Chapter 267 Meeting Dai Qiqian

SH City is hundreds of kilometers away from Ngee An. In this day and age, we actually spent nearly twenty hours on the road. Of course, because many routes follow urban areas, there are no roads open to traffic in sparsely populated areas. Luo Cheng didn't know how far he actually went around.

But when there are highways in later generations, if you drive fast and start in the morning, you may arrive in the afternoon. When driving alone these days, it is best not to drive at night, and it is best to take the main road when driving at night. But even if it is a highway, if it is not close to the city, don't rest. Last night, the person on duty watching the vehicle seemed to have noticed some movement. Not wanting to cause trouble, he started the car and turned on the car's lights. I gave a warning, which meant that they had been spotted, and then the car stalled when there was no movement.

Cars actually have flashlights, but these days the batteries cannot be recharged. Generally, unless the car breaks down at night, or if they have to stop to check the road conditions, the driver will not use the flashlight, and the battery has to be purchased. It is impossible to ask the night watchman to keep the flashlight on all night. Turn it on for a few hours at most and illuminate the surrounding area symbolically.

When we arrived at SH City, it was actually already evening again, and this was still a shortcut. Otherwise, the driver would have to eat spare dry food. He passed through many cities along the way, but why would the driver be given a subsidy of one yuan a day for long-distance travel? Even on the road, he could only eat his own spare dry food. It was difficult to eat anything warm in the cold weather.

Drivers who drive out of town for business trips that are not office-related cannot apply for national food stamps. Luo Cheng came to SH City because the tickets sent by the local finance department before were national food stamps. Otherwise, when Luo Cheng came here, he might have to use the official seal of his unit to issue a certificate for himself to go out for inspection, so that he could exchange ordinary food stamps and gas stamps for national food stamps.

Luo Cheng treated the driver to a meal at a restaurant in SH City. The five of us ordered three dishes. One braised pork, one fish, and fried cabbage. It's not that Luo Cheng is stingy, only three dishes can be eaten by five people. In fact, no matter where the restaurant is these days, the food is sufficient. Even a steamed bun, a bowl of noodles, etc. will be marked with how many noodles are used.

Not to mention three dishes, these days when some students treat each other to dinner, it is normal for four or five people to eat two dishes. What's more, there are fish and meat, Luo Chengfa's cigarettes, and unfinished wine on the way. In addition to thanking Director Luo for the hospitality, none of the drivers would say anything bad about Luo.

After the meal, Luo Cheng and the driver separated. Luo Cheng went to find a guest house to rest. Although he slept in a business car, it was not bad to sleep on a sofa. But tomorrow I will go find my partner Dai Qianqian, and I have to find a place to freshen up. As for the driver, he didn't want to spend the money to stay in a guest house, so he slept in the truck.

And unlike Luo Cheng, who is used to running long distances, he always keeps a big iron bucket in the car. The water inside is the water they use. The water is cool, but there is no need to pay so much attention when going out.

The next day, Luo Cheng woke up in the guest house early in the morning. Luo Cheng had the address of Dai Qianqian's work and the address of her parents' compound. Dai Qianxi also has her own dormitory in her workplace, and she doesn't go home when she's not taking a break. If you want to find someone, naturally go to her unit to find someone.

After having breakfast and asking a few people on the road, I found out the location of the art troupe. The main problem is the accent. Even if some people don't speak Mandarin, there are still some who can't understand Mandarin. When asking for directions in other places, you have to ask young people. At least they speak slowly and can barely communicate.

It seems that the popularization of Mandarin is indeed very important. In fact, let alone other places, even within your own province, sometimes you can’t understand the words from one city to another. Luo Chengcheng remembered that there was a man from Macheng, who was obviously from the same province. He spoke as fast as Japanese and could not be understood at all.

It took more than half an hour for Luo Cheng to find the address in the letter. The location of this cultural troupe is a bit remote, under a mountainous area. But fortunately, we are still in the urban area. It is said that the troops here are more remote, directly in the mountainous area, and they grow their own food and vegetables.

"Hello, comrade, outsiders are not allowed to enter here. Do you have anything to do?"

"Hello, comrade, I'm here to see someone. Can you please inform me."

The art troupe, directly people in military uniforms guard the gate. Fortunately, Luo Cheng is wearing a military coat now. The temperature here feels a little colder than Ngee Ann. I don't know if it's because it's at the foot of the mountain or something else. There's a lot of wind, so it feels colder. I stayed at the guest house yesterday and didn't feel it was that cold.

When I heard that I was looking for someone, the guard was polite and followed the procedures. Check the documents, who you are looking for, and what the relationship is.

