Chapter 1406: Tears of Joy 2
Zhao Anbang was even more anxious than Lu Jiang. After hanging up the phone, he asked Cheng Baoguo for leave and dashed home.
He lacked an arm, but there was nothing wrong with his legs.
He worked in the city, and after his job stabilized, he soon moved his mother, sister, and nephew closer to him. Now without a wife or child of his own, both Zhao’s mother and Zhao Guohong took great care of him, attending to his needs meticulously every day. They constantly reminded Tianqi that in the future, he must take care of Anbang and respect him. However, Tianqi had joined the military at the beginning of the year.
Although Zhao Anbang had retired and returned to his hometown, he had many connections. Without alarming Lu Jiang, he easily secured a military enlistment spot for his nephew. All qualifications met, the enlistment official, and now he was in the midst of basic training.
Yes, it was his nephew. Since Tianqi’s surname was Zhao, he was naturally his nephew, not a cousin.
At this moment, both Zhao’s mother and his sister were at the table in the courtyard, gluing cloth boards with a paste, sticking together pieces of cloth layer by layer into a large board. Once dried and flattened, it made for a great material for making shoes, where soles and uppers were cut out from the cloth board and sewn according to the shoe pattern.
Breathless, Zhao Anbang arrived home and saw this scene, "Mom, big sis, quickly pack some stuff for me. If there’s no National Grain Ticket, just bring some food. I can exchange that for food too. I’m heading straight to the train station to buy a ticket and go."
"Are you going on a business trip again?" Zhao Guohong asked, continuing her task at a steady pace, "But you need to get a National Grain Ticket first, even for a business trip."
"It’s not that!" Zhao Anbang denied, then stepped forward, lowering his voice beside his mother and sister, "Dad can come back now, the documents have come through, Dad can come back, I’m going to pick him up!"
Disbelieving, Zhao’s mother and Zhao Guohong gasped, "What? What did you say?"
Zhao Anbang explained, word by word, "The authorities have allowed Dad to come home for medical treatment, I’m going to bring Dad back!"