Chapter 105 Chapter 105 When getting off the car, Xia Jun...

When getting off the bus, Xia Junshan handed Uncle Wang a pack of cigarettes and said politely, "Thank you for your hard work."

Uncle Wang looked down and saw: Oh, China.

President Meng's son-in-law is indeed a good person and very smart.

After taking the cigarette, Uncle Wang drove away with a smile.

Xia Qinqin looked at the familiar small building and ran towards the stairwell, turning back and shouting, "Dad, come on, we're home."

She ran up the stairs with her short legs.

More than half a year had passed. Xia Qinqin had grown taller and it was much easier for her to go up the stairs. She had more strength as well and could run up to the third floor with ease.

"Grandma, Grandpa, I'm back!"

Her clear voice could be heard before anyone entered the house.

Father Meng put down the newspaper in his hand, walked over to open the door with a smile on his face. Xia Qinqin just reached the door and raised her hand to knock on it, but the door opened.

"Grandpa! I miss you so much." Xia Qinqin shouted sweetly and rushed forward.

Father Meng squatted down with a smile, hugged the little girl and said, "Grandpa misses Qinqin too, are you cold along the way?"

Xia Qinqin shook her head: "Not cold." She patted her cotton coat and said with a smile: "The clothes my grandma bought for me are so warm and thick. I'm not cold at all."

The little person patting his clothes looks so cute.

Father Meng patted her head lovingly and said with a smile, "In a few days, let grandma take you to the department store to buy you a new set of clothes to wear during the New Year."

"Yeah, that's great. I have new clothes to wear again." Xia Qinqin said sweetly.

Mother Meng also came out of the kitchen. Seeing the little man at the door, she exclaimed in surprise, "Qinqin is back!"

Xia Qinqin turned her head and looked inside the house. Her eyes lit up, and she ran over happily, threw herself into Meng Mu's arms, and said coquettishly, "Grandma, I miss you so much. I haven't seen you for a long, long time."

Mother Meng's nose was sore, and she hugged her and said, "Grandma misses you too. We haven't seen Qinqin for so long, and you have grown taller."

She touched the little girl's face and smiled, "Well, it looks better too."

Xia Qinqin buried herself in her grandmother's arms and said sweetly, "I've gained weight. I eat a lot every day. But what I want most is the food that grandma cooks. Food outside is not as delicious as grandma's."

Meng Mu smiled and kissed the little girl on the face, "Grandma has made a lot of delicious food for you these days. I'll make you whatever you want to eat."

Xia Qinqin happily hugged Meng Mu's neck and said, "Thank you, grandma. You are the best to me."

Just at this time, Meng Yufei and her friends came up with their things. As soon as they entered the door, they saw their daughter hugging her mother and acting coquettishly. Meng Yufei's eyes softened and she smiled and called out, "Dad, Mom, we're back."

Xia Junshan also said, "Dad, Mom, we are back."

Father Meng nodded and said, "Come in and sit down. You've worked hard on the journey."

Seeing Xia Junshan carrying a bulging plastic bag, Meng Mu asked curiously, "Junshan, what's in your bag?"

Xia Junshan put the bag on the living room floor and said with a smile, "These are fruits I brought from Qiongzhou."

"Fruits from Qiongzhou?" Meng Zhongyan raised his eyebrows and walked over to open the bag with great interest. "Oh, there are quite a few coconuts, exactly like the ones in the book."

He knocked on the coconut, and it made a bang. "It's so hard, like a stone. How can I eat it?"

Xia Junshan said: "Use a knife to cut a hole in it, pour out the coconut juice and drink it, then crack it open and eat the coconut meat inside."

Meng Zhongyan put the coconut to his ear and shook it, and he heard the sound of water. "There's quite a lot of water in here."

He saw the pineapple honey in the bag and was surprised: "Brother-in-law, what kind of fruit is this? It's so big."

Xia Junshan explained: "This is pineapple honey."

Xia Qinqin followed up and said, "Pineapple honey is delicious and sweet."

Mother Meng looked at the fruits on the ground and said, "These fruits are quite heavy, aren't they? Junshan, you carried them all the way from Qiongzhou. You must be tired."

Xia Junshan said with a smile: "Not tired, we were riding the bus all the way, and dad even asked someone to pick us up at the train station, so we didn't even walk a few steps."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "I told him not to bring it because it was too heavy, but he insisted that these fruits were hard to buy in the market, so I brought them here for you to try."

Mother Meng smiled and said, "This is because our son-in-law loves us."

The family had a warm conversation. Meng Yufei opened the suitcase she brought with her, took out the dry goods and snacks she had bought and handed them to Meng's mother, then put the two suitcases into the room.

