It was already late when I returned to the small fishing village from my grandparents' house.
Because grandpa, grandma, second aunt and Li Qiufeng all lived in Jiangxia's house, Zhang Rui would not go back to the city. He had too little time to spend with Li Qiufeng. Whenever he had time, he just wanted to be closer to her to enhance their relationship. He said to Zhou Chenglei, "I will not go back to the city either. I will stay at your place tonight. Fourth brother, please arrange a room for me."
Zhou Chenglei: "There are no rooms left. You can go sleep at my second brother's place."
Zhang Rui was not picky. He would be able to see Li Qiufeng the next day anyway if he got up.
Having said that, Zhou Chenglei still arranged a room downstairs for Zhang Rui.
The next day, Zhou Chenglei got up at five o'clock to run, and so did Zhang Rui. When the two of them went out together, Zhou Chengsen next door also happened to go out.
Zhang Rui smiled and greeted him, then asked, "Second brother, you also have the habit of running?"
Zhou Chengsen: “Yeah.”
Zhou Chenglei: "He didn't have it before, but he has it recently because he is afraid that he will age too quickly."
Zhou Chengsen: “…”
He started running after he started dating Ruan Tang. He was several years older than her and was afraid of getting old too early and leaving her alone in this world.
Zhang Rui: "I remember that my second brother is only three or four years older than you, fourth brother?"
Zhou Chengsen emphasized: "He is only three years older."
Zhang Rui asked again: "Fourth brother, are you thirty after the New Year?"
Zhou Chenglei glanced at him coldly: "The point is not how old you are after the New Year, the point is how much older you are than your wife."
Zhang Rui: “…”
Run! You must run! Run for half an hour more every day from now on! So the three old men ran with all their might.
No one wants to lose to the other.
Everyone wanted to prove that they were still young and strong! So the fishermen who got up early and went out to sea saw the three of them chasing each other and running on the beach desperately.
At first everyone thought they were catching a thief!
Otherwise, why run so hard?
Later, when I got closer, I recognized Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengsen.
Zhou Chenglei has been running every day, and Zhou Chengsen has also been running every day recently. The villagers have become accustomed to it, but everyone is still attracted by the fighting power of the three today.
Finally, Zhou Chengsen was the first to give up. He really couldn't run anymore. If he didn't compete with the two of them who exercised every day, he would almost die.
Zhou Chenglei and Zhang Rui are still competing.
Ten minutes later, it was daybreak and there were more and more people on the beach. Zhang Rui chased until he was almost out of breath but still couldn't catch up. He was only one step away.
Zhang Rui stopped, bent over, bent his legs, propped his hands on his knees and gasped: "No more! No more!"
Zhou Chenglei then stopped and gasped for breath.
Zhang Rui was a little unconvinced. He trained every day but was still not as good as Zhou Chenglei, who had been discharged from the army for more than a year!
"Fourth brother, shall we compete again?"
Zhou Chenglei glanced at him calmly: "Are you sure?"
Zhang Rui: “…”
"uncertain."
Forget it, let’s not humiliate ourselves.
When the three of them came back, Jiang Xia had already gotten up.
Zhou Chenglei: "Why did you get up so early?"
"I'm going to make pickled bamboo shoots. I'm going to go downstairs to have breakfast first. The child isn't awake yet, so keep an eye on him."
After saying this, Jiang Xia hurried downstairs. After having breakfast, he went to the old house to teach He Xinghuan and Aunt Fen how to make sour and spicy bamboo shoots.
He Xinghuan and Aunt Fen also knew how to make this, so the three of them made two flavors each and saw which one tasted better and used that one’s recipe to produce it.
Jiang Xia said to He Xinghuan, "We need to order some large jars for pickling."
He Xinghuan: "I know someone who makes water jars and pots. I'll go and place an order."
Jiang Xia: "Okay, I'll order 500 first, and then I'll see how many bamboo shoots the Marquis can get."
Jiang Xia finished his work at nine o'clock, and then the family went to his uncle's house, had lunch and went home.
I started packing my luggage when I got home.
Zhou Zhou and Zhou Ying were very excited and learned to pack their luggage by themselves.
The two sisters will sleep together tonight.
Jiang Xia went upstairs to help them check their luggage and reminded the two sisters: "Don't bring too many clothes. Pack some thick clothes. Beijing is much colder than here. We will buy clothes when we get to Beijing."
Zhou Zhou asked Jiang Xia: "Aunt, is it snowing in Beijing?"
"It's not snowing now. If it snows now, the flights may be cancelled." Jiang Xia looked at the weather forecast and also called Zhang Fuyan to ask about the weather in Beijing.
Zhou Zhou: "Then let's not get off. Let's wait until we get to Beijing!"
Zhou Ying: "I really want to see snow, little aunt, can we see snow?"
Jiang Xia: "It should be possible. There seems to be a cold wave in the next two days."
Zhou Zhou: "I really want to get to Beijing as soon as possible."
Jiang Xia checked the two children's suitcases, gave them a thick sweater, and told them to go to bed early.
Zhou Chengsen came over at that time, and Jiang Xia asked him: "Second brother, what seafood did you prepare for the Ruan family? I have some abalone and sea cucumber, and some good fish maw."
As for other things, there are several boxes of bird's nests and some foreign liquors in the Jingshi Siheyuan, as well as some imported snacks such as chocolates. You can just get them in the Siheyuan when the time comes.
Zhou Chengsen: "No need to bring it, I have prepared it, it is enough."
The last time he sent Ruan Tang home and met her family, the people in the Ruan family were not very accepting of him.
But the Ruan family was a respectable family and they didn’t say anything unpleasant; they just expressed it in a very tactful way.
Zhou Chengsen could understand their dislike for him. It was not that they disliked him as a person, they just simply disliked the fact that he was a second marriage and had a child.
If Zhou Ying wants to marry a divorced man with children in the future, even if the other party is very outstanding, Zhou Chengsen thinks he will feel the same as Ruan Tang's family.
At six o'clock the next morning, the family drove to the city to meet up with Jiang's father, and then drove to the airport together.
Jiang's father is going to Beijing to visit an old friend.
Jiang's mother and Jiang Dong drove the two jeeps back home together.
Jiang Dong stayed at home to accompany his mother and did not return to Beijing until the tenth day of the first lunar month.
When they got on the plane, the Guangzongyaozu brothers, Zhou Zhou and Zhou Ying were all very excited.
The triplets were also very excited to have their older brothers and sisters on the plane this time. They were held by their older brothers and sisters and chattered with them. The younger sister excitedly patted the plane window.
I don’t know if she was introducing something to her brothers and sisters.
The triplets have taken too many flights. Sometimes they would wake up halfway through the flight, or they would not fall asleep before boarding the plane. As long as Jiang Xia or Zhou Chenglei sat by the window, they would hold them in their arms and look at the sea of clouds or the earth outside, whisper to them all the way, and try their best to coax them and prevent them from crying and disturbing others.
The plane was ready to take off. Jiang Xia, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang's father took the triplets back, and did not let the children hold them.
Zhou Zhou sat by the window, and Jiang Xia sat next to him. Afraid that Zhou Zhou would be scared when the plane took off for the first time, she held her sister in one hand and held Zhou Zhou's little hand with the other.
When the younger sister saw her mother holding her elder sister's hand, she also reached out to hold her elder sister's hand and spoke to her with "hmm" and "ah".
Zhou Zhou's attention was completely drawn to his sister, and he even forgot to be afraid. (End of this chapter)
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