When Su Qingyun left the family compound, she saw her brother standing outside waiting for her.
"Second brother, is the work done?" Su Qingyun asked.
"Yeah." Su Congwen was a little absent-minded.
"Then let's go back quickly, it's getting late."
"good."
On the way back, Su Congwen kept frowning. Seeing that he was not in good condition, Su Qingyun did not disturb him.
"Are you back?" Qin Ying asked her daughter as soon as she got home, "How was it? Did you go to Ji's house?"
Su Qingyun nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Ji and the others are all doing well."
"That's good." Qin Ying was relieved, "But, he must still be thinking about A Yue." Without the child around, not to mention that the New Year doesn't feel like the New Year, even ordinary days will feel cold and deserted.
"We'll be ready for dinner soon," Zhang Xinlan called out. "Congwen, today I made your favorite bamboo shoot pork slices."
Su Congwen rarely comes back and he can't stay at home for long, so during this period, the dishes at home are all based on his favorite tastes.
"Thank you, Mom." Su Congwen replied, "I'll go back to my room and rest for a while." After that, he went back to his room.
"This kid, he's already eaten, why is he resting?" Zhang Xinlan muttered, not noticing anything unusual about her son.
Su Qingyun looked in the direction of Su Congwen's room, frowned, and felt a little worried.
Not long after, what she worried about happened.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the family was happily eating.
"Congwen, come with me to your grandma's house today and visit your uncle and his family." Zhang Xinlan said while eating, "It's not easy for you to come back, you should go and see them no matter what."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Wu Guixiang's expression carefully, fearing that she would disagree.
"Why are you looking at me?" Wu Guixiang frowned. "Isn't it natural for a grandson to visit his grandmother?"
Although Zhang Xinlan's mother often does nothing, she still cares about her two grandsons Congwen and Congwu. After all, she is filial, so she can't stop Congwen from seeing his grandmother. If this gets out, no matter what the Zhang family is like, others will just say that Wu Guixiang is unkind.
However, Wu Guixiang still warned, "Please be careful with what you take from the house. I know everything."
"Of course, of course." Zhang Xinlan breathed a sigh of relief and promised, "I won't take more."
She no longer has the intention to be devoted to her parents' home. After all, she has done too many thankless tasks. Even a fool should see that she will naturally do what she should do, and don't expect her to do what she shouldn't do.
It’s not that her mother hasn’t come to look for her, but Zhang Xinlan is too busy with her own affairs and doesn’t want to bother her parents. When she found that she had become a different person, after failing to persuade her, Zhang’s mother started to curse at her. Zhang Xinlan didn’t fight back, but she felt even more heartbroken.
Su Congwen paused his chopsticks, looked at the large table of family members, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Grandma, Dad, Mom, and everyone else, I'm going back tomorrow. I've already bought the train ticket, and I want to tell you something."
The whole family fell silent, stopped eating and looked at him.
Zhang Xinlan's smile was still frozen on her face. She was stunned for a long time before she said, "Why are you leaving after only being back for ten days? Didn't you say you could stay home for half a month?"
"Yes, what's going on, Congwen?" Su Aidang was also stunned.
The couple never expected that their son would leave again after just a few days of returning. How could they accept this?
"The time I mentioned before was just an approximate time. There were some temporary arrangements from above, so they asked me to go back early. This is not something I can decide." Su Congwu said slowly with a normal expression.
Su Qingyun lowered his head slightly. His second brother had mentioned going back twice, but he didn't explicitly say he was going back to school. So he might be... going back to the army.
What was the matter that required him to return to the army so urgently? The answer was self-evident, and Su Qingyun sighed inwardly.
The Su family doesn't have a radio or subscribe to newspapers, so they don't know much about major national affairs. They have no idea what's happening on the border, nor do they know what Su Congwen's departure means. Now the Su family just feels that time is running out. The child has only been back for a few days and is leaving again. They don't know when he will come back next time, and they feel a little sad.
Su Qingyun looked at the slightly depressing scene, moved her lips, and wanted to say something, but suddenly met Su Congwen's eyes. Su Congwen shook his head gently, signaling her not to speak.
Su Qingyun finally swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. She didn't know whether it was right to hide this matter from her family, but since her second brother chose not to say anything, she might as well remain silent.
The man was determined to leave his hometown, and she respected her second brother's decision.
"Since it's an order from above, we must obey it." Everyone was silent for a long time. The first person to speak was Su Dalin. After he finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Second son's wife, you and Congwen should go back to your parents' home today. When you come back, pack up his things and take everything you can with you."
Su Dalin rarely spoke so many words, and it was not difficult to hear from his words that he was reluctant to part with his grandson and was concerned about him. However, since he had chosen to join the army to serve his country, he had to obey all orders. As family members, they should support him and not hold the child back.
Knowing that she couldn't keep the child, Zhang Xinlan forced a smile and said, "Okay."
Wu Guixiang also sighed and looked at Li Xiulian, "Old Master's wife, take down the smoked meat and pickled fish from the beams and bring them to Congwen. We'll also make some chive and egg pancakes. Congwen loves them, so give them to him on the road."
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