Chapter 117 Chapter 117 Two chapters in one
Capital.
The day after Fu Mingze came back, the old man woke up once. He was probably happy to see his grandson back, and his spirits returned immediately. He was awake longer every day, and his physical indicators gradually improved.
However, he still spent New Year's Eve in the hospital. Because he was too old, the doctor did not dare to discharge him easily. After the turn of the year, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the attending doctor finally said that he could go home to rest and go back to the hospital for a reexamination in a month.
During the time Fu Mingze came back, he had been running back and forth between home and hospital, and from time to time he had to see relatives and friends who had not seen each other for many years. He was so busy that he fell asleep almost as soon as he closed his eyes every day.
When the old man was discharged from the hospital and the whole family moved back home, Fu Mingze finally had some free time to relax, but at the same time he had a headache.
His original plan was to find a suitable day before the New Year, such as New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, a day when Shen Moer would not get angry with him, to confess to his wife.
Now the situation is different. His wife is so conscious that she has changed her mind. Occasionally, when she mentions it, she no longer uses slogans such as vigilance, resistance, and struggle, but says that we should unite all forces that can be united to carry out socialist construction. Sometimes she would even say something that surprised Fu Mingze, "The contradiction between us and the small landlords is not a class contradiction, but a contradiction among the people."
Therefore, Fu Mingze is now confident that his wife will not dislike his background.
Besides, his family has been rehabilitated.
The main problem now is that he has concealed it for so long, and with his wife's temper, who knows how she will deal with him.
Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the New Year period to coax her well, and maybe everything would be fine after the New Year, but he didn't expect that the plan could not keep up with the changes, and he returned to the capital alone.
The school will start on the 18th of the first lunar month. They had agreed to come on the 16th of the first lunar month, rest at home for a day, and then report to the school.
Fu Mingze guessed that Shen Moli would come early, but he never received her telegram. Regardless of whether she comes early or not, it will only take about ten days. When Shen Moli arrives in the capital, he naturally can't keep it a secret anymore, and she will definitely be taken home by then.
Fu Mingze's current mood is that he misses his wife and children and wants to see them as soon as possible, but he is also afraid that his wife will be angry and ignore him after they come.
"No, isn't our grandpa fine? Why do you still look so sad?"
The person who spoke was Dai Mingxuan, a childhood friend of Fu Mingze. The two families lived in the same alley, and the relationship between the elders in the family was very good. Dai Mingxuan and Fu Mingze were born at about the same time, so they were named with the same character.
They were classmates from elementary school to high school, either in the same class or in the next class.
The old man of the Dai family was also a man of calculations. When there was just a little news, he moved his family to the Northeast, where Dai Mingxuan's grandparents lived.
The Dai family's background was better than the Fu family's. In addition, the Northeast was not very chaotic in recent years. Their family pretended to be an ordinary working family there. The old couple also pretended to be ordinary elderly people without jobs. In addition, their in-laws also had certain connections in the local area, so their family lived quite well in recent years.
It was also when the policy changed that the son had the opportunity to transfer his job to the capital, so the family hurried back.
Dai Mingxuan has been working in the logistics department of a state-owned factory in the Northeast for the past few years. This time, he passed the college entrance examination and was admitted to the Foreign Languages College. His great-aunt studied abroad and worked as a translator. She is no longer alive, but she still has some connections, and Dai Mingxuan himself is also interested in this area.
There are few people who can speak foreign languages these days, so the competition for applicants is relatively not that fierce.
But he still can't compare with Fu Mingze, the pervert, who can get into the best university with just a few exams.
The key is that this guy actually got married in the countryside and has children!
The family is reunited, the old man is fine, and he himself has passed the imperial examination, and has a wife and children. Dai Mingxuan doesn't understand why this man still looks so bitter and resentful.
Fu Mingze glanced at him indifferently: "You don't have a wife and children, you don't understand."
Dai Mingxuan: "..."
It's not very hurtful, but it's extremely insulting.
"No, what's wrong with not having a wife and children? Go out and take a look. There are so many bachelors in this alley! I'm still the youngest among them. Those who went to the countryside to work in the fields before you haven't married yet! Even if you are married, even if you have a daughter, so what? Is it a big deal?!"
Dai Mingxuan cursed. The old lady who came out of the house glanced at them. Dai Mingxuan immediately said, "Grandma, am I right?"
The old lady smiled and looked at Dai Mingxuan, "That's true. It’s amazing, our Mingze can find a wife for himself and even gave birth to a daughter, isn’t that amazing? Oh, Xiao Mingxuan, let me tell you, Mingze’s wife is very pretty and smart, and she and Mingze were admitted to Capital University together, and they are about to come to the capital. Fu Mingze has been good at this since he was a child, Xiao Mingxuan, you have to hurry up, otherwise when your child is born, our Xiao Liangliang will be able to make soy sauce. "
Dai Mingxuan: "………………"
He asked unnecessary questions.
