Chapter 351 Departure, Heading to Shanghai!
Little Tian Tian loves this little backpack that Grandma Yao embroidered with the words "Strive for Progress Every Day".
After starting second grade, the little backpack became too big for him, so he had to switch to another backpack that Yao Shula bought for him.
Little Tiantian washed her little schoolbag clean and put it away neatly by herself.
"Brother Shuli, I still remember when I came back, I made a fuss with my older sister that I wanted the same schoolbag as everyone else. My older sister had no choice but to go and buy me one that afternoon."
"Back then, wasn't I quite a troublemaker?" Little Tian thought back to when she first started elementary school.
Yao Shuli snorted.
“You’ve been causing trouble all along, not just back then! Ever since you came to our house, you’ve wanted to do everything the same as us.”
Even when we're eating pagoda-shaped candies, you have to come and watch.
"Back then, we really couldn't do anything with you." Yao Shuli shook her head as she packed her clothes.
Xiao Tiantian was a little embarrassed.
When I was little, I was quite clingy; I always had to pester my older sister.
Xiao Tiantian continued packing her things.
The little jacket Grandma made for me, the sweaters my sisters-in-law knitted for me, the insoles Grandma made for me, the hats my cousins bought for me, the toy gun, the various Luban locks my uncle made for me, and two pairs of purple underwear...
One is smaller, which I wore when I was six or seven years old, and the other is what my second sister wore when she took the college entrance exam...
Xiao Tiantian can't bear to throw away any of his things; to him, they are all proof that everyone loves him!
Xiao Tiantian suddenly felt a little reluctant to leave Yun County.
Actually, my older sister is just like him; she can't bear to leave everything in Yun County, and she can't bear to leave her family and friends here...
Watching Xiaotian carefully stuff all those things into a suitcase, Yao Shuli thought for a moment and then said, "Tiantian, you're a big kid now. Look at how tall you are..."
She's almost as old as the eldest sister.
Wow, you've grown so fast this year! Everyone else seems to grow taller with each growth spurt, but it feels like you've grown wildly!
The more Yao Shuli looked at Xiao Tiantian, the more she felt that her older sister must have secretly fed Xiao Tiantian something, otherwise how could she grow up so fast!
Not only has her chubby face lost some of its fat, but she's also grown taller all of a sudden...
He always chuckles. Although he's grown taller, his eyes are still the same as when he was a child. He puts his eldest sister first in everything, and everything she says is right.
"Yeah, my older sister tells me every day that I need to eat lots of food so I can grow tall. She says that as long as a guy is tall, he'll be good-looking!"
Yao Shuli snorted, "No matter how tall he is, he's not as tall as me."
"Tian Tian, why do you listen to my older sister so much? Sometimes I find it strange, it feels like you're the older sister's real brother," Yao Shuli couldn't help but ask.
Xiao Tian thought about this question...
"I don't know either. Maybe I was my older sister's younger brother in my past life! But I was reincarnated into the wrong body in this life and couldn't be my older sister's younger brother."
I don't know why, but I just have this feeling that I should be good to my older sister, listen to her, and listen to her for the rest of my life.
It seems like I owe my older sister something... the kind of debt I can never seem to repay.
"Brother Shuli, tell me, shouldn't I have always been part of your family?" Xiao Tiantian asked Yao Shuli, looking up at him.
Yao Shuli thought for a moment...
Most likely! It's not just that Xiao Tiantian is good to his older sister and only has his older sister in his heart. It seems that his older sister is also very good to Xiao Tiantian. Apart from the few times when Xiao Tiantian caused trouble and had to be beaten, his older sister really treats Xiao Tiantian like her own younger brother!
"Maybe! Alright, don't think too much about it! We'll take care of everything, Big Sister! When we get to Shanghai, we'll still listen to Big Sister as always."
"I can't make my older sister angry." Yao Shuli continued packing.
Little Tiantian nodded as well.
"Yes, that's right! As long as my eldest sister is here, that's all that matters. Home is wherever my eldest sister is, no matter where we are!"
...
Yao Shula packed her things and took all the money in her house to Shanghai.
Before leaving, she originally wanted to leave some money for Grandma Yao, but instead of leaving any, Grandma Yao stuffed two hundred yuan into her hand.
“We need to be frugal when we travel. You’re taking Shuli to school with you, and we’ll need money for everything. How can Grandma take your money?”
Here, Grandma has some money left, take it with you.
Furthermore, although the Lei family is a prominent family in Shanghai, one cannot rely on them for everything.
If you ever need money... call us back and we'll help you out, okay?
"If things get tough in Shanghai, come back. We'll take care of you here in Yun County!" Grandma Yao added, reminding Yao Shula of a few more things.
Yao Shula agreed to everything.
Uncle Shu, with red eyes, gave a lot of instructions.
On the morning Yao Shula and the others left, Uncle Shu and his family came to see them off.
Watching Yao Shula and the others get into the car, Uncle Shu felt a mix of emotions.
Reluctance, joy, worry, and anticipation...
Uncle Shu talked to himself more than once.
My dear sister, Shura took great care of our younger siblings. Now they're all doing well and have gone to Shanghai...
If you were alive, you would be happy...
...
The journey was bumpy, but now it's been eight or nine years, and the roads are much better than they were in the early 1980s.
This was the happiest time Xiaotian had ever been on a bus ride.
Lei Jingwu was driving, Yao Shula was in the passenger seat, and Xiao Tiantian and Yao Shuli were in the back seat.
Xiao Tiantian takes out something to eat every now and then, and then takes out something else to eat every now and then.
Or he would lean on Yao Shula's chair and talk to her.
"Tian Tian, let your older sister rest for a while. She spent the whole night packing her things."
There's a Walkman and some cassette tapes in the back seat, feel free to listen to some music! The tapes are all from Hong Kong and Taiwan, listen to whatever you like! Lei Jingwu said.
After saying "oh," Xiao Tiantian went to get the Walkman that was placed in the back seat, which Lei Jingwu had prepared for the two of them.
Xiao Tiantian flipped through the cassette tapes again and finally found a Teresa Teng cassette tape and put it in.
"Let's listen to the song of my brother's goddess!"
Lei Jingwu...
As Teresa Teng's singing voice drifted out, Yao Shuli couldn't help but ask.
"Why is she called a goddess? Are there any male gods?"
"Yes! If there are goddesses, there must be gods! Brother Shuli, do you know who gods and goddesses are?" Xiao Tiantian asked, shaking his head.
"Who is it?" Not only Yao Shuli was curious, but Yao Shula was also a little curious.
"Goddesses and gods are the kind of people you see and immediately know you'll never have anything to do with them in this lifetime!" Xiao Tiantian said proudly.
The other people in the car...
That's brilliant!
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