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Chapter 43 Guesthouse

Director Jiang stepped on the accelerator, and the roar of the car eased Gu Xiaoran's sudden embarrassment.

Qiu Huoming suddenly smiled, and asked loudly, "Teacher Cheng, are we going to the provincial capital for dinner?"

Teacher Cheng turned his gaze to Director Jiang.

Director Jiang nodded. "When we get to the guesthouse, let's take a rest first. The guesthouse has its own restaurant. After dinner, we will report to the Mathematical Olympiad Organizing Committee. Then, let Teacher Cheng take you to the bookstore. Student Sun, come back to the guesthouse with me. We will have dinner at the old place tonight."

Teacher Cheng exclaimed: "After all, Director Jiang has seen the world. The arrangements are very well organized. If I were leading the team alone, I would probably be in a mess."

"You have a long way to go. I used to travel a lot on business and I'm used to it. If you can lead them back to the top three this time, it will be worth our hard work." Director Jiang fell silent after speaking.

Teacher Cheng turned his head and glanced at the three of them. Qiu Huoming quickly responded, "I'll try my best!" Then he felt that his tone just now was not firm enough, so he added, "I'll try my best."

Gu Xiaoran also nodded.

Only then did Teacher Cheng turn his head away with satisfaction.

Maybe because they had slept too much before, no one except Sun Zili could fall asleep afterwards. The scenery outside the window passed by quickly. The car drove onto a bumpy road and everyone was tossed to and fro.

All that was heard was a dry heave from Sun Zili. He quickly opened the bag in his hand and started to vomit.

Teacher Cheng silently opened the car window.

Qiu Huoming, who was trapped in the middle, looked blankly at the front of the car with a look of despair. Sun Zili raised his head after a while and said, "I'm... sorry." As soon as he finished speaking, he retched again.

Qiu Huoming patted his back and said, "You'd better stop talking. We don't dislike you. Don't think too much."

Gu Xiaoran rummaged around in his backpack for a while and took out a small bottle of cooling oil. "Student Sun, do you want to rub the cooling oil under your nose?"

"Um... give me some." Sun Zili raised his pale face and said weakly.

Qiu Huoming took the cooling oil and opened it. He scooped a little bit of it on Sun Zili's fingertips and then returned the cooling oil to Gu Xiaoran.

The car was filled with the smell of cooling oil. Sun Zili applied it on his philtrum and temples, and his drowsy state improved a little.

"It's almost there, just bear with it."

The road conditions ahead were much better, so Director Jiang increased the speed slightly.

Not long after, we saw the boundary marker, which indicated that we had reached the highway boundary of the provincial capital.

The original person had come to the provincial capital once with his father when he was a child, but it had been so long that he had almost forgotten it.

There is an extra roadblock ahead, and there are people in uniform checking the post.

Director Jiang slowly stopped the car, rolled down the window, and handed over the letter of introduction issued by the school. The visitor took the letter, looked at the people inside, and handed the letter back to Director Jiang and let the vehicle pass.

Director Jiang explained, "License plates from this province are generally not checked. I guess there is an important meeting to be held in the provincial capital."

These days, you basically rely on letters of introduction to go out. Identity cards were gradually implemented only in 84. Because they were registered handwritten at the beginning, some typos appeared. It was not until 91 that identity cards became truly popular.

Qiu Huoming sighed in his heart that the convenient life in later generations was obtained through the exploration, trial and error, and accumulation of experience by our predecessors.

Unfortunately, he also became a predecessor.

After passing this checkpoint, there are obviously more houses around. These are county towns near the provincial capital. In the future, they will merge with the provincial capital and become one of the districts.

But at this moment, there is still a world of difference between them.

After passing this county town, there are obviously more cars on the road. There are many buildings around. After crossing an overpass, the provincial capital's signature building, the Provincial Capital Department Store, is not far on the left. It has a total of six floors. Children are holding hands with their adults and jumping happily on the bridge.

Director Jiang's dark face suddenly showed a smile, "We are almost there, it will take at most ten minutes."

