What? !

My youngest son is coming home in a few days?! And he's bringing his girlfriend along?!

"Xiaofeng, when did you get a girlfriend?!"

After a long pause, Qiao Jiuru finally came to her senses and excitedly pressed the other end of the phone for answers.

curious.

Excited.

"Mom, my girlfriend is my professor's grandniece, and she's currently a teacher at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou. We've met several times already, which is why we decided to come back together this time."

Su Feng gave his mother a brief report on his girlfriend Jin Zhu, hoping to put his family at ease.

“Her family is also from Kyoto. We came back together this time. Besides visiting my family, I also want to visit her family.”

Therefore, there's no need to prepare accommodations for Jinzhu at home. However, Su Feng felt a little nervous when he learned that he was also going to meet the Jin family.

"What time is your train?! We'll come pick you up."

Qiao Jiuru knew immediately that her youngest son's girlfriend's family must be extraordinary, and she took it very seriously.

It wasn't that she valued the other party's family background, but rather that it was related to the lifelong happiness of this youngest son, so she had to take it seriously.

"Mom, we haven't booked the train tickets yet. We'll call home when we're ready to leave."

Southern Military Medical University has also just started its holiday, but while others are on holiday, Su Feng, Professor Jin, and the others are still in the hospital and laboratory, so the holiday time has not yet been determined.

"Okay, okay, we'll wait for your call. Uncle Cai and his family are coming to Beijing today so we can spend time together. That's why we've been moving things around the courtyard on Gulou Street these past few days."

Qiao Jiuru told her youngest son about the arrangements for today. In addition to Cai Qing's family, Grandpa Feng and his grandson would also be spending the day with them.

Su Feng knew about the courtyard on Gulou Street; it was bought by his uncle for his younger sister. His uncle also bought him a courtyard on Andingmen Street, which he heard was larger than his sister's.

"Mom, Xiaofeng has a girlfriend?!"

After her mother hung up the phone, Su Ze immediately leaned over curiously and asked her something.

He heard everything, including the phone call his younger brother made, but he didn't hear the whole thing.

He wasn't the only one curious; Su Xingchen, Su Xinghai, and their grandfather Su Huaiyuan were also curious.

"Yes, she was introduced by his mentor. The girl is your brother's mentor's grandniece, and her family is also from Beijing. She is currently a teacher at Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou."

Seeing that everyone was so concerned about this issue, Qiao Jiuru told them the simple details of what her youngest son had told his girlfriend.

"Grandma, does that mean my uncle won't be coming back to work in Guangzhou anymore?!"

After hearing that her future aunt was also working in Guangzhou, Su Xingchen began to care about her uncle.

He thought his uncle would return to work in Beijing, and the family would be able to see each other more often.

Su Xinghai was also very concerned about this issue, looking intently at his grandparents.

"Grandma doesn't know either, it depends on your uncle."

Even Qiao Jiuru herself didn't know this. Of course, she hoped that her youngest son could return to Beijing to work. Even if the family couldn't see each other often, they would be in the same city and could see each other whenever they wanted.

However, the good news that Su Feng had a girlfriend still made the Su family extremely happy and excited.

In Su Huazhu's courtyard, two extra rooms were specially reserved, just in case she plans to register for marriage this time!

As a result, on the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Qiao Jiuru received a call from her youngest son, Su Feng, who told her that his girlfriend, teacher, and teacher's wife were taking the train back to Beijing.

The family immediately tensed up. Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan began preparing a gift for their future daughter-in-law, a gift for Professor Jin, and a gift for their youngest son when he visited his girlfriend's family.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Cai Qing's family also boarded the train to Beijing, arriving in Beijing a day earlier than Su Feng and his family.

Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan arrived at the train station on time the next day. The three of them waited for less than an hour before Cai Qing and his family of three came into view.

"Old Cai, Old Zhou, over here, we're here."

Su Huai waved vigorously and shouted loudly at his friend's family from afar.

"Uncle Cai, Uncle Cai, we're here."

Even Su Ze waved happily to Cai Qingyi's family, feeling overjoyed at the thought of spending time together.

