Chapter 182 Another Choice (V)
Mandalay.
At the production base of Aoba Aviation Branch.
For Wang Haoran, Mu Ziying and others who have just completed their three-month internship, it is finally time to make a decision.
Compared to Wang Haoran's concerns, Mu Ziying submitted his application for naturalization on the same day and asked for leave to return to his hometown, intending to bring his mother and sister over in person.
In the lobby of Mandalay Airport.
Wang Haoran looked at Mu Ziying: "Have you really decided?"
"What's there to hesitate about?" Mu Ziying replied calmly, but added in his heart: 'I don't have any other choice.'
Wang Haoran changed the subject: "I've never heard you talk about your family situation. Is your family really that difficult?"
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you, so I won't say any more. My plane has arrived."
"Okay then! Have a safe trip." Wang Haoran patted him on the shoulder.
After the two said goodbye, half an hour later, the plane flew towards the far north.
In the far north.
Jizhou Province.
A small and unknown county town.
It was snowing heavily at this time. On the snowy street, a white-haired old woman was pushing a cart with steaming spicy soup and donkey meat hotpot.
"Auntie Li, give me a bowl of spicy soup and two donkey meat hot buns." A taxi driver said while breathing out white air.
"It's Xiaomin!" Li Suqin recognized the face under the mask at a glance, then quickly poured a bowl of spicy soup and took two donkey meat hot pots.
Taxi driver Zhang Weimin found a shop door that was sheltered from the wind and started to feast on the food.
Li Suqin continued to do business.
By the time it was getting dark, she had sold all of her spicy soup and had three donkey meat buns left, so she planned to take them home for dinner.
Zhang Weimin, who had been driving for half a day, appeared again at the door of Li Suqin's rental house. A skinny little girl about sixteen or seventeen years old was helping to move things.
"Brother Min."
"Xiao Yu, have you packed everything?" Zhang Weimin asked with a smile.
"Okay, I don't know when my brother will come back?" Mu Ziyu asked with some longing.
Zhang Weimin shook his head: "He may not be able to come. I will take you and Aunt Li to Beiping to see him tomorrow!"
"Uh oh..." Mu Ziyu felt a little depressed.
"The south is better than the north. It's not too cold in winter, and you can meet a lot of new friends." Zhang Weimin comforted.
Zhang Weimin, who came to help pack, only asked the mother and daughter to take some clothes and valuables, and not to bring other things. After all, many things are not allowed to be brought on the plane.
After a quick dinner, Zhang Weimin went back.
Li Suqin sat in the small, leaky kitchen outside, boiling water for her bath while watching the flame of the honeycomb coal stove .
Suddenly, tears couldn't stop falling.
She took out a small notebook from her old wool sweater. On the notebook were layers of notes. She opened it with trembling hands:
"Jia Ming! The child has grown up, has become successful, and the debt has been paid off..."
"This is the 6,000 yuan I owe Zhang Laowu..."
After saying this, Li Suqin, with tears in her eyes, put the IOU into the honeycomb coal, and the flame burned the yellowed IOU into ashes.
"This is the 20,000 yuan I owe to Ma Datou..."
"This is……"
One IOU after another was put into the furnace, and the huge stone that was weighing on her heart was gradually removed.
It’s been 13 years, a full 13 years.
She finally paid off the 270,000 yuan loan her husband owed when he bought a truck.
As the last IOU burned up, she covered her mouth with her hands and tears flowed like a dam bursting, not daring to let her daughter hear her crying.
It was late at night and the north wind was blowing.
The next day, early in the morning.
Zhang Weimin drove over in a taxi.
Li Suqin put the photo frame and urn into a special suitcase.
"Xiaomin, I'm sorry to bother you again."
"Auntie, you're too polite. Ziying and I are good friends and we are family." Zhang Weimin helped stuff several suitcases into the trunk.
Before getting in the car, Li Suqin looked back at the rental house. It was an ordinary suburban farmhouse, but it had sheltered her family for 13 years.
Putting away the reluctance in her eyes, she has handed over everything in the rental house to the landlord.
A puff of white smoke blew out of the taxi's exhaust pipe and then it drove away.
There was no one else at the scene except a few neighbors who came to see them off.
Zhang Weimin, who was driving, consoled her: "Ziying has made a lot of money, and his life will definitely get better and better in the future. I heard that it is spring-like all year round in the south."
"Really? Doesn't it snow there in winter?" Muzi asked curiously.
"yes!"
Zhang Weimin and Mu Ziyu were chatting casually.
Li Suqin just looked out the car window quietly.
It was not until they passed a village intersection that a hint of complexity flashed in her eyes.
As if noticing Li Suqin's change, Zhang Weimin slowed down: "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Looking at the village in front of her, which was her husband's hometown and also the sad place for her and her widow, she shook her head: "No, everything is over."
Zhang Weimin didn't say anything and just sped away.
After some twists and turns.
In the end, it was the Hongsavady Embassy that stepped in and Mu Ziying was reunited with his mother Li Suqin and sister Mu Ziyu.
However, he still suppressed his excitement for the reunion and made arrangements for his good buddy Zhang Weimin first.
"Weimin, thank you! This is a little token of my appreciation." Mu Ziying gave the other party ten thousand yuan.
Seeing the stack of money, Zhang Weimin refused without a second thought: "Ziying, I can't accept it!"
"No, you still have to stay in Peking for half a month, and then you have to rest for another half a month when you go back. My sister-in-law has to take care of the children, so you must accept it!" Mu Ziying's expression was very determined.
The two men argued for more than half an hour, and finally Zhang Weimin accepted the 10,000 yuan. After all, he was just a small taxi driver and had to support his family.
In the hotel specially arranged by the embassy.
Mu Ziying's eyes suddenly became red when she looked at her white-haired mother. Her mother was only 47 years old, but her face was as haggard as an old woman in her sixties or seventies.
"mom!"
"Xiaoying, is your work going well?" Li Suqin didn't seem to want to make her son sad, so she deliberately changed the subject.
Mu Ziying, who had a lot of words stuck in her heart, calmed down a little and showed a smile on her face: "Work is fine, I rented a house there, and I will arrange a school for Xiaoyu."
"Brother, I can work now..." Mu Ziyu said with a pout.
But Mu Ziying immediately frowned: "No! You are only 16 years old . It is too early to work now. You can only find a good job after you study."
Li Suqin didn't want her daughter to regret it for the rest of her life, so she took out the passbook and said, "Xiaoyu, don't worry, Mom can still work, and with your brother's money, the family can still support your education."
Then she handed the passbook to her son: "Xiaoying, keep this money with you!"
Mu Ziying took the passbook, on which was the 200,000 yuan deposit given by Qingye Group. There was still more than 130,000 yuan left. Except for more than 60,000 yuan used to repay debts, the mother did not touch the rest.
According to the agreement, if the internship period ends and the whole family decides to immigrate here, the company will not take back the money, but will give it to the skilled immigrant employee as settling-in allowance.
If your family does not immigrate, or you do not continue to work at Aoba Group, the money must be returned in full.
It was obvious that Mu Ziying had made up his mind at that time and there was no hesitation at all.
The mother and her two children chatted about family matters, and finally fell asleep peacefully with beautiful visions of the future.
Especially Li Suqin, after more than ten years of ups and downs, her heart finally found a little peace at this moment.
