Chapter 139 Professor Dong
Tang Liren stared at Taotao, "What do you know?"
Tao Tao, "I take care of my own doll!"
The mother and daughter glared at each other, and neither of them was willing to take a step back.
Xiao Feibai excitedly imitated, "...wawawawawawawawawa!"
I didn't learn a single word correctly, but the intonation was very accurate.
Song Zhi: ...
Bai Zhenggan: ...
Seeing the fat, white, cute and chubby little guy, everyone suddenly burst into laughter at the same time!
Even Tang Liren couldn't help laughing.
Bai Zhenggan tried to smooth things over between the two sides.
He first said to his wife: "Talk to Taotao nicely! He is not your enemy, why are you so anxious?"
Then she said to her daughter, "Your mother is doing this for your own good! You have been spoiled since you were a child, and you can't even carry anything! If you go to the Northwest, it will be hard for you to support yourself! You said you wanted to take a baby with you! Have you ever thought about your old father and mother? I can't even feel sorry for you, but I'm still worried about the baby!"
As he spoke, Bai Zhenggan pointed at Xiao Feibai.
Xiao Feibai happily imitated, "Hey, hit the big doll!"
Everyone couldn't help laughing again.
As she laughed, Tang Liren started crying again.
She stared at Taotao and cried, "You... you are not big, but you have big ideas! Let me ask you, are you so worried that I can't take good care of my grandson? Now that our family is not poor, I promise to feed him meat, milk and eggs every day! I will teach him to read and study, and I will also have a few little kids to play with him every day. I will make sure he lives a happy life..."
Tao Tao said seriously: "I know you won't treat him badly, but Song Zhi and I are his parents. We gave birth to him, so we must be responsible for him!"
"Dad, Mom, when you gave birth to me, everyone said I was a fool...but you didn't say you were going to throw me away, right?" Taotao asked back.
Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren stared at their daughter, and they started talking to each other.
"What are you talking about! You are our child, how could we abandon you? Even if you are a fool, even if you are a fool for your whole life...then we will support you for your whole life!"
"In order to have more work, we left your second brother in the care of your grandmother... and look at the result! He developed a bad temper... and later on, no matter how we disciplined him, it was useless! Since then, I dare not leave my child to be taken care of by others..."
Tang Liren was still immersed in the memories of the past, and didn't notice that Bai Zhenggan was desperately winking at her -
Until Taotao said, "Mom, you are right! So I must raise the child myself!"
Tang Liren was stunned and opened her mouth wide.
Bai Zhenggan complained to her in a low voice, "Why are you saying this?"
Tang Liren: "I, I..."
Song Zhi said, "Dad, Mom, I know you are worried about Taotao. But Taotao and I are confident that we can take good care of the child. After we go there, we will write to you truthfully and tell you everything about the situation there... If the child really can't adapt to the environment there, it doesn't matter. We will leave next month and come back in June next year. In fact, we will only be gone for half a year!"
Tang Liren and Bai Zhenggan were speechless for a long time.
In the end, Tang Liren gave in and stared at Taotao with tears in her eyes, "I really owed you in my last life!"
Taotao laughed, "Mom, give me a few more years. When I have transformed the Northwest, you can go there and take a look after it becomes a beautiful place with green mountains and clear waters!"
As a result, Tang Liren burst into tears, "When we were in our hometown, the land was so fertile, but we were so poor! Now that life has just gotten better, you have to go to that poor and remote place to suffer again..."
Bai Zhenggan couldn't help but comment on his old wife, "My dear, what you said is wrong! The people are the masters of the country, and everyone has the responsibility to give good advice to their country! On this point, Taotao is more aware than you! You have to learn from her..."
Tang Liren cursed: "How can learning from her make you angry to death?"
Song Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud.
Bai Zhenggan: "This, this..."
Tao Tao couldn't stand it anymore and said coquettishly, "Mom! Don't insult me like this, I love mom and dad the most!"
Tang Liren was coaxed by her daughter and smiled happily again, "You are so obedient! You are much better than your father!"
Bai Zhenggan: Who did I offend? !
Song Zhi turned his head away and held back his laughter.
Xiao Feibai quickly imitated him, "Ai Ai Ai Ai! Ba Ba Ba Ba!"
Everyone burst into laughter again!
In this way, Taotao managed to get away with the issue of "who will take care of the child" with her parents.
Since I'm leaving, I might as well tell my relatives and friends in Kyoto.
