Chapter 513: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 513: Li Xiulan's First Long Trip

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Zhao Xinyi wanted to go to Beijing with them, so Du Xiaojuan definitely needed to give Wang Dashan a heads-up in advance.

After hearing the full story, Wang Dashan naturally agreed happily.

Wang Dashan had met Zhao Xinyi a few times; this young woman was not only young and beautiful but also lively, cute, and highly capable at work.

Speaking of which, his younger brother was already an adult; if he could make this marriage match happen, it would also be a good thing.

In the blink of an eye, it was September 30.

Wang Erhai drove Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan to Guangzhou early in the morning.

By then he already owned a small sedan of his own.

A car was too important for someone in sales, so buying one was perfectly normal.

After dropping his parents off at Shanhai Real Estate, Wang Erhai immediately rushed back to his home county town without stopping.

Because tomorrow was the day Chuncheng Garden opened sales, and he had many things to take care of.

He had signed a betting agreement with Liu Meiqi, and the outcome of this betting agreement was very important not only to him but even to all of Shanhai Real Estate.

Wang Dashan, Du Xiaojuan, and Zhao Xinyi had been waiting at Shanhai Real Estate for a long time.

As soon as Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan arrived, they immediately moved the luggage the two elders had brought onto Wang Dashan's car, then hurried to Guangzhou South Railway Station.

On the way, Wang Dashan finally explained the situation to Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan, telling them he would not go with them, but Du Xiaojuan and Zhao Xinyi would accompany them.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan were both a bit stunned by this.

But they accepted the fact.

After all, their eldest son's career was more important.

Du Xiaojuan and Wang Dashan's marriage was practically a done deal, and having his future daughter-in-law take the two elders to Beijing was actually a good thing too.

"Is this young girl going too?"

Li Xiulan showed a simple, honest smile and glanced at Zhao Xinyi.

Zhao Xinyi quickly said eagerly:

"Auntie, I'm Sister Juan's assistant, and I'm going with Sister Juan."

She didn't directly say she wanted to go to Tsinghua to see Xiao Hua, after all this matter had not even begun, and saying it now would be too presumptuous.

"Xiao Juan, I didn't expect you to have an assistant."

Li Xiulan asked with a laugh, then said: "This young girl is so beautiful, you must have paid a lot of money to hire her, right?"

Li Xiulan had been poor and was afraid of poverty, so the first thing she cared about in many matters was money.

"Not expensive, just at the level of a normal employee's salary," Du Xiaojuan answered with a polite smile.

Wang Zhanggen coldly scolded Li Xiulan:

"Listen to what you're saying, truly long hair and short knowledge. Sister Juan is now a female CEO; isn't it normal to hire a few assistants? Without assistants, how could she have the airs of a female CEO? Xiao Juan, am I right?"

Du Xiaojuan was both laughing and crying, and for a moment didn't know how to explain it to them.

She could only smile awkwardly yet politely and nod:

"Uncle, what you say does make some sense..."

Wang Dashan, who was concentrating on driving, was also embarrassed after hearing Wang Zhanggen's words.

He quickly changed the subject:

"Dad, Mom, once we get to Beijing, just listen to Xiao Juan's arrangements. She has already made a travel guide and guarantees to let you tour the entire Beijing City."

Zhao Xinyi chimed in:

"Uncle and Auntie, you don't know, Sister Juan did a lot of homework and put in a lot of effort to accompany you two elders on this trip!"

Li Xiulan said with a laugh:

"Xiao Juan, you've put your heart into it. Dashan finding you as his partner is his blessing, and also our blessing!"

Du Xiaojuan was a bit embarrassed by Li Xiulan's praise.

Soon, the small sedan arrived at Guangzhou South Railway Station.

Wang Dashan parked the car in the parking lot outside the station gate and helped unload the luggage.

Then they all entered the high-speed rail station together.

He saw them off until all four passed the security check, then Wang Dashan returned to the company.

After entering the waiting hall, Du Xiaojuan and Zhao Xinyi led Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan to look for seats. Since it was the day before National Day, the waiting hall was crowded. They searched for a long time and finally found seats with difficulty.

Then Du Xiaojuan went to buy several bottles of mineral water, afraid Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan would get thirsty.

As for food, she didn't buy any, thinking they could order some fast food after boarding the high-speed rail. It wasn't mealtime yet, and with so much luggage, carrying instant noodles and such wasn't very convenient.

Li Xiulan sat for a while and said she needed to use the toilet, so Du Xiaojuan personally took Li Xiulan there.

There were many people in the women's toilet, and they needed to queue.

She stood in line beside Li Xiulan.

It could be said she was attentive to every detail.

After waiting in the waiting hall for nearly an hour, it was finally time to check tickets and enter the platform.

Du Xiaojuan dragged the big and small bags of luggage and led Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan to queue for ticket checking.

Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen were both visiting a high-speed rail station for the first time. If it weren't for Du Xiaojuan accompanying and helping them, these two old people probably wouldn't even know how to swipe their ID cards to enter the station.

Just as they were waiting for the train, the two old people were still muttering, why not go pick up the bus tickets they had bought? If they went to collect the tickets too late, they were afraid they wouldn't make it in time.

Du Xiaojuan patiently explained it to them once more: now, when entering the station, there is no ticket check; you just swipe your ID card to go in.

They could not understand this at all. Without a ticket, where would they sit? Wouldn't that be chaos?

Du Xiaojuan had no choice but to patiently explain again, saying that seats were all fixed, and when the attendants checked tickets, passengers only needed to show their ID cards for the attendants to see exactly which seat the passenger had bought.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan, upon hearing this, slowly nodded, but their faces remained half-believing and half-doubting, somewhat bewildered.

They had lived for many years; what wind and waves had they not seen?

But in actuality, this world of rapidly developing technology was no longer a world of empiricism.

Old people living in rural areas often became the discarded of the times.

Because they did not come into contact with the technology of this world much, no matter how smart mobile phones were, before Douyin came into existence, they only used them to make phone calls; apart from that, they had no other use.

Several people boarded the high-speed rail. Since all four bought first-class seats, although the four seats were not in the same row, they were all relatively close.

Du Xiaojuan took the initiative to switch seats with another passenger, and then she and Zhao Xinyi, and Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan, sat together.

That way, it would be convenient to take care of anything.

The high-speed rail started, heading north all the way.

Li Xiulan sat by the window and turned her head to watch the scenery outside the window receding rapidly.

This was her first time traveling far in her life.

She had been trapped in the mountain village for nearly fifty years; this first time traveling far, she inevitably felt somewhat unaccustomed.

Not only was there physical unaccustomment, but also spiritual unaccustomment.

Making her feel very lost and very nervous.

Even giving her a very unreal feeling.

"This high-speed rail is truly amazing; there is no feeling of riding in a vehicle at all, as stable as sitting at home."

Li Xiulan could not help but sigh a sentence:

"Clearly very fast, but very stable, truly amazing."

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