Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

Chapter 508 Goodbye

The next day was the 26th day of the lunar year. Liu Wangxue did not go anywhere that day. She stayed in her room editing photos. Not only did she edit them, but she also did post-production on some of the photos, such as those in which children filmed stories. She added some foreground, background and special effects elements, and pieced them together into a four-frame comic strip, which was very childlike.

It was almost evening when everything was completed. Liu Wangxue took the USB drive and rode his electric scooter to the photo studio in town.

Just as she was about to leave, Du Yunxiang and Anding came back from the studio with Chacha. Hearing that Liu Wangxue was going to the photo studio, Du Yunxiang said that it would be better to give the photos to her directly, and she would let the photography studio that took the photos for Chacha do it after she returned to Hai City.

Liu Wangxue said, "It doesn't matter. I have to go to the photo studio to develop photos of Xiao Tao and the others anyway. I might as well go over and take a look. If there's anything suitable, I'll do it there. I'll pay a little money to expedite it. Maybe I can get it before you go back."

Du Yunxiang was not in a hurry. She was just worried that the photography studio in town might not be very good at it. "If the result is not satisfactory, wouldn't it be a waste of your efforts?"

"Okay then." Liu Wangxue smiled. She would not make the photo album in town, but she still needed to print the photos.

The photo studio in town wasn't very busy, so after the owner looked at the photos, he started printing them immediately.

Liu Wangxue came without the three little ones, and sat on a small sofa beside her waiting. She also went out to buy two cups of milk tea and gave one to the boss. Not long after, she received another message from Xu Qingsong, asking her which photo studio she was in. After she replied to Xu Qingsong, Xu Qingsong came over soon.

It was dark, and the street lights were on, when all the photos were printed and cut. Xu Qingsong paid before her, holding the paper bag containing the photos and leading her out of the photo studio.

Sitting on the electric bike and preparing to go home, Liu Wangxue asked Xu Qingsong: "Do you have anything to do later?"

Xu Qingsong inserted the key and unlocked the door, saying, "It's okay, what's wrong?"

Liu Wangxue lifted her foot and put it on the pedal, tilting her head to look at Xu Qingsong: "Then come with me to deliver the photos."

"Okay." Xu Qingsong also turned the handle, and the electric bike followed Liu Wangxue.

When they got home, Liu Nanshan's dinner was ready, so they ate first. After dinner, when they heard that Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong were going out to deliver photos, Cha Cha was the first to raise her hand and said she wanted to go with them. So they just took a walk, and Du Yunxiang led Cha Cha, followed by the three little ones, and Anding, and they went to the village.

When they passed by Tao Huayu's gate, he saw them and followed them. It just so happened that he knew the location of every household in the village, so Liu Wangxue and the others didn't need to ask anyone.

The first place they went to was Lei Lei's house, where they had just finished dinner. The gate was not closed yet, and Liu Wangxue and the others could see the whole scene in the main hall from the door.

Grandpa Leilei was sitting on a small stool soaking his feet, while grandma Leilei was sewing pants for Fengfeng, because she didn't know where the pants were scratched when she went out to play two days ago. Leilei and Fengfeng were watching TV.

Seeing people coming, Leilei's grandmother hurriedly put down the needle and thread in her hand, and Leilei's grandfather hurriedly wiped his feet and put on his shoes. Leilei and Fengfeng were the first to run out to greet them.

Liu Wangxue and the others originally wanted to give the photos to Leilei and her brother and leave, but the two old people insisted on pulling them in to sit for a while. They made tea for them, gave snacks to Cha Cha, and stuffed the pockets on both sides of his down jacket bulged.

Chacha has adapted well to this - since Haohao stuffed a handful of fried peas into his pocket the day before yesterday, and he ate one - and since then, whenever he sees Xiaotao and Haohao, as long as they have snacks, they will definitely give some to Chacha or put some in his pocket. And little brother Youyou always seems to have candy in his pocket, and whenever he sees him, he always puts one in his pocket.

