Lu Wei happened to be going to Beijing for a meeting this year, so he booked a train ticket to Beijing for the 25th of the lunar year.
Before leaving, Lu Wei went back to Shen Nanzhen's family compound to help pack the luggage.
After packing the luggage, Lu Wei went to the next room and read picture books to Pingping and Anan. Now that the two children have grown up a little, Lu Wei doesn't need to read stories to them most of the time. They can make up their own stories for Lu Wei.
After listening to Ping Ping and An An's stories, Lu Wei said, "Okay, go to bed early. We have to take the train to Beijing tomorrow."
Knowing that they would go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year this year, several children started packing their clothes and shoes a few days in advance, and also packed a lot of toys.
Ping Ping and An An nodded obediently, "Good night, Dad. You should go to bed early too. Don't oversleep and miss the train."
Lu Wei tucked in the quilt for them and nodded, "Okay, Dad will get up early."
When Lu Wei returned to the room, Ye Zhi had already packed her luggage.
When Ye Zhi saw Lu Wei coming back, she asked quietly, "Are all the girls asleep?"
Usually when Lu Wei is not at home, the two children always ask her to tell stories. Unexpectedly, when Lu Wei comes back, they don’t want her anymore.
Lu Wei was not very friendly to his two sons, but he almost always responded to Ping Ping and An An's requests. Seeing him smile, he said, "Not asleep, but already in bed. The two are hiding in the quilt and whispering."
Ye Zhi chuckled: "Knowing that we're going to take a train tomorrow, I guess they're looking forward to it. The two little guys have never taken a train before."
Before Pingping and Anan were born, Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu had already gone to Qiongzhou Island. In the following years, they traveled between the island and Guangzhou and never returned to Beijing. So the two daughters have never taken a train yet, they have only seen one when it passed by. Every time they see a train passing by, they get very excited and wave at the train.
The last time Nian Nian and Sui Sui took a train was when they were six months old and returned to Xitang Town to celebrate the New Year. Such a young baby didn’t remember anything, so his two older brothers were also very eager to ride the train.
Only Ye Zhi and Lu Wei were extremely worried.
Although there was no such thing as Spring Festival travel in this era, Guangzhou was a trading city and one of the first cities to open up its economy, so there was still a lot of people traveling back and forth in the 1980s.
This time, she and Lu Wei were the only ones going north with their four children. Shen Nanzhen would not be free until the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, and she would fly back directly then.
Ye Zhi's parents went back to Xitang Town to celebrate the New Year this year, so there were only six of them on this trip.
Lu Wei smiled and said, "I guess they don't know how many people there are on the train."
Lu Wei walked to Ye Zhi's side, tidied up her hair that had just been blow-dried, and said, "Don't worry, I bought the sleeper tickets for the entire sleeper room. Besides, your man is a soldier, what do you have to worry about?"
Ye Zhi couldn't help but smiled: "Yes, my captain Lu is here."
Lu Wei hugged her waist from behind, then reached out and took the magazine from her hand, saying, "Go to bed early, we have to get up early tomorrow."
Ye Zhi glanced at the clock on the desk: "Isn't it only ten o'clock? Why are you in such a hurry?"
After Ye Zhi was carried to the bed by Lu Wei, she knew why!
I don’t know how long it had been, but Ye Zhi, who was lying on the bed, had no strength left. She lazily let Lu Wei put her clothes back on and muttered, "I'm so cold!" As soon as she finished speaking, she found that her voice was a little hoarse!
It’s all Lu Wei’s fault. He doesn’t know how to be gentle and considerate to women!
She turned over and didn't want to pay any attention to the culprit.
Lu Wei crawled into the bed and hugged her from behind, kissing her earlobe, "You won't feel cold if you hold me while sleeping."
Ye Zhi couldn't stop yawning, remembering that after the exam a few days ago, she received ginseng left by Wang Jinbao's wife, so she told Lu Wei about it.
Finally, Ye Zhi asked, "Should we send that thing back to them?"
Lu Wei thought about it and said in a low voice: "Keep it, and you can see how to deal with it."
It would be a pity if it was lost after being sent back and forth.
Ye Zhi hummed, then yawned again, and said softly to Lu Wei behind her: "Go turn off the lights, you are so tired."
Lu Wei tucked the quilt in for her, then said, "Well, go to sleep, I'll close it."
Ye Hongying's home.
Ye Hongying was awakened by voices early in the morning. She didn't want to get up at first, but she heard words like "take a train". Then she didn't know what she thought of, and she got up without even bothering to put on her coat.
Unexpectedly, Gao Wenbo was seen carrying a suitcase bag and preparing to go out.
Ye Hongying frowned, with a bad thought in her mind, and asked: "Wenbo, where are you going?"
Ye Hongying has been in a very bad mood these days. Not long ago, she thought she could get along well with Aunt Zhang, who worked in the clothing industry, so she introduced Wang Jinbao to her daughter Zhao Jinlan and asked them to date.
Who would have known that Wang Jinbao had already married and had a child in the rural area where he went to work? When Aunt Zhang found out, she thought it was Wang Jinbao who was trying to deceive them. When I went to her factory two days ago, Aunt Zhang chased me out with a broom.
