Good Dad System [Arc 1] Chapter 9.2: Father, He Is A Great Man (18)
“Dad, how long will it take to arrive?” Pei Chuqing leaned on her mother’s shoulder as she lay dying, her face pale. She had just vomited due to motion sickness.
“It’s just ahead. We’ll be there in about twenty minutes.” Pei Naochun checked the time.
The road in the village, which was built in the early 1960s, has long been full of potholes. Not long after leaving the smooth road outside the county, this bus dedicated to the county and village transportation swayed.
As soon as they got on the bus, the inexperienced Chu Qing took a look at the last four people in the row. Pei Naochun tried to dissuade her, but was unable to stop his extremely excited daughter.
There are also things to pay attention to when making a car. For a large bus like this, the further back you go, the less likely you are to hold your center of gravity. If the road is slightly bumpy, it can make people dizzy and cause pain in the buttocks.
Pei Chuqing soon suffered the consequences. She was so dizzy that she couldn’t help but stare at her mother and didn’t dare to look forward.
“We’re here.” Su Xiuzhen also comforted her daughter. She was not prone to motion sickness, but her butt was a little painful from being bumped up and down on the chair.
“We’re here, get off the car.” The driver in front spoke in local dialect and had a rough voice as he rushed people out of the car.
“We’re going to get off here!” Pei Naochun immediately picked up the family’s luggage, helped his daughter and wife up, and walked to the car door. “When we get out later, it’s the place where dad grew up.”
As soon as the car door opened, fresh air and cold wind came in, which actually alleviated Pei Chuqing’s symptoms of motion sickness. As soon as she got better, she immediately became happy again: “We are finally here!” This excitement disappeared the moment she got off the car.
As soon as they got off the bus, the bus closed the door immediately and sped away without looking back, leaving only a cloud of black exhaust gas when it started.
Pei Chuqing blinked and looked around blankly: “Dad, this is the village where you grew up?” The first thing he saw was a field. Looking far away, he could see the shadowy houses. The road was quite rough, it looked like small gravel, completely different from the asphalt roads she had seen in the city.
“Yes, this is where Dad grew up.” Yuan Shen was full of affection for his hometown, and even Pei Naochun was a little excited. He pointed ahead, “We’ll just walk in and we’ll be there.”
Pei Chuqing held her mother’s hand and followed her father. Neither she nor her mother took anything, but they were still a little tired from walking.
“Just past the field, there is an unusually large nameless tree. It looks very old, and it has the power to block out the sky. There are some chairs under the tree. The cold wind blows and the leaves fall from time to time, but even if the temperature is below ten degrees, There are quite a few people chatting about the weather.”
“…Naochun?”
“Hey, Naochun is coming!”
Several women seemed to have recognized Pei Naochun, and happily greeted him and called him.
What Pei Chuqing noticed was the children playing with grass next to the chair. They were large and small. The oldest looked about five or six years old, and the youngest was probably only two or three. Almost all of them had very red faces and slightly red skin. Black and yellow, with messy hair, cut very short, and wearing all kinds of cotton clothes, the styles are a bit… Pei Chuqing feels that this evaluation is not very good, but these styles are indeed relatively rare in shopping malls, and they all look a bit… old.
She couldn’t help but think of the grandchildren of several aunts in the alley. They were dressed up beautifully every day, hugged and chatting outside the door. They should all be children, but they looked really different.
“I’m back.” Pei Naochun greeted each one, “This is my wife, Xiuzhen, and my daughter, Chuqing.” He gave a brief introduction. Fortunately, his family had a simple hierarchy in the village, so he let Chu Qing call her aunt, aunt, etc. first.
“Oh, your daughter is already so big?” The oldest of them was Pei Naochun’s second aunt. She was very excited, “Did you say last time that your daughter is now in junior high school?” She gave a thumbs up, “It’s really amazing, but it’s not like the one in my family, whose skin is not good enough, so he won’t go to junior high school.”
Pei Chuqing was stunned when she heard this. In an unfamiliar environment, she knew it was not good to interrupt, but what she heard made her a little confused. The book clearly stated that nine-year compulsory education should not last until junior high school graduation? A few of her primary school classmates who did not go to junior high school also went to technical secondary schools to study technology, and she has not seen anyone drop out of school.
Pei Naochun couldn’t help but preach: “I’ve advised you several times, what can you do after graduating from elementary school? The tuition fees for junior high schools are not much now…”
The second aunt waved her hand: “You can read, but he can’t. What do you do with this money? Your second uncle found him a master to learn how to repair air conditioners. I heard that he can have seven or eight thousand a month!” She smiled happily when she talked about it.
Pei Naochun’s expression turned pale, and he smiled reluctantly: “…That’s not bad.”
Pei Chuqing was behind. She grabbed her mother’s hand and tightened her grip subconsciously. Her house was only two stories high. She had hired someone to repair the air conditioner in the past. He went directly out of the window and fixed it on top. She was frightened. She was told that there were so many high-rise buildings now. …But even dad didn’t say anything.
The second aunt said goodbye to her companion and walked ahead to lead the way. While chatting with Pei Naochun: “The village chief was very happy last time and said the books you donated were very good.”
“Is it finished? I’ll bring more back when it’s finished.”
“How can there be so many junior high school students in our village?” The second aunt was amused and giggled, as if she heard a joke.
“…Where’s Jinglin?”
“He read a lot. He graduated from junior high school. His parents took him to the city. Maybe he will find a school in the city.”
“What about the two daughters of the Mazi family?”
“Which one did you pay the tuition for? One is going to nursing school and the other is studying medicine.”
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