Chu Heng, who suddenly relaxed after days of hard work, slept deeply and for a long time. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that Gu Yongnian saw that he hadn't come out and knocked on the door to wake him up.
"Bang bang bang!"
A rapid knock on the door pulled Chu Heng out of his sleep.
He opened his eyes blankly, froze for a moment before regaining consciousness, then turned over, supported the bed with one hand, and slowly got up. His body, which had been lying all night, felt as if someone had stuffed firecrackers into every bone.
There was a loud crackling sound.
"Xiao Chu! Xiao Chu! Open the door quickly! Are you in the house?"
At this moment, Gu Yongnian's anxious shouting came from outside the door, as if Aunt Xue was here to catch a traitor.
"Get up!"
Chu Heng responded quickly and went to open the door with his left arm hanging down like a noodle due to poor blood circulation caused by being pressed all night.
"Oh, you scared me to death. I thought..." In just ten seconds, Gu Yongnian had already thought of dozens of possibilities. The baby didn't die in the house, and he wasn't abducted by cunning capitalist profiteers.
Go and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Why do you think I was so tired during this period and slept too deeply?" Chu Heng grinned and regained some consciousness, his arms began to feel numb, and asked: "Are we leaving?"
"There's still a while. You should quickly wash up, tidy up, and have something to eat. The time is almost up." Gu Yongnian said.
"Okay, go and ask them to fry me some rice noodles. I'll be ready soon." Chu Heng turned around and went to get the washing tools.
"Hold on tight." Gu Yongnian warned, then went downstairs to the lobby.
After Chu Heng took his tools and went to the water room to wash up, he came back and changed his clothes. He also stuffed various luggage and various gifts he bought during the break at the exhibition into his suitcase, and walked downstairs.
Have a meal.
After eating something, he chatted with everyone in the lobby for a while. At around 12 noon, he and Gu Yongnian led a large group of people on two buses prepared by the office.
We rushed to the train station to prepare to take the train back together.
The two buses were speeding on the spacious road, looking at the scenery outside the window, thinking of all the hardships and joys of their trip, thinking that they had completed the tasks assigned to them by the country perfectly, and even exceeded the quota. I don’t know who started it.
A loud chorus sounded in the car.
"The sunset is red and the mountains are flying! The soldiers are returning to the camp from shooting! The soldiers are returning to the camp! The wind is blowing and the red flag is reflecting the colorful clouds..."
They held their heads high and chests puffed out proudly, like warriors who had just won a battle and returned in triumph.
It didn't take long.
The two cars arrived at the train station one after the other. Immediately, a crowd of excited people got out of the cars and poured into the train station. Since it was the first station, they didn't wait for ten minutes.
In a few minutes, they boarded the train.
After nearly a day's journey, they arrived at the long-lost Sijiu City at 12 noon the next day.
"See you tomorrow, comrades."
As soon as the car stopped, Chu Heng jumped out of the car happily like a wild donkey, holding a suitcase in one hand and running towards the exit of the station as fast as flying.
He had been away from home for more than a month and he already missed his wife and children.
Soon she ran out of the station.
At the exit of the station, Vice President Yuan, who had received the notice in advance, was waiting with someone to pick him up.
Seeing Chu Heng running out, he hurriedly waved his hand: "Here it is, Mr. Chu!"
"Why did you come to pick me up in person?" Chu Heng came forward with his suitcase.
"You have made our light industry look bad this time. I have to come to greet you heroes. Let me tell you, the train will not stop halfway, otherwise I will greet you ten miles up and down." Vice President Yuan said.
He took a step forward and reached out to pick up his luggage: "Let's go, our car is parked outside. We specially borrowed a bus from the transportation company. It's imported and very comfortable."
"I don't need it, someone at home will pick me up." Chu Heng said with a smile.
"Ah, that's it, then go ahead and we'll talk tomorrow if you have anything to say." Vice President Yuan said hurriedly.
"Okay, see you later." Chu Heng then walked towards Mavericks and Pony who were standing not far away.
When the two brothers saw that he had finished speaking, they rushed to greet him.
"Give it to us, Master Chu." Maverick took the suitcase from his left hand.
Xiao Ma went to take it in his right hand and said with a smile: "Have you brought anything delicious? Our young master looks at the door eight times a day, hoping that you will bring something delicious back."
"This bastard knows how to eat every day." Thinking of his naughty son, Chu Heng walked out with his two brothers with a doting look on his face.
"Why didn't you take a plane? Guangzhou is so far away, so it would be a disaster to take the train."
"Hey, there aren't many people here, so it's hard to be special."
"No matter what they do, who dares to talk nonsense when you are on a plane?"
"You know nothing about it, this is called having fun with the people."
The three of them talked and soon came to the roadside outside the station, where Chu Heng's Volga parked quietly.
"Go ahead, I'll drive."
After stuffing the luggage into the trunk, Chu Heng took the key from Mavericks' hand, got into the cab, and quickly started the car that had been with him for many years. After the Mavericks brothers also got in the car, he
He stepped on the accelerator hard and the car sped away like an arrow.
When Gu Yongnian and the others came out, they didn't even look at the taillights.
More than ten minutes later.
Chu Heng drove back to Banchang Hutong and parked the car in front of his home. He took off his luggage and opened the lock. He took out a special cigarette he bought in Yangcheng and threw it to the Mavericks. Then he took the luggage and pushed away Teixu.
With the door closed, I stepped into the small courtyard I had not seen for a long time.
After walking around the screen wall, I saw the fruit trees in the courtyard.
It was May, it was already the peak of spring, the trees were covered with new green, and the bluestone slabs in the courtyard were cleaned spotlessly by Yang Guizhi.
Chu Heng walked a few steps inside and heard laughter like silver bells coming from the backyard.
That was the voice of his daughter Chu Zhile.
He hurriedly walked a few steps and soon arrived at the Moon Gate, where he saw the trembling toddler girl holding Yang Guizhi's finger in the yard.
"Oh, everyone is gone!"
Chu Heng was greatly surprised, and at the same time he felt a little regretful that he had missed a stage of his daughter's growth.
"You're back." Yang Guizhi looked at him in surprise, and then pulled Chu Zhile towards him: "I only left last week. Oops, I won't stop if I leave for a while. I'll take it when I have time."
Come out for a walk."
"It's good to be active and healthy." Chu Heng hurriedly put down his suitcase, stepped forward to pick up the pink and tender little guy, and kissed her fair and chubby little face with his big mouth.
In one month, Chu Zhile has not forgotten her father, nor is she angry. She dances happily in his arms, seeming to be happy for her father's return.
While he was playing with the child, Yang Guizhi stepped forward, picked up the suitcase, and took it to his bedroom. When he came out, he stepped forward to take Chu Zhile over: "Hurry up and wash up, it smells bad."
"No rush, I'll go see the old lady first." Chu Heng held the child and went to the deaf old lady's house. He chatted with the old lady in the room for a while, then gave the child to Yang Guizhi and went to the bathroom to wash up.