After living a new life for my neighbor's grandmother, I traveled through the book again
Chapter 10 Thinking about the way forward
After hearing what Tong Jia said, Pan Meiying and Song Yuanyuan exchanged a glance, and then Pan Meiying spoke up, "In that case, we'd like to trouble Ms. Tong and Young Master Tao to stay here for a few more days. Finding a good doctor will take time, and you're unfamiliar with the area, so we'll take care of it for you."
After that, the two left.
Only when the sound of the two people's footsteps could no longer be heard did Tong Jia and Tao Junle begin to communicate by writing on their palms with their fingers.
After learning that some of Tao Junle's grandmother's family had emigrated or passed away long ago, Tong Jia's heart instantly settled down.
Sure enough, two days later, when Pan Meiying and Song Yuanyuan came over again, they greeted me with smiles.
Song Yuanyuan even patted Tong Jia on the shoulder and said in English, "I thought you were bragging before, but I didn't expect you to be so righteous.
You dare to run so far alone for a cousin you haven't seen in years? Aren't you afraid of losing your life? "
Fortunately, Tong Jia had good grades in modern times, especially English.
Faced with another temptation from Song Yuanyuan, he quickly made the appropriate response.
She also responded in English: "The elders in my family wanted to reunite with the family, so they sent my brother and me back to look for my aunt.
But I didn't expect that my aunt had passed away. Not only did my brother and I get separated, but we also lost most of our documents and luggage.
Fortunately, I have found my cousin. His benefactor is also my benefactor. For the sake of a benefactor, I should go through fire and water without hesitation. "
Later, Song Yuanyuan talked to Tong Jia about some things in Europe and the United States. Tong Jia couldn't remember what they were about, but she only knew that it was the period of the Great Depression in Europe and the United States. She told Song Yuanyuan many knowledge points from history books in her previous life as news.
Unexpectedly, Song Yuanyuan actually believed that she was a person who had returned from abroad.
The main thing is that although her identity is fake, Tao Junle's identity is real.
If the two people were not related by blood, it would be impossible for Tao Junle, a child who had been betrayed by his relatives, to become so dependent on her in just a few days.
So, after getting Song Yuanyuan's nod of confirmation, Pan Meiying also extended her olive branch to Tong Jia.
She said, "Ms. Tong, the situation in the northwest is quite complicated, and a war is imminent.
Not to mention doctors, even ordinary people with some assets at home have passed away long ago.
For your and your brother's safety, we suggest that you two go somewhere else."
"Then where should we go?" Tong Jia asked.
Pan Meiying thought for a moment and said, "Go south, towards the coast. If you have the ability to make money, you can also go to Shanghai. There should be connections and channels to send you abroad."
As for the others, I don’t know much about them.
Okay, you've stayed here long enough, I'll take you out."
Tong Jia took Tao Junle's hand and followed the two of them out of the military headquarters and arrived at the Northwest Railway Station again.
From the moment she entered the train station, Tong Jia felt like someone was following her.
She wanted to look back, but was stopped by Tao Junle.
Tao Junle held Tong Jia's hand, and it seemed that the brother and sister had a good relationship and were playing with their fingers, but in fact they were writing on each other's palms.
After being reminded by Tao Junle, Tong Jia also thought of the people following her. They should be sent by Pan Meiying and Song Yuanyuan.
The purpose should be to monitor myself and see whether I am a spy or I really just went to the northwest to find talents.
Anyway, no matter what, the people following me can protect my safety, so I won't cause trouble.
Turning her head to look at Tao Junle who was sitting next to her, she felt that keeping this child by her side was really the best decision she had made since coming to this era.
The original destination of the train ticket was Tianjin, but when the train reached Suiyuan, it braked suddenly because the train tracks were blown up, and the train could not continue on its way.
Everyone on the train was kicked off, including Tong Jia and Tao Junle.
After getting off the bus, Tong Jia felt very confused. She was a little unsure of what to do next.
As confident as I was when I promised Grandma Rong, I feel as discouraged now.
The reality was not as easy as she had imagined. Even with the help of the RV, things were not smooth sailing. Instead, she still had difficulty moving forward.
She felt that if she continued like this, even if she squandered all the things in the RV, she would not be able to find Yang Jixia. It would be better for her to go back to the Yang family and wait for Yang Jixia to come back and divorce her, and then find a way to meet him and make things clear.
