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MY MISTER OSTRICH
Chapter 29 – Words Between Father & Son
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Chapter 29 – Words Between Father & Son
Translated by Twelve_Months_of_May

Dad, it’s already been ten years.

The area northwest of the city was called City West. It was the city’s newly developed industrial park. All the large factories that were originally located within the city had been moved there in succession.

Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian stood at the empty roadside, waiting for the bus. There was only a bus sign to mark the bus stop, not even a shed to block the sun. Pang Qian kept turning back to look into the distance. There weren’t a lot of high-rises in the area, so the metal company’s new 20 plus story residential buildings was very eye-catching.

Pang Qian looked at the beige colored buildings under the sun. Those houses really looked pretty. And they had elevators. Gu Mingxi said that inside, the houses were all very large. When they were standing at the bottom of those buildings, they could see the park across the fences. There was even a stream in the park, and there were stones to create a mountainous feel. There were also lots of different trees. It was clear that the metals company had spent a lot of money to build the residential area.

But all of it already had nothing to do with Pang Qian.

Pang Qian didn’t understand how the company could be so ruthless though. It had the money to put up a new luxurious residential building, but it didn’t have any money to give to her dad?

From the TV and the newspaper, Pang Qian knew what it meant to get laid off. Her dad, Pang Shuisheng, entered the metals company when he was 18 years old. He worked there for 25 years, and originally, he thought he’d be like the other employees of a state-run enterprise. They would work until they were 60 and be set for a stable retirement. But since he was a specialist welder, he would have even been able to retire at 55 years old.

But now, he was only 43 years old. Because of all the years he worked welding, he had even gotten an occupational disease. He didn’t have education or any other experience. After losing this iron rice bowl (secure job), Pang Qian didn’t know what her dad would do in the future.

The rickety bus pulled up to the stop. Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi got onto the bus. She insisted on sitting in the back row, so Gu Mingxi could only silently follow her.

The car slowly headed towards the heart of the city. Pang Qian sat at the window, looking out at the bleak street. She couldn’t help but worry for Gu Mingxi, as she asked, “This place is so far away from the city. Gu Mingxi, how are you going to get to school in the future?”

It was also the first time that Gu Mingxi had gone there, but his sense of direction was much better than Pang Qian’s. He understood clearly that the new house was really very far away from downtown E City. In between the two places, there was even a stretch of countryside.

He definitely couldn’t ride his bike such a great distance. It was too dangerous. Gu Mingxi thought about it, “I have to take the bus.”

“Take the bus by yourself?” Pang Qian furrowed her brows at him. “You have to transfer buses. And the bus is always very crowded in the mornings. Will you be okay?”

“What else am I supposed to do?” Gu Mingxi asked, staring at her.

Pang Qian thought for a moment, but she couldn’t come up with any ideas.

Gu Mingxi asked, “About your dad and work, has something been worked out? Did he go talk to my dad?”

“I don’t know,” Pang Qian answered glumly. “My dad’s already been out of work for two months. I go to school in the day, so I didn’t realize. After the midterms, when I would stay at home, my dad would pretend to head to work every day. I don’t know where he ran off to on such hot days. If I hadn’t gone to ask him about the new house, he and my mom probably wouldn’t have told me about it.”