So Taotao and Song Zhi decided to cook a meal at home and invite all their relatives and friends.
The time is set for Sunday at noon.
Taotao invited her friends: Wang Bingyuan, Zhang Lingzhi, Director Tian, several presidents of the Agricultural University, as well as An Qiuli, a member of the team who stayed behind, as well as Sister Zhang's family and Liu Yinghong's family.
Song Zhi also invited his relatives and friends: Guan Qingbai, Li Rui, Fang Zili, Fang Haifu's family, his teacher Professor Huang's family, several fellow students, leaders of the University of Technology, leaders of the Aviation University, etc.
Wang Bingyuan and Zhang Lingzhi are one grade lower than Taotao and will also graduate this year.
Wang Bingyuan reported to the school, explaining her actual situation: her grandmother was old and her brother was disabled, and she hoped the organization could arrange a job for her nearby so that she could take care of her family.
So Wang Bingyuan was assigned to Datang Forest Farm to work as a forest ranger.
Wang Bingyuan was quite happy.
Zhang Lingzhi also took the postgraduate entrance examination and studied under Professor Wei from the Agricultural Research Institute. She had just been diagnosed with being more than two months pregnant. Her husband Chen Quansheng was grinning the whole time and was protecting Zhang Lingzhi like an old hen...
Zhang Lingzhi liked children, so she always took good care of Xiao Feibai, Sanya and Zhang Wa, three little kids who were born on the same day of the same month of the same year.
——San Ya is the shortest and doesn’t walk as steadily, but she speaks very fluently.
——Zhang Wa is the strongest and speaks haltingly.
——Xiao Feibai is the prettiest and loves to laugh the most. She smiles at everyone she sees and is the most likable.
Liu Yinghong had just gotten divorced, and she was in high spirits. Not only was her face rosy, but she also looked energetic. She often meets Taotao, and Taotao knows her basic situation. So she took Sister Zhang aside and talked about her recent situation... and told Sister Zhang that she was divorced and that she wanted to work hard to earn and save money. Now that Daya had the financial support of Professor Fu, she could go to school. So she has to work hard to earn money for Erya's tuition! This winter, she wants to make a new cotton-padded jacket and a new pair of cotton-padded shoes for each of her three daughters...
Although they were just some small things, they made people feel that she was full of yearning and longing for the future.
As for Song Zhi’s relatives and friends, the oldest ones are Guan Qingbai and Professor Huang.
Guan Qingbai and Bai Zhenggan are of the same age. Bai Zhenggan still has only gray hair on his temples, but Guan Qingbai's hair has turned snow-white. Although he still looks very strong, there is always a hint of gloom between his brows.
Neither Fang Ling nor Fang Shenghao came this time.
Guan Qingbai explained, "Fang Ling is in poor health and is still in a sanatorium!"
He didn't want to talk more about Fang Ling, so he told Bai Zhenggan about Fang Shenghao, "Shenghao went to Japan last year... and only came back during the Chinese New Year! Li Rui is now a Japanese teacher, and Zili is in the third grade this year..."
Li Rui also came over and exchanged a few words with Taotao.
Taotao saw that she looked better, so she asked her how she was doing recently.
Li Rui smiled and said, "Your sister copied a few prescriptions for me, and I make delicious food according to her prescriptions every day... Not to mention, even the doctor who treated me said that my health has recovered very well! It's just that I can't save my teeth. I'm wondering whether to wear braces or get dental implants... I think I'll find a chance to ask your sister in a few days!"
Taotao turned around and looked at her sister Li Zi.
——Sister Li Zi is chatting with Mrs. Huang and Mrs. Huo.
"You can go ask her now." Taotao said to Li Rui.
Li Rui was a little flustered. "No, no, no, she's busy today... Let's do it another day. I'm not in a hurry anyway."
Taotao always felt that Li Rui was a little weird.
Every three sentences Li Rui said, there was always one sentence about Sister Li Zi; but according to Tao Tao's understanding of Sister Li Zi, Sister Li Zi was just average to Li Rui...
Well, forget it if you can’t figure it out!
The chef for today's meal is Lili, with Tang Liren, Bai Zhenggan, Taotao and Song Zhi helping out, so the dishes are very sumptuous.
There are braised pork with fried tofu, steamed meatballs with vermicelli, a big pot of braised chicken feet, braised pork trotters, braised kelp, braised lotus root, braised eggs, etc...
