"Jianguo just went home with Bai Lu to celebrate the New Year. He will be back sooner or later. Jianguo is like being a soldier, and he has no choice but to do it himself. As long as the children can live a good life, it will be the same wherever they are."
As the mother of so many children, Liu Xuemei is very happy to see them get married and start a business. It is no longer the time ten years ago when children were small and tight.
Shui Jianjun was driving the donkey cart in front, and Shui Bingyue sat in the arms of her fourth brother, facing his chest, well protected from the wind and warm.
Xiaowu, Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi all envied the fourth brother for being relied on by Bingyue. Or they are not tall enough.
The family rushed home from the train station. Shui Jianguo and Bai Lu packed their luggage and sat on the berths to rest.
It's hard to make do with a nearly three-day train ride. Bai Lu looked at the scenery outside the train window and said with emotion: "I know what it's like to be covered in ice and snow for thousands of miles."
"It looks good, but it's also really cold. If you stay outside for a day in this kind of weather, you might freeze."
Every time it's meal time, Shui Jianguo buys ready-made lunch boxes. After all, they are hot. The food brought from home is delicious, but it has become cold and hard.
Only occasionally when Bai Lu felt her mouth was tasteless, Shui Jianguo put the dried meat through a plastic bag and scalded it with boiling water before giving it to her.
The journey was smooth, and I didn't meet any particularly annoying people. Near noon on the third day, the two arrived at Bai's house.
Bai Lu opened the door with her own key, and the two of them walked in. It's an ordinary three-bedroom apartment behind a department store with a small area.
There was no one at home, so the two of them put their luggage in Bai Lu's previous room. I took out the ingredients from my luggage and started making lunch.
When Bai Weiguang came back at noon, he was startled when he saw heat coming out of his house in the yard. He quickly opened the door and saw his daughter sitting on the sofa.
"Dad, are you surprised that I will come back to celebrate the New Year with you?" Bai Lu stood up and threw herself into her father's arms.
Shui Jianguo walked out of the kitchen and greeted politely: "Dad, I am Shui Jianguo."
"Well, how many days can you guys stay here?"
"It's a total of ten days of vacation. It took two and a half days to get here by train. We can stay here for five days at most."
Bai Lu held one by one and sat down together on the sofa. Facing Bai Weiguang: "Dad, I have good news to tell you. I am pregnant, and I am already four months old."
"Girl, you stayed there while you were pregnant. Why did you come back here? Jianguo, aren't you afraid of danger?"
"Dad, I don't blame Brother Jianguo. I had to come back. I miss you and your brothers. Will they come tomorrow?"
Bai Lu didn't want her father to complain about her husband, so she quickly explained.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and your two brothers will probably come back in the evening. After all, they each have families."
After the two of them finished chatting, the food in the kitchen was ready, and the three of them had lunch together. Bai Weiguang ate a piece of meat and thought it tasted very special.
"Jianguo, what kind of meat did you put in the dish? I don't think I've eaten it before."
"It's bear meat. My father and I shot a bear in the mountains before and made its meat into dried meat for easy storage. This time, I brought ten kilograms with me and a pair of bear paws, which is about ten pounds." It’s heavy.”
"That's a good thing. Are your parents willing to let you bring so much to the capital?"
"I brought it up myself, and my father agreed. In our place, if two people hunt something together, they will get an equal share."
Bai Weiguang nodded: "Then your father is really open-minded. I know many people, and in their families, as long as there is no separation, good things belong to the parents."
Bai Lu shook her head: "Not my father-in-law and mother-in-law. Whatever good things they have are shared equally with the children. The children keep their own good things.
By the way, Dad, do you have any beautiful clothes for little girls in your department store? I want to buy two sets for my sister-in-law. "
"Yes, how tall is she? I'll bring it back to you this afternoon." Bai Weiguang was not short of money and felt that the Shui family was good, so he was very enthusiastic.
"About ninety centimeters, less than thirty pounds. She is a fleshy little girl."
"I understand. When I come back in the evening, I will bring it back to you."
Over a meal, Shui Jianguo and Bai Weiguang became much closer. When the father-in-law goes to work and the wife takes a lunch break, he goes out to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment.
After asking for directions, he planned to visit his second brother during the day tomorrow. After all, the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and his family also asked him to check on the situation.
After asking, he went to the vegetable market. After all, they came here unexpectedly. The food at home was not enough, so he wanted to buy more.
When Bai Weiguang was working in a department store, the smile never left his face. His colleagues asked curiously: "What good things happened to you today?"
"My daughter came back to celebrate the New Year with me, and her husband came too. She looked very nice."
"That's indeed a good thing. When you and Bai Lu were separated so far away, everyone thought that she would not be able to adapt there. I didn't expect that she would get married directly there."
Another female colleague also asked: "What does your uncle look like?"
"A tall man of over 1.8 meters, with good facial features, broad shoulders and narrow waist, he looks like a clothes racket. Anyway, he is very obvious when standing among the crowd."
"Tsk tsk, Bai Lu is still blessed. She can enjoy blessings wherever she goes. I can't help but envy her." The female colleague also has children who have gone to the countryside, and she writes letters all day long to come back.
Before getting off work, Bai Weiguang spent money to buy two pieces, a red floral cotton-padded jacket and an adult-like military coat.
When we get home, someone has prepared dinner, and the house is full of warmth.
Bai Lu saw the clothes her father bought and thought they were cute. He quickly said, "Dad, how much did it cost? I'll ask Brother Jianguo to give it to you."
"No, you get along so well, just think of it as my New Year's gift to her. It would be great if we could add a cute little girl to our family anytime."
"Aren't the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law pregnant? They have been married for a long time."
Bai Weiguang sighed: "I don't know, and it's hard for me to ask about this kind of thing. It would be great if your mother was still here."
"Okay, Dad. Mom told you to be happy. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, so hurry up and eat."
At night, Shui Jianguo and Bai Weiguang slept together. Apart from his big bed, they mainly wanted to have a good chat. The two of them were lying on the bed together, one under the covers.
"Jianguo, how much money can you make every month now?"
"Thirty-five yuan, but the money I make from selling game animals and medicinal materials every year may be much better than my salary."
"We, Lulu, live with your parents?"
"When we first got married, Lulu lived at home for half a month. After the house I was allocated was settled, she went to the county town with me. After she became pregnant, I let her go back home."
