Chapter 58 Returning Home in Glory
"Jialin, are you on vacation? Come in quickly, it's very cold outside!" Section Chief Liu was stunned at first, then he welcomed Gao Jialin in with a look of surprise, poured him tea enthusiastically, and asked his wife to get snacks.
When Gao Jialin took out the cakes he bought from Shanghai, Section Chief Liu was even happier. He gave in and accepted them. "Thanks to Gao Jialin, we can now eat high-end cakes from Shanghai."
His wife came over with peanuts, red dates, and melon seeds, and when she heard this, she quickly interrupted, "Thanks to Jialin, you have more than just these snacks. Jialin, because of your thank-you letter, Lao Liu just got a promotion a few months ago, and he has been saying that he wants to thank you. It's a pity that you didn't have the chance to study at a university in Shanghai. Since you are here today, don't leave. I'll cook for you and you two can have a few drinks."
"Not only me, but also Old Xie from the Post and Telecommunications Bureau got promoted! I thought that this was going to be my life, but I didn't expect to have such an opportunity!" Thinking of the reason for his promotion, Section Chief Liu was filled with emotion.
"Oh, congratulations. What position have you changed to now?" Gao Jialin hurriedly congratulated him.
"The head of the High School Education Department has been promoted from deputy head to full head." Head Liu showed a reserved smile, "Don't call me head, it's too formal, just call me Uncle Liu!"
"Hey, Uncle Liu!" Gao Jialin changed his address directly. He would most likely not return to northern Shaanxi to work in the future, but it would be beneficial to have a good relationship with Section Chief Liu. His parents were still in northern Shaanxi, so it would be convenient for them to help him if anything happened in the future.
After chatting for a while, Gao Jialin wanted to leave, but Section Chief Liu refused to let him go and forced him to stay. He took him to have a few drinks, let Gao Jialin rest in his living room that night, and only let him leave after he had breakfast the next morning.
The same thing happened when he met Section Chief Xie at the Post Office. The other party was extremely enthusiastic and insisted on taking Gao Jialin out for lunch. He refused to let him go even though Gao Jialin said he had already bought a bus back to Kuanzhou.
"I'll have someone return the ticket for you. When our post office has a mail truck going to Kuanzhou this afternoon, you can take the truck back. When you go to school after the winter vacation, come to me again and I will find you a mail truck going to Xi'an. It's much more comfortable than taking the bus! Tell me a time before you come back during the summer vacation, and I will ask the mail truck to pick you up directly at the train station!" Section Chief Xie held Gao Jialin's hand and refused to let go no matter what.
He was so enthusiastic, firstly, he wanted to thank Gao Jialin, and secondly, today's college students are amazing, maybe in a few years, their level will be higher than his, so he took the opportunity to make a good relationship with him now, even if he couldn't use it, his children could benefit from it.
So Gao Jialin had another drink and got on the mail truck at two o'clock in the afternoon. It took only more than an hour to return to Kuanzhou County. The driver wanted to take him directly to Gaojia Village, but Gao Jialin firmly refused. This would be too high-profile and would not be good for both him and Section Chief Xie.
After giving the driver two packs of cigarettes, Gao Jialin took his luggage and went to the suburbs to wait for a while. Then the bus arrived. After wandering on the winding mountain road for more than an hour, they finally arrived at Gaojia Village.
Uncle Deshun, who was grazing sheep at the entrance of the village, saw Gao Jialin dressed neatly and thought that some leading cadre had come to the village to inspect the work, so he asked hurriedly, "Leader, who are you looking for?"
"Uncle Deshun, it's me, Jialin!" Gao Jialin put down the box, took a bag of snacks, climbed up the hill, and walked to Uncle Deshun.
Grandpa Deshun was so happy that his wrinkled face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum. "Oh, I also thought you looked a bit like me, but I didn't dare to recognize you! You are different now that you are in college. At first glance, I thought you were a leading cadre. And you are not a county cadre, at least you must be from the administrative office!"
"Are you in good health?" After a few words of greeting, Gao Jialin forced the snacks into Uncle Deshun's hands before leaving.
On the way home, Gao Jialin kept seeing acquaintances, and they all spoke with envy, which made him sigh that Xiang Yu was right, "If you don't return to your hometown when you are rich and powerful, it's like walking in the night with embroidered clothes. Who will know it?"
If you do well outside and come back to see the envious eyes of your relatives and friends, you will feel that all the hard work is worth it.
However, this idea will gradually disappear in the future. As young people move to the city one after another, their hometown becomes a symbol that only exists deep in their memory. They have almost no contact with their relatives in their hometown, so returning home in glory becomes meaningless.
When he got to the door of his house, his parents were already waiting outside the cave. Seeing the bright smiles on their faces, Gao Jialin thought, "My child is going to be great!" When he got home and sat down to drink some water, he could clearly see that his parents were in much better spirits. The family was no longer short of money, the child was in college, and it would take a few years for them to get married. Now they had nothing to worry about for the time being. How could their spirits not be good?
The mother hurried to kill a chicken and cook. The father asked Gao Jialin about his life in school with concern. Gao Jialin just said nice things. Gao Yude didn't quite understand, but just vaguely felt that everything was fine with the child. As he listened, he began to laugh.
After dinner, Gao Jialin helped his mother clean up, then pulled her to sit on the kang and started talking about business. "Dad, Mom, our cave house is really old. I just made some money outside, so why not take this opportunity to build a few new caves!"
"The money you earn will be used for you to marry a wife in the future. We are both so old, why do we still live in a new kiln?" Like all fathers, Gao Yude was reluctant to let his children spend money on himself.
"If you want me to marry a good wife, then you have to build a new kiln." Gao Jialin knew that it was useless to give other reasons, so he continued the conversation on the topic of marrying a wife.
"When I graduate and am assigned to work in the county, and I find a date, I should bring her back to see me, right? If she sees that my parents still live in a dilapidated kiln like this, will she be willing to marry me?"
Gao Yude opened his mouth and was speechless. Gao Yangshi felt that what the child said was quite right. "Dad, that's right. Since you have money now, you should quickly build the kiln, otherwise your daughter-in-law will look down on you when she comes."
"This should have been my responsibility," Gao Yude murmured. When young people in Gaojia Village got married, their parents would help them build a new kiln. He didn't expect that his own child would solve this big problem. He was both relieved and a little disappointed.
"Dad, Mom, I told you before I went to college that you two have suffered all your lives. Now that I'm grown up, it's time for you two to live a good life! Dad, let's go to Uncle Yuhou's house now and discuss the kiln hoisting matter?"
Gao Yuhou is the most skilled kiln maker in the surrounding area. If his family wants to build a new kiln, they have to ask him for help.
"Let's go, we have to go early, otherwise we will be invited by others! Your uncle Yuhou's cooking skills are very popular!"
A few minutes later, the father and son walked towards Gao Yuhou's house carrying gifts.
(End of this chapter)
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