Cen Huaian's heart was instantly filled with joy, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he couldn't suppress it no matter what he did.

Zhang Lu grabbed Jiang Weixian again, and the two of them laughed and giggled. She knew that her cousin loved to cry, so she didn't play with him too hard, lest she hurt him somewhere and he started to cry.

Chuxia asked Cen Huaian to go play with them.

Cen Huaian refused to go: "I want to help my mother."

Chuxia saw what he was thinking, and reached out to take the locust flowers from Cen Huaian's hand: "Don't think too much, kid. You are my son, no matter who it is, you can't take your place in my heart."

Without waiting for Cen Huaian to speak, Chuxia suddenly raised her voice and shouted: "Lulu, bring brother An'an to play with you."

Zhang Lu immediately ran over, and then she remembered that she was here to pick locust flowers, and didn't care about Jiang Weixian, and took a locust branch with a smile.

"Cousin, I don't want to play anymore, I'll pick locust flowers with you."

She turned around and glared at Jiang Weixian who still wanted to play: "I won't pay attention to you if you make trouble again!"

Jiang Weixian also squatted down obediently to pick together.

The afternoon sun shone through the branches and leaves of the tall locust trees, like pieces of broken water falling on people's heads and clothes.

Zhang Lu's clear and cheerful voice floated around, mixed with Jiang Weixian's voice calling sister and brother from time to time, and Cen Huaian's childish response.

Chuxia saw that the locust flowers were almost picked, and turned to look at Aunt Li: "Aunt Li, don't pick anymore, you can't eat them all."

Aunt Li stopped and came over to pick locust flowers with them.

All the flowers on the branches were picked and put into the basket. Chuxia plucked some leaves from the tree, looked at the children and said with a smile: "Do you want to see the small basket made of leaves?"

Zhang Lu's eyes immediately showed great curiosity, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Aunt, how to weave it?"

Jiang Weixian nodded, also looking forward to it.

Cen Huaian also looked at the leaves in Chuxia's hand, but in his mind he was thinking about how to weave a basket with those things.

Chuxia raised her eyebrows, pointed to a handful of leaves with stems in her hand and said: "Look."

She quickly removed the leaves with her hands, and used the stems of the leaves to weave them together one by one. Soon, a small basket like the one people often carry appeared in front of the three children.

Chuxia finally finished the work, hooked the handle of the basket with her finger, and shook it slightly. The three children followed the basket.

"My cousin, you are so amazing!"

Cen Huaian showed pride in his eyes. This is his mother!

Chuxia laughed at the admiring eyes of several people: "This is not a difficult thing. There are not many skills. You can learn it in a while."

It's not like she really used rattan to weave a basket. Moreover, the small basket she wove was just cross-stacked, unlike weaving other objects, which requires multiple weaving methods.

Zhang Lu immediately said that he wanted to learn, and Jiang Weixian also quickly raised his hand to say yes. Cen Huaian called "Mom".

Chuxia sat on the stone pier at the gate and taught the three children how to weave. After that, Zhang Lu and Jiang Weixian quickly picked a bunch of leaves to try weaving.

Cen Huaian was not as anxious as them, but he quietly picked a lot of leaves. Chuxia rubbed the leaves he picked and wove them by herself.

Not long after, a small wreath made of leaves appeared in Chuxia's hand. She put it on Cen Huaian's head with a smile.

Cen Huaian was concentrating on weaving a small basket. He felt something fell on his head. He reached out to touch it and looked at Chuxia with a pair of big eyes: "Mom?"

"Wear it, it looks good." Chuxia tilted her head and looked at Cen Huaian's face with a smile. The more she looked at him, the cuter he felt.

Zhang Lu's eyes lit up after seeing this, and he hugged Chu Xia's arm: "Aunt, Aunt, please teach me how to weave this too."

"Okay."

Chu Xia took the three children to play weaving leaves, and Aunt Li sat by the side watching with a smile on her face, holding a lot of locust leaves in her hands like Zhang Lu.

While they were weaving, Sun Feng came, and the three children were going to learn martial arts.

Zhang Lu's face was full of excitement, Cen Huaian pursed his lips, with longing in his eyes, and only Jiang Weixian was a little nervous.

