"Myna, I understand."
Chu Lifang nodded repeatedly, fearing that if she agreed a little later she would be scolded by Brother Jie. These past few days on the train, Chu Lifang was really afraid of Brother Jie, who almost scolded her to death.
Old Madam Chu leaned over to glance at Chu Jie's receding figure, then leaned closer to Chu Lifang and said, "Lifang, your brother Jie has a bad temper! How could he dare to speak to me like that when he was at home?"
Chu Lifang smiled helplessly and handed the bowl to Old Lady Chu. "Grandma, would you like to drink some water first? When we were at the train station, the staff said that if nothing unexpected happened, we would arrive tomorrow morning..."
Old Mrs. Chu took the bowl and drank a few sips of water. She glanced sideways at the scenery outside the car window and couldn't help but worry, "Lifang, look quickly. The further northwest we go, the more desolate it becomes outside. It's already early April, why is there no green at all? Think about it, our hometown will have more than a month before the summer harvest, and here..."
"Oh, I don't know how hard your brother Tian's life must have been. It would have been better if we hadn't come to Xinjiang at that time... In our hometown, even if it's a bit hard, it's so nice to have the whole family living together. I can still take care of him!"
Chu Lifang opened her mouth and was about to say something when a middle-aged man sitting opposite her, who had just gotten on the bus at the previous stop, spoke with a smile.
"Auntie, are you here to visit relatives?"
Mrs. Chu nodded and said, "Yes."
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "We are in the Gobi Desert now. There is definitely no green at all. If you go to southern Xinjiang, it will be lush and green by now. Only in northern Xinjiang will the weather warm up later..."
"However, even at this late hour, the elm trees in Urumqi have already sprouted. I estimate that we can eat the elm seeds in a few days."
Old Mrs. Chu was surprised. "There are elm seeds in Xinjiang? What about acacia flowers? My grandson loved eating the steamed acacia flowers I made when he was little..."
The middle-aged man laughed, "Yes, of course not. Although our Northwest is desolate, there are still some plants."
"It's just that all plants sprout later than the ones in your mouth..."
Old Madam Chu was extremely curious and wanted to ask more questions when she felt Chu Lifang tugging at her clothes. Annoyed, Old Madam Chu glanced at Chu Lifang and said, "What are you doing? You won't let me move or speak? Why don't you two just tie me up and stuff me into a sack?"
Chu Lifang, "..."
The middle-aged man looked around, smiled and waved, "Girl, don't worry, I'm not a bad person..."
Chu Lifang smiled awkwardly and said nothing, thinking that even a bad guy wouldn't have the word "bad guy" written on his face.
Old Mrs. Chu ignored Chu Lifang and continued to ask the middle-aged man about things in Xinjiang.
The middle-aged man was also patient. He could answer whatever Mrs. Chu asked and told her everything he knew.
Chu Tian took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then returned to the dugout next door. Before he even entered the inner room, he heard the chirping sounds coming from the inner room.
"Brother, I am your elder sister, you have to call me sister..."
"Brother, when will you learn to speak..."
"You can't be later than your sister. Mom said your sister speaks early..."
Pingping grinned and drooled.
"Oh, brother, you are so dirty, how can you drool?"
"Xinxin, your brother is still young and can't control himself yet..."
Chu Tian walked in with a smile on his face and found Xinxin lying next to the cradle, talking to Pingping, while Yao Xiujuan was watching with a smile on her face.
"Xinxin, what are you talking about with your brother?"
Xinxin suddenly looked up, stood up happily and ran to the kang, stretched out her hands and shouted, "Dad, you're back..."
Chu Tian walked over, picked her up with a smile, and kissed her little face, "Xinxin, do you miss your daddy?"
Xinxin nodded obediently, "Yes, brother wants it too!"
Chu Tianle laughed, "Your brother can't speak, how do you know?"
Xinxin tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then said seriously, "I just know. My brother told me!"
Chu Tian, "..."
Yao Xiujuan smiled and waved, "Xinxin, come down quickly, your father has worked all day..."
Although Xinxin felt disappointed, she still said "Oh" obediently, "Dad, I want to go down."
Chu Tian shook his head and held her as he sat on the edge of the kang. "It's okay. Daddy just worked all day. I still have enough energy to hold Xinxin."
Xinxin's eyes lit up, she raised her head and kissed Chu Tian's chin, "Xinxin, I love Daddy the most..."
Yao Xiujuan shook her head helplessly, "Brother Tian, just pamper her!"
Chu Tian disagreed, "Girls should be pampered when they grow up!"
Yao Xiujuan knew she couldn't win the argument with Chu Tian, so she gestured for Chu Tian to look at Ping Ping, "Brother Tian, look at Wu Zhu. His eyes are very lively, and he never makes noises when he speaks, but his eyeballs keep moving around..."
Chu Tian leaned over to look at his son lying on the kang and called softly, "Son, I am your father. Do you know where I am?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw his son's eyes turned to Chu Tian, as if he was looking at Chu Tian, but Chu Tian knew that a baby who was only a dozen days old could not see clearly, so he was just following the sound.
Yao Xiujuan didn't think so. She exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Tian, look, our Pingping recognizes your voice!"
What could Chu Tian do? He could only cooperate with Yao Xiujuan, nodding and saying "hmm" several times to cheer her up.
"By the way, where's Xiu Li? I saw her when I just came back, how come she disappeared after taking a shower?"
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