Chapter 110 Extra 1: Joining the Army
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the two children are old enough to go to school. After much consideration, Zhuo Jia decided to take the two children with her to join the army.
First, the two children have grown up and become sensible. They no longer cry and call for dad like before. Now they know how to reason with them, and she really can't control them.
So take them to the child’s father and let him take care of them.
Secondly, her two children were about to start elementary school. Ever since the educated youth began returning to the city, the teachers at the surrounding brigade elementary schools had become somewhat haphazard. Some even taught without having graduated from elementary school. She had originally wanted to move to the city with her two children, but...
She asked around and found out that the school near the military was pretty good. Most of the teachers were military dependents who had graduated from high school and were quite serious and responsible.
Third, she was deeply aware that the role of father was really indispensable in the growth of children. Every time she talked to Qiao Anchuan on the phone, she felt sad to see the two children and Qiao Anchuan reluctant to leave.
It would be fine if I couldn’t join the army, but now that I can, I’d better not leave any regrets for my child and his father!
After comprehensive consideration, Zhuo Jia decided to join the army. However, Qiao Anchuan was unable to come back to pick her and her two children up, and her parents-in-law were worried about her taking such a long train ride with the two children alone. So, in the end, her mother-in-law, Comrade Liu Hongying, decided to go with her.
Zhuo Jia: "..."
She secretly glanced at her father-in-law who had a dark face but didn't say a word. She lowered her head silently, feeling sorry for her father-in-law. She didn't dare to refute her mother-in-law's words!
Liu Hongying noticed the old man's dark face and comforted him halfheartedly: "While I'm away, you can go live with the old man at home."
Now all the children in the old family except Xiaopeng go to study in the county, so it doesn’t matter if there is one more old man.
Qiao Yuanshun, the brigade secretary, couldn't help but ask, "Are you coming back after you've sent the second brother's family and their two children off?"
The light tells you how to go and when to go, but why doesn’t it tell you when to come back?
Liu Hongying thought for a moment and said, "I'll go over there and take a look. I'll come back when I see that their family of four is on track."
For so many years, she has been helping her second brother's family take care of their two children. Now that both children are leaving, she is still not used to it.
What could Qiao Yuanshun say? He could only nod and say, "Then you must come back as soon as possible."
The old couple have been together for so many years, when have they ever been separated?
Liu Hongying nodded perfunctorily: "Don't worry, I will come back as soon as possible."
Really, he is so clingy even at his age, isn't he afraid of being laughed at?
Zhuo Jia was playing with her two children nearby. Although she was listening with her ears perked up, she still pretended that she heard nothing. Finally, when she saw her parents-in-law were about to leave, she smiled and saw them out.
After grandpa and grandma left, Bao Bao jumped around Zhuo Jia and asked, "Mom, should we go find Dad? When can we go find Dad?"
If it weren't for the photos, she would almost forget what her father looked like. In her memory, her father came back a long, long time ago.
Zhuo Jia smiled and said, "Wait a few days, until mom has cleaned up the house."
Although the two children are already five years old, Qiao Anchuan has only come back four times in total. What impression can the two children have of their father? Alas!
Meat Pie couldn't hide his excitement and asked, "Mom, will we never be separated from Dad again?"
He still had some impression. He remembered that the last time his father passed away, he and his sister hugged his father and cried for a long time, but his father still passed away in the end.
Zhuo Jia nodded vigorously: "Yes, we will never be separated from Dad again."
She had thought too simply before, only thinking about being comfortable at home and not considering two children, but she won't do that anymore in the future.
After getting a positive answer, the two children were satisfied. Without Zhuo Jia's help, the two children ran into the house to pack their things. Although they knew they could not leave today, they were willing to busy themselves to find their father!
The next day, Zhuo Jia sent her two children to the nursing home, and she rode her bicycle straight to the county. Before leaving, she had some things to deal with.
I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Lin Yu. Yes, Lin Yu was still working there. Even though he looked down on the salary, the supply and marketing cooperative was a good platform, a platform for Lin Yu to screen customers.
"Hey, why are you here, busy man?" Lin Yu asked in surprise when he saw Zhuo Jia. After that, he looked behind her and didn't see the two children. He was even more surprised: "Why did you come alone?"
It’s really not her fault that she was surprised, but it’s not easy for Zhuo Jia to come here now, and it’s even more difficult for her to come out alone.
Zhuo Jia's mouth twitched. She looked at Lin Yu seriously and said, "I'm going to take the two children to find Qiao Anchuan."