Qiao Jiuru also waved to Cai Qingyi's family. The three of them were standing in such a conspicuous place that Cai Qingyi and his family could definitely see them.

Sure enough, Cai Min was the first to spot them. She had good eyesight and was tall, so she immediately saw Qiao Jiuru and the others.

"Dad, Mom, Uncle Su and Aunt Qiao are here to pick us up."

Cai Min quickly told her mother, who was standing next to her. After getting off the bus, she held her mother's arm tightly, carrying a large backpack and other things in her hands.

Zhou Meihua looked in the direction her daughter pointed and indeed saw people waving in their direction.

Cai Qingyi also saw it and quickly led his wife and daughter to squeeze over to his friend's family.

Su Ze quickly reached out to help Zhou Meihua with her backpack and also took the things from Cai Min's hands.

Qiao Jiuru also helped Cai Qing carry the things in his hands, while Su Huaiyuan reached out to help him carry his backpack.

Cai Qing didn't stand on ceremony with his friend's family. He happily took his wife's hand and followed his friend out of the train station.

After leaving the train station, Su Ze found two cars, picked up everyone, and headed straight for the courtyard near the Drum Tower.

"I heard you're arriving today, and Lao Feng and the others are staying here too. It's going to be lively now."

Su Huaiyuan told his friend the news with a smile, adding that he had prepared a lot of delicious dishes and it would definitely be a lively occasion.

"I'm really looking forward to it."

Cai Qing was in a very good mood, having put the matter of Haishi behind her ever since she boarded the train yesterday.

You'll find out when you get home.

Su Huaiyuan thought of the mutton, chicken, fish, seafood, vegetables, rice, noodles, and fruit they had prepared and took out from his space. He was sure they would want to eat more after they ate them.

Sure enough, when they arrived at the courtyard on Gulou Street, both Lao Feng and Feng Zilu were there.

Zhou Wanwan, Su Huazhu, and Lao Feng, along with the three older children, were already busy in the kitchen.

A long-awaited reunion.

Everyone was very happy and excited.

Old Feng and his two sons, Su Xingchen, Su Xinghai, and Su Feng, lived in the west wing. The three Cai families lived in the east wing. Qiao Jiuru and Su Huaiyuan lived in the main house. Su Ze and Zhou Wanwan lived in the west wing, and Su Huazhu lived in the east wing.

As for the guest rooms, they are the three-room rear-facing rooms, as well as the kitchen, bathroom, and living room.

"This house is nice."

Cai Qing pulled Su Huaiyuan along as Old Feng toured the courtyard house, and he was very satisfied.

It was crowded and lively.

There's a courtyard in the middle, but unfortunately it's winter now and it's snowing, otherwise we could have tea and chat in the courtyard, which would have been so pleasant.

“This house was bought for Huazhu by my older brother. It’s not far from the Forbidden City, which makes it convenient for us to visit.”

Su Huaiyuan was quite satisfied with the courtyard, though it was far inferior to the old Su residence, which was a large house with a courtyard and a half, but unfortunately it was confiscated and could not be recovered.

Cai Qing was unaware that Brother Su had returned, so he immediately began to inquire about it.

Su Huaiyuan also knew that he had relatives, so he told him in detail about his older brother and his brother coming back to look for their relatives.

"It's already quite good that you brothers can see each other again after a few years."

"Yes, I never expected my elderly mother to still be alive. Aru said that tomorrow is summer vacation, and our whole family will go to visit her in person."

"Of course, of course. I heard that you can go out now too."

"Yes, we also inquired about this policy with the relevant departments. We will apply in March and set off in early July."

"Did your older brother let your family leave?!"

“That’s the idea, but neither Aru nor I plan to leave. We feel that nothing is as good as home. The hardest times are over, and things will only get better from now on. We never thought about leaving before, and we don’t have that thought now. As for the children, Huazhu said she doesn’t have that thought either; she’s going to continue her postgraduate studies tomorrow. As for Suze and the others, we’ll let them see for themselves when we get there.”

"We'll have to go and see for ourselves what the noodles are like, and we'll know if they're suitable after a few days."

“If the children want to go, I, Aru, will not object, since I can afford to support them anyway.”

"Then let them go out and broaden their horizons."