GBP Chapter 134 Reunion
Chapter 134 Reunion
Because Tao Junle stayed up all night for his mother, Tong Jia waited in the RV all night.
With the experience of the previous day, Qin Hanyi did not climb the ladder to the attic to check on Tong Jia before going to work today. Instead, after hearing Tong Jia's response, she told her where the breakfast was before leaving.
Tong Jia was not actually hungry, but she was worried that her mother would scold her when she came back at noon and saw that breakfast was untouched, so she came down from the attic, put the breakfast on the table into the space, and then went back to the attic.
As soon as she returned to the attic, she entered the RV and continued to wait for Tao Junle to come in.
Maybe because she had been sleeping too much and intermittently recently, this time she couldn't fall asleep even when sitting in the massage chair.
She was very familiar with everything in the RV, and she felt that if she stayed in the RV alone, she would become more and more confused.
Just when she finished washing up and was about to go to the bun shop in the space, she found four suitcases and a travel backpack under the row of seats opposite the massage chair.
Because of her current height, she was sitting in the massage chair with her view blocked by the table in front of her, so she never noticed it.
Out of curiosity, Tong Jia first opened the travel backpack, which contained middle school textbooks signed by "Tao Junle", including "Chinese", "English", "Tamil", "Malay", "Mathematics", "Physics", "Chemistry" and "Geography".
In addition to textbooks, there are also corresponding exercise books and stationery.
In addition, there are some documents such as proof of assets.
Tong Jia did not look through the documents one by one, but turned his attention to the other four suitcases.
The first box was full of women's clothing, including fashion suits, retro long skirts, exquisite cheongsams, as well as some sports suits and underwear.
Look at the second box, half of it is jewelry and half of it is cosmetics.
Although the third suitcase was also full, it weighed only half of the other suitcases. Apart from a suit and a pair of leather shoes, the rest were all shorts and short-sleeved shirts that exuded a youthful and sporty vibe.
The fourth one was filled with men's clothing, including suits, casual wear, and of course, a few packages of couple's supplies.
The most important thing is that there is a transfer order inside, which is the transfer order of Tao Junle’s father’s job from Xingcheng to Java.
When Tong Jia saw the three words "Java", a flash of thought passed through his mind, as if he had seen these three words not long ago.
By the way, when they moved, Director Liu also brought a small bag of peach cakes. Tong Jia disliked it because it was wrapped in newspaper and looked unclean, so she never ate it.
Newspaper, so she must have seen these three words in the newspaper.
Thinking of this, before he could even close the box on the ground, he immediately left the space, got down the ladder, and started searching in the cabinets downstairs.
Finally, she found the small bag of peach cakes in the cupboard.
The newspaper has been stained by the oil from the peach cake, but it does not affect the recognition of the words on it.
The date is October this year. It says that due to some presidential decree, many foreigners in Java have been displaced. China is trying to find ways to communicate with Java and strive to reach a consensus as soon as possible to bring Chinese compatriots home.
"It was already so serious in October, so now..." Tong Jia muttered to herself after reading the contents of the newspaper.
She couldn't help but start to blame Tao Junle's father, whom she had never met. The situation in Java was such a big deal, it was impossible for him to not know about it in Xingcheng. He knew it but still went to take up the post. Isn't this asking for trouble?
Although he had not met Tao Junle yet, Tong Jia concluded almost the moment he saw the newspaper that Tao Junle's disappearance must have been caused by him following his parents to Java to take up his post.
With the inferred information, Tong Jia became even more worried.
But she was helpless and had no other choice but to wait.
When Qin Hanyi came back from get off work at noon, she still looked listless.
Qin Hanyi was carrying a bag on her shoulder, holding a brand new thermos in her left hand, and three old-fashioned aluminum lunch boxes in a net bag in her right hand.
After entering the door, she didn't even have time to put down the things in her hands, and excitedly said to Tong Jia: "Jia Jia, come and see what mom brought back.
Today the department store was rehearsing a program at our cultural center, and I gave them some guidance. Now I have become familiar with the owner of the department store.
In order to make it convenient to drink water during practice, they brought three thermoses to rehearsal.
I thought the thermos was very good, so I asked her about the current price. She said that the thermoses they brought were defective products from the department store. There was nothing wrong with the inner liner, but the outer shell was slightly deformed due to transportation.