After the old man got better, the old lady was no longer worried. These days, she kept talking about when her eldest grandson's wife would come, when her youngest granddaughter would come, and her ears were almost covered with cocoons.
Moreover, he had just been admitted to university. When he graduated, got married and had children, Xiao Liangliang would not be able to make soy sauce, but might even be able to go to primary school.
If you think about it this way, having a wife and children is pretty amazing, right?
Fu Mingze stood up from the rattan chair: "Let's go out for a walk."
Dai Mingxuan looked puzzled: "No, it's so cold, where should we go shopping?"
Fu Mingze: "Department store, friendly discussion, go shopping, buy some new clothes for my wife."
Dai Mingxuan: "Ah?!"
The old lady heard it and interrupted: "It's better to go to Old Xiao to make clothes, tailor-made, comfortable to wear."
Fu Mingze: "Well, buy two sets first, and then go to Grandpa Xiao to make them after they arrive."
The main thing is that it will be too late to wait for the order, he has to buy some gifts at home as compensation and apology gifts, right?
At the same time, in the provincial capital of Southern Province, Shen Moer and others got on the train.
Chen Jiahua helped buy four berth tickets, two lower berths and two middle berths. When Shen Moer and the others entered the carriage, the other two people had already arrived. One was sitting on the upper berth on the left, concentrating on a book. He was a young man in his twenties wearing glasses. The other was sitting on the lower berth on the right, eating with her legs crossed. Biscuit crumbs were all over the berth. She was a round-faced girl in her twenties.
When Liu Yinshuang saw it, she immediately got angry: "Your ticket is for the upper bunk, right? Hurry back to your bunk! What the hell are you doing to ruin someone else's bunk like this!"
The round-faced girl had just finished her last bite and looked up at them. There were men and women, of all ages, and some were holding children. She subconsciously felt that they were definitely not together.
She was not afraid at all, but she was confident: "It's broad daylight and I don't sleep. It's convenient to sit on the lower bunk, so what's the matter? Why are you so unkind? You just sit down for a while, but you are so cruel. Look at this eldest brother, he is still holding the child, so I didn't buy a ticket for the lower bunk. Otherwise, let alone sit, I will definitely change with him. It is very inconvenient to go out with the child. We must help if we can."
"In the same way, if you bought the ticket for the lower berth, you should also help everyone, don't you think so, brother?"
Shen Shaoyuan didn't expect that this man would use him as a raft. He half-smiled and said, "I bought the lower berth, so I don't need your help. It's not convenient for me to take care of my children." "You are young and have no arms or legs, so I don't think you need help from others."
The young man on the upper bunk opposite put down his book at some point and looked curiously at the people below. Hearing Shen Shaoyuan say this, he couldn't help laughing.
The round-faced girl’s face suddenly turned red: “You, how could you do this? I’m thinking about you, but you still say this to me!”
Liu Yinshuang threw her things to the middle shop, stood in front of her with her hands on her hips, staring at her: “Stop talking, hurry up and get to your own shop, or I’ll beat you!”
Round-faced girl: “You, aren’t you in the middle shop?”
Liu Yinshuang smiled coldly: “The middle shop and the lower shop are all ours. We are not kind, we don’t want to help others, and we don’t want our shops to be covered with dirty things. So, I’ll count to three, and if you don’t get out, I’ll beat you! One!”
The round-faced girl then realized that they were together, and she quickly packed up her things and climbed to the upper shop without Liu Yinshuang counting again.
She originally thought that these people didn't look like they were in the same group, and if she and this fierce woman quarreled, other people would definitely not get involved if they didn't want to cause trouble. In a one-on-one fight, she didn't think she would be the one to suffer
. But now that she knew they were in the same group, she was immediately scared. They also had two male comrades with them. If they really quarreled, she would definitely be the one to suffer.
Shen Moer put the things on the middle bunk opposite and said, "Yinshuang, you sleep in the lower bunk, and let Zhou Ping'an sleep in the middle bunk. My dad and I can take turns sleeping in the
middle bunk." Shen Moer was afraid that Liu Yinshuang and the girl would fight in their sleep if she let them sleep on the upper and lower bunks.
After they settled down, they sat down. The young man on the upper floor looked down curiously and said with a smile: "This child is so pretty and well-behaved. She doesn't cry or make a fuss. I thought she was asleep just now."