Now Ye Hongying couldn't explain herself clearly. Aunt Zhang was a local, and most of the people doing business on that street were locals. If she just said a few words to those people, her plan to open a small clothing factory would be ruined!
Originally, Ye Hongying wanted to find Gao Wenbo to ask him if he knew about Wang Jinbao's incident, but Gao Wenbo did not return to the rental house after the exam and stayed in school until last night.
But after he came back, he didn't say anything and went straight to bed. Seeing him like this, Ye Hongying didn't disturb him.
But now, what does Gao Wenbo mean?
Is he planning to go somewhere?
Gao Wenbo had already opened the door of the rental house and said without looking back: "Let's go back home."
Ye Hongying was stunned and angrily said, "Stop right there!"
Ye Hongying walked directly to the front door, closed it, looked Gao Wenbo in the eye, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were going back to your hometown?"
She has been married to Gao Wenbo for several years. When she was in Xitang Town, she also said that she wanted to meet Gao Wenbo's parents, but Gao Wenbo refused on the grounds that he was busy with work.
Later, at her request, she went back only once, but she was not liked by the two old people. Ye Hongying knew that it must be Gao Wenbo's children who said a lot of bad things about her in front of the old people.
Ye Hongying didn't care about these things anymore. They only saw each other once a year anyway, so it didn't matter whether they liked her or not.
She also saves herself from having to put on a show for others.
Gao Wenbo sighed heavily, thinking about catching the train and not wanting to argue with Ye Hongying, he said, "My mother is seriously ill, and I need to go back to see her. If you want to go back too, go to the train station and ask if there are any tickets."
The children had no school to go to and could not find jobs, so they returned to their hometown at the beginning of the month.
Little did I know that a telegram was sent yesterday saying that grandma was seriously ill.
Ye Hongying was stunned, not knowing how to react for a moment. If she went back, wouldn't she have to take care of Gao Wenbo's old mother?
When Ye Hongying thought of Gao Wenbo's mother's weird face back then, she became a little hesitant.
There have been a lot of rumors about the fact that she has not given birth to a child after being married to Gao Wenbo for so many years. If she follows him back to her hometown, won’t everyone laugh at her?
but……
Before she could think it through, Gao Wenbo said impatiently: "The train waits for no one. If you don't want to go back, stay here."
Ye Hongying gritted her teeth and said, "Of course I will go back. My mother is seriously ill, how can I not go back to see her?"
As she spoke, Ye Hongying took out a luggage bag to pack her clothes.
When they squeezed onto the bus and headed to the train station, Ye Hongying got off the crowded bus.
As soon as I got off the car, I saw Ye Zhi and her child getting out of the jeep.
In the crowded train station, Ye Zhi was like a little sun, dazzling and eye-catching, immediately attracting a lot of people's attention.
Ye Zhi held her two daughters' hands, while Lu Wei and their two sons were responsible for carrying the luggage. The family walked towards the train station square, talking and laughing.
During the whole process, he didn't notice Ye Hongying who was carrying a big bag.
Ye Hongying was a little annoyed and wanted to hand the luggage to Gao Wenbo, but when she turned around, she saw Gao Wenbo also looking at Ye Zhi.
Ye Hongying immediately got angry and threw the luggage at Gao Wenbo's feet, saying, "Help me carry it. It's too heavy."
She got off the crowded bus like a refugee, and her hair was completely messed up by the people on the bus!
But what about Ye Zhi?
She was relaxed, wearing fashionable thick-heeled leather boots, traveling in a jeep, and without having to carry luggage. She walked in the square of the train station with her two cutely dressed daughters...
Gao Wenbo frowned, kicked Ye Hongying's luggage bag away, and said, "I told you not to carry so many clothes. Carry them yourself. I'll buy the ticket for you." After that, he left.
Ye Hongying was so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot.
Ye Zhi held her two daughters tightly, and looked back from time to time to see if Lu Wei and Niannian Suisui were keeping up. However, there were too many people at the train station, so in the end Lu Wei had to carry the luggage, while Niannian Suisui held Ye Zhi's clothes.
After finally squeezing into the waiting room, the children were already exhausted by the crowd. "So there are so many people at the train station?"
“There are more people than in our school!”
An An pouted and said, "More than that, there are even more people here than when we went to the flower market last year. If my brother hadn't held me back, I would have been unable to walk!"
Ye Zhi comforted him, "Once you get on the train, there won't be so many people there. Just wait a little longer."
After waiting for about half an hour, I was finally able to get on the train. Since there weren't many routes going north, the trains were basically full.
It took quite some time to get on the train.
After getting on the train, the children started to get excited when they walked into the berth room.
Nian Nian and Sui Sui were planning to raise the train windows, but were stopped by Ye Zhi, because in this era many people climbed onto trains, and if the windows were open, it would be easy for someone to take advantage of the situation.
Ye Zhi said, "Wait until the train leaves the platform before driving."
Several children took seats near the windows, looked at the crowds of people getting on the bus, and said, "There are so many people!"
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