Sunday comes in a blink of an eye.
The children got up early in the morning and have been excited for several days knowing that they will go to their grandparents' house in the city with their parents today.
Cheng wanted to help the children find good clothes, dress them neatly and cleanly.
Zhou Tianxing pinched his clothes and said, "You can take Xiao Yang and Qing'er with you. I'll stay at home and look after the house."
When Zhou Tianxing grew up, he knew a little about the world.
The eldest brother was going to meet his sister-in-law's parents, so there was nothing wrong with him taking his children with him, but he was just the younger brother, so it was inappropriate to take him with him.
Cheng Xiang frowned and said, "Why?"
She saw Zhou Tianxing lowering his head and saying nothing.
Then he stepped forward to help Zhou Tianxing straighten his collar and said, "Of course we have to go together. The whole family must be together neatly."
Zhou Tianxing bit his lip and nodded.
Cheng Xiang put Qing'er in a small red dress, with a neatly trimmed bob that wrapped around Qing'er's round face.
Children grow up quickly. Since Cheng Xiang came home, the child's nutrition has skyrocketed, and Qing'er's little face has become visibly rounder.
After they were all dressed, a car horn sounded at the door.
Zhou Tianlei jumped out of the car.
Walking into the yard, I saw neatly dressed children.
Cheng Xiang walked out of the living room. She was wearing a sleeveless white dress today. Her bare arms were delicate and white. Her hair was draped over her shoulders, making her look even more feminine. At this moment, she was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes away.
Zhou Tianlei also wore a white short-sleeved shirt tucked into black suit pants for a few days. He looked neat, tall and tall.
The two people stood together and looked right at each other.
Zhou Tianlei looked at Cheng Xiang's eyebrows beating and asked in a low voice: "Are you ready? Can you go?"
Cheng Xiang waved his arms to the children: "Let's go."
The children happily climbed into the back seat of the truck's cabin.
Cheng Xiang walked into the truck and saw two large baskets in the truck compartment, covered with tarpaulins.
"What are you pretending to be?" Cheng Xiang asked curiously.
"A meeting gift for grandpa and grandma." Zhou Tianlei said lightly.
"What's there? Can I take a look?" Cheng Xiang was curious about what Zhou Tianlei had prepared. She thought that she couldn't go empty-handed for the first time, and she was also worried about what gifts to bring. After all, her grandparents were from a well-off family, so what kind of gifts should they bring? Haven't seen anything before.
But Zhou Tianlei told her that he would be ready to put her at ease.
When the tarp was lifted, one basket contained half a fan of pork, the other contained lean beef, a basket of eggs, and a bag of flour.
"Are you satisfied?" Zhou Tianlei asked in a low voice.
Cheng Xiang stared at the two full baskets in stunned silence, and said with difficulty: "Indeed, it's very real."
These things cost several hundred yuan in total, and they are all food. There are not so many bells and whistles, which is indeed in line with the pragmatic character of rural people.
"There's something else, come here and take a look." Zhou Tianlei walked to the cockpit, got into the driver's seat, and stretched out his hand to pull Cheng Xiang down into the passenger seat.
He took out an exquisite wooden box from underneath and handed it to Cheng Xiang: "Open it and take a look."
Cheng Xiang opened the box with a puzzled look on his face, and his mouth suddenly opened in shock.
Inside the red velvet box lies a thick ginseng with short and thick roots and numerous ginseng whiskers of different lengths. It is spread flat on the red velvet cloth, flying up and down, with a mysterious posture like a phoenix dancing in the sky.
Since ancient times, ginseng has been an elixir for curing diseases and prolonging life.
Later, Cheng Xiang was lucky enough to attend an auction of wild ginseng in the Changbai Mountains, where a century-old ginseng sold for a million dollars.
Although this ginseng is not that big, it is still a rare treasure.
"Where did you get it? How much did it cost?" Cheng Xiang asked, dumbfounded.
"I bought it from a friend for not much money and gave it to the elderly to replenish their health." Zhou Tianlei said calmly.
"Zhou Tianlei, there is no need to be so extravagant. Have you taken out all the money from the bottom of the box?" Cheng Xiang asked him with a pair of almond-shaped eyes.
"Can you still do it?" Zhou Tianlei asked with a chuckle.
"It's so good that I can't bear to part with it." Cheng Xiang curled his lips, closed the box and held it in his arms.
Zhou Tianlei rubbed her head, smiled lovingly and said, "Okay, let's go."
Relying on the memory of the original owner, Cheng Xiang pointed to the road, and the car sped along for about an hour before reaching the destination.
Grandpa and grandma's house is a rest house on the outskirts of the city.
It is a neatly planned single-family courtyard.
The car stopped in front of the door. Cheng Xiang jumped out of the car, pushed the door open and entered the courtyard, where he saw his grandfather digging in the yard.
"Grandpa" Cheng Xiang called out.
The old man straightened up, squinted his eyes against the light, looked at it for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Are you just thinking about it?"
"Grandpa, it's me." Cheng Xiang ran over and helped the old man.
"Oh, my precious granddaughter is back." Grandpa's always majestic face showed a look of kindness, "Old lady, come and take a look, think about it."
There was a sound of footsteps in the house, and a dignified and elegant old lady with silver hair ran out. When she saw Cheng Xiang, she was surprised and happy: "Think about it, my baby, why are you back?"
The old lady ran over and hugged Cheng Xiang: "I miss grandma so much, why did you come back to see me? How are you doing? Is anyone bullying you?"
The old lady let go of Cheng Xiang and pulled her around, looking up and down.
She didn't know how many times she dreamed that her precious granddaughter was in that dark place, being ruined and ravaged, and she cried every time she woke up.
But now she looked at it and couldn't see any damage. It hadn't become rough or black. It was still white and tender, and seemed to be a lot more rounded.
"Grandma, I'm fine, don't worry." Cheng Xiang helped grandma wipe her tears and comforted her.
At this time, Zhou Tianlei had already got out of the car with his children and stood at the door, watching the heartwarming scene of the reunion of grandparents and grandchildren in the yard.
Grandpa saw the man at the door first.
The man is mighty and upright, with a somewhat majestic demeanor of a soldier.
The children are clean and tidy, with pretty features, and are very pleasing to the eye.
"Okay, there are guests here, don't neglect them." Grandpa reminded the old man and the young man who were hugging each other and crying.
Grandma glanced at the door and was shocked for a moment by the man and child in front of her.
Cheng Xiang came over and took Zhou Tianlei's grandparents and introduced him: "He is Zhou Tianlei, and he is my fiancé."
Zhou Tianlei bowed slightly and said: "Grandpa, grandma, hello."
Grandma looked at this man, it was completely different from what she imagined.
Tall and straight, clean and tidy, without the dirtiness of rural people, nor the greasy and bloated appearance of nouveau riche.
With his handsome features and graceful demeanor, even clean and respectable city dwellers would be at a disadvantage in front of him.
Looking at his straight and upright posture, grandpa was even more convinced that he had been a soldier, and asked in a sonorous voice: "Been a soldier?"
Zhou Tianlei nodded and replied politely: "Yes, I have been a soldier for 8 years."
"Sure enough, people who have served in the military are different. They remain true to their true nature as a soldier after being discharged. They always carry the blood of a soldier." The old man has been a soldier all his life. People who have been in the hail of bullets have a persistent affection for soldiers.
