If it is just for work arrangements, to be honest, just call directly, and there is no need to travel far and wide.
So just like before, Luo Qing still didn't delve into it.
I talked a lot next time.
From the Internet to chips.
From lithography machines to operating systems.
From fashion cosmetics to movies.
When the time was almost over, Luo Qing got up and prepared, and Jiang Chen set out to pick up the people at school.
No arrangements either.
When we came back, the three of us had a happy meal, then we should take a shower and go to bed.
Time soon came the next day.
Jiang Chen got up very early this day as usual, and took Tang Xiao to school first, and came back after finishing, and had breakfast together when Luo Qing woke up.
After breakfast, I took Luo Qing around while the sun was shining brightly.
The main thing is to visit the group companies, including existing ones and under construction.
I had dinner in the company cafeteria at noon, and Luo Qing returned to work in the law firm in the afternoon. After all, there were still quite a lot of things to do, and it was not that it was okay if I said it.
As time comes to weekends, each of them has freed from their busy work and study, and then returned to the countryside for vacation and fishing.
Time passes quietly.
Before I could recall it, 1996 passed by inadvertently, and the annual rings of time entered 1997.
On January 5th, the 26th day of the lunar calendar, and on Sunday, it was snowing lightly.
Jiangcheng, the train station platform, after hugging, Jiang Chen waved to watch Luo Qing get on the train, and the train drove far away.
When he came out, he returned to the provincial guesthouse with Xu Yue who was waiting outside.
The Chinese New Year is coming.
There are many messy things.
Looking back on last year, he was not qualified enough and was not even considered a big shot in the city.
But this year, the year-end enterprise symposium organized by the province was asked to attend.
And now, it will take three days to open.
There are also various banquets and banquets and attractions mixed in between.
After finally till this time, the city started again, and the complexities were even more complicated than that.
When the city is finished, the company is busy too.
Annual work summary of each department.
Annual summary of branches in various places.
Annual progress report of each project.
Performance review by branch head and group company executives.
Excellent team and excellent individual selection.
Wait and wait.
Although he does not need to do many specific tasks, he should attend the meetings he should attend and the reports he should read.
These tasks are concerned about their own interests and cannot be careless. However, regardless of their quantity or level of attention, they are far from comparable to meetings at the provincial and municipal levels.
After that, there is happy time.
New Year ceremony.
Year-end bonus.
While distributing these things, we then had a meal together according to the old calendar and held the annual summary meeting for all employees. At this point, the hard work of the year has officially ended.
...
"You really want to go to the capital for the New Year?"
it's over.
Although it is only the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the company has already had a holiday. Except for a very small number of necessary personnel who stay behind, most of them have already returned home happily with generous year-end bonuses and New Year gifts.
The Zhang Hai and his wife are no exception.
Although according to the company's distribution system, the income gap between management and front-line employees is not that big, the couple's year-end bonuses combined have exceeded 30,000.
After getting the money, the two of them immediately bought the house they are living in.
But they didn't expect Jiang Chen to go to the capital to celebrate the New Year.
Jiang Chen was not leaving immediately. He smiled and said, "Yes, there is heating there, so it will be warmer during the Chinese New Year.
Also, there is something, I have to go.”
After saying that, he looked at the couple Tan Bing and smiled and said, "The due date is approaching. If you remember correctly, it seems that it has been these two months."
"If nothing unexpected happens in the middle of next month, you should be able to catch up." Tan Bing didn't think there was anything wrong with going to the capital for the New Year. Even if it was not good, it was their freedom.
Jiang Chen thought for a while and shook his head: "There is a high probability that I won't catch up. When I come back, it will be March at the earliest."
After saying that, he smiled and said, "But no matter what, I will congratulate you in advance. In addition, during the period when I didn't come back after the New Year, I would like to ask you to spend more time."
1997, a special year.
This year, Xiangjiang returned.
This year, the Asian financial crisis broke out.
This year, the old man who drew a circle by the South China Sea of the motherland passed away...
In terms of time, the third one is the first, Jiang Chen has received the news that the old man is seriously ill.
This is also the reason why he had to go. He can do it anywhere during the Chinese New Year, but there is next year.
But once you miss some things, you will be destined to be regretted for life.
But he couldn't tell anyone about these.
Fortunately, they were all friends who came here together, so he didn't need to explain in detail, and no one delved into it.
He set off soon.
On the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, Tang Xiao ended his final exam, and on the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, he went to the countryside to clean up and set off on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.
It seems nothing special.
The new year is new, and leaders are visiting everywhere, some are going to all parts of the country and some are going overseas, and many are going to different countries.
The people also organized the New Year, with lights and colorful decorations on the streets and alleys, and were full of joy.
Jiang Chen felt a different kind of solemnity.
As soon as he arrived in the capital, he left alone, got into a car, and went to the hospital.
I'll go there almost every day.
On such days, there is naturally no laughter or joy. Even the New Year’s Eve dinner on New Year’s Eve seemed a bit forced.
Then the first, second, third...
Until the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.
On February 19th, the hearse was ten miles away, and the whole city was covered with white flowers.
After all, the old man couldn't see the day when Xiangjiang returned with his own eyes...
"Jiang Chen?"
"Um?"
"Are you okay?"
"No, I'm pretty good."
Jiang Chen took a deep breath and smiled, but his eyes were already covered with blood.
He didn't know what he was capable of.
But the fact is that he has been staying in the hospital for several nights in a row, and he is the first to know about it.
Luo Qing couldn't hold it back after all. At one moment, she suddenly covered her mouth and lay on Jiang Chen's shoulder, tears falling like rain.
The world is silent at this time.
As if it had made an appointment in advance, at this moment, all the sounds disappeared, and only the dark clouds rolling in the sky.
On the way back, no one spoke.
The TV turned on, and there was a documentary inside. Jiang Chen watched it for a while, went back to the room, and lay heavily on the bed.
When I woke up, I saw that the bed was full of people.
Tang Wan, Tang Xiao.
Shu Han, Luo Qing.
All are there.
"Why do you always look at me like this?"
"Am I sick?"
Jiang Chen asked curiously.
Several people looked at each other, and in the end, Tang Xiao asked carefully: "Brother Xiao Chen, are you okay?"
"It's okay!"
"I'm fine, I'm just a little hungry, do you have any food?"
As if nothing had happened, Jiang Chen rubbed his eyes, got up and walked out.
Tang Xiao hurriedly followed: "All of them are done, I'll wait for you!"
"Well, I'm going to say what I want to eat, it's too late to make it."