Now that she's gone, matters in the county can only be entrusted to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu didn't understand what she meant. Instead, she smiled and asked, "You're going with two children alone? When will you be back?"
She had a good relationship with Zhuo Jia, so naturally she saw the two children often. The two children kept talking about their father all the time, and it was difficult for her to ignore them.
"I'm not coming back. This time I'm going to join the army." Zhuo Jia said, pursing her lips.
Lin Yu, who was still laughing, stopped laughing. She looked at Zhuo Jia in disbelief and asked, "You're never coming back?"
The sky is falling!
Zhuo Jia thought for a moment and said, "Of course not, but I probably only have time to bring the two children back during the holidays and when school is out."
My home is here, and I have elderly people at home. I will definitely come back, but I will only stay for a while and then leave.
Lin Yu was completely unable to laugh anymore. She pulled Zhuo Jia aside and said, "After you leave, what will happen to your side?"
With her help, Zhuo Jia bought a house in the county and she even knew the location!
"I came to you for this matter. Please help me rent out the house." Zhuo Jia looked at Lin Yu and said.
As for the remuneration, she didn't mention it. Given her relationship with Lin Yu, it would be a bit awkward to talk about it.
Lin Yu nodded and said without any instruction: "Then I will ask my eldest sister to rent out your house in the province for you?"
She didn't know why Zhuo Jia liked buying houses so much. Anyway, when she first heard that there was a chance for business, Zhuo Jia came to her and asked if she could buy a house, and then...
Then Zhuo Jia started buying houses.
If it weren't for her lack of connections, Zhuo Jia wouldn't have only bought three houses with yards in the county!
Zhuo Jia smiled and nodded: "Yeah, that's what I mean."
In fact, she did more than just buy a house. Some time ago, she even made a special trip to the province and donated a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings to the museum. Otherwise, she would not have been able to buy a house in the province so smoothly.
Of course, she also said that she is a person who likes to keep a low profile, so she came back with the donation certificate.
Is this a donation certificate?
Of course not, this is proof that she is not short of money!
Otherwise, what if people suspect that her money comes from unknown sources?
She couldn't leave such a huge hidden danger in her and Qiao Anchuan's life!
Ahem, there is one thing, that is, she hasn't told Qiao Anchuan about this. When she goes with the army this time, she has to show Qiao Anchuan the family financial situation so that he will have an idea. As for where the money came from, let's see how she deceives people.
Humph, she will definitely take advantage of the current favorable situation and cash out all the money in her purchasing group bit by bit. She not only wants to be the richest person known only to herself, she also wants to be a rich woman known to everyone!
After explaining everything to Lin Yu, she bought another bag of White Rabbit milk candy and two cans of food and left. She still had to go find Mrs. Tang and ask Peng Kuo to help buy train tickets. She and her mother-in-law had to take the sleeper with their two children!
Knowing her purpose, Mrs. Tang immediately said, "Leave this matter to Old Peng. Now that you are taking your two children with you to join the army, it can be considered a happy ending after all the hardships!"
Zhuo Jia has seen with her own eyes how difficult it has been for her to raise two children over the years. Now she is going to find Qiao Anchuan, but it is a happy ending after all the hardships.
"Anyway, the two children miss their father." Zhuo Jia smiled and shook her head.
She talked for a while before leaving. However, when she left, Mrs. Tang insisted that she take all the candies and canned food with her, but Zhuo Jia left them for the two children.
After returning home, Zhuo Jia started packing. With two children, she couldn't bring too little. She took what she could take with her, and packed up and mailed the things she couldn't take with her but needed. As for the things she couldn't take with her or couldn't pack, like bicycles, pots and pans, she planned to send them directly to the next door...
Although it didn't look like much, there's a saying that goes, a broken house is worth a fortune. It took her two whole days to pack up. She had already packed and sent the clothes, bedding, and other things that needed to be sent away in advance.
"You cleaned it so cleanly, what will you do when you get home?" Qian Yulan walked around the kitchen and asked anxiously.
It was so clean that it gave her the illusion that she would never come back!
Zhuo Jia said calmly, "I left the stove here."
Yes, she kept the stove. The reason she didn't give it to her sister-in-law was because burning coal cost money, and her sister-in-law should...
I can’t bear to!
So Zhuo Jia stayed behind by herself, in case she came back next time and she might not need it.
Qian Yulan was choked and finally had to leave silently with the pots and bowls. Forget it, it wouldn't be a problem to wait for the second brother's family to come back and eat at their house, anyway, it was close.
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On the day of departure, Zhuo Jia looked at the big schoolbag and a suitcase on the ground and couldn't help but feel relieved. Fortunately, she had sent all the big packages away, otherwise she wouldn't know what to do!
