Chapter 197 Little Bun
During the Chinese New Year this year, Xiao Dingkun had already discussed with Fubao and decided to take Fubao back to Pingxi Village to celebrate the New Year.
Early in the morning, Xiao Dingkun started packing his things, and Nuannuan and Ruirui also began to help their father pack, like two little adults.
Nuannuan and Ruirui are five years old this year. They are twins born to Fubao after he returned from studying abroad.
At that time, Miao Xiujiu said that Fubao was lucky. Now there is family planning and the country does not allow more children, but one child is too lonely and meaningless. Fubao gave birth to twins in one go, a boy and a girl, which is the most suitable.
Miao Xiujiu couldn't stop smiling and said that it was great that the two children had company.
Fubao was of course very satisfied with this. She grew up eating from the same pot with her brothers and sisters, and was used to having many children at home and being very lively.
Xiao Dingkun didn't care whether it was one child or two. He had studied some information about pregnancy and felt that twins would put a burden on the mother. It would be very difficult for Fubao to be pregnant, so he couldn't say that he liked it very much.
Fortunately, Fubao was a lucky person after all. Her entire pregnancy went smoothly, and the birth of twins also went smoothly. Even the doctor in charge said that it was rare to see a first child born so smoothly, and there was almost no pain.
Ruirui is the eldest, the older brother, and Nuannuan is the second oldest, the younger sister.
The two children didn’t weigh much when they were born, but after the confinement period, they weighed more than ten kilograms. They were white and plump, like two cute gourd dolls.
Fubao loved her two children very much. Even though she had only returned to the National Academy of Sciences for a year or two and was in the midst of her career, she still spared a lot of energy to take care of her two children.
Now the two children are four years old. They are very sensible, like little adults. No one needs to worry about them when they eat or brush their teeth. They will also help adults with work. For example, now, Xiao Dingkun is carrying the suitcase to put it in the car, and both of them have packed their toothbrushes, toothpaste and small picture books.
Nuan Nuan was still there, calling out in a baby voice, "Mom, which towel do you want to use? I'll put it away for you."
When Fubao heard this, he couldn't help laughing. This child, if you didn't know him, you would think he was very old, but he was so sensible at such an early age.
After everything was packed, Fubao was placed in the front passenger seat, and the two children each got into a safety seat in the back seat.
When Xiao Dingkun changed his car, he specifically bought a spacious car with two safety seats in the back row that could accommodate another person.
As for the safety seat, Fubao brought it back from abroad specially.
Even though it is the 1990s and people's living standards have improved in all aspects, their awareness of safety seats is still relatively backward. Fubao has seen many safety seats abroad and knows their importance, so he specially brought two back.
After buying it, others asked why a child would sit on this thing, which made Fubao a little worried.
Fortunately, both children are not willful. When I talk to them carefully, they all understand and nod seriously. After that, they are used to sitting in the car. Occasionally, when I take them out to play in the city for a few kilometers, if I don’t put a car seat in the car, Ruirui will ask: "Why don’t you have a car seat?"
Nuan Nuan would chime in: "Mommy, we need a safety seat. We're scared without one."
As he spoke, he waved his chubby little hands to express his refusal.
When she waved her hand, her pigtails swayed along with it.
When Fubao saw his daughter like this, he couldn't help but give her a big kiss on her fair and tender little face.
After the family got in the car, Xiao Dingkun drove out of the city and headed towards the highway leading to Pingxi Village.
Now the country's infrastructure is developing rapidly. It just so happens that a provincial highway that was previously planned passes through Pingxi Village. This has given Pingxi Village a huge opportunity for development. With the road opened, the economy has become active. Now Pingxi Village has become a wealthy village. It was even on the newspaper two years ago and became the vanguard of farmers' wealth.
The factory that Xiao Dingkun invested in ten years ago initially focused on foreign trade, and later also did domestic business. It has now become well-known both at home and abroad, and has become a brand product that has been featured on CCTV. Pingxi Village has naturally become more and more famous, and even obtained special approval for the reform and opening-up county.
As the car drove out of the city, two children were enthusiastically discussing the question "Which is whiter, the clouds in the sky or the marshmallows" in the back. Fubao leaned back in the passenger seat, thinking quietly.
