Chapter 87 Leaving the Island and Returning Home
Lin Xiaotong got up and went to the small room to wash up, leaving Xie Yi alone to face his mother Gao Xiulan.
"Mom, you're so thoughtful. Let me see what I want for breakfast."
Xie Yi was very thick-skinned. He pulled his messy hair with both hands, gritted his teeth, and got out of bed naturally to take the bag from Gao Xiulan's hand.
"You're still talking nonsense to me. Did you do anything wrong last night?"
Gao Xiulan lowered her voice and said the last sentence while pinching Xie Yi's ear.
"It hurts, it hurts, Mom. How could I? There was a typhoon crackling outside last night. How could I dare to let Xiaotong go back?"
Xie Yi lowered his head and tilted it to let Gao Xiulan pinch him gently, and whispered to Gao Xiulan.
"You're so smooth-talking, can you learn to be more calm like your father?"
Gao Xiulan joked in a reproachful tone that she would say something if she saw it, because there was no such unruly person in her family.
"Mom, I'm fine. The typhoon was really scary last night. Is Mom okay in the yard?"
Lin Xiaotong came out of the bathroom, naturally took the bag from Gao Xiulan's hand and put it on the table, holding Gao Xiulan's hand and said with concern.
"I'm fine. Xiong Chuan and the others didn't leave last night and helped me block up the doors and windows. It's just that there's a little leak in the main room, but it's okay to catch it with a basin."
"But the small yard was blown all over the place. Most of the bougainvillea flowers were blown off, and many branches of the honeysuckle were broken."
Gao Xiulan said while holding Lin Xiaotong's hand.
This was the first time she had encountered a typhoon in her life, and she almost couldn't hold it back. The sea looked gentle, but she didn't expect that when it went crazy, it would be like a human, destroying the world.
"No more talking, come and have breakfast. I made crab porridge this morning using the method Xiongchuan taught me. I ate a bowl and it tasted very good."
Gao Xiulan was beaming with joy when she mentioned this. She felt that she was quite talented in cooking.
"It's delicious. Mom, after you prepared it, the crab doesn't have any fishy smell at all. It's salty and fragrant."
Lin Xiaotong took a bite and it was so delicious that tears came out of the corners of her mouth.
"Mom, when we leave, bring some dried seafood back for Dad to try."
"I thought so too. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy more."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law asked and answered each other, and the atmosphere was so harmonious that Xie Yi wondered whether he should stay outside the door.
"Mom, leave some for me too. Xiaotong, please sit over there."
Xie Yi squeezed next to Lin Xiaotong without changing his expression, and ate his lunch box madly, praising Gao Xiulan while eating.
Lin Xiaotong and Xie Yi looked at each other and thought, "Wow, they've met their match." The two of them cooperated very well, and Gao Xiulan couldn't stop smiling from praising them.
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Happy times are always so short, and soon it was time for Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong to go home.
Xie Yi asked someone to book a hard sleeper train, No. 16 express train, which departed at 10:10 in the morning and arrived in Beijing at 20:30 on the third night. It was another long journey.
Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong had to get up early in the morning to take a boat to Guangzhou, so they had to pack their things the night before.
"Mom, do you need to bring all these?"
Xie Yi has been discharged from the hospital now. He just needs to go to the hospital on time every day to change the dressing.
As soon as he came out of the room, he saw the floor of the main hall was littered with odds and ends.
His mother and Xiaotong were picking things together with their heads close together, with two large woven bags at their feet.
Lin Xiaotong held the bag open while Gao Xiulan stuffed the odds and ends into the bag.
"Otherwise, you won't be able to use these things even if I leave them to you."
Gao Xiulan glanced at Xie Yi, Lin Xiaotong giggled, Xie Yi touched his nose and squatted down to help clean up.
The three of them worked for an hour to pack their luggage for tomorrow. They had two bags when they arrived, and two big bags that were bulging when they left.
It was filled with seafood bought by Gao Xiulan, including dried and hard mackerel, dried hairtail, small shrimps, and dried kelp.
In addition to these heavier dishes, there are crab paste and shrimp paste made by Gao Xiulan herself, and yellow lantern pepper sauce exchanged with Sister Fengxia.
She made an extra portion and saved it for Xie Yi, Xiong Chuan and the others as a snack.
After cleaning up, Xie Yi felt like he was almost marinated, and his whole body was filled with the smell of the sea.
Gao Xiulan also made some extra canned fruits, preparing to take them back for her husband, Mr. Xie, to try. She made canned mangoes, canned rambutans, and canned coconuts.
These days, we only buy a can of canned food during the Chinese New Year, pour it into a big bowl during the New Year’s Eve dinner, and eat it together as a family.
After pouring the canned food into the bowl, the children added some water and shook it, and it still tasted sweet.
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On the last night, Xie Yi and Lin Xiaotong still lay on their respective sides of the bed, with space between them.
I don’t know who reached out first, but the two hands were held together again under the quilt.
The distance between the two people was getting closer and closer, and finally their shoulders were gently touching.
In the quiet room, we can clearly hear each other's breathing, soft and slow.
Lin Xiaotong waited and waited until she almost couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.
Xie Yi moved and felt the bed next to his arm sink. Lin Xiaotong quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Someone kissed my cheek lightly, it was soft and a little cool.
Lin Xiaotong's eyelashes trembled, and she heard a chuckle coming from beside her.
Lin Xiaotong opened her eyes, widened her round eyes, and turned her head to stare at Xie Yi.
Without saying anything, he asked after a while: "Can you kiss?"
The smile on Xie Yi's face froze, and he couldn't smile anymore. He felt a little aggrieved, "If I don't have some experience, I'll really be looked down upon."
Xie Yi has already decided to talk to Xiong Chuan tomorrow and ask him if he can do it.
He doesn't know how to do it but he's willing to learn.
Xie Yi's mind was working frantically, and suddenly an enlarged version of Lin Xiaotong appeared in front of him, their lips touching.
Lin Xiaotong turned over with a big move. Seeing the shock in Xie Yi's eyes, she felt proud. Sure enough, this kind of thing had to rely on her to take the initiative.
Xie Yi was such a stupid goose that he didn't move at all. When he came to his senses, Lin Xiaotong turned over and pretended to be asleep again.
Xie Yi was left alone, touching his lips lightly with his fingers and grinning foolishly.
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The next morning, Xie Yi and Xiong Chuan sent Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong to Yangcheng Railway Station by boat.
Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong got on the same boat they came on, but this time Gao Xiulan was not seasick and was in a good mood looking at the sea view.
"It's so comfortable here in the winter. It's not cold at all."
Gao Xiulan and the others wore long sleeves on the outside and stuffed thick winter clothes in their bags. By the time the train arrived in the north, the temperature would be very cold and they would not be able to bear it if they didn't wear more clothes.
"Mom, look, a flock of seabirds are flying over there."
"It's getting cold, so they're flying from the north to spend the winter in the south."
After Xie Yi and Xiong Chuan sent Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong to the train station, they returned the same way.
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Xie Yi went back alone to clean up the small courtyard. He was about to make the bed and put away the pillow. He found a heart-shaped shell next to the pillow he was sleeping on.
Xie Yi picked it up gently, with a smile on his face, put it in his pocket, and prepared to put it next to his pillow in the dormitory.
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