Xu An and Xu Mo were each wearing a military uniform, with two bags next to them containing their clothes and food for the journey.
"Xiao An, you must keep an eye on Xiao Mo. It will be crowded on the train, so you must hold on to him and don't let go." Lu Xiaotang warned worriedly.
Then he said to Xiao Mo: "You must follow your second brother. If you get separated, don't go with strangers. Just wait where you are. Your second brother will come back to find you."
Xu An and Xu Mo listened to what their sister and brother-in-law had told them several times, and they still nodded obediently.
Xu Ning said, "Just leave the bicycle at Sister Hongying's place, and ask your brother-in-law to ride it back tomorrow."
Lu Xiaotang helped tie the bag to the back seat and let Xu Mo sit in the front.
When they were about to leave, Xu Ning said, "Xiao Mo, recite the address of Beijing and this place again."
Xiao Mo looked at her, sighed, and began to recite. From morning till now, he had recited it three times.
Heilongjiang Province, Qi City...
Beijing City...
And my brother's address...
Seeing that he had recited it word for word, Xu Ning nodded and let them go.
Grandpa Qi was standing on the main road waiting. When Xiao Mo saw him, he quickly got off his bike and ran over there.
He hugged Grandpa Qi's waist and said, "Grandpa Qi, I will be back soon. You stay home and eat well. If there is any work, let my brother-in-law do it."
Grandpa Qi smiled and touched his head and said, "Xiao Mo, don't come back after you leave. Just study in the city. Grandpa Qi is fine here. I have many old friends here to accompany me. You don't have to miss me."
Xiao Mo said with red eyes: "Grandpa Qi, how can I not miss you? You are just like my own grandpa. I will go back and finish my work and come back. If you don't come with me in the future, I will stay with you in the countryside."
Then he said to Lu Xiaotang and Xu Ning beside him: "Sister, brother-in-law, you two must take good care of Grandpa Qi while I'm away."
The two of them hurriedly assured him, "Don't worry, Grandpa Qi has us."
Xiao Mo climbed onto his bicycle and said to the others, "Go back, take care of the house and take good care of Niupi Tang. My second brother and I will bring you snacks from Beijing when we come back."
He spoke to them as if instructing a child.
Xu An patted his head and said with a smile: "You are so disrespectful. My sister and brother-in-law told you this?"
Xiao Mo glared at him without saying anything, thinking, what do you know? You work in the factory all day long and are never at home.
I didn’t know why my sister and brother-in-law were so close. They hugged each other while talking. They didn’t care about the fight between Niu Niu and Pi Pi. Humph, I’ve never seen such unreliable parents.
If the couple knew what Xiao Mo was thinking, they would definitely cry out that they were wronged. They didn't intervene when Niu Niu and Pi Pi were fighting because they knew that the two guys fought and would be fine after a while. If they had intervened, the two would have fought even more fiercely.
As for hugging each other, well, he saw it only that one time.
When Niupitang woke up and didn't see his uncle, he took his father to the cowshed to look for him.
They all knew that their uncle sometimes lived in the cowshed.
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Uncle has gone to visit grandma and grandpa, and won't be back for a few days. Let's eat first, okay? After dinner, mom will take you to play with little fat brother."
Niu Niu asked: "When will my uncle come back? Where are my grandma and grandpa?"
Tangtang also said: "Mom, I miss my grandma and grandpa!"
"Mom, please take us to find grandma and grandpa." Pippi pulled her mother and walked out.
Lu Xiaotang put the food on the table and said, "Eat first, then I'll take you out to play."
Niupitious looked at the fragrant egg pancakes and millet porridge on the table, ran over, sat in their seat, and started eating with a spoon.
Lu Xiaotang gave each of them an egg pancake. The three little ones were already very skilled at eating. They took a bite of the pancake and a mouthful of millet porridge, eating with relish.
He even knew to pick up the crumbs that fell on the table and eat them.
The three of them finished the millet porridge in their bowls and licked the bowls clean. Every time Xu Ning saw them licking the bowls, he felt like he was feeding three puppies.
The couple looked at it and tried not to laugh.
This was all taught by Xiao Mo. He said that their teacher told us to cherish food and not waste a single grain of rice.
Xu Ning supported the idea of saving food, so he didn't care about their indecent behavior of licking the bowls.
When they grow up a little bit, they will realize that it is embarrassing and will stop licking. By then, they will have developed the habit of not wasting food, which is good.
After eating, Niupitang pulled his father out.
"I'll take them out for a walk. You got up early today, so have dinner and then go back to sleep."
Lu Xiaotang followed the children out while giving instructions to his wife.
Xu Ning didn't go to sleep. She picked the beans in the field and prepared to pickle them into sour beans. She wouldn't cook so many dishes this year, just enough to eat until she returned to the city.
The college entrance examination is in December, and school will start after the New Year. Lu Xiaotang will also go to Beijing to report, and he will come to pick them up to go together.
"Dad, let's go fishing." Niu Niu and Pippi pulled him towards the stream.
Lu Xiaotang held his daughter in his arms and said to the two boys, "Dad doesn't know how to fish."
Niu Niu said disdainfully: "Dad is so stupid, my uncle knows how to catch fish, and he always catches a lot for us to eat."
"Dad doesn't want to take us out to play. He just likes to play with Mom at home. Humph." Pippi was also there to denounce his father.
Tangtang was unhappy when she heard this and said to her two brothers: "My uncle is good, and my dad is good too. But you are not allowed to say that my dad is stupid."
Lu Xiaotang kissed his daughter's little face and thought, his daughter is really considerate. The two brats are so young and yet they know how to scold him.
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