Not only did it not require a ticket, it was also 30% cheaper than the normal price. So I bought one from her.
Oh, and I asked her to keep an eye on the spittoons for me. If there are any that don't require a ticket, we'll get one too...
"What's wrong? Jiajia? Why do you look like that?"
Because Tong Jia was worried about Tao Junle, she couldn't even force a smile when facing Qin Hanyi.
Compared with her usual enthusiastic response to whatever Qin Hanyi said, this was extremely abnormal.
Only after hearing Qin Hanyi's question did Tong Jia react.
Following Qin Hanyi's last words, she explained, "Mom, I want to go to the bathroom. I've been holding it in all night and all morning."
After Qin Hanyi knew the reason, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put down the things in her hands. While taking thick clothes and pink toilet paper for Tong Jia, she said, "It's Mom's fault. It's Mom's negligence. I was so focused on preparing food for you that I forgot the most important thing.
In the afternoon, my mother doesn’t lock the door when she goes to work. You can go to the bathroom if you want, but when you get home, you must lock the door.
Come on, come this way.
I won’t wait for a spittoon without a ticket. I’ll go to the department store to buy one as soon as I get off work this afternoon.
Can we, as living people, be killed by holding our urine?"
The conversation started from dressing Tong Jia and continued until he took Tong Jia to the toilet and returned home.
In fact, Tong Jia could have gone to the toilet in the RV. She deliberately made up this excuse just to find a legitimate reason to go out and find the latest newspaper to see if there was any news related to Java.
Now I have finally achieved my wish.
After solving this problem, she forced herself not to think about Tao Junle for the time being, and began to act as Qin Hanyi's supporting actor happily as before.
Qin Hanyi said, "The Chinese New Year is about a month away, and the meat processing plant should have collected a lot of pigs and chickens.
When I went to the state-owned restaurant, I smelled a strong aroma of spices, so I ordered ten pounds of sausages and ten pounds of eggs.
The deposit has been paid, Jiajia, after dinner, go up and get me ten kilograms of meat tickets and ten kilograms of eggs tickets."
Tong Jia nodded and asked, "Mom, isn't it said that everyone's life is difficult now and many families can't get enough to eat?
Let's order ten kilograms of sausages and eggs at once, right..."
Qin Hanyi shook his head and said, "No, when I went there, Secretary Ma from the Municipal Party Committee had just left, and he ordered 70 kilograms of sausages and 100 kilograms of eggs by himself.
It's obvious that this isn't something that one person wants. The more you ask for, the less likely anyone will say anything.
When I went to deliver the tickets, they said that the machine tool factory was far away and someone asked me to help order it, so our family only ordered one kilogram each.
When you get it back, hang the sausages in your attic, not by the window near the bed.
The eggs are stored in the empty jar on the cupboard. No one can come into our house and rummage through our things, right?
Just be sure to avoid people when you bring it back. I'll figure it out, so don't worry about it."
Speaking of sausages, Tong Jia thought of the sausages that exposed her flaws in her previous life, and inevitably thought of Tao Junle again.
Knowing that showing it would only lead to Qin Hanyi asking questions, she asked directly, "Mom, what's in the lunch box? I smell meat, too."
Qin Hanyi smiled and scratched Tong Jia's nose, saying, "Little greedy cat, you have a really sharp nose.
Look, the state-owned restaurant has spicy fried chicken and braised pork, as well as a bowl of white rice.
Is this something you like? Move the table and let’s eat.”
People in Beijing basically eat noodles. Even state-owned restaurants rarely steam rice, especially now that food is scarce.
But today, several leaders from southern units came here to exchange ideas and learn. In order to cater to the eating habits of these southern comrades, the canteen of the cultural center specially steamed white rice.
Qin Hanyi waited until the southern comrades finished eating and then bought up all the white rice.
With such good white rice, it would be a waste to pair it with vegetables, so I went to the state-owned restaurant and bought two meat dishes.
When Tong Jia found out, she asked, "Mom, you bought all the leftover rice, and the other uncles and aunts didn't say anything?"
"What can they say? They all have northern stomachs, and not eating noodles feels like not being full. Even if they like to eat white rice, they still need to have enough money and tickets.
This is pure white rice, a fine grain. The fine grain coupons cost four ounces and eight cents.