After sitting at Leilei's house for a while and showing the other photos to the old couple, Liu Wangxue said to Leilei and her brother, "Chacha's mother is going to make an album of these photos, and each child will have a copy. I'll send it to you when it's mailed in a while."

Leilei and Fengfeng were so happy that they immediately thanked Du Yunxiang.

Leilei's grandparents felt embarrassed, repeatedly telling Du Yunxiang that they had spent money, and thanked Liu Wangxue for taking photos of the child. Before leaving, they gave them some food to take with them, and declined for a long time.

Coming out of Leilei's house, the closest one is Haohao's house, and then Xiaotao's house.

Haohao's grandfather passed away unexpectedly two years ago, and now there is only his grandmother at home, and his parents are working away from home. Although Haohao is young, he can do all the housework inside and outside the house. His grandmother loves this grandson very much, and usually doesn't ask him to do anything. She just lets him go to school and go out to play when he should. She never lacks snacks at home.

So Haohao is a little kid, and he is also a worrier. Last time, he was worried that Cha Cha couldn't find his home, so he said he and Xiao Tao would go to You You's home to wait for him. This time, Xiao Tao's home was very close, and he was also worried that Liu Wangxue and the others couldn't find it, even though Tao Huayu was there. So Haohao took them to Xiao Tao's home.

As it turned out, Xiao Tao was not at home. Xiao Tao's grandfather said that the battery of the TV remote control was dead, so he went to the store to buy batteries. Liu Wangxue gave the photo to Xiao Tao's grandfather.

Then we returned along the same path, said goodbye to Haohao, and walked out of this path. Then we turned left for a short distance, and then turned right into that path, and we arrived at the homes of Yaya, Xiaopang, and Youyou.

When Yaya saw the photos, the first one she looked for was the one with rape flowers and Pengpeng. When she was choosing the photos, she liked that one the most and thought it was the most beautiful.

When they went to Xiaopang's house, he was watching TV and eating snacks. He heard the voices and came out with the adults. Liu Wangxue and the others saw two unfamiliar faces - of course they were not unfamiliar faces to Tao Huayu, they were Xiaopang's parents, who came back today and arrived home before dinner. Xiaopang didn't even know that when he was called back by his grandmother for dinner, he almost didn't recognize her, and then he burst into tears and cried for a long time. It was his mother who coaxed him with snacks.

Liu Wangxue and the others also sat for a while and then left. Finally, they went to Youyou's house. They were very familiar with the place and sat there for a long time. It was already past nine o'clock when they returned to the courtyard.

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar year, after breakfast, Liu Wangxue took her computer and went to the studio with Du Yunxiang and the others. She and Du Yunxiang sat on the small sofa in the lounge area, she wrote the script, and Du Yunxiang handled the work. Jinghe took Youyou and Chacha to play with the three little ones, and An Ding watched on the side. Sometimes they would go to the lounge area over in the office to play games, and sometimes they would come over, and Tao Huaxin would give them each a cup of hot drink and a small snack, but most of the time they would run outside the studio to play with Xiao Tao and the others.

Du Yunkai also knew about Cha Cha's new friends and invited them to come in and play, as long as they didn't go to the office. But Xiao Tao and his friends didn't come in because the adults at home told them that this was a company, and a company was where adults worked, and children were not allowed to enter.

When they ran over to look for Cha Cha before, they were all waiting at the door for Cha Cha and You You to come out. Xiao Pang even asked, "My grandma said that children can't go in, why can Cha Cha and You You go in?"

Haohao said, "Because Boss Du is Chacha's uncle, and this is his uncle's company, he will definitely be able to get in."

Yaya asked: "Then why did Youyou go in too?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, Xiao Tao slapped his thigh and said, "Because Boss Du let him in, Boss Du also let us in to play."

Everyone looked at each other, and Lei Lei asked, "Do you want to go in?"

Xiao Pang poked his head in, hesitated a little, and said, "I don't dare."

