The days passed quickly after Mu Xiaowan was discharged from the hospital, and before she knew it, the first month of the year had passed. After half a month of recuperation, she recovered well.
The stitches on the wound on the head were also removed, and the hair grew out from near the wound and even grew a little bit.
Sheng An Ning has already started school. Every day she is busy worrying about whether Mu Xiaowan is getting enough nutrition. She is also sad because Zhou Shixun is about to leave.
Two years is not a long time, but it is not short either.
Accustomed to living together every day, she was reluctant to be separated for such a long time. Most importantly, communication was not convenient now. She could only write letters or send telegrams, and it was difficult to make phone calls unless something big happened.
After all, Zhou Shixun's unit is special, and all incoming and outgoing calls are monitored. Unless it's something important, it's very troublesome to transfer the calls.
Sheng An Ning felt a little unhappy when she thought about it, and went to complain to Lin Wanyin at noon.
Lin Wanyin looked at her daughter and complained while stuffing a piece of pastry she brought back from Shanghai into her mouth. "I just can't understand why you have to go to such a far place after graduation. It's not like Zhou Shixun won't come back. How hard is it over there? I'm not talking about anything else. Just look at Beijing now. It's still so backward. Just think about it and you can understand what life is like over there."
"It's fine if you have to endure the hardship yourself, but you also have to take care of my three precious grandchildren. I advised you once last time, so why are you still so stubborn?"
Sheng An Ning swallowed a mouthful of pastry and said confidently: "The family must be together. Wherever my dad went, you followed him. I remember that once my dad participated in an overseas aid and was away for half a year. You didn't even take care of the company's affairs, but you stayed with my dad for half a year."
Lin Wanyin rolled her eyes at her. “You remember this clearly. Let me think about it. In which year did the train speed increase? And when did people become free to fly? Otherwise, it would be dangerous for you to travel on the road with three children.”
After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember: "Forget it, if you don't come back then, your dad and I will bring Duoduo to see you. By the way, I received a letter from your brother today. He will be back in June or July."
Sheng An Ning was a little bit unconvinced: "We won't be happy for nothing this time, right? He said he would come back for the New Year, but he didn't come back."
Lin Wanyin was very confident: "It shouldn't happen this time. He said he was coming back to do something."
Sheng An Ning's mood suddenly improved a little: "I can finally see Pei Nuo. I wonder if Pei Nuo is feeling better now."
Lin Wanyin also wanted to know. Although Pei Nuo was pitiful, she also felt sorry for her son. It was so difficult to make a living in Hong Kong now, with various forces competing and the legal system being imperfect.
Sheng Chengan has to take care of Pei Nuo alone, and life must be difficult.
If Pei Nuo could return to normal, not to mention taking care of Sheng Chengan, at least he could make Sheng Chengan worry less.
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The three children seemed to know that their father was leaving, and they stuck to Zhou Shixun every day. Whenever Zhou Shixun came home from get off work, the three little tails would follow him.
These two days, he has been asking to sleep with his dad.
An An started to make a fuss, and Zhou Zhou followed him. Mo Mo didn't say anything, but stood beside An An, expressing his position with his actions.
Sheng Anning smiled as she looked at the row of children standing by the bed: "You all want to sleep with dad? Where does mom sleep?"
An An pointed outside with her little hand: "Mom and aunt are sleeping, An An, brother and dad are sleeping. I miss dad."
Sheng An Ning pinched An An's little face: "Dad is still at home, and you already miss him? Oh, you look so little, Dad is reluctant to leave."
An An ignored her mother, turned around like a little bird, and hugged Zhou Shixun's legs: "Daddy, hug me."
Zhou Shixun picked up An An and said, "Let them sleep here for the next two days."
Sheng An Ning glanced at him with a sly smile on his face: "Okay, I have no objection. But have you noticed that Zhou Zhou and Mo Mo haven't fought recently."
Zhou Shixun also noticed that Zhou Zhou didn't deliberately look for Mo Mo's troubles recently. The three children would still fight and snatch things, but they were just normal children playing around.
Unlike before, I always felt that Zhou Zhou was the one looking for Mo Mo in the story.
Sheng An Ning touched Mo Mo's little head, and then touched Zhou Zhou's little head: "I hope you will be like this in the future. You are the closest brothers and your mother's treasures. You can't treat each other as enemies."
I don’t know if the two little guys understood or not. They stared at their mother with their eyes wide open.
Knowing that Zhou Shixun was leaving, many people asked to treat him to a meal to see him off in the past two days, including Ding Hong's family, Director Chen's family, and several other colleagues of Zhou Shixun who had a good relationship with him.
Finally, relatives from Zhou's family and Wang Da's family were also called to come over for dinner.
After a round, it was time for Zhou Shixun to leave. Sheng Anning was reluctant but didn't show it, because she didn't want Zhou Shixun to leave with too much guilt.
After all, this taciturn person, although he can't say nice things, is very good at hiding things in his heart. If she shows her sadness, he will feel even more guilty.
For the farewell dumplings, Zhou Hongyun made three kinds of dumplings: pork and green onion, meat and fresh vegetables, and lamb and carrot.
Zhou Nanguang asked Sheng Anning to call Wang Da's family to come over and eat dumplings together.
Wang Da came early, and while helping to make dumplings, he comforted Sheng An Ning: "You will graduate soon, and then your family will be together again. Unlike your uncle and I in the early years, he couldn't come back, and there were no conditions for him to join the army, so I stayed at home with my three sons."
"Your uncle seems to be a very caring and considerate person, but in fact, he is only very careful at work and has never taken us three seriously. He thinks that as long as he sends us wages and food coupons on time every month, we three mothers will not starve to death. He never writes a few more words in his letters to ask how we are doing, let alone say a few nice words to say that he misses us."
The third son Ai Min suddenly interrupted: "Mom, you don't know many words. My dad wrote so many letters and you don't know them. He still needs to find someone to read them. If those nice words were read by others, my dad would definitely be embarrassed."
Wang Da rolled his eyes at his son and said, "You're the only one who talks too much. I'm just trying to comfort your sister. If you don't talk, can I think you're dumb?"
Sheng An Ning couldn't help laughing: "Aunt, you are so cute."
Wang Da urged his son to go out: "Take Zhou Zhou and the others to play in the yard. Don't make trouble here. I'll send you to the army this winter, and then the house will be quiet."
Cheng Aimin obediently went out to find Momo and the others.
Zhou Hongyun was also very happy: "You are really willing to send all three sons to the army, and you don't want to."
Wang Da was helpless: "Of course I would, they are all my flesh and blood, how could I not think about them. But if they don't join the army, what will they do in the future? It's good for them to exercise. Besides, these three guys are such big eaters, if they stay at home, they will eat up all the family wealth."
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