Liu Nian and Su Xu bought some Beijing specialties and souvenirs, planning to share them with everyone when they returned home.
The journey back was smooth. Thinking of her babies, Liu Nian went straight to her parents' home upon arriving at Jiangjuntun.
"My babies!" As soon as Liu Nian entered the room, she rushed straight towards the three dolls.
"ah--"
"Ah—Waaaaah!"
The three babies recognized her as their mother and waved their little paws happily, wanting Liu Nian to hold them. Even the eldest baby, who had been indifferent, looked at Liu Nian eagerly and reached out his hand.
This is the dilemma of having three children: which one to hold and which one not to hold? Liu Nian simply picked up all three.
Erbao, the kissing maniac, wrapped his arms around Liu Nian's neck and planted a big kiss on Liu Nian's cheek.
Sanbao grinned and whimpered at Liu Nian, then softly kissed Liu Nian's chin.
Seeing this, Su Xu was envious and reached out to snatch the three children from Liu Nian's arms, saying, "Come and kiss Daddy!"
Sanbao pressed his face against Su Xu's, which delighted Su Xu so much that he grabbed Sanbao's little face and kissed it several times, scaring Sanbao into dodging away.
"Was the journey smooth?" Liu Hua brought over some hot water. "Hurry up and drink some water, it's very cold outside."
Liu Nian put the child down, took the hot water, and warmed her hands with it.
Upon hearing that Liu Nian and Su Xu had returned, Zhang Suzhen went straight home from the factory and asked anxiously, "How is Su Feng?"
"It's good." Liu Nian raised an eyebrow as she thought of Gu Weizhen and said, "Su Feng met someone on the train."
She acted mysteriously, which immediately aroused Zhang Suzhen's curiosity.
"Who?" Zhang Suzhen was not only curious, but also a little worried. "Oh, hurry up and tell me, stop keeping me in suspense."
“He’s a pilot named Gu Weizhen. He seems to know Su Feng, but Su Feng has no recollection of him at all,” Liu Nian said. “Have you heard of him?”
Zhang Suzhen pondered for a moment and said, "A pilot? I heard from my brother that one of his comrades passed the military academy entrance exam and became a pilot. His surname is Gu."
So, Gu Weizhen and Zhang Chengdong were comrades-in-arms?
Zhang Suzhen sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and said, "He came to our house once before, when I had just joined the army. Sufeng was still young then, so she probably doesn't remember. We're from the same area, so we were considered fellow villagers in the army. He and my brother had a pretty good relationship."
Liu Nian nodded. So that's how it is. It seems Gu Weizhen remembers Su Feng, but Su Feng doesn't remember her.
"What happened to him?" Zhang Suzhen asked curiously, "That boy... what about Sufeng..."
Liu Nian winked at Zhang Suzhen and said, "He's very attentive; he even waited for Sufeng at the school gate."
"Sigh." Zhang Suzhen sighed, looking worried. "I heard that their family are officials, very powerful. Will they look down on Sufeng's background again?"
“Our Su Feng is no less impressive!” Liu Hua couldn’t stand it anymore. “She’s a female top scholar, and she’s still at Tsinghua University. How many people in the world can become a top scholar? Don’t dampen your own spirits.”
Liu Nian nodded, "That's right, Su Feng is not what she used to be."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Suzhen immediately straightened her back and said, "That's right, our Sufeng is no less impressive!"
"How's things at home?" Liu Nian asked, noticing that Liu Qiang and Liu Dafa weren't home. "Are there many things happening in the village?"
Zhang Suzhen sighed and said, "Don't mention it. Let me tell you, the village is going to install power lines, and then every household will be able to use electricity."
Liu Nian said, "Isn't this a good thing?"
“What’s so good about it?” Zhang Suzhen took a deep breath. “The villagers disagreed and said they wanted to pay the electricity bill! Even having a utility pole in front of their own house is a problem. Your dad and your brother were so angry that they didn’t sleep for several nights.”
It was that troublesome group of people from the village causing trouble again, Liu Nian frowned.
"What do you suggest we do?" Zhang Suzhen said angrily. "Saying that a utility pole in front of your house is dangerous because it's easy to get electrocuted or struck by lightning, is that a joke?"
Liu Nian twitched the corner of her mouth; she needed to think of a solution.
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