Aunt Xiulan handed over the bag of dry food, and the hot steam passed through the cloth bag and fell into Su's mother's hand.
"Wait, there's me too. The scallion pancakes I just made this morning should taste similar to yours." Aunt Wang also came and handed Su's mother a bag of shiny scallion pancakes.
"Xiu Lan, you old woman, are you deaf? I've been calling you all the way, please help me carry it." Aunt Liao didn't know what she was carrying, it was a big bulging bag.
"You're talking nonsense. I didn't hear any shouting while walking all the way." Aunt Xiulan walked to help.
"Mrs. Su, take this. It's some dry food for you and the children to eat on the way."
Looking at the heavy bags of gifts, Su's mother's eyes turned red.
"What are you doing? It's not like I won't come back." Su's mother was silent for a long time and said with a sob.
She knew that people in the village were not very wealthy now, and it was already a good thing for them to have three or five meals of fine grains a year.
Looking at the large and small bags that the people brought, it was estimated that they had used up all the fine grains for the next year.
"Mrs. Su, just take it. You're not going to let a stingy person like Xiulan plunder your feathers. Why don't you put it away quickly?"
"That's right. This is the first time red rain has fallen from the sky."
"Go to hell with you old woman, when have I ever been stingy with you guys? Eat, eat, eat, even eating can't stop you from talking."
A few jokes between the two of them made the atmosphere of parting less sad.
Su's mother comforted a few people with a few words and then urged the driver to set off. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would be reluctant to leave.
The journey was silent, forming a sharp contrast with the bustling train station.
The train station is not big.
The station was crowded with people, and people carrying large and small bags could be seen everywhere.
Some of them are in a hurry, their faces full of reluctance to leave their hometowns, while others are full of youth and smiles, full of longing for a new life.
"Okay, uncle, we can just get off here." Su Qianshan patted the coachman's shoulder.
"good."
The donkey car stopped and the children silently carried their luggage on their backs.
"Then I'll be leaving first. You kids should be careful when you go out. Come back to the village to see us old guys during the holidays." Without waiting for a reply, the coachman whipped the donkey and forced it to run away quickly.
Wen Li's tears streamed down her face, her hands tightly clutching Su Qianfan's backpack. "Remember to call us back when you get to Beijing. You can call your father's meat processing plant or your uncle's textile factory, okay?"
Su Qianfan pretended to be relaxed as he took the luggage. "I know, mother, we will take good care of ourselves. Once we have established ourselves in the capital, we will bring you over to enjoy a good life."
Su Qianfan smoothed the loose hair on Wen Li's forehead behind her ears and said, "Mom, in a year at most, we will be able to take you to the capital to enjoy a good life." Su Qianfan said affirmatively again.
"Okay, Mom will wait for you." Wen Li turned her back and rubbed Xiaowu's head with her hands, which had some calluses on them.
Su Qianshan rarely spoke wittily. He put his arm around Su Qing and Wen Li's shoulders and said, "Alright, alright. We are going to the capital to enjoy ourselves, not to suffer. Parents, aunts and uncles, you don't have to worry too much."
The red eyes and trembling lips reflect the boy's forbearance.
Everyone tacitly agreed not to expose his words.
"Let me take you in." Su Che turned his head away.
Although he usually dislikes children the most, he is also reluctant to leave them.
"No need, Dad. You're so old, don't send us in and then we won't be able to squeeze out. Just send us here. Grandpa Hei, Grandma, and the sisters will be left to us two." Su Qianfan put his arm around Su Che's shoulder, glancing at his graying temples. "Dad, don't work day and night. We're grown up now, so leave the money-making to us."
Su Qianshan and Su Qianfan also tried to work in the black market with Su Che for a while. Not only were they worried all day long, but they also had to deal with all kinds of trivial matters.
In just one week, they lost more than seven kilograms. It is conceivable how tired Su Che must have been after managing the black market for so many years.
"Go away, you're old." Su Che rolled his eyes.
The reluctance he just felt instantly turned into anger. He hated it most when people said he was old.
"Alright, alright, let's get in and find a seat first." Cheng Fangyi wanted to give more instructions, but the words turned into urging. "Someone will pick you up at the station. Just call him Uncle Lu."
"Okay uncle, we'll go in first, don't see us off."
The children hugged and said goodbye to Su Qing and the others one by one.
"Take care of yourself and reply when you get the letter." Su Qing shouted loudly as he watched the children's backs getting farther and farther away.
Daya, Qianya and Sanya, who had remained silent all this time, waved their hands at this moment. Su Qing seemed to vaguely see their watery eyes.
But the vines of time keep growing, and the longing in the wind will meet again.
This is parting - the first lesson of growing up.
With great reluctance, Su Qianshan and others boarded the train, and a depressed mood always lingered over them.
"Okay, don't be sad, we will be reunited soon." Even Su's mother, who had lived two lives, didn't know how to comfort them.
But... separation is a compulsory course in life.
"It's okay, grandma. We all understand. Our family will still be together. It's just a matter of time. We all understand."
Looking at Mother Su and Grandpa Hei with their shining silver hair, the children's mood became much brighter.
"Saya, open the door, we've arrived at our compartment." Because there were many petty thefts on the train, Su Qianshan and Su Qianfan held their luggage to their chests, so they naturally had no hands free to open the door.
"Okay, Brother Qianfan."
San Ya held the zipper of her small bag with one hand and pushed open the car door with the other.
"Ah... I don't see anyone inside." A sharp female voice sounded, and two white bodies flashed by. The car door was quickly closed again, leaving everyone in the Su family looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Brother Qianfan, are you sure it's this carriage?" San Ya asked with tears in her eyes.
She is still an innocent girl. The scene just now was so shocking.
"Yes, it's this carriage. If you don't believe me, just look." Su Qianfan was also a little anxious. He saw him holding the luggage with one hand with difficulty, and holding the ticket in front of everyone with the other hand.
There were seven people from the Su family traveling to Beijing this time, so Cheng Fangyi asked someone to buy tickets for one of the sleeper cars so that the children could take care of each other on the way.
"This is the carriage, San Ya, go straight in." After confirming again and again that the carriage number was correct, Su Qianfan's attitude became tougher.
"Okay, Brother Qianfan."
San Ya opened the carriage door again.
The two people in the carriage had just put on their inner clothes.
Seeing Su Qianshan and others coming in, the woman was very unhappy and pouted angrily, then continued to put on her clothes as if no one was around.
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