Vol 2 Chapter 97: Return of National Day

In the next few days, Lin Lishan drove the car, collecting and mailing special products, busy taking care of Zhou Jiao five times a day. Seeing the separation days approached, Lin Lishan was even more busy. Taking advantage of the car, I went out every afternoon when Zhou Jiao fell asleep to find out where there are maternal tonics and find things.
It was the day when Zhang Guoqing returned. After lunch, Zhou Jiao ignored her and took a nap. The two mother and daughter were chatting in the house, watching the movement of the yard from time to time.
Provincial train station. Zhang Guoqing, along with the old chief of the military area, sent away Mr. Lin and the others, declined everyone's stay, and could not wait to rush home.
After getting off the car from the provincial capital to the county seat, Zhang Guoqing did not rush back to the village.
After going around, there are more packages on my body. Hurried to the home. When I finally set foot on the land of Zhangjiacun, I remembered that I could return to that familiar home soon. I was very excited to see my parents, wife and son.
In the past few days, following the old man, I have met many people and made many friends. He wanted to talk to Zhou Jiao and talk about his feelings.
Before entering the gate, I saw a group of people in the foundation not far away. His father did it himself, and the two brothers took off their padded jackets and wore singles at work. His mother took the sister-in-laws there to help pour water.
Seeing Zhang Guoqing, Zhang's mother yelled happily and ran quickly. Zhang Guoqing was so scared that Zhang Guoqing rushed over and held her back.
I'm afraid of his mother falling.
From a distance, the two mothers and children rushed towards each other with excitement and hugged each other.
The gang of elders at work watched from a distance, and they all laughed at the sight of these girls.
Zhang Guoqing hurriedly helped his mother and said complainingly: "Mother, don't run, what if you fall? I can't fly again, just wait here."
Mother Zhang looked at her younger son up and down, fearing that she would lose weight outside these few days. Hearing the care in his words, she felt joyful. Look, her youngest son cares about her.
"It's okay, mother, be careful. Have you eaten yet? I'll give you the noodles. It just happened that your mother-in-law made the old hen chicken soup in the stove. Go in with your mother." Then he ignored Zhang's father coming here, pulling him. Just walk home.
Zhang Guoqing followed his mother's footsteps and greeted everyone, and saw that his uncle and uncle were all helping. He hurriedly pulled his mother and took out a cigarette from one of the packages.
Watching his father come towards him, "Mother, wait, father is here, let's see what to say."
"Father, I'm back. I'll come to you when I eat. Don't worry, everything is going well. The old man will be back at noon." He finished speaking to the smiling father Zhang and stuffed a stick into his hand. smoke.
Father Zhang looked at the cigarette in his hand. The big front door? Ouch, this prodigal kid. Take it out so generously, a cigarette is gone. Carrying someone on his back, he gave him a fierce look.
After staring, he woke up and laughed again, "Then you go eat first, and come back after you rest. Don't worry. We are all here watching."
Zhang Guoqing and his mother returned home and gave a package of their body to his mother. He took the rest and went back to the West Wing, fearing that Zhou Jiao and the child would be sleeping, and it would be difficult to shout. As a result, Lin Lishan, his mother-in-law, came out before reaching the small living room.
"Jiaojiao, Xiaowu is really back. Xiaowu come in quickly. Jiaojiao was counting the days last night. She said that when you came back today, she kept waiting for you."
After speaking, Lin Lishan left to speak to their husband and wife. She went to the kitchen and Mother Zhang to see by herself, preparing to cook something for him to fill his stomach.
Zhang Guoqing smiled happily and watched her go. Disregarding washing, he immediately walked into the back room, put down the package, and came to the Kang.
Seeing Zhou Jiao staring at him blankly, he also felt as if he hadn't seen her for a long time. After they got married, apart from going to work, they haven't separated for a long time. I kept thinking of her these days and nights, now I am fine, and finally saw her.
"Jiaojiao, do you miss me? I will come back as soon as I send off my grandfather. I can't stay in the provincial capital for a moment. It will be interesting to wait for the next time, we will go together. Isn't it accustomed to these days? Is my son behaved? Change your clothes first, now your body is full of dirt and dust, so I don’t dare to hug you. You obediently wait for me for a while, and you will be back soon.
After saying that, blow a kiss to her, change the clothes and towel in the bag and go out. .
Before Zhou Jiao had time to say a word, she just watched him rush out.
Seeing that he was still quite energetic, his expression was not unusual. Secretly relieved. Seeing his son next to him with his black eyes open, Zhou Jiao kissed him with a smile, "Baby, your father is back. When he comes in, let him talk about whether he misses our baby these days?"
Zhang Guoqing came to the well, took off his coat, and started washing his face with a bowl of water.