Who knew that when he looked down, he saw a pair of beautiful eyes like black grapes.
Shen Shaoyuan looked up at him and said proudly: "Of course, my little Liangliang is the prettiest and most well-behaved."
"That's true. I've never seen such a small child who doesn't cry or make a fuss when awake. This child is really worry-free." The young man asked curiously, "Where is the child's father? Why isn't he with you?"
From their conversation just now, it can be heard that this big brother who looks young is actually the child's grandfather, and the other young man is obviously not the child's father.
"Oh, he went to the capital first for something."
"Then you are going to meet up with the child's father." The young man smiled and said, "You are from the Second Embroidery Factory, right? I saw that the luggage bags you are carrying are written with Southern Province Second Embroidery Factory. My sister is from the Southern Province Embroidery Factory, so we are considered to be a brother unit."
The young man started chatting with Shen Shaoyuan. Probably because his sister often talked about things in the factory when she came home, he was quite familiar with the Southern Province Second Embroidery Factory. He even knew that after the Second Embroidery Factory moved to the provincial capital, it now had an empty factory building allocated by the Industry Department, but could not do any business at all and could only deal in the scraps distributed by the Southern Province Embroidery Factory.
Hearing that Shen Shaoyuan and his team were from the embroidery factory in Jiangbei County, the young man raised his thumbs and said, "My sister said that your factory director is young, beautiful and powerful, and the leaders of the Provincial Department of Industry can't do anything to her."
Liu Yinshuang couldn't help but interrupt, "Of course, our factory director Shen is the most powerful."
The round-faced girl on the upper floor sneered and muttered, "What a frog in the well."
Originally, seeing that these people were dressed quite decently, she thought they were also from the provincial capital, but it turned out that they were from a small county town at the foot of the mountain.
Workers from a state-owned factory in a small county town, sneer, to put it bluntly, they are just a few country bumpkins, what's the point of being so arrogant.
"Damn, you must be itching if I don't give you a beating today, right?!"
Liu Yinshuang rolled up her sleeves and pointed at the round-faced girl: "Get off me, I'll tear you to pieces, you shameless bastard!"
The round-faced girl immediately shrank back, looking fierce but weak: "Why are you so fierce? Be careful or I'll ask the train police to arrest you! I didn't mention any names, but you took it for granted. You admit that you are a frog in the well, what does it have to do with me?! Xu Chengyi, are you dead? Your mother asked you to take care of me more, and this is how you take care of me?!"
Shen Moer and the others immediately looked at the young man with glasses curiously.
Yes, he just introduced himself, his name is Xu Chengyi.
No, it turns out that these two people know each other!
Shen Moer was a little surprised. After they entered the carriage, the two of them didn't even talk to each other, let alone look at each other. It was hard to tell that they knew each other?!
Xu Chengyi smiled: "Zhang Jiaojiao, my mother was just being polite. She can't say in front of you and your parents, asking me to leave you alone, right? She has to say something nice and polite. You can just listen to it, but don't take it seriously. After all, I'm a single young man with no power. Not to mention that I can't help you, even if I can, I can't help you. What if others misunderstand our relationship? So, please continue to ignore and despise me like before, okay?"
Shen Moer couldn't help but look up at Xu Chengyi again. She found that she had really misjudged him just now. She thought this man was a passionate and cheerful boy, but she didn't expect him to be so vicious.
Liu Yinshuang was so amused that she couldn't glare at Zhang Jiaojiao any longer. She simply rolled her eyes at her and sat back in the lower compartment.
Zhang Jiaojiao was furious, but there was nothing she could do.
In this carriage, Xu Chengyi was the most likely person to help her. If even Xu Chengyi didn't help her, she would be really isolated and helpless.
These country bumpkins, mud-legged people, frogs in the well, she was so smart and wise, but she was isolated and bullied by them.
Forget it, she wouldn't bother with them.
They are just passers-by on the journey. In the future, she will reach a height that they cannot reach, and these people will eventually live like dust.
Zhang Jiaojiao looked at the other people in the carriage with contempt.
Shen Moer looked up and saw her strange expression, but she didn't take it seriously. Instead, she picked up the girl who was smacking her lips and wanted to breastfeed. Shen Shaoyuan took out a piece of dark green cloth from the luggage bag, and Liu Yinshuang came over to help pull up the curtain to make it easier for Shen Moer to breastfeed.
There were people everywhere on the train, and it was very inconvenient for female comrades to breastfeed. They had considered it in advance and made some preparations.
Zhang Jiaojiao saw them take out such a large piece of cloth just to breastfeed the child, and thought to herself that these country people were obviously mud-legged but they were quite pretentious.
