"Mom, those people were so enthusiastic just now." Gu Jingming and Gu Qiming followed Lu Qingyan hand in hand and asked.
"Yes, they are here to see your grandma. Grandpa hasn't been back for several years, so they are so enthusiastic." Lu Qingyan said with a smile when she heard her son's question.
You have to know that her parents haven't been back for several years, so the people in the team were so enthusiastic to see her parents come back.
If her parents came back every few days, they wouldn't be so enthusiastic.
"Oh." The two children nodded, not quite understanding, and then asked: "Mom, when can we get to my grandma's house?"
"We're here." Gu Mingze had just finished speaking when he walked to a mud house that looked a little more dilapidated than in previous years. He stood at the gate of the yard and said,
"Mom and Dad, is this my grandma and grandpa's house?" The two children looked at the place in front of them that was similar to the small courtyard they had just moved into, and asked in confusion.
"Yes." Gu Mingze nodded and called out, "Are brother and sister-in-law home?"
"At home." Lu Qingshan went home right after work, so he didn't know his parents, sister, and brother-in-law were back. Now he heard someone calling at the door, so he answered casually.
"Your uncle is at home, let's go in." Gu Mingze heard his uncle shouting that he was at home, so he called his son and daughter-in-law to go in.
"Little sister, brother-in-law, why are you two back?" Lu Qingshan finished his work and walked out to see who came. But when he saw that it was Gu Mingze and Lu Qingyan, he immediately asked in shock.
"We just came back because the child is older and we have a holiday." Lu Qingyan put the things in her hand on the bench and answered with a smile.
"Where are my parents? Why haven't they come back?" When Lu Qingshan heard this, he stretched his head to look behind them, but he didn't see his parents. He turned to look at Lu Qingyan and asked in confusion.
"As soon as we entered the brigade, my parents were surrounded by a group of uncles and aunts. Now they are chatting with them at the intersection." Lu Qingyan said while sitting on a stool, and then called her two sons to call her uncle.
"Hello, uncle." The two children listened to their mother very much. They stared at Lu Qingshan with their big round eyes and greeted him in a baby voice.
"Okay, okay, you've all grown up in the blink of an eye." Lu Qingshan looked at his two fair, chubby nephews and nodded happily.
"That's right. Not only have they grown up, but we haven't been back for several years." Lu Qingyan sighed after hearing what her elder brother said. She looked around and saw that she didn't see her two nephews, so she asked: "Brother, where are Gangzi and Shitou?"
"After school, they went to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood. They should be back soon." As soon as Lu Qingshan finished speaking, his father and mother walked in with smiles on their faces.
"Mom and Dad, you're back." Lu Qingshan saw that his parents were younger and stronger than when they left. Somehow his eyes suddenly felt a little hot, but he still greeted the two elders with red eyes.
"Look at your useless look. Your father and I didn't come back until three or four o'clock. Do you have to cry when you see us?" Mother Lu looked at her eldest son who was older than when they left. She felt very upset, but she still pretended to be happy and said angrily.
"I haven't seen you and my father for several years. I'm a little uncomfortable." After hearing what his mother said, Lu Qingshan immediately held back his tears, then walked over to take the bag from his parents' hands and asked them to go into the house quickly.
"We haven't been back for several years. Is this house still habitable?" Mother Lu asked her eldest son as they walked.
"Yes, I clean up your and my father's room every day when I have nothing to do. I just want to live here when you can come back." After saying this, Lu Qingshan turned to Lu Qingyan and Gu Mingze and said, "Little sister, brother-in-law, I clean up your room every day too. Please bring your things in and rest for a while."
"Oh, thank you, big brother." Lu Qingyan never thought that her big brother would help her clean the house every day, which touched her heart.
"Where are my two older grandchildren?" Mother Lu came into the house and saw that there was no change in her room. She nodded with satisfaction and asked her son where her grandchildren were.
"They went to collect firewood after school, and they should be back soon." Lu Qingshan put the things in his hands on the kang and asked his parents what they wanted to eat so that he could go and cook.
"Where's Chen Juan? Why haven't I seen her for such a long time?" When Mother Lu heard her son was going to cook, she remembered that she was her daughter-in-law, so she asked.
"She left two years ago. She has married someone in another village and has a child." Lu Qingshan paused after hearing what his mother said, and then said nonchalantly.
Section 81
"When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me and your father about this every time you wrote to them?" When Mother Lu heard her son say that Chen Juan not only got married but also had a child, she immediately asked angrily.
Every time the eldest son wrote to them, he only reported good news and not trivial matters.
If he had written to them earlier to tell them that Chen Juan no longer wanted to live with him, she and the old man would have come back to visit earlier.
I don’t know how my eldest son has managed to be both a father and a mother in the past two years.
Thinking of this, my eyes turned red.
"Mom, Gangzi and Shitou are grown up now and don't need anyone to take care of them. Why should I write to you?" When Lu Qingshan saw his mother crying, he immediately explained helplessly.
"It's ok, old woman. Dashan didn't write to us because he was afraid that we would miss him. Now that we are back, we should think about what to do with us in the future." Father Lu reached out and patted the old woman's shoulder, saying comfortingly
"Yes, since Chen Juan is married and has children, it doesn't make sense for our Dashan to be single. It's just right for us to come back and I'll go and arrange something for Dashan tomorrow." When Mother Lu heard what the old man said, she wiped her tears with her hand and said firmly.
"No, mom, I feel like I'm fine with my two kids, so please don't introduce me to anyone else. If you introduce me to someone else with kids, will she be better for his kids or for ours?" When Lu Qingshan heard his mom introducing him to someone again, he immediately shook his head, saying that he didn't want to get married again.
"But if you don't find another one, how can you take care of two children for the rest of your life? Not to mention that it's not easy for a grown man to clean up the house, but when the two children grow up and get married, you'll be the only one left at home, what will you do?" Mother Lu was afraid that her eldest son would be too lonely, so she wanted him to find a partner while he was young, so that the two of them could live a better life than themselves.
"Mom, don't worry about me. I'm taking care of two children, and I'm fine." Lu Qingshan was not moved at all by what his mother said, and still shook his head to refuse.
"No one will take care of you anymore. You can do whatever you want." Mother Lu didn't expect her son to be so stubborn. She waved her hands and said she would not take care of him anymore.