Because the weather was hot, I also made a few cold dishes: tomato slices dipped in sugar, cucumbers mixed with red oil and peppercorns, shredded lettuce mixed with sesame paste, and black fungus mixed with vinegar.
The staple foods are steaming dumplings, hot dry noodles, potato noodles and rice.
There are also several sweet soups: cold ones include mung bean paste and brown sugar water ice jelly; hot ones include white fungus and red dates soup, and red bean and osmanthus soup.
Because there was so much food, Taotao and Song Zhi simply placed all the food in the yard, making it an open buffet, allowing relatives and friends to eat and chat as they pleased.
After the lively meal, everyone took turns to ask about Song Zhi and Tao Tao's situation, knowing that they would soon be taking their children to the Northwest... For a while, everyone started talking at once and giving them instructions.
——Be careful of sandstorms!
——I heard that there is a water shortage in that place. It’s okay for Song Zhi since he’s a gay, but can Taotao and Xiao Feibai adapt to it?
——There is nothing there except sand, let alone fruits and vegetables! How about you bring some more dried kelp and dried mushrooms?
——The sun in the Northwest is very strong, so you must wear sunscreen! Whether it looks good or not is one thing, the main thing is that you might get sunburned, which is so painful!
When Tang Liren heard everyone talking about these things, she found that there was not a single good word to say. She couldn't help but feel angry and scared, and her eyes turned red.
Tao Tao said calmly, "We know that place is not good, but it doesn't matter. I am rushing over there to build a new world. After I have renovated it, you are welcome to visit and play in the Northwest!"
Everyone looked at the petite Taotao and smiled.
Since all the relatives and friends have been notified, Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren also understand that Taotao will never agree to let them take Xiao Feibai away.
There was no other way. The old couple could only give many instructions and repeatedly told the young couple... to take good care of themselves, each other, and the children...
In the end, Taotao and Song Zhi sent the old couple on the train back to Song City.
Next, Taotao and Song Zhi started packing their luggage.
——Taotao asked Wang Xuepeng to order twenty specially made bamboo hats, and asked Chen Quansheng to use his connections to get a batch of two to three hundred transparent gauze scarves from the factory for processing.
——Song Zhi was worried that it would be inconvenient to make furniture there, so he closed the door and drew blueprints for a few days, and then ran around with the blueprints to find someone to make furniture according to his blueprints...
Tao Tao thought he was quite interesting, so she asked, "You're going to bring your furniture with you? How cumbersome that would be? I don't know how many times I'll have to change buses to get here, and you're just carrying it all the time?"
Song Zhi laughed, "Of course it won't go with us...but we can check it in. And it's best to send it out before we leave. That way, when we get to the county town over there, our luggage will have arrived as well, so we can take it to the research base together."
Taotao suddenly understood.
So Taotao also started to pack up her things.
This was her first year there, and following Professor Fu's advice, she would not return to Beijing for the New Year. She had to set up the experimental fields and laboratories, and at the same time recruit a few capable villagers there and train them well, so that when she returned to Beijing in winter and summer and was not on site, she would at least be able to keep good records in the laboratory.
Since they are going to celebrate the New Year there, Taotao has to prepare more warm clothes for the children.
She simply went to find Wang Xuepeng again.
After being busy for half a month, it was time for Taotao and Song Zhi to leave.
Taotao brought her son to the Agricultural Research Institute for the last time before leaving. She first recorded all the data as usual, and then performed all the operations according to the requirements of the log...
But we waited until four in the afternoon and An Qiuli was still nowhere to be seen? Look at the note she left for An Qiuli, it is still posted in the same place?
Taotao couldn't wait any longer, so she took her son and hurried to An Qiuli's dormitory.
As a result, An Qiuli's dormitory door was closed, and there was a note that Taotao had written to her stuffed in the crack of the door?
Taotao knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.
The person in the next dormitory was startled, opened the door and came out to see what was happening, and said to Tao Tao, "Xiao An hasn't been home for several days."
Taotao:? ? ?
She quickly asked, "Sister Wang, do you know where she went?"
The other party shook his head.
Tao Tao, "Senior Sister Wang, if you know where Senior Sister An went, please tell me. I will leave tomorrow to go to the Northwest Experimental Field. Our group will be left alone here. If no one takes care of the laboratory..."