When Luo Cheng said he was looking for Dai Qianqian, he was the one for him. The guards looked surprised at this statement. I almost knew Dai Qianqian from the art troupe. She was pretty and had a good family background. There are many people pursuing her, but it seems that she always treats men with a cold shoulder, and men can only communicate with her normally. How come she has a partner, and she is from out of town.

But after looking at Luo Cheng's ID information, I saw that he was wearing a military coat before, or an officer-style coat, and that he was still in the army. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a factory director of a local enterprise, but he had to be a soldier, otherwise ordinary people would not be able to get these clothes.

Although he was skeptical, there was no problem with Luo Cheng's documents after all. If after the report was reported, Dai Qianqian denied knowing this person and called people to report it, there would naturally be ways to deal with such people.

At this time, Luo Cheng had not entered the art troupe. Even though it was only less than nine o'clock, it was already busy. At this time, art troupes did not yet have professional skills. Singing mainly focused on emotion, and it was normal for people who couldn't read music notation.

Acting in a drama is also informal. You follow the script and you understand the role and perform it yourself. There are no professional acting schools. In this era, even in Hong Kong, TVB has not been established, and there is no place to teach people to act. As for whether it is art or not, we all discuss it with each other and act according to our ideas.

The dance is well choreographed, but there are no difficult moves, including any splits. There is not even any artistic dance. The female soldiers dancing in the art troupe all dance in military uniforms. You ask the female art soldiers in military uniforms to do a one-legged dance. This action is offensive.

It's not difficult to join a cultural troupe these days. Those who have a good voice can sing, or can perform well. Even those with musical talent can apply.

At this time, Dai Qianqian was rehearsing a new script. It was a script about women who were abused and bullied, but endured the humiliation and persevered until the liberation of the new era. However, Dai Qiqian's role was not a good one, mainly because her image did not fit the appearance of a poor person. His face was flesh-colored, and he did not look like someone who had not had enough to eat for many years.

Of course, Dai Qianxi was also rehearsing temporarily, and others were rehearsing for the role she was playing now. She declared to the head of the cultural troupe years ago that she would be deployed to other places next year. The reason was not concealed, the person we were talking to was from out of town.

As for those who knew that Dai Qianqian was dating someone, except for a few female art soldiers with whom she had a good relationship last time, no one else knew. Even if they come back, let them stop talking nonsense. Save yourself unnecessary trouble.

"Dai Qianqian~~Dai Qianqian, there is someone looking for you at the door."

"Oh, here it comes."

Upon hearing the shouting, Dai Qianxi apologized to everyone and asked others to take on her role. Just left the rehearsal room.

"Squad leader Dai, are you in love? The person who is looking for you is a man named Luo Cheng, or someone from Ngee'an."

When she was at the door, the messenger didn't shout loudly that her partner was looking for her. The main reason was that it was not confirmed and it was not easy to shout. So when Dai Qianqian left the room and there was no one else passing by in the corridor, the messenger asked privately, and of course indirectly explained who came to see her.

Sure enough, it was Luo Cheng. Dai Qianqian had already guessed it when he was called just now. If it is someone related to the art troupe, let them in instead of reporting them. If it was a family member or relative, the person delivering the message would have just said it directly. In addition, according to the date, Luo Cheng told her in the letter that he would arrange things in the factory after the Chinese New Year, so he would come to SH City to find her immediately. Therefore, Dai Qianqian, who is more sensitive, guessed when called. Could it be that Luo Cheng came to find her?

But now when I heard the messenger say this, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he guessed it right.

"Well, we are dating. The family arranged it."

She didn't explain much to the attendant, but her family's arrangements were enough to make some people afraid to ask any more questions.

After waiting at the doorman for about ten minutes, Luo Cheng finally saw the person he missed. It’s just that~~~ there is a button on the collar of the clothes, and the hair is a little messy, what the hell is this.

The art troupe is such a mess. If that's the case, Luo Cheng would like to join, go in, experience things, and have fun. Then go back home and have a literary youth-style love affair with your cousin Zheng Xue.

Of course, Luo Cheng also knew that he was overthinking it. Dai Qianqian would not come out to see him like this.

Luo Cheng was claimed by someone at the station guard. With Dai Qianqian greeting him in person, Luo Cheng could also join the cultural troupe of this era to visit.

That is to say, Luo Cheng's thinking is crooked. When he sees a girl with messy hair and a problem with her clothes, he can't help but think about something unpleasant. And people who really live in this era will never have such thoughts as Luo Cheng.

Maybe she found that there was something wrong with her current image, so Dai Qianxi simply smoothed her hair with her hands.

"I was rehearsing a play just now, and I played a bad character who liked to be unruly. This image of me was the one that was knocked down by others later. You came here while I was still acting."