Yaya also said, "I don't dare either."

Xiao Tao and Hao Hao asked Lei Lei: "Do you dare?"

Leilei didn't say anything, but Fengfeng answered, shaking his head like a rattle: "I don't dare."

Lei Lei glanced at him and said, "I didn't ask you."

So everyone just waited at the door. When Tao Huaxin found out, he would give Cha Cha and You You a few more snacks and ask them to take them out and share them with the other children.

Occasionally during breaks, Xu Qingsong, Du Yunkai and Richard would come to the lounge area of ​​the bar. Xu Qingsong came to see Liu Wangxue, and if Du Yunkai and Richard saw Cha Cha and You You were there, they would play with them for a while. Colleagues from the studio would also tease these two little cuties when they came to buy coffee or snacks.

After returning home, Liu Wangxue also asked Xu Qingsong if there was any news about Richard's search for his relatives.

Xu Qingsong said: "Maybe not very optimistic."

After Du Yunkai sent an email to the new head of the laboratory, he received a reply, but the other party refused to help him check the donor's files.

The original words were that the donor's personal information is generally not disclosed to the purchaser, and the person in charge did not believe that Richard and the donor were related because no proof or written report from an authoritative organization was provided in the email.

Richard thought that the proof was actually very simple. He only needed to do a kinship test with Cha Cha. However, Du Yunxiang had clearly asked him that night not to reveal any information about Cha Cha to Edward Williams. If he sent this report as proof to the head of the laboratory, the head would surely inform Edward Williams of the specific situation when he contacted him.

Richard therefore did not ask Du Yunxiang for this request.

Du Yunkai did not say anything. He knew his sister. The fact that she revealed the name was out of compassion. His sister would never agree to a kinship test.

"Then what should we do?" Liu Wangxue asked, "Is there any other way to find this Edward Williams? Now is the era of big data. As long as this person has appeared on the Internet, it shouldn't be difficult to find him, right?"

Xu Qingsong said: "The old method is to hire someone to find someone, starting from the eastern state of F, and check for people named Edward Williams one by one, and then find out more about those who meet the requirements."

This method is really time-consuming, labor-intensive, and most importantly, expensive.

Richard was penniless when he came to Country Z. After he started working, Du Yunkai gave him an advance on his annual salary. He now lives and eats in the studio, and basically doesn't spend any money. This annual salary is enough for him to spend until the next paycheck, and he can even go out for a trip in the meantime. Now, in order to find his relatives, Richard invested almost all of this money and asked the headhunter friend to help hire someone. It is said that this person has some skills, much more capable than the people Richard hired before, but the fee is high.

It seems that there will be no results in the near future.

Gu Xuelan was still thinking about the "unpleasant" incident between Du Yunkai and Richard that night, and she quietly found time to ask Liu Wangxue about it. After learning about this incident, she felt very uncomfortable, and Liu Wangxue also told her a few words about Richard's past experiences. She thought, this child is really unfortunate, why can't something good happen to Richard during the New Year? Seeing that the search for his relatives has made some progress, but there are still twists and turns.

After Gu Xuelan found out, she talked to Liu Nanshan about it before going to bed. Liu Nanshan had always had a "pitying" filter for Richard, so he was even more shocked when he heard this. He thought, what a good child, why does he always suffer? So he unconsciously took better care of Richard. The most obvious thing was when it came to meals. As long as the canteen at home didn't have any, he would definitely bring a portion for Richard, which made Jin Zhaofei jealous.

Therefore, this Spring Festival, the only wish of Liu Wangxue and her parents is that Richard can get what he wants and receive good news.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar year, the studio began to close for the holiday.

Just like the New Year's Day holiday, Du Yunkai booked a car for everyone and took the studio employees to the city early in the morning. Those whose flights or trains departed early went to the airport and train station first, and those who were not in a hurry also took the car. Li Yu's home happened to be in the city, so everyone urged Li Yu to take them for a stroll.

