Chapter 302: Misaligned
It was not too early to return to Tonghua Lane, and I saw two people, one big and one small, standing at the door from a distance.
Wen Wan couldn't help but quicken her pace and walked towards him, shouting, "Dad!"
Dandan, who was waving a stick, dropped the stick when he heard her voice and ran towards her.
As always, hug my legs when you get close to me.
"Mother!"
Wen Wan picked him up and said, "Oh, little one, you've grown again, haven't you? I feel like you're getting heavier and heavier. Mommy can hardly hold you anymore."
Dandan didn't feel his own weight. He was still restless with his arms around her neck, sticking his butt out and twisting around like a big bug.
Wen Wan was really struggling. She held him for a while and then put him down. She held his little hand and walked into the house while talking to Wen Shihua: "Dad, are you busy today?"
"Well, it's rare that I have time, so I came to take a look. You've moved here half a year ago, and I haven't come to see you yet." After saying that, he glanced at the now-bare sycamore tree and sighed deeply: "I haven't been here for a few years, and it seems that nothing has changed."
Wen Wan smiled and said, "Yes, there are some. I have refreshed the house inside and out."
Wen Shihua nodded, there must be one, the person who came with him is gone!
As they spoke, the three of them entered the yard.
"Time flies so fast. I haven't been home for more than half a month." Before, he would go back to the compound on weekends, but after the start of this semester, his schedule has become completely irregular and he has only been back twice in total.
Wen Shihua looked around, sat down on the sofa and said, "It's not that I have to go back. If I'm too busy, I won't go back. I'll bring the children here when I'm free. It's the same."
Wen Wan made tea for him, but Dandan couldn't stay in the house and ran outside.
"I heard from Qingming that you rented a house again?"
"Well, this place is a bit small and messy. Even if it's a side job, it's still work. I don't want it to get mixed up with my life."
Wen Wan glanced outside after she finished speaking and asked, "Dad, why are you here? Did Zhang Qianfeng drive here?"
"No, I brought him here by car. I'm not busy today, so I let Xiao Zhang rest for a day."
As they were talking, Dandan came in from outside: "Mom, I want a box."
Wen Wan asked him, "What do you want the box for?"
Dandan looked at her eagerly without saying a word.
Wen Shihua said for him: "He needs a box to dig up earthworms. He's been digging all over the vegetable garden at home. After he found out that earthworms can be used as bait for fishing, he hasn't stopped digging. From summer to now, he hasn't gotten tired of it yet."
Wen Wan was shocked and reached out to pull him over: "Earthworms will bite your hands." It was disgusting to think about it. Why would he like to dig that thing?
Dandan was not so easily coaxed by her, he insisted on his own opinion: "No, I won't bite your hand." He had dug it so many times, how could he be coaxed easily.
Wen Shihua said: "Just find him something to do and let him go. How can a child not get involved in mud?"
Wen Wan looked at him: "Dad, this is not what you taught me when I was a child."
Wen Shihua coughed lightly: "Girls are different from boys."
Wen Wan didn't expose him. She got up and went into the house to get a small iron box. Dandan was so happy that he ran out.
"He'll be five years old in June after the Chinese New Year. I plan to send him to school next fall."
Next fall, he'll be around five and a half, maybe even younger. "Isn't it too early? I've been teaching him at home. He can recite that ancient poetry recitation book you got last time, and he can write the characters in it. He can even do simple addition and subtraction with his fingers. He's learning as much as if he'd gone to school early."
"That's different. In school, you learn more than just reading and writing. There are other things as well." Discipline, teamwork, and many other things that you can't learn at home.
Wen Shihua nodded: "Okay." It's still early anyway, so just say it now.
"How is Dongping doing in night school?"
"It's okay, he's quite serious. But I don't think he's that interested in purely textual stuff. He seems to be more interested in my book."
Wen Shihua took a deep breath, thinking about the conversation they had just had when they arrived, and then he said, "If he's interested, you can teach him when you have time. For now, the child is still young and there's not much money to spend. You should spend more time on the family. Dongping is at the bureau during the Chinese New Year this year, so I'm afraid it won't be convenient for him to go back. Remember to write a letter there and remind him to remit money back. It's your initiative, after all, it's a thoughtful gesture."
There are still several months before the Chinese New Year, but Wen Shihua has already started to worry.
"It's still early. I plan to find some time to make some clothes for them and send them back. Cloth and cotton are in such short supply over there, and I can't bear to spend money to buy them."
Wen Shihua nodded.
By the time Wen Wan finished making her clothes, it had already started snowing in the capital. It was December in the Gregorian calendar and her hands and feet were freezing. When she walked outside, the cold wind felt like a knife, biting her face and making it hurt.
Lu Chun'e planned to go to Tonghua Lane. She hadn't been there for a long time. She had been to the compound only during the summer vacation. She hadn't seen her nephew for half a year.
