When Song Jin woke up from his nap, Chen Liang had already returned.
"When did you come back? Why so soon?"
"I just got back and have bought the tickets. There's a train tomorrow morning, and there are six of us, including my parents, my second brother and his wife, my fourth brother, and my two nephews. We can afford two sleeper cars."
"That's fine, that's convenient. Have you talked to Auntie Lan and the others?"
"I did. I just stopped by and told my parents and Aunt Lan."
Song Jin nodded, and Aunt Lan and the others lived in the small courtyard where Song Jin used to live for the next two days.
"Say, should I just sell my little yard? Even if we come back, we'll be here. There's no point in keeping that yard."
"That's fine. I remember you bought that house for two hundred. You cleaned it up well later. Now..."
Song Jin interrupted her: "Let Dad ask if anyone wants to buy it. I don't know the price in the village right now, so let's see what Dad says."
Because he was leaving tomorrow, Chen Liang went straight to find his father. When old man Chen heard this, he started to think about it.
Zhou Lin, who was standing next to him, became more interested after hearing this. After hesitating for a while, he finally spoke.
"Dad, Mom, Third Brother, I'm thinking, why don't the Second Brother and I buy this house? It's right next door to ours, and I think our two kids are getting older, so when they get married, they'll definitely have to consider a house. What do you think?"
The captain was a little tempted after hearing this. Song Jin had really cleaned up that yard very nicely, and it was right next door. Even if the second sons didn't want to live there, he could buy it for the fourth son.
The more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and he turned his gaze to Chen Liang.
"What your second sister-in-law said makes sense. Let's do this. Your mother and I will buy it. As for whether this house will be given to the second or fourth son's family, we'll talk about it later. We definitely won't need it for now.
As for the price, let's say three hundred. Xiao Song bought it for two hundred, and she cleaned it up, so it's really nice. This price is pretty average in the village."
Chen Liang didn't pretend that he didn't want money or anything like that. This was his wife's house, and he could sell it to his family.
However, it was the second sister-in-law who brought it up first. He looked at Zhou Lin.
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if Dad buys it. We are a family after all."
Zhou Lin thought that if the fourth child could get into college, he might not come back, and who would own the house then? Naturally, she would not stop him.
Moreover, her ideal price is two hundred, and she can't bear to spend three hundred. Although Chen Lin has saved some money after working in the past two years, he has to give part of it to his family, so overall it is not much.
Chen Liang went back to discuss with Song Jin. Three hundred was a bit too much, after all, no one had lived there for a few years. But Chen Liang had already agreed to it, so she didn't say much and just let Chen Liang do it.
They spent the rest of the time making some food that was easy to carry on the train.
The next morning, several people got up early and met up. The brand new bicycles, sewing machines, and radios prepared before the wedding banquet were all put into the space. When Wang Xiu asked about it, Chen Liang said that he asked a friend to ship them back. She didn't understand and didn't ask any more questions.
They found a tractor in the team and took them directly to the county train station. The train arrived at 9:30, and they arrived at 8:30.
Chen Liang wanted to take them to a state-owned restaurant near the train station for breakfast, but the others refused, insisting that they had brought the food in their bags and would eat on the train.
In the end, they had no choice but to buy a bag of hot buns and forcefully share them among the group. They ate them while standing at the station.
We arrived at the station at 9:30 during the holiday. Because it was a sleeper car, there were not so many people here and it was not too crowded. Chen Liang and Song Jin walked in front to lead the way to find the car.
Aunt Lan, Erya, Brother Chen, Sister-in-law Chen, two children, Xue Chenyang, several people were in one compartment.
The remaining team leader and his wife, Chen Liang, Song Jin, Song Zuo, and Chen Chen, six people in one compartment.
Fortunately, they were in adjacent carriages and very close to each other.
Except for Song Jin and Aunt Lan, who had already taken a train, it was the first time for everyone in the Chen family to take a train. Everyone was extremely excited, especially the two children.
The eldest was eight years old and the second was six years old. They were at the age of playing and kept running back and forth between the two carriages.
Song Zuo and Xue Chenyang were responsible for the safety of several people and also looked after the children.
The novelty lasted for a day, but then it became boring.
Fortunately, there were many people along the way, and everyone was able to chat, so time passed quickly.
A week later, a group of more than ten people finally arrived in Beijing.
There happened to be a direct bus stop near the train station, so Song Jin took everyone back by bus. It was quite lively along the way. There was nothing they could do because everyone was too curious.
Several people felt that their eyes were not enough.
About forty minutes later, everyone finally arrived.
When the Chen family members stood at the gate of the courtyard, they all had the same look of shock on their faces.
The captain and his wife looked at each other, and the same thought came to their minds: This kid is really a gigolo!
Once they got in, they never shut their mouths.
"Wow, this is where the emperor used to live, right? It's so big and nice."
"Mother, the Emperor doesn't live outside. He lives in the Forbidden City. This must be where the princes live."
Chen Chen continued, "This garden is indeed magnificent."
"Hey! You know a lot."
The two children had no time to talk anymore. The further they walked in, the more they felt like they had arrived in heaven.
After settling several people in the second courtyard, Chen Liang also officially moved into the Song Jin room in the third courtyard.
In the evening, Aunt Lan brought Erya, Song Ming and others to help, and refused to ask Chen Ersao and others to help. They prepared two tables of food, and everyone had their first reunion dinner after the wedding in Beijing.
It felt a little unreal that the captain and his wife slept in the main house in the second courtyard at night.
"Old man, what kind of luck is this for our San'er? I don't know what to say."
"You, we are both old. If you give us the child, we will continue. We each have our own destiny."
"Let's go back early after the banquet is over. I feel uneasy living here with my family."
"Don't overthink it. Xiao Song isn't a stingy person. She's very generous. Just have fun for a few days. When you go back, you'll be able to tell your old sisters about it after having been to the capital."
"Hahaha, that's right."
Chen Lin and his wife were also very uneasy.
"Daddy, this bed is so soft! I never thought I'd get to enjoy the blessing of having a third child one day. Do you think we can buy a house like this in this lifetime? No, let alone five yards this big, I'd be content with just one yard this big."
"I will work hard and make more trips in the future."
"That won't do. What if there's danger? I'm just envious. Luckily, I didn't disappoint the third child like my eldest sister-in-law did, so he has the opportunity to go to the capital. Let our son study hard and work hard to get into the capital, so that we can follow him and enjoy the good life."
Chen Lin had fallen asleep, leaving Zhou Lin to continue imagining the future.
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