Early in the morning, Yunshuang was awakened by the ringing of the phone. She walked to the living room in a daze to answer the phone.
"Hello, who is this?"
Yun Jianguo's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yunshuang, your mother ran away from home yesterday. Your second brother and I searched for her for a long time but couldn't find her. This morning, we found out she bought a train ticket and went to look for you. If you can't find her, I'll call the police."
"Ah! My mom is here!"
Yun Shuang screamed, waking up Gu Zhinian and Xiao Tangyuan in the other bedroom. They opened their eyes and looked at each other in confusion.
"Who is your aunt talking to on the phone so loudly?"
Gu Zhinian scratched his messy hair, sat up, and changed Tangyuan's pajamas. The two of them walked to the living room. Yunshuang was sitting on the sofa. When she saw them coming out, she walked over and picked up Tangyuan.
"Sister-in-law, my mother is here!"
"Ah?" Gu Zhinian was a little confused. Yun Shuang's mother was also Yun Muye's mother, and Xiao Tangyuan's biological grandmother.
My God, she was an unmarried girl, but overnight, she not only had a husband, a son, a sister-in-law, but also a mother-in-law.
"When will your mother arrive?"
Yunshuang thought about it,
"She boarded the train last night and should be arriving around tomorrow. I need to tell my brother and have him check what time the train arrives so he can pick her up."
"What kind of food does your mother like to eat? I'll go to the vegetable market and buy some."
Yun Shuang stopped her, "No, sister-in-law, I'll go buy it if you want. Don't go. Your foot isn't healed yet."
"I'm fine now."
Yunshuang grabbed her,
"No! If anything happens to you again, my brother will go crazy."
"You're exaggerating."
Gu Zhinian went to the kitchen, took out the food from the pot and put it on the dining table.
"Come and eat first."
The three of them finished their breakfast chatting and laughing. After Yunshuang cleaned up the kitchen, it was already past nine o'clock. There was a knock on the door. Gu Zhinian opened the door and it was Li Guiying.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
Li Guiying said with a smile: "My husband Lao Luo and I will treat everyone to lunch at noon. At 11 o'clock, you all can come to my house for dinner!"
“This is too much trouble.”
"It's okay, I prepared it yesterday and I must come at eleven o'clock!"
Gu Zhinian didn't want to go, thinking that Yun Muye could go alone, so he agreed and closed the door. Yun Shuang came over.
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
"Captain Luo and his wife are having dinner upstairs, and they want us all to go."
Yunshuang was surprised.
"Ah? There are so many people upstairs and downstairs. Can he have a seat? I don't want to go. When I came here before, those women often introduced me to potential partners and made fun of me. It was so annoying!"
Gu Zhinian curled his lips and smiled. It’s true that there are people urging people to get married everywhere.
"Let your brother go alone. I won't go either. How about we eat hot pot at home?"
"That's great! I love hotpot the most!" Yunshuang shouted happily.
At noon, Yun Muye, who had just got off work, was dragged by his comrades to Luo Wei's house for a drink.
"I'll go home first."
The comrades laughed and rushed to Luo Wei's country together. Yun Muye opened the door and smelled the smell of hot pot.
"You didn't go upstairs to eat?"
Gu Zhinian and Yun Shuang turned around to look at him. Yun Muye walked over and looked down at the table. It was full of vegetables and meat, quite a feast.
"I'll go over there later, won't you guys go?"
Yun Shuang shook her head. "I'm not going. There's a bunch of men smoking and drinking, and there's a bunch of women gossiping. I can't avoid them."
Gu Zhinian was feeding the little glutinous rice balls, "I don't want to go either. It's good to eat at home."
"Okay, I'll go by myself."
Yun Muye lowered his head and leaned behind Gu Zhinian, with his hands wrapped around the chair. She was startled and thought that Yun Muye was going to kiss her again.
"I'll put a passbook under your pillow, you keep it."
Gu Zhinian looked up at him, "What passbook?"
Yun Muye's slender fingers curled a strand of her hair.
"There are some bills in my savings from these years. Please put them away."
Gu Zhinian bit her lip and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'll abscond with the money?"
Yun Muye raised his lips and smiled.
"Don't worry, I might even prepare more money for you so that you can eat and drink well on your escape. Only then will I feel at ease."
Gu Zhinian lowered his head and chuckled. This person is really...
Yun Muye saw her beautiful smile and wanted to kiss her, rubbing her fingers lightly, but he resisted again and again, and finally stood up straight, straightened his military uniform,
"You guys take your time eating, I'll go up first."
Before leaving, Yun Shuang called him, "Wait, brother, I forgot, our father called this morning and said that our mother came here by train last night and should be here soon tomorrow."
Yun Muye was a little surprised. "Isn't she babysitting Langqian's child? Why is she here?"
"I don't know. Dad didn't tell me on the phone. He just said Mom ran away from home and he looked for her all night and almost called the police."
Yun Muye nodded. "Okay, I understand. I'll check the train schedule this afternoon."
Yun Muye opened the door and went upstairs. Upstairs, Luo Weiguo's door was wide open and there was a lot of noise inside. When he entered, everyone looked at him.
Luo Weiguo offered him cigarettes and wine. The dining table was laden with tea, and a group of men sat around smoking and drinking. On another table, sunflower seeds and peanuts were spread, and a group of women chatted and chatted. A few children sat on the floor, making the atmosphere even more lively than during Chinese New Year.
Li Guiying came out carrying the dishes, "Captain Yun, your sister and nanny didn't come?"
"They are at home taking care of the children." Yun Muye added,
"Zhi Nian is my wife, not a nanny. We have been married for three years. She is Xiao Tangyuan's mother, her biological mother."
"Ah!" Everyone looked at him, and the women were even more excited.
"We had discussed before that Xiao Gu might become Xiao Tangyuan's stepmother, but we didn't expect her to be his biological mother."
"I've said it before, Xiao Gu and Xiao Tangyuan look like mother and son, they really are."
Zhang Yanni, the political commissar's wife, asked:
"Since they've already registered their marriage, why did she leave three years ago and come back as a nanny now?"
Yun Muye took the blame for everything. "It's my fault. I pissed her off and she left. She only came back this time because of the child. She was mad at me and didn't want to get along as husband and wife, so I told everyone I was the nanny."
Zhang Yanni advised: "Muye, you must not make her angry again. Little Tangyuan doesn't even have a mother. How pitiful."
The women also gathered around and started chatting with each other.
"None of you men are good. Xiao Gu has such a good temper, but you still pissed him off."
Li Xiufang spat out the melon seed shells with a "Pooh" sound.
"That's right. My son is the same. He makes me angry every day. One day I will abandon the children and run away from home."
Li Xiufang's man raised his neck and shouted, "What did I do to you? You ran away from home. You're so bold!"
Li Xiufang rolled her eyes and continued chatting with the women.
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