Liu Hongying was a little dissatisfied with these things. She wanted to say something, but Qiao Yuanshun dispelled her dissatisfaction with just one word.
Qiao Yuanshun: "The most important thing for you to do along the way is to take good care of the two children. Everything else is trivial."
No matter how much or how little, it won't affect your life. But if something happens to the child on the way...
That would really be the end of it.
Liu Hongying choked, then came to her senses and said, "Second brother's family, when we get out of the door, each of us will hold one child, and don't let go."
She was wrong. It didn't matter whether the money was or not. The second son's family had enough. The most important thing was to take care of the child.
Seeing her like this, Qiao Yuanshun nodded with satisfaction. Ever since those things happened in the brigade, the old woman has been getting more and more idle in the past few years. When people are idle, they like to shift their attention to the family and take care of those trivial things. So, this person still has to be busy!
It was Qiao Anshan who drove the tractor to take them to the train station again. When they arrived at the train station, Qiao Anshan was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he sent Zhuo Jia and the other four on the train, and then drove away on the tractor.
Zhuo Jia and her mother-in-law each held a child and carried a suitcase in their hands. They walked to the berth with difficulty and put the children down. She asked her mother-in-law to look after the two children while she started to pack and change the sheets, quilt covers and other things on the berth.
How should I put it? Sometimes I can make do on my own, but when I go out with my kids...
I want the best for my children!
After settling her mother-in-law and two children, Zhuo Jia finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing to do next. Qiao Anchuan would be there to meet her when she got off the car. Now all she had to do was wait.
Liu Hongying watched the two children playing on the lower bunk. She sat on the edge of the bed and asked Zhuo Jia, "Jia Jia, why does this train feel so crowded?"
I've heard before that trains are crowded, but before, they said it was just people. But now it seems like it's just stuff. Everyone is carrying huge packages.
Hearing this question, Zhuo Jia fluttered her eyes and said with a smile, "Mom, it's always like this on the train. Let's keep an eye on the child and don't let him go out."
Of course she knew why it was so crowded, because of the profiteers. Yes, there were already many profiteers on the train at that time, all selling things from the south to the north.
However, there are relatively many thieves at this time. Let’s put it this way, the trains at this time are really chaotic, and there are even many human traffickers!
Then three more people came into their berth. They were also three young and strong men, each carrying a suitcase. They smiled when they saw their family.
Zhuo Jia smiled at them, but in her heart she was thinking, seeing how these three people couldn't let go of their suitcases, most of the items inside must be watches, which don't take up much space but are valuable!
Because her mother-in-law was there, they got along quite well with the other three people throughout the rest of the trip. Specifically, she would get them hot water, and her mother-in-law would share her pickled vegetables with them, and she would even play with the two children...
Zhuo Jia felt that the reason they could get along so harmoniously was partly because people knew her husband was a soldier!
These people got off the station earlier than them. As soon as they got off, the two children couldn't sit still and wanted to go out to play. After being stopped by Zhuo Jia, Bao Bao pouted and asked dissatisfiedly: "Mom, when can we see Dad?"
She has been staying in this small house. Although she can look outside, it has been a long time and she doesn't want to stay here anymore.
"It's almost time. Baobao will play with his brother for a while, or take a nap, and then he will see his daddy." Zhuo Jia hugged Baobao and coaxed him.
When she went out to buy food yesterday, she heard someone who had lost something shouting to catch a thief. It was so messy that she didn't dare let her child leave the berth!
After hearing his mother mention him, the meat pie in the comic book waved to Bao Bao: "Come here, sister, I will tell you a story."
Although Baobao was a little annoyed, she still listened to her brother, and soon the two children were sitting side by side reading comic books again.
"It's really tiring to take the train. Is our next stop here?" Liu Hongying stood up and stretched, looking at Zhuo Jia and asked.
It’s not the two children’s fault that they are annoyed. She, the adult, is annoyed too.
Zhuo Jia nodded: "Mom, the next stop is here, just bear with it."
I really can’t blame her for not wanting to come, it’s really not easy to come here!
As Zhuo Jia and the others were waiting, the train slowly entered the station and stopped.
It didn't take long before Qiao Anchuan appeared at the window, obviously he had come all the way along the train to find me.
"Dad, Dad." The two children shouted excitedly.
Zhuo Jia handed the two children out directly through the window, and then she and her mother-in-law carried the things and walked out. It was really much more convenient without the children.
Meat pie and Bao Bao: "..."
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