She returned home with her bag, only to be greeted by three devilish howls of varying pitches.
Zhong Yuxiu, who was standing at the door, paused. Gu Lingguo and Fang Guozhong had already walked into the house and put down the gifts before her. When she turned around, she saw that she was still standing there, so she had to remind them.
"Comrade Zhong, the child is crying."
"I see." Zhong Yuxiu stepped into the hall and saw Wang Daya, Gong Zhaodi, and old man Yan Guofeng each holding a child and comforting them. "Grandpa, why are the children crying so hard?"
Yan Guofeng looked back at her and shook his head, "I don't know. I just fed her, so she's not hungry. I also changed her diaper, so she's dry. I just don't know what they're going to do."
Zhong Yuxiu walked quickly forward and felt the foreheads of the two children, and found that they did not have a fever. After taking their pulses, she found that they were not sick either. The three little kids were crying and pointing outside.
A six-month-old baby can roll over and sit, and his spine has become strong.
"They want to go for a walk?"
"We just came back not long ago, and it's only time to feed the baby." Yan Guofeng coaxed his great-grandson in his arms with concern, "It's chilly outside, and we dare not take them out for too long."
Zhong Yuxiu said she understood, "Carrying them to the door to look at the vegetables planted in the flower beds on both sides is better than just crying at home."
"Okay." Yan Guofeng had already started walking, and Zhong Yuxiu couldn't reach out to take it; she wanted to tell him the good news that Yan Ruhai would be back soon, but she couldn't say it out loud.
Zhong Yuxiu pursed her lips and said, "Comrade Gu, Comrade Fang, go to the kitchen and see if there's anything to eat. If there is, have a bite first. If not, go eat something outside."
"Okay, wash up and go upstairs for lunch."
"Yeah." Yuxiu went to the bathroom, brushed her teeth and washed her face, then went upstairs for a nap.
Gu Lingguo and Fang Guozhong went to the kitchen and saw that there was food left in the steamer, including noodles, white rice, and meat and vegetable soups. The two of them had a bite in the kitchen, and when they were full, they wanted to clean up the dishes. They returned to the sofa in the living room and sat down, closing their eyes to rest, waiting for the time to come and go out with Zhong Yuxiu.
Just after 1:30, Zhong Yuxiu woke up; she felt a little groggy when she first woke up, but that didn't prevent her from getting up. However, if she could stay in bed, she definitely wouldn't want to get up.
I put on my shoes, walked to the door, opened it and went downstairs.
Gu Lingguo and Fang Guozhong turned their heads when they heard the footsteps and stood up the next moment.
"Comrade Zhong, you're awake."
"I just woke up. I'm going to wash my face first. You wait for me for a while. I'll be leaving soon." Zhong Yuxiu rubbed her slightly messy hair and walked into the bathroom to comb her hair first. She didn't like complicated hair accessories, so she just wore a red wool coat today and pinned her hair behind her head with a jade hairpin.
After washing her face, she felt much more awake. She patted her face and looked at her fair complexion in the mirror. Zhong Yuxiu smiled. Although this kind of life was busy, it was very fulfilling. There was nothing wrong in striving for the future.
After leaving the bathroom, Yuxiu said, "Comrade Gu, Comrade Fang, we're leaving."
"Here I come."
The two followed her pace, and the three of them walked out of the house together; after a few steps, they saw Yan Guofeng, Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi coming back with their children.
"Grandpa, Aunt Wang, Aunt Gong, where have you been?" When she went downstairs and didn't see anyone, she knew that the children must have been taken out to play.
"I went to your Grandpa Qiu's house and sat for a while." Yan Guofeng said.
Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi nodded. "Comrade Zhong, are you going out again?"
"Yes, I still have to go to the research institute, and I'm not sure when I can come back at night. If Yan Rushan comes back, please give this to him. This is the land allocated to me in Zhongguancun, a total of 60 acres. I want to use 10 acres to build a house, and the other 50 acres to plant some things. I can also raise some bullfrogs and other things. Zhongguancun is close to the research institute, so it will be convenient for us to live there in the future." He took out the land deed and land certificate from his arms.
She separated out her portion and gave it to the old man separately.
Yan Guofeng glanced at it and didn't take it. "You have to come back in the evening. When you come back, give it to him and you can talk to him in person. I won't interfere in this matter. I can tell you to prepare the building materials in advance."
"Grandpa, there's no need to be so distant, right?"
"It's not that we're strangers, I just don't know much about this stuff, you guys can discuss it among yourselves; you'll live in the house most of the time after it's built, so it's up to you how you want it to look." His children and grandchildren were all married, and as an old man, he didn't bother asking about their lives if he could; it was absolutely true that someone who wasn't deaf or dumb wouldn't be a father-in-law.
Zhong Yuxiu reluctantly put away the deed and certificate. "Alright then. Tell Brother Yan to prepare ten acres of land for building materials. Use good wood and blue bricks, not red bricks. I want to build a courtyard-style house."
"Okay, I've got it. You can go and do your thing." Yan Guofeng agreed readily this time.
Zhong Yuxiu smiled and saw that the three children were still energetic. She touched the child in Yan Guofeng's arms. She then looked at the children in Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi's arms, kissed them respectively, and smiled slowly.
"Grandpa, Aunt Wang, Aunt Gong, thank you for your hard work. I have to go first. The car is waiting outside. I can't waste time."
"Go." Yan Guofeng held the child in one hand and waved with the other.
After a hasty farewell, Zhong Yuxiu led the group away. Yan Guofeng pointed at his grandson's wife as she walked away and said to his great-grandson in his arms, "Look, that's your mother. She's a very capable woman. When you and your brothers grow up, you'll be even more capable than your mother."
The little kid didn't understand anything and just stared at the receding figure in a daze; he was just a tool.
Yan Guofeng walked back holding his great-grandson, and Wang Daya and Gong Zhaodi were already used to it; since their old man Yan retired, he had been very idle, and he liked to hold his great-grandson and talk to him when he had nothing to do, and he especially liked to tell them how excellent their parents were.
When people get old, they feel lonely in spirit, but at least they still have three children to give them spiritual comfort.
Before Zhong Yuxiu left the compound, she saw a small car parked next to the guard post in the compound from afar; the person standing in front of the car was none other than Xi Nian's guards, and the three of them walked quickly forward.
"Comrade, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
The person waiting by the car saluted first, then smiled and said, "Hello, Comrade Zhong, I just got here a while ago and haven't been waiting for long. Are you going to Zhongguancun now?"
"Yes, let's get in the car first."
The guard nodded, opened the back door and helped her into the car; Gu Lingguo and Fang Guozhong sat on either side, while the guard got in and drove away.
In the car, Zhong Yuxiu asked, "Comrade, if we see a store selling food on the road, please stop and buy some."
"OK."
Guard Wuyou did not respond to Zhong Yuxiu's request. After driving for a few minutes, they saw a stall selling pancakes and stopped the car.
Gu Lingguo got off the car to buy five pancakes in total; then he went to a shop selling steamed buns, steamed buns and other pasta and bought some steamed buns, but did not buy steamed buns.
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