She took a closer look at the cloth.
Even without touching it, she could tell that the fabric was very good.
After feeding, the baby fell asleep, and Shen Moer simply lay down outside the bed with her clothes on to sleep with him for a while. The others also leaned on their beds, reading or resting.
Zhou Ping'an went out twice to fill the kettles of others with hot water, quietly asked Shen Shaoyuan a few questions, and then leaned back on his bed to read.
Xu Chengyi glanced at his book a few times and asked curiously, "Hey, buddy, what book are you reading?"
Zhou Pingan hesitated for a moment, handed the book to him, and said, "This is not a book, it's my master's own painting experience written."
Xu Chengyi took it and looked at it, and blurted out in amazement: "The handwriting is so good!"
Zhou Pingan was immediately proud: "My master wrote it. My master's handwriting is beautiful, and his painting is even better."
Xu Chengyi already knew that Shen Shaoyuan was his master, and immediately cast a reverent look at Shen Shaoyuan who was resting, and whispered: "Your master is definitely a master."
Zhou Pingan admired Shen Shaoyuan the most. Hearing Xu Chengyi's praise, the child immediately regarded Xu Chengyi as a close friend, and the two of them quickly started chatting.
The journey was very boring, but Shen Moer, who was with her daughter, didn't feel that at all. This little kid would sleep for a while, eat for a while, and you had to tell her to play with her. Just taking care of the child was enough to keep her busy.
When you have nothing to do, just look out the window. Just looking at the scenery outside the window along the way, you can feel the vastness of China.
Their Nan Province is a little south of the central part. Even in the winter, the trees outside the window are green. After gradually going north, the sky and the earth become higher and farther, but the green becomes less and less, and there is a sense of vastness.
A few hours before the capital, Shen Moer went out to get some hot water and came back to see a kind-looking old lady talking to Zhang Jiaojiao. She didn't deliberately listen, but she had practiced kung fu and was more deaf and sharper than ordinary people. Although the two of them were not talking loudly, she could still hear clearly.
"…This is also fate for us. You see, my son is a professor at Capital University, and you are a student at Capital University. Oh, this is really a coincidence. I think you are a good girl, beautiful and kind-hearted. The country should select people like you to be college students!" The old lady said with a smile.
"Auntie, which department is your son from?"
Zhang Jiaojiao's eyes lit up. Who is so lucky as her? She could meet the mother of a school professor while riding on the train. If she could establish a good relationship with her, maybe she could get some care in the school in the future.
The old lady's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked back, "Which department are you from?"
Zhang Jiaojiao: "I'm from the Department of Economics."
The old lady showed a surprised expression and covered her mouth for a moment, then grabbed Zhang Jiaojiao's wrist, with a look of surprise, and said, "Oh, my lady, what did I say, our department is really destined to be together! Do you know that my little son is from the Department of Economics! Oh my, no one will believe it if you tell others, you know, what a coincidence, it's really Qiaoer's mother who opened the door for Qiaoer, it's such a coincidence!"
Zhang Jiaojiao was also very surprised: "What, your son is a professor in the Department of Economics, my God, this is such a coincidence!"
She was so happy, a professor in the department, then there would be many places where he could take care of her.
The old lady held Zhang Jiaojiao's hand tightly and said with a smile: "My lady, let's go to the carriage where I sit and have a good chat. You see, this is really a fate that has come a long way. When I saw you, I felt that you are a good match for me. Let's get off the car together. My son will come to pick me up. I will introduce you to each other then."
Zhang Jiaojiao was so happy that she followed them happily.
Shen Moer stood in a corner not far from them and listened to the conversation between the two.
She was too lazy to listen carefully, but it was too obvious that the old lady had a problem, and Zhang Jiaojiao was too obviously stupid, so after listening, Shen Moer thought about it and quietly followed.
The two of them walked all the way to the front carriage. The old lady pulled Zhang Jiaojiao tightly, but Zhang Jiaojiao didn't react at all and was still chatting and laughing with the old lady.
Shen Moer did not dare to follow too closely. She saw from a distance that the two of them went into the bathroom together. When they came out, the old lady supported Zhang Jiaojiao. Then, another woman appeared from nowhere and walked over with a smile: "Mom, my little sister is motion sickness again. Oh, this motion sickness medicine is too strong. It happens every time I take it."
The old lady also smiled and said, "That's right. After taking motion sickness medicine, it is easy to want to sleep. I can't hold it. It's okay. If she is uncomfortable, we can support her a little."
Shen Moer fell from a distance and saw them supporting Zhang Jiaojiao to a hard seat compartment and sitting down.
At this time, there were only seven minutes to the next stop.