Qi Mengmeng walked forward for a distance and saw Song's wife, who often changed eggs. She stood next to Song and pretended to be curious and said, "Song's wife, why are you all standing outside?"
When Song Saozi saw Qi Mengmeng, she asked happily, "Mengmeng, you are here. I want to tell you that the two people who were sent down from the village are going back to the capital."
She originally wanted to talk about exchanging eggs, but now everyone was standing here, and she was afraid that others would hear what she said, so she changed her words.
An old lady nearby also nodded and said, "I heard that those two people were professors from the capital. If I had known earlier, I would have let my kids learn from them."
Someone burst into laughter: "Grandma Lingzi, your kids have never been to school. You want others to teach them for free, right?"
Grandma Lingzi raised her head and said, "They were sent down to the countryside before. Do they still want money?"
What they said is that even if they don't want money, they don't dare to contact them. The village chief has said that no one is allowed to contact them.
Seeing that Qi Mengmeng was attracted by the conversation of several people, Song Saozi quickly pulled her aside and said, "Mengmeng, there's nothing interesting to hear. Come to my house and have a seat."
Qi Mengmeng also wanted to find out whether it was Grandpa Jiang and Zhang Meiling who returned to Beijing, so she followed her back to her home.
As soon as Mrs. Song came in, she went to look for eggs at home. Qi Mengmeng let her count the eggs and took them all without even choosing.
Sister Song was so happy that she wanted to go out to watch the fun. Qi Mengmeng followed her and asked, "Sister Song, which school's professor are they talking about?"
"I heard that the professors in Beijing have received a lot of salary and will be leaving tomorrow." There was a hint of envy in Song's voice: "I heard that the county sent someone to pick them up."
"Can all those who were sent down go back?" Qi Mengmeng asked with pretended curiosity.
"There are only two of us," Song's wife shook her head, "How can everyone go back? But I think they are both so old, they can go back and recuperate. It's too tiring to stay here."
After hearing this, Qi Mengmeng confirmed that the only ones who could return to Beijing were Grandpa Jiang and Zhang Meiling.
Although she didn't know how the two of them could return to Beijing so soon, Qi Mengmeng was happy for them.
Mrs. Song was right when she said that the old couple are old and in poor health, so it would be a good idea for them to return to the capital to retire.
Although Qi Mengmeng has been taking care of them in the past two years, the old couple still have a lot of work to do, and their health is much worse than in previous years.
Originally, I wanted to check on Zhang Meiling's situation, but there were too many people in the village now, so it was not convenient to meet the two of them, so Qi Mengmeng returned to the family compound.
She waited in the family compound until the evening, but Grandpa Jiang and Zhang Meiling did not show up. After thinking it over, she decided to return to the city.
Although she had been taking care of the old couple for the past two years, the old couple had also given Qi Mengmeng a lot of things. Even if the old couple left without saying goodbye, it would be understandable.
The next day at noon, Qi Mengmeng just returned home and saw Grandpa Jiang and Zhang Meiling standing at her door.
"Aunt Ling, Uncle, why are you two standing here? Come in quickly."
Qi Mengmeng opened the door and let the two in. She really didn't expect that they would come to her house to find her.
Although she told them the location of the city, they had never been there before, so she didn't expect them to find her.
"We are going back to Beijing today, so we wanted to come and see you. We were afraid that going to the factory would affect your work, so we came to your house to wait for you."
Zhang Meiling had a smile on her face. She didn't expect that she could live to see the day of rehabilitation and return to the capital.
"Auntie Ling, what time do you two take the train? Have you had lunch?" Qi Mengmeng asked with concern when she saw that they didn't bring any luggage.
"We wanted to have a meal with you and then leave." said Mr. Jiang.
The tickets they bought did not allow for a direct train ride and they needed to transfer, but they had something to do in Beijing, or else they would have liked to stay and spend a few days with Qi Mengmeng.
When Qi Mengmeng heard that they were leaving after dinner, she planned to take them to a state-owned restaurant for dinner.
"The dumplings at our state-owned restaurant are delicious. I'll take you two there to eat."
Mr. Jiang nodded happily: "Okay, we'll treat you today, Mengmeng can eat whatever she wants."
Since they were demoted, Qi Mengmeng has been taking care of them. Now that they have turned over a new leaf, of course they can't take advantage of Qi Mengmeng anymore.
Zhang Meiling nodded and said, "Yes, we'll treat you."
Qi Mengmeng looked at the expressions of the two and guessed that they should take back part of the family property, so she did not refuse.
After entering the state-owned restaurant, Mr. Jiang ordered four meat dishes and two kilograms of dumplings.
Qi Mengmeng quickly stopped him: "Uncle, you ordered too much, we can't finish it."
"If you can't finish it, save it for dinner. It won't go bad." Grandpa Jiang insisted that the waiter write down several dishes.
Zhang Meiling also said that these dishes were nothing special.
Qi Mengmeng could see that the two wanted to thank her for taking care of them over the past two years, so she did not stop them. However, she used the excuse of going out to buy soda and took out two lunch boxes from the space.
As soon as the food was served, Qi Mengmeng put some dishes into the lunch box.
Mr. Jiang and Zhang Meiling thought she was saving some food for later, so they happily didn't object.
When they were leaving, Qi Mengmeng handed them the lunch box, and they realized that it was Qi Mengmeng who asked them to eat on the train.
"Aunt Ling, Uncle, although there is food on the train, the food in the state-owned restaurant tastes good. You can ask the conductor to heat it up for you."
All the dishes Mr. Jiang ordered were meat dishes, so they cannot be wasted.
Zhang Meiling saw that Qi Mengmeng was sincere and did not refuse.
"Mengmeng, thank you for taking care of us over the past two years. If you have any questions in the future, please write to us. If you have the chance, please come to the capital to find us."
Mr. Jiang never thought that there would be a day when he would return to Beijing.
"Yes, Mengmeng, you must come to see us when you go to Beijing." Zhang Meiling held Qi Mengmeng's hand, feeling reluctant to let her go.
When she returned to Beijing this time, Zhang Meiling didn't know where they lived, but she had already written down Qi Mengmeng's address, and she would send a letter to Qi Mengmeng when she returned.
Qi Mengmeng originally wanted to take a leave in the afternoon to see them off, but Zhang Meiling firmly disagreed. She asked Qi Mengmeng to go to work and would come back to see her after they were settled.
From now on they are free men and can go anywhere they want.
Qi Mengmeng wanted to buy some food for them, but Zhang Meiling didn't let her, saying that when they went back this time, the county would send someone to see them off and buy them food.
In the end, Qi Mengmeng bought some fruits and biscuits for them to eat on the way.
When they parted, Mr. Jiang handed Qi Mengmeng a bag, which looked like a book from its shape.
"When we get to Beijing, I will write to you. Don't forget to study." Grandpa Jiang's face was full of regret. If Qi Mengmeng could take the college entrance examination, she would definitely be admitted to a university in Beijing.
After the two of them left, Qi Mengmeng prepared herself mentally before opening the small package. Inside was a question that Mr. Jiang had specially given to Qi Mengmeng...
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