When we returned to the Shen residence, little Yunhai had fallen asleep in his mother's arms after drinking milk. As soon as the car stopped, little Wangcai jumped on the door, looking anxious and expectant. It was unknown how long he had been waiting at the door.

I didn't take it out today, firstly because there were a lot of things in the car, including food and daily necessities, which I was going to take to Province D for Meng Zhehan. Secondly, Meng Zhehan wanted to get closer to his nephew, but he would be distracted when he saw Xiao Wangcai next to him. He would rather choose Xiao Wangcai over his uncle, so Meng Zhehan became jealous and directly blocked Xiao Wangcai from getting in the car.

Xiao Wangcai felt aggrieved and helpless.

Uncle Gao also came out and said with a smile: "Is the baby asleep? Hey, you guys came back too late today. Sister Xu just came over to check on you. She was worried."

Xu Zhen seems to be in her twenties, and she insists that all the staff at home call her "Big Sister". Uncle Gao and Aunt Gao feel no pressure at all to call her that, because according to the custom in their hometown, young girls are generally addressed as Big Sister.

Shen Yu: "I had so much fun at grandma's house that I forgot about time."

As he said this, he came around to open the door and took little Yunhai over. Little Yunhai arched his back in his father's arms and continued to sleep soundly.

As soon as Meng Tao got out of the car, she hugged Xiao Wangcai's head, comforted it and said a few words to it, and promised to go for a walk together tomorrow, and give it a hot spring bath and a delicious midnight snack later.

Xiao Wangcai was happy and rubbed Shen Yu's legs again. Shen Yu said, "Don't wake the baby. Lead the way back to the house."

Xiao Wangcai ran in front in small steps. When entering the inner courtyard, he suddenly stopped, looked inside, then looked back at Meng Tao and Shen Yu, repeated this twice, and then let out a howl.

Meng Tao: "I see, are there guests coming to your house?"

"Awoo! Awoo! Awoo!" Xiao Wangcai held his head high with a serious face.

Meng Tao lowered her voice and said, "You said the guest is not easy to get along with? Okay, I get it. I will pay attention."

Xiao Wangcai then continued to walk inside. The inner courtyard was brightly lit. Except for the east wing where Shen Yu and Meng Tao lived, all other rooms had lights on. There was laughter and noise in the main living room, and the sounds of frying and stir-frying could be heard from the kitchen. The aroma of meat filled the air.

Meng Tao wondered if the dinner wasn't over yet? If there were male guests, they would have to drink, and they'd been drinking until now? That didn't make sense, why didn't they eat and drink in the dining room, but in the living room? Xiao Wangcai was squatting ten meters away from the living room, not moving, and looking up at the two hosts.

Shen Yu frowned when he heard the unbridled, shrill laughter of a woman, and asked, "What's wrong? Is it that the guest doesn't like you and dad won't let you get close?"

Xiao Wangcai whimpered twice, looking aggrieved.

"Then you go back to our place and wait. Little Mom and Sister Gan will come to give the baby a bath in a while."

Xiao Wangcai got up immediately, turned around and ran to the corridor of the east room.

Meng Tao felt a little uncomfortable and muttered quietly: "This guest is unreliable. How can he chase away the owner's dog as soon as he arrives? Our little Wangcai has been trained. Unless he crosses his bottom line, he will never provoke others casually."

"You'll find out once you get in."

The couple walked into the living room of the main house. They were not drinking and eating as Meng Tao had guessed, but it was more lively than she had imagined. There were laughter, the crunching sound of crunching fruit and melon seeds, the music from the TV, the broadcast from the radio, and someone was "shooting" a leather ball against the wall as if it were a basketball. It was a boy who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, playing with the three-color leather ball that someone had given to Xiao Yunhai.

There were a few girls in their twenties chewing fruits and melon seeds and laughing around the TV and radio. Although televisions in those days were black and white, they were expensive electrical appliances and had not yet been popularized among the general public. They were supplied according to quotas, and even if an ordinary family had the money, they could not buy one if they could not get the quotas or industrial tickets.

I guess the little girls rarely watch TV programs, so it's normal for them to find them new and interesting.

But they turned on the TV and the radio, don't they find it too noisy? What can we see or hear from this?

Shen Heping, Xu Zhen and two middle-aged men and women sat around the coffee table. Shen Heping frowned, his expression serious and indifferent. The two middle-aged men and women, the man gesticulated and the woman nodded frequently and added something.

Sister Lin swept the floor with a broom. Not only were there melon seed shells, candy wrappers, and fruit peels scattered all over the smooth terrazzo floor tiles, but there were also broken tea cups and vase porcelain pieces.

Looking at this scene, the vase fell from a high place, most likely by the boy who was kicking the ball. The teacup was at the girls' feet, so it might be guessed which girl broke it.

Meng Tao was speechless: He broke things on his first visit to someone else's home, and yet he was still so happy and noisy as if nothing had happened. It was too rude. To be honest, she didn't like it.

Shen Yu walked behind. His aura was stronger than Meng Tao's, and he naturally carried a sense of oppression. As soon as he appeared, everyone's attention was focused on him.

The living room suddenly fell silent. The TV and radio also paused for two seconds. The boy who was playing with the ball was frightened by something and stopped hitting the ball in his arms.

Xu Zhen stood up first and walked towards the couple quickly. She looked at Shen Yu with eyes as red as a rabbit and said something silently with trembling lips. Shen Yu and Meng Tao could see clearly her mouth shape. She said: "Yu'er, Mom is sorry for you!"

