Su Lan said, "Stop being so talkative. The journey is long, so be careful no matter what you do."
Lu Zhixia quickly bowed to her, "Okay, I already know, you've said it three times already."
Su Lan laughed, "Have I told you several times already?"
Lu Zhixia swallowed the dumpling in her mouth. "You told me this once when I got up to wash my face, then again when the food was set out, and now you're saying it again."
Su Lan thought about it and it seemed to make sense, so she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Lu Zhixia wiped her mouth with a handkerchief. "Did you make a lot of dumplings?"
Su Lan: "Yes! I specially brought you two boxes to eat on your way."
Lu Zhixia felt so happy at this moment. It felt so good to be remembered. She had already made a plan in her mind to buy more things to give to Su Lan this time.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. The food on the train isn't very good. But please don't pack it in a lunchbox for me; it's inconvenient for me to carry it back and forth. Just put it in a plastic bag!"
“Okay, I’ll pack it in a plastic bag for you,” Su Lan said.
Then she went outside to the cabinet and took out a new plastic bag for wholesale; the dumplings on the curtain had already gone cold.
Lu Zhixia finished the remaining dumplings on the plate, then took them to the sink to wash them and brought them back. She was leaving early to ask for leave for her child at school, so she needed to leave 20 minutes earlier.
Su Lan packed the dumplings and glanced back at the wall clock in the living room. Time always seemed to fly by during these partings.
Lu Zhixia went back to her room to change her clothes and then came out to tell Su Lan...
"The child will stay with the military for now. There's no other way. I'm afraid that woman will cause trouble. This is the only thing we can do now."
Su Lan said indignantly, "That bastard sent the child away and now he wants money from you? Did a donkey kick him in the head?"
Lu Zhixia couldn't help but laugh. "Sister Lan, your analogy is really apt."
Su Lan looked at her solemnly and said, "Be sure to send me a telegram if anything happens."
Lu Zhixia: "Don't worry! We will all come back safe and sound."
Su Lan turned around and wiped away her tears. "Alright, then I won't see you off. I'm afraid I'll feel sad!"
Lu Zhixia hadn't expected Lan Jie to cry, and it was best not to expose her at this point, so she cheerfully told her...
"Just sit back and wait to come back and get your share of the money! I'm leaving!"
“Go!” Su Lan replied.
Lu Zhixia went back inside to get her bag, then went to the stove and took the bag of dumplings.
As the sound faded into the distance, Su Lan couldn't help but come to the corridor and watch Lu Zhixia's figure grow smaller and smaller until it turned a corner and disappeared from sight.
"What's wrong with me? Why am I crying? I guess I'm getting old and can't stand parting anymore!"
Lu Zhixia took the bus to school, asked Teacher Wu for leave, and then chatted with Luo Yue for a while before taking the bus to the train station when it was almost time.
She and Zhou An'an agreed to meet at the train station entrance, and she saw her standing not far away as soon as she got off the train.
Seeing that the person had finally arrived, Zhou An'an quickly grabbed her bag and went over.
"Why are you so late?"
"I went to ask for leave from my child's school, which took a while."
Why do you need to take leave?
"It's a long story, I'll tell you on the train."
"That's fine. Let's line up to get our tickets checked now. The train should be here soon."
So they carried their bags into the train station, and just as they bought their tickets, they heard an announcement that the train had arrived.
So this group of people who bought tickets late hurriedly went to the ticket gate to have their tickets checked.
Fortunately, I got on the bus smoothly.
Zhou An'an took out a wet towel and wiped all the visible parts of the sleeper berth.
Lu Zhixia then wiped the table, and finding it quite clean, took out the bag of dumplings from her bag.
"These are dumplings?" Zhou An'an exclaimed in surprise, "You had time to make dumplings this morning? What time did you get up!"
“I didn’t wrap it, Sister Lan wrapped it,” Lu Zhixia said.
Zhou An'an, "You can introduce us next time."
Lu Zhixia said, "Sure! Come to my house for dinner sometime, and I'll introduce you two."
Zhou An'an quickly went out to wash her hands, came back, opened the bag, picked up the dumplings and started eating, complaining as she ate, "You have no idea, I was afraid of being late, so I came over without even having breakfast."
Lu Zhixia said, "Eat slowly, don't choke."
Zhou An'an wouldn't listen to advice and ate dumplings one after another, wishing she had more mouths to open, until she felt full. Only then did she slow down her eating, remembering that her child had asked for leave.
"Tell me right now, why do you need to ask for leave for the child?"
Lu Zhixia chose a comfortable position to lie down in.
“The child’s biological mother came looking for money from us. I was afraid she would harm the child, so I asked for a few days off for the child and will send the child back to school when I return.”
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