The two chefs in the small canteen got up earlier than usual to make breakfast for everyone. There weren't too many ingredients left in the canteen, and they had been strictly controlling the amount of food they purchased recently. Breakfast was simple, with steamed buns, porridge, and two side dishes. In the end, none of the buns were finished, so Tao Jiahong took some of the rest back home, and Du Yunkai took the rest to Liu Wangxue's house.

When Du Yunkai arrived, Liu Wangxue's family had just finished breakfast. After Du Yunxiang and Anding had packed, he drove them to the airport.

Originally, Xu Qingsong was going to return to Beijing today, but when he heard that Liu Wangxue's aunt, uncle and others were coming today, he changed his flight ticket and left tomorrow.

Liu Wangxue was worried that air tickets were in short supply and difficult to book at this time. If she didn't let him change his ticket, it would be bad if he missed his trip home for the New Year.

Xu Qingsong felt that he could always go back if he wanted to. If the plane ticket was sold out, there were still high-speed trains and bullet trains. If both were unavailable, he would just drive himself.

Liu Wangxue told him to stop joking. It was snowing so heavily on the way back to Beijing that it was difficult to travel. What if they got stuck in traffic?

Xu Qingsong said: "The main thing is that your relatives are coming over. I can't just leave without even saying hello. It would seem very impolite of me." If he really left, it would seem impolite on the surface, but in fact it would make others think that he didn't really care about Liu Wangxue.

Fortunately, the flight ticket was changed successfully. Xu Qingsong had to refresh the interface many times before it was finally done, but it was on the morning of New Year's Eve.

Liu Wangxue's aunt and uncle's families had been living here for quite some time and had brought a lot of luggage, so Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong each drove a car so that everyone could have more space whether they were dropping them off or picking them up.

As soon as the luggage was loaded onto the car, a few little kids suddenly appeared in front of them, shouting "Cha Cha" and running towards us. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and saw that it was You You and Xiao Tao. The kids knew that Cha Cha was going home, and they were really reluctant to let him go. It seemed that they had developed a revolutionary friendship in just a few days of getting along, and they came to see him off early in the morning.

The children were all running out of breath. Xiao Tao and Hao Hao, who were a little older, ran over first.

Xiao Tao said, "That's great, Cha Cha, you haven't left yet."

Haohao said: "It's all Xiaopang's fault. He took so long to get up that I felt like it was too late."

As he was talking, Xiaopang came over, breathing heavily and speaking incoherently. He stuffed a red cloth bag in his hand to Cha Cha and said, "This is what my parents brought back from Hai City. It's snacks. You said that day that they were delicious. I'll give them all to you."

Yaya's parents came back last night and brought some delicious food. She ran over and gave Chacha a portion.

When Youyou saw that all his friends had run over, he stretched out his hand and asked Jinghe to hold him: "Brother, hold me, hold me and run, hurry up."

Jinghe picked up Youyou and trotted over to catch up. Youyou gave Chacha a doll angel pendant. Shen Nian'an saw this from the window of a boutique when he passed by in town yesterday. He bought it and teased Youyou, saying, "Look, does it look like Chacha?" Youyou liked it very much and gave it to Chacha.

Still running behind were Leilei and Fengfeng. Fengfeng was the youngest and could not outrun or catch up with anyone. Seeing Youyou being picked up by his brother and running away, he asked Leilei to pick him up as well. Leilei could not hold him, so she refused and let him run by himself while she stayed by his side. Fengfeng was so anxious that he almost cried again. He finally ran closer, but he tripped over his left foot and fell to the ground with a "bang".

Xu Qingsong was close, so he immediately bent down and scooped up the little guy with one hand. Fengfeng pouted and was about to cry. No one helped him run, and he was very sad.

When Chacha, Youyou, Xiaotao and the others saw Fengfeng's face, they immediately shouted at him, "Don't cry!"

