PFC Chapter 645: Heirloom Bracelet
Chapter 645: Heirloom Bracelet
On the night of August 8, in the small town of Pidai in Nanyang, a group of people stood on the dock waiting anxiously. In order to ensure safety, the merchant ship maintained radio silence from the beginning. Calculating the time, if there were no accidents, it should arrive soon.
All the high-level members of the Holy Spear Group were there, including Li Ergou, Ding San, and Chen Guoqing. Li Ergou was accompanied by Li Shuya and Teacher Liang.
Seeing that Li Ergou looked anxious, Li Shuya didn't know how to comfort him and silently held his hand.
Feeling the warmth from his palm, Li Ergou's mood gradually calmed down. There shouldn't be any problem. If there is any problem, they will send an urgent call.
"Look over there"!
Li Ergou looked in the direction Li Shuya's finger pointed and saw a blurry black shadow approaching.
"alert"!
Although you are waiting for your own merchant ship, what comes may not be what you want.
The black shadow sent out a signal, three short and one long, and Ding San, who was guiding them, also sent out a signal, three long and one short.
The merchant ship docked. Li Ergou pulled Li Shuya impatiently to the gangway. A row of fully armed soldiers got off the boat first, confirmed with Ding San below, turned around and said hello. A soldier helped a woman get off the boat. The woman seemed a little anxious. She slipped and almost fell off the stairs. Fortunately, a soldier helped her.
Li Ergou recognized his mother and quickly stepped forward to take it. They looked at each other and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Ding San patted Li Ergou on the shoulder.
"Let's talk about it when we get back."
The mother and son were communicating silently, but there were so many people around that some things couldn't be said. The four of them from the two families quietly withdrew from the crowd and planned to return to their house in the city to vent their feelings.
Big Gourd and Little Gourd supported grandpa and grandma. The two old people had no health problems, but they suffered from severe seasickness and had difficulty getting off the boat. Big Gourd simply carried grandpa on his back, and Little Gourd and Shen Zhong supported grandma together. Gourd Dad carried the luggage and pulled Little Yaya, and Gourd Mom followed at the back, also carrying luggage, a bag full of seeds.
After getting off the boat, Da Hulu consciously entered the alert sequence. The alert soldiers communicated with Chen Guoqing. Chen Guoqing pulled Shen Zhong out and looked at the young man in front of him carefully.
The passengers who get off the ship will be picked up by special people. They will go to the small town to have dinner first, and then rest after dinner. They will go into the mountains after dinner early the next morning.
In a big house in the small town, Ergou's mother was hugging her child and crying uncontrollably, and the mother and daughter of the Li family beside her also had tears in their eyes.
"Mom, let's stop crying and be happy. I will introduce someone to you."
Ergou's mother had seen the girl next to her several times. No need to ask, she would be 100% satisfied. Not only is she pretty, but her heart is all on her son. You can tell she is a kind person from her tearful eyes. The parents around her are also kind-hearted. This kind of marriage is hard to find even with a lantern.
"Mom, this is Teacher Liang, who teaches Chinese at New Town School, and this is Li Shuya, Xiaoya."
Seeing Ergou's mother looking at her kindly, Li Shuya suddenly felt a little nervous and greeted her haltingly.
"Hello, Auntie! The boat didn't arrive just now and Brother Ergou was very worried."
Ergou's mother took off a jade bracelet from her arm. It was a gift from Commander Shen. Six large yellow croakers and a jade bracelet must be worth a lot of money. She only put it on her wrist when the boat docked, waiting for this moment.
"Xiao Ya, my family is not well off. Ergou's father passed away early, and I almost followed him. Now I have survived a great disaster, and mother and son are finally reunited. I don't have anything to give you, so I'm sorry."
The mother and daughter of the Li family are both connoisseurs of valuables. If they can't present the imperial green jade bracelet, what else can they present? For a moment, she didn't understand what her mother-in-law meant.
Li Ergou was also a little confused, as he definitely didn't have such a bracelet at home.
"Mom, what is this?"
"Hey, your captain picked me up at the airport. An officer named Commander Shen sent me off. I couldn't refuse. Your captain got angry if I kept refusing. Is it very valuable?"
Seeing that his mother-in-law had no other intentions, Mr. Liang breathed a sigh of relief and explained:
"Gold is valuable in troubled times, while jade is valuable in prosperous times. Although it is not very valuable in troubled times, it is still possible to exchange it for dozens of gold bars. If you find something you like, you can even exchange it for hundreds of gold bars."
Li Ergou's mother did not show any reluctance, and the wrinkles on her face were smoothed out.
"As long as it's valuable, that's good. Come, Xiaoya, I've carried it for a few days. Now I'm passing it on to you. It can be our Li family's heirloom"!
Teacher Liang is still persuading:
"Sister, this is too expensive."
"No matter how valuable it is, it can't compare to Xiaoya's."
Ergou's mother held Xiaoya's hand, afraid that the rough skin would hurt Xiaoya, so she lifted it up gently and put the bracelet on her without saying a word.
Tears glistened in Xiaoya's eyes. She didn't care whether the bracelet was valuable or not. What she cared about was the attitude of her future mother-in-law. As long as her mother-in-law liked her, she would treasure it even if she only gave her a wreath.
"Mom, the food will get cold soon. This is specially prepared by Teacher Liang. In order to help you adapt to it, I spent more than ten days learning Shandong cuisine."
The two families of four, the future family of four were immersed in a happy atmosphere, and those who got off the boat together were eating and drinking. There was no shortage of food on the boat, and it was many times better than what they usually ate, but they had no appetite because of the staggering. Now they are better, even if they are still a little dizzy, they can still eat the fragrant rice.
Seeing that his grandparents were fine, the little gourd attacked a scary big shrimp, but couldn't bite it. What the hell was that? Why couldn't he bite it?
Chen Guoqing greeted everyone he knew and didn't know, and became familiar with Shen Zhong. He followed Shen Zhong to have dinner with the Hulu family. When he saw the lobster claws squeaking when little Hulu bit it, he smiled and picked up a pair of pliers to help little Hulu break the skin.
"This tastes best when dipped in vinegar."
The little gourd almost stood up, and suddenly realized that it was dipped in vinegar. He dipped it in the vinegar bowl and handed it to his grandparents. The two old people smiled and refused. The little gourd was handed to his sister. Little Yaya was happily chewing the shrimp meat with a smile in her eyes.
A person’s character can be seen from the details. Chen Guoqing took a liking to this smart child at first sight.
"Little Hulu, how old are you? Can you read?"
"Brother Chen, I am fourteen years old. I can’t read, but I can write the word 'small gourd' and my name."
"Then you have to go to school. The school here only teaches half a day, which is the whole morning. Can you come and help me in the afternoon?"
"But I don't know anything!"
Hulu's father's eyes widened, and Hulu's grandparents and mother all put down their chopsticks in a hurry.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. You can learn slowly. You can be Xiaozhong's companion in the future. It's not in vain. You can get a salary of fifteen dollars a month. Is that okay with you?"
Little Gourd stood up and asked, "Did I hear that correctly? Fifteen dollars?"
"Brother Chen, I will follow you. You can do whatever you ask me to do. Don't worry, I have plenty of energy and will never be lazy."