Chu Tian was stunned. He looked at Captain Meng in disbelief. He finally understood why Director Li never called Captain Meng by his name even though he had been working in the transport team for so long. Instead, he always called him Captain Meng...
Captain Meng felt Chu Tian's gaze and realized what Director Li had called him. He lowered his head awkwardly and coughed, then turned to look at Chu Tian. "Hey, Chu Tian, can you go check on your team's car? I saw Xiao Ma find something wrong with his car just now, but he couldn't find out what the problem was..."
Chu Tian came back to his senses and nodded hesitantly, "Oh, okay, Director, I'll be out then."
Director Li hadn't reacted yet. He waved his hand and said, "Go out. Make sure you check the car thoroughly."
"Um···"
As soon as Chu Tian stepped out of Director Li's office, he heard Captain Meng's roar and Director Li's series of apologies, and he couldn't help but laugh.
Hahaha, Meng Goudan... this name is really fucked up, no wonder Captain Meng never tells them his name...
After dinner in the evening, Chu Tian sat on the kang holding his son. He looked at the words Xinxin was writing on the table, and then watched Yao Xiujuan packing his package. When he saw Yao Xiujuan taking a pair of new cloth shoes and trying to put them into his package, he hurriedly spoke out to stop her.
"Xiujuan, don't bring shoes. I only have one pair on my feet..."
Yao Xiujuan paused, "Is it okay? I remember you said your feet hurt when you were running long distance last time..."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "The last time my feet hurt was because I wore the wrong shoes. I plan to wear the thickened thousand-layer cloth shoes that my grandma made for me tomorrow."
Yao Xiujuan nodded, "Okay."
After a pause, he continued, "But why not take another pair? It doesn't take up much space anyway."
Seeing Yao Xiujuan's insistence, Chu Tian did not continue to object. "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Yao Xiujuan pursed her lips and smiled, then put the shoes into the package.
"By the way, Brother Tian, are you going to Yili this time?"
Chu Tian nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Yao Xiujuan glanced at her daughter who was lying on the kang table and writing pinyin seriously. After thinking for a while, she said, "When you went to Yili last year, didn't you buy smoked horse sausage made by people there? Your daughter likes to eat it..."
Chu Tian looked at his daughter who was writing and smiled. "I went there at the end of October last year. At that time, some herders made a lot of smoked horse meat and smoked horse sausage for the winter. But it's only July now, so I'm not sure if they still have it."
Yao Xiujuan was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. If there's none, forget it. It's better for children to eat less horse meat."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. I'll ask the herdsmen I know when I get there."
"By the way, can you ask Xiu Li to make me some more of those thousand-layer scallion pancakes you made last time? I'll take some with me to eat on the way tomorrow."
Yao Xiujuan nodded. "I see. By the way, do you want some salted eggs? Grandma salted a lot of the eggs you brought back some time ago. We cooked two for lunch today, and they're just right now."
"Okay, then cook a few."
At this time, Pingping, who was sitting obediently in Chu Tian's arms, raised her little head and looked at Chu Tian, and called out in a baby voice, "Dad, look for my sister..."
Chu Tian lowered his head and looked at his son. "What's wrong? What do you want to see your sister for? She's writing and can't play with you."
Pingping blinked and looked at Chu Tian in confusion. After a while, he said "Oh" and lowered his head to continue playing with the two wooden toys made for him by Uncle Chu.
Here, Xinxin put down the pencil in her hand and pushed a page of pinyin she had written in front of Chu Tian.
"Dad, it's finished."
Chu Tian smiled and picked up the notebook with one hand, looking at the whole page of small a. Although the handwriting was immature, it was very neat. He nodded with satisfaction and praised it generously.
"Our Xinxin is awesome and writes really well!"
A bright smile appeared on Xinxin's little face, "Xinxin is the best!"
Chu Tian curled his lips and reached out to touch her pigtails, "Xinxin, do you want to be awesome all the time?"
"think!"
"Okay, then Dad will give you a headline for each page. You write one page every day and wait for Dad to come back and check it, okay?"
Xinxin blinked when she heard that, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, it will be great after it's finished, right?"
Chu Tian smiled and touched her little face, "Just finishing it is good, but finishing it and writing it neatly is great!"
"If Xinxin is great, can I bring you your favorite smoked horse meat when I get back?"
Xinxin's big eyes suddenly burst into a strange light, "Okay, Xinxin will definitely be great!"
Chu Tian chuckled, "Well, good..."
At this time, Mrs. Chu's voice came into the room from outside the window, "Xinxin, Pingping, you sleep with grandma tonight."
Chu Tian put Pingping down, got off the kang and walked out, shouting, "Grandma, Xinxin and Pingping can sleep with us tonight..."
Mrs. Chu also walked to the door at this time. She looked at Chu Tian with a face full of disapproval, "My dear grandson, you will be out again tomorrow. You will be away for at least ten days or half a month, and you will not be home for almost a month. Your wife is pregnant, so shouldn't you spend more time with her before you leave?"
As she spoke, Old Lady Chu waved to the two children sitting on the kang in the house, "Xinxin, Pingping, come quickly, go to bed with Grandma, and Grandma will tell you a story..."
Xinxin's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Grandma, are you still telling me the story of the Eighth Route Army fighting the Japanese?"
Mrs. Chu smiled and said, "Yes, Xinxin and Pingping, do you want to listen?"
Xinxin yelled, "I want to listen!"
Pingping also raised his hand and whispered along with Xinxin, "Listen..."
“·····”
Chu Tian just watched his two children and happily followed the smiling and kind old lady Chu back to her room.
After standing for a while, Chu Tian turned around and was about to go back to the house when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something important. He slapped his forehead in annoyance and was about to walk towards the door. When he passed by the kitchen, he did not forget to shout to Yao Xiujuan in the kitchen.
"Xiujuan, I'm going out for a while..."
Yao Xiujuan paused in picking onions, stood up and walked towards the door. She wanted to ask what they were going to do since it was already dark, but she saw Chu Tian had already opened the door and walked out.
Yao Xiuli put the washed salted eggs into the pot and looked at Yao Xiujuan, who was holding a half-picked scallion. She was stunned for a moment and said, "Sister, what is your brother-in-law doing so late at night?"
Yao Xiujuan sat back in her chair and shook her head, "I don't know."
"Are you going to cook the salted eggs by now?"
Yao Xiuli replied as she lit the stove, "Well, cook it tonight and let it cool. I'll make scallion pancakes tomorrow morning."
Yao Xiujuan nodded, "Okay, then I'll get up early tomorrow morning to help you."
Yao Xiuli smiled and said, "Okay."
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