When Aunt Wang heard that the radio was so expensive, she quickly waved her hand. "No, no. I don't want this. It's so expensive. You should return it quickly."
Li Chuchu stuffed the radio into Aunt Wang's hand. "Don't listen to Luo Yingshu. I bought this through connections. It didn't cost much. I remember you said before that your granddaughter was about to enter junior high school. This is perfect for her to listen to English news and help her with her studies."
Aunt Wang's heart skipped a beat.
She didn't expect the radio to have so many uses.
They were coming for Chinese New Year. As a grandmother, she should show something, too. If she gave this radio to her granddaughter, wouldn't she be overjoyed?
Thinking of her granddaughter's cute look, her heart softened a little.
So she accepted it reluctantly while complaining. "Oh my, such an expensive thing. Look at you... How much did you pay for this? Let me pay you back."
At this time, Luo Yingshu took out the money and forced it into Li Chuchu's arms.
Li Chuchu refused all of it, saying it was a New Year gift for them.
Aunt Wang asked. "Chuchu, where are you having your New Year's Eve dinner? Why don't you join us? The more, the merrier."
Wang Shen thought that Chuchu had no contact with her father. Shen Yanshan's parents had long passed away. The two of them were probably going to celebrate the New Year at home. It would be better for them to come to their place to celebrate the New Year. It was just adding an extra pair of chopsticks.
Li Chuchu explained. "I'm going to my grandfather's place this year. He sent me several letters before the New Year, asking me to go for Chinese New Year."
Aunt Wang was stunned. Why hadn't she heard Li Chuchu mention that she had a grandfather before?
But she quickly reacted. "Oh, that's good! When are you leaving?"
"Early tomorrow morning."
"Oh, you should hurry up. There will be a lot of people during Chinese New Year. You should go back and pack your things. Don't miss your trip."
Li Chuchu nodded and went back to her room to pack her things.
The original owner didn't have a deep impression of her grandfather. After her mother died, she had little contact with her grandfather. But from the two small gold bowls that her grandparents gave her during her 100 - day celebration, it was not difficult to tell that the original owner was doted on by her grandparents.
The original owner should have an uncle, too.
Her grandfather's letter said that he would send her uncle to pick them up at the station.
But Li Chuchu only wrote the date of her return in the letter. She didn't write the specific time. That so - called uncle probably didn't know where to pick them up. But there was an address on the letter. People had mouths. If they didn't know, they could just ask.
Li Chuchu didn't plan to stay long at her grandfather's place. She only prepared one or two sets of clothes. The rest were gifts for her grandparents.
Two cans of malted milk essence, a box of exquisitely packaged royal jelly, and a box of oral nutrition solution that was popular in the market. Sweets and things like that were available everywhere. It was not too late to buy them when they got there.
After Shen Yanshan came back, he looked at the gifts and felt that they were not enough. He added two bottles of Moutai and two packs of Hongtashan cigarettes. There was even a box of popular chocolate coins.
Li Chuchu looked at the things on the floor and frowned. "Are there too many things?"
"We haven't seen them for so long. No amount is too much. Besides, you have an uncle there, right? Give your uncle the Hongtashan cigarettes, your grandfather the Moutai, the nutrition products to your grandparents, and the chocolates to the kids. Isn't it perfect?"
Although Shen Yanshan didn't say much, he silently considered everyone. This guy looked like a blockhead, but he knew a lot about human relationships.
Li Chuchu couldn't help laughing. "There are so many things. It's such a long journey. Just thinking about it makes me tired. Are you going to carry them?"
Shen Yanshan glanced at her and then scoffed as he shifted his gaze. "I'll carry them. When did I ever let you carry anything?"
Li Chuchu: … He was right.
…
Early the next morning,
Li Chuchu and Shen Yanshan successfully squeezed into the first bus.
"Comrades, please move to the back. There are comrades who haven't boarded yet. Everyone, please find your seats and sit down. We're leaving soon. Those who haven't bought their tickets, please come here. Children taller than 1.2 meters have to pay for their tickets."
The bus was filled with people carrying large and small bags. The bus was filled with the smell of gasoline and rubber. The bus during Chinese New Year was more crowded than usual.
It would take six or seven hours to reach her grandfather's place by bus. After Shen Yanshan bought their tickets, he found a window seat for Li Chuchu.
Li Chuchu covered her nose and walked to the window seat. She took a deep breath of fresh air from the open window and felt like she was finally alive.
"Take a nap first. I'll wake you up when we reach our destination."
Li Chuchu leaned on Shen Yanshan's shoulder.
She saw a mother and son from the window. The woman was holding a little boy with one hand and holding a little girl with the other. She lowered her head and told the little girl. "When we get on the bus later, you have to hide behind others and slip through. Be smart, okay?"
The little girl nodded in a daze.
The ticket seller was busy giving people their change. The woman carried her child and bought her ticket to board the bus. The little girl quietly followed behind a middle - aged man, carefully watching the ticket seller's line of sight.
The man bought his own ticket and was about to leave when the ticket seller suddenly saw the little girl behind him. She quickly grabbed the man. "Hey hey hey, there's still a little girl's ticket that hasn't been bought. This little girl is taller than 1.2 meters, right?"
The man turned around in a daze. He said in a gruff voice. "This isn't my daughter. Whose daughter is this?"
The ticket seller was stunned. There were children who got lost at the station every year. Wasn't this one of them?
She squatted down and asked the little girl.
"Little girl, who are your parents?"
The little girl nervously tightened her clothes and secretly glanced at her mother.
At this moment, her mother had already sat down on the seat with her little brother.
She saw her daughter being stopped by the ticket seller. Her expression changed. She glared at her daughter fiercely and then deliberately turned her head to look out of the window.
After that, she didn't look over here again.
The little girl pursed her lips tightly.
She silently stretched out her finger and pointed at the person standing in front of her. "It's him. He's my father."
The man was shocked. He was angered by the little girl and laughed. "Little girl, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. I don't even know your name. How can I be your father?"
The little girl was frightened by him. Her eyes were red with grievance.
The bus had already reached the departure time. Many people were urging the bus to leave. "Why isn't it leaving yet?" "Whose child is this?"
Li Chuchu propped herself up and frowned as she looked at the commotion in front of her.
She heard someone behind her deliberately say. "If she's your child, please buy her ticket quickly! Isn't it just a ticket? Are you a man? You can't even afford that much money?"
The man was angered and laughed. "If she's really my daughter, why would I waste my breath? I don't know whose daughter is lost. If I took her away, wouldn't her parents scold me?"