Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 24 Returning Home

The bus was speeding in the evening breeze. Lu Shaohua, who was sitting by the window, closed his eyes and rested. He kept thinking about how to implement his idea. If he succeeded, it would be no different from "making money out of nothing". However, he could not come up with any result. He could only sigh and say, "Oh! Stay the same in the face of change."

Light drove away darkness, and the sun rose slowly from the east. Lu Shaohua stood up from the hard chair, stretched himself and said with some emotion: "Hey! My bones are about to fall apart." After sighing, he looked at Chen Guobang who was sitting next to him and found that he was sleeping soundly. He couldn't help but sigh again: "People who have served in the army are different. They can sleep so soundly in this environment."

"Brother! Get up, we're almost there." Seeing that the bus was about to arrive at the station near his hometown, Lu Shaohua had to wake up Chen Guobang who was sleeping soundly.

"Oh! We're here so soon." Chen Guobang had just been woken up and hadn't reacted yet, he just said casually. He didn't know that he had been sleeping for almost ten hours since he got on the bus, so he could be said to have slept all the way.

Lu Shaohua shook his head, completely speechless towards Chen Guobang, and said secretly in his heart: "Maybe he has been exhausted these days."

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When the bus pulled into the station, Lu Shaohua picked up the gift bag under his buttocks and prepared to get off the bus. It was not easy for him to get here. He used the gift bag to pad under the seat, not because the seat was hard, but because there were several thousand yuan in it. He was afraid that someone would take the money when he fell asleep at night. In this era, several thousand yuan is quite a lot, like tens of thousands of yuan in the 21st century. If someone stole it, it would be a big deal.

He walked down the bus with his gift bag in hand, took a deep breath, and his mind became clear. "The air in my hometown is still fresher! Let's go home, brother."

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When he walked into the village entrance of his hometown and saw familiar faces, Lu Shaohua was filled with emotion. Although he had only been away from home for more than a week, it seemed like he had been away for a year. He couldn't help but ask himself, "Why did I stay away from home for more than ten years in my previous life?"

"Oh, the 'little prodigy' is back. Didn't I hear that you went to the big city?" A villager said in surprise when he saw Lu Shaohua.

"Haha, it's uncle, I just came back from the bus." Lu Shaohua finally came to his senses and called out politely.

"Hahaha, so you just came back. Your family is very rich now. They have bought up all the lychees from the surrounding villages, and your dad has become the 'Lychee King'." The villager whom Lu Shaohua called uncle said with a laugh.

"No, no, you can't make much money." Lu Shaohua still understands the word "modest". People living in the countryside are like this, they are straightforward, they don't beat around the bush, they just say what they think.

"Haha, okay, uncle has gone to work, you can go home and have a rest first. I see that your eyes are red, you must be exhausted." The villager said with a simple smile.

"Well, goodbye uncle, come visit us when you have time."

"I will, I will."

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Lu Shaohua and Chen Guobang walked all the way home. They met many familiar villagers on the way. Lu Shaohua greeted them politely. The words the villagers said most often were "little prodigy" and "lychee king". Lu Shaohua felt a little helpless, while Chen Guobang, who was following behind, watched all this with a cold expression.

"Mom, I'm back." Lu Shaohua shouted into the house before he even walked in.

Chen Li, who was inside the house, heard the sound and quickly put down her work and walked out. She looked at Lu Shaohua with red eyes, took two big steps, hugged Lu Shaohua in her arms, touched him here and there, and Chen Guobang, who had been standing next to her, couldn't help laughing. "Haha"

Lu Shaohua was so embarrassed and depressed at this moment. He didn't expect Chen Li to make such a big move. He muttered in his heart: "I've only been away from home for more than a week, is it that serious?"

Chen Guobang smiled, and Chen Li came to her senses. She put Lu Shaohua down and asked, "Who is this?"

"Haha, come here, let me introduce you, brother, this is my mom. Mom, this is the big brother I met in Shenzhen - Chen Guobang." After Lu Shaohua finished the introduction, he stood there watching the show, probably also wanting to take revenge on Chen Guobang for his smile just now.

Sure enough, Chen Guobang mumbled for a long time but didn't know how to address Chen Li. If he was considered as Lu Shaohua's elder brother, then he would have to call Chen Li "Mom", but calling her "Mom" only meant there was a few years difference in age. If he called Chen Li sister-in-law, and he was Lu Shaohua's elder brother, it seemed that the seniority was a bit wrong.

But in the end, Chen Li came to the rescue. "Haha, we are friends on our own, don't worry about seniority, if you think highly of me, just call me sister-in-law."

"Hey! Sister-in-law, just call me Guobang." With Chen Li's help, Chen Guobang felt much better.

"Haha, okay then, go in and don't stand at the door all the time." Chen Li said with a smile.

But just as Lu Shaohua stepped into the door, a loud roar came from behind him. "Mother, hurry to the station to get money, otherwise the bus will leave." Hearing this voice, Lu Shaohua knew it was his father, Lu Jiayao. He stopped and turned around to look at Lu Jiayao, but Lu Jiayao seemed very nervous and didn't notice Lu Shaohua at all.

"Dad!" Seeing Lu Jiayao's nervous expression, Lu Shaohua couldn't bear it anymore, so he shouted.

"I know, I know. Mother of the child, you should hurry to the station... Oh, Xiaohua, when did you come back?" Lu Jiayao wanted to say, "Why are you still standing there?" But halfway through his words, he noticed that there were two people standing there. After taking a closer look, he realized who else could it be but Lu Shaohua.

"I just arrived." Lu Shaohua rolled his eyes at Lu Jiayao before saying that. He then introduced Lu Jiayao to Chen Guobang, but with Chen Li's example, Chen Guobang didn't mumble for a long time and just called him "Big Brother".

"Okay, okay, okay. Come in, don't stand at the door." Lu Jiayao said okay three times in a row before inviting Chen Guobang into the house.

As soon as he sat down in the room, Lu Jiayao seemed to remember something, and then he asked Lu Shaohua: "Xiaohua, did you bring back any money this time?"

If Lu Jiayao didn't ask, Lu Shaohua would have almost forgotten about it. He quickly unzipped the gift bag and took out the money from it and handed it to Lu Jiayao. "Dad, this is 5,000 yuan. Take it."

Lu Jiayao took the money and stood up happily, and was about to walk to the door. However, he seemed to remember something just after taking half a step. He turned around and said to Chen Guobang, "Brother Guobang, you stay at home. I'm going to buy lychees. My dad and mom are watching over there, waiting for the money. When you come back tonight, we brothers will have a couple of drinks."

"Haha, I don't need to rest. I'd better go and help." When Chen Guobang heard Lu Jiayao say that he was going to buy lychees, he also stood up and said.

"Oh, no, no, I'm busy. You just got off the car and you should rest. Okay, I won't say anymore. We can talk about it in the evening if there is anything." Lu Jiayao said as he walked quickly towards the door.

"Haha, you don't have to worry about him. He is just like that. You should just rest at home." Seeing Lu Jiayao walking out in a hurry, Chen Li felt that Lu Jiayao seemed a little impolite and said embarrassedly.

"Well, I'll listen to my sister-in-law."

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