Hearing Sun Yuqi say this, Grandpa Mu was a little moved. After all, it had been so many years since they left Northeast China and returned to Beijing, but the old couple had hardly gone out. At that time, they had just returned to Beijing and were waiting for work arrangements from their superiors, so it was not convenient for them to go out again. Later, when they started working, they had even less time. Then came the weddings of their two grandsons. They were so busy that they lost interest in going out.
Now both of them have retired, and their grandson and granddaughter-in-law can also earn money, so they are not short of money. Why not follow Yuqi to the Central Plains city during the winter vacation and see their grandson by the way, Grandpa Mu said when he thought of this.
"Yuqi, just do as you say. There's still more than a month until your vacation. Then we can go visit Jingran and see where she works."
The matter was settled, and the family sat for a while after dinner before going to rest. The weather was getting cold, and although the kang was already heated in the house, they were still used to going to bed early at night.
Time passed quickly and it was January 1987. On January 14th, Sun Yuqi took her grandparents, Mu Qingzhuo and Mu Qingzhou on a train to Zhongyuan Province. After a day, the train stopped at the railway station in the capital of Zhongyuan Province. Because she was carrying two children, Sun Yuqi had to carry a lot of luggage. Fortunately, although her grandparents were old, they were in good health, so Sun Yuqi handed the two children to the two old people, and she got off the train with the luggage.
Mu Jingran knew a few days ago that Sun Yuqi would bring the elderly and children here to visit him, so he had been keeping an eye on the train coming from Beijing. After receiving the confirmed news, he sent his driver to wait at the train station.
Xiao Huang was originally Mu Jingran's driver when he was working in Beijing. However, when Mu Jingran was transferred to Zhongyuan Province for work, he asked Xiao Huang. Xiao Huang also got used to being Mu Jingran's driver, so he followed him to Zhongyuan Province. At this time, Xiao Huang was waiting for Sun Yuqi and others to arrive at the station.
"Sister-in-law, here!"
Sun Yuqi noticed Xiao Huang when Xiao Huang called her. It was her grandparents who were walking towards Xiao Huang. Xiao Huang hurried forward and took the luggage from Sun Yuqi.
"Sister-in-law, the leader is in a meeting and I really can't come. Let me apologize to you."
Sun Yuqi took Mu Qingzhou's hand and said, "Why apologize? Work is more important. We are all adults and we don't need him to come pick us up in person. It's okay. Just drop us off at our place and go back to work!"
The group left the station and stopped in front of a car parked on the roadside. Xiao Huang walked forward and opened the door.
"Sister-in-law, grandpa and grandma, please get in the car! I'll take you to the leader's home."
Central Plains Province is located south of Northern Province, and its climate is quite similar to Northern Province's. However, during this cold season, Central Plains Province is not as comfortable as Northern Province. Because Northern Province is relatively far north, homes also have kangs and stoves for heating, while in Central Plains Province, some places do not have kangs for heating in winter. Fortunately, the capital of Central Plains Province still has heating equipment.
The car stopped in front of a residential building. In front of the building was a row of small second floors. According to Mu Jingran's social status, he lived on the second floor. This was also the reason why Sun Yuqi agreed to bring the two elderly people to Zhongyuan Province. If they lived in a residential building, it would be very inconvenient for the two elderly people to go up and down. Now that they lived on the second floor, Sun Yuqi didn't have to worry.
As they entered the second floor, Xiao Huang said.
"Sister-in-law, the leader has already made arrangements. There's a room on the first floor for the grandparents. You, the leader, and the children will live in the two rooms on the second floor."
Sun Yuqi nodded, and first arranged a room for the two elderly people, letting them lie down and rest. Then she took the children to the second floor. Xiao Huang moved the luggage in and drove away.
Sun Yuqi asked Mu Qingzhuo and his younger brother to sit in the living room downstairs and play, and told them not to run around. Then she began to clean the entire room. She was busy until the evening, and then she heard Mu Qingzhuo's voice coming from the living room.
Sun Yuqi went out and looked down the stairs and saw Mu Jingran standing in the living room talking to Mu Qingzhuo and Mu Qingzhou.
Seeing Sun Yuqi appear, Mu Jingran smiled and said, "It's too late tonight, and I forgot to prepare some dishes. But I asked Xiao Huang to tell the canteen about it. Let's go to the canteen for dinner later!"
Sun Yuqi didn't have any thoughts. After getting off the train today, she had to clean up again when she got home. Although she wasn't tired, she didn't want to move anymore.
After dinner, Sun Yuqi returned home and put the two children to bed. Then she returned to the house. Mu Jingran was half leaning against the headboard reading a book. When he heard footsteps, he suddenly raised his head.
"I didn't expect that Mu Qingzhou would follow along?"
Speaking of this, Sun Yuqi laughed.
"Well, he's used to living with his brother. He doesn't want to be separated from him. Now your sister-in-law is jealous of me, saying that this son was born in vain and lives with us all day long. If I hadn't moved back to my grandfather's house later, I guess Mu Qingzhou would have forgotten his mother and would have been calling me mom all day long, just like Qingzhuo!"
Mu Jingran smiled when he heard about the little guy. "That's good too. In today's situation, each family can only have one child. The two little ones will grow up together and have a better relationship in the future. The Mu family still needs them to continue!"
After changing into pajamas and lying on the bed, Sun Yuqi and Mu Jingran talked about what had happened at home since he came to Zhongyuan Province. Mu Jingran frowned when he heard that Shen Qingrou had gone to Beijing again.
"It seems that your biological mother hasn't given up on you yet. So what exactly made her want to recognize you now?"
Sun Yuqi was stunned when she heard this, and then she looked at Mu Jingran.
"Do you know something?"
Sun Yuqi knew that although Mu Jingran had left the military, his connections from those years were still there, and some of them had gone abroad and made contributions to the country.
Mu Jingran hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.
"When I first came to Zhongyuan Province, I met one of my former comrades. He has retired now, but hasn't there been a trend of going abroad in the past two years? So he went abroad, and just when I got here, he came back, so I asked him to help me check what the Shen family has been doing in the United States over the years."
Mu Jingran looked at Sun Yuqi and continued, "The Shen family in the United States is now a hollow shell. They wanted to take over the property of the family that Shen Qingrou remarried into, but they failed. Now they are suppressed and can no longer make any waves."
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