Dazhu cried out in injustice, "Dad, how could I possibly want it? I said I don't want it..."

Chu Min nodded. "Your aunt Xiuli asked for two, and you only gave her two?"

Dazhu was stunned for a moment, then nodded blankly, "Ah, yes, she said she wanted two..."

Chu Min looked at Dazhu helplessly, turned around and was about to call Zhang Ping, but before he could say anything, he saw Zhang Ping coming out with a small basket.

"Dad Dazhu, there are still a dozen eggs here. Can you ask Dazhu to deliver them?"

"I heard from grandma a few days ago that Xiujuan had a difficult pregnancy. She vomited every day and couldn't eat anything. Now that my little brother is away, it's our responsibility as his wife to take better care of Xiujuan."

Chu Min nodded with satisfaction, "You are right."

After saying this, he glanced at Dazhu, thought for a moment, and then shouted to Si Ya who was squatting beside the vegetable patch doing something unknown.

"Si Ya, go take these eggs to your Fourth Aunt."

Si Ya uttered an "Ah," then stood up and ran to Chu Min. She took the small basket from her mother's hand and shouted, "Dad, Si Ya will take it there right away."

Chu Min waved his hand and said, "Come back after you send it off. Don't eat at your fourth uncle's house again."

Si Ya carried the basket and said without turning her head, "Dad, Si Ya knows."

Mrs. Chu was picking vegetables in the yard at this time. Seeing Si Ya coming over with a dozen eggs, she asked in confusion, "Si Ya, why are you bringing eggs?"

Si Ya placed the basket at Old Lady Chu's feet and said, "Grandma, my parents asked me to bring this."

Mrs. Chu was stunned for a moment. "Why did your parents ask you to deliver eggs?"

Si Ya shook her head, "I don't know."

After saying that, Si Ya looked at Xin Xin who was helping Old Lady Chu pick vegetables and called out, "Sister, let's go out and play?"

Xinxin raised her head and looked at Old Lady Chu. Seeing this, Old Lady Chu smiled and said, "Go ahead, play at the gate, don't run around."

Upon hearing this, the two children held each other's hands and ran out.

Seeing Pingping still squatting there, picking leaves from a small cabbage, Mrs. Chu smiled and asked, "Pingping, aren't you going to play with the sisters?"

Pingping shook her head and said obediently, "No..."

When Yao Xiuli finished making the noodles, she saw the eggs in the basket at Old Lady Chu's feet and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, Grandma Chu, where did these eggs come from?"

Old Madam Chu replied without even looking up, "Ah, it was Si Ya who brought it over just now. She said your brother Chu Min asked her to send it over."

"I don't know why Chu Min asked Si Ya to bring eggs..."

Yao Xiuli was stunned for a moment, then explained that she had borrowed two eggs today.

Mrs. Chu thought for a moment after hearing what she said and said, "It's okay, don't worry about it, just accept it. Chu Min is your eldest brother-in-law's brother. If a brother gives a few eggs to his younger brother, just accept it with peace of mind."

"As for the rest, it's all about your brother-in-law and Chu Min."

Yao Xiuli said, "Okay, then I'll go make dumplings..."

Inside the Chu family's old house, Chu Jun's new wife, Yu Zhen, finished wrapping dumplings and dusted the flour off her hands. As she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Chu Jun washing his face in the yard. After a moment's thought, she said, "Brother Jun, make two bowls of dumplings first. Let Mom eat one first, and send one to Grandma. As for us, let's eat them when we get back, okay?"

Chu Jun had a smile on his face and his voice was particularly gentle, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Then he shouted to Daya who was watering the vegetable garden, "Daya, stop watering. Take your sister Xiaoni to wash her hands. Let's go take dumplings to your great-grandmother."

Daya responded, "Hey, I'll go right away."

"Xiao Ni, go wash your hands with your sister, okay?"

The little girl nodded obediently, "Yeah"

When Yu Zhen married Chu Jun, she brought her young daughter Xiaoni with her. The little girl was young, only a few months older than Pingping from Chu Tian's family, and was only two years old now. Because she was young, she was a little scared when she first arrived at Chu Jun's house. But because Daya was a gentle girl and he was patient with her, the little girl became close to Daya in just two days, and would stick to her whenever Daya was not in school.

Chu Jun watched Xiao Ni follow Daya closely, and said to Yu Zhen, who was about to make dumplings, with a smile, "Xiao Ni and Daya look as close as real sisters."

Yu Zhen pursed her lips, with a faint smile on her face, "Aren't they sisters now?"

Chu Jun was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile, "Yes, you are right, they are sisters."

"Our little girl is still young. When she's a few years older, I'll send her to school."

Yao Xiuli saw Chu Jun and his family of four out of the yard before returning to the main hall. Looking at the large bowls of dumplings on the table, she couldn't help but smile, "What a coincidence! Every family is making dumplings today!"

Old Mrs. Chu also laughed, "Yeah, it's not a festival, who knew they were still making dumplings..."

Yao Xiujuan picked up a vegan dumpling made by Yao Xiuli and slowly began to eat it. After a while, she slowly said, "I see that Sister-in-law Yu Zhen and Big Brother seem to get along well. Big Brother is smiling a lot more..."

Old Madam Chu nodded. "Yes, the girl she brought with her is also very close to Daya. If you don't tell me, you would think they are sisters."

Xinxin swallowed the dumplings in her mouth and said innocently, "Grandma, she's not called girl."

Mrs. Chu was a little slow to react, "What?"

Xinxin repeated, "Xinxin said she's not called girl, she's called Xiaoni. She's older than her brother, and quieter than him!"

Mrs. Chu reacted and put two more dumplings in Xinxin's bowl. She smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Grandma forgot. Our Xinxin is really smart."

Pingping swallowed the dumplings in her mouth and said, "Sister, you are smart."

Xinxin patted Pingping's head happily, "Good boy, little brother."

Yao Xiujuan laughed, "Pingping is Xinxin's flatterer. He always thinks his sister is the best."

Mrs. Chu smiled and touched Pingping's little head, "It's better for Pingping to be close to her sister..."

As she spoke, Old Madam Chu watched Yao Xiujuan put down her bowl and chopsticks, frowned, and said, "Xiujuan, you don't want to eat anymore?"

Yao Xiujuan stood up and slowly shook her head, "No, I can't eat anymore."

Mrs. Chu nodded and said, "Okay, you can talk to me when you're hungry tonight."

At noon the next day, Chu Tian and Zuo Zhuang finally returned to Urumqi. Chu Tian did not return to the regiment. When passing by the Seventh Company, he got off the car directly and asked Zuo Zhuang to drive the truck back to the regiment's transport team. He then went straight home.

Chu Tian carried a bag of sheep he bought in Barkol, Hami, on his back, and two bags of apples he bought in Aksu last autumn in his hands, and walked towards home.

"Chu Tian, ​​you're back?"

"yes···"

"Brother Chu Tian, ​​where did you go this time?"

“I went to Hami…”

"Oh, Hami? That's far away."

"Yeah, it's not close..."