Chapter 185 The Bottom
When Xinlan went back to her hometown, she didn't see her children or daughter. After completing the formalities, she took the overnight train back.
When we arrived in Xijing, it was still dark and gray. Xinlan got off the train, holding two cardboard boxes in her left and right hands, and walked behind the people leaving the station. The box was a bit big, swaying from side to side, and kept hitting her legs, which was very uncomfortable.
It was convenient, but there was no other way. Just like that, I finally got out of the station. Just as I was about to stop and take a rest, people soliciting customers gathered around me again. "Would you like to stay in the hotel?", "Sister! Where are you going?" they kept asking.
Xinlan was a bit frightened and didn't dare to answer the call. She had heard about the methods used by city stations to attract customers after the economy was liberalized and revitalized. Once she answered the call, it would be even more troublesome, let alone a woman who was a little out of touch with the city.
She squeezed out of the crowd as if to escape. Not far away was the Station Hotel, where she worked, and the bright signboard flashed, as if waving to her. She knew that this was when Li Li was on duty, and she really wanted to take this opportunity to go there.
Take a look, but thinking about the things she had to do during the day and the cardboard box in her hand, she didn't dare to stop and went straight to the bus departure station. There were not many people there. The car was on fire to warm up because of the cold weather. She
Instead of getting on the bus directly, he hesitated for a while before making up his mind to get on the bus to the store. Yes! It was such a cold day and the store was as cold as Wang Baochuan's cold kiln. How could Sun Wei endure it? Xinlan thought
It is business to let Sun Wei go home first.
The car arrived at the station in a short while. The sky was already bright. Xinlan got out of the car and walked towards the square with his suitcase. From a distance, he could already see that the small restaurant on the corner of the street was already busy. Xinlan did not stop and walked directly to the station.
When they arrived at the store, there was no lock outside. Xinlan knew at a glance that Sun Wei was guarding here. She put down the carton and went over to listen. There was no movement inside. She was worried that it would disturb Sun Wei's sweet dream, and she felt worried.
I didn't want to knock on the door. But as soon as I had this idea, Sun Wei's short voice came from inside: "Who is outside?"
When Xinlan heard this, she quickly replied: "Sun Wei! It's me."
"Uh! Are you back? Auntie, wait a minute." Sun Wei was talking inside, and then there was the sound of putting on shoes, and then there was a 'click' and the light came on, and the door opened from the inside.
I saw Sun Wei wearing a green army coat. The stools and sacks on one side were connected to form a bunk. It was better to say that it was a ladle nest, and there were a pile of cigarette butts on the ground beside it, which made people look at it.
You know that Sun Wei barely slept, or could not sleep.
"Why don't you lie down on the bunk? Will you be able to sleep like this? Did you not sleep all night?" Xinlan asked with concern when she saw Sun Wei's tired face.
"No! You don't know how you got here? You can't sit on that bunk, you can't turn over it, you can't stretch it, you can't turn it sideways. Sleeping is more uncomfortable than sitting on a tiger bench. I don't know how you got here! I was lying on it the night before
I stopped lying down after a while, it’s not as comfortable as my scooping nest!” Sun Wei said and gestured exaggeratedly.
Xinlan looked at Sun Wei's funny look and said with a smile: "My child, this is not bad. If I come out to work, I can have my own store in just a few months. What else can't I do?"
Which? That's good. You can't get used to it because you are a young man, different from us older people." After saying that, he remembered what Sun Wei said and continued: "It's still early, what do you want?
Why don't you go back early and sleep a little longer!" Xinlan said with concern.
"Okay, I'll leave right away! Auntie, but first I have to ask you if everything went well on your return. When I saw my grandma, she asked me how to answer it." Sun Wei agreed and was about to leave, but curiosity and concern prompted him to leave.
asked him.
When Xinlan heard this, she hurriedly said: "I have brought all the procedures back. As soon as I register today, my household registration will be transferred back. If your grandma asks after you go back, just let her rest assured. I will go see you after I finish my work today.