There was a lot of rice, and I was so satisfied that I gave the canteen lady five taels of fine grain coupons and ten cents, and no one could say anything wrong with me.
Moreover, you are still taking medicine and need to take better care of yourself. Everyone knows this and understands this.
So, just eat without worry." Qin Hanyi finished explaining and picked up a piece of braised pork and a piece of chicken for Tong Jia before picking up some food for herself.
That’s okay.
Letting everyone know that the mother and daughter spend money lavishly is also a disguised way of discouraging those who want to make money from them.
After dinner, Qin Hanyi took the meat and egg tickets from Tong Jia and went out.
Tong Jia waited until she was far away, then ran out with the house key.
Her first target was the newsstand. All the people working in the cultural center were cultural professionals, so there should be newsstands near the cultural center’s dormitories.
But she searched all the alleys nearby and couldn't find any trace of the newsstand.
She was so tired that she leaned against the wall to catch her breath and rest. She was seen by an old man working in the message room opposite, who invited her to go into the message room to warm up.
Tong Jia knew that the old man working in the message room in this era also had a regular salary and would not do anything like trafficking children, so she walked in with confidence.
The old man in the reception room asked, "Girl, I see you've been running around here several times. Are you exercising?"
Tong Jia waved her hands and said, "Grandpa, my family just moved here, and today is our first day out, and we can't find our way home.
I remember when we moved, there was a newsstand at the entrance of our alley, but now I can’t find it anywhere.”
"Hey! Are you lost? Which unit does your adult work for? I'm familiar with the family quarters and dormitory buildings of the units nearby. Just tell me the name of the unit and I'll show you the way." The old man in the message room said enthusiastically.
Tong Jia said: "My mother works at the cultural center."
"Where's the Cultural Center? The dormitory building is not far from here. Walk to the end of the alley where you just stood, turn right, go straight, and then turn left. You'll arrive.
But girl, did you remember it wrongly?
There is no newsstand in the dormitory building of this cultural center. Newspapers are subscribed by units in the cultural center. Who would think of opening a newsstand there?
Come on, girl, warm up and go home quickly. It's getting late, and your family will be worried.
"Girl? Girl?" The old man in the message room urged Tong Jia to go home.
But Tong Jia saw what she wanted to see on the table in the message room: because the foreigners could not bear the oppression, they hijacked a ship from Star City to Java, resulting in five deaths and dozens of injuries.
Instinctively, Tong Jia thought that Tao Junle's disappearance was related to this ship, and she began to think about how to go to Java to find Tao Junle.
She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't hear the old man in the message room call her several times.
In the end, it was the old man who pushed her directly, and Tong Jia finally reacted.
After thanking the old man in the message room, Tong Jia went home.
Although she knew when she entered the book that it would be difficult for her to see Grandma Rong again in this life.
However, after returning home, Tong Jia still entered the RV and kept praying, hoping that Grandma Rong could protect the safety of Tao Junle and his family.
At first I prayed in my heart, but later I was worried that Grandma Rong wouldn’t be able to hear me, so I started praying out loud.
Later, she felt that praying only to Grandma Rong was not enough, so she prayed loudly to all kinds of gods, gods from all countries, and ghosts from all walks of life, as long as she could think of them.
Because she closed her eyes when she prayed.
Therefore, he was not discovered the moment Tao Junle entered the RV.
It was not until she heard a choked "Sister...Sister" that she opened her eyes and saw a tall and thin boy standing in front of her.
His summer sports suit was wrinkled and slightly stained.
Looking at his face again, a light layer of stubble made him look extremely haggard, and his bloodshot eyes showed that he had not had a good rest for a long time.
Tong Jia felt very distressed and wanted to hug him and comfort him like she did before.
But he forgot that the two people's figures are now completely different from before.
Before, she was an adult and Tao Junle was a head shorter than her.
Now, Tao Junle is fifteen years old and has grown to 1.75 meters tall, while Tong Jia is still a five-year-old kid.
Not to mention, in order to pray sincerely, she was still kneeling, and when she stretched out her hands, she could only hug Tao Junle's legs.
It was Tao Junle who bent down and picked her up from the floor of the RV.
The two hugged each other tightly, neither of them spoke, letting their tears flow silently, silently witnessing this long-awaited reunion.