Although it’s not a long journey, you still need to stay overnight.
So Gu Qingbei booked sleeper tickets so that he could sleep well and not get a bad rest.
But there are only four berths in a carriage, so the crew can only arrange two adjacent carriages for them.
Jiang Mengxue and Gu Qingbei looked after the group of children separately.
Zhizhi and Jiang Mengxue were the only two girls, and they slept in the same bed.
Fortunately, neither of them was fat, and the bed was not small, so it was not difficult to get on.
Gu Qingbei had already called Lu Zhengming in advance to inform him that he would send someone to pick him up at the appointed time.
That’s right, Lu Zhengming is completely tied to Gu Qingbei. The two have been in the same military camp since they joined the army when they were teenagers.
It is a rare fate that we can still be together after so many years.
Lu Zhengming and Han Siyue's son Lu Yingjie is also nine years old this year, about half a year younger than the quadruplets.
But I really don’t know these little guys.
Although they played together when they were young, when they separated, Lu Yingjie was over three years old and the quadruplets were only over four years old. Over the years, they had long forgotten their childhood playmates.
When their eldest son Lu Yingjie was six years old, the couple had their second child. They originally wanted to have a daughter to complete the family.
Who knew that she would give birth to another son? Han Siyue was a little unwilling and wanted to have a third child, but Lu Zhengming was a little scared. Two sons could make the family a mess, so how could he survive with another one?
But things often happen by coincidence. Han Siyue became pregnant again last year and gave birth to another boy in the first half of this year.
Gu Qingbei finally got the chance to laugh at him.
Who wouldn't be envious when his family gave birth to quadruplets? Comrades in the army often mentioned that Gu Qingbei was good at having children and that the couple was blessed.
But Lu Zhengming was watching next door every day. He knew better than anyone how exhausted she was during the time she was taking care of the child.
During that half year, Gu Qingbei's dark circles were almost becoming a national treasure.
Lu Zhengming insisted that having only one child would be enough, at least it would save him the trouble.
Nothing is destined, no matter how hard you try you can't escape it.
"Siyue wrote to me and said that she used to envy us for having so many children, but now she is eager for someone to take the children away as soon as possible because she has had enough of taking care of them.
After raising one child with great difficulty, another one comes. After raising the second child, a third one comes.
I heard she writes letters every day to criticize her in-laws and her parents, hoping someone will quickly offer to take the child away so she can have two months of rest."
Jiang Mengxue was delighted when she received Han Siyue's letter. Han Siyue is already in her thirties and medically considered an older mother. Who would have thought that she would give birth to a third child?
And I tried twice but still didn't have a daughter.
I was extremely proud of my daughter standing in front of me. Fortunately, she didn't give birth to four sons in one pregnancy.
What’s the difference between this and cursing someone in later generations for giving birth to eight sons in one pregnancy?
"The couple probably don't plan to have any more children in the future. In the beginning, Yingjie was older and Han Siyue went to work for a few years. Later, due to the second and third children, they could no longer go back to work.
Moreover, her third child is still young, so if she wants to go back to work, it will take at least one or two years.
The changes over the years are really huge.”
Jiang Mengxue didn't understand what changes Gu Qingbei was talking about.
But I do understand having to give up work to have a child.
It doesn’t mean that you have to give up your job after having a baby, but it’s impossible for a baby to grow up on its own after it is born.
Since you have given birth to him, you have to be responsible and take care of him. If you try to balance work and family at the same time, you will end up ruining your own body.
Their family situation is relatively good. Lu Zhengming has stable working hours and can do some things when he gets home from work.
If someone like Gu Qingbei cannot go home on time half of the time in a month, then all the household chores will have to fall on the woman's shoulders.
One of the two people has to take a step back and give up something, and in the end it is always the woman who makes the concession, especially in this era and this society, this is the only decision she can make.
Jiang Mengxue couldn't help but feel fortunate for her decision to have the baby early so that she could concentrate on her work later.
If she also gives birth to a child every few years like Han Siyue, then what good will it be for her to spend more than ten years of her life on having children?
I thought Lu Zhengming would send guards to pick them up at the train station, but I didn't expect him to come too.
Not only did they have a lot of people, but they also had a lot of stuff, so Zheng Ming drove a truck directly over.
The middle of the truck was filled with luggage, and everyone sat on both sides.
Gu Qingbei's two guards also came over, Meng Zizhou and Wang Jinbao.
They were all newly assigned here, and the two previous guards stayed in the Longhu Military Region.
If a guard is valued by the leader and works hard on his own, he can be sent to an important place and move up in the ladder.
But if you are not taken seriously, you may have to return to the guard camp or retire.
Since they followed him, Gu Qingbei naturally hoped that they would have better development in the future. If they were willing to work hard, he would also be willing to help.
There are now recommended places for migrant workers to enter universities, and naturally there are also some in the army.
After graduation, you will at least be an officer.
This was also the first time that Gu Qingbei saw his two guards, both of whom had just been assigned.
"Hello, Chief. I'm Meng Yizhou, your new guard."
"Hello, Chief. My name is Wang Jinbao."
Gu Qingbei stretched his arms, looked at the two of them and nodded.
"Okay, let's load the luggage into the car first."
Both of them are not very old, and Wang Jinbao looks only seventeen or eighteen years old.
But this is not a problem. Being young doesn’t mean you can’t do things. We can just observe it later.
"You're finally here. How can you be like this? You always make me explore the way first. I've been exhausted lately."
Lu Zhengming felt a little resentful.
Every time Gu Qingbei was promoted or transferred, he would take leave to go home for a while, and then let Lu Zhengming go to the new place to familiarize himself with the arrangements, and he would start working directly when he returned.
"Alright, alright. I know you've been tired for so long, so I'll give you a few days off. Go home and spend some time with your wife and son."
I thought Lu Zhengming would be very happy, but he looked scared.
"What's wrong? Are you even less happy than you are on vacation?"
Lu Zhengming said with a bitter face: "Don't say that, taking care of the children at home is more tiring than my work, that brat is simply a little devil.
Where in the world can a boy be such a crybaby?"
What he feared most was hearing a baby crying, and often every time he came home from get off work, the first sound he heard was a baby crying.
This almost made him afraid to go home.
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