On the evening of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Sankui drove to the station to pick up Bao Yiqiu. Looking at the six sacks of things she brought, Sankui couldn't laugh or cry: "Sister Yiqiu, you have bought all the pine nuts and hazelnut mushrooms over there, right?"
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Bao Yiqiu gave five yuan to each of the two men who helped pick out the things, and then said to Sankui: "You can't buy this thing in four or nine cities. If you bring more, you can sell it for more money. Sankui, why are you so fast this year?"
Just come back?"
Because Tian Shao loves to eat, I want to send the things to her first. After she has picked them, the rest will be stored at her place.
Sankui and others carried the sack into the trunk, and then said: "My brother-in-law's workplace has a big case, and he was asked to handle it by name, so we came back in a hurry."
Speaking of this, he said with some emotion: "My sister goes to bed after nine o'clock every day in my hometown, but when I go back to Sijiu City, she goes to bed after twelve o'clock. Now Grandpa Hu urges her to go to bed at that time.
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"How come it's so late?"
Sankui frowned and said, "I said I was working on a new book, but I lost track of time as soon as I started working on it. Sister Yiqiu, my sister is like this at school, too, and forgets time when she gets busy?"
Bao Yiqiu nodded and said: "Yes, she forgot everything as soon as she got involved. But the school lights out at nine o'clock, and even if she lights candles and studies, she has to go to bed after twelve o'clock. But she moved out at the beginning of winter last year, and now
I don’t know when I’m going to sleep.”
He quickly drove to the road outside Sanyanjing Hutong, but the jeep could not enter the alley, so Sankui asked Bao Yiqiu to guard the car while he drove a tricycle.
Sankui divided six sacks of specialties into two and sent them back.
Bao Yiqiu has been to Sanyanjing Hutong twice. She remembers that the first time she came, she and Mu Ningzhen were so shocked that they were speechless. They never expected that the house they bought was so big.
When Tian Shao saw Bao Yiqiu, he smiled and said: "This weighs four to five hundred kilograms. It's so far away, so it's a shame that I spent so much effort to bring it here."
Bao Yiqiu said helplessly: "My brother heard that it was more expensive here than at home, so he bought it hard. I can't dampen his enthusiasm, so I can only suffer a little. Xiaoshao, please put this thing with you first, and wait for the next week.
I'll take it out and sell it."
"Where are you going to sell it?"
"You can set up a stall on Xiushui Street. I'll take it and sell it there."
Tian Shao smiled and said, "No need, I'll let Sankui help you sell it! He has many friends, and he will quickly buy up all the items worth ten or eight pounds, so as not to hurt you."
Bao Yiqiu thought it was too much trouble for Sankui, so he politely refused.
Sankui said with a smile: "It's no trouble. They usually want to buy these things, but the supply and marketing cooperative doesn't sell them yet! But Sister Yiqiu, since we are selling to acquaintances, the things must be good."
Tian Shao became more and more satisfied when he heard this.
Bao Yiqiu said with a smile: "Don't worry, I've checked everything and everything is fine. Brother Sankui, then I won't be polite to you anymore, so I'll trouble you."
Sankui moved the things to the storage room, while Bao Yiqiu stayed to talk to Tian Shao: "Sankui said you are working on a new book again. You just published Feng Shui Master a few months ago, why are you launching a new book again?"
Tian Shao said with a smile, "It's not a new book. I started thinking about this book in August last year. The plot has been straightened out, and I'm now finalizing the character portraits."
"Then when will it be published? Next month?"
Tian Shao shook his head and said: "Not that fast. The specific time for serialization will be determined by the situation."
Not counting the comics handed over to Manager Kuang and Editor Gong, she now has six comics on hand. Although there are cartoonists helping to write and polish the plots, she still has to go to class, so she really doesn't have that much energy.
Since the second half of last year, she has been struggling with her studies. In the final analysis, she is not a genius like Song Mingyang and Liuya. It all depends on acquired hard work.
Tian Shao doesn't want to fail the class, so she plans to spend more time on her studies this semester. As for comics, she will first stabilize the few books in her hands and then encourage cartoonists to create their own. As for the book she has now, she wants to see more
Save some manuscripts.
After hearing her plan, Bao Yiqiu was very supportive. She said: "This time you fell out of the top ten. Some people are already saying that you wasted national resources and teachers' hard work. Put more time and energy on your studies and improve your results."
If you mention it, they won't criticize you anymore."
Tian Shao nodded.
Bao Yiqiu thought about what happened during his time at home and said sincerely: "Xiao Shao, thank you."
Tian Shao asked in surprise: "Why do you want to thank me so well?"
Bao Yiqiu briefly explained the matter, and then said with a bitter look on his face: "I have already said that I can stay in Sijiu City, but my mother still wants me to go back to the provincial capital to work. If my two younger brothers can stay in Sijiu City
She might have to show off her work everywhere."
Tian Shao said with relief: "What she thinks is not important, what matters is what you plan. If you think your future and happiness are more important, stay in Sijiu City; if you think filial piety is more important, then go back to your hometown."
Bao Yiqiu said without thinking: "I definitely want to stay in Sijiu City. Our provincial capital is not as good as Sijiu City, and Qi Lei will also stay here."
Tian Shao said: "You used to be obedient to her and sacrificed yourself to support the family. Your mother is used to it, so she made such an unreasonable request. When she knows that you have changed and know how to plan for yourself, she doesn't want mother and daughter to be separated.
If so, I will never make such unreasonable demands again."
Bao Yiqiu was silent for a while and said: "You are right. My mother later did not ask me to stay in Sijiu City, but she asked me to take Qi Lei back to show her during the summer vacation."
The two of them were planning to get married after graduation, so they really should take Qi Lei to meet their parents. But with her mother's attitude, Bao Yiqiu didn't really want Qi Lei to go to her house.
"this is necessary."
Bao Yiqiu looked lonely and said: "But I feel bad. You don't know, my sister-in-law's father introduced me to me. Although that man is two years younger than me, he is just an ordinary worker in the lumber factory. I told my mother.
Lei, she actually thinks Qi Lei is too far away and wants me to break up. For her, keeping me tied to her side is more important than my lifelong happiness."
She was really hurt by her mother, so she followed Bao Yihu to the countryside to collect mountain goods a few days before she came back, and she talked less to her mother at home.
Tian Shao was silent for a moment and said: "To put it bluntly, you have a big responsibility for this matter. But now that you have woken up, she will not be able to control your life in the future. As for it is useless to think about the past, we have to move on.
Look ahead.”
If there were no feelings, she could persuade Bao Yiqiu to sever ties with her natal family. But Bao Yiqiu's family situation was special and he was a soft-hearted person, so it was impossible for him to fall out with his natal family.
Bao Yiqiu smiled bitterly and nodded. What else could he do if he didn't look forward? After all, it was his mother who had worked hard to raise him.