On the first day of learning, Sun Feng did not directly teach them what moves to do, but let them run first to feel how much strength their bodies could withstand.

Cen Huaian's sprained ankle has almost healed, and he has no problem walking now, but Chu Xia won't let him do strenuous exercise until he has recovered.

So Cen Huaian was the only one who didn't run. He just watched his cousins ​​running in the yard and listened to Sun Feng talking about the key points of martial arts practice.

Zhang Lu's physical fitness was obviously much better than Jiang Weixian's. Jiang Weixian cried and said he was tired after running for a while, and refused to run anymore.

Zhang Lu still looked relaxed, and looked back at Jiang Weixian with disdain: "Cousin, you are too weak!"

Chu Xia watched for a while, then went into the study to study, while Grandpa Jiang had nothing to do, so he sat in a rocking chair and watched the kids learn. Aunt Li also moved a stool and sat at the door, watching while picking vegetables.

Jiang Weixian looked painful while learning, but Grandpa Jiang not only did not feel sorry, but also laughed happily, and took the children's martial arts training as his amusement.

After Sun Feng felt the children's background, he began to teach them basic skills. It is always like this when practicing martial arts. The foundation must be solid. It is impossible to learn all kinds of moves directly.

He did not let the children practice for too long. When they reached the limit of their physical endurance, he let them rest.

Cen Huaian did not use his legs, but only gestured with his hands. He was sweating all over, not to mention Zhang Lu and Jiang Weixian.

Jiang Weixian turned around and saw Grandpa Jiang and rushed over, crying and saying that he did not want to learn anymore, practicing martial arts was too tiring.

Grandpa Jiang, who was originally smiling, immediately put away his smile, straightened Jiang Weixian, and said in a serious tone: "Since you have decided to learn, you must stick to it. Our children will never give up halfway."

His tone was not very severe, but there was no smile on his face. His voice was not loud, but it was more frightening than being angry.

Jiang Weixian immediately dared not cry, shrank his neck, sobbed and nodded: "Grandpa, I will learn."

He was afraid of the current Grandpa.

It was also the first time that Cen Huaian saw Grandpa Jiang who was not in harmony. He was not afraid and kept looking at Grandpa Jiang's face, curious about how many different looks the great grandfather had.

Chu Xia carried a bag of locust flowers and took the bus home holding Cen Huaian's hand. On the way, Chu Xia asked him, "Are you tired from practicing martial arts?"

Cen Huaian: "No." He said with sparkling eyes, "It's very interesting."

When practicing martial arts, as long as he asked, Teacher Sun would tell them the origin of each move, and it was also interesting to listen to the stories of inheritance.

Although he was a semi-participant in this martial arts training, Cen Huaian was also very happy.

After returning home, Cen Huaian immediately went back to his room and put the small basket and wreath of locust flowers that he had been holding all the way in his palm into a large box where he kept his treasures.

There were also candy wrappers, family photos, ginkgo leaf bookmarks that Chuxia made with him, and the New Year's money that Chuxia and Cen Zhengnian gave him.

Eat steamed locust flowers in the evening.

Chuxia washed the locust flowers, sprinkled them with dry flour, grabbed them with his hands, and made sure that each locust flower was evenly coated with flour, and then steamed them directly in the pot.

As soon as the steamed locust flowers came out of the pot, the whole house was filled with the sweet fragrance of locust flowers. Some salt, sesame oil and minced garlic were added to season it. One bite was sweet and tender, just like the taste in her memory.

"Mom, it's delicious."

Cen Huaian scooped the steamed locust flowers with a spoon and ate them in big mouthfuls. He looked exactly like the puppy lying in the basin next to him and eating anxiously. Chuxia

told him not to eat so quickly. There were so many in the basin, and there were only two of them, so no one would snatch it from him.

Cen Huaian tried to slow down his eating speed, but compared to Chuxia, he still ate very fast.

A few days later, the locust trees on this side of Chuxia Hutong began to bloom one after another, and some of the late bloomers had just come out of the buds.

Chuxia was satisfied with eating all kinds of Sophora japonica delicacies. Like her, Cen Huaian never felt tired of eating Sophora japonica flowers.

