Chu Tian put the little girl in his arms on the ground and patted her little butt. "Le Le, go play with your little sister."

Li Jianmin saw this and quickly said, "Brother-in-law, I'll go with you."

"OK."

The two men walked to the backyard with kitchen knives and grabbed two rabbits from the rabbit pen. Li Jianmin spoke only after Chu Tian had slaughtered the rabbits.

"Brother-in-law, the chickens and rabbits in our yard..."

Chu Tian didn't wait for him to finish and said, "Don't worry, just leave them to us. After you leave, I will catch them and bring them to my house for you to raise. I will make sure they are still alive and kicking when you come back."

Li Jianmin smiled and shook his head. "No, I mean, you can kill and eat the chicken in our yard during the autumn harvest. As for the rabbits, hand in half of their tasks and eat the rest. Just keep the breeding rabbits."

Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "No need, we will help you slaughter them before winter comes, freeze them and keep them for you to eat when you come back in winter."

Li Jianmin grabbed Chu Tian's arm and said firmly, "Brother-in-law, please don't be polite with me. Over the past two years, Xiuli and I have been grateful to you and my elder sister for taking care of us. You also helped buy cement and bricks when we built the house. We will always remember this."

"Compared to the care you give us, these things are really nothing..."

"Oh well!"

Chu Tian understood Li Jianmin's character and knew that he must be sincere when he said that, so he did not continue to refuse. He just thought that when they came back, he could give them some mutton or something.

Early the next morning, Chu Tian borrowed a carriage from the team and took Yao Xiujuan and Lele to the train station. Xinxin and Pingping definitely wanted to follow, but they had to go to school, so they could only watch them go away reluctantly.

Everyone was talking and laughing on the way, because they all knew that they would be back in three months, so there was no reluctance to part. But when Lele saw Li Huaiyu being led to the train station by Li Jianmin, she was instantly overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears, pointing in the direction they disappeared, crying and shouting loudly.

"Dad, Mom, my sister is gone, my sister is gone..."

Chu Tian, ​​"..."

Yao Xiujuan patted her hands and said with a stern face, "Nonsense, my sister is fine. She went with her parents to visit her grandparents and great-grandfather..."

Lele covered her hand that was hurt by Yao Xiujuan's slap, and looked at Chu Tian with tears in her eyes, "Dad, sister..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Tian quickly covered Lele's mouth with one hand and smiled at Yao Xiujuan, "Children's words are not to be scrupled, children's words are not to be scrupled, Xiujuan, don't take it too seriously with her."

Yao Xiujuan glared at Chu Tian and said helplessly, "Brother Tian, ​​just spoil her! Sooner or later, she will become lawless!"

Chu Tian glanced down at the girl in his arms and said with a smile, "Nonsense, how could it be lawless? Isn't our Lele's hair growing well on top of her head?"

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Yao Xiujuan was so angry that she turned around and left.

Seeing Yao Xiujuan leave, Chu Tian quickly released his hand that was covering Lele's mouth and whispered, "Lele, don't say anything careless. Your sister is fine. You can't say she's gone, okay?"

Lele, with tears still on her eyelashes, looked at Chu Tian in confusion, "But, my sister..."

Chu Tian quickly said, "Sister just went home. She went home, just like you and your parents went back to your grandmother's house. Do you understand?"

Lele looked at Chu Tian for a long while before slowly nodding, "I understand..."

Chu Tian bent down and kissed her forehead, praised her as "good girl", and quickly caught up with Yao Xiujuan. He approached her and made a suggestion with a smile.

"Xiujuan, we finally made it to the city, it would be a shame not to go shopping. Why don't we go to the city supply and marketing cooperative and then have lunch at the state-owned restaurant here?"

Yao Xiujuan was not a person with a bad temper. Seeing Chu Tian say this, she just stopped and looked at him helplessly, and said in a compromising manner, "Brother Tian, ​​you really spoil the child too much..."

Chu Tian smiled and said, "I haven't spoiled them unconditionally. When it's time to teach them the truth, do you think I've ever spoiled them? Don't worry, our three children will definitely become sensible and reasonable people in the future."

Yao Xiujuan sighed, "Okay, okay, you are right."

Chu Tian was happy. He held his daughter in one hand and put his other arm around her shoulders and said, "Okay, let's go to the carriage first. Once we catch the carriage, we can go to the supply and marketing cooperative."

Yao Xiuli, who was sitting on the train, looked at the sleeper berth in front of her in surprise. "Jianmin, why did you buy a sleeper berth? Didn't my brother-in-law say that sleeper berths are not available for purchase whenever you want?"

Li Jianmin smiled, put his daughter in his arms on the berth, and then pulled Yao Xiuli to sit down, whispering, "Xiuli, didn't I tell you before that my parents work in the government?"

Yao Xiuli nodded, "Well, what's wrong?"

Li Jianmin explained, "My parents were able to work in the government because they had the ability, but the main reason was because of my grandfather."

"Because of grandpa? Why?"

Seeing Yao Xiuli's confused face, Li Jianmin understood that she had not grown up in such an environment, so she did not understand how important it was for them, the second or even third generation children, to bless their descendants. So he began to explain patiently.

"My grandfather, grandmother, and my great-grandfather all participated in the war and made great contributions. My grandmother and my two uncles died for the country, leaving only my father as the only child. So, after my grandfather retired from his position years ago, our country took care of my grandfather's only son and daughter-in-law, so my parents were settled in government units in Beijing..."

Yao Xiuli opened her mouth in surprise, and after a while she said, "So, you were able to buy a sleeper ticket just because of grandma and the others?"

Li Jianmin nodded. "I guess so. A high-ranking official at the train station was a former soldier of my grandfather's. He took good care of me when I was in the army, so my father just called him. When I came here yesterday, he made an exception and bought me two sleeper tickets."

In fact, he didn't say that his father is now the mayor of Beijing. Even if he doesn't have the relationship with his grandfather, it is easy for him to buy two sleeper tickets.

Yao Xiuli was silent for a moment, then asked doubtfully, "Then, since your family is so well-connected, why did you choose to go to the countryside? Wouldn't it be better for Grandpa to help you find a job through connections?"

Li Jianmin smiled and took Yao Xiuli's hand, gently squeezed it, and teased, "If I hadn't come, would I have met you, would we have Huaiyu?"

Yao Xiuli blushed and said coquettishly, "Be serious!"