Chapter Ninety-Five: Chinese New Year (I)
From Ningcheng to Chengdu, the flight time in the air is a little more than two hours, it takes off at more than eight o'clock in the morning, arrives in the sky over Chengdu at about eleven o'clock, and lands smoothly at Shuangliu Airport.
Geng Zhiyuan led Su Qing out of the terminal after getting the checked luggage, and beckoned to a taxi. Seeing this, Su Qing hurriedly said: "Zhiyuan, let's go take a long-distance bus, the rental is too expensive, why spend this unjust money?"
Approaching the Spring Festival, the long-distance bus is overcrowded, and since Geng Zhiyuan is rich, he doesn't want to let Su Qing suffer from the bumps anymore. He bargained with the driver and negotiated the price, and went to Lanxi for a trip of 300 yuan without a meter.
"Get in the car. Geng Zhiyuan opened the car door and said, "I'm willing to spend money on you." ”
"You?" Su Qing was a little distressed, and he didn't want to slap his face in public, so he had to lower down and sit in the car.
Geng Zhiyuan also sat in the back seat, close to his girlfriend, smelling the familiar fragrance emanating from her, and his heart was full of happiness and serenity.
"Zhiyuan, you can't spend money like this, it's too wasteful. Su Qing complained quietly.
Geng Zhiyuan stretched out his arm and hugged her, and said in her ear: "I gave out more than 30,000 bonuses at the end of the year, and we can afford a few hundred yuan." Besides, not to mention the tiredness of taking a long-distance bus, you have to transfer cars when you arrive at the county, so it is better to take a taxi directly. If you do the math, it doesn't cost you much more to take a taxi than to take a long-distance bus. ”
"Okay. Su Qing knew that her boyfriend was throwing a lot of money in order to make herself less guilty, and he did this as a manifestation of love. The lucky girl happily leaned on her man, looking forward to the sweet days of the rest of her life with him in the future.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Geng Zhiyuan and Su Qing got off the bus at the gate of the family courtyard of the nitrogen fertilizer plant. Su Qing looked at the courtyard of the dormitory where she grew up, and said with emotion: "It hasn't changed at all, it's still the same." ”
Geng Zhiyuan paid for the taxi, and when he saw his girlfriend staring at the door in a daze, he came over with his suitcase and said, "I've only been gone for half a year, and I feel emotional?"
Su Qing turned his head and stared at him affectionately: "Although it is only half a year, it has determined the happiness of my life." ”
Geng Zhiyuan smiled knowingly, hugged her shoulder and said, "Let's go, don't let our mother wait." ”
"Go!" Su Qing blushed and said, "That's my mother." ”
"Okay, don't keep my mom waiting. After Geng Zhiyuan finished speaking, he ran away with a smile, Su Qing was shy and irritable, gritted his teeth and chased after him.
Liu Yan opened the door and saw his daughter and Geng Zhiyuan appear in front of him together, he didn't show any surprise, but smiled happily: "Qingqing, you are back, I am waiting for death." ”
Seeing his future mother-in-law, Geng Zhiyuan hurriedly shouted politely: "Aunt Liu!"
"Hey, Xiao Geng is fatter than before. Liu Yan said and let the two of them into the house.
"I'm all hungry, I've finished the meal, you guys eat some first?" Liu Yan's attitude greatly surprised Geng Zhiyuan, and he said suspiciously: "Aunt Liu, you know I'm coming." ”
Liu Yan smiled: "She has already told me about you and Qingqing." As long as you're sincere with her, I'm not against the two of you being together. But...... I just hope you don't bully her. ”
Geng Zhiyuan realized that his girlfriend had already communicated with his future mother-in-law, and he was still in the dark, thinking about how to explain to his mother all the way. This Su Qing has a lot of thoughts.
