Father Lu walked out slowly with Mother Lu. Just when he heard his daughter's words, he said solemnly: "If you can come back, as long as your parents are still here, we will always keep a room for you. Whenever you want to come back, you can live at home steadily."

"Thank you, Mom and Dad." Lu Qingyan was so moved that her eyes filled with tears when she heard this.

"Okay, you guys just drop them off here, and go back to work, we're leaving soon." After helping the old woman into the car, Father Lu waved to his sons and daughters-in-law.

"Okay, then, Dad and Mom, please be safe on the road. Brother-in-law, I'll trouble you to take care of Dad and Mom from now on." Lu Qingshan walked forward and patted Gu Mingze on the shoulder.

"Brother, don't worry, I will take good care of my parents." After saying this, Gu Mingze got into the car, said hello to a few people, stepped on the accelerator and rushed out.

"My parents didn't care about me when they were at home. Now that they're gone, I feel so empty inside." Zhao Xiaohua said as she watched the car drive away.

"Yeah, I didn't feel very good at ordinary times. Now that I'm gone, I feel quite uncomfortable." Tian Chun heard what the second sister-in-law said and nodded in agreement.

Only Chen Juan heard what the two were saying. She curled her lips, turned around, told her two children to be obedient at home, and went to work in the fields.

Seeing his wife like this, Lu Qingshan had no choice but to ask a few people to go to the fields to work together.

Gu Mingze and his companions drove to the town and went directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau, where they lined up with their marriage application reports and household registration books.

Finally, with the witness of the staff, they took an oath and returned to the car with the freshly issued marriage certificate.

"Have you received them? Let me see." Seeing the two of them coming back, Mother Lu asked curiously.

"You really have to show it to your mother. In our rural area, basically no one goes to get a marriage certificate. Yours is the only one." Father Lu asked his daughter to show the marriage certificate in her hand to her mother, explaining

"Now that you can get one, why don't you go get one with my mom?" Lu Qingyan asked with a smile as she handed the marriage certificate to her mother.

"We are both so old, what else do we need to get?" Father Lu glared at his daughter who was not in tune with him, and then asked his son-in-law to drive.

In this way, the few of them chatted while driving, and five hours passed slowly. At noon, they arrived at a county town under the jurisdiction of Heihe, called Bei County.

"Let's eat here and stretch our bodies a bit before leaving." Gu Mingze found a state-owned restaurant and stopped the car.

So except Lu Qingyan, the other three got off the car.

But soon, Gu Mingze came out with a bowl of meat soup noodles, opened the car door and said, "You eat first, I'll come over and get the bowl later."

"Okay, go eat too." Lu Qingyan took the bowl, watched the person enter the house, and then started eating in small bites.

"Are you full? Do you want another bowl?" Gu Mingze was thinking about his wife, so he quickly ate his fill and walked out to ask.

"I'm full. No need for more." Lu Qingyan handed over the bowl and said

"That's fine. Do you need to go to the restroom?" Gu Mingze had already asked where there were public restrooms, so he asked.

"Yes, you can go with me." Lu Qingyan nodded

"Then wait for me a moment. I'll go return the bowl." Gu Mingze said, turned around and went in to return the bowl. When he came out, Father and Mother Lu had finished eating and followed him out.

"I bought a few freshly-made buns. They'll be good for when you're hungry this afternoon." After they got in the car, Mother Lu put the oil-paper bag aside and said to her daughter.

"Okay." Lu Qingyan agreed with a smile.

"It's right here. Go in slowly and be careful." Gu Mingze stopped the car, carefully helped his wife out of the car, and reminded her.

"It's okay, I'm here, don't worry." Mother Lu also got out of the car and came over, supporting her daughter, and the two of them slowly went into the toilet.

Gu Mingze and Lu's father also went in, but came out very quickly, and waited for the two of them at the door.

"Hoo, let's go." Lu Qingyan came out and exhaled loudly, then looked at the two people waiting at the door and said

"Well, you lie down in the car for a while. Mom and I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative to take a look." Gu Mingze helped the man into the car and said

"Okay, let's go." Lu Qingyan and her companions found the supply and marketing cooperative, and after getting out of the car, they locked the doors and asked Lu Qingyan to wait for them inside.

After entering the supply and marketing cooperative, they looked around inside but did not find what they wanted to buy. Moreover, even if they had cloth coupons, they could not buy the soft cloth needed to make diapers or small clothes for their children.

In the end, I could only walk out slowly under the salesperson's unfriendly gaze.

"Let's go. Since we can't buy it, we can buy it when we get there." Mother Lu told her son-in-law to open the car door and the three of them got in.

"Didn't you buy it?" Lu Qingyan wondered as she looked at the people who came back empty-handed.

"There's nothing we want to buy, so let's drive away and talk about it when we get there." Mother Lu took the military kettle and poured some water into the enamel pot, took a sip, and put it down.

When Gu Mingze saw his mother-in-law like this, he remembered that he had only prepared some dry food and gave his wife water, but he didn't think about the three of them.

He pushed the door open, got out of the car, strode into the supply and marketing cooperative, bought the last thermos there, and then walked out carrying it.

"Why are you spending money on this? This water is enough for us to get to the place where we live." Seeing her son-in-law's thoughtful behavior, Lu's mother was touched but also felt that it was a waste of money.

You know, you need tickets to buy these things now, and my son-in-law doesn’t give me much every month, so you’d better save them.

"But I can't let you and my dad get thirsty." After saying that, Gu Mingze drove to the state-owned restaurant, spent ten cents to get a pot of hot water, and walked out and said, "Dad, put it over here, don't burn you."

"It won't burn you." Father Lu used his legs to hold the thermos in place, making sure it didn't leak, before letting his son-in-law drive.

By night, it was too dark to see the road and there was no one around.

"Let's stop here. Let's eat something and stay here for the night. We'll drive away tomorrow morning." Lu Qingyan said, fearing that Gu Mingze might get tired from driving.

"Yes, Xiaoyan is right. Mingze, you must be tired after driving all day. Stop and rest for a night. It won't hurt to rest for a night even if you are in a hurry." When Lu's mother heard her daughter say this, she also advised

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"Okay, let's stay here for the night." Gu Mingze said as he pulled the car over to the side of the road. He then looked at Lu Qingyan and said, "Drink some hot water first, then eat."

"Yes, I know. Here are the buns we bought at noon. Let's share them." Lu Qingyan said, and then she reached out to take the oil paper bag next to her mother, opened it, and gave each of them one.

She reached out from behind and took the dry food that Gu Mingze had prepared in the morning. After they had eaten their fill, Mother Lu took a quilt from under her body and let Father Lu and the other two cover themselves with it. That's how they spent the night.