She now takes turns coming during the Chinese New Year. One year she stays in the capital and one year she goes to Pingxi Village. Last year she stayed in the capital. Counting on her fingers, she realized that she hasn't seen her parents, grandparents in the countryside for half a year. She misses them very much.
As she was thinking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. The feeling was very light, but it did not mean that it did not exist. It was like a light cloud in the clear sky, floating in her heart.
Xiao Dingkun, who was driving, sensed something was wrong with his wife and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Fubao couldn't describe the feeling. It wasn't too bad, but not too bad either. He said it was okay, but he couldn't ignore it either.
She frowned: "I don't know what's wrong, I just feel like this isn't going smoothly——"
When Xiao Dingkun heard his wife's words, he frowned.
Of course he believed his wife's words. Fubao's words would never go unfulfilled.
Now they are on the highway, which is prone to accidents, especially before the Chinese New Year and other holidays, when there are many cars and people are driving fast. Car accidents happen almost every year and are inevitable.
If something really happens——
Xiao Dingkun listened to the two little kids behind him seriously discussing marshmallows and the white clouds outside the window in childish words.
Of course he couldn't let the two little cubs face any danger.
After a moment's silence, Xiao Dingkun said, "Car accidents are common on highways. It would be even more dangerous if we retreat now. I'll be more careful now. There's an exit a few kilometers ahead. Let's go out first then."
Fubao nodded: "Okay."
For the next few kilometers, Xiao Dingkun gripped the steering wheel tightly, carefully watching out for the situation in front and behind, not daring to go too slow or too fast, and finally reached the exit.
When the car drove off the highway, Fubao finally felt relieved. She felt that she must have avoided the impending trouble.
But when she thought of this, she couldn't help but look at the highway again. There were speeding vehicles in front and behind.
Among these, I don’t know which one will have problems.
She felt sorry for it, but there was nothing she could do. After all, accidents happen on the highway every year. This is a problem that even the traffic police cannot solve, let alone an ordinary person like her.
She now ran over and shouted that there would be a car accident on the highway and asked everyone to avoid it, for fear that others would think she was crazy.
Xiao Dingkun drove off the highway carefully. Outside the highway was an ordinary road. This ordinary road must have been used for many years. It was bumpy and there were ox carts, donkey carts and tractors passing by.
The reason why such roads have not been abandoned after the construction of expressways is that they are used by nearby towns and villages.
It is naturally impossible to drive fast on such a road, but there is no other way but to drive slowly, avoiding the mooing ox carts and the rumbling tractors, and moving forward in the dust.
Ruirui and Nuannuan were very excited. They pointed at the cow and said, "Big cow, big cow, look here!"
After a while, he said loudly: "Dad, I want to ride a tractor. I hope you can buy me a tractor someday!"
I heard Fubao in front of me burst out laughing.
The child was born into a well-off family. He was still young and didn't understand anything. He just thought it was fun. Maybe he thought the rumbling sound of riding on a tractor was very cool?
Fubao suddenly remembered that Xiao Dingkun drove a small truck to take a group of college students to the Wild Great Wall in the cold weather.
That was like a newborn calf that was not afraid of a tiger. All they saw was adventure and yearning, excitement and fun. But they never thought about how stupid it would be to sit in the back of a pickup truck and get caught in the wind in such a cold day.
We drove forward at a moderate pace. The two children in the back of the car were enthusiastically discussing the chickens and ducks on the roadside. Fubao occasionally interjected a comment. For a moment, he actually felt that driving on the ordinary road below was not bad.
At this time, a red car happened to pass by and followed them. Seeing that they were walking slowly, it honked its horn at them, making a beeping sound.
The road was not wide to begin with, so it was difficult to give way. We could only drive to the fork in the road ahead and let the red car pass.
The red car had been stuck at the back for a long time, finally making way to pass. He rolled down the window and cursed, "You idiot! You have to wait here when there's a highway. Do you think you're a tractor?! Do you know how to get on the highway?"
Xiao Dingkun sneered immediately and was about to say something when Fubao quickly advised: "Don't mind it, we are driving. You can't drive a fighting car. Nuannuan and Ruirui are in the car."