Su Qing saw that her mother had missed her mouth, and she gratefully diverted the topic and said, "Mom, let's eat first, don't be hungry for food on the plane." ”
Liu Yan answered and went to the kitchen to reheat the meal. Geng Zhiyuan grabbed Su Qing and said in a low voice: "You little girl, it turns out that I was calculated by you." ”
Su Qing's face flushed, and she confessed: "Zhiyuan, it's better to tell my mother what is in your heart than to tell outsiders, right? You also know that girls in art academies have a lot of thoughts, and some things can only be said to relatives. ”
Geng Zhiyuan's expression was stunned, the relationship between him and Su Qing suddenly broke through by chance a few years ago, many things are indeed too late to communicate, he and his girlfriend still need to be honest with each other, and the relationship needs to be cultivated.
"Qingqing, the two of us still have a lot of friendship. ”
"Well, I blame me for this, I should explain it to you before I come. Su Qing held his hand and kissed him lightly to make amends.
A family of three sat down for a late lunch. Liu Yan watched her daughter become more and more mature, and Geng Zhiyuan is now considered to have a successful career, and she is very happy to have such a knowledgeable and gentle son-in-law.
"Mom, you told me last time that the factory wanted you to retreat, what is going on?" Su Qing suddenly remembered something and asked.
Liu Yan said: "Oh, that's the case. Female employees over the age of 45 can apply for internal retirement, but their mothers do not want to retire yet, and there is no bonus for retirement. ”
Geng Zhiyuan's heart moved when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Mom...... Oh, Aunt Liu, how much less do you get when you go to work than when you retire?"
Liu Yan didn't notice that he opened his mouth to call his mother, and said silently for a while: "Can it be less than a hundred." ”
Geng Zhiyuan glanced at Su Qing, Su Qing blinked knowingly, and he said, "Aunt Liu, I have an idea, can you listen to it." ”
"You say that's it, and you're so polite. ”
"Aunt Liu, you are here by yourself, Qingqing and I are really not at ease. Why don't you make an internal retreat and go to Ningcheng to accompany Qingqing, and save you from thinking about your daughter, right?" Geng Zhiyuan persuaded.
Liu Yan was stunned: "Ah? this ...... It's good, but it's ......."
Su Qing said intimately: "Mom, Zhiyuan bought a house, you can live there." You don't have to worry about the money, I work outside in my spare time, and I can earn more than 1,000 a month. ”
"More than a thousand? That's a lot. Liu Yan was reluctant to leave the factory where he had worked for more than 20 years, and he was still a little hesitant.
Seeing this, Geng Zhiyuan persuaded again: "Aunt Liu, if you can't be idle, I can help you find a brisk job in Ningcheng, no less than making money here." ”
"Is this really?" Liu Yan is still concerned about the issue of income, after all, her daughter needs three or four thousand a year for school tuition alone, and she can't let her daughter find a way to solve it by herself as a mother.
Su Qing wished that her mother would move in with her, and said with a smile: "Mom, can Zhiyuan still lie to you?"
"Well, I'll think again. Liu Yan hesitated.
After a simple meal, it was afternoon tea, and after Su Qing cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, he accompanied Geng Zhiyuan downstairs for a walk.
"Zhiyuan, do you really want my mother to go to Ningcheng?" Su Qing took her boyfriend's arm and asked softly.
"Hmm!" Geng Zhiyuan patted his girlfriend's hand and smiled: "Then can it be fake? She is your mother, and she will be my mother in the future." If my mother really goes, I'll live with you on the lakeside, and I'll go to live in a single dormitory. ”
Her boyfriend thought about it so intimately, Su Qing stuck to her boyfriend and said, "Thank you, Zhiyuan." ”
"Thank you for what, my mother has raised such a beautiful and gentle wife for me, I have to thank her so much. Geng Zhiyuan said with heartfelt emotion.