Reform through labor~~, what is the reform method, how is labor done? ~~Luo Cheng wanted to slap himself. Damn it, what kind of thoughts was he thinking? He could even think wrong after hearing about reform through labor. But there is one thing to say, if I really want to marry Dai Qianqian, if I play this role at home, I will play the role of the prince and she will play the role of the flower girl. Hehe.

"Oh, Sissi, I drove here to bring you something. It's in the car, it's parked over there, and I haven't taken the things down yet."

"We'll talk about the stuff later, let's talk first."

"OK."

Without any sense of sweetness, Luo Chengcheng followed Dai Qianqian. This relationship always felt a bit businesslike.

What Luo Cheng didn't expect was that Dai Qianxi took him directly to his place of residence. It was said to be a place to live, but it was different from the factory's staff dormitory. It kind of reminds me of the structure of guest houses these days, which is just one room, no kitchen or living room.

A bed, desk, stool and some books. There was no wardrobe, just a few wooden boxes for clothes. Simple and neat. Of course, there are also wooden racks for washing towels and basins.

"Luo Cheng, drink some hot water."

There was a hot water bottle in the room, but there seemed to be only one enamel cup. Dai Qianqian poured him a cup of hot water for him to drink. But she herself had no glass to drink from.

It's really not pretentious at all. Drinking water from the cup she drinks from is considered an indirect kiss. But when she was pouring water, Luo Cheng saw her cleaning the cup. What was she doing? He didn't mind.

"Luo Cheng, since you are here, I have to make something clear to you first. I also told you in the letter that we have been together for more than three months. I am also twenty this year. Although my parents have never met, You, but my grandfather has already talked it through. That is to say, I will meet you and then settle our affairs. What do you think?"

I'm going to make it official as soon as I arrive. I said we were together for three months, but the actual meeting only lasted a few days in Ngee An. This correspondence is included in it. If this is the case, in this era, three months is not a short period of time. Luo Cheng was a little panicked, and it looked like the matter had been settled. The two of them were now sitting at a certain distance.

"No problem, it's settled, as long as you don't have any objections."

"Okay, let's just say it like this. I'm going to tell the group leader. I said hello before. You're here. I'll accompany you to SH City in the past few days."

"Ah~~oh."

"Come on, let's go together. Don't drink the water. The leader said he wanted to see you last time, but he didn't believe I found someone."

Luo Cheng was a little confused. This was the end of the conversation. The matter was settled in a few words. Just when Luo Cheng was about to take a sip of hot water to calm down, Dai Qianxi grabbed his arm and asked Luo Cheng to follow him. This pulling power is so powerful. But finally the two had their first physical contact after meeting.

Luo Cheng was a little confused, so he took Dai Qianqian's hand and said, "This is better." Both of them were still, but they were lovers, so holding hands wouldn't be too much.

"If someone sees it, stop pulling it on the road. Hey, but your hand strength doesn't seem to be good. Let's try our hand strength and squeeze each other hard to try."

After just a moment of pause, Dai Qianqian accepted Luo Cheng's actions. It might be unnatural, but she also had a contradictory feeling of letting it take its course. Regarding Dai Qianxi's statement, Luo Cheng looked at the hand he was holding. He had big hands, and hers was small. Although the hands were not as lubricated as those of later generations of girls, even if he looked carefully, he could see many small hands. There are scars and slight calluses on the hands, but the hands are one size smaller than his own. Even with the same strength, Luo Cheng still takes advantage.

Just give it a try. Luo Cheng let go of the hand he was holding. After all, holding hands involves the left hand holding the right hand, and if you want to test your hand strength, you have to compete with your right hand. Then~~~no more~~.

Suddenly, after Dai Qianqian saw that Luo Cheng was not pretending, she stopped competing. With this strength, it was clear on Luo Cheng's face that he looked down on women. If he wasn't her partner, with this strength of her hands, Dai Qianqian could pinch him to the ground and call him grandma.

But if it doesn't work, that's fine. When we get together in the future, Luo Cheng will be unreasonable or use the theory of favoring boys over girls to talk to her. Take action when it's time to take action. After all, he is going to Ngee Ann. How can he complain to SH City after being beaten? The complaint came, and they were hundreds of kilometers apart, but what could they do to themselves?

His hand strength was unparalleled, so Luo Cheng quickly changed his left hand to hold Dai Qianqian's right hand. Even if it's only a hundred meters away from the intersection, I can hold him for a while. Of course, Luo Cheng also understood that he would not let her lead him at the intersection. It was not that Dai Qianqian was afraid that people would know that she had found a partner, but that men and women in this era had too much shame. It is indeed embarrassing to hold hands in front of others. But it doesn't matter if someone sees it accidentally.

Unlike later generations of fish-keeping couples, one party does not allow the other party to post official announcements on WeChat Moments.