The Mid-Autumn Festival is just three or four days away.
Deng Qingling went out to buy holiday gifts.
But it was still early and the town's supply and marketing cooperative didn't have mooncakes for sale yet. The salesperson said they would be available in two days.
Originally, Deng Qingling was not in such a hurry to buy mooncakes. It was the day before yesterday when the second sister of Uncle Guo Jianping came back early to give her a holiday gift.
After the children at home ate mooncakes, they began to yearn for more mooncakes.
When he saw Deng Qingling at home, he walked up to her and said he wanted to eat mooncakes. He was like Tang Monk chanting scriptures, and he kept repeating that he wanted to eat mooncakes. She felt so overwhelmed by it.
In fact, she also liked to eat mooncakes when she was a child. At that time, there were not so many flavors of mooncakes. There were only five-nut, barbecued pork and lotus seed paste, which tasted fragrant and pure.
When I grew up, many things became mechanized.
The mooncakes they made were all fancy, but looked good but tasted bad, which made her lose her appetite for mooncakes.
Even though the mooncakes nowadays are delicious, she has no interest in them. She is really tired of them.
Thinking that I had to buy mooncakes anyway, I went out to buy holiday gifts in advance.
Who knew that the supply and marketing cooperative in the town didn’t have mooncakes yet, so I had no choice but to go to the county town to buy them.
Deng Qingling took a bus to the county town, but went nowhere else and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Comrade, do you have mooncakes?" Deng Qingling asked.
Salesperson: "Serving the people, we have mooncakes. They just arrived this morning."
When she heard that there were mooncakes, Deng Qingling bought ten mooncakes in one go.
As for the things her mother-in-law asked her to buy, she didn't buy them. They were all in her space, so she could just take them out later.
After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Deng Qingling thought that the steel plant was not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, only about ten minutes' walk, so she decided to go to the steel plant.
On the way, Deng Qingling took advantage of the fact that there was no one around and used the backpack as a cover to smuggle a lot of things out of the space, and then tied a piece of cloth on it to cover the things.
When she walked to the guard room of the steel plant, she saw that the person inside was the same person from a few years ago.
I didn't expect that after not seeing him for a few years, the energetic young man had gained a lot of weight and turned into a greasy man. This is obviously the change before and after marriage.
Before Deng Qingling knocked on the door, the comrade inside saw her.
Although they hadn't seen each other for a few years, Deng Qingling's appearance had not changed much, and the young man recognized her at a glance. After all, Deng Qingling was the first person to call him handsome, so he had a deep impression of her.
The young man came out of the guard room happily, looked at Deng Qingling with a smile on his face and said, "Sister-in-law, are you looking for someone?"
Deng Qingling smiled and said, "Hello, handsome boy. I'm looking for Guo Jianping from the Lixia Brigade. I'm his family member."
The young man was in a very good mood. His expression at this moment was like the expression of Zhang Wei in the TV series Love Apartment when he heard someone call him Lawyer Zhang.
Deng Qingling was really impressed by his dazed look. It was like this again. She stretched out her hand and waved it in front of him, "Hey, did you hear me?"
"Yes, you are looking for Comrade Guo Jianping from the Lixia Brigade, right?" said the young man.
Deng Qingling: "Yes, I am his family member."
"Then wait a moment." After saying that, the young man walked towards the broadcasting room.
Soon the broadcast sounded.
When the radio sounded, Guo Jianping and his colleagues were in a meeting. When he heard someone was looking for him, he didn't go out immediately. He had no choice but to leave.
After a few minutes, the meeting ended and everyone else left, but Guo Jianping and his master Lao Zhang were still inside.
Seeing Guo Jianping looking outside from time to time, Lao Zhang slapped Guo Jianping on the shoulder with a smile on his face: "You are homesick, kid.
Then starting today, you should go home and rest for a few days, spend time with your wife and children, and remember your mission. Come early on the 16th, as you still need to take a bus to the main factory!"
"Hehe! I guarantee to complete the mission." Guo Jianping straightened his body, put his hands on his eyebrows, and saluted in a proper military manner.
"Okay, get out now!" Old Zhang waved his hand.
"Okay, let's go now." Guo Jianping said and ran out, not at all as steady as usual.
"He's so impatient, just like everyone has been young before." Old Zhang shook his head and laughed.
At the factory gate, Deng Qingling was getting impatient when she saw that Guo Jianping had not come out yet. The security guard saw that she was waiting for someone and brought her a stool.
In order to avoid suspicion, Deng Qingling did not sit in the guard room. Instead, she took a stool and sat under the shade of a tree near the factory gate. The early autumn sun was still a bit hot.
Soon Guo Jianping ran out.
He spotted Deng Qingling sitting under a tree and quickly ran to her before stopping, panting and saying, "Ah Qing, you must have been waiting for a long time."
"It won't be long. You should take a break before talking," said Deng Qingling.
"Yeah." Guo Jianping quickly adjusted his breathing. "Aqing, I'll go back with you later. I'm going on a business trip after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so my master asked me to go home and rest for a few days."
"Oh, then you go back to the dormitory and pack your things first. I'll wait for you here." Deng Qingling said.
She didn't ask where we were going or how long we would be gone. It wasn't very convenient to talk here, so we should talk about it when we got home.
"Well, I'll be fine soon. There's not much to pack." Guo Jianping said and ran back to the dormitory.
It didn't take long before Guo Jianping went back to the dormitory, got the money and came out.
Only when he got closer did he see the backpack on the ground. He hadn't noticed it just now, so he squatted down, picked up the backpack, turned to Deng Qingling and said, "Let's go." Then he took her out.
"Yeah." Deng Qingling responded and followed.
Not long after leaving the steel plant, Guo Jianping asked Deng Qingling if she needed to buy anything.
"I have bought everything for the festival. If nothing else, let's go to the station and wait for the bus!" Deng Qingling said.
She had wanted to go there secretly to sell some things, but who knew... forget it, she won't go.
"Okay." Guo Jianping said.
The two went to the station and waited for a while before the bus arrived.
Maybe because it was close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were still many people waiting for the bus at the station. Guo Jianping was the first to squeeze onto the bus, found an empty seat, put the backpack on the seat, and then waited for Deng Qingling to get on.
The bus was crowded, and Deng Qingling didn't see Guo Jianping when she got on.
Instead, Guo Jianping kept looking at the car door. When he saw Deng Qingling getting in, he raised his hand and shouted, "Wife, I'm here."
The car was noisy and many people didn't notice this scene. Even if they did see it, they were too lazy to pay attention and turned a blind eye to it as it had nothing to do with them.
Deng Qingling saw Guo Jianping at the rear of the car and squeezed over.
When Guo Jianping saw her coming, he took away the backpack and said, "Wife, please sit down." As he said that, he wiped the seat with his hand.
After Deng Qingling sat down, she thought of the scene just now and had an indescribable feeling in her heart, as if she was touched but also not.
You have to know that in this backward era, men are the main force. No matter how much we talk about gender equality, how many people can really do it?
There were many people in the car, and Deng Qingling didn't talk to Guo Jianping. Instead, she turned to look out the window and take in the scenery on the road.
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