strictlysupreme Chapter 128 On the Road
Chapter 128 On the Road
As soon as Qin Hanyi got in the car, he covered the three boxes with his coat.
Then he asked, "Jia Jia, where did the uncle you mentioned take Tong Simin? Let's go find them now."
Tong Jia said calmly: "Mom, that uncle is worried that if we stay here, he will make other noises when we ask him questions, and if he is heard by others or found by the Tong family, it will be troublesome.
So, he took Tong Simin back to his hometown first.
His hometown is in Hebei Province, so let’s go directly back to the capital.
He is a servant in our family and knows our address in the capital. He will come directly to our house to find us when the time comes."
Although Qin Hanyi felt that this arrangement was a bit strange, the reasons Tong Jia gave were reasonable.
Although she was curious about how the uncle that Tong Jia mentioned would bring the burly Tong Simin to the capital, it was too late to stop him now and she could only drive back to the capital as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Qin Hanyi got out of the car again. Tong Jia, curious, followed suit.
Qin Hanyi opened the trunk door and took out a stainless steel bucket.
Tong Jia asked: "Mom, what is this?"
Qin Hanyi took the tube from the trunk and put it on the mouth of the stainless steel barrel while explaining, "This is a gasoline barrel.
I was worried that it would be difficult to buy gasoline along the way, so I borrowed a barrel of gasoline from our unit's fleet.
This way, no matter where on the road we run out of gas, we can refuel ourselves.
Get in the car quickly, I'll fill it up quickly, and then we'll be off.
By the way, I came in a hurry and didn’t have enough national food coupons to exchange, so I brought some food with me.
There were steamed buns, snacks, and canned food. In the net bag hanging behind the passenger seat, there were also shredded pickles and meat sauce that I fried.
See if there is anything you want to eat and have a bite first.
When we leave Southern Jiangsu, Mom will take you to a state-owned restaurant for a good meal."
Tong Jia checked the contents of the net bag. Considering the era, the preparations were very comprehensive.
She even saw a thermos secured with clips and ropes between the back seat and the passenger seat.
After Qin Hanyi finished refueling and got into the car, he saw Tong Jia staring at the thermos.
She said, "Jia Jia, are you thirsty? There's some soda in the net bag. Wait until mommy wipes her hands and then I'll open some for you.
There's no water in the thermos anymore. Let's fill it up with some hot water when we get out of southern Jiangsu and eat at the state-owned restaurant."
Tong Jia hugged Qin Hanyi from behind the driver's seat and said, "Mom, you rushed to pick me up and made so many preparations for me. You must have asked a lot of people for help, right?"
Qin Hanyi, who was originally stunned by Tong Jia's sudden hug, had red eyes after hearing Tong Jia's words, and hugged Tong Jia from the back seat to his lap.
The mother and daughter faced each other, looked into each other's eyes, and saw guilt and heartache in each other's eyes.
After hugging each other for a while, without any more words, Qin Hanyi drove Tong Jia back to the capital.
In fact, those things were not specially prepared by Qin Hanyi.
When she first learned that Tong Jia was in a coma, she almost couldn't hold on and wished she could grow wings and fly to southern Jiangsu.
I immediately went to my company to ask for leave as quickly as possible, got a letter of introduction, and then took the letter to the train station to buy a ticket.
However, the train tickets were in short supply and she couldn't buy any at all. Her level was not high enough to buy a sleeper berth, so she had to seek help from her late husband Tong Sihe's unit.
After consultation between Tong Si and her unit leaders, she was given two options. One option was for the unit to buy her a sleeper ticket, but the train ticket was not for the same day and she would have to wait two days.
Another option is for the company to allocate her a car that can be fully fueled, but there is no extra driver assigned to her.
Qin Hanyi has not learned to drive systematically, but Tong Sihe can drive. Tong Sihe taught her when they were dating.
Qin Hanyi had no choice but to drive over.
Because she was not very skilled in driving, she put all the money, tickets, food and drinks in the house into the car before leaving.
What she was thinking was: If she had an accident on the way to southern Jiangsu, the Tong family would probably be even less willing to pay for her Jia Jia's medical treatment, and then the three of them could be reunited in the underworld.
All the things in the house must be taken away, and not a single thing can be left for the Tong family.
If she has a smooth journey to southern Jiangsu, it means her driving skills are pretty good.
