Qin Yao was the most unhappy.
It's so pointless to leave her all alone after they've all left.
She wanted to go too, but Mu Jinghuai disagreed.
He can only go back to the compound for a few days at a time to see his wife. If his wife goes to Xujia Village with him, how can he live without seeing her for so long?
Grandpa Mu and the elders of the Qin family also disagreed with Qin Yao going along, so Qin Yao had no choice but to give up the idea.
In the end, a large group followed Xu Xinning back, which was unexpected for her, but it was still a pleasant surprise.
My family will probably be even happier.
She was already looking forward to the surprised and delighted expressions on her family's faces when they saw them.
In the end, Xu Xinning and the others took the train back. For safety reasons, Grandpa Jiang personally called the railway department to arrange for them to stay in a soft sleeper berth.
On the day Xu Xinning and her group set off, Grandpa Mu and Mu Zhenting turned into chatterboxes, constantly reminding them to be careful on the road.
Xu Xinning listened attentively, knowing that this was an expression of their elders' concern for them.
Xu Xinning boarded the train with the protocol of a national leader, so she used a special passage and didn't have to squeeze with the crowds rushing to catch the train.
This put Mu Jingheng and Xu Mingyang at ease.
Traveling with two pregnant women was no different from carrying two time bombs in backpacks for them.
It was different when they went through the special passage. After they boarded the train and settled in, they saw a flood of people surging onto the train.
Watching others squeeze onto a train as an outsider doesn't seem so bad.
Kuang Meizhu rested her chin on her hand and looked out the window, sighing, "It feels so good to be able to take the train through the special passage. You don't know, the first time I squeezed onto a train with Mingyang, I lost a shoe. If Mingyang hadn't been so strong, I probably would have lost more than just a shoe. I still feel lingering fear when I think about it now."
Xu Xinning, resting her chin on her hand and looking out the window, asked, "Did you have more experience taking the train later?"
Kwong Mei-chu laughed: "Of course! Practice makes perfect. The first time was tough because I had no experience."
Kwong Mei-chu is actually quite tough; I reckon next time Xu Xin-ning takes a train, she could probably handle it with her child without any problem.
At that moment, Xu Xinning saw a tough mother outside the window. She had a large bag hanging on her chest and another on her back, and she was holding two children by the hand. Her hair was messy and her collar was soaked with sweat, but even so, she remained calm. While others were crowding towards the door, she found her own carriage and went to the window. She first handed the older child in through the window, then the luggage, then the younger child, and finally, with a final effort, she climbed in through the window herself.
This mother seems to have a lot of experience traveling by train.
Xu Xinning seems to see the shadow of Kuang Meizhu. If Kuang Meizhu were to take her child on a train in the future, it might be like this.
The train started moving, heading towards home.
Not everyone can afford a sleeper car, and given Xu Xinning's special circumstances, their car wasn't very crowded.
Xu Xinning and her three friends shared a cubicle, while the others were scattered around the edge of the cubicle.
The journey was peaceful and comfortable.
Xiao Ning is from the North, and this was his first time visiting the water towns of Jiangnan, so he found the journey very exciting. The closer he got to Jiangnan, the greater the difference between the local customs and culture and those in the North became. Xiao Ning often sighed, which amused his comrade in the same cubicle, who then told him about the local customs and culture of various parts of the country.
Xiao Ning was the youngest in the group, so they took good care of him.
When they arrived at their destination, Xu Xinning and her group used the special passage again. However, when they got off the bus, Xu Xinning saw the tough mother climbing out of the window with her two children again. But this time, it wasn't as smooth as when she got on the bus. Her son encountered a thief while he was handling the luggage.
The fierce mother hadn't even gotten out of the car yet, and she was anxiously watching the thief run away.
Xu Xinning asked two plainclothes soldiers who had come with her to help. The thief was caught, and the stolen items were recovered.
The strong mother, carrying her luggage and leading her two children, kept thanking the two people.
Xu Xinning instructed the two men to take the mother and her two children with them through the special passage.
The mother realized that Xu Xinning's identity was extraordinary, otherwise she wouldn't have been accompanied by so many people.
Each of them looked extraordinary, and she felt incredibly safe and secure around them, so she started talking more.
It turns out that this woman is a military wife. Her husband was killed in action, so she returned to her hometown with her child. The military arranged a job for her in her hometown.
Upon hearing this, Xu Xinning and her group felt even more differently about the mother and her two children.
The people who came with Xu Xinning were all soldiers. When they saw the mother and her two children, it was as if they saw their own future wives and children, and their feelings were very bittersweet.
The car that was supposed to pick up Xu Xinning and her family was already waiting there. Xu Xinning gave the mother and her two children a ride as well, deciding to go all the way and take them home first.
Besides, they also wanted to know about their family situation.
It's important to understand that the situation for a martyr's widow upon returning to her hometown might not be good. Her husband is gone, but she has left behind such a large subsidy and a permanent job. It's not uncommon for family members to be envious and covet her position.
It wasn't that Xu Xinning and her group wanted to meddle, but since they were the family members of a martyr, they felt they had to intervene.
The woman was very grateful; she had been worried about what would happen if she went home.
Her husband had three brothers. When her husband was alive, her parents-in-law were fairly fair. When they divided the family property, they each got two rooms.
Later, she and her child went to join the army, and those two rooms became empty.
Not long after, the parents-in-law decided to lend the two rooms to the two younger brothers-in-law.
The woman disagreed. She knew that it was easy to lend money out but difficult to get it back. Although they would not stay after joining the army, it was not like they would never go back.
But her husband was soft-hearted and said that it was better for the house to be empty than not to be occupied, otherwise it would fall into disrepair if they didn't live there for a long time.
Now that her husband has sacrificed his life, they want to come back and live here. I don't know if her two brothers-in-law have vacated their house.
The woman had considered the possibility of trouble upon her return, but with Xu Xinning and the others backing her up, she felt much more at ease. At least she could use Xu Xinning and the others' influence to her advantage, so she wouldn't be afraid of not being able to handle things later.
Actually, there weren't any truly wicked people in her husband's family. Her in-laws were biased, but they weren't completely unreasonable.
If the woman knew that even though her son was gone, the military would still be there to support her daughter-in-law and grandchildren, she would know that her in-laws would still be willing to reason with her.
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