Chapter 15 (1/2)
This chapter opens the door a littleIt, hopefully, answers soe I think I’ her dad’s actions in this chapter and supporting Xiao Qiu for following in his footsteps Then again, this chapter setups up nicely for some more time with Li Chuan
[Chapter 15]
I flew on a plane for the first ti in first class It was too bad that I had a shortcos
In other words, regardless of whether the conditions were good or bad, as far as I’ as the seats in the cabin were spacious and could be reclined for sleeping I was perfectly satisfied
I oken up by Li Chuan in the middle ofthe water cold But while sitting in the bathtub, I fell asleep again I brought three travel bags in addition to a backpack None of thes to put thelance that I was sos, the better when traveling He took out everything in the three bags and put them into the suitcase he used when he traveled and locked it I had filled the suitcase with useless stuff Roast duck, salted duck, beef jerky, dried fish, salted peanuts, new backpack, and an entire stationary set They were all things er brother liked The five bottles of h quality were for es of fruit snacks, dried fruit, and candy They were for giving to relatives, friends, and classmates
I watched Li Chuan pack up the suitcase forit neatly
“Why does your suitcase have a white ten character on it? Why isn’t it a red ten?” I asked, pointing to the logo (The Chinese character for ten is basically a cross: 十)
“I’
“Have you ever seen a Swiss Army knife?”
“No”
“If I criticize your lack of international knowledge, would you get ned, “In any case, with the state you are in, you wouldn’t re e I will sleep a little more” I dozed off on the couch
“You can’t sleep anymore You have to leave now”
“Just ten rudgingly, “Then sleep If I knew you were so tired, I should have bought a ticket for to Ze Garden In short, I fell asleep again in Li Chuan’s car He woke et on the plane, you don’t have to worry about anything, just sleep Someone ake you up”
“Oh” I yawned in a haze, “Li Chuan, buy me a cup of coffee I’m tired”
“Don’t drink coffee” He said, “You just didn’t get enough sleep Drinking anything won’t help”
“Seriously, it’s not as if I haven’t stayed up all night before…”
In a daze, I don’t remember what I said to him and how I bid him farewell I entered the cabin of the plane, found , and then pulled up the blanket
A ed portly uncle sat next to me with a nice suit
“Miss, is this your first time on a plane?” He wanted to strike up a conversation with me”
“Uh-huh” I was very cordial, but I was very tired, so I didn’t pick up the conversation
“By yourself?” He said
“Yes”
“For lunch there will be Häagen-Dazs Don’t forget to ask for it froht attendant”
“Okay, okay Thank you, Uncle” (It’s customary to call older men Uncles and older women Aunties, whether or not they are related to you)
I originally wanted to ask what Häagen-Dazs was Thought about it and didn’t ask to avoid saying evenoff and everyone becae of this, I promptly put on my eyemask
When I woke up, the uncle told me that there were only five , I hadchicken, coconut fish fillet, dried fruit with chicken, brine chicken, coconut rice, Yangzhou fried rice
— Cantonese cuisine, Cantonese soup, eon soup, conch shell steith duck
— An entire set of Western-style food, foreign wine
— Häagen-Dazs
The uncle said that he and the flight attendant tried to wakealready
However, the uncle said that he asked the flight attendant to pack up lunch for o He mainly choose cold dishes and pastries so that I could still eat the of the plane
I wasoff the plane and claie, I took the airport shuttle to the bus station I rode for three and a half hours before finally getting home!
There was no phone at hoet home sometime this week As for which day, he was coh school was also on vacation When , “Jie (Older sister) , you’re finally ho!”
Seriously, it was a waste to groith this kid He could only re rode a bike for twenty minutes to come home and eat lunch Before, I would always pack up three lunches in theOne for dad, one for brother, and one forit to school to heat up and eat Afterwards, when I was preparing for the college entrance exam, Dad was determined to take on this job His dishes were hard to force down forcouldn’t stand it and cried about it every day So I had to e bowl of fish and five-spice tofu on the weekends for hi some everyday Once I left, brother said, Dad took on a senior year class His responsibility grew and his burden was heavier so he would always forget to make lunch ahead of time It was only after he finished with class and was more relaxed before he rushed home to make a meal
“Where’s Dad?” I asked
“Went to score exaas”
“What about you? You’re already grown up Dad is sick and you still let hi all this, I was already concerned and gave hie it but he wouldn’t let ht hurt ht?” I went toe it”
“You are a woive birth in the future You can’t hurt your waist” Xiao Dong cried out loudly, rushed over, seized the gas tank, and biked away in a blink
“He’s finally grown up He knows to be concerned about his older sister now” I was very gratified and praised hied ed rocery basket
“Xiao Qiu’s back?”
“Hi, that’s right”
“Xiao Qiu’s back!”
“Hi, Uncle Qian”
“Xiao Qiu’s back, come to Auntie Fen’s home for a meal tomorrow! I’ll make Chinese chestnut chicken and lemon duck You must also have a chat with e entrance exam this year Please?”
“Oh course, of course!”
This is what a se is like Every uncle and aunty knew roceries and went to to a s distance call When I had gotten ho for signal While constantly “searching”, it quickly ran out of batteries I changed the batteries and took a look again It still couldn’t find a signal, so I threw the cell phone intodistance call I dialed Li Chuan’s number
“Li Chuan, I’m here!”
“Really? That was quite fast” He said over there
“Are you still in Beijing?”
“I’m in Xiamen I arrived before you”
“Li Chuan, thank you for buying a plane ticket forme the suitcase And…” Li Chuan had helped me with too much, too much for me to say thanks for
“You’re welcome Can you use your cellphone?”
“No, it can’t find a signal I’ you”
“Is it expensive?”
“It’s quite expensive, I won’t say anymore”
“Wait,” he said, “I put an ATM card in the pocket of the suitcase The passcode is 0907 I know you don’t want my money This isn’t a lot of money It’s only as a precaution”
“No, no, no Really, I don’t need it!”
“Xiao Qiu, listen to me”
“Mmmm” My voice was somewhat choked with emotion, “I miss you”
“I ?”
“It’s my birthday Do you remember, that day, you spilled coffee over me?”
“How can it be that day?” For some reason, my mouth tasted salty My tears silently flowed out
“It ether by fate”
“That day is also ”
“It’s true I’ll show you ht that ever since my mom passed away, there was no one else in the world ould take care of ht this way Even though I was their daughter and older sister, it could be said that I was just their mother I’ve only celebrated my birthday three ti My e blow to my dad In these ten plus years, he’s livedwho he was Therefore, Xiao Dong and I never celebrated a birthday It was even taboo to ’s birthday is my mom’s memorial day
“Xiao Qiu…how can I contact you?”