Yun Qiao nodded and responded, "Tuo."
She turned to look at Li Qiqiu and exchanged a smile with her: "Aunt, the children and I are going to cause you some trouble in the near future."
Li Qiuqiu smiled, placed her palm on the back of Yun Qiao's hand, and said, "Auntie is not afraid of trouble. Auntie would like you to trouble her every day."
The ten-year movement ended, the college entrance examination was resumed, and the educated youth returned to the city... With the change of policies, the social atmosphere also changed.
The streets are much busier than before. Although people are still dressed in black, gray and navy blue, the overall atmosphere is no longer as depressing as before.
This was not the first time for the children to come to Shanghai, but because they were young, their memories of the past had long since faded, so this time they looked around with curiosity, pointing at the street scenes along the way, asking questions, and chattering non-stop.
The rickshaw turned into the alley and finally stopped in front of the Ye family's small Western-style building.
The car stopped and Li Qiu got out first to pay the two drivers.
Yun Qiao then helped the two children out of the car.
After Li Qiqiu paid the fare, he instructed Ye Kangning and Ye Yunqing to carry Yun Qiao's luggage into the house. As they were talking, a woman wearing a short-sleeved shirt with red floral patterns walked out of the next yard. She stood at the gate of the yard, sizing Yun Qiao up from a distance. After staring at him for a long time, she asked uncertainly, "Are you... Yun Qiao?"
Yun Qiao heard the voice and looked up at him, a trace of confusion on his face. After a moment, he seemed to remember something and said, "Are you Xiaoqin?"
Yu Xiaoqin is Yun Qiao's junior high school classmate.
"Yes, it's me." Hearing her name from Yun Qiao's mouth, Yu Xiaoqin immediately smiled brightly. She quickly walked up to Yun Qiao and said, "Yun Qiao, it really is you! I haven't seen you for so many years, I almost thought I was seeing things just now. But you haven't changed much from before, you're still as young and beautiful as ever."
"You too." Yun Qiao said with a smile, "You are still as elegant as ever."
Yu Xiaoqin glanced down at the child standing in front of Yun Qiao and asked with a smile, "Yun Qiao, is this your child? Are you married?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "Yes, we have been married for many years. How about you?"
"I'm married too." Yu Xiaoqin pointed to the yard behind her: "I married next to your house and became your neighbor."
In fact, Yun Qiao guessed it when he saw Yu Xiaoqin coming out of the yard behind him. After all, the neighbor aunt had only one son at home, and a strange woman who had no relationship with this family would not come out of a strange man's house for no reason.
However, what the neighbor said was not accurate. After all, the fact that Yun Qiao was not the biological child of the Ye family had caused a lot of uproar when Wang Chunhua was arrested. It was impossible for Yu Xiaoqin not to know about it.
Of course, Yun Qiao was too lazy to correct this problem, otherwise, once it was brought up, they would definitely talk about the past again.
She is living a happy life now and doesn't want to talk about the past.
"Congratulations." Yun Qiao said with a smile, introduced the two children's names to Yu Xiaoqin, and asked the two children to greet Yu Xiaoqin.
He Yan and He Yi listened to Yun Qiao's words very much. When asked to ask her, they obediently asked Yu Xiaoqin, "Auntie, who is she?"
Yu Xiaoqin smiled and praised the two children for being sensible.
At this time, Li Qiuqiu said with a smile: "Xiaoqin, why are you standing outside? You and Yunqiao should go inside and reminisce about the past."
Yu Xiaoqin waved her hand: "No, Aunt Li, I have something else to do later, so I have to go to the district."
They were just ordinary classmates, and their relationship wasn't that deep, so Yun Qiao didn't say much. He politely said, "Then I won't delay your work. After all, we're neighbors and live close by. We'll have plenty of time to catch up later."
"Tuo."
Yu Xiaoqin glanced at the time on her watch and said, "Today is a bad day. I have to go out to do some work. It's getting late, so I really have to go. We can talk later when we have time."
Yun Qiao nodded: "Well, let's go."
After Yu Xiaoqin left, Li Qiu said, "Let's go inside."
After entering the house, Li Qiuqiu led Yun Qiao directly to her previous room. Ye Kangning and Ye Yunqing had already brought the luggage that Yun Qiao brought over and placed it on the ground after entering the house.
It was still early, and Yun Qiao and the others had not had time to eat after getting off the train. Li Qiu took them to the bathroom, took out the toiletries he had prepared in advance, and after they had a quick wash, he took them out for breakfast.
The restaurant they were eating at was a nearby state-owned restaurant, which was also where Yunqiao had been accustomed to eating since childhood.
A familiar place, a familiar menu, familiar tastes, and familiar old neighbors.
Yun Qiao and her friends only spent the time to have breakfast in the restaurant and they met most of the neighbors in the alley.
At that time, the human touch between neighbors was still very strong, and the news spread quickly. Within an hour, everyone in the alley knew that Yun Qiao had returned with the child to visit relatives, and the neighbors who were close to him in the past would inevitably come to talk to Yun Qiao.
Although each person only spoke for a short while, there were so many people coming and going all morning that it was already noon by the time they had some free time.
The weather was hot and Ye Yuanzhang was busy with work, so he usually didn't go home for lunch and ate in the school cafeteria instead.
Li Qiu was afraid that he had not entertained Yun Qiao well enough, so he wanted to take her out to a restaurant, but Yun Qiao stopped him.
"Aunt, we are a family. We can just have a simple meal at home. Don't be so polite to me. You make me feel like an outsider."
After hearing what Yun Qiao said, Li Qiu took Yun Qiao's hand and said, "My dear child, it's my aunt who's thinking too much. I'm always worried that the food at home won't be good enough, and I'm wronging you and the child."
"How could that be?" Yun Qiao said, "Home-cooked meals are the best."
Li Qiuqiu said, "Auntie, I'll listen to you. Let's cook something at home."
Yun Qiao rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile, "I'll help you. Let's do it together."
"Tuo."
So, Li Qiuqiu and Yun Qiao went to the kitchen together and made several home-cooked dishes using the ingredients available at home.
Li Qiuqiu has lived in Northeast China for ten years, and his cooking method is completely Northeastern style, which is far from the rich oil and red sauce in Shanghai, but this just suits the taste of the two children, He Yan and He Yi.
The two children were born in Northeast China and have lived there for many years. They are used to eating Northeastern cuisine, so when they eat, they eat with extra relish.
Li Qiu saw it and felt relieved.
In the afternoon, the sun is scorching.
The two children were sleepy and took a nap. Yun Qiao was not too tired, so he took advantage of the time when the two children were sleeping to put the luggage away and take out the gifts for Li Qiu's family.
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