Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 458

Chapter 458: Chapter 347: Returning to Beijing Again

The next day at noon, Zhao Chuan Guang drove to the county seat himself and went straight to the Armed Forces Department to find Zhao Dashan, arranging to visit Zhang Guoqing’s house together.

Facing a secondment notice, Zhao Dashan rolled his eyes at Zhao Chuan Guang multiple times, causing him to choke on his drink several times.

Seeing him cough to the point of tears, only then did Zhao Dashan feel satisfied. At the table, he kept blaming Zhao Chuan Guang for making a fuss over minor matters. There was no need for such trouble; he could simply assign Zhang Guoqing to handle tasks out of town.

Zhou Jiao smiled at Zhang Guoqing. See? She worried all night about not being able to go to Beijing, wasn’t she silly?

After finishing their meal and seeing them off, Zhou Jiao immediately started packing. This time, with no one guarding the door, she was determined to clear out all the valuable things from the house.

At the agreed departure time, Zhang Guoqing went back to the village alone to bid farewell to his parents.

This time, apart from Mr. Zhang who knew the situation, everyone thought Zhang Guoqing was transferred to Lin City for hard labor. As for Zhou Jiao, didn’t her godparents personally come to take her home for a short stay, as they weren’t at ease leaving her alone?

After a long bumpy journey, they finally reached the terminal station on May 1st, Labor Day.

Zhou Jiao looked at her father on the platform with tears in her eyes. It wasn’t easy, but she finally got to see her dad. This time, without a sleeper berth, the treatment had deteriorated a lot. The adjacent bunk made her only want to shower and sleep now.

Zhou Xiaozheng smiled, patting Zhou Jiao on the head, reaching out to take his wailing grandson who kept shouting ’go,’ while he again looked intently at his daughter in front of him.

Finding that she hadn’t lost weight over the past few months and looked more spirited than before, he rarely praised Zhang Guoqing, his son-in-law, a few times.

Unlike the last time in the dead of winter, this time the group wasn’t in a hurry. Accompanied by Zhou Xiaozheng’s newly appointed secretary, guards, driver, and others, they chatted as they walked out.

In the car ahead, Zhou Xiaozheng and his old friends joyfully reunited. After catching up on each other’s recent happenings, they started planning a gathering for old friends whom they hadn’t seen in over a decade.

In the car behind, Zhou Jiao was holding her godmother Huang Hui Min and started introducing the buildings outside the car window. This time, Zhao Chuan Guang came for a meeting, and Huang Hui Min came for sightseeing. They took great care of her in the Northeast, so it’s a rare opportunity to express her gratitude. She was also planning to take her godmother for a good shopping trip.

Before long, when they drove into the Big Courtyard, the car slowed down. Having received advance notice, Li Qianjin and others were already loudly yelling for Zhang Guoqing to get out quickly.

Zhou Xiaozheng signaled the driver to stop the car, "Your aunt’s entire family is waiting for you all, remember to come home early. Go out with them tonight for a gathering."

Zhang Guoqing nodded and got out of the car, responding, after which the driver restarted the car to head home.

Zhao Chuan Guang turned to look at the young guys outside the car, roughhousing with each other, and laughed, "Xiao Wu really gets along well. They are already waiting for him before he even arrives."

"And this is not many. There’ll be more tonight. Last year, when he was home, the gate was never closed," Zhou Xiaozheng said with a smile in his eyes, shaking his head.

Now it’s just that not many people have heard the news yet. By tomorrow, you might not even have space to sit in the living room. It’s been better for him recently; he’s at least been able to have some peace of mind. Previously, during his morning exercises, many elderly asked him when his daughter and son-in-law would return, let alone the kids in the courtyard.

After getting out of the car, Zhou Jiao heard Zhao Chuan Guang laughing heartily, glancing at the Lin Family courtyard not far away. What piqued her curiosity now was how Lin Xuelin would present herself to her godfather.

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