Fast-paced era: a warm and leisurely life

Chapter 287 The Weak Girl of the Age 94

Back at the guesthouse, Hantuo was still a little depressed.

After a long while, Han Tuo came back to his senses.

I looked at the time and it was already 12:

"Oh, it's already this late. I'm sorry, I didn't notice the time. Are you hungry, Nuanyi? Let's go eat now."

Gu Nuanyi patted Hantuo's arm and said, "Don't worry, you ate a lot this morning, you're not hungry yet."

"Even if you're not hungry, you have to eat something, otherwise your stomach will be hurt." Then he walked out with Gu Nuanyi.

After dinner, Hantuo prepared to buy a train ticket for the return trip.

"Are you going back now? I still want to buy some things in Guangshi."

"I know where it is. I'll take you there after you buy the ticket. Most of the things there are caught by the fishermen themselves from the sea. They are very fresh."

Gu Nuanyi tilted her head and looked at Hantuo: "How do you know everything~"

"The places I found when I was carrying and delivering goods at the docks were all in various alleys. I went there so many times that I memorized them."

"Can you take me for a walk? I want to buy some to bring back."

"Okay, I'll take you there"

Hantuo led Gu Nuanyi through all kinds of alleys. If there was no one leading them, they would have lost their way after going around in two circles.

I walked around the streets and bought a lot of Guangzhou specialties: dried kelp, dried fish, dried shrimp, sea cucumber, abalone, mussels...

Before the tour, the two of them were empty-handed, but after the tour, they both had a big backpack full of things.

Hantuo held the bottom of the backpack with his hands to help Gu Nuanyi reduce some of the weight.

Back in the guesthouse room, Gu Nuanyi sorted out the things she bought and was a little surprised: "Did I buy so much?"

Hantuo helped to sort them out while saying, "These dried goods are durable and can be eaten for a long time if placed in a ventilated place. These are not many. The dried shrimps and dried fish will be gone soon as snacks. Don't complain if you bought too little when the time comes."

The sea in the space has become its own ecosystem. You can find any seafood you want, but it's hard to take it out.

But if I want to eat it later, I can use the excuse that I bought it on the black market...

The next day

Hantuo and Gu Nuanyi sent the packed things to the post office and were about to buy train tickets.

A beautiful woman stopped them: "Han Tuo"

Hantuo looked at the beautiful woman in front of him in surprise: "Aunt Jin, why are you here?"

"You kid, why don't you go to Aunt Jin's house when you come back to Guangzhou? If I hadn't come out to buy something, I wouldn't have known you were back."

"Aunt Jin, this is my girlfriend, Gu Nuanyi. I just brought her back to see my mom and I'll be leaving after that."

Gu Nuanyi nodded to the beautiful woman: "Hello, Aunt Jin, I am Gu Nuanyi, Hantuo's girlfriend"

Aunt Jin opened her mouth in surprise, and then she was so excited that she didn't know how to put her hands down. "Good children, come on, go home with Aunt Jin, Aunt Jin has something to give you."

Hantuo turned his head to look at Gu Nuanyi, and seeing that Gu Nuanyi had no objection, he followed Aunt Jin back.

Aunt Jin made two cups of brown sugar water and handed them to the two of them: "Drink the water first, wait for me for a while, I'll go get something"

After Aunt Jin left, Gu Nuanyi asked quietly, "Is this Aunt Jin your relative?"

Hantuo shook his head and whispered, "No, she is my mother's good friend. When my mother was still alive, she would often bring me here to play, but I have never seen her since my mother passed away..."

Gu Nuanyi was very confused. Aunt Jin's excitement when she saw Hantuo just now didn't seem fake, but why did she never show up when Hantuo needed her so much?

Gu Nuanyi sat on the wooden sofa and looked around. Aunt Jin's family seemed to be well off. They had a four-story building and redwood furniture everywhere. And it was obvious from her appearance that Aunt Jin had never done any hard work, otherwise she wouldn't look like a little girl even in her middle age.

Is there any hidden secret in this? Gu Nuanyi is really full of doubts.

Soon, footsteps were heard coming from the stairs. Aunt Jin came down with two large bamboo boxes with some difficulty.

Han Tuo quickly stepped forward and took it

Aunt Jin stroked the bamboo box with a nostalgic look in her eyes: "These two boxes were given to me by your mother to keep for you. If they were kept in that house, that stinky man would definitely steal them and exchange them for money. Hantuo, I'm sorry that I didn't show up during your most difficult years. During those years, I was worried every day, afraid that the stinky man would come to my house to ask for these things, so I didn't dare to show up in front of you."

Aunt Jin felt very guilty, tears welled up in her eyes unconsciously, she raised her hands and put them down again, wanting to touch Han Tuo but not daring to reach out.

Hantuo also stood there at a loss, not knowing what to say.

For a moment, the two of them were in a stalemate.

After Aunt Jin calmed down, she pushed the two large bamboo boxes at her feet and said, "Your mother asked me to give these to you after you get married. I didn't expect you to find a partner not long after you went to the countryside. This is great news. When are you going to get married? I will give you a big red envelope then!"

"Aunt Jin, the wedding date has been set. It's on the eighth day of February. Aunt Jin, I'm marrying into Nuanyi's family. I don't plan to come back..."

Aunt Jin was stunned for a moment, and turned to look at Gu Nuanyi blankly: "Marry into the family..."

Then he forced a smile and said, "It's up to you if you want to."

Hantuo looked at the sky outside, stood up and said, "Aunt Jin, it's getting late, we'll go back first."

"Stay and have dinner together!"

"No, maybe next time. Our leave period is coming soon. If we fail to make it back in time, the Youth Office will be notified."

"Okay then... If you have a vacation in the future, come back and visit us!" Aunt Jin watched Hantuo and Gu Nuanyi leave reluctantly.

The two of them had dinner at the state-owned restaurant before returning to the guesthouse.

Hantuo sat on the bed, propped up his head and looked at the locked bamboo box: "Nuanyi, my mother left me these two boxes but didn't leave me the keys..."

"Uh..." Gu Nuanyi was speechless for a while, then tentatively asked, "Why don't we ask Aunt Jin?"

"If Aunt Jin had the key, she would have given it to me right then and there." Hantuo stood up and looked around the room, but couldn't find anything that could open the lock.

Gu Nuanyi yawned: "If it doesn't work, take it back and study it again. I'm sleepy so I'll go back to sleep first."

Hantuo stood up and sent Gu Nuanyi back to the next room: "I will go buy the ticket tomorrow"

The next day, Hantuo went to the train station early in the morning and bought a ticket for the 10:20 a.m. train.

When I returned to the guesthouse, I saw that Gu Nuanyi had packed everything.

Hantuo returned the key to the front desk lady and walked towards the state-owned hotel.

"We can still go have breakfast. It's only 8 o'clock now. There's still time."

As soon as Han Tuo and Gu Nuanyi left the guesthouse, a man came hurriedly.

The front desk lady was knitting a sweater with great concentration, without even looking up: "I don't know the person you are talking about."

"He's a tall, strong man, about 20 years old. Doesn't he live here?"

"This is a guesthouse, not a public security bureau. If you want to find someone, go to the public security bureau!"