There was no shortage of small hotels near the station, so they chose a cleaner one and asked for a room.
Then the two had dinner.
Cheng Tianyuan asked her to rest in the room and went out against the cold wind.
"The ticket offices are closed, but I heard that there are many people queuing up every day and it is not easy to buy tickets."
Xue Ling thought for a while and explained: "There must be many people here going back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year, and now they have to return here. We are going from the provincial capital, so the tickets should not be so tight."
Cheng Tianyuan also thought it was reasonable and said: "Let's take a rest early. I will queue up to buy it early tomorrow morning."
Xue Ling didn't feel sleepy, so he took out the translation notebook and read it.
"I haven't started writing in the past few days. If I continue to slack off, my brain will probably become rusty."
Cheng Tianyuan poured a cup of hot water for her, drank half the cup himself, and then went to sleep.
Xue Ling read until midnight and didn't sleep until midnight. When she woke up the next day, it was already past nine o'clock.
Cheng Tianyuan sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for her to wake up, and raised the ticket in his hand.
"If you don't wake up, you might not be able to catch up. We have a ticket for 10:30. If the train goes fast, we should be able to reach Rongcheng in the evening."
Xue Ling opened the quilt and sat up, laughing and shouting: "Quick! Let's have breakfast and then get in the car!"
There are few cars going to Rongcheng and the journey is smooth. We arrived at around five o'clock in the evening.
The young couple took the bus, walked a short distance, and finally returned to the rental house on Songming Road as night fell.
There were lights on in the house and the sound of pots and pans could be heard.
Xue Ling shouted happily: "Dad! Mom! We are back!"
…
Father Cheng and Mother Cheng each held a lot of gifts, smiled and told them to rest early and went back to the small room.
Xue Ling looked at the spotlessly clean surroundings and drank hot tea, feeling very happy.
After staying here for more than half a year and going out for about ten days, I actually felt excited about going home.
Cheng Tianyuan was packing his luggage and urged: "It's a bit late. Let's take a shower and rest first. Mom has boiled two large pots of hot water. Be careful when you carry it."
Xue Ling sat lazily on the sofa and smiled softly: "There's no rush, I'll go there later."
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you say you have to go to work tomorrow?"
"Well..." Xue Ling couldn't help but think of what Liu Xing said to him that day in Xiaonian, and replied a little absent-mindedly: "Yes, I'll go tomorrow."
Cheng Tianyuan looked at her dotingly and whispered: "Daughter-in-law, you are too greedy. You have to work in a newspaper office, do a part-time job as a translator, and plan to sell clothes - do you think you are Sun Wukong and can have ninety-nine fortunes?"
Eighty-one magic?"
"Hehe!" Xue Ling was amused by him and shook his head to explain: "Didn't I tell you earlier? Going to work in the newspaper office is only temporary and will not last long."
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What? Are you planning to resign?"
"I didn't plan to do it so early." Xue Ling told him what Liu Xing overheard that day and analyzed: "This column is very small. I have been working on it alone. The work is really easy. If I
If she is an old lady in her seventies or eighty, she is more suitable."
Cheng Tianyuan said with a smile: "I have only heard countless people complain that work is not easy, but this is the first time I have heard someone say that it is too easy and not suitable."
Xue Ling shrugged and explained: "The newspaper office originally started working on the fifth and sixth day of the lunar month. I deliberately postponed it for two days just to test the director's attitude."
If the newspaper still needs her, she will stay temporarily.
If you feel that her job is too easy and you want to assign more columns to her, then she may have to resign voluntarily.
Her major is English, and the reason why she can work in the newspaper is because of the need for this small English learning column.
"I'm not good at other columns. I'm not that material, so I definitely can't accept it. The reason why I asked my dad to sell the defective products here is to leave an escape route for myself."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled slightly and said: "No wonder..."
…
Early the next morning, Xue Ling rode her bicycle to the newspaper office after eating.
She went a little early, and there were only four colleagues in the office.
"Ah! Xue Ling is back! I heard that you went back to your parents' home in the imperial capital to celebrate the New Year!"
"Yesterday, the director was still asking why you haven't started working yet. Fortunately, you are here!"
Xue Ling took out several boxes of audio tapes from the bag and gave each of them one box.
Colleagues liked it very much and thanked each other one after another.
"The songs in Taiwan are very sweet, my wife likes them the best!"
"There aren't many shops selling them here in Rongcheng, and the bookstore only sells a few boxes of English learning materials. It's very boring!"
After a while, colleagues came one after another.
Xue Ling still has one tape per person, and everyone is the same.
Director Liu also came, thanked her and took the tape, looking at her with gentle eyes.
"Xiao Xue, why are you so late? Didn't you agree to work on the fifth day of the lunar month?"
Xue Ling smiled and replied: "I'm sorry, I went back to my parents' home in the imperial capital during the Chinese New Year. It was too difficult to buy a train ticket. In the end, I had no choice but to ask an old friend to buy a plane ticket. Yesterday, I flew to the provincial capital first, and then took a bus to get here.
"
After listening to this, Director Liu didn't feel comfortable saying anything else.
"Then... rush the columns and don't miss the weekend printing."
Xue Ling responded quickly and said, "Don't worry, I will catch up."
Director Liu walked away, but then came back hesitantly.
"Xiao Xue, there is a division of labor in the newspaper. During the time you came here, one person was responsible for the small English column. There is not much content in this column. You can use your free time to learn from Editor Lin and help with the "Small Town Leisure Column" in the future.
Love this section."
Xue Ling raised her eyebrows slightly, not surprised at all.
"Director...I'm afraid I can't do it. I'm not a Chinese major, and I'm not good at editing."
After hearing this, Director Liu couldn't hide his embarrassment.
"Xiao Xue, your section of our newspaper is the smallest, so it will be a good thing for you to take time to study more!"
Xue Ling shook his head and whispered: "Director, thank you for your kindness. However, I have no talent or interest in Chinese editing. I am afraid I will disappoint you."
The other colleagues looked at each other and became quiet one after another.
Director Liu said nothing more and returned to the office with a sullen face.
At this time, Editor Lin walked over quickly and put his arm around her shoulders.
"I went to the imperial capital and came back so happy that I didn't know what to say? Huh? Since the director said so, just take advantage of the situation and say yes. You are so smart, why are you afraid that you won't be able to learn? Let me take care of you, and I guarantee that you will learn very well.
Get started soon.”
Xue Ling smiled bitterly and whispered: "Thank you, Sister Lin."
Editor Lin patted her on the shoulder and said, "I still have a manuscript to revise. I'll talk to you during lunch break!"
Xue Ling waved to her and sat back at his desk.
Liu Xingqi came over and said angrily: "I'm tired of living! The director said this just because he hopes you can stay and take on more important responsibilities, not to fire you. Why did you refuse!"
Xue Ling raised her eyebrows at him ambiguously and lowered her voice: "How are you and Wang Qing doing? Good things are coming soon?"
Liu Xingteng blushed and looked at Wang Qing, who was pouring water in the corner, with a happy smile in his eyes and on his face.
"She replied. During the Chinese New Year... I watched a movie."