So she went to the department store, planning to buy something for her sister-in-law and nephew.
As soon as I walked out of the school gate, I saw Zhou Mingli's car parked on the side of the road.
She felt a little toothache and walked towards the car.
As soon as I got there, the car door opened.
“Come up!”
Lu Chun'e stood motionless in the snow, half of her face tucked into her scarf, revealing only a pair of clear eyes looking at him: "When did you come?" This was too much of a coincidence. She rarely left the school, and it wasn't Sunday, so how could she meet him as soon as she went out? Was he setting up camp at the gate of the Medical University?
Is it so free to study in military academy?
Zhou Mingli leaned over, moved over from the driver's seat, grabbed her hand, pulled her into the car, closed the door, and then brushed the snow off her head.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you I just happened to be passing by."
Lu Chun'e said, "Your place is not on the same road as the Medical University."
"I'll take a detour and come over to take a look."
Lu Chun'e felt a little warm and took off her scarf, then she felt a little relieved: "Just sit in the car and watch at the school gate?"
What are you looking at? Snow?
Zhou Mingli leaned closer to her and said, "Of course I'll go in to find you, and then sit together and watch it slowly."
Lu Chun'e shrank back towards the car door and said, "Be serious."
"How can you pursue a partner if you're too serious?"
Lu Chun'e:——
Zhou Mingli knew when to stop and sat up straight before saying, "Actually, I've come here several times, just to ask you, should we go to your brother's place first?" In fact, he had Lu Chun'e's class schedule and knew exactly when she had classes and when she didn't. But this was an absolute secret and could not be revealed.
Lu Chun'e turned and looked at him.
"Chun'e, I really want to be your partner, marry you, and spend the rest of my life with you, so I think I should take the initiative and meet your family first. I'll pay you a formal visit to your brother and sister-in-law first. Then, if you plan to go back for the New Year during the winter break, I'll go with you to meet your uncle and aunt."
Xinxi County is not close to the capital, and it takes a lot of time to travel back and forth. He can still spare this little time for the time being, but it will be difficult once his training here is over.
Of course, this was also a test for Lu Chun'e. He wanted to tactfully find out what Lu Chun'e meant and how far they had come.
Lu Chun'e did not answer directly, and the car was silent for a moment.
After a while, Lu Chun'e lowered her eyes and said, "I haven't been to my sister-in-law's place for a long time. I plan to go to the department store to buy some things and then see if she has time. We can go to the compound to see Dandan on the way."
Before, she would go to Tonghua Lane on weekends to help out or something, but after Zhou Mingli made it clear that he wanted to pursue her, she only went back once. Whenever she had free time, she would definitely be with Zhou Mingli. Zhou Mingli took her to all the places that could be visited in the capital.
She is not the kind of person who acts recklessly without any responsibility. Since she has tried to get along with the other party, she must be looking forward to the future.
But she didn't understand these things, so she could only figure it out bit by bit.
Zhou Mingli's eyebrows instantly raised: "That's fine, no need to go to the department store, I bought some things, we can go directly there."
Lu Chun'e glanced at him and sighed softly, barely audible: "Okay!"
Zhou Mingli had a smile on his face, looking like a vixen who had succeeded.
"I don't know if my sister-in-law has classes today, and my brother is definitely not at home right now."
Zhou Mingli drove the car without looking away, but he did not forget to talk to her.
"It's okay, we can wait there." Since I've already promised him, don't try to find an excuse to go back on my word.
"I bought two bottles of wine, some snacks, and a pack of cigarettes."
"My brother doesn't smoke."
Zhou Mingli said: "He can give it to others to smoke!"
As he spoke, he slowed down the car again, turned to the side of the road and said, "I'm a little nervous."
Lu Chun'e chuckled: "Why are you nervous?"
"If I kidnap you, will your brother beat me up?"
Lu Chun'e didn't react to what he was saying at all, and said casually: "You are not allowed to fight back even if I hit you!"
After saying that, he was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening: "What are you talking about? What do you mean you kidnapped me? Comrade Zhou Mingli, we are not officially boyfriend and girlfriend yet."
Zhou Mingli nodded: "I know that the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard. Am I not working hard now?" The little girl is still embarrassed to admit it now, but after he formally visits Lu Dongping today, it will be the same. Shyness cannot change the fact that they are officially dating.
He was really a little nervous. This feeling was so unfamiliar that he had never experienced it before when facing an enemy.
He calmed himself down before getting back on the road.
The car passed by the bus to Medical University.
Wen Wan happened to be in that car.
Lu Chun'e hadn't been to Tonghua Lane for a long time. She had made her cotton-padded clothes and happened to have some free time, so she planned to visit the school. However, she didn't know that Lu Chun'e would be there today, and they missed each other by accident.
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