Qiu Huoming asked curiously: "Director Jiang, have you lived here before? I think you are very familiar with this place."

"I have lived here. I have been here with the chief for three years. There is a park nearby. It is so beautiful. When you are admitted to a university in the provincial capital, remember to go and see it."

Perhaps it was the scene that brought back sad memories for Director Jiang, who spoke noticeably more.

"There's also a City God Temple here. There are so many little gadgets there. You kids are sure to like them..."

The car turned two intersections and slowly drove into a street with sycamore trees on both sides. Qiu Huoming glanced at the road sign, [Zhongcai Shi Road].

There is a vegetable market that looks quite large at the intersection. Go around it and turn into an alley, and a three-story guesthouse will appear in front of you. There is a large courtyard in front of the door. Judging from the sign, this guesthouse should be a unit under the Education Commission.

Director Jiang stopped the car. There were three cars in the yard, and with his, the yard was suddenly full.

The gatekeeper came out calmly and said, "As soon as I saw the car, I knew it was you. Are you on a business trip?"

"Uncle Zhang, I'm bringing my students here to stay for two days."

"There aren't many empty houses these days. It seems like there are some business meetings going on there."

Upon hearing this, Director Jiang immediately said, "Then I won't tell you for now. It would be terrible if there is no house."

He went up the steps and walked quickly inside.

Qiu Huoming waited for Gu Xiaoran to get off the car before jumping down, carrying her backpack, carrying a schoolbag on his back, and holding a bag of clothes in his other hand.

Gu Xiaoran looked around the courtyard, then reached out and took Qiu Huoming's backpack. "I'm not that delicate. I'll carry it myself."

On the other side, Sun Zili got out of the car holding the door, his face still pale. He threw the bag of vomit in his hand into the trash can beside him, turned around and took his own bag from the car.

Teacher Cheng frowned slightly. This child's physical fitness is really worrying. He doesn't know if it will affect his performance tomorrow.

Qiu Huo had a keen eye for all the situations and took the initiative to help the frail Sun Zili, winning the favor of Teacher Cheng.

When you enter the lobby on the first floor, you will see a walnut counter. Inside is a young girl with short hair, delicate features and a badge on her chest with the head of the guesthouse written on it. She looked up when she heard the noise.

"Uncle Jiang, why are you here..." She greeted him with a smile, but her voice was not intimate, but rather distant.

"I'm bringing students to participate in the competition. Xiaoqin, help me see if there are any empty rooms? I'll book two rooms, one double room and one triple room."

Xiaoqin smiled and said, "Yes, there happened to be a triple room available, it was just vacated, Aunt Huang is cleaning inside."

Director Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He took out the letter of introduction from the small bag under his armpit and said, "Then please help us register."

"Well, wait a minute."

"Name, home address? School name... Oh... OK, why are you here? Write that you are participating in a competition..." Xiaoqin's handwriting was very standard as she filled in the details of all five people in the registration book.

She breathed a sigh of relief and turned to take two keys from the hook behind the counter.

"The one on the third floor, Aunt Huang is still cleaning inside, you can put your things in there first. The other double room is on the second floor, the one outside the first floor is the restaurant, the bathroom is on the third floor, and there are toilets on every floor, on the west side of the corridor."

Director Jiang took the keys, gave the key to the second floor to Teacher Cheng, and threw the key to the third floor to Qiu Huoming.

"Put your things away and gather downstairs," he ordered.

Teacher Cheng agreed and took Gu Xiaoran upstairs first.

Qiu Huoming picked up Sun Zili's bag and said, "You can either take a rest downstairs or stay away from the upstairs. I'll put your things upstairs."

Sun Zili smiled gratefully and found a chair to sit on.

Director Jiang went to the door to chat with the old man who was guarding the door.

The staircase in the guesthouse was made of terrazzo, including its handrails. Qiu Huoming sighed to himself as he went upstairs alone. Three grown men were staying in one room, and they were going to suffer tonight.

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