It was the room where Meng Yufei had lived since she was a child. It had been cleaned by her mother, leaving not a speck of dust on the room. There was a vase on the windowsill with a red plum blossom in it, and its delicate fragrance floated in the air.

The sheets and quilt covers have been laid out, they have just been washed by Meng Mu, and the quilt has also just been dried and is fluffy.

The furnishings in the room were the same as before he left, and no one had touched them. Only Meng's mother would occasionally come in to clean and open the windows for ventilation.

In the living room, Father Meng and his son-in-law played chess. Meng Zhongyan made tea for them and sat beside them to watch.

Father Meng asked his youngest son, "Aren't you sleepy after working the night shift last night?"

"Xiaoyan worked the night shift last night, and you took the trouble to pick us up this morning. Why don't you go to sleep first?" Xia Junshan suggested.

Meng Zhongyan waved his hands: "It's okay, I'm used to it, I'm not sleepy at all. I don't have to go to work tonight, if I sleep too much during the day, I won't be able to sleep at night."

Xia Qinqin acted coquettishly in front of her grandmother for a while, then ran to her own attic to inspect her secret base and her treasure chest.

In the kitchen, Meng Mu was skillfully frying Chinese cabbage. After that, she just needed to make some soup. She shouted outside, "Xiaoyan, clear the table. We can have dinner soon."

Meng Zhongyan replied: "Okay, I'll come right over."

Meng Yufei simply packed her clothes and followed her out to help in the kitchen. She was pushed out by her mother, "Go and set the dishes and chopsticks aside. I'll be there soon."

Meng Yufei nodded: "Okay, I'll take the dishes out as well."

"No need. The food is on the coal stove and it's too hot. Just let Xiaoyan serve it." Meng's mother said while cooking.

There is a large aluminum pot on the coal stove next to it, with half of it filled with water. A steamer is placed in the middle, and the cooked dishes are placed on it to keep warm.

The weather is cold, otherwise the cooked food will get cold after a while.

After cleaning the table, Meng Zhongyan went into the kitchen, smiled and asked his sister to go out, then took a rag and skillfully and quickly brought several dishes to the table.

The dishes on the table today are: sweet and sour pork ribs, braised small yellow croaker, fried shrimp, smoked fish, braised pork with bamboo shoots, and stir-fried bok choy.

Mother Meng brought out the last dish of egg dumplings and cabbage soup from the kitchen, "Okay, it's time to eat."

A game of chess had just finished in the living room, and Father Meng said, "Junshan has improved his chess skills in the past few years."

Xia Junshan smiled as he packed up his chess pieces: "I've practiced a lot with my comrades over the past few years, so I've gotten better."

Meng Zhongyan went to the attic and carried Xia Qinqin down. "You little girl, you don't feel cold staying up there."

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of the cold. Grandma said that children have strong internal energy."

Meng Zhongyan touched her little hand, which was warm, not cold at all. "Come on, let's go downstairs and have dinner. Don't we want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs?"

"good!"

After going downstairs, Meng Zhongyan washed her hands again before taking her to the dining table.

After the family sat down, Xia Qinqin looked at the table full of dishes and said in surprise: "Wow, so many dishes."

Meng Zhongyan smiled and said, "Grandma made so many delicious dishes to celebrate your return."

Xia Qinqin immediately slid off the chair, trotted over to Meng Mu's side, hugged her thighs and said sweetly, "Thank you, grandma. I like the dishes you cook the most."

Mother Meng was so moved that she held the little girl in her arms and asked her, "What do you want to eat? Grandma will give it to you."

Xia Qinqin nestled comfortably in her grandmother's arms. She stretched out her little hand and pointed at the sweet and sour pork ribs on the table. "I want to eat pork ribs. I like the pork ribs made by my grandmother the most."

"Okay, let's eat ribs." Meng's mother's smiling face was like a flower. She picked up a piece of sweet and sour ribs and put it to the little girl in her arms, her eyes full of love.

Xia Qinqin opened her mouth and ate the ribs in one gulp. Her eyes narrowed in enjoyment. After a while, she spat out a piece of bone.

"It's delicious. Sweet and sour spareribs are my favorite."

Mother Meng said gently, "Then let's have another piece."

"good!"

Meng Yufei looked at her daughter enjoying herself in her mother's arms and said, "Qinqin, come and sit on the chair and eat by yourself. Don't disturb grandma while she's eating."

Xia Qinqin blinked her big eyes, but before she could say anything, Meng's mother spoke.

"What's the problem? Qinqin was raised by me."

