning was a child, he often accompanied his grandfather to visit this old house.
She hasn't been here for many years since her grandfather left.
She didn't understand it at that time, but now she begins to understand why her grandfather has such deep and complicated feelings for a house.
Even though her face was filled with sadness, she still came again and again...
It’s all because there are happy memories in the house, but the person who brought happiness to the memories is no longer here.
"Xiao Ning'er, you must remember what grandpa said. Don't come here again without grandpa's company."
"When Xiao Ning'er grows up and gets married, come here to see grandpa and grandma. You know where you can see us, right?"
"Xiao Ning'er, Grandpa told you that everything about the old house is a secret between us. You can't even tell your mother~"
"Little... Ning'er, protect... this little wooden whistle... Don't tell anyone... No one!"
…
Su Ning sniffed and clenched the things in his hands tightly, trying to force back the tears that kept welling up in his eyes.
After calming down, he went to the corner of the backyard and squatted down according to his memory.
It was already 7:30 in the evening, the sky was completely dark, and the nearest house was several kilometers away.
She still looked back and forth worriedly for a while, until she really didn't see anything and there was only the sound of insects chirping around her, then she lowered her head and began to feel around and count with her hands.
"5-2-9-9."
Numbers formed by special scratches on the large bluestone slabs are tapped regularly with fingertips.
With a click, the entire bluestone slab in front of him caved in, turning into an underground entrance that could accommodate one person.
I didn't rush in, but counted a hundred numbers silently in my heart, and then took out the wooden whistle just like my grandfather did.
There is a very small bump at the bottom of the wooden whistle that is barely noticeable. Normally, pressing it will not have any effect, but...
Place the wooden whistle horizontally, press the raised point twice, lightly and heavily, and the raised point will pop out and turn into two flat keys.
Suning carefully put the two keys together to form one, and then inserted it into the hole at the entrance.
The pitch-black entrance of the cave was suddenly illuminated by pearly light, and a straight staircase leading down suddenly appeared clearly in front of the eyes.
She walked down the steps, then reached out to turn the wooden whistle on the hole in the stone wall. Only when the bluestone slab above her head closed again did the expression on her face relax.
This underground dark room has several hidden ventilation holes, so you won't feel short of oxygen or stuffy inside.
In addition to this only entrance, there is another one-way exit, which leads to the bedroom where my grandparents used to live.
The stone chamber of more than 200 square meters was divided into four areas. Each area was filled with mahogany boxes of varying sizes, leaving only a not very spacious cross-shaped aisle.
Coming to the left side first, Suning opened the outermost row one by one. The golden light almost dazzled her eyes.
Large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, peanuts, melon seeds, Chinese zodiac signs of good fortune...
One hundred and fifty-five boxes of gold in different shapes!
Even Suning, who never lacked money, couldn't help but breathe quickly and gasp when he saw so many boxes of gold.
"call--"
"It's collected, it's collected, quickly put it into the Taoyuan space!"
If she looked at it any longer, she was afraid that she would develop a habit of wanting to sleep on a bed of gold.
He started working as a porter with inexplicable excitement until he had stored all the gold into the space. His heart was filled with an indescribable feeling of happiness.
“Keep going!”
Coming to the top of the area where the gold boxes were placed, Suning opened the outermost row first as usual.
If the gold only made her feel short of breath, then the things placed in this area directly made her heart beat faster, making her heart pound irresistibly.
Various gemstones, jade, emerald, pearls...
Various kinds of hairpins, jade pendants, bracelets, earrings...
Every piece is so beautiful!
Especially the whole set of headwear is both shocking and charming.
…
There are two areas on the right, one is filled with various porcelain antiques and rare books, and the other is filled with rare medicinal materials that have been prepared and sealed with oil paper.
After storing hundreds of boxes in the space, Suning was paralyzed for ten minutes before he regained some energy.
I walked out of the darkroom without stopping and came to my grandparents' bedroom.
I looked around the room covered with white cloth, and thought that I was about to go to Shonan, where I would stay for more than ten years if nothing unexpected happened.
Without further hesitation, all the furniture and furnishings in the old house were put into the space.
The pointer on his wrist had reached nine o'clock. Suning knew he couldn't stay any longer and had to leave in a hurry.
It took more than an hour to get back to the steel plant's family compound.
When she pushed open the door, panting and sweating, Xu Zixin and Qian Huiru, who had been waiting for an unknown amount of time, stood up immediately.
There was worry and unconcealable anger on Xu Zixin's face, and the look in his eyes when he looked at her was extremely complicated.
"Where have you been so late at night?!"
"Old Xu!"
Qian Huiru disapproved and pushed the person who was about to get angry, "Ningning, your dad is just worried about you. He has two big blisters on his mouth because of worrying about you tonight."
"Look at you, you're all sweaty. Have you eaten?"
"Hurry, go wash up and change your clothes. I'll go get you something to eat first!"
Su Ning, who had prepared himself mentally and had already thought of what to say, went over it again in his mind and found nothing he had missed, so he started to explain, "Dad, I'm sorry for making you worry."
I rushed to find the teacher because I discovered there was a problem with the graduation certificate that I asked Yueyue to bring back for me.
On the way back, I met an old man who had fallen down. He lived far away and his children were not around, so after I left the hospital and sent him back home, it was already... this late. "
"What's wrong with the certificate? Why don't you wait for dad to come back and find the person who helped you before to deal with it together? Why do you have to run around with your half-healed body?"
Blinking his wet eyes, Su Ning pretended to be innocent and took out the graduation certificate from the canvas bag, "Didn't the teacher forget to stamp it..."
Taking the certificate from her hand, Xu Zixin looked at the seal on it carefully. The mark was very new and did not look like it had been made before.
Considering that she has always been an obedient girl and has never panicked, Xu Zixin, who has calmed down a little, spoke earnestly.
"Ningning, Daddy is not against you doing good things, but compared to asking you to be an upright and kind person, Daddy hopes that you can live in peace, do you understand?"
"Go ahead, listen to your Aunt Qian, take a shower, change clothes and eat something. I still have to call your Uncle Fu to tell him you're back so they won't look for you anymore."
Nodding silently, Suning put the graduation certificate that he had casually placed on the table back into his bag.
(End of this chapter)
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