When Senior Sister Wang heard this, she looked around, pulled Taotao and Xiao Feibai into her dormitory, closed the door, and said softly, "An Qiuli must be dating someone! She's been gone for five or six days... On the day she left, she borrowed five dollars from Senior Sister Tang across the street, and she said she would be back in half a month."
"Junior Sister Bai, I'm going to say this first. Don't say I said this. An Qiuli has someone above her, otherwise she wouldn't have stayed under Professor Fu, who is the easiest to talk to, and did nothing every day... Even Zuo Tianhua went to the countryside to join the production team, but she still has nothing to do! Okay, I'm done, you can leave now!"
As she spoke, Senior Sister Wang opened the door, let Taotao and her son go out, and then closed the door again.
Taotao frowned.
She picked up her son, put him on her back in a sling, and hurried to the Agricultural Research Institute office building.
It's almost five o'clock now, and the leaders will be off work in half an hour.
Taotao went to see Dean Qin, quickly told him what her team had encountered, and then directly gave a solution -
"Dean Qin, I suggest that we entrust Professor Lin's student Wang Liying to help us record the data. Because Professor Lin's laboratory is right next to Professor Fu's laboratory, it won't be too much trouble for Senior Sister Wang to come and help record the data. And we won't let Senior Sister Wang work for nothing. We will pay her five yuan a month. Do you think this is okay?"
Dean Qin thought about it and nodded. "Let's do as you say. You can write a report here right away. I'll approve it and stamp it. You can take it to Professor Lin. Then you can tell Wang Liying about the project over there."
Taotao immediately bowed to Dean Qin, "Thank you, Dean Qin!"
Then take a pen and paper to write the application report.
Dean Qin frowned, "What the hell is this An Qiuli doing?"
After Taotao finished writing the report, Dean Qin took a look at it, quickly wrote the word "agree", signed his name, stamped it, and handed the report back to Taotao, "Go!"
"Okay, thank you, Dean!" Taotao walked out holding the report in one hand and holding her son's hand in the other.
Dean Qin called her again, "Bai Taotao!"
"Dean?" Taotao stood at the door and turned to look at the old man.
The old man asked kindly, "You are leaving tomorrow... Do you really want to take the children with you? The weather over there is not good."
Taotao smiled, "I just don't believe it. Don't the people in the Northwest want to have children? Since their children can grow up well over there, mine can too!"
Then he lowered his head and taught his son, "Fei Bai, wave to grandpa and say 'see you next year'!"
Xiao Feibai immediately shouted loudly: "Yaya, Mingnai is here!"
Dean Qin smiled, "Okay! See you next year!"
Taotao hurriedly took her son to find Professor Lin, but Professor Lin was not there at that time. He also went to the front-line base, and only his deputy, Brother Chen, was there.
Taotao handed the application approved by Dean Qin to Senior Brother Chen.
Senior Brother Chen took a quick look and said to Tao Tao, "I see...Are you leaving tomorrow? Then go find Wang Liying and get this done."
"Thank you, Brother Chen!" Taotao said, and then she hurried to the dormitory carrying her son on her back, found Wang Liying, and explained her purpose.
Wang Liying and An Qiuli don’t have a good relationship. If Bai Taotao asks her directly, she won’t want to intervene.
However, Taotao directly submitted the report to the dean for approval, and also gave her a monthly allowance of five yuan?
——That’s a lot of money!
Wang Liying nodded, "Okay, I'll change my clothes and go with you. You work overtime tonight and tell me all the work you need to do..."
So Taotao carried her son on her back and rushed to the department with Wang Liying.
It was already late and Taotao had no time to eat.
She knew that Song Zhi would definitely come looking for her, but she couldn't bear to let her child starve, so she went into the laboratory, picked a banana from a banana tree, peeled it and let her son eat it.
Xiao Feibai took it and licked it carefully.
Taotao explained to Wang Liying how to record the data, which log books to use for the operations, where to sign after recording the data, etc.
Sure enough, Song Zhi came.
Seeing Taotao and Wang Liying busy, he didn't say anything, but silently observed for a while, then raised his voice to Taotao and said that he would take the children to the cafeteria to eat first, and bring food to Taotao and Wang Liying later...
Taotao agreed and continued the handover with Wang Liying.
Half an hour later, Song Zhi came over again with the child and a lunch box.
Taotao and Wang Liying quickly finished their meal and continued to work.
