After leaving the noodle shop, Chu Tianyao drove Lu Qiuyu to the Cai family's old house, which was her grandma's house.
Outside the house halfway up the mountain.
The Audi 100 was parked on the side of the road, just like two days ago, with the two of them sitting in the car.
"You go back to Yongning tomorrow. The next time we meet will be next year!"
A bit of cold night wind blew from the car window. Lu Qiuyu tightened his collar and joked to Chu Tianyao.
Seeing that Chu Tianyao ignored her words, Lu Qiuyu prepared to open the car door angrily.
"Here, a New Year's gift for you!"
Just when Lu Qiuyu was about to open the door and get out of the car, Chu Tianyao took out a box from the back seat of the car like a magic trick.
"I'm not dreaming, this is the first time you have given me a gift."
Lu Qiuyu swept away the gloom and said with a bit of surprise on his face.
She couldn't wait to open the box, and inside was a burgundy woolen scarf. It didn't look expensive, just an ordinary scarf.
But even so, Lu Qiuyu still seemed very happy.
"Thank you!"
After tying the scarf on herself, Lu Qiuyu narrowed her eyes slightly, like two crescent moons.
"Happy New Year!"
Chu Tianyao looked at the woman in the passenger seat and chuckled softly.
"You too... Then we'll see you next year!"
After saying that, Lu Qiuyu happily opened the door.
"By the way, because I was absent from work today, can you please not deduct my salary?"
Suddenly remembering something, Lu Qiuyu quickly turned around.
"no way!"
Chu Tianyao's voice sounded, and then he stepped on the accelerator, and the car immediately drove out.
"Stingy guy!"
Seeing Chu Tianyao leaving, Lu Qiuyu stamped her feet angrily.
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February 7th.
Early in the morning, Du Guoying went to the train station and prepared to catch the train back to southern Henan.
And Chu Tianyao drove all the way to Yongning.
Rongcheng is more than 300 kilometers away from Yongning, which is not far. However, there are no expressways in some sections, so it will take at least a day's work to get there.
Chu Tianyao set off in the morning and arrived in Yongning at four o'clock in the afternoon.
As for my younger sister Chu He, she couldn't wait to return to Yongning to meet Liu Na as early as a week ago during the university vacation.
Sometimes Chu Tianyao wonders if this girl has a better relationship with Liu Na than he does.
Sancai Garment Factory.
The garment factory will have a holiday tomorrow, so after Chu Tianyao called Liu Na, he went straight to the factory to pick her up from get off work.
Outside the gate of the clothing factory.
A middle-aged man wearing a gray sweater was waiting outside the security room, holding a big rooster in his left hand and a basket of eggs in his right hand.
"Comrade Guard, do you think Liu Na is really the leader of your garment factory?"
The middle-aged man seemed a little unconvinced and asked the guard in the security room again and again.
Obviously he had only come to Yongning a year ago. At that time, Liu Na was just a packaging worker at Yongning Winery. How could she become the leader of this clothing factory in a blink of an eye?
The middle-aged man was dressed a little plainly. Even in the middle of winter, he only had a sweater on him. His hands carrying things were a little red from the cold, and the pair of Jiefang shoes on his feet were also torn.
"Third uncle?"
When Chu Tianyao got out of the car, he happened to see the man waiting outside the security room, and a memory suddenly appeared in his mind.
The person in front of me is named Chu Guangsheng, who is Chu Tianyao's third uncle.
When his father Chu Tianshan died, it was thanks to this man that he was busy presiding over the funeral. However, Chu Tianshan's parents were old and did not want to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person. They only came to Yongning for a hurried burial and then left.
There are three brothers in Chu Tianshan's generation. Chu Tianshan is the second eldest, and Chu Guangsheng is the third eldest. His hometown is not from Yongning, but a town dozens of kilometers away from Yongning, under Jianghe County.
Regarding the matter of the old Chu family, Chu Tianshan did not mention it to Chu Tianyao. According to the rules of the family, after Chu Tianshan got married and separated, he almost always stayed in Yongning and rarely went back.
Although Chu Tianshan didn't say anything, Chu Tianyao knew that his father seemed to be somewhat resentful towards the Chu family. Only towards his third brother Chu Guangsheng did Chu Tianshan look kind of good.
