"Isn't that normal? When this family first started, it was just the two of us. It's just going back to how it was before. And after they get married, they'll probably give us two grandsons soon. Then you'll have something to do again."
“What do you mean, ‘You’ll have something to play with’?” Li Chu’s words made Ding Qiunan laugh through her tears: “They’re children, how come they sound like toys coming from your mouth?”
Seeing that his wife was smiling, Li Chu felt relieved and started the car to drive home.
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On the train, in the soft sleeper compartment where the three of them were, no one came to the other berth.
After the train pulled out of the station, Li Wenxuan took out the sunflower seeds and peanuts his mother had packed for him from his bag. The three of them sat around a small table, chatting and eating sunflower seeds. It was their first time traveling so far from home, and they were all very excited.
Li Wenhui was even more excited. As the night deepened, she lay on the lower bunk, listening to the clanging sounds outside. Already a little light on sleeping, she couldn't fall asleep.
The thought of seeing her fiancé in just a few hours brought a blush to her face in the darkness.
I was half asleep, feeling like I had just fallen asleep, when the train conductor who came to exchange my ticket woke me up.
After exchanging my ticket, I glanced at the time; it was only six o'clock. No wonder it wasn't quite light outside yet.
Wang Yueyue sat on her bed, holding her cotton coat, lost in thought.
The door to the private room was pulled open from the outside with a "whoosh," and Li Wenxuan, who had just gone out to use the restroom, walked in.
"Sister, Yueyue, you two go wash your faces. That will help you wake up. We'll be arriving in less than an hour."
Wang Yueyue stared intently at Li Wenxuan, then stretched out her hands: "Brother Xuan, pick me up!"
Li Wenhui, who had just peeked out from under the bed to retrieve her shoes, almost fell headfirst to the ground.
She looked up at the person opposite her with disgust and said, "Wang Yueyue, can't you speak properly? Are you trying to disgust me to death?"
Wang Yueyue, seemingly unconcerned, pulled Li Wenxuan to sit on her bed. Then she plopped down on his lap, turned around, and stuck out her tongue: "Hehe, you can let your little Yi brother hug you later."
Li Wenxuan supported Yueyue, who was sitting on his lap, with one hand, and with the other hand, he picked up a shoe from under the bed, helped her put it on, and then went to get the other shoe.
Wang Yueyue sat happily in her fiancé's lap, pouting as she kissed him on the cheek.
Just as Li Wenhui was about to continue her tirade, she saw this scene and rolled her eyes so wide you couldn't even see the pupils. She quickly put on her shoes and fled the private room.
After leaving the private room and closing the door, I looked back and thought to myself, "I've never seen Yueyue this clingy at home. Why does she reveal her true nature when we're out?"
Actually, Wang Yueyue's actions didn't really reveal her true nature. It was her first time traveling far from home, and she was still a little uneasy. Only by interacting closely with the people she loved most could she reduce her sense of insecurity.
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Last night, Wang Yueyue was able to sleep alone without insisting that Li Wenxuan hold her, which was already quite good.
After tidying up personal hygiene and organizing luggage, the train quickly pulled into the station of this small northeastern city.
Li Wenxuan carried all three people's luggage on his back, while the two girls held hands and followed behind him.
This is a small county town, so very few people get off the bus. But once you step outside the station, there are quite a few people around.
After they came out, the three of them realized that the heavy snow had only stopped two days ago.
Good heavens, the snow looks better on the road, but in the uninhabited areas, it's half a person thick.
Although it snows every winter in Beijing, and sometimes the snow can be quite heavy, they had never seen snow piled up to waist height before.
The two girls followed closely behind Li Wenxuan, being very careful, as if they were afraid of getting lost.
Li Wenxuan remembered what his father had told him: the train station was the most chaotic place in the city, and he should go to the police station to ask for directions as soon as he got off the train.
He looked around from the exit and actually found it.
After greeting her sister and Yueyue, she headed towards the police station.
The three people who went into the police station came out again in less than two minutes.
I've already found out all the directions I needed to ask for.
In this small county town, there are no buses, or rather, there is no need for buses. From the bus station where they are now, it's only a five-minute walk to the armed forces department guesthouse where they are going, and from the guesthouse it's only two or three hundred meters to the county government.
The three men who walked out of the police station looked at each other and then laughed at the same time. At first, when they heard that there were no buses, they were worried about how to get there.
Li Wenxuan repacked his luggage and, following the directions given by the police officer, led Li Wenhui and the other woman, who were slipping and sliding, toward the guesthouse.
With their student IDs and letters of introduction from the military, the staff at the Armed Forces Department's guesthouse quickly booked them rooms.
The house looked quite clean, and there was heating in the rooms.
After arriving at the room and putting down their luggage, Li Wenxuan first went to the hot water room for the two of them and filled two bottles with hot water before returning to his own room.
After the three of them finished washing up, Li Wenhui didn't even bother to eat; she was already eager to find her fiancé.
Unable to persuade her otherwise, Li Wenxuan had no choice but to accompany Wang Yueyue to the government building entrance not far away.
"Sister, we'll wait for you at the door for ten minutes. If you don't come out, we'll go back to the guesthouse."
"Wenxuan, Yueyue, come in with me."
"Sister Hui, we won't go in and be a third wheel. You go find your future brother-in-law. Brother Xuan and I will have lunch at the guesthouse, and your future brother-in-law will treat us to lunch in the afternoon."
"What do you mean by brother-in-law? We're not married yet, Yueyue, don't call me that."
"Oh dear, it's bound to happen sooner or later. You should go inside now. It's much colder here than in Beijing. We're going back soon."
"Okay, okay, I'll go ask the gatekeeper first. If he's there, I'll wave you over and you can go back."
As she spoke, Li Wenhui ran across the street.
It's definitely much colder in Northeast China than in Beijing. Luckily, my dad told us to wear cotton-padded coats and the cotton-padded leather shoes issued by the army when we came here, otherwise we would have been frozen stiff.
Across the street, just as Li Wenhui reached the gate, a staff member came out of the guardhouse.
"Comrade, who are you looking for?"
"Hello comrade, I'm looking for Shen Yi."
"Deputy County Head Shen? And you are..."
"Ah, I'm his friend. I came all the way from Beijing to visit him. Here are my identification and a letter of introduction."
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