After everyone had breakfast.
Lin Shu and Han Yan sent Lin Jianguo and Lin You to the car.
"Go back." Lin Jianguo said lovingly at the station, "Come back home when you have time."
Lin Shu nodded, her eyes slightly moist, and touched the head of her brother Lin You, who was still hugging her and crying sadly.
Seeing Lin Jianguo holding Lin You's hand as they got into the car, Lin Shu felt a pang of disappointment. They didn't know when they would meet again.
Han Yan put his arm around her shoulders.
Lin Shu leaned over gently, staring at the direction the car left for a long time without saying a word.
"Let's go back." Han Yan said after an unknown amount of time.
"Um."
The two went to the supply and marketing cooperative to say goodbye to Director Zhou. They were also going to the army.
Director Zhou was delighted at first when he saw the two of them, but then a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
"Are we leaving tomorrow?" he asked Lin Shu.
Lin Shu nodded and instructed, "Uncle Zhou, remember to take those medicines on time."
"I will." Uncle Zhou nodded quickly. "Don't worry about me. Remember to take good care of yourself. You're still too thin. You need to eat more..."
Lin Shu listened quietly to his chattering words of concern, and his nose felt sore.
Director Zhou seemed to notice that she hadn't said anything, so he paused and said embarrassedly, "Am I being too long-winded? I'm also inexperienced..."
After hearing this, Lin Shu felt even more sad.
She shook her head: "Okay, I remember everything you said."
"That's good, that's good." Director Zhou smiled happily, looking relieved.
Before leaving, Lin Shu gently hugged Director Zhou and called out, "Dad, take care of yourself."
Director Zhou seemed unable to believe it, his eyes wide open as he froze there. Then he said excitedly, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
Next, Lin Shu said goodbye to Xu Xiaoli, Grandpa Zhang, Xu Juan and Xiao Qiao one by one.
The next day, Lin Shu and Han Yan set off for the army.
Sitting on the train, Lin Shu looked out the window at the buildings receding as the train moved on. He felt a wave of emotion in his heart. It's true that all good things must come to an end.
"Are you tired? Do you want to take a nap?" Han Yan, who was sitting next to her, asked gently.
Lin Shu shook her head. She didn't dare sleep now, as she had to spend the night on the train.
She was just worried that she would get tired after sitting for too long. She had never been on a train for so long before, and it was hard to buy sleeper tickets on the train nowadays.
She looked curiously at the two empty seats across from her. All the surrounding seats were occupied, except for these two.
At this time, the flight attendant came over with a woman and two girls.
"Look, these two are your seats. I don't know what to say. I can't even find my own seat." She pointed to the empty seat opposite Lin Shu and said with a slightly dissatisfied tone.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble. This is my first time taking a train too." The woman said with an embarrassed smile all the way.
The two little girls huddled behind her thighs, quietly poking out half of their heads, but when they saw Lin Shu looking at them, they huddled back again.
The flight attendant said nothing more and turned away.
The woman struggled to stuff the two sacks she had brought under the stool, then carried the two little girls to the seat near the window. She sat down, looked around curiously, and touched the stool.
Afterwards, she cast her gaze on Lin Shu and said with a smile, "Girl, you are so beautiful."
Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."
The woman smiled even brighter after hearing this, and turned to the two little girls beside her and said, "Call me sister."
"Sister." The older girl immediately shouted.
The younger girl seemed to be shy, so she leaned behind the older one and called out softly, "Sister."
"And uncle." The woman pointed at Han Yan next to her and said.
The two little girls shouted again: "Uncle."
Lin Shu saw that Han Yan's expression didn't change, but he was keenly aware that something was wrong with his mood. He smiled secretly and quickly said to the woman, "She is my husband."
"Ah." The woman opened her eyes wide, as if she couldn't believe it, and then said cheerfully, "Girl, you look too young, you don't look like you're married at all."
"We just got married," Lin Shu said, pulling out a few pieces of wedding candy from his pocket and handing them to the woman and the two children. These were the candies Aunt Liang had stuffed into her hands before she left.
"No, no." The woman waved her hand quickly to refuse.
The two little girls saw that the woman didn't take it, and although there was desire in their eyes, they didn't take the candy.
"This is our wedding candy," Lin Shu said, glancing at Han Yan. Most people wouldn't refuse wedding candy.
When the woman heard this, she accepted it readily: "Thank you, and congratulations on your wedding."
The woman shared the candies with the two little girls and said, "Hurry up and thank your uncle and aunt."
"Thank you, uncle and aunt." The two little girls said in unison, their faces full of joy.
Lin Shu felt the atmosphere around Han Yan become more cheerful, and he felt happy. This person...
Next, the woman kept talking to Lin Shu.
"My last name is Zhou, you can just call me Sister Zhou," said the woman.
Lin Shu smiled and nodded: "Sister Zhou."
"These are my two daughters. The older one is called Xiaocao, and the younger one is called Xiaohua."
Lin Shu almost couldn't help laughing. He glanced at the two little girls and nodded.
The two little girls ate their candies and looked at her curiously.
"I'm uneducated, so I just gave them random names. I'll let them change their names when they start school." Mrs. Zhou continued, "If it weren't for that old bitch—"
Mrs. Zhou immediately stopped talking, glanced at Lin Shu sheepishly, and changed the subject: "This time I'm going to the army to find my husband. Where are you going, girls?"
"We are going to the army too." Lin Shu responded to her question and took the orange that Han Yan had peeled and handed to her.
He bought this specially for her, saying that it could help her wake up when she ate it in the car.
"Which unit are you going to?" Mrs. Zhou asked hurriedly.
Lin Shu told her.
"That's great." Mrs. Zhou clapped her hands happily. "It was my first time going on a long trip, and I was so scared. Now that I have a girl with me, I'm not afraid at all."
Lin Shu laughed. She actually had a slight liking for this sister-in-law she had just met.
She looked carefully at their clothes. Although their clothes and pants were old and even faded, they were clean.
Although the conditions were not good, people were not afraid or greedy. The same was true for the two little girls.
Soon it was around four in the afternoon, and some food trucks had already started selling boxed lunches.
If it's later, the train will be dimly lit and it will be inconvenient to eat.
"Do you want to eat now?" Han Yan asked.
Lin Shu nodded. Eating in the dark late at night was indeed inconvenient.
They ordered two servings. Unlike the previous dish, this time it was pork slices with green peppers.
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