Chapter 9: Together

August 30, 1987, this day happened to be a Sunday.

Niu Yuehong's long-distance bus drove into the Anxi City Bus Station at noon. Through the car window, she saw her closest relatives and favorite "three musketeers" - Niu Xinguo, Niu Xinjiang and Zhao Qingsong.

Niu Yuehong jumped out of the car and shouted at the three people, "I'm here!"

Everyone was very happy to meet in the provincial capital. They were very excited to think that they could work and live together in Anthy from now on.

Zhao Qingsong stepped forward first and took the bag in Niu Yuehong's hand.

Niu Xinjiang quickly climbed onto the roof of the car, took off Niu Yuehong's luggage, and carried it on his thin shoulders.

Niu Yuehong affectionately dragged Niu Xinguo's arm, and while walking, she excitedly told him about her departure from Jinshan County.

Zhao Qingsong proposed: "There is an empty bed in the women's dormitory of our unit, let Xiaohong live on the spot for the next two days, and then move to the dormitory of the TV station after reporting to the TV station?"

Niu Xinguo joked: "I have no opinion, anyway, Xiaohong will marry into your unit sooner or later." ”

Niu Yuehong deliberately pushed Niu Xinguo angrily, and said with a smile: "Big brother, you hate it!"

They talked and laughed and went to Zhao Qingsong's unit. Zhao Qingsong first reported the situation to the leader, and after getting approval, he opened the door, and everyone entered the idle dormitory together.

Niu Xinguo and Zhao Qingsong still maintained the vigorous and resolute style cultivated by the troops, and helped Niu Yuehong clean up the sundries.

Everyone went to a small restaurant on the street to have a reunion dinner together. Niu Xinguo and Niu Xinjiang told Niu Yuehong a few precautions and then left.

Zhao Qingsong asked Niu Yuehong gently: "Are you tired?"

Niu Yuehong replied briskly: "I sat all the way, and I was not tired." ”

Zhao Qingsong consulted Niu Yuehong and said, "Why don't I take you to a few fun places?"

Niu Yuehong happily replied, "Okay." ”

So, Zhao Qingsong ran back to the unit to borrow a color camera, took Niu Yuehong on the bus, and started a pleasant tour of the city.

They first came to Tahrir Square in the city center.

Zhao Qingsong patiently explained to Niu Yuehong the revolutionary history shown in the relief on the monument in the center of the square, and took pictures of her with different shapes.

Later, they entered the nearby East Lake Park, where they paddled on the mirror-like East Lake under the shade of the willows. Eventually, they made it to the top of a hill in the park.

Standing side by side on the top of the hill surrounded by green trees, Niu Yuehong and Zhao Qingsong looked far away, only to see the roads crisscrossing and the high-rise buildings neatly aligned, and the whole picture of Anxi City was in full view.

Niu Yuehong looked at this huge and prosperous city for a long time, and said silently in her heart: This is where I should live. I'm going to conquer it.

Zhao Qingsong saw that Niu Yuehong didn't say a word for a long time, and the expression on his face became more and more serious, so he asked with concern: "Xiaohong, what's wrong with you?"

Niu Yuehong came back to her senses and told Zhao Qingsong seriously: "We want to be the master of this city." ”

Zhao Qingsong said with a smile: "We were originally the city hukou of Anxi, and of course we are also citizens of this city. ”

Niu Yuehong said angrily: "Fool, I'm talking about the master of the city, not the citizen!"

In the evening, after dinner, the two of them came to the Dongfanghong Cinema not far away, and saw people lining up to buy movie tickets, so they went up to see what kind of movie was being played.

The huge poster depicts several women looking into the distance, and the title of the film is marked in large yellow letters "War, Let Women Go Away".

Zhao Qingsong was very interested in military themes because he had been a soldier, and he was eager to queue up to buy tickets.

Niu Yuehong grabbed him.

Niu Yuehong dragged Zhao Qingsong to the poster and carefully read the synopsis of the story on it: On the eve of the Spring Festival, a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army received an urgent order that the families of the incoming soldiers must leave within two days, and the troops are ready to be pulled out at any time. The cadres of the army were in a heavy mood when they faced their families who had come from afar. The battalion commander's wife, Lan Yuzhi, was sick; Liao Yonghui, the wife of the regimental chief of staff, was about to give birth; and the wife of the company commander Jiao Yongtai actually bought a pig. As the family members left, the wives learned the truth and turned to support their husbands. The family members left the camp in silence. Liao Yonghui was in labor at the station. In the barracks, Xu Lei and the cadres toasted to the great women.

Niu Yuehong finished reading the plot introduction of the movie, and her face showed an expression of no interest.

Zhao Qingsong had no choice but to accommodate her and said, "There is a movie theater nearby, where can we go to see it?"

Niu Yuehong nodded happily: "Okay." ”

They found the Feitian Cinema again, only to see a huge movie poster that read "The Private Life of the Female Mayor".

Niu Yuehong walked up to the poster with interest and carefully read the synopsis of the story: Mayor Gu has not spent the weekend with her husband and son for a long time. In this regard, her husband Chen Ziping and son Long Long are "angry". This Sunday, Mayor Gu obeyed the arrangement of the father and son, put on a popular dress, and dressed up to go to the Xuan Palace for dinner. However, the continuous phone calls repeatedly delayed Mayor Gu's time to go out, and the father and son were disappointed, so the two launched a "struggle" against her.

Niu Yuehong turned her head to Zhao Qingsong and said, "This movie is still a little interesting, just watch this." ”

Zhao Qingsong said "yes" and went to buy movie tickets very cooperatively.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's an arrangement in the dark, Niu Yuehong later became the female mayor of the city, and her private life once caused others to discuss.