Xiao Dingkun glanced at her and his expression improved slightly: "It's okay."
At a highway intersection ahead, the red car honked a few more times and drove onto the highway in a ostentatious manner.
The family continued driving forward. There were fewer tractors and ox carts ahead, so they could drive faster. Although the speed was not as fast as on the highway, it was smoother than driving in the city.
Who knew that while driving, Nuannuan suddenly pointed at the lane on the highway and said, "Dad, Mom, there are so many cars!"
Ruirui also noticed it and stretched his neck to look over: "Traffic jam, it's a traffic jam!"
He had seen in picture books that there were many cars together, and that was a traffic jam.
Xiao Dingkun and Fubao also looked over and saw a long queue on the highway next to them. There were cars, trucks and lorries one after another, and the traffic was so congested that it was crawling forward like a snail.
Now that everyone's conditions are better, private cars are becoming more and more common. It has become common to not be able to buy tickets and drive back to hometowns during the holidays, and the traffic jams are really unbearable.
Xiao Dingkun and Fubao looked at each other, realizing that something really happened on the highway.
Xiao Dingkun continued driving forward. After about ten minutes, the highway was completely blocked. No vehicles could move forward. Some cars simply stopped there. The people in the cars got out to get some fresh air, and some people cursed irritably: "Fuck it, I have to drive! I'm going home for the New Year!"
From what those people were saying, Fubao roughly knew that something had happened ahead. It seemed that a truck had hit a car, and the equipment loaded on the truck had exploded. Although there were no major casualties, the road was completely blocked.
Fubao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that no one was in danger of life. Since no one was in danger, the suffering of being stuck on the highway was no big deal.
Ruirui and Nuannuan, on the other hand, were already looking up at the excitement. They were enthusiastically studying this unprecedented "traffic jam." Just as they were watching Nuannuan, she suddenly said excitedly, "Mom, that car, that car!"
Fubao didn't understand what she said at first. He thought a rare car had appeared. Later, he looked in the direction she pointed and saw that among the group of cars stuck on the highway, there was one that looked particularly familiar.
Isn’t this the red car that honked its horn and cursed at them before?
How long have we been on the highway and there’s already a traffic jam here?
Fubao couldn't help laughing: "It's really——"
He shook his head and sighed. What should he say? If he hadn't rushed to the highway, it wouldn't have been like this!
Xiao Dingkun raised his eyebrows in amusement but said nothing.
There is nothing to say about the fortune of his family's Fubao.
The two little kids behind him were already excited. Ruirui said, "Serves them right! Serves them right!"
As he spoke, he rolled down the window and waved to the car on the highway.
It was also a coincidence that the driver of the red car on the highway happened to drive off and was about to get off. As soon as he got off, he saw the two little kids of Fubao's family through the highway railing.
The driver was stunned: "I'll go!"
Just as I was about to sigh, I saw the other person's car with the two little kids driving away.
There are no motorcycles, tractors, or ox carts on the road outside the expressway, and it is no longer bumpy. People can drive on it so smoothly!
The driver looked at the highway with difficulty. In front of the highway, there were endless cars, and behind the highway, there were endless cars.
When the fuck is this going to end?!
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The traffic jam on the highway lasted for a whole day and night and was reported in the news. People from all walks of life expressed their misery, and news media came to the highway to interview the poor people who were stuck.
After bypassing the traffic jam, Xiao Dingkun and Fubao's car successfully got back on the highway and drove all the way home.
When they returned to Pingxi Village, Gu Weidong was surprised. "We saw on the news that the highway from the capital was blocked. We thought you might be delayed. How come you're back so soon?"
Liu Guizhi didn't care about that. Why ask so many questions? As long as they were back, it was good. She went over to them in surprise and hugged Nuannuan and Ruirui: "Good children, you must have missed grandma so much!"
Liu Guizhi had previously gone to the capital to take care of the two cubs for a year or two, and she loved them dearly. Nuannuan and Ruirui also excitedly threw themselves into Liu Guizhi's arms, "Grandma!"