Xia Qinqin thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, I'm grown up now and can eat by myself now." As she said that, she slid down from Meng Mu's arms and returned to her seat.

Father Meng smiled and nodded: "Well, Qinqin has indeed grown up and is now a big kid."

Mother Meng quickly put a few more pieces of pork ribs into Qinqin's small bowl and said, "Tell grandma what you want to eat and she will give it to you."

Xia Qinqin held the chopsticks and said sweetly: "Okay~"

Because his son-in-law was here today, Father Meng opened a bottle of his treasured wine and said, "Come on, Junshan, have a few drinks with me today."

Mother Meng glanced over and looked at her son-in-law next to her, but said nothing.

Xia Junshan said with a smile: "Dad, I can't drink much, let's just have a couple of drinks to show our respect."

Father Meng nodded at him and said, "I didn't know how much you can drink. How come your alcohol tolerance has decreased in the past few years?"

Xia Junshan said, "That's right. The conditions where I was stationed a few years ago were quite harsh. It was good enough to have enough to eat, but there was no wine to drink."

Father Meng said, "Yes, the country had a hard time in the past few years, but now life is getting better day by day. Okay, let's drink less today."

Xia Junshan took the bottle and poured wine. He raised his glass and stood up and said, "I'd like to toast to my parents first. Thank you for supporting my work and taking care of Feifei and Qinqin over the years. You've worked hard."

Having said this, he drank it all in one gulp.

Father Meng smiled and picked up the wine glass on the table. Mother Meng drank tea instead of wine and said with a smile: "Feifei is my daughter, Qinqin is also our child. I am willing to take care of them for the rest of their lives."

Xia Junshan laughed and said, "I am lucky to marry your precious daughter."

Then he poured himself another glass of wine, "This glass is to thank my parents for marrying their precious daughter to me."

Mother Meng said, "Junshan, please sit down quickly. What are you doing standing here?"

Meng Yufei smiled and tugged at his clothes: "Drink slowly, you drank two glasses right away. You have to savor this good wine of Dad's slowly."

Meng Zhongyan smiled and said, "That's right, brother-in-law, you don't know that it's only because you came today that Mom allowed Dad to drink. Normally, we don't even use rice wine when cooking at home."

Mother Meng glared at her son and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I am not an old landlord, so I can't show you mercy."

Meng Zhongyan said with a smirk, "I was wrong. It should be "give the order". Without your order, there would be no smell of alcohol in our house." He looked at Meng's father and said with a smile, "Right, Dad?"

Father Meng coughed lightly and said, "…You are already in your twenties, but you are becoming more and more unruly every day."

Meng Yufei said: "Mom doesn't let Dad drink because she cares about his health. Dad, you are happy today, but don't drink too much."

After his daughter said so, Father Meng nodded and said, "Okay, I know what to do."

The family finished their meal in a lively atmosphere. Xia Junshan diligently helped to clean up the dishes. Meng's mother said, "Let Xiaoyan do it. You two should go and have a rest. You must be tired after sitting in the car for such a long time."

Xia Junshan said with a smile: "We are sitting in a berth. I have a good sleep quality and can fall asleep even when standing. I am not sleepy at all."

Then he turned to Meng Yufei and said, "Feifei, take Qinqin back to the room to rest. And Xiaoyan, didn't you work the night shift last night? Go to sleep too. I'll wash the dishes."

Meng's mother wanted to stop him, saying that it was not right to ask a son-in-law to wash the dishes right after he came home. However, Xia Junshan continued, "Don't worry, Mom. I can wash the dishes quickly and well."

Xia Qinqin hurriedly testified for her father: "Yes, my father washes the dishes every day."

Mother Meng: “…Okay then.”

Meng Yufei took her daughter back to the room and coaxed her to take a nap.

Lying on the familiar bed, the soft quilt still smelled of the sun, Xia Qinqin took off her cotton coat and rolled nimbly from the head of the bed to the foot of the bed.

Meng Yufei said with a smile: "Are you cold? Come under the quilt quickly."

Xia Qinqin smiled and crawled into the quilt, looking at the ceiling above her head, and said, "Mom, we are back again."

"Yes, I'm back again. Are you happy?"

"Happy~ Here are mom and dad, grandpa and grandma, and my uncle. All the people Qinqin likes the most are here. Qinqin is so happy."

Meng Yufei touched her daughter's rosy cheeks and said softly, "Go to sleep first. When you wake up, Mommy will take you shopping."

"Yeah, I want to go to a really tall building to play."

"good."

"I want some cake too."

"good."

Thinking that she would be able to go out and play soon, Xia Qinqin fell into a dream with satisfaction.