Chapter 360 Return to the Island

Xia Juanjuan looked around and realized that the journey would take four or five days, so there was no fresh food. All they had was bacon, chicken, sausage, ham, some dried sweet potato vermicelli, bean curd, and bean curd sticks, five pounds of flour, and a hundred yuan and some grain and meat coupons.

Except for Qian He, Fu Nanzheng prepared double portions.

"One is for Sizhu, and one is for you."

Xia Juanjuan quickly said, "Third brother, we don't need these."

"Take it. Third brother knows you don't need it, but this is Third brother's heart. Can you bear to refuse it?" Fu Nanzheng said with a smile.

Xia Juanjuan didn't refuse.

After all, he is my third brother, so we can’t be too distant in our courtesy.

Fu Nanzheng bought a platform ticket and only got off the train after he sent Xia Juanjuan on the train and settled her down.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and waved to him.

This time she bought a seat ticket and got off the bus at only the second stop. She found a secluded place and teleported directly to the pier for the last stop on land.

Time is running out, she uses space, how can she waste time on the road?

However, if we went directly to the island, we would have to explain to Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru why they didn't allow us to pick her up at the pier, so we had to take a boat back for the final leg.

This time I also calculated the time well. There was a boat to the island that day, otherwise I would have to wait five days for the next one.

Xia Juanjuan had sent a telegram to Li Zhan two days ago, telling her that she should be able to arrive today.

Therefore, from a distance, one could see Lin Yuru and Xia Shuangshan with their six children standing in a row at the dock like a signal sign. Li Zhan was also wearing a navy blue military uniform and a wide-brimmed hat, looking heroic.

Seeing the big ship coming, Yanyan, Yeye and Yaoyao pointed at it excitedly and shouted, "Dad, Mom is on it! Mom is on it!"

Lizhan bent down, picked up the youngest Yaoyao, and said with a smile, "Yes! Mom is on the boat! Look, isn't that Mom?"

Lizhan raised his hand and pointed towards the deck.

Yaoyao excitedly raised his hands and shouted, "Mom!"

Yanyan and Yeye were so anxious that they grabbed Lizhan's trouser legs and shouted, "Dad! It's time for someone else to come! Yanyan/Yeye wants to see mommy too!"

Li Zhan held back his laughter, put Yaoyao down, and then picked up Yeye and Yanyan in turn, showing them Xia Juanjuan's location.

Xia Juanjuan felt her eyes getting hot and her nose getting sore for some reason, and she waved her hands vigorously.

When the boat docked, Xia Juanjuan got off.

Several little guys have already gathered around.

"Mom! You're back!" Xiaowen said excitedly and embarrassedly.

"Mom! I miss you so much!" Xiao Wu rushed over passionately and almost knocked Xia Juanjuan away.

"Mom! And me! Second brother, please give way a little! I want to hug Mom too!" Beibei was helpless.

Xia Juanjuan patted their heads and said with a smile, "Are you all good? How were your test scores? Xiao Wu won't still rank last, right?"

As I was asking this question, the triplets burst into tears and ran over on their short legs.

"Mom! You're back! Woo woo woo!"

"Mom! Yanyan hit me that day, you should scold him..."

"Mom, it's Ye Ye's fault! Ye Ye hit me first, my butt hurts so much!"

Xia Juanjuan covered her face: "..."

Why can't her triplets draw pictures? They complain about each other as soon as they meet...

Li Zhan came over, pinched Ye Ye's face, and said with a sullen smile: "Didn't Dad already judge the case for you? Why are you still complaining?"

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru also smiled and said, "Okay, okay, your mother has worked hard all the way, so you should hurry home first."

Immediately, the family headed home in a mighty procession.

When I got home, I smelled a fragrant aroma.

"It smells so good, Mom, what are you cooking?"

Lin Yuru smiled and said, "Pig's trotters! They were just delivered from the mainland yesterday. I fought for four of them after a long time. They are stewed with soybeans! I'll go and serve them to you right away!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry about it for now. I just came back from Beijing, and I just had the pig's trotters two days ago! You can share some with Dad, Li Zhan, you and the children later."

When Lin Yuru heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "Oh! Look at my brain! How could I forget about this? I just thought that pork on the island is very expensive... Oh! Wait, mom will make you some seafood soup now. It's not convenient to eat fish and shrimp on land!"

Xia Juanjuan rolled up her sleeves, washed her hands, and went over to help: "Mom, let me help you."

Lin Yuru chased him out of the kitchen: "Go look after the kids. I haven't seen them for three months. I don't know how many times the triplets have cried. You are not needed for this bowl of rice!"

Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to come out with a smile.

The triplets kept chattering about how one bullied the other, how one hit the other, and some other unexpected trivial matters. Xia Juanjuan listened patiently, holding back her laughter.

Children are innocent and sometimes they feel happy just by listening.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei were also chattering. Xiaowen got first place in the final exam again, and Beibei got third place. Xiaowu was playful, but he also made a lot of progress this semester, from the last to the middle.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up: "Mom, you got fifth in the province, is that true? Fourth Uncle said there are... a lot of people in the province who got the same score! Mom, you're amazing! I want to learn from you, too!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's fine! You study hard. Not only you, Xiaowen and Beibei, as long as you study hard, you will definitely score better than mom!"

"Mom! We want to do well in the exam too! We want to get... um... fifth place!" The triplets also joined in the fun.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Little fool, you should get first place in the exam!"

As they were talking, Lin Yuru brought the seafood noodles.

It contains shrimps, scallops, abalone and dried fish, and is quite delicious.

Xia Juanjuan drank a bowl of hot soup. The triplets looked eager and clamored to drink some, too. Lin Yuru brought the pig's trotters over and said with a smile, "You guys eat the pig's trotters, don't fight with your mother for them."

After Lizhan picked up Xia Juanjuan, he returned to the headquarters, but he came back a little early in the afternoon.

When Xia Juanjuan saw him coming back, she smiled and said, "Mom left a pig's trotter in the pot for you. Hurry up and eat it."

Li Zhan laughed and said, "Why did you save it for me? Did you eat it?"

Xia Juanjuan shook her head: "I ate a bowl of seafood noodles. I haven't eaten fish and shrimp for a long time. I really missed it."

After hearing this, Li Zhan served the pig's trotters and soybeans, but he still used chopsticks to tear off a piece of the soft trotter meat and put it to Xia Juanjuan's mouth: "Have a bite."

Xia Juanjuan dodged for a moment and said with a smile: "You eat yours, I'm not hungry."

Li Zhan laughed and said, "Just one bite."

Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to eat with his chopsticks.

The two of them sat around the stove, chatting about what had happened in the past few months.

After hearing that Xia Juanjuan almost didn't get into Peking University, Li Zhan was both angry and amused.

"This is just bullshit. Some people just... like to control other people's lives."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's been resolved now. School will start before February 22. Before that, we have to move back to Beijing. Is there any comment on your transfer order?"