Being able to arrive in southern Jiangsu safely means that Jia Jia is also lucky. Both she and her daughter can turn danger into safety and turn disaster into blessing.
In this way, the money and tickets can be used directly for my daughter's medical treatment.
That's why the things in the car were so fully prepared. Otherwise, considering her panic-stricken look at the time, the fact that she thought of preparing gasoline would have made others think she was very thoughtful and they didn't think of anything else at all.
Along the way, she was worried about her daughter's condition and was also ready to die, so she didn't pay much attention to the road conditions and driving skills.
Now when he went back, his daughter was sitting in the back seat, and Qin Hanyi's hands on the steering wheel seemed to be a little loose.
I was worried that my poor driving skills would harm my daughter.
When driving from Beijing to southern Jiangsu, she hardly had any rest and only drove for a day and a half.
It took her four days to drive the same distance from southern Jiangsu back to Beijing.
The night train here is strictly prohibited and only runs during the day.
It was already noon when they left southern Jiangsu on the first day. In the afternoon, they drove to the largest hospital in the city and gave Tong Jia a full-body check-up. After confirming that there was nothing abnormal with Tong Jia's body, she took Tong Jia to a state-owned restaurant for dinner. After dinner, they returned to the car.
It’s not that Qin Hanyi is stingy and doesn’t want to take Tong Jia to stay in a hotel.
However, it was a bit unsafe for the mother and daughter to stay in the hotel at this time.
People who travel on business will choose to stay in the lobby because they need to be reimbursed.
Although this hall does not have bunk beds, it is similar to a school dormitory. Except for the difference between upper and lower bunks, everything else is almost the same. Some unpretentious hotels even do not separate men and women.
When you sleep, draw the curtains and it feels like you are in a large hospital ward.
Of course, in addition to the hall, there are also quadruple, triple, double and single rooms.
Compared with other room types, there are relatively few double and single rooms.
Given Qin Hanyi’s level, her letter of introduction doesn’t allow her to stay in these two room types.
You don't have to pay directly for a quadruple or triple room. The entire room is yours. You only pay for the bed. If someone else chooses to stay in a quadruple or triple room, they will naturally be assigned the room you are in.
Sharing a room with strangers is even more dangerous than living in the hall.
The room is a relatively closed space, and the waiters outside may not be able to hear what happens inside.
For safety reasons, Qin Hanyi still felt that it would be safer to stay in the car at night as he did when he came here, rather than staying in a hotel.
This forced Tong Jia, who wanted to enter the space RV during the night sleep time to see if Tao Junle had replied to her, to give up this idea.
Fortunately, the room was relatively large, and the toilet and restroom were outside the room. She quietly entered the space and had an excuse and a reason.
But it didn't work in the car. When they slept at night, Qin Hanyi always held her tightly, and she would wake up if she moved. After trying several times, Tong Jia didn't dare to move at all when she slept at night.
This is how the first night went.
The next day, the mother and daughter were still on the road. Although they could leave northern Jiangsu and enter Shandong Province before dark, Qin Hanyi had found a relatively hidden parking spot early.
Tong Jia was puzzled. After Qin Hanyi parked the car, she asked, "Mom, it's still daylight, why don't we leave?"
Qin Hanyi looked at her clothes on the back seat, but actually she was looking at the boxes underneath the clothes.
Tong Jia followed her gaze and naturally knew what she was looking at.
I really couldn't understand what Qin Hanyi wanted to do, and I was worried that it would be inappropriate to ask too many questions, so I didn't say anything else. Instead, I waited quietly for Qin Hanyi to explain her intentions.
Fortunately, Qin Hanyi did not make up excuses to fool Tong Jia just because she was only five years old.
Qin Hanyi held Tong Jia on her lap and asked softly, "Jia Jia, do you feel that this year... you don't have as many snacks as before?"
Tong Jia nodded, Qin Hanyi also nodded, and continued: "Our Jia Jia has fewer snacks because many snacks are no longer available in grocery stores, even if you have money and tickets.
What is the reason for this situation?
Usually it is either man-made or a natural disaster.
What about this time? It's a combination of man-made and natural disasters. This situation may last for a long time. Having money is not as good as having food.
Although mom has a salary and you also have a pension from your father's unit, you should not be short of the ration.
But there is an old saying, "If you have food in your hands, you will not be worried."
So... I've been thinking about this all the way.
We should exchange some easy-to-store food in advance so that we can have peace of mind.