Listening to the mother-in-law and his mother in the kitchen chatting, the two of them didn't know what to say, and laughed. It seems that when he was not at home, the mother-in-law at home was still used to it.
Going back to the inner room, changing the pants, and finally feeling refreshed. Zhang Guoqing hurriedly hugged Zhou Jiao, kissed her hard, and reluctantly put her down. Sitting on the kang, picking up his son, and seeing him not asleep, he looked at him with eyes and couldn't help but laugh.
"Ping An, did you see Dad? Do you remember Dad, but Dad really misses our home. When we are safe, Dad can take Ping to go out to play, take Ping to see the cannon, go to see the tank, go Look at Makura, so our family is safe and we have to grow up well, and grow up quickly."
He teased his son and looked at Jiaojiao's face, "Well, yes, my face has improved a lot these days, and it seems that I still have to make up. I am back, so I am not afraid that I have nothing to eat. I see that the stove in the living room is also doing well. , What have you eaten these past few days? Is there anything you want to eat? How about sleeping at night? Didn't you bother you safely?"
Zhou Jiao looked at him funny, "Don't worry, speak slowly. These days, my mother feeds me five times a day. It's all old hens. They eat rice and eat well. The next day after buying the stove, brother We installed them. There were three hundred catties of briquettes outside. Safe and well-behaved. Just feed them once in the morning as before. Don’t worry, take care of your son. My mother sleeps with me at night, and my mother sleeps outside. Why are you outside? kind?"
Zhang Guoqing hugged his son, kissed his son’s forehead, and looked at the expression on his small face with a smile, "It should be five meals a day. Otherwise, there is no need to treat yourself harshly if you have money in the family. I and the army officer send grandpa off at noon. On the train, they are soft sleepers and high standards. Grandpa asked us to find time to go to the capital to play, and take a safe look at grandma. If we need to write to you, he will mail it over. Don’t wrong yourself. There is nothing missing at home." Blinked at Zhou Jiao.
Zhou Jiao laughed, leaning on him and touching him with her shoulders, "I now know that my mother is rich and I am not short of money. Where does it come from? The inheritance."
The couple whispered to each other. Zhang Guoqing said something he had seen in the past and had fun. Zhou Jiao was amused from time to time.
Zhang's mother and Lin Lishan came in and saw them both having fun.
Mother Zhang carried a bowl of noodles and put it on the kang, "Big sister, Xiao Wu comes back, I think the house is full of excitement. Xiao Wu, eat noodles first, wait for dinner, and cushion your stomach first."
Zhang Guoqing gently placed Ping An on the kang and covered the quilt. He stood up quickly, took the bowls and chopsticks, buried his head and ate. He ate some steamed buns at noon and sent people back. Before he could go to the restaurant to eat, he said goodbye to those people and drove back directly.
Mother Zhang looked at her son: "Xiao Wu, why did you come back with something again, did you buy something to eat for the old man? I heard people say that the train is very expensive because there are no good things on it. The train is really far enough for three days. Sister, can today's train arrive in the capital the day after tomorrow?"
Lin Lishan nodded, "There is no delay, it will arrive at 5 pm the day after tomorrow. The train takes 55 hours from the provincial capital to the capital, almost two and a half days. I was late the day I arrived from the capital. Normally it arrives at 8 in the morning and then at 9 o'clock in the morning. I've only arrived at the station. The old man will definitely be home the next night."
Zhang Guoqing finished the noodles in a few bites and put them aside. "There was not much fruit to buy in the big winter, so I bought some soft pastries. Father, they are soft sleepers, which seem to be better than ordinary soft sleepers. They should be almost specially prepared for the chief. Isn't it? Mom." After he said, he looked at Lin Lishan and watched her nod.
Seeing his mother did not understand what a soft sleeper is, she stood up and gestured, "That soft sleeper is good. From the door to this place, there are two small beds inside and a small table in the middle. There is someone who delivers hot water and a small table in between. Meal. The station master and the conductor came to say hello to the old man. It was all right. Except for a longer time on the train, it was quite comfortable."
Mother Zhang curiously asked how the train was, whether it was very long, and it drove fast, how many people could sit in it, and who was faster than a car. She hadn't even seen a train, she was curious.
Zhang Guoqing explained to her one by one, and tried to use popular sentences to explain the answers.
"Mother, when I look back, I will take you to the provincial capital to see the train. Whenever we go to the capital to see my mother-in-law, we will take the train. However, you have to know that we can't sit in the sleeper, we can only sit. You can't stand it for three days. ?"
Mother Zhang nodded, full of expectation, "That is the capital, let alone three days is 30 days, I am not afraid. When I have time, I will go to the capital with your dad. I heard the village chief Juren say no when I was 10 years old. When he got the chance to go to the capital, he didn't look at him. As a result, when he was old, he didn't make it. He kept talking about where the capital is good and where there are people. I just want to know what the patriarch can miss in this capital."
