Liangzi waited until dawn before Sheng Chengan came back. He was wrapped in the cold and damp sea breeze, and it was obvious that he had been to the beach.
"Brother, shall we go now?"
Sheng Chengan nodded: "Let's go."
When Liangzi approached, he could still smell the salty flavor of the sea.
The return trip was much smoother. My documents were approved and I arrived in my own country after crossing the bridge.
Liangzi didn't know why, but when he saw Sheng Chengan walking forward without looking back, he felt inexplicably uneasy.
He couldn't help but look back several times, but Sheng Chengan didn't even look back once!
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Sheng An Ning calculated at home every day how long Zhou Shixun had been gone and how long it would take for him to come back.
Thinking about what Zhou Shixun said before he left that he would be back before the New Year, I feel that time is passing too slowly.
It was snowing outside and the weather was getting colder day by day, but the three little guys were still happily looking for things to play with in the yard.
Sheng An Ning couldn't figure out what was fun in the bare yard, but there was some snow, so she asked the three children to shovel it with small shovels.
Their little faces were frozen red and their hands were as hard as little red radishes.
An An didn't know what he ate, but he became even stronger and could push the stone pillar at the door into the yard.
Every time, Zhou Nanguang had to coax him before he would unhappily move the stone pillar out.
As soon as Sheng An Ning entered the door, she saw the little girl standing in the yard unhappily, with her hands behind her back, her little mouth pouting, looking at her grandfather unhappily.
Zhou Nanguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still tried to persuade An An patiently and gently: "Our An An is the most obedient little baby, right? That stone pillar is placed at the door for people to see, and it is also to guard the gate of our house. If you move it into the yard, how can it guard the gate?"
An An pouted and pointed at Zhou Zhou: "Brother goes to watch the door, An An plays with it."
Sheng An Ning couldn't help laughing after hearing this. She bent over and pinched her daughter's little red cheeks: "Look at our An An's little mouth, it's so pouty that you can hang an oil bottle on it. Why do you have to have that stone pillar? It can't talk, and your brother will play with you."
When An An saw her mother, she suddenly became happy and ignored the stone pillar. She stretched out her hands for her mother to hold her: "Go play, Mom, go play outside."
Sheng An Ning could only pick up the little girl: "You really have a different idea every now and then. Why do you want to go out and play again?"
An An's eyes sparkled: "Mom, let's go ice skating. It's fun. An An wants to go."
Only their mother and aunt took them ice skating. Their grandfather and great aunt never took them, always saying it was dangerous.
Sheng An Ning shook her head: "I'm afraid not. The sun will go to sleep soon. Let's wait until tomorrow. Mom will be resting tomorrow. Can I take you to go ice skating?"
An An had no idea when tomorrow would be. She always felt that tomorrow was very far away, so she insisted: "Let's go now. We must go."
As she spoke, she pouted again, looking unhappy.
Sheng An Ning looked at the time and thought she could take them out for a walk: "Dad, I won't go in yet. Tell my mom and I'll take them out for a walk."
As soon as they mentioned going out for a walk, Zhou Zhou and Mo Mo, who had just seen their mother, ran over and went over tacitly. Each of them grabbed the corner of Sheng An Ning's clothes and happily prepared to go out.
Seeing the three little ones happy, Zhou Nanguang could only remind them: "Be careful and come back early. It's too cold outside. I'm afraid the children will catch a cold."
Sheng An Ning thinks that letting children stay outside more when the weather is cold is also a form of exercise.
Holding one in my arms and dragging two out of the house, I asked the three little ones as I walked whether they were happy today and whether they had eaten any meat.
An An and Zhou Zhou rushed forward and chattered happily, "It's time to eat meat. Grandpa will buy some candy."
"Grandma, give me Rourou, it's this big."
The two little guys spoke haltingly and gestured with their hands.
Momo was very quiet, holding her mother's clothes and smiling with her little mouth pursed.
Before I reached the small square with my three children, I saw Zhou Chaoyang pushing his bicycle and walking back slowly with his head hung, as if he had suffered a great blow.
Sheng An Ning was surprised and quickly called out: "Chaoyang?"
Zhou Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, looked up, and then pushed the cart towards Sheng An Ning.
When she got closer, Sheng An Ning discovered that Zhou Chaoyang's eyes were red. Although he was wearing a red scarf, his face was still pale.
She was startled: "Chaoyang, what's wrong? What happened? Who bullied you?"
Her voice unconsciously rose, a little anxious. If someone really bullied Chaoyang, she would definitely rush out to avenge Chaoyang.
Zhou Chaoyang sniffed and said, "No, sister-in-law, I heard today that Lu Changfeng and his team haven't heard from each other for several days."
Sheng An Ning was stunned for a moment: "How come there is no news? Who told you that?"
She didn't remember the details of this period of history, but there seemed to be small-scale conflicts in recent years, with many casualties.
Zhou Chaoyang was very sad: "After I heard about it, I also asked Song Xiuyan to help me find out, it is true."
Sheng An Ning opened her mouth, not knowing how to comfort her. She had also experienced this kind of waiting, worry and fear.
Apart from feeling sorry for Zhou Chaoyang, I didn't know how to persuade her.
Zhou Zhou raised his little head, looked at his mother, then at his aunt, loosened his mother's clothes, ran to Zhou Chaoyang, and stretched out his little arms: "Aunt, come home and have dinner."
This sentence touched Zhou Chaoyang's heart. The girl stopped her bicycle, squatted down, picked up Zhou Zhou and started crying.
Sheng An Ning quickly put An An down, squatted over and wiped Zhou Chaoyang's tears: "Don't cry for now, it's just that we didn't find it. Didn't your eldest brother and his family go through the same thing in the past, and they came back safely?"
Zhou Chaoyang shook his head: "Sister-in-law, it's different. Lu Changfeng is different."
The three little ones were dumbfounded. Seeing their aunt crying so sadly, An An's eyes turned red, and he opened his little mouth and started crying.
When Zhou Zhou saw his sister crying, he started crying too.
Momo realized it later and didn't know why they were crying. He turned to look at his mother, and saw tears in her eyes. He then looked at his aunt and his younger brothers and sisters.
Finally, she lowered her head and thought for a while before she started crying.
When the three children started crying, Zhou Chaoyang couldn't cry anymore. Besides, they were on the road and people were passing by from time to time. He sniffed, took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears, and then used his hands to wipe An An's tears: "Don't cry yet, it's Auntie's fault, let's go home first, okay?"
An An stretched out her little hands and asked her aunt to hold her.
Sheng An Ning wiped the tears of her two sons, picked up Zhou Zhou and let him sit on the back seat of the bicycle. When she was about to pick up Mo Mo, she looked up and saw Sheng Chengan standing not far away.
He was wearing a black coat, his face was thin, and there was sadness between his brows.
This made Sheng An Ning unable to react for a moment. She didn't even feel surprised that her brother came back. She was muttering in her heart, what day is today?
Why do they all come back so sad?
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