After going downstairs, I walked past a kindergarten not far away.
Lin Fan pointed and said that she went to school there when she was a child.
Several people looked at the colorful exterior of the kindergarten with great interest, imagining what Lin Fan looked like as a child.
After leaving the complex, Lin Fan pointed to a building across the street and said, "My old elementary school was here, but it was demolished after I graduated."
After walking about 500 meters further, we saw a middle school. Li Chunhua said jokingly, "You didn't go to middle school here, did you?"
"Yes." Lin Fan was about to start introducing himself when Li Chunhua interrupted him. Looking at everyone's surprised expressions, he said, "I went to junior high school here."
"All of your schools are near your home. It's so convenient." Li Chunhua turned around and could vaguely see the gate of the community.
"We're in a small town, and the city center isn't very big anyway." Lin Fan continued to lead the way. "We'll soon reach the city center, the downtown area, and the shopping malls."
The few of them walked forward another two hundred meters with great interest and saw a large intersection where the traffic was indeed heavier.
"Isn't that the one you're talking about?" Gao Fei asked, pointing to a three-story glass-fronted building across the street.
In fact, there is no need to ask, the word "shopping mall" is clearly written on it, and even a blind person can tell what it is.
"Yes." Lin Fan turned around and smiled at the people who looked incredulous, "Welcome to Fairy Town."
Even Li Chunhua was unable to react for a moment. He had thought his hometown was small enough, but he hadn't expected it to be even bigger than Lin Fan's.
"Come on, let me take you to visit the city center." Lin Fan was very happy. As soon as the green light came on, he took everyone across the road.
In the alley next to the shopping mall is a food street with many snack shops.
Lin Fan took a few people out for a walk and eat, and soon everyone's stomachs were filled.
There was nothing fun to do after dinner, so I turned around and went into the shopping mall next door to wander around.
But there really isn't much to see in a three-story mall, especially when you don't have any shopping needs.
Everyone took a quick look at the shopping mall in the city center of Lin Fan's hometown, and gained a preliminary and intuitive understanding of the economic level of her hometown.
When Lin Fan and a few others came out of the mall and stood on the roadside, thinking about where else they could go for a stroll, they were stopped by a voice.
"Lin Fan?" The man's voice was hesitant. "Is it Lin Fan?"
Lin Fan turned around and saw a man in a police uniform and a thick woolen hat walking towards her.
"It's me." The man took off his hat and mask, revealing a face that looked quite familiar.
"Uncle Policeman?" Lin Fan remembered who he was. It was Officer A who had accompanied John Woo to the police station.
"..." Policeman A choked up. Although he knew it was a public name, did he feel old?
"Hello, long time no see." When Lin Fan saw him, he thought of John Woo again and smiled unconsciously.
"Long time no see. Are you going home for the New Year?" Policeman A didn't hesitate and continued to greet Lin Fan.
"Yeah, you are..." Lin Fan asked.
"I'm on duty. It's New Year's Eve, and there are a lot of people there, so we all have to patrol and stand guard," Officer A said with a smile. "You've joined the special forces... and are working with Wu... now, right?"
He saw four people of unusual physique standing behind Lin Fan, and guessed that Lin Fan must have joined the Special Affairs Office. He wanted to ask, but found it difficult to start.
Lin Fan naturally knew what he wanted to ask, and nodded directly: "Yes, I'm already working there."
"What about these people?" As the responsible police officer, you must pay attention to any situation that may affect safety.
"Oh, they're accompanying me home and leaving tomorrow." Lin Fan said with a smile, "We're colleagues."
Policeman A nodded. So that's it.
"Later, Wu... um, came back to us and retrieved your information. Did you know?"
In his heart, he still leaned towards his fellow villager Lin Fan. After learning that she had also been admitted to the Special Affairs Office, he was sincerely happy for her. Recalling the previous incident, he specifically mentioned it to Lin Fan.
"Yes, I know, thank you. It's the company that wants to check the files." Lin Fan also felt the other party's kindness and did not perfunctorily respond.
"That's good." Policeman A remembered that when Lin Fan first entered the police station, his condition was obviously different from now.
The four guys behind her kept their eyes on her, but they didn't seem to be monitoring or controlling her. They were still somewhat respectful of her. She looked like she was doing well.
After a few more pleasantries, Lin Fan suddenly asked Policeman A if there was any place to rent a car in town.
