Chapter 73 Li Xiaojun Returns to the City

It was early in the morning, the sky was dim and the February morning was still cold.

In the busy Beijing Railway Station, Li Xiaojun was holding her daughter, while Chen Aiguo was behind her carrying a bulging woven bag, and no one knew what was in it.

The two men walked out of the station with tired faces.

The train ride from Hulun exhausted them.

Just after leaving the station, the two were a little confused.

"Xiaojun, don't you know the way?"

Chen Aiguo asked Li Xiaojun naively.

Li Xiaojun frowned: "I need to think about it carefully. It's been many years since I came back."

"Let's go and check the bus stop sign to see if we can find a familiar place name."

The two of them didn't call home this time. Li Xiaojun relied on her advantage as a Beijinger and brought Chen Aiguo and their daughter here.

After the results came, I found that I overestimated my memory.

"By the way, take out your change. You'll need to buy a ticket later."

Li Xiaojun reminded Chen Aiguo, then walked to the bus stop sign and looked at the route on it.

As long as she finds a familiar place, she can find her way home.

Then, more than an hour later, at the gate of the family compound.

"Comrade Security, my home is really in this courtyard. Look, this is the address my brother left for me, right?"

Li Xiaojun never expected that after finally getting to the gate of the family compound by car, he would be stopped by the security department at the gate.

The officer at the gate security department looked at the woman in front of him and felt that he had heard her words somewhere before.

"Lady, it's not that we don't want you to come in. The key is that you don't have an ID, so we can't just let you in."

"How about you ask a family member to pick you up? In this case, you can tell us your address and we can send someone to your home to ask for you. When your family comes to pick you up, it will serve as proof."

Since the school security department discovered that the number of educated youth returning to the city was increasing more and more over a year ago, it added some regulations, such as allowing someone to be sent to help report the news to their families’ homes.

"Okay, this is our address. I don't know the exact building number, but my brother should be home. His name is Li Changhe."

Li Xiaojun took out the address Li Changhe left for her and spoke seriously to the security officer at the door.

"Wait, you said your brother is Li Changhe? Is he the son of Professor Li Lishan?"

After hearing what Li Xiaojun said, the security officer at the door looked at Li Xiaojun in surprise.

"Yes, my father is Li Lishan and Li Changhe is my brother. Do you know them?"

Li Xiaojun looked at the security officer in surprise, and the other party smiled.

"You know me very well. Your brother is a famous person in our school. He got the highest score in the college entrance examination in Beijing this year. He was published in the People's Daily and got into Peking University. But this!"

The security officer gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

"Well, wait a moment, I'll go and call him for you right away."

Afterwards, the security officer came to Li Changhe's home, where Li Changhe was writing a manuscript.

There is still some time before school starts, so I will use this time to write a few more manuscripts and keep them as a reserve so that he can adapt to the upcoming university life.

Anyway, he had made up his mind and decided to slowly hand over all the articles he had in his hands to People's Literature, and stop working on the manuscripts for the other two publications.

Li Changhe's train of thought was interrupted by a knock on the door. He walked over to open the door and saw it was the security officer at the door.

Over the past year or so, Li Changhe has become familiar with them and would greet them when he comes in and out every day.

"Secretary Sun, what can I do for you?"

Li Changhe asked curiously after opening the door.

"Comrade Changhe, there is a family at the door. The woman said she is your sister. We cannot confirm her identity. I am asking you to go over and take a look. If she is your family member, please bring them in."

Secretary Sun said enthusiastically. Li Changhe nodded: "It should be true, my sister also got into college, but she didn't tell me in advance. Please wait a moment, I'll put on my coat."

Wrapping himself in a thick military coat, Li Changhe put on his shoes, put on his hat, and came to the door with Secretary Sun.

"It's my sister and her family. Thank you, Director Sun. I'll take them to get a pass later."

Li Changhe recognized Li Xiaojun at a glance when he saw her from afar.

"Big sister, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I'll go pick you up."

Li Changhe arrived at the door and took his niece from Li Xiaojun.

Although it was cold, the little one was still sleeping soundly in her mother's arms.

Then the eldest sister and her family came home. After opening the door, Li Xiaojun and Chen Aiguo couldn't help but look at them.

"Brother, how did our family get such a nice house? Did our parents just split it up?"

Li Xiaojun asked in surprise at this time.

When they went to the countryside, their family still lived in a tube-shaped building, not this two-bedroom apartment.

"Yes, it was newly allocated to us after our parents came back. But we got a bargain. This is a residence only given to full professors."

Li Changhe said with a smile.

As for Chen Aiguo, he looked inside cautiously. Let alone other buildings, even the cadre buildings in the commune were not like this.

The buildings that Chen Aiguo had seen were the tube-shaped buildings in the county, where his eldest brother lived.

Even so, the whole family looked so proud in front of them, as if they were living in heaven.

Before coming here, Chen Aiguo didn't have the most intuitive feeling, but at this moment, he clearly realized the huge difference between his family and Li Xiaojun's family.

"You guys sit down and rest for a while. Put the child on my bed. I'll go tell our parents."

Li Changhe settled them down and then rode his bike to school.

He was already very familiar with the Industrial College, so he first notified Li Lishan and then went to the logistics department to notify Shen Yuxiu.

Then Shen Yuxiu went straight home with him.

Being absent from work is not a big deal these days.

When they returned home, the mother and daughter met again after many years, and naturally they hugged each other and cried until their crying woke up the child sleeping in the inner room.

The mother and daughter calmed down, and then Li Xiaojun went into the house and took the child out.

"Mom, this is my and Aiguo's daughter. Her full name is Tingting and her nickname is Niuniu."

"Niuniu, call me grandma!"

"Bite!"

The child couldn't pronounce the words correctly and could only shout them out vaguely.

"Hey!"

Shen Yuxiu quickly agreed and then took the child in her arms.

"Changhe, go to the grocery store and buy some delicious food. I'll catch up with you later. Grandma is treating my granddaughter to noodles with soybean paste today."

Shen Yuxiu gave instructions to Li Changhe at this time.

Li Changhe nodded: "Okay, I'll go take a look."

He took the non-staple food ticket, went downstairs, rode his bicycle, and soon arrived at the center of Haidian Town, where he selected some cooked food.

In the past two years, there were a few more supplies, so Li Changhe bought a roast chicken, some braised beef in soy sauce, and some candy for his niece.

When Li Changhe returned home, he found Li Xiaojun arguing with his mother Shen Yuxiu.

The core of the quarrel was Li Changhe.

　If nothing unexpected happens, it should be on the shelves on Children's Day!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)