Because the Sophora japonica flowers only bloom for a short period of time, Chuxia specially picked a lot of Sophora japonica flowers and dried them in the yard and stored them, waiting to use them when she wanted to make dumplings in the future.

Dried Sophora japonica flowers are also delicious for making dumplings.

Seeing that the Sophora japonica flowers in the alley are falling more and more, there are not many left except those that bloom late. Moreover, Sophora japonica flowers are the most tender and delicious only when they have just bloomed. Later, when the flowers are old, they are not delicious.

Chuxia looked in the direction of the entrance of the alley. Cen Zhengnian did not come back today, and Cen Huaian was walking home with his schoolbag like the children in the alley. He looked up and saw her at the door, and his originally calm eyes immediately lit up.

"Mom!" He quickened his pace and walked towards her.

Chuxia stretched out her hand to take his schoolbag, but he didn't give it to her. Instead, he said to Chuxia: "Mom, the teacher said that tomorrow is May Day, and we don't have to go to class."

She was stunned, and only felt that the weather was getting hotter and hotter. She didn't expect that May would come so soon.

Cen Huaian was still talking, including the holiday on Sunday, they had two days off.

Chuxia suddenly had a strong thought in her mind: "An An, do you want to see Dad?"

It has been more than 20 days since Cen Zhengnian went home for the last Qingming Festival. Except for a phone call during that time, there was no news from him at other times.

"I want to." Cen Huaian's mood immediately dropped: "Mom, when will Dad come back?"

Chu Xia shook her head and pulled him to the canteen: "Let's call your dad and ask if we can go to his workplace."

If he is not allowed to go, then Cen Huaian will be disappointed.

However, Cen Zhengnian should be busy at this time. Sure enough, the person who answered the phone only said that he would tell Cen Zhengnian. As for when he would call back, it depends on how late he works.

Fortunately, this time the time of returning the call was not as late as last time. He came back after nine o'clock.

"Zhengnian?"

"It's me." Cen Zhengnian's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone, with some fatigue.

Chu Xia couldn't help thinking: He must be very tired and busy at work, from morning to night, and he probably doesn't even have time to rest in a day.

"Is there something wrong at home?"

Without hearing Chuxia speak, Cen Zhengnian asked her from the opposite side, his brows were already wrinkled, and anxiety and worry appeared in his eyes.

"No." Chuxia came back to her senses: "I just want to ask you, does the institute allow family members to visit you?"

Cen Zhengnian stretched his brows, relaxed his whole body, and his expression was gentle: "Allowed."

There is also a family courtyard near the institute, with attached kindergartens and elementary schools. If there are families living in the family courtyard of the institute, family visits are naturally allowed.

But you cannot enter the institute, you can only visit in the family courtyard or at the gate.

The family courtyard of the institute is the same as the family courtyard of Chuxia Textile Factory, both of which are tube-shaped buildings, and the area of ​​each household is not large.

Large houses are not allocated to ordinary researchers, but are for vice-directors and deans. Cen Zhengnian himself lives in a single dormitory.

He and Ye Xingxiu were of higher rank, so they could live in single rooms. Some unmarried young researchers of lower rank lived in dormitories for two or four people.

Chuxia came to Beijing, and her family had a big house to live in. Cen Zhengnian didn't want her and An'an to live in a small house with him.

Besides the small house, the research institute was in the suburbs, and life was not as convenient as living in a courtyard house.

After getting Cen Zhengnian's affirmative answer, Chuxia breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly loosened her hand that had been holding the phone line: "The locust flowers have bloomed recently. You couldn't come home, so you probably didn't eat fresh locust flowers. Tomorrow An'an and I want to visit you and bring you some food made with locust flowers. If you don't have time, we'll leave the food at the gate of your family compound, ok?"

Cen Huaian leaned on Chuxia, his ears raised high, wanting to hear his father's answer.

Cen Zhengnian was stunned when he heard about the locust flowers. Are the locust flowers blooming now? He rubbed his eyebrows. He was too busy during this period and he didn't notice it.

Later, he heard Chuxia and An'an said they were coming to see him. Cen Zhengnian couldn't help but feel happy, and the look in his eyes became softer: "Okay, what time will you arrive tomorrow?"

Cen Zhengnian thought about tomorrow's work, and guilt surged in his heart: "I may only have time at noon."

