The train journey to Jinling went particularly smoothly with Wei Jianguo there.
They used their connections to buy a soft sleeper and had a private room for their family.
Lightning, ink shadows and fortune points surrounded them, forming a vacuum zone around them.
No one disturbs.
Almost unimpeded access to the private room.
Song Shuqian found it very magical. She hugged Lightning as soon as she came in and said, "My dear dogs, it is really safe with you guys. This is the most relaxing train I have ever taken."
Wei Jianguo coughed lightly to indicate his presence.
Song Shuqian looked up, looked at him and said, "My husband is the best. Without you, we wouldn't be able to buy a soft sleeper."
An An and Le Le, these two little flatterers, also started to flatter their father.
Wei Jianguo felt relaxed after hearing this.
Let them go graciously.
An An Le Le had only taken a train last year, so she wasn't that curious.
They care more about Jinling now.
"Mom, are we going to visit Jinling?" Lele asked.
"Mom is from Jinling. We are going back to her home. I will take you to see where she grew up."
An An asked, "What is a Jinling person? Where are my brother and I from, mom?"
This question really stumped Song Shuxi, because the two children’s household registration was with her.
Wei Jianguo’s household registration is a military one.
After she married Wei Jianguo, her household registration was not moved and remained in Jinling.
From this perspective, the two children are also from Jinling, but they have never returned to Jinling since they were born.
She told the two children, “By rights, you two are free. You can be wherever you wish to be.
You were born in Huludao, and we will live in Cuiyuan City in the future. We may move to other cities in a few years.
But your household registration is with your mother, in Jinling.
When you grow up, you can choose a city you like and your mother will help you settle down there."
Settling down at this time meant buying a house, and Song Shuqian agreed without any pressure.
The two kids feel like they are free people, which is super cool.
After chatting for a while, everyone felt sleepy.
Wei Jianguo locked the door and asked three dogs to guard it.
He went to bed with his wife and children.
The journey was so smooth that no one even came to chat with me.
Came to Jinling.
Wei Jianguo found a rickshaw.
They are going to the area near Qinhuai River.
Song Shuxi has a small courtyard there.
It was left to her by her grandmother.
All the procedures are complete.
It is Song Shuxi's home alone.
It’s not like no one has had this idea in recent years.
At first, it was due to the relationship between the Song family and the higher-ups, and later it was due to Wei Jianguo's status as an officer.
In short, this house is still under Song Shuxi's name, and no one comes here even if it is empty.
Only occasionally would the street office or police station come to help out.
When I returned to the yard, it was full of dust.
"Wife, take An An Le Le outside for a while. I'll clean up first."
Wei Jianguo couldn't bear to see his wife and children suffer in the dust.
Song Shuxi disagreed and took her two children with her to clean up.
There is strength in numbers.
Cleaned up the house quickly.
While An An Lele was not paying attention, Song Shuxi smuggled out a quilt, a mattress, and a lot of daily necessities from the magic gourd.
The question is, it has always been placed in this room.
After everything was ready, the whole family was starving.
Don't want to go out.
Wei Jianguo looked at the time and said, "I'll go out to buy some food and we'll eat at home."
Even though she was at home, Song Shuxi still felt a little uneasy.
After all, no one has lived here for a long time.
"Let's go out to eat together. I don't dare to stay alone."
The two children can do whatever they want, they have a father anyway and his father will hold them.
State-owned restaurant, they arrived at just the right time.
Song Shuqian went over to order the dishes. "Hello, I want three lion's heads, one portion of stir-fried bean sprouts, one portion of hot and sour soup, one portion of stir-fried lotus root slices, two braised pig's trotters, and a pound of rice."
Song Shuxi's generosity made the waiter stop for a moment, look up at her, and then tell her the price.
After ordering the food, Song Shuxi came back to wait with the two children while Wei Jianguo went to serve the dishes.
The two children were curious about the accents of the people around them, "Mom, I don't understand what they are saying."
"This is Jinling dialect, and the local people in Jinling speak it in this way. It's normal that you don't understand it."