The five of them are going to Gaocheng tomorrow. It would definitely be inconvenient to take a taxi. If possible, it would be more convenient to rent a car and drive themselves.
I was wondering where to find a car rental company when I ran into Policeman A. He patrolled the streets every day and must know more about these things than ordinary people.
Sure enough, Policeman A quickly provided information about a car rental company.
After bidding him farewell, Lin Fan and his group headed straight for the car rental company. Upon arrival, they were pleasantly surprised to discover it was a chain company with a branch in Gaohe.
This way, they can drive all the way from Gaocheng to Gaohe and return the car.
Lin Fan happily booked a seven-seater commercial vehicle. Thinking about it, he realized there wasn't much fun to do in town, and a visit to the park in such cold weather wouldn't be a good idea, so he simply drove back to his apartment.
As soon as we got home, we turned on the air conditioners in both rooms and the living room. The air gradually warmed up and everyone felt much more comfortable.
"Where are you staying tonight? Are you going to a hotel?" Lin Fan asked the people in the living room while tidying up the mat on the bed in his room.
"Is there no room in your house?" Song Ren still wanted to live with Lin Fan as much as possible.
"The big room can accommodate two people, but aren't there four of you? And we don't have a sofa bed at home." Lin Fan said helplessly.
"Let's sleep on the floor? Do you have a quilt?" Li Chunhua asked.
The nearest hotel is outside the community, several hundred meters away, which is a bit far from Lin Fan.
"I do have a quilt, but it's too cold to sleep on the floor." Lin Fan shook his head.
Sleeping on the floor in this weather is not an option. Even with the air conditioner on, it won't work.
"Actually, you can sleep on the sofa too." Gao Fei said, "The long sofa can accommodate one person."
The wooden sofa in Lin Fan's house is quite long, and it is no problem for one person to sleep on it, and the feet can be stretched out through the armrest holes.
"One more person is missing?" Lin Fan said.
"Two single sofas, a coffee table, and a stool can be put together to accommodate one person." Ji Yu had long noticed that the height of the wooden sofa was similar to that of the coffee table and stool, and the height difference was negligible when the quilt was used as a cushion.
Since everyone had decided, Lin Fan had nothing more to say. Pull out the quilts and let everyone make their own arrangements.
Her quilts and bedding are all packed in vacuum bags. There is some smell when you take them out, but it is not strong and it will disappear if you blow it.
A group of people helped to make the bed and fold the quilt, and it was done quickly.
While walking, Li Chunhua saw the family album. After asking Lin Fan, she took it out and looked through it carefully.
Gao Fei and Ji Yu also came over to look. When they saw Lin Fan as a child, they pointed at the photo and asked when it was taken.
Lin Fan answered them one by one, opened the closet, and dragged out all his clothes.
"What is going on?" Gao Fei saw that the tidy room was quickly filled with all kinds of clothes, shoes and bags, and he didn't understand what Lin Fan was doing.
"Pack up your clothes and take them over there," Lin Fan said. "I have so many clothes at home. Instead of leaving them here to rot, I might as well take them with me so I don't have to keep pushing me to buy clothes."
"When did you wear these clothes? Are they still wearable?" Li Chunhua asked, holding the photo album.
"Why not?" Lin Fan's men kept saying, "They're all packed in vacuum bags. They're the clothes I wore before I got fatter, and now that I've lost weight, I can wear them. They're not cheap. I won't be back often anyway, so it's best to take them all with me."
It took her quite a while to clean up, so she didn't go out for dinner and instead ordered takeout.
In the end, apart from some worn-out, loose clothes that could no longer be worn and thrown away, we packed two sacks and a suitcase of things to take away.
I was still thinking about whether to mail the two sacks of luggage to 800. When I was worrying whether the post office would be open tomorrow, Song Ren picked them up and said, "It's not heavy."
They had rented a car, so the trip to Gaohe was convenient, and the return flight to Harbin was equally convenient. Not to mention that a car would be there to pick them up when they returned to Guang'an.
He simply waved his hand and told Lin Fan not to worry about it. With so many of them around, were you afraid that you wouldn't be able to take them away?
Lin Fan watched the four strong men try the weights one by one, and even Ji Yu said there was no problem.
I can’t help but sigh: Having more people is always beneficial!
Small towns have their advantages, and big cities have their advantages. No matter what your hometown is like, don't forget to vote.