Chacha's impression of Fengfeng is that he loves to cry. Since the day they made lanterns, Fengfeng would cry whenever they played together. Xiaotao and Haohao said that Fengfeng cried once a day. Haohao even said exaggeratedly: "If he didn't cry one day, it must be a miracle."

I don't know who came up with the idea to help Fengfeng get rid of his crying habit, so in the past two days, whenever Fengfeng showed signs of crying, everyone would stop him together.

Every time Fengfeng was yelled at by everyone, the expression on his face would freeze for a moment, and then become extremely conflicted. Sometimes he couldn't help but shed a few tears, and this time was no exception.

Seeing that he was about to cry again, Haohao said, "Chacha is about to go home, are you still crying?"

Fengfeng didn't understand what the connection was between Chacha's going home and his wanting to cry, but seeing that everyone was looking at him, he felt a little embarrassed, so he sniffed and said, "Okay, I won't cry."

Youyou patted Fengfeng on the shoulder like an older brother: "Fengfeng, don't cry, you are awesome!"

Cha Cha also praised Feng Feng, and then Xiao Tao and the others all praised Feng Feng, so much so that Feng Feng had an illusion that as long as he didn't cry, he was the best kid in the world.

Several children brought small gifts to Cha Cha, including food and toys. Cha Cha accepted everyone's gifts, but he had nothing to give in return, so after thinking for a while, he asked Du Yunkai to take his small suitcase off the car.

When the small suitcase came, it contained not only gifts for the three little ones, but also some toys and picture books that they liked. Cha Cha took these out and gave them out as return gifts. There were only three picture books in total, which were given to Youyou, Yaya and Leilei, and three toys, which were given to Fengfeng, Xiaopang and Haohao. When it was Xiaotao's turn, there was nothing left.

Xiao Tao stretched out his hand and then turned it back. He scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Cha Cha took off the small sunglasses on her chest and handed them to Xiao Tao: "This is for you."

Xiao Tao was very happy, he put them on right after he received them, and asked everyone: "Am I handsome?" He really liked Cha Cha's sunglasses, and he was so envious when he saw Cha Cha wearing them on the photo shoot day, and he even borrowed them from Cha Cha to wear for a while and took photos. Now that Cha Cha gave him the sunglasses, he felt that he was so handsome.

The adults waited for the children to finish giving each other gifts and saying goodbye. Du Yunxiang looked at the time and realized that it would be too late if they didn't leave now, so he called Cha Cha to get in the car. This time they really had to say goodbye.

Xiao Tao took two steps forward and asked Cha Cha, "Will you come again in the future?"

Haohao also asked: "Chacha, when will you come back?"

Leilei and the others also asked the same question.

Youyou answered for Chacha: "He is a little angel. If he wants to come, he can come." Just fly, how easy!

Cha Cha stopped moving to step up the car door, turned around and said to everyone, "I'll come next month." Mom said that when the rape flowers bloom next month, he can ask his uncle to pick him up to play, but he didn't know the exact day, so he added, "Next month, when the rape flowers bloom, I'll come and see the flowers."

Youyou was the first to clap her hands: "That's great!" She then looked up at Jinghe and said: "Brother, I want to see the flowers too."

Jinghe knew when the rape flowers would bloom, and they would have already started school by then. He said, "You may not be able to come, you have to go to kindergarten."

Youyou hugged Jinghe's legs: "Why can't you come? Even the little angel can come."

Jing He pinched his face and said, "Then go home and ask your father. If he agrees, you can come."

Youyou was happy, and he felt that his father would definitely agree.

The children got the "good news" from Cha Cha, so they waved goodbye to him, watched him get into the car, and then watched the car slowly drive away, and they unconsciously ran after it for a few steps.

Cha Cha turned around and saw it through the car window. She suddenly felt a little sad and threw herself into Du Yunxiang's arms and hugged her.

Du Yunxiang patted his head and said, "Don't be sad. You can meet again next month. It will be very soon."

Cha Cha responded muffledly, “Yeah.”