She." As she spoke, she thought of the noodles she had brought, and said to Sun Wei: "Go and ride over here. I have brought two boxes of noodles. You can take one box back." As she said that, she pulled the box to her hand.
Take off the clothes you brought.
Sun Wei was not polite. I heard that when he was happy for his aunt, he went to the side door of the theater, rode out the motorcycle, put the box in the bucket and rode off.
Here, Xinlan carried another box of noodles into the room and tidied up the place where Sun Wei had just been. Then she rested and stayed up until the usual time in the morning when she was about to go to work.
Thinking about what should be done, Xinlan did not dare to delay any longer. After taking the relocation procedures, she first went to the police station, registered her household registration, and got her household registration book. Then she took the certificate and negative procedures and went to the Grain Bureau to handle the food relations. Finally, she
When she came to the unit, she first met Factory Director Fan, followed his instructions and then went to the Administrative and Welfare Section to register and receive a house. Only then did she become an official family member of the second factory. The difference was that other families were in the factory.
They are all family members of workers who are unemployed. However, Xinlan doesn’t think much about it now and only focuses on moving back. Fortunately, everything went smoothly and it was completed without any ties.
The house was just as Director Fan said at the time, with one and a half rooms, and there was also a toilet that could only accommodate one person and a kitchen that could accommodate two people. The vacated room was full of garbage, very shabby, and
The bungalows of other residents were connected in rows. They were called bungalows, but they were actually tile-roofed houses with raised ridges. Xinlan didn’t think the house was shabby, but it was too small. She held the key in her hand and thought about how the family would live when they arrived.
But no matter how much my heart was racing, I couldn't move. I had no choice but to calm down and decided to go back to my parents to tell them the good news. Thinking like this, I left the second factory and returned to the theater, where I packed the noodles I brought.
I took a car to my parents' house.
It was lunch time. My parents had just made dinner and hadn't started eating yet. When they saw Xinlan coming, they thought they had just gotten off the train. When they were busy asking Xinlan to sit down, they both went to care about Xinlan by chance. This question
: "When did the train arrive?" The other asked: "Have you eaten? You must be exhausted!"
After hearing this, Xinlan hurriedly explained: "I arrived early in the morning. I rushed to do something in the morning, and I came over as soon as I finished it!"
"What? It's done!" The old man was the first to express surprise. The old lady had to let him represent her.
"Yes! This morning the household registration book, food relations were all completed, and the house was received," Xin Lan said.
"Quick, let Mom and I take a look." The old man was a little impatient.
When Xinlan heard about it, she hurriedly took out her household registration book, grain book and keys from her body and handed them to her father.
The old man took it, put the keys and the grain book on the table, turned sideways and started to look through the household registration book with the old lady. His hands kept shaking with excitement, and he murmured the name of each child. The old man beside him
The wife watched, listened, and counted. In the end, she didn't find Lu Nan's household registration. She thought it should be transferred to the school where he went to school, but she still wanted to confirm. So she asked Xin Lan, "Why is Lu Nan not there?"
Where is your household registration? Did you move to the school?"
"He moved away as soon as he was admitted to school, and the food relationship will follow. In the future, when he is assigned a job, he will take care of himself. We don't have to worry about him!" After hearing this, Xinlan smiled and said to her mother.
After hearing this, the old lady said happily: "That's good, as long as he can take care of himself!"
But when the old man on the side heard this, he was not as happy as the old woman. What he wanted in his heart was that the whole family could be together. Now that Lu Nan is going to school, he will inevitably end up in Fusheng's hometown again in the future. This makes him feel a lot.
There was a slight fly in the ointment, so I couldn't help but said smoothly: "It would be great if Lu Nan could also be transferred, then our family would be really happy. I wonder if this child can be assigned to us at some time in the future?"