Zhang Guoqing smiled and promised his mother, "I will take you and dad to visit the capital. But the patriarch of your village, Juren, is not the capital, but the fame. After Juren is the Jinshi, you can be an official after passing the Jinshi examination. It means that he has already got the ticket, but the road is too far to get into the gate. I don’t know when it was raised. It may have caught up with the Qing Dynasty/Dynasty, so I couldn’t go to the capital."
Mother Zhang laughed: "Silly son, you think your old lady is stupid. Of course I know that he wants to be an official when he wants to go to the capital. The Da/Qing/Dynasty is still there, so he was promoted. Master. He died in succession after Zhongju, and he failed to enter Beijing if he wanted to keep his filial piety. When he kept his filial piety, he just happened to enter Beijing. It seemed that something went wrong. After waiting for a few years, the Qing Dynasty fell. We little ones say what is good about the capital, and where most people go, I want to see those."
Lin Lishan and Zhou Jiao laughed when they heard it. It's so bad luck. They finally got to enter Beijing, and their parents left. When the way of keeping filial piety is good, the way of life has changed, and it's useless to enter Beijing. No wonder they die.
Lin Lishan quickly said to Zhang's mother: "Sister, you are afraid that you will not have the opportunity to go to the capital, we are all there. If you want to come, take a telegram and I will pick you up. I am not in the capital, my mother is in the capital, there are people Go and pick you up. I'll be back to Beijing for a few days tomorrow. Then come back here again, you go with me, we come back together, how about?"
Mother Zhang shook her head and smiled and said, "I won't go with you this time. You do business first this time, and bring your child's dad back to see Jiaojiao earlier. Our house is still building a house and we are busy. Wait for the next time. , Let’s go to see you with Jiaojiao and take a stroll around the capital."
"Well, you will have more opportunities to come to Beijing in the future. I won't take you to leave tomorrow, Jiaojiao will depend on you to take care of it."
Zhang Guoqing hurriedly asked: "Mom, are you really going to leave? Can't you just wait here? It's tiring to take the train back and forth. You see today on the 20th, and you have to come back to Beijing on the 23rd when you go back tomorrow. It’s another three days of trains. How can people stand to ride like this one after another. Grandpa also told you to wait here, and he will tell Dad. Otherwise, I’ll pick you up and go back today."
Zhou Jiao didn't agree with her mother's ride in the car, and tried her best to persuade her.
"Don't worry. Your mother is in good health. Besides, it's a sleeping berth. Just lie down. You forgot what I said. I'm going to see your dad's work schedule. When he comes back, what if it's confirmed? Discuss and let him know your plans.
If you are all admitted to university in two or three years, we will be useless in the Northeast. Also, look at where your eldest uncle works. What I said in the last five is very reasonable. I want to talk to your dad. You can’t rely on your grandpa to spread the word~EbookFREE.me~ and I work, You have to go back and make arrangements before you can ask for leave. Besides, didn’t you say you miss that calligraphy? "
Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao exchanged their eyes, and they really wanted to go back, "Okay, then I'll take my mom away tomorrow. Should I book the tickets in advance?"
Lin Lishan shook her head, "No, you can directly use my ID to book a sleeper ticket tomorrow. For the 10 o'clock train, you can go early. If you don't send it off tomorrow, I will drive back to the provincial military area. Go to the train station. It saves you the inconvenience of getting back by car."
Zhang Guoqing hurriedly shook his head, looked at his mother, and said to his mother-in-law, "I must send you in the car and leave tomorrow, otherwise I'm really worried. Let's go to the provincial city with my mother tomorrow, mother, we will send her off. .Just have a car, you can also take you around the provincial capital.
I got a lot more votes for provincial cities this time. Just go see what you can buy, mother, if you think about the big cities, things must be cheap. There happened to be a car. When we visit the provincial capital, I will send someone to drive away. How about we come back together by car?
Jiaojiao, here, I will let my two sister-in-laws take care of me for lunch tomorrow. It just happens to have a car, otherwise it is not convenient to take you to the provincial capital. Take this opportunity to have a look and how about the train? Look at the difference between department stores in big cities and ours?
Well, don't think about it, it's so decided. Tomorrow in the car, you old sisters can still chat, it's all right. "
Zhou Jiao happily watched him flicker, and then nodded, Lin Lishan was also nearby to persuade.
Mother Zhang finally nodded in agreement. She also wants to give it away to her relatives. As for shopping, she is not in a hurry.
Knowing that her in-laws will leave tomorrow, Zhang's mother hurriedly pulled Zhang Guoqing out to pack up those mountain products and game. Let Zhou Jiao's mother and daughter chat.