Xiao Weiguo casually picked at the rice in his bowl as he spoke.
"First of all, Xiaotun is my root, our home, and our parents are all there. As the saying goes, it's hard to leave one's homeland. Although I'm in the city now, I will return to Xiaotun sooner or later."
In his previous life, Xiao Weiguo spent his entire life wandering around. Although he owned houses everywhere, he never had a true home. He understood all too well the pain of a fallen leaf unable to return to its roots.
Without his home in Xiaotun, he was like a rootless duckweed, with no sense of belonging no matter where he was.
So no matter how well or poorly he does in his life, he must keep his roots firmly planted.
"Secondly, I did something wrong in the past few years and caused a lot of trouble for the villagers. Doing something for them now is a kind of compensation. After all, we still have to live together in the future. I don't care how bad my reputation is outside, but in the village, I can't let people point at me and curse me like that anymore. That would be letting down my parents and Shanshan and the others."
Hearing his explanation, Liu Ye was genuinely happy for her man.
This shows that Xiao Weiguo is becoming more mature and is no longer the good-for-nothing scoundrel he used to be. She also believes that Xiao Weiguo is a man of his word; returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes in the dark. This seems to be a common concern among all men.
After dinner, Xiao Jiang and Xiao Yue tugged at Xiao Weiguo's clothes and asked him a question.
"After dinner, Teacher Zhou is coming for a home visit. Do you have time, brother?"
Xiao Weiguo was taken aback. Why would they conduct a home visit? Was it like when he was a child, where the purpose of a home visit was to complain to the parents?
"Are you two being naughty again?"
Xiao Weiguo grabbed Xiao Jiang and Xiao Yue's little ears and asked.
The two little ones grimaced and cried out in pain, loudly promising that they hadn't been naughty, before Xiao Weiguo finally let go.
Xiao Yue said, rubbing her ears.
"Teacher Zhou said he mainly wanted to talk to you about something, and it has nothing to do with us."
Xiao Weiguo then put down his hands, patted their hair, and sent them off to school.
It's only a few steps away, but after the winter break, the two little ones refused to let their grandma pick them up anymore.
Xiao Weiguo was busy at the company all afternoon, and Zhou Ruolan arrived as promised after dinner.
The last time we met was when Xiao Jiang got into a fight at school. Several months have passed since then.
When I saw Teacher Zhou again, she was still as radiant and beautiful as ever. Every smile and frown of hers carried a certain indescribable charm that made people feel very close to her.
After she greeted Xiao Weiguo with a professional smile, he ushered her into the living room.
Liu Ye and Shan Shan went back to their rooms, and Grandma took the two younger children to do their homework in their own room.
There were only the two of them in the living room.
Xiao Weiguo brewed tea for her, and the two sat down opposite each other.
"Teacher Zhou, what brings you here in person? If Xiao Jiang and Xiao Yue misbehave, just tell me, and I'll definitely teach them a lesson."
Zhou Ruolan sat upright on the sofa, smiled sweetly, and said, "Comrade Xiao Weiguo, I came here not because of them, but specifically to see you."
Looking for me?
Xiao Weiguo pointed to his nose and sat up straight. Zhou Ruolan's words had piqued his interest.
"What do you need me for?"
"It's like this, Yueyue told me last time that you sang a song during the Chinese New Year, and it was really beautiful. She even sang it for me, and I thought it was pretty good too. You said at the time that you wrote that song yourself, is that right?"
Xiao Weiguo then realized that this was why she had come. It was just a song he had casually sung in his previous life, a song that everyone knew, but he hadn't expected it to elicit such a strong reaction from Zhou Ruolan.
"It was just something I wrote randomly for fun, nothing at all, really nothing."
Zhou Ruolan thought he was being modest, so she quickly took out a piece of paper.
The text above is the song he sang during the Chinese New Year, "Come Home Often".
Perhaps Xiao Yue only listened to it once and didn't remember much, because she only wrote down the first half on the paper, and it was full of typos.
"Comrade Xiao Weiguo, actually I've wanted to come find you for a while now. Yueyue only listened to it once, and she didn't memorize the lyrics completely. I can only record these based on her intonation. I hope you can help me correct them, and it would be best if you could write out the complete lyrics. I know this is a bit abrupt, please forgive me, I really love this song so much."
Xiao Weiguo didn't refuse such a small matter. He picked up his pen, rewrote the lyrics on the letter paper, and then pushed it to Zhou Ruolan.
Zhou Ruolan picked it up, looked at the words on it, and hummed softly.
Xiao Weiguo, sitting opposite her, found it somewhat amusing. Zhou Ruolan's intonation was something she had learned from Xiao Yue, who had only taught it once. Even with exceptional talent, how could anyone memorize an entire song perfectly? When it reached Zhou Ruolan, it sounded even more incongruous.
After a while, Xiao Weiguo finally couldn't bear the hunger any longer and interrupted Zhou Ruolan's humming.
"Teacher Zhou, how about I sing it for you? Your pitch is completely off."
Anyone who enjoys singing knows that if someone next to you is singing off-key, the thing you want to do most is to shut them up and sing yourself.
Xiao Weiguo was no exception.
Zhou Ruolan blushed slightly and stopped humming.
"Really? Thank you so much, Comrade Xiao Weiguo."
Xiao Weiguo cleared his throat and began to sing softly. Because he was singing at full volume, there were parts he couldn't reach. That's just how his voice is; there's nothing he can do about it.
Find some time, find some free time
Take your children and visit home often.
Bring your smiles, bring your blessings.
Spend time with your loved one and visit home often.
......
Although his voice wasn't very good, if he lowered the pitch, he could still pronounce the melody quite accurately. Zhou Ruolan squinted her eyes, listening with rapt attention.
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