Cheng Huazi nodded. "Well, I'm glad you're back. Come in."
The family walked into the main room.
The main room is very simple and has no furniture.
There was just an octagonal table with some things scattered on it in a mess.
There is a brazier in the middle of the main room for heating, and there are some low stools around the brazier.
It seems that everyone was here warming themselves by the fire, waiting for them.
Cheng Jingmo brought Yu Xiangnian and Xiaojie to the front of the man and the old woman and formally introduced them, "Dad, Mom, this is my wife Yu Xiangnian, and this is our adopted child, Xiaojie."
Yu Xiangnian bowed to them, "Dad, Mom."
Xiaojie also bowed, "Grandpa and grandma."
The couple nodded.
Cheng Jingmo took Yu Xiangnian around the group and introduced them one by one.
But he didn't even recognize several of the people present.
Cheng Shuanzhu stepped forward and introduced them. "This is my wife, Li Cuihua, and these are my two children, Da Mao and Xiao Mao."
When Cheng Jingmo joined the army, Cheng Shuanzhu was not married yet, so naturally he did not know these people.
"This is the third daughter-in-law Zhang Hongli, and this is their eldest son Anzi."
"Don't you know him? He's the sixth son, Cheng Shuanliu. He couldn't even walk when you left home."
Cheng Jingmo smiled from the bottom of his heart, "I didn't expect you to have grown so big."
After introducing everyone in the family, it was already very late.
Cheng Huazi said, "Let's go to sleep. We have to get up early and be busy tomorrow!"
Cheng Shuanzhu pointed to a room and said, "This is yours. It's all cleaned up."
Cheng Jingmo lit a kerosene lamp and took Yu Xiangnian and Xiaojie into the room.
The room smelled musty and contained only a bed and a cabinet.
There was old-fashioned bedding on the bed, and the cabinets were so old that the colors couldn't even be seen.
The two rooms next door belong to the Cheng Shuanzhu couple and the Cheng Shuansuo couple.
The house has no soundproofing at all, and you can hear people talking in the next room clearly.
Xiaojie: "Uncle, where should I sleep?"
Cheng Jingmo replied: "Just make do with it tonight, I'll figure out a solution tomorrow."
Yu Xiangnian: “…”
Three people squeezed into one bed?!
Cheng Jingmo said to Xiang Nian, "I can't take a shower tonight. Please bear with me. I will take you to wash up."
Cheng Jingmo brought Yu Xiangnian and Xiaojie to the kitchen.
Yu Xiangnian muttered to himself, this was the first time he saw the washing area and the cooking area being together.
There is a washstand in the kitchen with several basins on it.
Cheng Jingmo said, "I'll buy a basin tomorrow. I'll use theirs tonight and wash it before I use it."
Yu Xiangnian didn't want to use someone else's, "No need, we'll just wash it."
The makeshift way to wash was that Cheng Jingmo used a ladle to scoop cold water and went to the foot of the wall.
Wet the towel to wipe your face, and wash your feet by pouring water on them.
Yu Xiangnian: “···” This is the first time I wash like this.
"Xiao Jie, go to bed after you finish washing up." Cheng Jingmo asked Xiao Jie to go back to his room first.
Cheng Jingmo said, "Niannian, I'm sorry. I can only wipe it with a towel."
Yu Xiangnian understood what Cheng Jingmo was talking about.
Even if she couldn't take a shower, she would wash her private parts every night, but now she had nothing to hold water, so she couldn't do it at all.
Yu Xiangnian wanted to go home right now!
When I returned to the room, Xiaojie, who was tired after a day, was already asleep.
Cheng Jingmo spoke in a low voice, "Lie on the bed and I'll massage your feet."
Yu Xiangnian also said in a very low voice: "Let me massage you."
Cheng Jingmo must have hurt his arms and shoulders carrying so many things on his back and lifting them all by himself.
Cheng Jingmo was flattered, "No need."
"Be obedient, I'll massage your shoulders." Yu Xiangnian said.
Cheng Jingmo sat on the edge of the bed, and Yu Xiangnian knelt behind him, massaging his shoulders and arms.
Every time I moved, the bed made a creaking sound.
Yu Xiangnian sneered, "Cheng Jingmo, I know why you were so fierce last night."
Cheng Jingmo must have known that he could hardly do anything when he got home because he wanted to have a full meal.
Cheng Jingmo's ears felt hot, "I hurt you."
"I'm happy too." Yu Xiangnian said playfully, "In this case, wouldn't all our things be in vain?"
Cheng Jingmo: “…”
She was happy in her heart because Yu Xiangnian said that she was also happy.
Cheng Jingmo felt sorry for Yu Xiang Nian, so he let her pinch him for a while and then let her sleep.
The three of them were lying on the bed, Xiaojie was on the innermost, Yu Xiangnian was in the middle, and Cheng Jingmo was on the outermost.
The quilt gave off a musty smell, but the temperature was low, so Yu Xiangnian had to cover himself with it.
There are no ready-made quilts for sale now, so everyone has to have their quilts custom-made, and it will take a while to make them.
The more Yu Xiangnian thought about it, the more desperate he became, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Cheng Jingmo knew what Yu Xiangnian was thinking. He stroked Yu Xiangnian's head guiltily and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult situation. I'll try to find a way to get you a quilt."
Yu Xiangnian didn't say anything, but he was unhappy with Cheng Jingmo's parents.
Even though I knew they were coming back, I didn't even get them a new bed.
Nothing was prepared for them, even the towels had to be brought by themselves!
Yu Xiangnian asked quietly, "Cheng Jingmo, why are your brothers and sisters all called Cheng Shuan something? Why don't you call yourself Cheng Shuanmo?"
After waiting for a long time in the darkness, Cheng Jingmo finally said, "I picked it up."
His tone was calm, but Yu Xiangnian could hear a hint of sadness.
No wonder, they call Cheng Jingmo Jianwa.
Yu Xiangnian only now understood that it was not a Jane baby, but a picked-up baby, a picked-up baby!
No wonder Cheng Jingmo introduced Cheng Shuanzhu as the eldest in the family. It turns out that he has no blood relationship with this family!
No wonder Cheng Jingmo would never abandon Xiaojie no matter what. It turns out that he has the same background as Xiaojie.
Yu Xiangnian said sadly: "Why didn't you tell me before?"
Cheng Jingmo said, "I used to be so self-conscious that I couldn't speak. Later, I thought about you coming home with me, and then I knew everything."
Yu Xiangnian comforted him, "It's okay. You are just like your parents, kind and loving."
Cheng Jingmo kissed her forehead and said, "Go to sleep quickly. You have to get up early tomorrow."
Yu Xiangnian hadn't been asleep for two hours when he scratched himself awake.
My legs and arms are itchy.
Cheng Jingmo turned on the flashlight and saw more than ten red bites on Yu Xiangnian's legs and arms.
"It was a flea bite." Cheng Jingmo touched the red envelopes, feeling heartbroken.
Yu Xiangnian felt sleepy again, his body itchy again, and he pouted with a look of grievance.
"Stop scratching." Cheng Jingmo got off the bed. "I'll go find some medicine for you."
Cheng Jingmo opened the door, walked to the next door and knocked on the door, "Tie it up, tie it up."
Cheng Shuanzhu's voice came from next door, "Brother, what's wrong?"
"Do you have any cooling oil?"
"Cooling oil? Yes, wait a moment."
In this house, you can even hear the sound of the bed next door, and after a while, the sound of the door opening.
Cheng Shuanzhu asked, "What's going on?"
"There are fleas." Cheng Jingmo replied.
He went back to his room, closed the door, and held a small box of something red in his hand.
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