"You, are you Tianyao?"
At this time, he was suddenly stopped by Chu Tianyao. Chu Guangsheng's face froze, and he looked at Chu Tianyao, who was dressed in a straight suit. For a moment, he was even more afraid to recognize him.
"It's me, Third Uncle... I'm Chu Tianyao!"
Chu Tianyao walked forward and grinned at Chu Guangsheng.
"Uncle Third, these things are very heavy, let me help you carry them!"
With that said, Chu Tianyao was about to take the things from Chu Guangsheng's hand.
Compared with other members of the Chu family, Chu Guangsheng was closer to his second brother Chu Tianshan, and he had nothing to say to his nephew Chu Tianyao. When Chu Tianshan died, he was also responsible for the funeral.
"No, don't get your clothes dirty." Chu Guangsheng refused quickly and looked up and down at Chu Tianyao in front of him: "You must have spent a lot of money on this outfit. I watched all the big bosses on TV.
Dressed like this."
"What kind of big boss am I?"
Chu Tianyao smiled at Chu Guangsheng and didn't explain much. He just said that he had done some small business now and went to Lucheng, so he no longer stayed in Yongning.
"No wonder I didn't find you when I went to Yongning Winery. You brat has finally become something... It's a pity that your second brother and sister-in-law left early and didn't get to see you change your ways."
After hearing what Chu Tianyao said, Chu Guangsheng was so happy that he couldn't help but sigh.
He naturally knows about the bastard things Chu Tianyao did in the past, and because of this, Chu Tianyao is as unpopular with the old Chu family as Chu Tianshan.
"It's cold outside. Third uncle, please stop standing. Let's go in and talk!"
Chu Tianyao glanced at Chu Guangsheng's clothes, and then motioned to the people in the security room to open the door.
Not long ago, in the office of the garment factory.
Knowing that Chu Tianyao was coming back today, Liu Na didn't expect that her third uncle Chu Guangsheng would also come, so she immediately picked up a thermos and made tea.
"Third uncle, please have tea. It's been almost a year since I last saw you."
Liu Na was not familiar with anyone in the old Chu family, except Chu Guangsheng, whom she had often heard mentioned by her bedridden father-in-law Chu Tianshan.
"Look at me, if I had known that all of you are now the big boss, I wouldn't have come to this factory to be an eyesore." Chu Guangsheng glanced at Liu Na, who was also wearing the same bright and beautiful clothes, and said a little embarrassedly.
"By the way, this is something I brought from my hometown. It's better than what I bought from outside."
Saying that, Chu Guangsheng quickly put down the eggs and the big rooster in his hand.
"Third uncle, seeing that it's so hard for you to come here, we should be filial to you."
How dare Liu Na accept it when she saw this?
When she held the funeral for her father-in-law Chu Tianshan, Chu Tianyao was basically a hands-off shopkeeper. How could she, a girl in her early twenties, know such things? It was all thanks to Chu Guangsheng who came from Jianghe County overnight and took three days and three nights to prepare the funeral.
After the funeral was completed, he even left a hundred yuan for Liu Na before leaving.
Liu Na still remembers that it was a wad of money scattered in a plastic bag.
"Okay, I don't dare to refuse the elder's gift. Since it was given to me by my third uncle, just accept it."
In the office, Chu Tianyao spoke to Liu Na who looked embarrassed, and then looked at Chu Guangsheng again.
"Third Uncle, you came to Yongning to see us for something, right?"
The New Year is almost here, and Chu Guang was born in Yongning at this juncture. In Chu Tianyao's opinion, there is probably another reason.
Sure enough, upon hearing Chu Tianyao's words, Chu Guangsheng couldn't help but sigh:
"Hey... I really can't think of a way, so I thought of coming to Yongning to try with you."
When Chu Guangsheng sighed, Liu Na on the side noticed the clusters of white hair on the former's head. Compared to the time they met a year ago, Chu Guangsheng seemed to be several years older.
"Third uncle, please tell me carefully what is going on!" Chu Tianyao asked loudly.
He knew that if he hadn't run into big trouble, his third uncle Chu Guangsheng would never have asked for anything from him, given his character.