They have to eat at noon, and he can come out to see Chuxia and An'an during this time.

"That's perfect." Chuxia smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "The food that An'an and I brought you can be your lunch."

Cen Zhengnian felt warm in his heart: "Okay."

Chuxia let Cen Huaian and Cen Zhengnian say a few words, and because it was late, she said goodbye to Cen Zhengnian.

When he came to answer the phone, Cen Huaian was drowsy and wanted to sleep. But after talking to his father, he was not sleepy at all and was looking forward to tomorrow.

Chuxia took him home and saw that he was still awake. She put the book aside and said, "If you don't sleep, you won't be able to go to Dad tomorrow if you can't get up."

Cen Huaian closed his eyes immediately: "Mom, I'm going to sleep."

Research Institute Family Courtyard.

Cen Zhengnian walked out of the communication room to answer the phone. Ye Xingxiu felt that he was in a good mood at this moment, which was completely different from the frown on his face just now.

He couldn't help but feel curious. He had clearly warned himself not to ask about Cen Zhengnian's phone call. He heard the guard named Cen Zhengnian say that it was a call from his family.

But the difference before and after entering was so big that Ye Xingxu was anxious. He wanted to know the reason, so he couldn't hold it back. He asked after holding it back for a while: "Cen Zhengnian, why do you look so happy all of a sudden? What did your family say to you?"

"Nothing."

Cen Zhengnian said indifferently, looking at Ye Xingxu, "My wife and son are coming to see me tomorrow."

Ye Xingxu was shocked and his eyes widened. He couldn't control the envy in his heart: "Is it true? You won't lie to me, right?"

Why didn't his family come to see him? He told his mother that he was going to have a blind date, but his mother still didn't send him anything. She said that since he was married, someone would send him things.

Cen Zhengnian didn't answer him, didn't even look at him, and quickened his pace back to the dormitory.

Ye Xingxiu felt that he was really looking for trouble. Why did he say that? Now, Cen Zhengnian secretly showed off to him again.

The point is, he himself has not shown off to people and things.

And tomorrow Cen Zhengnian will show off even more. He made up his mind again. He must not be curious tomorrow and not go to see Cen Zhengnian's wife and son. Hold it in! He can't be stabbed again!

The next morning, Chuxia got up and looked at the medicinal wine she had soaked. It was almost time. She would bring it to him when she went to see grandpa tomorrow.

The elderly always have some minor ailments, and Grandpa Jiang is no exception. His legs are not good. When he was young, he didn't pay attention to the root of the disease. It hurts on rainy days.

After Chuxia noticed it last Qingming Festival, she asked a few questions, confirmed his condition, and went home to soak some medicinal wine to give to him.

It won't be completely cured, but it can relieve a little. Grandpa Jiang was so good to her and An An, she couldn't just turn a blind eye to his illness.

Making medicinal wine was something that ordinary families did, and some would even look for small snakes and ginseng to make wine.

So even if Chu Xia gave Grandpa Jiang medicinal wine, Grandpa Jiang would just think she was filial and wouldn't think too much about it. After

Cen Huaian got up, he couldn't help but keep looking at Chu Xia while eating breakfast, wanting to set off to find his father right away.

Chu Xia pretended not to know his impatience and ate slowly. If she went there now, she wouldn't be able to see Cen Zhengnian, and the things she wanted to send to Cen Zhengnian hadn't been prepared yet.

After dinner, Cen Huaian fed the puppy and washed the dishes, and Chu Xia went to the room to sort out Cen Zhengnian's clothes.

They were all bought for Cen Zhengnian when she went to buy clothes for herself and Cen Huaian in recent days.

As the weather was getting hotter, Chuxia and Cen Huaian needed to buy some thin clothes, especially An'an, whose pants and shoes were too small last year.

When buying clothes, Chuxia couldn't help but buy some for Cen Zhengnian, and also bought some for Grandpa Jiang.

Cen Zhengnian didn't have many clothes, and they were all worn for who knows how many years. Some of the clothes inside were patched up and continued to be worn.

He didn't have time to buy clothes, and his mind had never been on it. In addition to clothes, there were also shoes.