After returning to Beijing, my mother will be very busy at work and may not have time to go out and change.
How about this place? There's an aunt who was my mom's college classmate. Her husband, you can call her uncle, has some connections and can help us exchange some food.
Mom thinks the money can be used for other purposes, so she wants to exchange it for the things in the box. Do you agree?"
Tong Jia was stunned and asked repeatedly: "Do I agree?"
Qin Hanyi nodded and continued, "Yes, Jiajia. Those things were left to your father by your grandfather. You are your father's only child, so they naturally belong to you now.
If you agree, you can choose some things you don’t like and give them to mom, and she will exchange them for food.
If you don’t agree, forget it. Mom happens to have some money on her, so we can use it to exchange…”
"I agree. Mom, you can use this box of silver to exchange. If it's not enough... take these gold and silver pieces and exchange them too."
As for the jewelry and gold, let's keep them for now and deal with them later if they are not enough for food.
We brought too much food back to the capital, and it wouldn't be good if someone saw us." Tong Jia quickly handed the box of silver to Qin Hanyi without waiting for him to finish.
Later, worried that it was not enough, he opened the box containing the jewelry and carefully picked out the silver and gold coins inside.
Qin Hanyi hugged Tong Jia and said, "Jia Jia, wait for Mom in the car. Mom will lock the car door from the outside and then give you the key through the window. Remember, unless Mom comes back, no matter who comes, you can't hand over the key, understand?"
Tong Jia nodded, and Qin Hanyi got out of the car holding the box and ran quickly in the opposite direction of the parking lot.
After watching Qin Hanyi run away, Tong Jia quickly entered the space.
After briefly organizing the things she had collected over the past two days, she went to the RV.
As soon as I entered the RV, I saw a thick stack of letter paper pasted on the cabinet where I posted the notes.
Tong Jia took it down and looked at it one by one.
His expression changed from laughing to crying depending on the content of the letter.
Tong Jia feels very relieved to know that Tao Junle is in good health and has a happy family in this life.
Seeing that he hadn't contacted me for so many years, but after he found that he could enter the RV, he began to help me collect clothes, jewelry and snacks, and even knew to exchange some of my favorite gold to save. I was even more touched by his thoughtfulness and patience.
However, after being siblings for such a long time, Tong Jia still found it hard to accept the sudden change in age.
I am only five years old now, and Tao Junle is already fifteen years old.
She remembered that she and Tao Junle were reincarnated not much apart in time, so how come there was a ten-year age difference?
After feeling depressed for a while, Tong Jia looked at the four-way surveillance and found that she had been in there for quite some time and could already see Qin Hanyi's figure on the surveillance.
Tong Jia quickly wrote a note, explaining that she had to travel recently and was taken care of by adults day and night, so she couldn't find a suitable time to come in. She said that she would have a regular life in a week at the latest, and she would definitely come in to meet Tao Junle according to Tao Junle's schedule.
After finishing writing, Tong Jia left the note in its original place and returned to Qin Hanyi's car.
As soon as she came back, Qin Hanyi knocked on the car window twice, and Tong Jia quickly handed the key out through the gap in the car window.
Qin Hanyi opened the car door and got in, handing the cloth bag in her hand to Tong Jia.
Looking at the cloth bag which was only the size of a hot water bottle, Tong Jia frowned.
She had learned about this difficult period from books. She knew that food was scarce at that time and that in many places even tree bark had been eaten up. But she didn't know that prices were so high at that time.
She asked, "Mom, so much gold and silver, and you only get this little thing?"
There were only three meat patties in the cloth bag, and the rest were needles, thread and other things.
Qin Hanyi said: "Not only that, there is also this box of food coupons, cloth coupons, meat coupons and oil coupons. They are all national coupons and military coupons. These two types of coupons have no time limit and can be used anywhere.
Your uncle was worried that giving me too much food would make it unsafe on the road.
I feel that since I work in an organization, as long as I have food coupons, the canteen will definitely provide me with food. If I want to eat well, I can go to a state-owned restaurant. Food is not affordable for us without food coupons.
I thought so too, so I asked for more tickets.
With food coupons and meat coupons, you don't have to worry about nutrition. With cloth coupons, our Jia Jia can also buy beautiful clothes.
This oil ticket is not for cooking oil, it is for gasoline.
This time when I came out, I used my connections to get a barrel of gasoline. I owe him a huge favor, so when I go back, I have to pay him back no matter what."