"Okay, let them go back and check on the grain harvest in two years."
"After the New Year, ask them if they want to go to school."
"Fatty and Nao Nao are both three years old now, they can go to kindergarten."
"Then we need to choose carefully, preferably one that's close to home."
"Well, luckily when we went to university, we asked our godfather to transfer Fatty and Naonao's household registration to Beijing as well."
Otherwise, neither of them could attend kindergarten here.
"Honey, is DouDou and QiQi's household registration still in Northeast China?"
Zhuang Zhimeng was stunned.
"I really don't know. Let's ask Mom and Dad; they should know better."
The couple quickly went to their parents' room.
"Mom, whose household registration should DouDou and QiQi follow?"
Hao Caiyun thought about it carefully.
"I remember now."
When your second sister-in-law came back to study, she transferred her household registration to Beijing. Dou Dou and Qi Qi's household registrations were also transferred at the same time.
Their goal was for DouDou and QiQi to also attend school in Beijing.
Do you have my second sister-in-law's household registration booklet with you?
Zhuang Xingzhou searched for a while.
"Do you have DouDou and QiQi's household registration pages? Are you planning to let them go to school?"
"Yes, we plan to choose a kindergarten close to their homes for them after the Chinese New Year."
Zhuang Xingzhou laughed.
"Why don't you just come to our factory?"
"Dad, is this appropriate?"
Strictly speaking, we are not workers in your factory.
"They've taken up four spots in the daycare center. Won't the factory workers object?"
"It's alright, I'm the factory manager, who dares to oppose me?"
"In that case, you'd have to take four children to and from get off work by yourself. Can you find the time?"
"No problem, leave it all to me."
"Haha, Dad, I'm leaving the four of them to you."
When Shi Meiling and An Tanxiao returned and found out, they both expressed their opinions.
"When we go, our in-laws will send it over."
"Why don't we go pick them up this afternoon? Our in-laws don't need to leave work early."
None of them objected, and that's how things were arranged.
The little ones were also happily playing games with their great-grandmother.
Zhuang Chixu arrived in the capital three days later.
Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai picked up their cousin in their car.
"Cousin, are you alright? You're so thin."
"I'm fine. I just burn a lot of calories, so I lost weight."
"Your aunt will definitely be worried."
Zhuang Zhimeng was right; Bian Peirong was genuinely worried about how thin her son was.
"Chi Xu, why have you gotten so thin?"
"Mom, don't worry about me, I'm fine."
The places I went to before were in the mountains, and I had to climb up and down every day, which made me look thinner.
Hao Caiyun comforted her sister-in-law.
“Sister-in-law, Chi Xu is here now. Let him eat well during the New Year and make sure he gets some extra nutrition.”
"Well, I have to fatten him up a bit."
How can you do archaeological work if you're too thin? You simply can't keep up with the demands of a healthy body.
Zhuang Chixu smiled and scratched his head.
"Mom, I'll definitely eat well. I also feel like I've lost a bit of weight."
"Okay, go back to your room and take a shower first. Ya Ya has prepared everything for you."
Zhuang Chixu nodded and went to the room his cousin had arranged for him.
Each room has a bathroom.
On New Year's Eve, the whole family returned to the military compound.
An Qingbai led the children in pasting up couplets.
Zhuang Zhimeng and a few others made dumplings together.
Cao Wenxiu made the suggestion.
"Shall we pack a few coins?"
"And peanuts, dates..."
Before Zhuang Ruofang could finish speaking, Zhuang Zhimeng laughed upon hearing what her aunt had said.
"Haha, can dumplings with dates taste good?"
"You can add less filling."
"So it has both meat and dates, right?"
"Yes, yes, I think it shouldn't taste bad."
Hu Yuelan remembered.
"Oh right, wasn't the half-cooked dumpling with red dates that my mom made for my wedding day?"
"Hehe, I'm better off than you, Second Sister-in-law, because Mom didn't give me any dumplings."
Shi Meiling smiled too.
"I thought that wedding ceremonies in the city and the countryside are different, so I didn't let Zhimeng eat dumplings."
The noodles she ate were also half-cooked; she only took a bite as a token gesture.
Several younger brothers led the children in and ran in.
"Sis, come out and have some fun with us."
Cao Wenxiu patted her granddaughter's hand.
"Ya Ya, you go ahead. It seems really boring for them without you."
"Okay, then I'll go play with them."
Zhuang Xunqian came out.
"Ya Ya, wait a minute, that old guy Lao Hao is calling, you all go and chat for a bit."
Zhuang Zhimeng, her lover, and their children all rushed to answer the phone.
Cao Wenxiu glanced at her third daughter-in-law.
"Caiyun, aren't you going to pick her up?"
"No need, my parents are doing well, so I'm relieved."
Besides, my dad didn't say he wanted to see me; I already called them this morning.
Zhuang Xunqian asked.
"Caiyun, how old is Lao Hao again?"
"My dad is a year younger than you."
"Oh, right, he's younger than me."
I almost burst into tears when I received his call just now. They've been gone for over ten years.
"Who says otherwise?"
My parents were afraid to contact us before, for fear it would harm us.
Zhuang Xingzhou was also quite moved.
"My father-in-law and mother-in-law have been gone for more than ten years."
We're so far away, we don't know anything about their situation.
Thankfully, we've made contact now, and I'll be back in a few years.
"Oh? So it's confirmed?"
"Yes, at most five years."
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