Chuxia felt that if she hadn't thought about this, Cen Zhengnian estimated that those clothes would last a lifetime. After

packing these, Chuxia called Cen Huaian: "An'an, go out with mom and buy some more things."

Cen Huaian ran over immediately, and the two went to a grocery store not far from the alley and bought a lot of food.

There were cooked food, such as braised meat, as well as snacks such as bread and twisted dough sticks, and some canned fruits. In short, she bought a large bag of miscellaneous goods.

She also bought Cen Huaian his favorite animal biscuits and bread, and let him take them home alone.

After arriving home, Chuxia took An An to pick the sophora japonica flowers that were still in bloom, looking for the tender ones.

Steamed sophora japonica flowers, dumplings and buns stuffed with sophora japonica flowers, and sophora japonica flower pancakes.

Chuxia used up all the fresh sophora japonica flowers she picked and made a lot of food.

She and Cen Huaian each ate a bun, and put the rest in an iron lunch box and a bowl, put them in a basket, and picked up the other things she had prepared, and the two of them set off for the research institute.

Chuxia calculated the time well, and it was just after eleven when they arrived at the gate of the research institute. Cen Zhengnian must not have eaten yet.

The guard at the door asked the two people's identities and asked them to wait at the door.

The sun was already a little hot at this time, not as hot as in summer, but it would still be hot to stand in the sun.

Chu Xia held Cen Huaian's hand and stood under the shade of a tree not far from the door. The two looked into the research institute, both expecting Cen Zhengnian to show up soon.

Soon the guard came back, but Cen Zhengnian did not come out with him.

"They are busy, and others can't get in. Do you want to wait or leave the things here?"

After the guard checked that there were no prohibited items, they could leave the things with the guard for handing over.

If Chu Xia hadn't called Cen Zhengnian yesterday, she would definitely leave the things at the door and leave, but Cen Zhengnian said he would meet them.

Moreover, she looked down at Cen Huaian, who had been looking in the direction of the research institute without leaving. How disappointed he would be if he didn't see his father.

Chuxia shook her head and said, "Let's wait here."

The guards ignored them, as long as they didn't come in.

Chuxia saw that Cen Huaian's face was sweaty, so she took out her handkerchief and wiped it for him: "Are you tired? Otherwise, you can sit on the ground and rest for a while."

She handed the handkerchief to him and let him put it on the ground.

Cen Huaian shook his head: "Mom, I'm not tired."

The two got off the bus and didn't walk far. Although there were a lot of things, they were not very heavy. Cen Huaian didn't feel tired, and Chuxia was not very tired either, just a little thirsty.

She opened the water bottle she brought with her and drank water, and asked Cen Huaian to drink water.

Waiting for someone is the most anxious thing, but waiting for someone you want to see is not so anxious, and the heart is still full of expectations and joy.

Chuxia knew that she and An'an would be waiting before she came, so she brought her own notebook of wrong answers and flipped through them under the shade of the tree, not noticing that time was passing slowly.

Cen Huaian, on the other hand, would occasionally ask Chuxia what time it was and why her father hadn't come out yet.

Chuxia said without even raising her head, "If you're waiting impatiently, just memorize the chess game in your mind."

"I'm not in a hurry." Although Cen Huaian said this, he still silently memorized the chess score.

"Dad!"

Cen Huaian's eyes never left the research institute, so when he saw a familiar figure, he immediately shook Chu Xia's clothes and shouted.

Chu Xia's eyes immediately looked in the direction of the research institute.

Cen Huaian was wearing a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up halfway, walking towards the two of them with two long legs.

He had already seen Chu Xia and Cen Huaian, his eyes were smiling, and his steps became faster.

And Cen Huaian also ran towards him.

Chu Xia did not move, she couldn't carry the pile of things around her.

Cen Zhengnian picked up Cen Huaian at the door, weighed him and said: "An An is heavier and taller."

He put him down, took his hand and walked towards Chu Xia, Chu Xia looked at the two of them with a smile on her lips.

As soon as he came over, Cen Zhengnian noticed some sweat on her forehead, a look of distress flashed across his eyes, and he held her hand: "How long have you been here?"

"Probably..." Chu Xia looked at the watch on her hand, calculated and said: "About forty to fifty minutes. Fortunately, you didn't make An An and I wait for an hour or two."