Su Qing's face turned red, and she was speechless. The two of them walked slowly around the family courtyard, and Su Qing suddenly said, "Zhiyuan, there is something I have to say." ”
"You say it is. ”
Su Qing pouted and said: "You can't buy me anything in the future, I can earn my own money, I don't want to be raised by you, otherwise you will raise me lazy." ”
Geng Zhiyuan stared at her in surprise and said, "No, your school is not average, I don't want my girlfriend to be laughed at because she is poor." ”
"What are you talking about?" Su Qing patted him lightly and said, "Where am I poor? There is a big foolish boss who gives me 1,000 yuan a month." ”
"Oh, that boss is really stupid, he wants to buy my girlfriend for a thousand dollars, and he thinks so beautifully. Geng Zhiyuan tacitly cooperated with her.
"Well, he's stupid enough to pay me all the money in the end......" Su Qing said quietly, looking at the lover with a pair of eyes full of affection.
In the evening, Liu Jun and Chen Feng also came to Su's house after work, and exchanged a few words with Geng Zhiyuan, he sighed: "It's still Xiaoqing who is smart, and he was admitted to university and left our mountain, I also want to, but unfortunately I can't help it." ”
Geng Zhiyuan was relieved: "Don't worry, you are a professional and technical talent, and you will have opportunities in the future." ”
Liu Jun smiled: "This is what you said, I will count on you in the future." ”
"Okay, I'll recommend it to you if I have a good chance. Geng Zhiyuan smiled and said, "However, are you willing to leave here?"
He glanced at Chen Feng and stretched the word "mo" very long, and Liu Jun said, "Don't worry, Xiaofeng also supports me to go out." ”
Chen Feng took the opportunity to say on the side: "Geng Gong...... Oh, no, brother-in-law, you have to help our Liu Jun. ”
Su Qing said angrily: "Brother-in-law, you haven't married into our family yet." ”
Chen Feng laughed with her and said, "You haven't married yet, isn't this also helping your brother-in-law?"
"You two are about to get married, right?" Geng Zhiyuan could see that the relationship between Liu Jun and Chen Feng was no longer ordinary.
Liu Jun said with a smile: "Around May Day, the factory has just been assigned a house, and it hasn't been cleaned up yet." ”
"You two have already registered?" Su Qing said in surprise.
"Well, I posted last month, and I also wanted to catch up with the room division. Liu Jun said.
Su Qing hugged Chen Feng enviously and said, "You are already a legal couple, Zhiyuan and I have to wait for more than three years, alas!"
"We're not as good as you two. Chen Feng said even more enviously: "Both of you are college students, and your children will definitely be excellent in the future." Liu Jun is a junior college, I didn't even go to high school, I just got a diploma in our factory technical school. You are now, it is the children of other people's families in the mouths of those parents in our compound, and everyone can't wait for their own children to learn from you. ”
Su Qing remembered the past, looked at her lover infatuatedly and said: "Originally, I didn't like to study, if it wasn't for someone who has been guiding and encouraging me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to persevere." So I am most grateful to him, he is my life coach and the person who changed my life......"
Geng Zhiyuan smiled faintly when he heard this, and quietly covered his girlfriend's little hand.
Su Qing's house is an old-fashioned three-room unit, one of which is a study and living room, and the other two are Su Qing and Liu Yan's bedrooms. At night, Su Qing slept in the same bed with her mother, and Geng Zhiyuan slept on Su Qing's small bed.
Su Qing's small bed was full of her breath, Geng Zhiyuan sniffed the refreshing fragrance of his girlfriend contained in the pillow, and his mood became relaxed and light, and he soon fell asleep unconsciously.
The future son-in-law came to the house for the first time to celebrate the New Year, and after Liu Yan asked his daughter, he carefully and carefully prepared the New Year's meals. On Chinese New Year's Eve, with the bell of the Spring Festival Gala ringing, the new year Gengchen Dragon Year has arrived.
Early in the morning of the first day of the new year, after the New Year, Geng Zhiyuan said goodbye to Su Qing and Liu Yan, and was sent to Shuangliu Airport by a car contacted by Liu Jun. I took a plane from the airport to Ningcheng first, got off the plane and then transferred to the train, and finally returned to my hometown Liangcheng.