After hearing this, Xinlan hurriedly continued: "Dad, your two elders are so old, so don't worry about the children. They are not young anymore. Where to work is not work? If it weren't for these children in the first place,
We may not necessarily change our way out in the future! But our thoughts are our thoughts. It’s hard to say what the children think. Just like our Lu Dong, if we really get married this time, we won’t have a job here. In the future
I'm not sure whether I can stay here or not!" Xinlan said smoothly, telling the old couple that she would tell the old couple about Lu Dong's marriage later.
When the old couple heard this, they quickly asked Lu Dong about the child, so Xinlan told her parents about Lu Dong's marriage.
After hearing this, the old man smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't you tell me! This is fate. Originally this was a good thing, but we didn't know it until late. By the time the letter was sent back, Lu Dong had just found a partner. Originally, I heard you say
, I didn’t take it too seriously, thinking that after the relocation was completed, Lu Dong would have an idea, but I didn’t expect that in the end, we would get married. It seems that the connection between our family and the countryside will never be broken in this life!"
Xinlan had already accepted the reality. Seeing his father's attitude at this time, he felt it was a bit ridiculous, so he smiled and said: "Dad, actually, don't pay too much attention to it. There is nothing wrong with being associated with the countryside. Just like what the newspaper said
There is no work, no wealth, no agriculture, no stability, and agriculture plays a big role. Otherwise, we would not have gone to the countryside in the first place. It is only now that the economy has been revitalized that the superiority of cities has been revealed. However, in the 30 years of Hedong 30
In Hexi this year, maybe the rural development will be even better in the future! It would be nice to let Lu Dong leave you a message here!"
After hearing this, the old couple knew that at this point there was no hope of changing Lu Dong's marriage, so they all went to ask Xinlan about her next plan.
Xin Lan said: "I haven't thought about the next step yet. The main thing now is Lu Dong's marriage. The date has not been set, but I have a store and a house and I can't leave at the moment, so I have to let Fu Sheng and
Lu Dong and his wife are busy at home, and I am busy here. I will rush back when the time comes. As for the future, I initially plan to wait for the whole family to come, then find a storefront for Lu Dong and his wife to watch and do some small things.
Business, so that the family will not have a job, no place to live, and be in trouble in life."
Hearing what their daughter said, the old couple nodded and thought that was the case. But to solve this problem, neither of them felt that they could do anything to help their daughter. While thinking, the old man was worried that Xinlan was depressed, so he wanted to help her.
Solve some difficulties and use some words to cheer up my daughter, so I followed the words: "I originally only thought about moving back early and the family would reunite early, but I didn't think about that much. I didn't expect that my daughter, with your encouragement, it actually happened.
. I have to praise you as a parent on this point. But then again, once you come back, difficulties will come. There is no job, and there is no place to live. The life after this will have to start from the end of the city.
The bottom level has begun. As a parent, you must not be discouraged first! Isn’t there a saying that there must be a road to the mountain? What’s more, you already have experience and have opened a store, maybe you can go down here.
It's possible to achieve more, so just work harder. As for housing, if it really doesn't work, let the young couple live here."
"No! No! Dad, I have also thought about it. If the family moves here, let Lu Dong and his wife go out to do business. Then the food and accommodation will be in the store, and they will not have to stir in the same pot all day.
Being idle can kill two birds with one stone." When Xinlan heard what her father said, she stopped her to explain, trying her best to show that she didn't care, but in fact she was also worried that her parents would be angry about her, because she knew that her younger sister Daling was not from the Zong family, either.
It's definitely not possible to let the children live in their parents' house. Besides, it's not like she can't solve the problem now, so why ask for trouble! She was worried that her parents would bother with this matter again. When she thought about it, she stood up and consciously
He changed the topic and reminded his parents: "The rice is already cold, let's eat first!" After saying this, he went into the kitchen to serve the rice.
When the old couple saw this, they hurriedly packed up the things on the table. After the meal was served, Xinlan, considering her parents' health and her own affairs, left her parents and returned to the square.
Along the way, thinking about what her father said, Xinlan panicked inexplicably. Yes! The lowest level of society, a new and cruelest environment, what should she and Fusheng do to get out of this predicament!? Xinlan was nervous
Chapter completed!