Cen Zhengnian was a little apologetic at first, but when she said this, he couldn't help but smile, and swallowed the words he was about to say.

"I'll take you to where I live."

Cen Zhengnian was about to leave with the things, but Chu Xia stopped him: "I made a lot of Sophora japonica food, you can't finish it by yourself, you can take some and share it with your colleagues. It's hot now, you can't leave it."

Cen Zhengnian looked down and saw the things in the basket, all made by Chu Xia herself, his heart suddenly seemed to be filled with clouds, and his eyes were sore.

He closed his eyes, picked up the basket and said, "Okay."

Cen Zhengnian was about to go back into the research institute when Chu Xia stopped him and said, "I'll get the food for you."

She had already divided it in advance, so Cen Zhengnian could just carry it and deliver it directly.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, Cen Zhengnian saw his teacher and a researcher from the research lab walking towards them.

Yan Hemin was the first to see him: "Zhengnian, didn't your wife come over? Why are you back? Did your wife leave so soon?"

"No."

Cen Zhengnian put the basket in his hand on the table and took out food from it: "My wife made some food and brought it over. She made a lot, so she asked me to bring it to you."

Bowls and small basins were taken out one by one, with locust flower buns, pancakes and steamed locust flowers in them. The people at the table immediately stared at the food with shining eyes.

The food in the cafeteria is a big pot of rice, not much oil, and you can't eat fresh vegetables like these locust flowers. Besides, anyone would get tired of eating them every day.

But Yan Hemin didn't say anything, and the others didn't dare to start eating first.

Yan Hemin looked at the locust flower food, and his eyes showed joy: "I haven't eaten locust flowers for a long time. I've been too busy for a long time. I forgot that it's the season for locust flowers."

He stretched out his hand to take the buns first, and a group of people immediately took them. Ye Xingsu didn't care whether Cen Zhengnian was showing off, and hurriedly put steamed locust flowers into his own bowl.

At first glance, these things are delicious. If he doesn't hurry up and grab them, they will be gone.

These people talked to Cen Zhengnian while eating.

"Thank your wife for me!"

"Thank you, sister -in-law!"

"Thank you, brother and sister-in-law!"

In just one minute, all the food was divided up, and everyone had food in their bowls.

Cen Zhengnian went to clean up the bowls and basins that Chu Xia brought over with a normal look, and he was not surprised by his colleague's behavior.

"Delicious!"

"It smells so good! It tastes the same as the buns my mother makes."

"I haven't eaten such delicious pancakes in a long time."

Yan Hemin also said to Cen Zhengnian: "Thank your wife for me, the buns are delicious."

He blinked at Cen Zhengnian and urged him: "Go and accompany your wife and son. Do you want to get some food in the cafeteria?"

Cen Zhengnian shook his head: "No." He picked up the basket and turned to walk out.

As soon as he left, the group of people eating at the table couldn't help but make envious noises, but most of them were married, so there wasn't much envy. Only some unmarried people, such as Ye Xingxiu, were the most envious.

Chu Xia and Cen Huaian followed Cen Zhengnian to his dormitory and saw the environment he usually lived in.

His dormitory was deserted, with nothing but a bed and a table, but it was very clean. There

was only one chair in the room, and Chu Xia took An An to sit on the bed and reached out to hit her calf.

Standing for so long, it would be a lie to say she wasn't tired, and later she forced Cen Huaian to sit on the floor to rest.

Cen Zhengnian put the food on the table, and when he saw Chuxia's things, he walked over, squatted down, and massaged her legs: "Are they sore?"

Chuxia nodded and said "hmm": "It's sore and numb. But it does feel better after you massaged it a few times."

Cen Zhengnian raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Then I'll massage you for a while."

Chuxia: "No, let's eat first. Anan and I only ate one bun."

The food was a little cold, but fortunately, there was still some temperature under the steamed locust flowers, so Chuxia and Anan ate that.

The two of them had already eaten buns, and they didn't eat much. The rest was eaten by Cen Zhengnian.

"Is it delicious?"

Cen Zhengnian was wiping his mouth with a handkerchief when he heard Chuxia ask him.

He took away the handkerchief and nodded, "It's delicious."

