On Saturday afternoon, before getting off work, Sun Yuqi found an opportunity to tell Teacher Zhang Xinguo that she was going to invite him to dinner at her home the next day, and also said that her husband would be waiting for him at home the next day. Zhang Xinguo had no choice but to agree and promised to come the next day.
When Sun Yuqi returned home in the evening, she told Grandpa Chen that she wanted to treat Teacher Zhang to dinner the next day, and Grandpa Chen was very supportive.
"Well, that's great. Regardless of whether it was arranged by the school or not, they've been teaching your students for nearly a month. We have to accept this favor, and treating them to a meal is only right."
The next morning after breakfast, Sun Yuqi asked Ye Mei to take care of the child at home, and she and her grandfather went to the market that her grandfather used to go to often and bought a lot of vegetables. At around nine o'clock in the morning, Teacher Zhang Xinguo brought his wife to Grandpa Chen's house.
Zhang Xinguo looked at his wife and smiled.
"The address Teacher Sun mentioned yesterday sounded familiar to me. I never imagined it was your brother's house!"
Teacher Zhang's wife was also at a loss for words. "I don't know who it is, but they just can't remember my mother's address all day long."
The two walked to the gate of Grandpa Chen's house and knocked. Soon they heard footsteps, and then Ye Mei's face appeared. Ye Mei was also stunned when she saw the face of Zhang Xinguo's wife. It took a long time before she asked.
"Cousin, why did you find yourself here? Are you looking for me?"
Zhang Xinguo's wife was also stunned when she saw Ye Mei. When she heard Ye Mei ask this, she didn't know what to say. While she was thinking about what to say, she heard Sun Yuqi's voice coming from the yard.
"Ye Mei, who is it?"
As he was speaking, footsteps were heard, and then Sun Yuqi appeared in the door. When she saw Teacher Zhang, she smiled and said.
"Teacher Zhang is here, please come in."
Although Zhang Xinguo was puzzled as to why his mother-in-law's niece was at Sun Yuqi's house, it was obviously not the time to ask this question, so he took his wife to greet Sun Yuqi and followed her into the yard.
Grandpa Chen was sitting in the yard. When he saw Zhang Xinguo and his wife, he didn't expect that they were Mrs. Ye's daughter and son-in-law, but then he smiled and said.
"Yue girl, it's been a long time since we last met."
Sun Yuqi looked at her grandfather, Zhang Xinguo and his wife strangely, somewhat confused. Grandpa Chen then told her the reason. It turned out that Zhang Xinguo was Grandma Ye's son-in-law, and the person standing next to him was Grandma Ye's eldest daughter, Pan Xiaoyue. However, she had been married for many years, and although she often came back over the years, they had never met during the time Sun Yuqi lived here.
Ye Mei now knew why her cousin came here. It turned out that the people Sister Sun wanted to invite were her cousin and her husband.
When Pan Xiaoyue saw Ye Mei here, she guessed that it was her husband's colleague who asked Ye Mei to help. In fact, she felt very sorry for her cousin's niece, but she herself was in poor health and had given her job to her daughter-in-law a few years ago, so there was nothing she could do to help Ye Mei.
At ten o'clock, Mu Jingran finally returned home from work, and the house suddenly became lively. Zhang Xinguo and his wife stayed at Grandpa Chen's house until two o'clock in the afternoon before leaving.
Mu Jingran smiled and said, "This world is really small. I never thought that Teacher Zhang from your school is actually Grandma Ye's son-in-law. However, his son-in-law is quite old. He looks much older than Aunt Ye!"
Grandpa Chen nodded after hearing this.
"Alas, the circumstances were special at the time, and your Grandma Ye had no choice. At the time, she was willing to marry her daughter to anyone who was willing to marry her. However, Pan Xiaoyue suffered a lot over the years. Later, she was implicated by Zhang Xinguo and was sent to the countryside. She didn't come back until the end of 1976."
Grandpa Chen only spoke in general terms about what happened at the time, but he didn't explain it clearly. Sun Yuqi and Mu Jingran didn't ask for details. Even if they didn't talk about the things that happened in those years, they roughly knew some of the reasons.
Time slowly entered the end of June, and the weather became increasingly hot. Little Mu Qingzhuo was already more than three months old, and would soon be four months old. He was already plump and white, and began to recognize people. Apart from Grandpa Chen and Ye Mei, he was now nicer to Sun Yuqi. He was completely unfamiliar with his father Mu Jingran, because every time Mu Jingran came back, it was already night, and the little guy was already asleep. In the morning, Mu Jingran would go to work before the little guy woke up. Sometimes he would not even see his father for two or three days, so Mu Qingzhuo basically did not let his father hold him.
Mu Jingran had many complaints about this, but there was nothing he could do. He was too busy with work and didn't even have much time to spend with his son.
The school is on vacation, and Sun Yuqi doesn't go out when she has nothing to do. Instead, she stays at home with her children. Ye Mei has more time to read. Now she reads mostly when Sun Yuqi is at home. If she doesn't understand something, she can ask Sun Yuqi. In this way, Ye Mei's reading speed has become faster. Although Sun Yuqi doesn't know much about business, she can still explain professional terms. After her guidance over this period of time, Ye Mei's progress is still obvious.
Hearing the knock on the door, Sun Yuqi put down the book in her hand, got up and opened the door, only to see Grandpa Mu and Grandma Mu standing outside the door, looking at Sun Yuqi with a smile on their faces.
Sun Yuqi hadn't expected the old couple to come over today. She had just taken her children to visit the two elderly people three days ago. "Grandpa and grandma are here, come in quickly! Qingzhuo is sitting on the ground playing!"
When Grandpa Mu and Grandma Mu entered the yard, they saw a small, chubby little ball sitting on a mat on the ground under a tree and playing. When the little guy heard footsteps and looked up, he saw the smiling faces of the two old people and immediately smiled, showing a few small teeth.
This smile immediately melted the hearts of the two old men. Grandpa Mu sat on a small stool near the mat with a smile on his face. He stretched out his hand and picked up the little guy, let him sit on his lap, and reached out to touch his little face.
"Qingzhuo, do you miss your great-grandfather?"
Mu Qingzhuo didn't answer, nor did he understand what Grandpa Mu said. He just smiled and stretched out his arm to hand the toy in his hand to Grandpa Mu. Grandpa Mu smiled but didn't take the toy. Instead, he grabbed Mu Qingzhuo's little wrist and shook it, making Mu Qingzhuo drool with joy. There was nothing he could do, the kid was teething now, and he drooled all day long. Even if Sun Yuqi prepared five sachets, they were not enough.
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