Wang Liying has a very down-to-earth attitude towards work. She specifically asked Taotao for a work record book, and then asked about what was currently being done on each project...
As a result, Taotao and Wang Liying were busy until after ten o'clock in the evening before they completed the handover.
Wang Liying left.
Taotao looked tired.
Song Zhi held his son who was already asleep in his arms and asked her, "Are we going home too?"
Taotao shook her head, "Take the child back first."
"What about you?" he demanded.
Tao Tao frowned slightly, "I'm still worried about An Qiuli, so I have to copy all the data I recorded before leaving to avoid any problems."
Song Zhi groaned, "You mean..."
"You go back first! Don't wait for me. I think it will take me until tomorrow morning. Don't worry, I won't miss tomorrow's train." Taotao said.
Song Zhi stood up——
But he put Xiao Feibai on the chair, took off his shirt, folded it in half, and used it as a small quilt to cover his son.
"Come, I'll help you copy it." Song Zhi said.
Taotao smiled.
She went to get the diary, then found a pen and paper, handed it to Song Zhi, and told him to start copying from where to the most recent set of data...
It's late at night.
It was extremely quiet and pitch black. The department was dimly lit. A young and handsome couple sat facing each other at the desk, one writing swiftly and the other writing at high speed.
The two of them didn't speak, but they could hear each other's breathing, the sound of the child sleeping soundly beside them, the sound of the pen tip rustling on the paper, and the sound of frogs croaking in the distance outside...
It was not until dawn that the two of them finally copied all the records.
Taotao rubbed her sore fingers, looked at the thick stack of data records, and relaxed her brows.
Song Zhi complained, "You said you could finish copying by yourself before dawn!"
Taotao said with a smile: "Okay, let's go!"
As she spoke, she put the diary back where it was, carefully put the fruits of her night's work into her messenger bag, and then went over to check on her son.
——Xiao Feibai sleeps like a pig.
Song Zhi wrapped his son in his shirt, picked him up, and rushed back home with Taotao.
When I got home, it was already past seven o'clock. The two of them didn't have time to rest, so they hurriedly made breakfast, took a shower, tidied the house, checked their luggage, and then the family of three went out.
The two first went to find Sister Xiao next door and told her that they were leaving soon. They asked her to keep an eye on their yard and help them whenever they needed help. Then they went to find Brother and Sister Tan, and said goodbye to them, asking them to help clean the yard every two or three days...
Next, Taotao carried Xiao Feibai on a backpack, and Song Zhi carried four large bags on a shoulder pole. The family of three walked out of the compound and took a bus to the train station.
Bai Lili was already waiting here, carrying a large bag on her back and another large bag in each hand.
As soon as they met, Lili held Taotao's hand and cried, and blamed Taotao in every way...You are doing scientific research, why don't you go to a richer place? Why do you have to go to the poorest and most miserable place in the country? Then he persuaded Taotao to take Xiao Feibai away...
Taotao refused resolutely.
Lili had no choice but to hand the bag to Taotao, explaining that there were food in it, all made by me, and the three of you can eat on the train; this one contains autumn and winter clothes prepared for Xiao Feibai, including cotton socks and trousers; this one contains cotton coat liners for you and Song Zhi, I know you can prepare them by yourselves, but it’s not a bad thing to have one more set… And, there are also twenty pairs of work gloves prepared for you, in case you need them…
After finishing the explanation, Lili started crying.
This made Taotao's eyes jealous.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, Lili sent Taotao's family to the train, and then said goodbye to her sister reluctantly.
The train was not crowded during non-holiday seasons, and Taotao and Song Zhi bought sleeper tickets, one lower berth and one middle berth. When I got on the train, I saw that there were only seven or eight passengers in the entire sleeper car.
Taotao acted as if she didn't care in front of outsiders, but she was still very worried that her son would really not be able to adapt to the Northwest.
After all, the child has never left Kyoto since he was born.
So she began to hold her son in her arms and mutter, "Feibai, we are going to the Northwest. Once we get to the Northwest... it's very windy and sandy! There's no water!"
Xiao Feibai listened quietly.
Taotao spoke slowly and repeated it several times.
Xiao Feibai imitated, "Bengbengda! Momoshui!"
——Strong sandstorm! No water!
Taotao smiled and tilted her head to look at her son.
Xiao Feibai was stunned for a moment and realized that his mother was asking him what to do if there was no water? The little guy thought for a moment and pointed his thin fingers to the sky, "Xiao Yiyi!"
