The five of us headed straight for Gulou Street, first to Di'anmen, then wandered around the alleys along the way, and finally to Houhai.
After walking for an entire afternoon, several people were so tired that they didn't even want to breathe. Finally, they had some noodles with soybean paste and fried liver wontons nearby and went back to sleep.
The next morning, Chen Yun drove his mother Wang Ahua and Zhen Guoqiang's family of three to Ling Ju's courtyard.
Because Ling Ju had told Ling Dawei and Tian Mei in advance that Chen Yun's mother was from Sichuan Province, today's lunch not only included Northeastern dishes, but also some spicy dishes.
Ling Dawei bought a fresh big fish head and steamed it with Ling Ju's beef sauce. He also made several meat dishes such as fried pork with peppers, onion and egg, sweet and sour pork, stewed chicken rack with radish, and several vegetarian dishes mainly with potatoes and cabbage.
Chen Yun and Zhen Zhen's family, along with Ling Ju's family of five, had a sumptuous lunch together.
Ling Dawei also drank a little with Zhen Guoqiang. After Guoqiang and Zhang Qiuhong, both of them were workers, they were both introspective and had a lot more topics to talk about.
Tian Mei also had a happy chat with Zhang Qiuhong and Wang Ahua. Chen Yun felt that his mother's Mandarin had improved a lot, and now Tian Mei could understand what they said.
After a lively meal, the men gathered together to play cards.
Several women were eating peanuts and melon seeds, eating snacks and playing with the baby.
Zhen Jia teased Song Lingchen with a rattle, making the little guy grin non-stop.
Before the Chinese New Year, Ling Ju gave Zhen Zhen some New Year's goods, and Zhen Zhen took them all out for everyone to eat together.
When Ling Ju was about to go to the bathroom, the phone at home rang, and she quickly crossed the card table to answer it.
As soon as I picked up the phone and said hello, I heard Yan Jinqun's excited voice, "Juzi, Yin Bolan and the others are back! They are now at the border of Heilongjiang Province! My people have already picked them up!"
Ling Ju stood up from the sofa and said, "Brother Yan, wait a minute, I'll be there soon!"
Yan Jinqun heard the noisy voice on the other end of the phone and said, "Juzi, it's not convenient for you to talk now."
"Yes! We have guests at home!"
"Okay, then come over. No need to rush."
Ling Ju hung up the phone and immediately called Song Qi. She then told Ling Yong that they had to go out for an urgent matter and asked him to help take care of the guests. Ling Yong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry."
The two of them arrived at Yan's house as quickly as possible, and Yan Jinqun was already waiting at the door.
"Brother Yan, are you alone at home?"
"Yes, I sent my parents away."
"How's it going? Them?"
"Monkey was seriously injured, but the others are fine. Monkey is no longer in danger of death. The things you brought for them came in handy, and Monkey saved his life. You also brought back the antidote for Wuweixiang!"
Ling Ju was very excited, "Great! This is really great news."
Yan Jinqun was also very happy. "My people have already picked them up and taken them to Harbin. Once they get there, they will take the nearest train back to Beijing. Monkey's injuries are still quite serious, so taking the train is safer."
"How long will it take to get to Beijing?"
"Three days at most."
Yan Jinqun sighed and continued, "I've waited so long. To be honest, I was very pessimistic a few days ago. But when I woke up this morning, I felt inexplicably happy and relaxed. I didn't expect such great news."
"Yes, it's been almost a month, and I'm terrified, afraid they won't come back."
After Ling Ju and the others finished talking, she went to see Yan Jintang again.
As soon as you enter the room, the whole house is filled with the fragrance of medicine.
Yan Jintang had lost a lot of weight and looked quite pale. His energy hadn't changed.
The bowl of medicine was still on the bedside table. It seemed that Li Shiming had come here in the morning.
"Brother Yan, has he reacted recently? Has he moved or made any noise?"
"Sometimes the hands and feet might twitch and make noises, but that's not the case."
Ling Ju nodded, and then the few of them left the room together.
Just when she was about to ask Yin Bolan again, Song Qi suddenly touched her hand, "Juzi, I remembered something."
"Ah, what's going on?"
"Have you watered Yin Bolan's flowers?"
Ling Ju screamed, "It's over, I forgot!"
"Then we have to go take a look!"
"Walk!"
"Brother Yan, let's go to Yin Bolan's place!"
Yan Jinqun laughed and said, "Go ahead!"
The two got in the car and hurried to Yin Bolan's yard. Ling Ju just took the key and was about to open the door, but found that the door was not locked.
She and Song Qi looked at each other and wondered if they would attract thieves.
I hurried in and as soon as I entered the living room, I saw Erhei walking out of the house.
Six eyes met.
"Hey, Miss Ling, Captain Song, why are you here?"
Ling Ju looked at the four pots of water lilies on the side. They were very good and still bright and juicy.
"Erhei, are you the one who waters the flowers?"
"Yes! I live here and I watered it when I had nothing to do. You guys came here specially, you didn't come here just to water the flowers, did you?"
Ling Ju nodded awkwardly.
"When Yin left, he said he thought you'd forgotten about watering the flowers, so he asked me to come over every two or three days. The folding bed in the store happened to be broken, so I came back to sleep here."
Ling Ju patted his chest and said, "I was so scared, I actually forgot about it. Oh, by the way, Yin Bolan and the others have arrived in Heilongjiang Province. They will probably be back in the next two days."
"Really! That's great! I'm so bored here every day by myself. No one comes to the store during the New Year, so I eat and sleep all by myself. I didn't even go home for these pots of flowers! I'm so lonely and cold..."
Erhei opened up, not caring if the other two were listening or not, and joined Ling Ju in a long rant about the coffee shop's strange customers, and how boring it was to eat and sleep alone, with no one to talk to. Song Qi frowned as he listened, treating them like emotional trash cans. Why hadn't he noticed before how talkative Erhei was?
Ling Ju responded absentmindedly, stood up and went directly to the dripping lotus.
Because of the cold weather, the leaves of the four-pot flowers are darker than in other seasons, and the large leaves droop naturally.
She reached out and touched the leaves, which felt very smooth and solid.
But it doesn't have the tense and eerie feeling that I had when I first watched it.
This time when she looked at these pots of plants, she was looking at the feeling of the plants.
She looked at it for a while, Erhei was still talking, so she turned around.
She felt a cool breeze blowing across her neck, and immediately turned around to look. She could only vaguely see four shadowy figures looking at her head, as if filled with curiosity.
The shadow looked like a teenage girl with her mouth slightly open. The next second, she seemed to be hallucinating.
A voice whispered in her ear, "Why don't you come and water the plants for us?"
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