The old couple felt their hearts sink, and it was too late for regrets.
Of course, all this is in hindsight.
Xu Kang stayed at home for ten days, helping his parents clean, sell clothes, meet childhood friends, and took a turn around Pingxi Town before finally setting off to return to An City.
There was only about a week until school started.
The train journey took two days, and if there were any delays, it might take three or four days, so it was safer to leave early.
By the time he returned to An City,
Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin immediately went to buy tickets.
An City is in the south, the capital in the north—one in the south and one in the north. The three kids who had never been out of the province were filled with curiosity about the world outside, while the two adults, who also hadn't left the province, were excitedly calculating how to earn more money.
When two adults and three kids got on the train,
Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun began discussing their plans for the capital.