——Raining rain.
Taotao was stunned, and she and Song Zhi laughed at the same time.
This kid is quite smart!
Taotao teased him, "It doesn't rain in the Northwest."
Xiao Feibai was stunned and asked in confusion: "No Xiao Yiyi?"
Taotao nodded, "It's not raining."
Little Feibai tilted his head and continued to think. His eyes lit up and he imitated the duck's paddling movements with his hands and said, "Little River..."
These three words are quite clearly pronounced!
Taotao smiled and said, "There is no river either."
Xiao Feibai was completely dumbfounded, "Not Xiao He He?"
——Ah, there is no Xiaohe River either?
The little guy was in complete distress.
Taotao and Song Zhi were having a great time on the train, chatting, playing with the children, eating the delicious food made by Sister Li Zi, and looking at the scenery outside the window.
It was Xiao Feibai's first time to take a train, and he couldn't help but feel a strong curiosity about the world outside the window.
Since the train ran out of Kyoto, it gradually entered a lush world with majestic green mountains and vast grasslands. After a day and a night, the beautiful green surface began to gradually reveal sand, gravel and loess...
The further west you go, the more the green grass with extremely tenacious vitality slowly becomes lifeless. The surface of the ground is first half green and half yellow, and then gradually turns withered and yellow. Then, the dead grass and the yellow earth were the same color... Then, the ground turned into hard soil, and when the wind blew, fine dust was raised, and the whole world became chaotic.
Even the air became parched and dry.
The train rattled along for three days and three nights, and finally arrived at a train station in a town called Vulcan.
Taotao carried the child on her back, and Song Zhi carried large and small bags on a shoulder pole, and they got off the bus at this station.
Ma Zicheng, a student of Professor Dong at the satellite base, was waiting for the Song Zhi family here.
——According to Song Zhi's arrangement, their family went to the satellite base first, and after Song Zhi was settled, they would send Taotao and Xiao Feibai to her agricultural experimental field base.
It is said that the two places are about fifty kilometers apart.
Taotao has no objection.
Ma Zicheng was about thirty years old. When he saw Song Zhi, he excitedly stepped forward to shake his hand, "Engineer Song, you are finally here! You don't know how many people at the base are looking forward to your visit!"
Then he greeted Taotao, "Hello, sister-in-law..." His eyes were attracted by Xiao Feibai again, "Oh, this is Xiao Feibai, right? He looks so good!"
Then, Ma Zicheng said to Song Zhi, "Professor Dong has a photo of your family of three, and he takes it out to look at it every day! We have all seen that photo... At that time, Xiao Feibai looked a lot like you!"
He looked at the family of three in front of him again, "But now, Xiao Feibai looks half like his father and half like his mother, hahahaha!"
Song Zhi and Ma Zicheng were chatting, but Taotao couldn't stand the climate here - although she had already felt the dry and biting cold of the Northwest on the train, the feeling became even worse after getting off the train.
While they were chatting, Taotao took out a few coats and dry towels from her luggage and hurried to the bathroom. She washed her face, found the snow skin cream from her messenger bag and applied it on her face. Only then did she feel the stinging sensation on her cheeks disappear.
Then he soaked several dry towels with water and returned to Song Zhi.
At this time, Song Zhi had already loaded all the luggage into the car - Ma Zicheng drove a jeep specifically to pick up the family of three!
Song Zhi stood at the toilet door waiting for Taotao, and the family of three hurriedly got into Ma Zicheng's car.
As soon as she got in the car, Taotao closed the window and clamped a wet towel between the windows...
Ma Zicheng laughed, "Sister-in-law, I heard that you are from the south. Are you a little uncomfortable with it?"
Tao Tao also smiled and said, "I just got here, so I must be a little uncomfortable... It takes time. Brother Ma, how long does it take for us to get to the center of the base?"
Ma Zicheng replied, "Let's stay in Tang Town tonight! We'll set off at five in the morning tomorrow, and we should be able to get back in time for lunch!"
Taotao and Song Zhi were both surprised.
"So far?" Song Zhi asked.
Ma Zicheng, "It's almost 400 kilometers! I drove all night yesterday! It's okay for me if I'm alone! But if there are women and children in the car, we should not drive at night, for fear of accidents! So let's stay in Tang Town for one night and continue our journey tomorrow morning."
It has to be said that the Northwest is a completely different world for Taotao.
