The winter solstice.
This afternoon it snowed for the first time since the beginning of winter in Jiuji County, and Qi Changyan's ears were finally clear for a while.
Because Shaoshu finally stopped crying and looking for Yanyang. Now he and Ji'an were having fun outside, with Grandma Li watching beside them.
Qi Changyan closed his eyes and rested for a while.
He rested for a quarter of an hour with his eyes closed, and then he turned over some things and looked at them. He was so absorbed in them that when he looked up at the window again, it was almost night.
At this moment, I heard two pairs of little feet running over...
Qi Changyan looked over, and sure enough, it was Ji An and Shaoshu coming over.
The little hands of both of them were red, and they felt hot from rubbing together, either because they were blown by the cold wind or because they were having too much fun.
Shaoshu raised his white face and said, "Daddy, I'm hungry."
Ji'an also said: "I'm hungry too."
"Well, let's have dinner."
When he said this, Shaoshu had already ran to him. He held his little fleshy hands on the legs of the table and raised his head on tiptoes, as if trying to see what he was looking at.
Qi Changyan put his things together and stood up.
"Let's go."
Shaoshu regretted that she didn't even see it.
"Okay." The little child followed Qi Changyan's long legs and said as he walked, "Are you coming back tomorrow?"
Qi Changyan paused slightly.
Seeing this, Shaoshu ran forward twice and tried his best to look up at his father.
Qi Changyan lowered his eyes.
He looked at Shaoshu, and then at Ji'an who looked up at him after hearing Shaoshu's words. He was silent for a moment, and his eyebrows seemed to be slightly wrinkled.
After a while, he touched their heads and said truthfully: "I don't know yet, but I will be back in the next few days."
Shaoshu sighed in disappointment.
Moreover, Qi Changyan also became noticeably sticky after dinner.
When Yan Yang was away, the children naturally stayed close to their father, worried that their father would suddenly go somewhere like their mother-in-law, so they clung to Qi Changyan until he was about to fall asleep, unwilling to leave.
Qi Changyan had a headache and felt a little buzzing in his ears.
In order to stop the two little ones from running around, he just gave each of them a book and asked Ji'an to teach Shao how to read.
At this moment, two children's voices, one large and one small, kept coming in succession, making him unable to concentrate.
He glanced at the children, then looked out the window at the dark night. For the first time, he wished that it would be late at night, so that the two children would have fallen asleep from exhaustion.
Unlike this time... Qi Changyan sighed silently.
He couldn't help but lower his eyes and frown for a moment, recalling what Yan Yang had said about when he would come back from the Lin family.
After thinking about it again, her expression became a little heavy, because in her memory she never said the exact time, she only said she would be back in a few days. As for the exact number of days and which day, she never made it clear.
Qi Changyan touched the tiger's mouth unconsciously, his face expressionless.
Immediately, he glanced at the children around him, touched Ji'an's head, and took the book from his little hand.
"It's already late. Go to bed. You have to go to school tomorrow."
Looking at Shaoshu again, he didn't allow her to mutter, "I slept late and couldn't get up. I'm not going to help you with your words."
Shaoshu hid his hands after hearing this.
She had never been slapped on the hands, but she had seen her husband slap other people's hands outside the door where her brother was studying. It hurt a lot.
So he didn't make any fuss and nodded obediently.
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The two children returned to their rooms, and Qi Changyan's ears were completely silent. He sat alone for a while, and then planned to put out the candle and go to bed to sleep. However, he suddenly stopped and his eyes suddenly glanced at the pen and ink.
He narrowed his eyes, wondering whether to write a letter back to the Lin family and ask when she would be back.
If she doesn't come back... you can imagine that Shaoshu will become more and more attached to him in the next few days. Ji'an will also be uneasy. When he comes back from work, he won't be able to do anything. He can only wait for the children to fall asleep before he has free time.
Qi Changyan unconsciously looked slightly solemn, but his eyes were still fixed on the inkstone.
But after staring for a while, I finally didn’t write to ask.
She should be sensible and know that the children cannot live without her, so she should be back in the next two days.
Qi Changyan lay down to rest.
November fourteenth.
When Qi Changyan returned home in the evening, he casually asked his servants.
When he heard the servant's answer, he frowned hard.
"My lord, my wife has not returned yet."
Not returning... Qi Changyan glanced at the person who answered.
My heart was sinking in displeasure.
It was understandable that she didn't come back on November 1st. After all, there was nothing wrong with her staying at home for one more day.
On the twelfth day, he still didn't see her, so he thought he might have stayed for one more day, and would return tomorrow at most.
Because Shaoshu and Ji'an had already cried once in the night and said they wanted to find her all the time. She should also know that Shaoshu and Ji'an couldn't be away from her for that long. They would definitely have to go back tomorrow at most.
As a result, she was nowhere to be seen on the thirteenth day. Today is fourteenth, and the concierge still says that she has not returned.
Qi Changyan's face darkened and he returned to the house without saying a word.
After returning to the house, he wrote a few words concisely and concisely. During this period, his expression did not soften at all.
After finishing writing, he raised his eyes and glanced outside the door, and shouted solemnly: "Xu Ji."
"Yes." Xu Ji came in in response.
Qi Changyan pointed to the letter he had written and said, "Send it to the Lin family in Lingchang County."
Xu Ji thought slightly, then nodded, "I will send someone to send him there tomorrow morning."
"Let's arrange for someone to send him off now." Qi Changyan didn't want to wait any longer.
Xu Ji then solemnly said, "I understand."
He hurried down with the letter in hand.
Qi Changyan stared at his leaving figure.
Yanyang will definitely receive the letter tomorrow morning at most, but he wants to see if she replies tomorrow.
He glanced away and couldn't help but put the pen and ink away irritably. He was in a really bad mood now.
Early the next morning.
Shaoshu didn't want to go to school anymore, so she ran to Qi Changyan's door early in the morning and blocked him.
The little child raised his head and said, "Daddy, I want to go to my grandfather's house."
She doesn't go to school, she goes to see her mother-in-law.
The little hand pointed in one direction, and then opened his hand and gestured, "Take a big boat and go back to my grandfather's house."
Qi Changyan glanced at her and hugged her back to the room, "My mother will be back in a few days. You and your brother will go to school."
"No, no, no."
Qi Changyan refused to listen and asked Nanny Li to send her and Ji An to school. Not only that, he also specially ordered two good men in the house to follow them and watch them in the school, lest the two children sneak out after arriving at the school, just in case.
After that, he went to the treatment center.
Not long after he arrived at the office and sat down, he suddenly saw Xu Ji looking a little strange and walking towards him quickly.
Qi Changyan raised his eyes, "What's the matter?"
Xu Ji: "The person who sent the letter last night came quickly to report that the rocks collapsed and the road to Lingchang County was blocked, making it impossible to enter Lingchang County."
Lingchang County has a special terrain. The only exit there to the outside world is the official road, which is now blocked.
Qi Changyan's face changed visibly to the naked eye.
Then he suddenly became even more unkind, "Where's the magistrate of Nanyong County? Why don't you report this matter?"
Lingchang County was blocked and no news could be spread. Nanyong County was adjacent to Lingchang County and was on that official road. Why didn't he report such things? He didn't know the news until he was blocked in delivering the letter. Is the magistrate of Nanyong County doing nothing? !