But on second thought, that wasn't right. Besides promising Grandma Rong to find Yang Jixia to get to the bottom of things, she also promised Grandma Rong to live a good life on her behalf.
Since finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, why doesn't she put this matter aside for the time being and live her own life first?
Thinking of this, Tong Jia suddenly felt relieved.
She asked Tao Junle in a low voice: "Lele, have you been to Beijing and Shanghai?"
Tao Junle shook his head and then nodded.
He had been there, but he didn't have much impression of it.
In the first few years when he was not growing taller, his parents took him to see doctors all over the country. But he was young at that time, and apart from seeing people, he had no special impression of the city or other things.
After he regained his clear memory, he never left the provincial capital again.
So, for him, no matter where he went, it all depended on Tong Jia's arrangements.
Although Tong Jia was more interested in the foreign concessions, they were currently in Rehe City, Suiyuan Province, which was relatively close to the capital, so she decided to go to the capital first to see the world.
He knew that the people from Pan Meiying's faction should still follow him. With these people around, he didn't have to worry about the danger like the rickshaw driver would appear again.
So, she went straight to the conductor and asked, "How far is it from here to downtown Rehe? How long will it take if I walk?"
The conductor showed her the way, and Tong Jia took Tao Junle away from the main group.
Behind them were three groups of people following sporadically, namely a pair of brothers, a couple, and a mother and son.
I just don’t know if all these people were sent by Pan Meiying, or if there was only one couple.
But it didn't matter to her. The group walked from around four in the afternoon to around eight in the evening before entering the city of Rehe.
There was only one hotel that was still open, so Tong Jia rushed in and booked a room.
She had been locked up in the Northwest Military Headquarters for several days without any room to move. Today, she suddenly walked so much that she was really overwhelmed.
Moreover, she was so tired that she could not walk, which was in line with the image of a delicate young lady returning from overseas that she had created at the Northwest Military Headquarters.
She wanted to book the best room, eat the best food, and indulge herself.
After entering the room, Tong Jia asked Tao Junle to guard the door, while she checked the room and then entered the RV.
After taking a quick shower and changing her clothes in the bathroom on the first floor of the RV, she found the opportunity to check the contents of the two letters she had found on the rickshaw drivers.
It would have been better if she hadn't seen it. After seeing it, she regretted leaving the Northwest too early.
The group of people who wanted to rob her were not a simple criminal gang. There were other warlord forces behind them.
Those two letters were the correspondence between them and the other two warlords, and the people she eliminated were probably the ones who delivered the letters.
The key found on the rickshaw driver was the most important cargo they had this time besides delivering the letter, and it was the key to opening a safe.
As for where the safe was, Tong Jia didn't know.
But since the password was clearly written in the letter and the key was in Tong Jia's hands, she decided to put these two things away for the time being and see if there would be an opportunity to use them in the future.
After reloading her two Brownings, she took a bottle of cold Coke out of the refrigerator.
After taking a sip, she remembered that Meng Po seemed to have written in her letter that the things in the refrigerator could be restored once a week.
Calculating the time, today should be the eighth day since she came to this world and officially used the RV, which means she missed the opportunity to restore the things in the refrigerator.
Tong Jia, feeling a little annoyed, simply took out all the things in the refrigerator in the RV. After all, the things in the RV can be kept fresh, but they cannot be regenerated.
This way, by emptying the refrigerator first, you won't waste the refrigerator's recovery function.
Since this incident, Tong Jia has developed a habit of opening the refrigerator first when entering the RV.
It doesn't matter if the refrigerator is empty, as long as it is full, she will move everything out.
When Tao Junle entered the RV for the first time, there was almost no place to step.
From then on, he began to regularly enter the RV to help Tong Jia tidy up the house.
Of course, this was only after their lives had become relatively stable and Tong Jia had completely trusted him that she brought him in.
So far, Tong Jia has not really thought about bringing Tao Junle into the RV.
After dealing with these things, Tong Jia returned to her hotel room.
Just then, someone knocked on the door. It was the waiter from the store coming to deliver hot water. Because Tong Jia was not there, Tao Junle did not open the door.