Desolate, vicissitudes, and majestic.
Here, the sky is very high, so high that it is out of reach. The naked eye can see very clearly and can see scenery far away, but because of this, Taotao always has an illusion - the scenery in the distance is always motionless, and there is no reference point to show whether the distance is getting farther or closer?
If the vehicle had not been driving on a bumpy road and was not shaking too much, she would have really suspected that the car was not moving at all.
Taotao was sitting in the back seat of the car holding her child, and was shaken so much that it was very uncomfortable.
Little Feibai was nestled in his mother's warm and soft arms...these bumps were like a cradle to him, so he fell asleep quickly.
Taotao was feeling very uncomfortable at first, but the child in her arms was like a warm and soft pillow, and she slowly fell asleep while holding the child.
Song Zhi sat in the passenger seat, turning his head from time to time, looking at his wife and son worriedly. Only when the mother and son fell asleep did he breathe a sigh of relief and said to Ma Zicheng, "Brother Ma, come on, let me drive."
"Can you drive?"
"Yes, I have a driver's license."
Soon, Song Zhi moved to the driving seat and restarted the car.
In this day and age, there are very few vehicles on the road. But the road conditions were very bad, so Song Zhi deliberately avoided the bumpy roads and sped up...Finally, with Ma Zicheng's guidance, he finally arrived in Tang Town two hours earlier.
Arriving early means you can rest early.
Taotao felt like her whole body was about to fall apart! She stood on the ground for a long time before her legs regained feeling.
On the other side, Ma Zicheng introduced Song Zhi, "This is Tang Town, the nearest supply station to our base. There are only a hundred households in this town, a guesthouse, a supply and marketing cooperative, and a post office... You should remember the address of the post office later. If your family sends you letters or things, this is the nearest place!"
Ma Zicheng took Song Zhi to get a room.
Taotao looked around the town - it was too simple, perhaps because of the yellow sand blowing all over the sky, which dyed the world into a suffocating color, and there was always a sense of decadence and desolation.
That spirit and energy is not even comparable to that of Jixiang Village, which is next to her hometown Ruyi Village!
Soon, Song Zhi called Taotao to go into the small building of the guesthouse to rest.
This guesthouse is also very small, it is a two-story building with four rooms on each floor, a total of eight rooms. There were no restaurants in the town, so we had to eat from a big pot with the staff of the guesthouse, and each portion cost five cents.
Taotao got a dry and hard pancake, a bowl of watery soup, and a handful of pickled vegetables.
She didn't say anything. She broke the pancake into pieces and soaked it in the soup. After it was softened, she fed it to Xiao Feibai. Xiao Feibai was a little reluctant, but after his mother fed him several times, he opened his mouth and ate.
After a dinner that was not very tasty but definitely filling, Taotao took the child back to the room, while Song Zhi and Ma Zicheng sat in the yard and chatted.
Soon, the waiter knocked on the door and came in to bring water. He told Taotao that there were no bathing rules in the guesthouse. One kettle of boiled water was provided per person per day. People had to plan their own water use for drinking, washing, etc.
Taotao was already mentally prepared, so she nodded.
She still used half a pot of boiling water, let it cool to half-warm, and then she and her son washed it separately.
When Song Zhi returned to the room, Taotao had already fallen asleep on the bed holding her son.
He laughed and felt a little distressed.
The next morning, before daybreak, Taotao and Xiao Feibai were awakened by Song Zhi. In a half-asleep state, they washed up, went downstairs to have breakfast, got on the jeep, and headed towards the satellite base with Song Zhi driving.
Taotao took a nap in the car. When she woke up, she listened to Song Zhi and Ma Zicheng chatting and silently appreciated the scenery outside the window.
There is no one in the whole road.
Taotao had only one feeling in her mind: desolate, desolate, desolate!
Just as Ma Zicheng had planned, at about 12:30 noon, Taotao and her family finally arrived at the Southwest Satellite Base, exhausted.
Following Ma Zicheng's instructions, Song Zhi drove the car into the base and slowly stopped it in an open space in front of a building.
A tall, handsome man wearing a washed-out blue cloth gown with gray hair on his temples was already waiting here. He stared at the car nervously and saw a handsome young man getting out of the driver's seat...
He walked over quickly and said with a sob, "Song Zhi!"
Song Zhi also turned to look at him, walked over eagerly, and said with a smile: "Professor Dong!"
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