While hugging and kissing each other, Xiao Dingkun and Fubao unloaded the things they had brought from the car. There were all kinds of gifts, filling up most of the car. Gu Weidong also helped to sort it out, saying, "Why buy that? We already have them at home. There's a supermarket in our county now. We have everything you need, just take it!"
At this time, Gu Yuehua, Gu Yuejin and Gu Shengtian happened to come over from Miao Xiujiu.
Gu Yuehua is now a middle-level cadre in the mine, Gu Yuejin is already a lieutenant colonel, and Gu Shengtian has joined the Capital Aerospace Administration and is now a key engineer. Gu Yuejin and Gu Shengtian drove back a few days ago, earlier than Fubao and the others.
Now, seeing Fubao and the others coming back, everyone went to greet them, helping to carry things and the children: "Fubao, take the two children to our grandma's place. Grandma just kept saying that she missed you, Nuannuan, and Ruirui, and she has been looking forward to seeing you."
Miao Xiujiu is now almost ninety years old. Although she is old, she is still in good spirits. She even has a few teeth in her mouth and can eat some delicious food. Every day after eating and drinking, she goes outside to the well platform to bask in the sun. Her life is so comfortable.
A few years ago, Fubao had suggested that his parents and grandmother move to the capital. Miao Xiuju was reluctant, saying that while the capital was nice, it was still more comfortable to be in the countryside, chatting with old neighbors and basking in the sun with her sleeves tucked in. How wonderful would that be? The capital was great in every way, except that the buildings were tall and there was less sunlight.
Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't want to move, Liu Guizhi thought about it and decided not to go either. Her two sons and one daughter were in the capital and had their own houses there, but she was still concerned about Pingxi Village and the factory here. Of course, she also wanted to take care of her mother-in-law in the village.
After hearing this, Fubao couldn't wait: "Then I'll go over and see grandma."
The two little ones raised their hands: "We want to go too!"
Fubao chuckled: "Then let's go together."
Liu Guizhi smiled and said, "Okay, you guys go ahead. I'll go back to cooking. I'll ask your grandparents to come over later so we can all eat together."
Fubao nodded quickly: "Mom, don't worry, I know."
At that moment, he was walking along this country road, holding his son in his left hand and his daughter in his right hand, one in each hand.
As they were walking, Nuan Nuan suddenly saw something and said, "What's that there?"
Fubao looked over and saw a few wild bird eggs in the grass. He didn't know which bird laid them, but they were laid here and were discovered by Xiao Nuannuan who had just arrived in the village.
Fubao picked it up with a smile, and told Nuannuan that it was a wild bird egg.
The two little kids held two or three eggs in each hand and asked cautiously: "Can this be eaten?"
Fubao: "Of course, my mother often went to the mountains to pick this up to eat when she was a child."
Nuannuan and Ruirui looked at each other with surprise, and said eagerly, "We want to eat, we want to eat!"
Fubao smiled and said, "Let your grandma steam it for you later."
As she said this, she suddenly remembered her childhood.
When she was as old as Nuannuan, she would wear two pigtails and run to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and bird eggs. After picking them up, she would watch Liu Guizhi steam the eggs and eat them. For her, it was a rare luxury and the most delicious food.
More than 20 years have passed, and the world has gone through several reincarnations. The world has changed, and Pingxi Village has also changed. Her daughter, like when she was a child, was surprised to pick up the bird eggs, and then looked forward to it eagerly.
Seeing his daughter's innocent smile, Fubao raised his head and looked at the Dagunzi Mountain not far away.
The warm winter sun shines on the vast mountains, adding a bit of warmth to the vastness of winter.
This is where she grew up, and this is where all the good things come from.
No matter where she goes, she belongs to Pingxi Village and Dagunzi Mountain.
While thinking about this, Ruirui suddenly shouted: "Mom, great-grandmother is over there!"
Hearing this, Fubao looked in the direction Ruirui pointed, and saw several elderly people sitting on the well platform at the entrance of the street, with their sleeves tucked in, basking in the sun, and gossiping about other people with their toothless mouths.
One of them, seeing Fubao, his eyes lit up and he grinned from ear to ear with his toothless mouth: "Fubao, you're back! My Fubao is back!"
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