Gu Qianru heard the voices in the yard and came out to greet them: "My dears, you are back. Your great grandfather is out on some business and will be back in a while."
Luo Qiao looked at Gu Qianru: "Mom, where is grandpa?"
Gu Qianru stood up and said, "There is a tea party at the Veteran Cadre Activity Center today. I guess we should be back soon."
Lu Yichen then said, "Did you hear Yi Ting talking just now?"
Gu Qianru glanced into the room: "Yes, Yi Ting is in the living room."
When Lu Yiting heard her second brother mention her, she quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, pretended nothing had happened, and came out to greet everyone.
At this time, Taifeng walked in from the gate.
Luo Qiao called Taifeng: "Taifeng, take them to the small square in front to play for a while."
As he spoke, he took out two dollars from his pocket and handed it to him: "Take this money. If they ask for food later, you can spend it on them."
The kids followed Tai Feng out.
Luo Qiao then looked at Lu Yiting: "Tell me, what happened?"
Lu Yiting wanted to pretend, but Lu Yichen and Luo Qiao kept staring at her, so she had no choice but to say, "Alright, alright, I'll tell you, isn't it okay for me to tell you?"
Gu Qianru glanced at the brothers and sisters and said, "You guys talk, I'll go to the kitchen. Sister Tang has something to do today, so we have to take care of ourselves."
After Gu Qianru left, Lu Yiting spoke up, "Since the New Year, Xiangrui and I have been working without a break. We finally had a few days off a few days ago, and it happened that Xiangrui's friend in Taian had a one-month-old son, so we decided to go over and have some fun at Mount Tai.
You also know that my eldest sister-in-law's cousin He Anmei married in Miyun. We live not too far away. When she has nothing to do, she will come to play with me. That day she also blamed me for mentioning that we wanted to go to Mount Tai for fun.
She said that they were planning to go out and have fun, and I felt embarrassed to refuse. Xiangrui thought that since she was my sister-in-law's cousin, it would be more fun with more people, so he agreed. But after this trip, I was almost pissed off."
Luo Qiao said: "Tell me, what happened?"
Lu Yiting poured herself a glass of water and drank a few small glasses before continuing: "Xiangrui asked someone to buy the tickets in advance. There are four people in her family, plus our family of three, four adults, and only her eldest child needs to buy a ticket.
After getting on the bus, the couple didn't mention the ticket money, and we didn't feel comfortable bringing it up either. When it was time for lunch on the bus, the children complained that they were hungry and asked for boxed lunches.
After arriving at the place, Xiangrui said that they should find a place to stay first. If they wanted to watch the sunrise, they would have to start climbing the mountain in the middle of the night. If they did not want to watch the sunrise, they would have to climb the mountain early tomorrow morning.
Xiangrui meant to find a hotel closer to Hongmen to stay in, thinking that when going out to play, it would be better to stay in a place with better conditions so that you can live more comfortably and safely.
The couple didn't say anything along the way. When we arrived, we took our certificates and checked in a room. After we were done, I turned around and saw they were still sitting in the lobby. I greeted them and said we had done it and they could do it.
As a result, He Anmei pulled me aside and said it was too expensive and she wanted to change to another one. I was so angry at that time. She said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you think it's too expensive? We have already completed it, but you are saying it now."
Later, her husband Lin Zhiming said that the prices of better hotels were probably similar, and the children were tired, so they might as well stay here. But He Anmei refused to pay, and even told me that we should squeeze together. What do you think she was saying?
Xiangrui frowned when he heard this, thinking that it was our fault for not discussing it with them. But after thinking about it, he realized that they were all relatives and they just wanted to have fun when they came out to play, so he opened a room for them for the sake of his elder brother and sister-in-law.
After entering the room, we washed, changed clothes, and prepared to attend the full moon banquet of Xiangrui's friend's son. Since it was inconvenient for everyone to work during the day, the banquet was specially arranged in the evening.
When we opened the door, we saw the four of them standing outside. We thought something had happened.
After asking, I found out that they were hungry and wanted to go out for dinner.
Xiangrui said that we couldn’t have dinner together today because we had to attend the full moon banquet.
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But when their two children heard that we were going to attend the full moon banquet, they insisted on going with us. Xiangrui had no good impression of these two children along the way, so he did not agree.
But unexpectedly, the two children, aged seven or eight, started crying and the younger one even lay on the ground. The more they were like this, the less likely Xiangrui would take them with him. The house was full of guests today, and if they were taken there and something unpleasant happened, how would they meet again in the future?
Xiangrui said hello to He Anmei’s man Lin Zhiming, and left with Mingyang and me.
Our family of three went downstairs, and we could still hear their two children crying upstairs. Isn’t that annoying?
The most infuriating thing is that He Anmei unexpectedly chased after us with her crying little son, and told us that if the child wanted to go, we could take him with us, since we were eating other people’s food anyway.”
Luo Qiao looked at her sister-in-law's angry expression, smiled faintly, took a sip of the tea brewed by Lu Yichen, and waited for what to come.
(End of this chapter)