"You have to eat these special delicacies in spring, such as Chinese toon, locust flower, and elm money. If you can't eat them, you will always feel regretful."

Cen Zhengnian: "I ate them."

Chuxia nodded: "Yes, I sent them specially for you. And these things are also for you."

Chuxia asked Cen Huaian to go over and open the packages.

Cen Zhengnian was stunned when he saw it, and then his eyes showed endless warmth: "Chuxia, thank you."

He held Chuxia's hand and whispered, his voice was suppressed, as if there were many emotions rushing over, and Chuxia's heart trembled when she heard it.

"What are you thanking me for? We are husband and wife, aren't we?" She quickly looked at the things on the bed to hide her discomfort.

At this time, An An, who was standing beside the bed, pointed at those things and said, "Dad, I picked this shirt for you, and these shoes too. This bread is delicious..."

He introduced them to Cen Zhengnian one by one, and Cen Zhengnian smiled at him, nodded, and praised him.

Cen Huaian's face turned red because of the praise, and he was too embarrassed to say anything. He ran over and lay in Cen Zhengnian's arms, looked up and said to him, "Dad, I started learning martial arts, and the teacher said I worked very hard."

Cen Zhengnian knew that Cen Huaian was learning martial arts, and he just asked him not to get too tired, and didn't say much else.

Cen Zhengnian followed Cen Huaian's words and asked him what he had learned, and then asked him about his Go learning situation.

For a while, the whole dormitory was filled with a warm atmosphere.

Chuxia and Cen Huaian wanted to leave today, but Cen Zhengnian said, "You can stay in my dormitory. Do you want to stay overnight before leaving?"

Chuxia hesitated, "But your bed is so small, it can't accommodate three people, right?"

Cen Zhengnian had already thought of a solution, "It's okay. My colleague next door has a good relationship with me. An An can sleep there tonight."

Chuxia looked at Cen Zhengnian's expectant face, and then looked at Cen Huaian's look who didn't want to leave. She nodded involuntarily, "Okay."

Living in the family compound requires registration, and Cen Zhengnian has taken care of all this. When she came in, she and An An also registered.

After Cen Zhengnian went to work, Chuxia and An An were not familiar with this family compound, and the two did not wander around, so they stayed in his dormitory.

Chuxia misread the questions in the question book, so Cen Huaian took out the chess pieces he always carried with him and played chess with himself.

In the evening, Cen Zhengnian came back and brought food to Chuxia and Cen Huaian.

"The food in the cafeteria may not taste as good as at home."

Chuxia and An'an didn't mind the taste of the food, and it wasn't bad, just the taste of a big pot of rice.

After dinner, Cen Zhengnian went to wash the dishes. After finishing, he said to Chuxia and An'an with some guilt: "I still have to be busy for a while, and try to come back early today."

Cen Huaian's eyes showed disappointment: "Then when will you come back, Dad?"

Cen Zhengnian couldn't guarantee it.

However, Cen Zhengnian was chased out by Yan Hemin as soon as he returned to the laboratory: "Your wife and son have finally come here, you go to accompany them. Take these things and go back to settle it!" He

stuffed a stack of papers into Cen Zhengnian's hands and let him go.

Cen Zhengnian did not leave directly, but looked at Ye Xingxiu.

Ye Xingxiu was alerted by his look: "Why are you looking at me? I am not the only one who eats the lunch."

"That's not what I want to say." Cen Zhengnian made his request.

Ye Xingxiu patted his chest: "I thought you were going to ask me for lunch. It's just letting your son live with me, it's a small matter, I'll give you the key, you can let him sleep."

But after giving the key, Ye Xingxiu regretted it. He hadn't even asked how old Cen Zhengnian's son was: "Your son won't wet the bed, right?"

Cen Zhengnian took the key, picked up the stack of papers with one hand and said: "He is six years old, he won't wet the bed."

Ye Xingxiu was relieved, as long as he didn't wet the bed.

Cen Zhengnian returned to the dormitory. Chuxia and Cen Huaian were surprised when they saw him: "Didn't you say you had work? How come you're back so soon?"

Cen Zhengnian closed the door, put the paper on the table and said: "The teacher asked me to come back to accompany you."