Seeing Tong Jia coming out, Tao Junle breathed a sigh of relief and only opened the door after getting Tong Jia's nod of agreement.
The waiter brought a thermos of hot water, two side dishes, and two steamed buns, saying, "My dear young masters and young ladies, it's late tonight, and the fire on the stove has gone out. We can only ask you to make do with it for now. I'll make you some hot food tomorrow."
Because Tong Jia wanted the best room in the hotel, the waiter treated them very respectfully.
Tong Jia thanked the waiter and asked him to leave.
She took out a new towel from the RV and handed it to Tao Junle.
He said, "Wash yourself with the water from the thermos, then eat something and have a good sleep."
Tao Junle took the towel but did not take the next step. Seeing this, Tong Jia had no choice but to say, "Since I've kept you here, I won't sneak away while you're asleep.
I just need a quiet space to think carefully about what path I should take in the future."
Tao Junle pointed in Tong Jia's direction, meaning that Tong Jia could go into the RV to think.
Tong Jia said, "When we're out and about, I'll try to go in less often, otherwise it would be too dangerous to leave you out alone."
After hearing this, Tao Junle smiled instantly, and obediently took the towel and thermos to clean behind the screen.
Tong Jia stood in front of the map used as decoration in the hotel room and began to think seriously.
She remembered hearing her grandmother mention in conversations with others when she was a child that the man Grandma Rong had married had participated in long-distance marches and battles.
Later, since he held a high position, it meant that he had successfully survived the long march.
It is now May of 1930, four years before the Long March begins and six years before its end.
In order to better integrate into this era, she plans to spend two years studying.
The first thing she considered was schools in Beijing and Tianjin, because these two cities were better for her as a northerner and she would not be troubled by dialects.
Moreover, in this era, the group of people who are most exposed to freedom and light are students.
If all goes well, she can go to northern Shaanxi with some progressive students first, which may reduce casualties in long-distance marches and battles.
If things didn't go well, she would go directly to Gan Province after the long march and battle began, and wait there for the victorious meeting.
At that time, looking for Yang Jixia should be much easier than looking for a needle in a haystack now.
So, Tong Jia planned two routes for herself.
One option is to wait and see the situation in Beijing and Tianjin in Rehe. As long as conditions permit, she will choose one of these two cities to live in temporarily for two or three years.
During this period, I tried my best to get close to some progressive students and strive to go to northern Shaanxi as soon as possible to meet the sages I had read about in textbooks.
As for whether casualties during long-distance marches and battles can be avoided or reduced, we will have to wait until she goes to northern Shaanxi and then decide based on the actual situation.
This was her first choice.
The second way was that if the first way was blocked, she would go directly to Gan Province and wait for the victorious reunion of the people who had marched long distances in Yuzhang.
By that time, she would definitely be able to find out about Yang Jixia.
And I don’t have to look for someone aimlessly like a headless fly, and I can live my life well in the next few years.
Of course, in the past few years, the most important thing is to protect your own life first. After all, it is a chaotic time now. Many times, even if you don’t look for trouble, you are likely to be implicated.
Therefore, she must be very careful in choosing a school.
The school cannot be directly in the center of the storm, but it cannot be too far away from the center either, and it must always maintain close contact with the center.
The next day, Tong Jia began to inquire about the universities in Beijing and Tianjin from the hotel staff, the owner and nearby shop owners.
The owner of the pawnshop next door felt that she was asking too many questions and was a little impatient. He asked, "Why do you, a little girl, ask so many questions? And you want a school that's not far from the capital and has close connections? I don't know where to go."
Tong Jia acted aggrieved and said, “Actually, my family immigrated abroad when I was a child. It was just that my grandfather heard that my aunt had passed away and only left behind a son, so he asked my brother and me to come back to pick up my younger brother.
However, we didn't expect the situation here to be so serious. My brother and I were separated as soon as we got off the plane.
Although I have picked up my younger brother, I can't just ignore my older brother. Should I just go back by myself?
My brother has a friend who studies in schools in Beijing and Tianjin. They often communicate with each other. My brother also said that he would go to see his friend when he came back this time.
But I haven't paid much attention to it before, so I'll have to ask you guys to find out which university it is. "
After hearing Tong Jia's words, the pawnshop owner and the court clerk both looked at Tong Jia and Tao Junle with sympathy.
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