Late at night, heavy snow was falling from the sky and the streets were deserted.
Two cars set out from the provincial capital and drove all the way to the county town.
In the car behind, four people were wrapped in military coats, and they took turns drinking a bottle of Moutai.
These four people were Zhou Xiaozheng and his brothers.
"Brother Zheng, will we scare the child if we go over now?"
Zhao Chuangguang laughed and said, "I don't know if Jiaojiao would be frightened, but I was frightened anyway. Good fellow, opening the door in the middle of the night and seeing Brother Zheng. I thought I was bored in my sleep."
"Brother Zheng, are you really leaving tomorrow? Can't you stay for two more days?"
Zhou Xiaozheng sighed secretly. He also wanted to stay a few more days.
"You have to leave tomorrow. Besides, you have to go to work. Come back next time you have a day off."
Zhao Chuangguang rolled his eyes at him. "That's nice of you to say. Next time... next time... damn next time. I think you're stuck in the Forbidden City. Let's wait until you have some time off, and then we can all run over there."
Zhou Xiaozheng clapped his hands and said, "Who can trap me? Next year during the Qingming Festival, I will definitely come back to pay my respects to my brothers. Then we can all get together."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone raised their hands seriously, stacked them together, and held them tightly.
For a moment, the car was silent except for the sound of breathing.
Their brothers in the underground, those fallen brothers...
Seeing that they were entering the county town, Zhou Xiaozheng calmed down and said, "Alright. We will live for them and live well. There is nothing to be sad about. We will just be with them later, and we will be together again."
The madman said in distress: "Brother Zheng, when we are old and wrinkled, won't it be embarrassing to reunite with them?
Everyone knew that he was saying this to be funny, but they still couldn't help laughing.
"If you are worried, it's not too late. Start using your wife's vanishing cream tomorrow." Zhao Chuangguang said, winking at him.
"How many bottles of that old bark will he need? Putty powder is probably more effective."
Zhou Xiaozheng heard his brothers' jokes and looked ahead—he had finally arrived. Jiaojiao, Daddy's here.
Thinking of the scenes he had seen along the way, Zhou Xiaozheng could no longer suppress his anxiety, even though he knew his child had the legendary Qiankun Bag.
He woke up from nightmares several times and could never fall asleep again.
Will my own Jiaojiao be unable to open the treasure and take out the supplies, and will be so hungry that she will be shaky and dying, but she dare not tell me the truth?
And what about his Jiaojiao? Could he have used it carelessly, letting someone with ulterior motives see it? Or was he already in trouble, but was too worried about his own safety to tell me?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Zhou Xiaozheng secretly decided to urge the children to go home early. It was safer to keep his own children under his watch.
At this moment, he glanced out the window and saw a vast expanse of white, which made him even more determined to stick to his decision.
Zhang Guoqing was half asleep when he suddenly heard the sound of approaching cars. With a start, he opened his eyes and listened carefully. His good hearing told him there were indeed two cars approaching.
Zhang Guoqing quietly got off the kang, put on his clothes, frowned and thought carefully.
In a blink of an eye, he was out of the room and standing at the door in the dark.
It was not until the sound of a car stopping and the voices of Zhao Chuangguang and others appeared that he relaxed his tense body and reached for the gate. Suddenly, a familiar voice floated into his ears.
Zhang Guoqing shouted excitedly, "Dad..."
Before Zhou Xiaozheng could respond, the door suddenly flew open and a figure rushed out. Following the car lights, he saw his silly son-in-law holding a small stone in both hands, grinning foolishly.
Well, it's better to keep the child under your own eyes. If he were in the compound, would we need to be so vigilant?
"Go in and get dressed quickly. Is Jiaojiao asleep?"
As the lights in the house came on, Zhang Guoqing smiled and pointed at the yard, "I must have woken them up. Dad, come in first. Why don't you wait until daybreak? The road is not easy to walk on now."
Seeing that Zhou Xiaozheng had no time to answer, Zhao Chuangguang patted Zhang Guoqing on the shoulder and said, "Because the train was delayed, your father was so anxious that he got angry at the conductor. Do you think he can wait until dawn?"
"Godfather, you and the uncles should go inside and warm up. Brother Wang, don't worry about the car. No matter how much trouble we put in, we will have to start all over again tomorrow. Everyone, come inside."
Zhou Jiao was awakened by Zhang Guoqing's unusually loud voice. She put on her coat and ran out.
As the lights came on, she squinted her eyes and adjusted to the brightness. As she walked out of the living room, she was greeted by Zhou Xiaozheng's familiar smiling face.
Zhou Jiao rubbed her eyes with both hands and muttered, "I'm hallucinating. I even saw my dad..."
"Haha..." Zhou Xiaozheng was amused by his daughter's appearance, "Jiaojiao, Daddy is back."
"Dad, it's really my dad."
Zhou Jiao now clearly realized that it was indeed her father, Zhou Xiaozheng. She ran into his arms, jumping for joy and shouting, "Dad, it's really you. Dad, how did you think of coming to see me? I thought I was dreaming."
The sudden ecstasy made Zhou Jiao forget herself for a moment, and her cheerful laughter spread, attracting neighbors such as Lao Wang and Lao Chen to turn on the lights and come out.
"Xiao Wu..."
Seeing this, Zhang Guoqing quickly turned around and ran out the door, saying with a smile, "My father-in-law is back, and Jiaojiao is so excited. You must have been awakened, right? Uncle Wang, Uncle Chen, come in and sit down."
Upon hearing this, Old Chen and the other man burst into laughter.
"I'm glad you're okay. I won't go in. I need to catch up on some sleep."
"Go and entertain them, we won't go in."
In the yard, Zhao Chuangguang and others looked at the father and daughter with interest.
When Zhou Jiao noticed this, her face flushed and she stuck out her tongue, "Godfather, uncles, come in quickly."
Zhou Xiaozheng knew his daughter was shy, so he quickly embraced her and led her into the living room. "Everyone, come in quickly. Xiaowu, please arrange for your brother Wang and the others to rest first."
Zhang Guoqing nodded. He had just seen a few people panting from the cold, and he didn't know why they hadn't come in yet.
As he left the house, he raised an eyebrow. His father-in-law knew they had supplies stored, yet he still prepared so many things and brought them from so far away?
"Isn't it cold? Come inside."
"Haha, we've been there before no matter how cold it is. We just came back from the south suddenly, so we couldn't react for a while. These are basically southern fruits, the commander is giving them to your wife."
"Xiaowu, the fruit has been frozen into lumps of ice. You still have to figure out how to eat it."
Zhang Guoqing had no idea what was inside. He didn't care and just left it all in the kitchen. There was no stove, so there was no risk of it spoiling.
On this side, Zhou Xiaozheng entered the living room and saw a few wild vegetable steamed buns and two white radishes placed on the living room stove. He smelled the air and there was no strange smell of meat, so he felt relieved.
From his understanding of his own children, these things are just decorations. His daughter is like him, that is, smart.
After the silly dad mode was turned on, Zhou Xiaozheng had forgotten who was thinking about him every day, worrying about him and feeling anxious about him.
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