Chapter 35 Going to Beijing
"Can you take care of people? When have you ever taken care of anyone? I am extremely worried about leaving Xiaoli to you. It's okay if you don't let me go. Then bring Xiaoli to Beijing. There are many family members here, and there are nannies, so we can take better care of her. Nuannuan can also go to school in Beijing. The teaching conditions here are much better than yours. I'll ask your eldest brother to help him find a school right away..."
"Mom, just because I haven't done it at home doesn't mean I can't do it. I'm almost 40 years old. I finally found a wife. I've only been married for less than four months, and you're thinking of separating us. Am I still your biological son? Don't worry, I will take good care of Xiaoli and make her plump and white."
Without waiting for Tan Xiuwan on the other end of the phone to finish speaking, He Yunzhou immediately refused to do so when he heard that they were going to separate. He hurriedly stopped his mother on the other end of the phone from making the decision on her own.
In the end, both sides made concessions and unanimously decided to hire a nanny to take care of Wang Xiaoli. This ended the previous topic. They chatted for a while, with Tan Xiuwan on the other end of the phone mostly talking, and the three people on this end of the phone listening and responding from time to time.
A few days later, several large packages appeared at home again. Lin Nuan once again witnessed the generosity of her family. Most of the packages were nutritional supplements, such as malted milk, bird's nest gelatin, ginseng and cordyceps, and many other things she couldn't name. In short, they were all supplements to increase nutrition for pregnant women. The rest were clothes, most of which were Lin Nuan's, and there were some beautiful hair accessories. Along with the package came a letter, a very thick letter, which wrote a lot of things pregnant women need to pay attention to, and also wrote how much they looked forward to meeting during the Chinese New Year, and asked Lin Nuan to study hard. It helped in all aspects.
The letter was written by Qi Shiya. It is said that handwriting reflects a person’s character. Looking at the beautiful handwriting on the letter, coupled with the thoughtful content, Lin Nuan had a little more expectations for the people of the He family in Beijing.
Originally, Wang Xiaoli wanted to pretend to obey and didn't want to really find a nanny to take care of her, but He Yunzhou did not agree. Tan Xiuwan also called every day to show her concern and said that if she couldn't find a suitable nanny here, she would arrange a nanny from home. Soon the nanny matter was settled.
The weather was getting colder and colder. Since Wang Xiaoli became pregnant, she was no longer allowed to go to work at the tailor shop. When she went there occasionally, He Yunzhou accompanied her.
The tailor shop hired a new employee, who was found in the staff quarters. His skills were pretty good, and Lin Nuan would go to the tailor shop to help whenever she had time.
The days passed as usual, and soon the school was on winter vacation.
Lin Nuan has been in this world for more than four months. Apart from helping Wang Xiaoli open a tailor shop, she has not been in a hurry to make money by doing other business. The main reason is that this body is still too young. Every day, she is either working on the 3.1 line or the 2.1 line, going to school, the tailor shop, and home. She is with Shen Baozhu every day at school. Even if they go to the tailor shop on weekends, they are often together. In addition, Wang Xiaoli is pregnant again, so the business of the tailor shop falls on her. These four months have been very busy and fulfilling.
During this period, Chen Hongying's family still went to the tailor shop to cause trouble several times. Wang Yue'e went to the tailor shop to cause trouble for Chen Hongying once, and on the way back she fell into a ditch and broke her leg. She was lying in bed unable to move and needed someone to take care of her. After Chen Wei and Bai Lianhua went to the tailor shop to find Chen Hongying, they were inexplicably put in a sack and beaten on the way home. They were bruised and swollen, but the injuries were not serious. They went there again, and were beaten for no reason again, and they never dared to go there again.
The tailor shop's business is booming, with orders coming in every day. Lin Nuan has a plan in mind to expand the business after the Chinese New Year, but how to do it specifically will have to be implemented after the Chinese New Year.
We had agreed before that we would go to Beijing during the winter vacation. As soon as the vacation started, Tan Xiuwan called to urge us, saying that the room was ready and they were waiting for us to go over.
The school is on vacation, with a total of 28 days of vacation, but He Yunzhou cannot take that many days off.
Even if his palms couldn't be made special, and even if the return trip would only take half a month including the round trip travel time, and Wang Xiaoli was pregnant now, how could he feel at ease letting the mother and daughter take the train to Beijing.
He Yunzhou was nagged by Tan Xiuwan, who also asked him to apply to be transferred back to Beijing for work, but he fooled her with some excuses.
The military district he is currently in is in S City. He was transferred here because it is closest to Taoyuan Valley and it is convenient for taking care of Wang Xiaoli and Lin Nuan, mother and daughter.
Another reason is that if he stays in Beijing, he will always be forced by his family to go on blind dates and get married as soon as possible to settle his lifelong issue.
In fact, at the beginning, the He family did not agree with He Yunzhou's desire to marry Wang Xiaoli.
There is a saying that goes, parents are always defeated by their children.
In short, although we have never met, from the correspondence and weekly phone calls, I can see that the He family is really nice.
We had originally planned to depart on December 20th, and it would take three days and two nights to reach Beijing by train.
Unexpectedly, a heavy snowfall on the 19th of the twelfth lunar month delayed the trip and the departure was postponed for another five days.
Before leaving, I had already given the nanny a holiday and informed Liu Hongying that the shop would be closed on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month so that they could have a good New Year. The shop would then reopen on the 16th of the first lunar month after the New Year.
Ever since Wang Xiaoli took over the tailor shop, Lin Nuan would design a few styles of clothing suitable for different age groups every once in a while. The orders in the tailor shop could not be completed even if she worked ten hours a day, so it was a good opportunity for her to take a good rest during the New Year period.
The train departed at 9:00 am on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and Xiao Jingyan joined the group.
As the year draws to a close, no matter what era it is, there is still a large flow of people during the New Year period, especially now that it is the 1980s. Many places have already implemented reform and opening up, and the economy has developed. Some people work, and some do business. There are still many people who need to return home for the New Year holidays.
Originally, Xiao Jingyan was not going back. It was said that he had not been home for four years. He Yunzhou also wanted to take this opportunity to ask him to go home with him.
He found an excuse, that is, Wang Xiaoli was pregnant and Lin Nuan was young, and He Yunzhou was worried that he couldn't take care of them alone on the train, so he asked him to go along so that he could take care of them. After much persuasion, he finally agreed.
The driver took them to the train station and helped them put their luggage on the train before leaving.
Fortunately, the four tickets we booked were all sleeper tickets, and the berths for four people were next to each other, so four people could just occupy one small compartment.
Having money and power makes things easier at any time.
After all, you have to take a train for three days and two nights. If you can just sit comfortably, why go through all that suffering?
Both He Yunzhou and Xiao Jingyan were wearing military uniforms, and the train attendants were also polite.
After all, those who can buy tickets during the Spring Festival are not ordinary people. Due to the environment, nothing strange or bloody happened along the way.
No petty thieves dared to commit crimes in the sleeper car.