Chuxia laughed: "Your teacher is a very nice person."

Cen Huaian was even happier and pestered Cen Zhengnian to ask him all kinds of things. Of course, Chuxia had told him not to ask her father about work, so he didn't ask.

The questions he asked were all strange and weird, and they were all things he couldn't understand when he saw them.

Chuxia couldn't answer some of them, but Cen Zhengnian could always use his profound knowledge to explain some principles, and Cen Huaian listened very carefully.

But Cen Huaian's energy was limited. No matter how excited he was, he would feel sleepy when it was time for him to sleep. He listened to Cen Zhengnian talking, leaning on him and dozing off a little.

Seeing this, Cen Zhengnian picked him up and said to Chuxia in a low voice: "I'll take him to the next door."

Chuxia was a little worried: "Will An An adapt to living with strangers?"

Cen Zhengnian said: "It doesn't matter, my colleague won't be back too early."

When Ye Xingxiu came back, it was when An An was sleeping the most soundly. An An is the same as Chuxia, once he falls into a deep sleep, he will not wake up easily.

Chuxia could only nod.

Letting Cen Zhengnian and his colleague sleep, the small bed simply can't accommodate two big men, and it doesn't look like Cen Zhengnian would be willing.

After coaxing Cen Huaian to sleep, when Cen Zhengnian returned to the dormitory, Chuxia was still looking at the wrong question book.

During the time when Cen Zhengnian went to the laboratory, Chuxia had already taken An An to wash. The research institute also has a supply and marketing cooperative, where you can buy towels, soap and toothbrushes.

Chuxia's wrong answer book was still full of physics questions. Cen Zhengnian came over, sat down and asked her, "Are there any questions

you don't know?" "Go wash up first and ask later."

Chuxia felt Cen Zhengnian's fatigue, and she didn't want him to worry about her problems anymore.

So before Cen Zhengnian came back from washing up, Chuxia packed up the wrong answer book, and when he came back, she was already lying on the bed.

Cen Zhengnian looked at the time and looked at her in confusion, "Do you want to sleep now?"

Chuxia nodded, covered her mouth and yawned, "I'm sleepy."

"Okay."

Cen Zhengnian looked at her deeply and turned off the light.

"What are you doing? We are in the dormitory."

Chuxia grabbed Cen Zhengnian's messy hand and said angrily.

"Don't make any noise, no one will hear you."

Chu Xia was surprised at Cen Zhengnian's boldness, she frowned: "You have something?"

"Yeah."

Chu Xia patted him heavily, her lowered voice a little embarrassed: "Have you thought about this day a long time ago?"

Cen Zhengnian: "No."

He was just used to being prepared, he had regretted this before, so he was always prepared.

Chuxia no longer cared whether he did it on purpose or not. Her consciousness gradually became obsessed and she could not remember anything.

The night was still long.

At night, Ye Xingxiu returned to the dormitory and was about to lie down on the bed when he saw the child sleeping in his bed.

He said "tsk", "Trouble."

He hugged Cen Huaian and lay down next to him.

In the past, Ye Xingxiu would fall asleep as soon as he lay down, but tonight he did not fall asleep for a long time, for fear that he would accidentally roll over Cen Huaian.

The next day he woke up with a pair of panda eyes and a listless face.

Seeing Cen Zhengnian next door, who looked energetic and satisfied, Ye Xingxiu silently cursed behind his back!

Cen Zhengnian washed up and went to the cafeteria to get breakfast first.

After Chuxia and Cen Huaian finished eating, he sent them to the bus stop.

Cen Huaian looked at Cen Zhengnian, his face full of reluctance: "Dad, when can I see you again?"

"Dad will try to go home."

Chuxia looked at the location of the research institute in the distance, and asked thoughtfully: "Zhengnian, is that the primary school affiliated with the research institute?"

Cen Zhengnian looked in the direction she pointed and nodded: "Yes, there is not only a primary school, but also a junior high school."

Chuxia said "hmm" without saying anything, and looked at the primary school and junior high school over there.

At this time, the bus came.

Cen Zhengnian first carried Cen Huaian and put him on it, then turned around and hugged Chuxia: "I will find time to go home."

Chuxia: "Your work is important, An An and I can come to see you directly if we miss you."