"Miss..."

Xia Minmin vaguely heard the sound and woke up from her sleep. Xia's face was right in front of her.

"Phew... Xia, how did you get up here?" Xia Minmin slept on the top bunk, and it would be difficult for a child to climb up without an adult's help.

Xia pointed to Xiao Wu, who was protecting him below, and said, "My dad brought me up here."

Xiao Wu grinned and said, "Xiao Min, it's daytime now, so I'm leaving Xia Xia in your care."

After saying that, Xiao Wu lay back down on his bunk and continued to sleep. Xia Minmin looked at her watch and saw that it was only 4:30. She looked up at the roof of the train and thought to herself, "Heaven doesn't forgive anyone."

"Hey girl, play with me."

"Hey girl, play with me."

Xia's voice gradually grew louder, so she had no choice but to get up and take care of the child.

"Don't make noise, do you understand?"

Xia covered his mouth with his little hand and shook his head up and down.

Xia Minmin struggled to bring Xia down from the upper bunk. Her uncle was far too careless. Didn't he worry that the child would fall off the upper bunk?

He led Xia to the connecting area between the train carriages.

"Everyone is sleeping right now, shall we stand here and watch the sunrise?"

Xia is unusually obedient.

At 4:30 in the summer, the train passed through the open fields, where the plants were still covered with dew. In the distance, the horizon was ablaze with the red glow of dawn. The sun hid behind the clouds, gradually peeking out as time passed. Today was another hot day.

"Miss, the sun looks like a fried egg," Xia said, while rubbing her belly.

"Bear with it, it's not mealtime yet."

More and more passengers got up in the carriage. Xia Minmin took Xia back, and several adults had also gotten up and made their quilts.

While there was still plenty of time, the group took turns washing up, eating some bread they had brought on the bus, and then it was almost time to get off.

Every time Xia Minmin returned to the train station, her impression of it was different. This time, the station looked old and showed signs of use. There were scratches on the snow-white walls, and if you looked closely, you could see that someone had carved 'XX was here' on the wall.

The street outside the station is now well-established, with shops and restaurants galore, and there are many more taxis soliciting passengers than before.

We split into two taxis and arrived at the busiest street in the county center, where the county's largest hotel is located.

After entering the room, Li Chunmei looked around and inspected everything from the bed to the bathroom. "It's much better than I expected."

"It's only been open for two years, it can't be that bad." Xia Jianguo dragged two suitcases into the room.

"Luckily, I brought slippers." The slippers provided by the hotel were not disposable.

These past few days, Li Chunmei and Xia Minmin have been sleeping in the same room, while Xia Jianguo sleeps in the room next door.

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Xia Xiaomei knocked on the open door, "Second sister-in-law, have you put your luggage away? My brat is hungry again and insists on going downstairs to the breakfast shop."

Li Chunmei put down the four-piece bedding set she had taken out. "They're here. If you want to go down first, we'll be right there."

"Okay, then we'll head down first."

Li Chunmei, carrying a shoulder bag, knocked on the bathroom door. "Xiaomin, are you done yet?"

"immediately!"

Xia Minmin came out of the bathroom with wet hands, and Li Chunmei and Xia Jianguo were already standing in the hotel corridor.

Xia Minmin took the tissues handed to her by her mother, walked downstairs, and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar street.

To the right of the hotel are the most popular ladylike brands right now, with pink, blue, and all kinds of lace and frills. Luckily, I was born with bad luck in my past life, so I was able to stay away from the torment of these clothes, otherwise it would definitely be a dark history.

Xia saw the familiar figures outside the store and jumped up and down waving her arms, "Uncle, Aunt, big sister, I'm here."

Xia was kind enough to wait outside the breakfast shop.

"Miss, I ordered wontons and fried dumplings for you." Xia looked at her cousin as she walked up the steps, her expression utterly comical.

"Did Xia order food for her uncle and aunt?" Li Chunmei asked with ill intent.

"Uh...no!" Xia smiled awkwardly.

"What should we do? My aunt and uncle want to eat the food Xia ordered." Li Chunmei continued to put her nephew in a difficult position.

"Can I go now?" Xia asked cautiously.

Xia Jianguo ruffled his short hair, "Your aunt is just teasing you."

It was past nine o'clock, and there were only a few customers eating breakfast at the breakfast shop.

"Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law, you've arrived." Xiao Wu was carrying two plates of pickled vegetables when he passed by the door and happened to run into the group of people coming in.

"Let's go order first."

Xia Minmin and Xia Xia followed Xiao Wu back to their seats, where two bowls of wontons, two bowls of noodles, a plate of fried dumplings, and a basket of steamed buns were placed on the table.

When I got off the bus, I saw that the shop was full of customers having breakfast, and the waiters were running around clearing away the bowls and chopsticks.

"Second brother, when are we going back to our hometown?" Xia Xiaomei asked, putting down her chopsticks.

"We'll go back after we finish eating, and then we'll go upstairs to pick up our souvenirs."

"Rent a car or a minibus?" Xia Minmin asked.

Xia Minmin was familiar with the minibuses on this route; her entire six years of childhood were inextricably linked to this route.

"Renting a van or taking a minibus with a large group wouldn't be cheap either," Xia Jianguo said.

Xia Minmin held Xia's hand at the bottom of the building, waiting for the four adults to come down with their luggage.

Xia swallowed hard, looking at the refrigerator outside the supermarket. "Miss, can I have a piece of ice cream?"

"No." Xia Minmin refused his request outright. She had just eaten a hot breakfast, and eating something cold would definitely give her diarrhea.

"Please!" Xia grabbed her cousin's hand and shook it slightly.

The heartless Xia Minmin turned her head to the side, ignoring Xia's pleading.

"Hey sis, can I borrow your ice cream? I'll let you play with my remote control car."

"No, I'm not like you who likes to play with remote-controlled cars."

Xia hugged Xia Minmin's waist, rubbing her face against hers.

"Then I..."

Li Chunmei and her group carried the prepared gifts outside the hotel.

Xiao Wu couldn't bear to look at his obsequious son.

"Xiaomin, Xiaxia, we're getting ready to go back to our hometown."

Xia, dejected and dawdling, got into the taxi.

Li Chunmei patted his little head, "What's wrong? Did your sister bully you?"

"Auntie, I want to eat ice cream, can you buy it for me?" Xia blinked his big eyes.

"No, you don't want to. What did you promise last week?"

"..." Xia turned her head to the side to look at the scenery outside the car window.

Xia Xiaomei explained, "Last week, Xia used his pocket money to buy six ice creams in a row, secretly ate them all, and successfully landed himself in the hospital. To punish him, Xiao Wu and I decided that he can't touch ice cream this year, so everyone should not buy him any cold or icy ones."

Xia's ears turned slightly red when she heard about the shameful things she had done, and she tried to curl up into a ball.