In the past, their mother rarely let Shao Ruihua go out, always saying that he was too small and could easily be taken away by someone.
After Shao Ruihua started kindergarten, her mother's illness improved significantly, and Shao Ruihua gained more friends.
But whenever the sisters were around, their mother always made them look after their younger brother and told them to be careful themselves.
If anyone tries to harm them, they will yell at the top of their lungs, even if it means damaging other people's property, because their mothers will pay for it later.
The two sisters didn't understand why their mother kept emphasizing these things to them, and even thought their mother was crazy like others. But later, their second aunt said that their mother wanted to protect them and was afraid that they would be in danger. Only then did they realize that their mother had good intentions.
Mu Leyu was very happy to see the Shao sisters, Shao Shurui and Shao Shuhua, and waved to them from afar.
Mu Leyu: "Sister, sister, let's jump rope!"
Mu Leyu was worried about not being able to find a helper because her legs were too short, and she could never beat others at jumping rope.
Xu Laosan's college entrance examination is finally over. He feels that he has really given it his all, using all his intelligence and wisdom over the years. Now he will leave the results to time.
When Xu Laosan packed his bags, intending to secretly embark on a long journey, he was caught by Mu Jingshu.
Mu Jingshu still has a year before the college entrance exam, so she can't go along to play, but her jealousy won't allow Xu Laosan to be so carefree.
Why is it that when she's in such dire straits, her buddy Xu Laosan can still live a carefree life? She was there for Xu Laosan when he was preparing for the college entrance exam.
Anyway, her main principle is that brothers must share the good times, but not necessarily the bad.
Mu Jingshu's unreasonable demands certainly couldn't stop Xu Laosan's pursuit of freedom, but his other good brother, Chen Jianguo, could.
Ever since Xu Laosan and Mu Jingshu were brought to Kyoto by Xu Xinning to attend junior and senior high school, they and Chen Jianguo could only express their "longing" for each other in letters.
Chen Jianguo also took the college entrance examination this year, and decided to come to Kyoto after the exam.
Just as Xu Laosan was about to sneak away, he received a letter from Chen Jianguo announcing his arrival in Kyoto, which stopped him from leaving.
In fact, Xu Xinning had already received a call from Chen Ping about Chen Jianguo's upcoming trip to Kyoto.
Since Wang Ying's burial, Chen Jianguo's personality has changed. He used to talk to Chen Ping about everything, but since then he has gradually distanced himself from Chen Ping and is even less willing to talk to him.
Chen Ping reflected on this matter for a long time, wondering if he had inadvertently revealed the truth that they were not biological father and son. But no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't find where he had overlooked something.
When Chen Ping learned that Chen Jianguo was not his child, he did decide not to get close to the child. But as time went on, watching the child grow from an infant to a young adult, seeing his own shadow in every moment of his life, Chen Ping realized that he had unknowingly come to regard him as his own child.
Especially during the period when Wang Ying was missing, he could sense the child's dependence on him. During that time, Chen Jianguo also filled all the confusion and emptiness in his heart. It was also during that time that he realized that this child had become a part of his life.
At that time, he took great care of Chen Jianguo. Whenever Chen Jianguo was not in school, he would take him with him and try his best to satisfy his every need.
Gradually, Chen Jianguo opened up to him and began to tell him everything.
But Wang Ying's funeral seemed to have locked Chen Jianguo's heart away, and he became cold and withdrawn from then on.
When Chen Jianguo took the initiative to suggest coming to Kyoto to visit Xu Laosan and the others, Chen Ping was very supportive and called Xu Xinning early on.
After finding out Chen Jianguo's train number, Xu Laosan and Mu Jingshu went to the train station to pick him up early.
This was Chen Jianguo's first time traveling far from home alone. Although he was almost an adult, his family was still quite worried.
Despite Chen Ping and his wife's thorough preparations before Chen Jianguo left home—sewing pockets into his underwear to put some money in them, and sewing small pockets into the inside of his clothes to stuff money he needed on the way—it was still no match for the thief's ingenious tricks.
When Xu Laosan and Mu Jingshu saw Chen Jianguo, they couldn't believe their eyes. This man, dressed in tattered clothes, looking listless, with messy hair, wearing a shoe on one foot and barefoot on the other, with a snakeskin bag hanging in front and a large sack on his back, was their good brother who always dressed neatly and was a top student?
Seeing Xu Laosan and Mu Jingshu, Chen Jianguo almost burst into tears.
This journey was truly arduous; he never dreamed that taking a train would be so terrifying.
Chen Ping was worried that Chen Jianguo would have a hard time on the train, so he used his connections to buy him a sleeper berth. However, the young man had not experienced the harsh realities of life and was cheated out of his berth shortly after boarding. When he tried to get his berth back, he couldn't bring himself to ask for it back and was even tricked into going to the connecting area between the carriages.
I was so tired sitting in the connecting area between the carriages that I accidentally dozed off. All the places where I hid my money were cut off, and the result was predictable.
If he hadn't been pressing down on them, the sacks and snakeskin bags would probably be gone too.
Upon seeing Chen Jianguo's appearance, Xu Laosan guessed what he had gone through.
These past few years have really been unsafe outside. Thieves and robberies are everywhere. Not to mention train stations and trains, even on the main streets, people will openly steal.
Because the shop that Xu Yao helped Mu Jingheng run was doing so well, it was subjected to protection money collection more than once.
At first, Xu Yao didn't bother Mu Jingheng and handled everything he could on his own. However, too many people came to collect protection money, so in order not to affect his business, Xu Yao finally told Mu Jingheng.
Mu Jingheng contacted the local police, and the protection collectors stopped coming to his door.
Shops being vandalized and robbed in the middle of the night is no longer news.
Xu Laosan and Mu Jingshu quickly stepped forward and took the things Chen Jianguo was carrying.
Mu Jingshu: "Brother, have you been robbed? Didn't your dad buy you a sleeper ticket?"
Chen Jianguo: "Sigh! Don't even mention it. Not long after I got on the train, an old lady with a child approached me and said that it wasn't easy for her to take care of a child alone. She hoped to sit on my berth. I thought, why not? I don't sleep during the day anyway."
The child got sleepy after sitting for a short while, and the old lady said that she was too old to carry the child. Since my berth was empty, she suggested that the child sleep there. She also said that it was fine for her to take a nap. It's not easy being away from home, so she should help if she could.
That night, the old lady slept on my bunk with the child without my permission. I wanted to ask them to get up, but I couldn't bring myself to do it because I felt sorry for the old woman and the child.
The next day, I thought they would return the bed to me, but to my surprise, their attitude changed. They took it for granted and even complained that I was too tall and took up too much space.
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