Nanping County, machinery factory compound.

Zhao Xianglan was holding a thick envelope in her hand and rushing home.

"Hey, Xianglan, where did you go after get off work? Why did you come back so late? You didn't come here to tease your daughter-in-law and ask her to cook?" Fang Cuilan glanced at her and spoke in a shrill voice, afraid that the people in the next room couldn't hear her.

Zhao Xianglan rolled her eyes and waved the thing in her hand in front of her: "See? Our Qingqing sent another letter home. I'm going to get it!"

Fang Cuilan curled her lips: "It's just a letter, what's the big deal!"

"Yeah, it's no big deal. After all, your child is in Hai City, much closer than our Qingqing. But he only writes to you once every few months, and the envelope is so thin that it's only a piece of paper. I don't know if he has forgotten about you, his mother!" Zhao Xianglan said sarcastically.

Fang Cuilan: “…”

An arrow hit the heart!

"Mom! Qingqing wrote to me again?" Su Cai came out of the house after hearing the voice.

"Hey!" Zhao Xianglan took her daughter-in-law's hand and said, "Come on, let's go inside and read the letter!"

The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law went into the house happily, not affected at all by Fang Cuilan's words.

Seeing how close they were, Fang Cuilan felt a pang of pain in her heart! Her son's girlfriend had never come home!

I'm so angry. I have a heart attack every time I see Zhao Xianglan!

She was too lazy to cook, she was going to write a letter to her unfortunate son, asking him if he had forgotten her!

Zhao Xianglan went to get a letter today and came back much later than usual. By now, everyone else has already returned home.

Yi Jianshe just heard the sound and went into the house to get his glasses and ruler.

The family sat around the table waiting to read the letter.

Even Xiaohui, who was sitting on Su Cai's lap, folded her hands and placed them on the table, looking as if she was listening attentively.

She will go to primary school next year. Yi Zhigang and Su Cai would teach her some things about school in advance. This is how she developed her listening posture.

Little Sisi is always her sister's follower. Seeing her sister like this, she twisted her butt forward, lay down on the table, and imitated her sister, looking at her grandma with her head held high.

Zhao Xianglan took the glasses and put them on, then opened the envelope with a ruler. She first counted the number of sheets of letter paper, then looked at the blank space, and nodded with satisfaction. Very good, no cutting corners.

She then arranged the letters and started reading from the first one.

The first part is normal, just like usual, describing her school life and interesting things that happened in her life, with some illustrations in between.

In Xiaohui's words, she has an aunt who can draw comic strips, and all her friends in the compound envy her!

As she was reading, Zhao Xianglan's voice suddenly stopped.

"Mom, what's wrong? Why don't you study anymore?" Yi Zhigang asked puzzledly.

"Your sister said that the clothing store she and a few other girls are going to open soon, so they won't be going home for the New Year this year." Zhao Xianglan handed the letter to her son.

Yi Jianshe patted her hands and said, "Never mind. Opening a store is a big deal."

Of course Zhao Xianglan knew this. She had been looking forward to her daughter's return for a whole year. The day before yesterday, she was still thinking about finding a sunny day to take out the quilts in Qingqing's room to dry them in the sun. Suddenly she found out that her daughter was not coming back, and she felt a little disappointed.

Yi Zhigang also said after reading the letter: "It will be a quieter New Year this year."

"It's really not easy for Qingqing and other girls to do such a big thing together. We have to support them. It's a good time to sell clothes before the New Year. We can do business together. If others don't come back, it will be difficult for Qingqing to come back either." Su Cai really admires her sister-in-law. She is still in school. It's not long since the policy came out, and others are still waiting and watching, but these girls have set up the stall and are about to open the business.

As she spoke, she turned the letter over and suddenly smiled: "Mom! Qingqing asked us to go to the capital to celebrate the New Year!"

"What?" Zhao Xianglan took the letter.

"Mom, although I can't go back to celebrate the New Year, you can come to the capital to celebrate the New Year! This way our family can be reunited.

You don't have to worry about having no place to live. Ayuan bought a big house during the summer vacation. We have already cleaned it up so you can all stay here when you come.

Ayuan and I will take you to see Tiananmen Square, climb the Great Wall, visit the Forbidden City, and visit Imperial University and our clothing store. Haven't you always wanted to meet Mengxue and the others? This is a good time to meet them. It will also be good for Xiaohui and Sisi to go out and see more. It is good for their growth. Photos and paintings are far less shocking than seeing them in person.

After you buy the tickets, remember to send me a telegram to tell me the train number. Ayuan and I will go to the train station to pick you up. This time it’s finally me who goes to pick you up, hehe!

Come on, come on, come on, I miss you guys!"

There is also a small picture of picking someone up on the platform below, which takes up half of the page.

Xiaohui pointed at the people in the small painting: "This is dad, this is mom, this is grandpa, this is grandma! This is aunt and uncle, Sisi, this is you!"

"Sister, it's you!" Sisi laughed.

Zhao Xianglan's mind raced: "Let's go to the capital for the New Year this year! Zhigang, go to the train station tomorrow at noon and buy the tickets quickly so that you can send a telegram to your sisters!"

"Okay," Yi Zhigang was also very excited. He had never been to the capital before! Who wouldn't want to see Tiananmen Square?

When Zhao Xianglan was lying in bed at night, she could not help but say, "Lao Yi, I'm afraid Qingqing has stayed at Xiaoyun's house!"

"No way? Our Qingqing is so smart. She was a promising student who was admitted to Imperial Capital University," Yi Jianshe said.

"She has put all her intelligence into studying. If she didn't live there too, how could she talk about that place as if it were her own home? She bought the house during the summer vacation, but she is only talking about it now. I don't believe there must be something fishy going on! I gave birth to her, and I don't even know her?" Zhao Xianglan felt heartbroken at the thought.

Yi Jianshe thought about it and realized it was true. He couldn't sleep anymore and sat up immediately. "I said Yun Guyuan needs to be investigated! He said in his previous letter that he was 'starting from love and ending with courtesy', but now he has lied to us that Qingqing is living with him! I'll give him a good beating this time!"

Zhao Xianglan took one look and quickly comforted him: "Oh, Lao Yi, you think too much. If it really came to that, your daughter would have asked us to go to the capital to celebrate the New Year. Wouldn't that be catching us in the act? Didn't you see that the letter said it was a 'big house'? We can all stay there, so there must be a lot of rooms. I guess they don't live in the same house."

"Really?" Yi Jianshe was very worried.

But since they didn't live in the same house, he didn't think it was that serious.

"Of course she is. Our daughter is an excellent student at the Imperial Capital University. How could she be that stupid? She is the one who will suffer if we live in the same room with her!" said Zhao Xianglan.