No wonder he didn't recognize him at first.
"What brings you two here?"
Su Jianguo quickly propped up the bicycle and rushed forward to help it.
"Why didn't you send a message beforehand? I could have picked you up at the station!"
The father-in-law waved his hand.
"We missed our daughter, so we came to visit. Beijing has changed so much; we had to ask around to find this place..."
Su Jianguo noticed that his father-in-law was a little out of breath when he spoke, and his mother-in-law's cotton shoes were covered in dust, indicating that she had walked a long way.
His heart warmed, and he quickly took out his keys to open the door.
"Come inside and rest! Yufen is home; let her make you some tea."
Pushing open the courtyard gate, Su Jianguo shouted loudly.
"Yufen! Come out quickly and see who's here!"
Su Yufen, who was coaxing her child inside the house, ran out upon hearing the noise and was taken aback when she saw the elderly man in the courtyard.
After seeing her face clearly, she exclaimed in surprise.
"Grandpa! Grandma!"
"Oh, my eldest granddaughter!"
The mother-in-law hugged Su Yufen tightly, tears streaming down her face.
"You've grown so much..."
Seeing this heartwarming scene, Su Jianguo suddenly remembered something and quickly said to Su Yufen.
"Go get that packet of jasmine tea from my bicycle and brew some for your grandparents. Also, boil some water so they can wash their faces."
Su Yufen wiped away her tears, answered, and turned to run to the kitchen.
Su Jianguo helped his father-in-law and mother-in-law sit down in the main room, feeling both happy and guilty.
I was happy to be reunited with my family, but I felt guilty for almost not recognizing my parents.
In her previous life, her parents had always treated her well. Every time Wang Xiulan returned to her parents' home, they would bring back large and small packages.
Speaking of the two elders' visit to Beijing this time.
Su Jianguo suddenly remembered that the two elders had indeed come once around this time in his previous life.
However, at that time, he was busy making a living, and he had given all his money to his eldest son to buy a car. He was also doing odd jobs to earn money, so he didn't really entertain the two of them.
Looking back now, I realize I was a complete jerk back then.
The two elderly people traveled a long way from Baoding; it must be more than just missing their daughter. I didn't even ask them.
After thinking for a moment, Su Jianguo decided to call his wife over first.
"Dad, Mom."
He called out, and then said.
"You two rest first, I'll go to the market and call Xiulan back."
But his father-in-law waved his hand.
"No rush, no rush, let her do her work first. We...we just came to take a look..."
Su Yufen quickly boiled water and took out the best white porcelain tea set in the house from the cupboard.
She carefully pinched a pinch of the jasmine tea her father had just bought, poured boiling water over it, and the room was instantly filled with fragrance.
"Grandpa, Grandma, please have some tea."
Su Yufen respectfully placed the teacup on the small table in front of the two elderly people. The tea was clear and bright, and a few jasmine flowers unfurled in the cup.
"Wow, this tea set is really exquisite."
The mother-in-law accepted the set with both hands, her eyes constantly examining the white porcelain tea set with blue flowers, her fingers gently stroking the rim of the cups.
"That must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Su Jianguo was carrying Da Mao out of the inner room when he heard this and laughed.
"Mom, if you like it, take it back with you. Xiulan picked this out at the department store a few days ago, saying she'd bring it back for you two when she goes back to her parents' home for the New Year."
Da Mao squirmed in Su Jianguo's arms, curiously looking at the two unfamiliar elderly people.
Su Jianguo gently bounced the child.
"Da Mao, these are your great-grandfather and great-grandmother, quickly greet them."
"Mrs..."
Three-year-old Da Mao imitated the words with unclear pronunciation, which amused the two elderly people.
The father-in-law put down his teacup and reached out to hug the child.
"Come, let Great-Grandpa take a look."
Just as Su Jianguo was about to hand the child over, he suddenly remembered something.
"Yufen, take my bicycle to the market and bring your mother back. Tell her we have important guests and she needs to come home immediately."
Su Yufen responded, took off her apron, and walked out.
Su Jianguo added his instructions.
Be careful on the road, don't ride too fast!
"Okay, Dad!"
Su Yufen's voice had already drifted into the courtyard.
Only then did Su Jianguo feel relieved enough to hand Da Mao over to his father-in-law, and then he turned around and went into the inner room to bring out Xiao Mao as well.
The two children quickly became the joy of the two elderly people. Xiao Mao even climbed onto his mother-in-law's lap and curiously tugged at her gray hair.
"Wow, these little hands are really strong!"
Instead of being angry, the mother-in-law couldn't stop smiling.
"Just like Xiulan when she was little!"
Su Jianguo felt both warm and bittersweet as he watched this scene.
In my past life, I was so busy making a living that my wife was unable to visit her parents for many years, which was truly wrong of me.
He secretly resolved that he would make it up to his parents this time.
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