After getting off the train, Tian Xingzhu carried her two small bundles; everything else had been mailed to Nanjiang County via the post office a few days earlier. This way, she would only need to stop by the post office to collect her packages after disembarking.
Concerned that she might have too much luggage to handle alone, Tian Xingzhu had sent a telegram specifically asking Qi Hongsheng to meet her at the Nanjiang County bus station around noon today. Although she had arrived in Nanjiang County at 8:30 AM, she had planned to keep Qi Hongsheng waiting until noon. She had a full itinerary for those few hours. Once off the train, she planned to take her small bundles to the post office to withdraw the 30,000 yuan she had wired from Beijing, then rush to the only bank in Nanjiang County to deposit it.
She did this to avoid letting Qi Hongsheng know she was in possession of such a massive sum. In this day and age, 30,000 yuan was an astronomical figure. Even though Qi Hongsheng was a relative, she believed that if he found out about this money, he might be tempted to do something against her interests. The temptation of such wealth was simply too great. Before she went to the countryside, her mother, Chu Baiying, had repeatedly warned her never to reveal that she had so much money.
Chapter 512