"Can mom say that, too?"
"My mother is also from Jinling and can speak it, too."
Strangely enough, Song Shuxi herself couldn't speak Jinling dialect, at least that's what she thought.
But when she set foot on this land, it was as if her bloodline awakened, and all kinds of memories about Jinling came flooding back.
Jinling dialect is even easier to master.
Children are always curious about the world.
An An Le Le listened attentively to the people around her talking, just to try how much she could understand.
Wei Jianguo came back with the dishes, attracting their attention.
"Dad, what is this?"
"Lotus root".
Song Shuqian watched their interaction with amusement.
Wei Jianguo’s answer was too simple and the two children were obviously not satisfied.
Continue looking at him, waiting for him to continue answering.
Wei Jianguo picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to them, "Eat it, it's edible."
The smile on Song Shuqian's face couldn't be suppressed.
She took over the topic, "This is a vegetable called lotus root. It needs to grow in the mud at the bottom of the water, just like sweet potatoes need to grow under the soil.
We didn't have the conditions for planting before, so we never planted it.
It looks a bit like a child's chubby arm, especially like you two when you were kids. "
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The two children like this crispy lotus root slice very much.
Wei Jianguo cut a lion's head into two halves, giving each child half.
Song Shuqian also divided her own lion head into two halves and gave one half to Wei Jianguo.
The two smiled at each other, and their warmth flowed silently.
Although he didn't say anything, it made people envious.
Song Shuqian likes the hot and sour soup the most, as the sour and spicy taste is balanced and not overly irritating. After drinking it, a hot feeling slowly spreads from the throat and warms the stomach.
After a hearty meal, they slowly walked home.
The neighbors also finished their meals and came out to chat. When they saw unfamiliar faces, they couldn't help but look at them.
I was amazed by the looks of their family.
An aunt asked Song Shuqian and the others, "Girls, are you new here?"
"Yes, mother, we will move in and live here for a while."
Lightning and the others heard the hostess's voice, opened the door themselves, and ran towards Song Shuqian.
Song Shuqian squatted down quickly, "What's the matter, did you miss us?"
Wei Jianguo coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, "Wife, I forgot to feed them."
Song Shuxi quickly said to the aunt, "Mom, I'm going back first. We'll talk next time."
While walking, she apologized to Lightning and the others, "I'm sorry, I forgot to leave any food for you. You must be hungry. Let's eat now."
The auntie was obviously frightened by the dogs. She patted her chest with her hands and said, "Oh my god, these big dogs are so scary! So scary!"
Another aunt asked, "Is the owner of this house here?"
"That's right. This family looks pretty cool. The women are pretty, the men look impressive, and the two little kids are nice to look at, too."
"Do you know where they come from?"
"I don't know. He left before I could even say a few words to him. I'll ask him next time I see him."
This was the extent of the neighbors' curiosity about Song Shuxi and her friends.
Grandma Song put a lot of thought into choosing this house. The neighbors around here are all very respectable people.
When she got home, Song Shuxi pretended to take out food for the three dogs from her luggage.
An An Lele watched them eat and said, "Mom, I forgot to bring the pig's trotters to Lightning and the others."
"They can't eat it. There are too many seasonings in those things. It's not good for dogs."
The two children played with the dog for a while and then went to sleep.
Wei Jianguo checked the house inside and out, and only went back to his room to rest after making sure there were no safety hazards.
The couple lay on the bed, and Wei Jianguo said, "Grandma was very good to you and put a lot of effort into this house. Even though you were away for so many years, it didn't fall into disrepair."
Song Shuqian explained, "Grandma's dowry grandma has been taking care of this yard. Last month, her daughter wrote to say that grandma had passed away and could no longer take care of it. This time when we come back, we have to find a reliable person to look after this yard."
"I'll come find it, go to sleep."
Note: It is said on the Internet that in 1968 there was no complete policy on household registration transfer for military dependents, and even if they followed the army, their household registration was still in their place of origin.
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