In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve. Kyoto was hit by another heavy snowstorm two days ago, and the whole city was shrouded in snow.
Gong Linglong is now very heavy and has difficulty walking. She has not gone out to visit friends for a week and has been lying at home every day reading books and knitting sweaters.
Gong Wantang prepares three meals a day at home and stays by her side all the time. Han Ji has been in the Kyoto Military Region during this period and comes back here after get off work every day. His father-in-law's house has become their new home.
“Beep…beep…”
The phone on the coffee table rang. Gong Wantang immediately put down the yarn in her hand and stood up to answer it: "Hello, who is this?"
The call was from Gong Chengjun. Today, Gong Chenglang's family of six and his aunt Gong Jingyi returned to Beijing and took a flight from Guangzhou to Kyoto. Fortunately, it didn't snow today and the weather was pretty good. The plane arrived at the airport safely.
Gong Chengjun and his team had just picked someone up at the airport and called home in advance to ask Gong Wantang to make arrangements and preparations.
"Linglong, your second uncle and his friends have arrived and are on their way back."
Gong Linglong lay on the sofa, and it was very difficult for her to move. She frowned slightly and said, "I don't know if Brother Jing can come back before the New Year. I feel like the babies are about to be born, maybe this week."
Gong Wantang couldn't answer this question for her.
Even Han Ji didn't know the progress of Lu Jingchuan and his team's training, nor did he know the specific training location. Mr. Zhou and Mr. Lu also didn't know.
After waiting for about forty to fifty minutes, the sound of a car shutting down was heard outside the door. Gong Wantang immediately stood up to open the door and greeted them with a smile: "Aunt, Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law."
Two cars were driven to pick people up today. The elders sat in Han Ji's car in the front, and the four children of Gong Chenglang sat in Gong Chengjun's car in the back.
Now all the children opened the door and came out, each smiling and calling out, "Auntie."
"Zhongxi, Jingjing, Zhongsheng, Zhongrong, welcome home."
Gong Wantang walked over to help them with their luggage and said to them, "Auntie will take the luggage. Come inside quickly. It's too cold outside. Don't catch a cold."
Gong Chenglang walked into the house as soon as he got out of the car, ignoring the luggage in the back. When he saw his niece, he was overjoyed: "Linglong."
"Second uncle."
Gong Linglong also wanted to get up to greet them, but she really couldn't get up.
Seeing her big belly, Gong Chenglang was very nervous, "Lie down well, don't move."
My two uncles look quite similar, but my eldest uncle has my grandfather’s eyes, while my second uncle has my mother’s eyes and is shorter than my eldest uncle.
The others followed into the house, and Gong Linglong called out with a smile, "Aunt, Aunt."
"Hey, Linglong."
The two elders approached her quickly. Gong Jingyi, who was over sixty years old and graceful, stepped forward and took her hand, her eyes full of love: "Good child, I finally see you."
"Aunt, you must have been tired from the journey." Gong Linglong smiled.
"I haven't been back for over 30 years. This road is long and arduous, but I enjoy it."
Only those who have experienced it can understand the feeling of a wanderer returning home. When Gong Jingyi stepped on this familiar land, she finally felt at ease and experienced the solidity of returning to her roots.
Gong Chenglang's wife, Wen Huixuan, was a native of Hong Kong. She was elegant, intelligent, and lively. Her Mandarin wasn't quite standard, but her slow speech had a unique charm. "Linglong, nice to meet you."
"Beautiful aunt, I'm glad to see you too. Welcome home with your brothers and sisters."
The four Gong Zhongxi siblings gathered around. Gong Chenglang had been teaching them to speak Mandarin, so their pronunciation was standard and fluent, and they were also very polite. "Hello, Sister Linglong."
"Zhongxi, Jingjing, Zhongsheng, Zhongrong, hello."
Gong Chenglang's four children all look very good. Their parents have excellent genes, so their children naturally inherited their good looks and temperament.
Gong Kaizhou helped carry the luggage into the house and came over with a smile, "Jingyi, Huixuan, the house is heated, take off your heavy coats. Linglong is very heavy now and can't get up and walk around. You sit down and talk to her."
Then he turned to his four grandchildren and said, "You four little ones, you just got off the plane and you're already shouting that you want to go play in the snow. Do you want to go now, or wait a while?"
"Go now."
It was the first time for the four siblings to see snow. When they saw the snow after getting off the plane, they were so excited that they wanted to throw themselves into the snow and roll around.
"Okay, go ahead." Gong Kaizhou smiled and patted his granddaughter's shoulder. "Play for half an hour and then come back inside. It's cold outside, don't catch a cold."
"This is my first time seeing snow too. I want to go and play too."
Wen Huixuan said something to her husband and happily went out with her children.
The snow in the front yard was knee-high. Gong Kaizhou had left it for them to play with and had not cleared it this morning. Now the five of them, mother and children, were playing and having a snowball fight in the yard.
As soon as they came back, the house was bustling with activity and the spacious room was filled with their laughter.
Wen Huixuan was a lively and cheerful person. She had taught her four children very well, making them polite and generous. Perhaps because of their blood relationship, there was no age barrier between them and Gong Linglong, and they got along well in just half a day.
Although it was icy and snowy outside, the four children were in high spirits. They begged Gong Chenglang to take them out to play. Like other children, they ran through the alleys, went to streets and temple fairs, and took pictures with their cameras, having a lot of fun.
Gong Linglong also wanted to go out and play, but the three babies in her belly were about to be born, and her legs were swollen and uncomfortable. She felt like she was trapped in bed and on the sofa.
On the day before New Year's Eve, Gong Chenglang and his friends did not go out to play, but helped prepare the New Year's Eve dinner at home.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
There was a knock on the door. The youngest, Gong Zhongrong, got up to open it. He saw a man standing outside whom he had never seen before. He was dark and thin. He asked cautiously, "Uncle, who are you?"
"Call me brother-in-law."
The one who came back was Lu Jingchuan.
As soon as he got off the train, he rushed home and learned that his wife lived in the Gong family. All the Gong family members had returned from Gangcheng to celebrate the New Year. Without even having a sip of tea, he immediately asked his younger brother to drive him over.
Gong Zhongrong didn't react for a moment, and turned around and shouted: "Dad, there is a black uncle who asked me to call him brother-in-law."
Black uncle?
Lu Jingchuan gritted his teeth.
Lu Jingyang, who followed closely behind, laughed when he heard this. After three months of special training, his brother was really dark and thin. When he returned home just now, the mother and son looked at him for several seconds before they recognized him.
Lu Jingchuan guessed that this was his second uncle's son, so he didn't waste any more time talking to him. He looked up and saw the figure of his master, and called out, "Master."
"Jingchuan, you're back."
Han Ji strode over upon hearing the voice and said to Gong Zhongrong, "Zhongrong is your brother-in-law, Sister Linglong's husband."
"oh."
Gong Zhongrong stepped aside, tilting his neck to look at the dark-skinned man, and said something in Hong Kong dialect: "Why is the man that Sister Linglong married so dark? Is he African?"
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