When they got home covered in sweat, Li Suyao had already brought back breakfast from the cafeteria. She didn't go to watch her daughter-in-law and nephew's long-distance running competition, but she heard from many family members who had watched the excitement on the way to get breakfast.
"Huaying, the hot water is ready, go take a shower first."
"good."
Yun Huaying had been sweating a lot this morning. Seeing breakfast already on the table, she said, "Mom, Xiaolin, Minmin, you have to go to work, eat first."
Li Suyao was about to go to work, so she nodded and said, "Okay, let's eat first, and then we'll go to work. You should have a good rest at home today. If you want to go out and play, you can ride Xiaolin's bike."
"Mom, today is my uncle's birthday. I'm going to the city to celebrate with him after breakfast. My aunt's parents also came to Jinling yesterday. They will go shopping today. I'm going to go shopping with them and come back in the afternoon."
"Oh, today is Shao Fan's birthday. You should spend the birthday with him and also wish him the best for us."
Li Suyao returned to her room after she finished speaking, and quickly took out a large stack of bills. She said to her, "Huaying, I have saved some overseas remittance bills and some other daily necessities. Take them to the Overseas Chinese Store and use them to buy a gift for your uncle."
"Mom, keep it for yourself. My uncle and his colleagues' salaries and allowances have all been paid out, so we have plenty of bills."
"My parents are busy with work and seldom go out shopping. Xiaolin and Minmin have quite a few tickets. Take these. If they are not enough, I will go and exchange some more with my colleagues." Li Suyao put the tickets on the table.
"Okay." Yun Huaying had no choice but to accept it.
Han Zhangping was already sitting at the table eating breakfast, and he also reminded her: "Huaying, it's a bit far to ride a bicycle from here, so you should ride slowly and pay attention to safety on the road."
"OK."
When Yun Huaying came out of the shower, Li Suyao and the others had already gone to work, but Han Zhangjiang hadn't left yet. He quickly took a shower, changed into his military uniform, and hurried to work.
Yun Huaying ate the remaining breakfast on the table, washed the dishes, went back to the room to get her backpack, locked the door, and pushed her bicycle out.
"Doctor Yun, let's go shopping for groceries. Do you want to go together?" Mrs. Zhao and her neighbors make an appointment to go shopping for groceries every morning.
"Aunt, I'll go shopping with you tomorrow. I have to go to the city today. It's my uncle's birthday, so I'm going to celebrate with him."
"Oh, it's time to go and accompany your elders on their birthdays," Mrs. Zhao said with a smile, and also reminded her, "It's quite far to the city, so ride slowly."
"Okay." Yun Huaying got on her bike and asked them, "Is there anything I can help carry?"
"No need for you to carry it. If we need to buy something special, we can take the commuter bus to the city." Mrs. Zhao said with a smile.
They didn't need it, so Yun Huaying didn't say much. She waved to everyone and walked away.
By the time she arrived at her uncle's house on her Wind Fire Wheels, her legs were sore. She had done enough exercise this morning. If she hadn't usually exercised in the space, her legs would have been useless today.
"Huaying, did you come here by bicycle?" Yun Jingmo showed a surprised expression when he saw her.
"Yeah, I rode for an hour."
Yun Huaying locked her bicycle at the door. Seeing that the house was very quiet, she asked him, "Are my uncles not home?"
"Dad, Uncle Meng, and Aunt Xiao are in the study. Mom took Grandpa and Grandma out shopping for groceries. Zhao Yan and Nan Xing are also there."
Yun Huaying followed him into the house and went to the study to find the elders first. After knocking on the door, she smiled and said, "Uncle, happy birthday."
“Happy birthday today.”
Yun Shaofan smiled. This year's birthday was the happiest day in all these years. The whole family was reunited and happy.
Seeing that her face was sweaty, he asked with a smile, "Why are you sweating so much so early in the morning?"
"I just came here by bike."
Yun Huaying put down her backpack and said to them with a smile, "I was exhausted this morning. I got up early and had a competition with Brother Zhe. It was a 3,000-meter race, and I lost by half a step."
"real?"
Four people, eight eyes, all widened.
"Of course it's true. All the leaders and soldiers of the Jinling Military Region testified to it."
Yun Huaying truly had a glorious defeat this morning, her smile particularly bright. "Brother Zhe is number one in the entire military region in running. Today, I was only slightly behind him. In the last twenty meters, I really pushed out all his primordial strength."
Yun Shaofan and the others all laughed. When she came to celebrate the New Year, she accompanied them to run in the morning. She was jogging at a steady pace at that time. They didn't know that her running speed could match Han Zhe's.
"You've run 3,000 meters and just cycled for an hour. Come sit down and take a rest." Yun Jingmo admired her physical strength and turned around to pour her tea.
Yun Huaying rested for a while, and when her strength was almost recovered, she called her uncle to go out alone, actually taking him to the space.
When Li Shutong and the others came back with their heavy baskets of vegetables, Yun Jingmo told them, "Mom, Huaying is here. She went out shopping with Dad."
"Hey, we were just on our way back, how come we didn't meet him?"
"They have been out for twenty minutes." Yun Jingmo didn't think much about it.
"Oh." Li Shutong put down the basket, asked her parents to sit down and rest, and took out the fried glutinous rice cakes from the basket. "I'm lucky today. I happened to find the glutinous rice cakes you like. Come and share them while they're still hot."
"Have grandpa and grandma eaten?" Yun Jingmo asked.
"Jingmo, we have finished eating. You guys should share the food and leave some for Shaofan and Huaying." Mother Li said with a smile.
Yun Shaofan was slaughtering pigs in the space at this time. He had sold a large batch of goods in Haicheng last time, and now there were only two or three pigs in the space that could be slaughtered. The rest were piglets. He chose a pig weighing more than 200 pounds to slaughter.
Yun Huaying was helping on the side, and the gray wolf family of three squatted beside them, drooling. When Yun Shaofan cut the fresh meat and threw it into the basin, they jumped over and grabbed it.
"Huaying, take these pig hearts and stomachs back home and make soup for your parents-in-law."
"good."
Yun Huaying brought a basin to collect the stinky pig intestines and stomachs. She was also responsible for dealing with them. Fortunately, there were machines in the space to assist, so cleaning was not very difficult.
After dealing with the pig, Yun Huaying went to catch a few chickens and ducks to clean up. After that, she made a cup of coffee for her uncle and baked a small jam cake for him in the kitchen.
She didn't plan to take the cake out for everyone to eat. It was not easy to fool her aunt and the others. Such exquisite Western desserts could never be bought in Jinling City. Taking it out would arouse suspicion, and she couldn't explain it, so she let her uncle eat it alone in the space.
After the cake was placed on the table, Yun Huaying also took out the small candles and lit them. Yun Shaofan followed her instructions, clasped his hands together, and made a birthday wish devoutly.
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