Then she lowered her head, picked up Xiao Yunhai, hurried away, and went to find Mrs. Gan to give her grandson a bath together.

Shen Heping did not hide Shen Yu's childhood "wandering adventure" from Xu Zhen. He told her about it. Xu Zhen burst into tears at the time and was sad for a long time.

With the arrival of these guests today, they would probably repeat the story of how Uncle Lin rescued Shen Yu and brought him home, which would once again touch upon the pain in Xu Zhen's heart and make her sad and blame herself again.

Shen Heping was worried about his wife, so he followed her to the door. The middle-aged man and woman hurried over. The man laughed loudly and said, "Brother Shen, Brother Shen! This must be my nephew, right? Oh my! He has grown up so big, so handsome and talented! Back then, when my cousin-in-law rescued him, I held him in my arms. He was so small, not even as tall as a chair!"

"The adults are talking, why are you arguing?"

The woman stopped him with a stern face, then immediately smiled and said to Shen Yu: "You are Shen Yu, do you remember me? Your Uncle Lin rescued you and I cooked sweet potato noodles for you. You had never seen sweet potato noodles before and disliked the blackness and refused to eat them. You only ate boiled eggs. You are so smart at such a young age. Hahaha! You really don't remember me? I am Aunt Lin, your Uncle Lin's wife."

Shen Yu looked at his father. Shen Heping cleared his throat and nodded, "It's from Lin Dajiang's family."

After Shen Heping finished speaking, he saw that the children had stopped watching TV, so he walked over to turn it off. He also turned off the radio. The loud volume all day and all night made his ears buzz, but the visitors were guests, all young girls, and it was the first time that the daughter of an old friend came, so he really didn't know what to say and could only endure it.

The living room finally quieted down. Shen Heping breathed a sigh of relief and reintroduced, "This is my son Shen Yu and daughter-in-law Meng Tao. Their child is six months old. My wife just took him to take a bath."

Then he pointed at the middle-aged man and woman and told Shen Yumengtao: "Aunt Lin, her maiden name is Ge, you can also call her Aunt Ge; this is Aunt Ge's cousin Wang Wenqiang, you can just call him Uncle Wang."

Shen Yu and Meng Tao followed suit and called out, "Aunt Ge, Uncle Wang."

Aunt Ge, whose real name is Ge Hongjiao, quickly waved her hand and said, "Just call me aunt. We are relatives. We were too far away to visit each other before, but now that we are together, we should be closer!"

As he spoke, he pulled several girls and boys over and introduced them one by one: "These are your uncle Lin's biological children. The eldest daughter, Lin Xiaoxue, is 21 years old this year, and the youngest daughter, Lin Xiaoqing, is 17 years old. We also have two sons who are about the same age as you, Shen Yu. You may not remember them. They are both married and have children. They are working in Xuncheng. Their lives are barely getting by. When we are stable here, we will bring them here.

This Wang Jingjing is eighteen years old. She is my cousin's daughter. This Wang Xiaobao is her younger brother. He is fourteen years old this year. He is too naughty to study and his health is not very good. There are big hospitals with good doctors in Beijing. We are here to visit relatives. This is a rare opportunity, so we brought him here for a check-up. "

As soon as Ge Hongjiao finished speaking, the three girls rushed forward and called out in a tender voice, "Brother Shen Yu!"

"Brother Shen Yu!"

"Hello, Brother Shen Yu!"

There was no further follow-up after that.

Meng Tao stood beside Shen Yu and sighed again: After marrying Shen Yu, her popularity has become extremely bad.

But it’s okay too, it saves trouble. If someone calls her sister-in-law, she will have to agree quickly.

Isn’t it nice to have a leisure time?

She took a look at the boy who Ge Hongjiao said was sick. She didn't see anything wrong with him from his appearance. He was a 14-year-old boy of normal height, with fair skin and a strong build. He was pressing the ball hard with both hands, gritting his teeth and trying to burst the ball with his hands.

This may be due to the rebellious period, ADHD, or a brain problem.

Just as I was guessing, I heard Shen Yu ask, "My Uncle Lin, isn't he coming with you?"

Ge Hongjiao was stunned, and she and Wang Wenqiang looked at each other in bewilderment. Wang Wenqiang hurriedly said, "My dear nephew, didn't your father, Brother Shen, tell you on the phone just now?"

Shen Heping: "Oh, I didn't say that. It's not convenient to talk on the phone. Let's talk about this kind of thing in detail when we get home."

"Yes, yes, yes! My brother Shen is the most thoughtful. So, nephew, you..."

"Just call me Xiao Shen."

Shen Yu pointed at the sofa and chairs: "Everyone sit down and talk."

He turned around and said softly to Meng Tao: "Wife, why don't you go and rest first?"

Meng Tao was upset when she saw that the girls were only looking at Shen Yu. It was really boring to stay there any longer, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll go back to see the baby."

"Okay, I'll be back soon."

Before leaving, Meng Tao said something to Shen Heping, and out of politeness also said goodbye to Aunt Lin and Wang Wenqiang.

Ge Hongjiao laughed dryly and nodded twice. Wang Wenqiang was more capable than her and even asked Meng Tao to stay: "Have some midnight snack? It's being prepared in the kitchen and will be ready soon."

Meng Tao thought that Aunt Gao was busy in the kitchen making midnight snacks. She didn't know what these people wanted to eat. She had to fry and stir-fry in the middle of the night. Aunt Gao must have worked hard.

Shen Yu saw Meng Tao out of the living room door, and she went back to the east wing along the corridor.

(End of this chapter)