Gu Qingyao really could not bear to let him go, but she knew that he had to leave. So she could only nod and say “Um”.
Today’s weather was pretty good. Although it was still very cold, there had been a frost that morning. Gu Qingyao watched as Mo Beihan carried her bundle and left, picking his way along the frosty road.
There was a train station in town. Mo Beihan had prepared for his departure long ago.
His uncle, Jiang Feng, sent him off in his ox cart. When he saw that Mo Beihan was rather quiet, he thought that Mo Beihan was still angry, so he said, “Beihan, don’t mind your grandma. She’s old and set her ways. Just pretend that you didn’t hear anything.”
Mo Beihan’s grandmother was a very powerful old lady.
The old woman had been strongly in favor of Jiang Yingqiu marrying Mo Beihan’s father.
Jiang Yingqiu had sincerely liked Mo Beihan’s father, but he did not look like a peasant. Instead, he looked more like a young man from the city, so Jiang Yingqiu had some reservations.
But Mo Beihan’s grandmother had been very pleased to have him as a son-in-law and had urged Jiang Yingqiu to marry him. She said that a man like that would have bright prospects.
At that time, Jiang Yingqiu had disliked the local farmers and had nothing in common with them, so she had married Mo Beihan’s father.
Later on, Mo Beihan’s father went back to the city. Once he left, they never heard from him again.
He had completely abandoned Jiang Yingqiu and his two sons.
That was Jiang Yingqiu’s lowest point. At that time, Mo Beihan’s grandmother not only did not help her own daughter, she began to despise her daughter for not being able to hold on to her man.
She even said that Jiang Yingqiu despised poverty and loved wealth. She had arrogantly married a young man from the city, but she was ill-fated and had been abandoned in the end.
Shame on her!
This time, the old lady had strongly opposed Mo Beihan’s engagement to Gu Qingyao because the Gu family were major landlords and were from a poor background.
She felt that Gu Qingyao was not good enough for Mo Beihan and that Mo Beihan had degraded himself by getting engaged to Gu Qingyao.
Mo Beihan snapped out of his trance at his uncle’s words. He was expressionless. “No, I’m not angry with her. I’m used to it after all these years.”
Jiang Feng looked at Mo Beihan for a long time. His handsome face showed no trace of expression.
Calm, so calm, that he felt Mo Beihan did not care about this grandmother at all.
Jiang Feng frowned. Why did he feel that this child had changed significantly on this trip home?
The Mo Beihan of the past was frequently displeased with his grandmother, and often complained about her. But recently, he had not heard the boy mention his grandmother.
Jiang Feng sighed and kept quiet.
At the train station, Mo Beihan waited for a short while before it was time. He carried his luggage and boarded the train.
He had tickets for a carriage seat. It was a large carriage and there were a dozen seats.
At the moment, only six people had bought tickets for this carriage.
Mo Beihan was silent after boarding the train. He was thinking of his work. When he returned this time, he could not go on as he had in the past. He now knew so much about the future, he must certainly do well.
At lunchtime, Mo Beihan opened his bundle. He could not help but laugh when he saw the things that Gu Qingyao had prepared for him.
There were many small bundles inside the large bundle that Gu Qingyao had given him. Right at the top was a bundle with “lunch” written on it. Mo Beihan was certain that it contained the most perishable of the food that Yao Yao had prepared for him.
When he opened it, he saw twenty hard-boiled eggs and twenty scallion pancakes. The lunch box contained fried pickled beans and a large bottle of her homemade chili sauce.
The moment Mo Beihan opened the lid of the bottle, the spicy fragrance filled the entire carriage!
