When Liu Jiu got home, she went to wash up first, and then she smelled the aroma of food.
Breakfast was made by Gu Ye and Bao Ni together. To celebrate the successful completion of the high school entrance examination for Liu Jiu and her classmates, they specially made hand-pulled noodles.
Gu Ye fried the meat sauce, and Bao Ni kneaded the dough and rolled out the noodles. All the vegetables in the yard were ready to eat: cucumbers with their blossoms and thorns still attached were washed and shredded; bok choy, scallions, spinach, cilantro... were washed and set aside; and juicy tomatoes were diced and sprinkled with sugar.
Wow, this breakfast is really good this morning!
Although Gu Xuanyi didn't run with all his might, he did run the three thousand meters, and his stomach was already growling.
The family of five all had big appetites, and they ate with great gusto. Bonnie glanced at the clean bowl, then at the child rubbing his stomach—it was truly unaffordable to raise them!
Gu Ye doesn't have summer vacation; he still has to work. Bao Ni thinks this kind of life is just right. He's not idle, but not too busy either, and he has enough money to spend.
"Mom, when are we going to Grandma's house?"
Sanqi misses his maternal grandmother, the sea, and seafood.
"We'll leave once your sister and the others get their results. We'll definitely be there before August."
Bonnie is homesick too. This time she can stay a little longer and come back before school starts.
"Second Aunt, when are you coming back? My brother said he'll be done with his work in a few days, and then we're going to visit my parents."
Gu Xuanyi also missed his parents. He chose not to leave with them back then and doesn't regret it now. However, a child's dependence on their parents is innate.
"If nothing unexpected happens, you should be back before the start of the semester, and we should be home around the same time."
Even someone as old as Bao Ni misses home and her parents, let alone Gu Xuanyi, who is only fourteen or fifteen years old.
The matter was basically settled, and as for Gu Ye, he could only stay at home by himself.
Time flies. After the middle school entrance exam results came out, Liu Jiu and Xuan Yi both passed and could directly enter the high school affiliated with their school. Xu Yi also passed; his English score made a qualitative leap, scoring 88 points, an improvement of 30 points.
It didn't matter how grateful the Xu family felt to the Gu family. Liu Jiu and San Qi were busy packing their luggage; they were going back to the island, the place where they were born.
The Gu brothers had already taken a car south a few days ago and arrived yesterday.
"Sister, I heard that Brother Nanfang got very high scores on the college entrance exam. He applied to Tsinghua University for computer science, which is said to be a very prestigious major."
Computers can do a lot of things; I've seen them in foreign magazines, they're amazing. However, I heard Commander Mu is very unhappy, feeling that Mu Nanfang's grades are good enough for the best military academy. Zheng Jun said, "Nanfang almost got a beating from his dad."
Sanqi is currently paying close attention to the college entrance examination and feels that she should learn about it in advance so that she can be well-informed and avoid filling out her application form incorrectly.
"Is that so? It's just for show. If they really wanted to fight, they would have done it when filling out college applications. Mu Nanfang is smart enough to know what he wants, and his father isn't a domineering person. It's all bark and no bite."
Although Liu Jiu felt that Mu Nanfang was a scoundrel and didn't seem like a good person, he was also a person with his own ideas.
Liu Jiu packed her luggage. She was leaving tomorrow to go back to the island. Nothing else mattered anymore.
The next day, Gu Ye drove the mother and her two children to the train station.
"Honey, you guys have a good time there. Don't worry about me. If you miss me, just come back."
Gu Ye was very reluctant to see Bao Ni and the others leave. When he returned home, there would be no one there, and it would be too deserted.
"hehe……"
Liu Jiu and San Qi sat in the back, listening to their father's coquettish behavior, and they really couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Bonnie reached out and pinched Gu Ye, saying, "Why are you making such a weird face? You'll make the kids laugh."
Gu Ye gave his wife a resentful look, then focused on driving. His wife felt embarrassed; she was really about to get angry.
As Gu Ye watched the train carrying his wife and child depart, his heart went with them. Unfortunately, he couldn't take a long leave and could only watch them go.
Gu Ye bought sleeper tickets. The mother and her two children found their seats, which were quite good; the upper, middle, and lower berths were all on the same side.
Bonnie put her things under the lower bunk. Sanqi said he would stay on the upper bunk, Liujiu on the middle bunk, and Bonnie herself would stay on the lower bunk.
The train had just started moving, and people were coming and going. Bao Ni and her two children lay on their bunks, waiting for the train to run for a while and for all the passengers to be settled before getting off.
"Hey little sister, can I ask you something?"
Bonnie was resting with her eyes closed when someone nudged her and she opened them.
Across from me was a middle-aged woman in her forties, slightly plump with a fair and chubby face, who looked quite kind.
"What's up?"
Bonnie was out with her child alone and didn't want to appear easy to talk to, so her tone was very harsh.
"Hey, sister, my daughter and I are with our grandson, so we only managed to get one lower bunk. It's inconvenient for her to sleep on the upper bunk with her child. Could we switch with you?"
The middle-aged woman smiled broadly, her face full of kindness.
"cannot."
Bonnie replied with just two words, not wanting to waste any more words with her. "It's inconvenient for your daughter to take care of the child, why don't you go to the upper bunk yourself?"
"Huh? What did you say, young lady?"
The middle-aged woman's smile slowly froze on her face, and her voice even became slightly distorted.
I said no.
Bonnie repeated it again with a cold face.
"No, sister, when we're out and about, we should all be considerate of each other. You look young and strong, much better than me with my weak body."
We're old and young, can't you have a little compassion and take care of us?
He has a very kind face, but the things he says are a bit unpleasant to hear. Isn't this blatant moral blackmail?
"Big sister, don't give me that nonsense, and don't try to morally blackmail me. I'm not going to switch bunks with you."
Bonnie's ruthless words shut down the middle-aged woman's words.
"The world is going to the dogs; people these days have absolutely no compassion..."
"That's right. She's so young, what's wrong with sleeping on the top bunk? If I were in the bottom bunk, I would definitely switch with this lady."
"Young people don't respect the elderly!"
...
Bonnie has seen many similar incidents. Back then, there was a long online debate about whether or not to give up seats to the elderly.
"Big sister, I have a bad temper and I know a little martial arts. If you're not afraid of provoking me and I'll hit you, then you can keep nagging here. If you care about your daughter, go to the upper bunk and stop talking nonsense."
Bonnie sprang up from the bed with a thud, her fingers cracking loudly.
Everyone, including the middle-aged woman, quieted down; no one was making a fuss anymore. Faced with absolute force, nothing else mattered.
Liu Jiu and San Qi secretly laughed in bed, watching their mother dominate the battlefield.
Bonnie had a comfortable journey; no one bothered her. Bonnie counted on her fingers—the bunk beds 69 and 37 were neatly arranged, clearly indicating they knew what they were doing.
The train arrived at the station, and Bonnie and her friends got off with their things. The bustling crowd and the familiar hometown accents made me want to cry.
Bonnie sighed from the bottom of her heart, "It's been so long, my hometown!"
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