After the final exams schedule was released, Lu Xiaofen promptly bought her train tickets early.
The day after the exams, Lu Xiaofen took Gu Tingyun and Helian Qiao and caught the train back to Sanqiao Commune.
They bought tickets for a daytime train that would arrive in the evening, an old green-skinned one.
It wasn't Dabai who came to pick them up, but Gu Qingshan driving the factory's truck and Jiang Manyun went to fetch them together. They arrived early and after waiting outside for a while, they saw the three of them coming out of the exit.
"Xiaofen, Guibao, son!" Gu Qingshan and his wife immediately went up to greet them, helping with the luggage.
Upon seeing their son, who had not seen for half a year, and grown quite a bit taller, a flash of contentment passed through their eyes.
"Our son has grown taller and stronger," Jiang Manyun said with a smile, looking up at her son who was now taller than herself.