Yun Qiao's nose tightened when she heard this, and she quickly said, "Grandma, Tingjun misses you too, but unfortunately he's too busy with work and can't spare the time. If you miss him, I'll tell him. When he's free on vacation later, I'll definitely ask him to come to Shanghai to visit you."
"Okay." Tingjun's grandmother nodded and said, "Actually, it's great that you can come. Seeing you, I'm really happy in my heart."
As she spoke, she stroked He Yi's hair with a smile, and said with loving eyes: "Especially looking at this little guy, it's like looking at Tingjun when he was a child."
He Yi was too young to understand what the adults said, but when his great-grandmother touched him, he felt that his great-grandmother liked him, so he subconsciously shook his little head and rubbed it against his great-grandmother's palm.
Tingjun's grandmother was startled for a moment, then she smiled happily.
"Tingjun always loved rubbing his hands against my palms like this when he was little."
At this moment, sunlight shines into the house through the window, casting a warm glow on this cozy scene.
The years are as peaceful as ever.
*****
As people get older, they tend to be less energetic. After chatting for more than an hour, Tingjun's grandmother's face showed obvious signs of fatigue, so Luo Hui asked the old lady to lie on the bed and rest for a while.
After the old lady lay down, Yun Qiao took the two children and left the room.
Luo Hui helped the old lady adjust the speed of the ceiling fan and then left the room.
Neither of the two children had the ability to suppress their tempers. After pretending to be good boys in the room for over an hour, they were already tired of pretending and ran out of the room as soon as they got out of the door.
Yun Qiao lowered his voice and reminded, "Don't run too far. Play nearby. Do you hear me?"
He Yan waved her hand: "I understand, Mom."
He Yi didn't even say he knew it. He just waved to Yun Qiao without even turning his head and answered immediately.
Yun Qiao felt helpless. Turning around, he saw Luo Hui coming out and said a little embarrassedly, "The child can't sit still. I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself."
"What's the big deal? They're just kids, and that's how it is." Luo Hui didn't mind at all, and asked Yun Qiao with a smile if he wanted to stay for lunch.
The food in the canteen of the nursing home is pretty good.
If it were at home, Yun Qiao would have stayed, but this was a nursing home, and the residents were all high-ranking officials. Yun Qiao didn't want to cause trouble for his aunt, so he shook his head and said, "No. I have some things to do at home this afternoon, so I have to go home early."
"Okay." Luo Hui didn't force her. "Since you have a boyfriend, it's better to get married sooner."
Yun Qiao said "hmm".
Luo Hui walked Yun Qiao out. When they passed by the garden, Yun Qiao waved to the two children swinging on the swings in the garden: "Yanyan, Xiaoyi, let's go."
"Coming." He Yan and He Yi responded and quickly jumped off the swing.
Luo Hui walked Yun Qiao to the entrance of the sanatorium and suddenly remembered: "Oh, by the way, you and Tingjun haven't been to Shanghai in the past few years, and you haven't seen He Ying for a long time, right?"
Yun Qiao nodded: "Yes, it has been a long time."
Luo Hui asked, "As my sister-in-law, you've finally come to Shanghai. Would you like to go to Changxing Island to see her?"
"The conditions on Changxing Island aren't great, and she's had a hard time these past few years. But even though Changxing Island isn't great, it's a decent-sized island with beautiful scenery. I went there last summer, and you could bring your kids there too."
"Island?" He Yi's eyes lit up: "Which island?"
"..." Yun Qiao pushed his head away speechlessly: "Children should not interrupt when adults are talking."
"Okay." He Yi lowered his head dejectedly.
Seeing this, Luo Hui said: "Since the child is curious, you can take him around there and treat it as an outing."
Yun Qiao and He Ying didn't get along. They had a lot of conflicts when they went to Chuncheng to visit their relatives. They hadn't contacted each other actively over the years, so Yun Qiao had no intention of meeting He Ying at all.
And the islands... Shanghai has more than one island, Changxing Island.
But of course I couldn't say that in front of my aunt, as it would seem she was too cold and unkind.
So Yun Qiao just said: "Is that so? I'll think about it later."
Luo Hui saw that Yun Qiao was hesitant, but she didn't say anything else. After all, she had a mediocre impression of the girl He Ying. She just suddenly remembered it and mentioned it casually to show her courtesy.
But since Yun Qiao herself doesn't care about these things, why should she, as her aunt, bother to say more and cause trouble?
Luo Hui didn't say anything else, but just reminded Yun Qiao to be careful on the road.
Yun Qiao said "hmm", waved goodbye to Luo Hui, and left the sanatorium with the child.
On the bus, He Yi curiously asked Yun Qiao, "Mom, who is He Ying?"
Yun Qiao explained briefly: "She's your father's sister, your aunt." Then he reminded: "When you meet someone, you should call them aunt. You can't just call them by their name. It's impolite."
He Yi said "Oh" and said, "How come I didn't know my father had a sister?"
"Because you have a bad memory!" He Yan retorted: "That's what I remember."
She still remembered that her aunt's son was a nasty guy who loved to throw tantrums and make trouble.
He Yi grumbled aside, "That's because you're older than me, so you remember more than me. I'm younger than you, so of course I can't remember things I did when I was a child."
He Yan said of He Yi: "You're just making up stories."
But He Yi didn't understand the idiom and looked confused. "Sister, what do you mean?"
He Yan rolled his eyes: "..."
Yun Qiao suppressed a laugh and said, "There's a photo album at home in Beijing with photos of your aunt. If you're curious, go to your grandma's house and Mom will find the album and let you recognize the people."
"Can't you just meet people directly?" He Yi asked curiously, "Didn't Grandma say that Auntie would come to Shanghai?"
Yun Qiao explained, "Shanghai is very big. Although Changxing Island is also part of Shanghai, it's very far from the city. You have to take a car and a boat to get there. Moreover, the island is very remote and too unsafe, so Mom can't take you there."
"Okay then. That's fine." He Yi was a little disappointed. "Alas, I haven't even seen the island yet."
Yun Qiao was a bit amused when he heard this: "So do you want to see the island? Or do you want to see your aunt?"
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