Vulnerability can only be shown in front of the closest relatives, but cannot be seen at all by outsiders. This is Gong Xue's habit and her life creed.
In the eyes of outsiders, Gong Xue must be like tempered steel, indestructible.
Due to a delayed flight, it was already past one o'clock in the morning on Thursday when Gong Xue arrived in Chengdu.
The airport bus is loaded with tourists or locals heading towards the brightly lit city...
Chengdu, the "Land of Abundance", is the largest political, cultural, scientific and educational, commerce, financial, military and international exchange center in Southwest China.
It is a cultural city with a long history. It has famous Kuanzhai Alleys, Jinli, Lotus Mansion, and Tanghui. Tourists of all kinds are interspersed among them, walking in small groups and eating, enjoying a feast of sight and taste. Chengdu locals are like
The freedom and leisure from the inside out are especially evident at night, which is really unmatched by other cities.
Chengdu city and Chengdu people still have a sense of comfort in the early morning...
The unique breath that is absorbed in the bones and breathed in and out can be described in one word as the way Chengdu people live, that is, ease.
comfortable.
Food stalls can be seen everywhere, even on the streets at two or three in the morning. This city with a mild climate and rich cultural heritage is one of the cities where Gong Xue has been to. Life is easy.
, it is nothing more than buying the best goods and services with the least money, and Chengdu is more suitable for this than Kunming. Because Chengdu has many goods and frequent personnel movements, prices are low and labor is cheap. Therefore, people who go to Chengdu spend
For not much money, you can get relatively high-end products and enjoyment.
Gong Xue swore that she had not asked the staff at the passenger terminal in advance, she just randomly picked a relatively clean looking restaurant and walked in. As a result, she only spent four yuan in this 24-hour restaurant.
Had a hearty breakfast.
Breakfast is a Chengdu specialty, dandan noodles.
The boss, who didn't feel sleepy at all after staying up all night, neatly picked the noodles and put them into a bowl, topped them with the crispy fried meat sauce, and sprinkled with golden chopped peanuts. The noodles were already fragrant in the mouth.
She was really hungry too.
At Mobei Airport, she was so busy saying goodbye to Gong Tao, Shi Jingtian, and Jia Qian that she actually forgot to have dinner. Although there was in-flight meal on the plane, she really wasn't interested in greasy fast food.
.
After almost devouring the entire bowl of noodles, she exhaled with satisfaction...
The boss, who was in his fifties, put a bowl of clear noodle soup on her dining table and said, "Yaomei'er, fire soup (drink the soup)."
"Thank you, boss." Gong Xue smiled softly, took the soup bowl that was neither cold nor hot, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Are you from the north?" The boss was smoking and talking in Sichuan Mandarin to Gong Xue, the only customer in the store.
Gong Xue put down the soup bowl, smiled and said, "How did the boss see it?"
The boss squinted his eyes to avoid the smoke, pointed at the crowd of people outside the passenger terminal and said: "I have been running a restaurant in Chengdu since I was in my twenties, and I deal with tourists from all over the world every day. After more than thirty years, I am now basically
Just by looking at his face, you can tell whether he is a local or a tourist, whether he is from the north or the south."
Gong Xue extended her thumb and praised: "Your eyesight is really good. I am indeed from the north. Mobei, have you been there?"
The boss shook his head and said regretfully: "I don't have to go...I heard that the scenery there is very beautiful, with grasslands, horses, cattle and sheep, and tents. Is it like that?"
Gong Xue said with a smile: "There is no grassland in Mobei. If you want to go to the grassland, you have to take a car for a day and a night."
"My dear, it's so far away." The boss's fleshy face showed a simple and surprised smile, and he continued to chat with Gong Xue about the customs and customs of Mobei.
Finally, the topic somehow turned to Gong Xue's career.
The boss may have a love affair with the military. He looked at Gong Xue's military uniform with bright eyes and said, "Girl, your epaulettes should be that of an officer."
"Yes, Lieutenant." Gong Xue's fingers brushed the hair on her shoulder.
The boss said enviously: "I also have a daughter, and I have always wanted her to be admitted to a military academy. Unfortunately, her academic performance was not good, and she was only admitted to a local university in Chengdu."
"Soldiers are very hard-working, especially female soldiers. How could you think of letting your daughter enter the military academy?" Gong Xue asked.
The boss smiled sheepishly, hooked his finger back, pointed at his bare forehead and said, "Well, when I was recruiting soldiers, I was dismissed because of my unsatisfactory physical condition. Later, although I relied on my cooking skills to support my family,
, my life is fine, but the fact that I failed the election has become a heartache for me. Sigh... It’s such a pity that I don’t have a daughter with excellent grades who can put on the military uniform and become a parent like you.
proud."
It turns out there is a story behind him.
Gong Xue shook her head and asked with a smile: "Does your daughter like the career of being a soldier?"
When the boss heard this, he had an expression of hatred for steel. He frowned and said: "She likes to dye her hair yellow and blacken her nails. Apart from dressing herself up, she doesn't even know how many branches of the People's Liberation Army there are... Sigh...
.”
Gong Xue persuaded with a smile: "Not everyone is suitable for the most boring and dangerous military career. Since your daughter doesn't like it, forcing her to send her there will be counterproductive."
The boss nodded and said helplessly: "I have given up. Otherwise, during the recruitment last year, I would have thought of something for her..."
While the conversation was getting heated, Gong Xue's cell phone suddenly vibrated in her pocket. She waved to her boss, "Sorry, I'll take a call."
It's Gong Tao calling.
This guy was afraid that she would be abducted in Chengdu, so he never stopped calling her from the moment she got off the plane.
She turned her back, answered the call, and scolded with a smile: "Taotao, if you don't go to bed, I will call my second aunt!"
Gong Tao laughed on the phone, and then said slyly: "I can't sleep, so I might as well talk to you."
Gong Xue flicked the microphone with her fingertips, "Say what you say, your nagging skills are about to catch up with Aunt Tian, you know!"
Gong Tao was dissatisfied: "I'm worried about you... Really, it's wrong to care about others! Sister, who can sleep well after you get on the plane? I just went downstairs to drink water, and my dad
The lights in my mother's house are on, and the lights in Aunt Tian's house are on. What they are thinking about is you..."
Gong Xue was speechless...
A warm feeling suddenly rose from my heart to my eyes...
She pressed the tip of her nose, trying hard to suppress her homesickness, and said to Gong Tao: "I miss you too. I promise that I will try my best to take a vacation in the future and go back to Mobei to visit relatives."
"Huh!" Gong Tao muttered dissatisfiedly: "It's weird to believe you." When I was in the military academy, I was so busy that I came back only once every few years. This time I was actually assigned to the army. I don't know how long it will take before I can return to Mobei.
Gong Xue pursed her lips and smiled, "I see you are very arrogant today... you brat!"
Gong Tao chuckled a few times, then suddenly changed his tone and said, "Sister, I saw the money you left me."