Chapter 167 To the provincial capital

  After getting off work on Thursday, Tian Shao hurried to the library and showed Li Qiao the comic strip that had been revised twice. In fact, the comic strips are not very thick, only about forty pages in total, but Li Qiao read each word very seriously.

  After reading it, Li Qiao nodded and said, "After the revision, the story is smoother and more attractive, and it should be published."

  He handed the comic book back to Tian Shao, and Li Qiao gave him another letter: "My student is Gu Hongxue, and he seems to have been promoted last year. If he doesn't see you, give him this letter."

  His current situation is not suitable for contacting these students. Too frequent contact may drag them down.

  Tian Shao said: "Teacher, if you need to bring something, I can also bring it for you."

  Hearing this, Li Qiao looked a little sad: "No need, I don't have anything to bring."

  Tian Shao didn't dare to continue asking when he saw him like this. Back then, many people did not hesitate to divorce their husbands/wives and severed ties with their parents in order to protect themselves. The ugliness of human nature was fully revealed.

  Unable to bear it, Tian Shao said implicitly: "Teacher, the darkness will eventually pass, and the dawn will come soon."

  He smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows when the dawn will come?"

  Tian Shao shook his head and said, "No, teacher, I believe that day will come soon."

  It was the first time someone said this to Li Qiao in so many years. His heart warmed up, but he quickly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for that day!"

   Tian Shao said: "Teacher, no, I believe you will be able to wait. Just like I firmly believed that I would be admitted to the textile factory, and I finally passed the exam."

  As long as a person has faith, no matter how difficult the hurdle is, he can overcome it. What I am most afraid of is that I cannot see the dawn without faith, and feel that every minute and every second is suffering.

   Seeing her firm expression, Li Qiao was also infected, and said with a smile, "Well, I can definitely wait."

  Tian Shao felt very heavy when she went back, but she has a strong self-regulation ability, and she will think about it when she returns to her place of residence. Anyway, there are still two years left, after which they will be able to return to their original positions and continue to serve the country.

   Tian Shao woke up at dawn the next day, and just after packing up, she heard Li Aihua calling her. As soon as she came in, she hurriedly said: "Xiao Shao, have you packed your things? The car is waiting outside!"

   "What car?"

   After asking, I found out that the winery just happened to send a batch of wine to the district today.

  Li Aihua said with a smile: "My mother only found out yesterday afternoon that the factory is going to send a batch of wine to the district, so it happens to give us a ride."

  It is natural to have a free ride. There are very few trains now, and I don't worry about missing the bus to the provincial capital when I arrive in the district earlier.

   Li Aihua looked at Tian Shao with only a small bag, and asked in surprise: "Ah Shao, it takes us four days to go back and forth, why do you only need so much?"

   "Just bring some change of clothes, what else do you need to bring?"

   Li Aihua looked at the blue padded jacket on her body and said silently, "Let's go, it's not good for the driver to wait for us outside."

  The car stopped at the door. After Tian Shao got into the car, he found that there was a middle-aged man besides the driver. The middle-aged man looked fierce. But Tian Shao is not worried, since the car in Aunt Yang's factory will never have any problems.

   After saying hello, Tian Shao and Li Aihua sat in the back row.

  Li Aihua took out two boxes of meat buns, first asked the driver and the middle-aged man. Both of them had breakfast and politely refused, Li Aihua handed a lunch box to Tian Shao: "Eat it quickly, or it will be cold later."

   Soon, the car was filled with a smell of meat.

   After eating two meat buns and a bottle of milk, Tian Shao is already a little full. Originally, I wanted to sleep on it, but the road was so bumpy that I could fly, and I couldn't sleep at all.

   After an hour, Tian Shao saw Li Aihua covered his mouth in pain and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle, stop the car, sister Aihua is not feeling well, go down and have a rest."

  There are very few vehicles on the road now. The driver stepped on the brakes immediately.

   Li Aihua vomited as soon as he got out of the car. The smell was too strong, Tian Shao quickly pulled her to the other side.

  Li Aihua leaned against Tian Shao and said weakly: "I was worried that you would get motion sickness on the first long distance, but I didn't expect it to be me."

  Tian Shao helped him to the side of the car, and asked the driver uncle to get the water bottle down: "Hurry up and wash your mouth, and you have to get in the car after you rest. The driver uncle still has to deliver the goods, so we can't delay his work."

  The driver said with a good temper: "Don't worry, just send the wine to the factory before twelve noon."

  It's only half past seven, and there are still four and a half hours to go to the district.

   After a ten-minute break, the two got into the car. The middle-aged man with a ferocious face said: "Little girl, next time you ride in the car, you can bring some cooling oil and rub it on your nose when you feel uncomfortable."

  Li Aihua smiled wryly and said, "I've been to the province several times, and I've never been carsick, and I don't know what happened today."

  Tian Shao thought in his heart, you didn't take this kind of particularly smelly car when you went to the provincial capital a few times ago, you will be fine. In other words, the smell is really bad, if I knew it, I would have taken a car.

  After three small incidents, Tian Shao knew that he was too naive. The car from the district to the provincial capital is boring, but the adults let go of their voices to chat and the children kept crying, making people irritable and unable to lose their temper.

  Finally arrived at the provincial capital at 4:50 pm, Tian Shao felt alive after getting off the car.

  Li Aihua was also sleepy, and said, "Ah Shao, if we come to the provincial capital in the future, we should hitch a ride when there is a car! It's too painful to ride like this."

   Tian Shao strongly agrees.

   "Let's go, hurry to the machinery factory, it will be dark in the evening."

  The two took two buses to the machinery factory, and it was dark when they reached the gate.

  Li Aihua walked to the door and took his and Tian Shao's work permits and handed them to the guard, and said, "I am the niece of your Chief Engineer Li Yuan, and I am here to do something in the provincial capital this time."

  The machinery factory is relatively strict, and everyone who enters here must register.

  The guard looked at Li Aihua, nodded and gave them the registration form.

   After the two left, another younger guard said, "Old Chen, why did we let them in without checking their identities?"

The old doorman scolded: "You didn't realize that the girl who just spoke looks very similar to Mr. Li. How could she look so similar if she wasn't a niece! You, you can't just sit here stupidly every day, you have to keep the factory Write down the appearance of the big and small leaders here."

  The young doorman expressed humility to accept the lesson.

  Li Aihua brought Tian Shao to a three-story building, rubbed his sore arms and said, "Here we are, my second uncle's house is right up there."

  This building is smaller than the one where Father Li lives, and the downstairs is not messy, and it looks very neat. It is indeed the place where the chief engineer and factory leaders live, and the environment is good.

  (end of this chapter)