"Have you decided whether to hold the wedding in Z City or S City?" Han Yi’s question made Lin Yinghui give a helpless smile. "I’m actually troubled by this now. All our friends are in S City, but we don’t really have friends in Z City. But Mom and Dad are here, and if we visit this ti, as long as Grandpa and Grandma are agreeable... they’re definitely not going to agree to us having the wedding in S City."
Han Yi nodded.
"When we get there, let’s discuss this with Mom and Dad. They’ve said they want to take us back to the hotown this year." This ti, they’d be returning ho in glory as a whole family.
Going back is about dazzling those people and showing those who used to look down on them that they’ve finally had their day.
"I’ve already talked about this with Qingqing. She’s got ti off during the New Year, so make sure Ai Yi doesn’t have any tasks to attend to then."
Han Yi gave a helpless smile, "I’ll do my best to avoid them."
"Please, no more tasks for now. You’ve just suffered such a serious injury, you need a period of rest." Speaking about tasks, Lin Wan was a bit traumatized. She always felt that whenever Han Yi was on a task, he’d end up lying in front of her, covered in blood.
"As part of the army, one must obey orders and follow the organization. How can one just refuse to go by losing face."
Lin Wan always felt helpless each ti.
anwhile, Little Star, sitting in Han Yi’s arms, was happily babbling, pulling at Han Yi’s shirt buttons. No one knew what she was so excited about.
On the way there, Lin Wan had prepared a roasted chicken, which they ate during the first al on the train.
They couldn’t store other things, so they just brought that chicken. Little Star drank only powdered milk throughout the journey, with occasional spoonfuls of thin porridge.
Traveling with children in those days was not easy, with all the diaper changing and bathroom trips. Han Yi and Lin Wan made frequent trips to the restroom. Luckily, their seats were close to the bathroom, avoiding the hassle of navigating through crowds.
Thankfully, by the afternoon of the third day, around four o’clock, they reached their destination, and Dad had sent a car to pick them up, taking them directly to their new residence in the compound.
Liang Hongi was already at ho waiting for them.
As soon as they got out of the car, she hurriedly took Little Star from Lin Wan’s arms and gave her two kisses.
"My darling granddaughter, Grandma missed you so much. Did you miss Grandma?"
"Da-da." Little Star was excited, hugging Liang Hongi’s neck, drooling and babbling nonstop.
Mom’s place was really nice, a two-story house with a yard, similar to her godmother’s ho.
Inside, there were heavy Chinese-style furniture, and Mom had organized everything well. The living room not only had a telephone but also a radio and a television, and she’d even bought a refrigerator.
"Mom, where did you buy the refrigerator?" Lin Wan’s eyes were imdiately drawn to the Haier refrigerator as soon as she walked in; it wasn’t big, but already rare to see in markets.
"I knew you’d like it. I’ll have your Dad get two more when we go back, okay? This one was bought because your Grandma asked soone to get it for us."
"Hmm... seems Grandma treats Mom pretty well, doesn’t she?" Lin Wan asked curiously.
"It’s not bad. A few days ago, your Dad took back to the Lin Family’s old residence, and everyone there was quite kind."
"That’s good." Both siblings felt a lot more relieved.
They were afraid the elder in the family would look down on grandchildren from the countryside.
Just look at the i Family to understand that. When Lin Yinghui and I went that ti, they didn’t act all that enthusiastic. But then again, it’s just because they’re adopted godchildren, which is different from real grandchildren.
In contrast, Han Yi, as i Shuping said, the i family’s old man knew Han Yi’s identity, but didn’t show much enthusiasm for a long ti.
"You all go to your rooms and take a bath quickly, after two days on the train covered in sweat. I’ve prepared everything for you, clothes are in the room, all upstairs. The innermost room is Ah Hui’s, the room near the stairs is for both of you, Xiao Wan."
Liang Hongi was holding Little Star in the bathroom on the first floor, ready to give her a bath.
Upon hearing this, Lin Wan pulled Han Yi along upstairs.
If she wasn’t married yet, this would have been her room.
The spaces upstairs and downstairs were similar, with three bedrooms, a bathroom, and a large balcony. Enough for Mom to grow flowers and plants, she could plant quite a few in the yard below. Of the two bedrooms downstairs, one had been converted into Dad’s study.
As for her room, it was coincidental but Mom made this nice national-style bed, very much like the one in her godmother’s house. In this house, all the bedrooms had beds, no kang as in S City. It seed the winters here weren’t as cold as S City’s.
Lin Yinghui walked over to Lin Wan’s room, took a glance inside, "You wash first, I’ll go check out my own room."
After Lin Yinghui spoke, Lin Wan followed him. Surprisingly, when she entered her brother’s room, it was much larger than the one for her and Han Yi, and the interior was decorated with wedding items, with even the sheets and bedspreads having big red festive patterns.
Lin Wan was a bit jealous as she spoke to Han Yi behind her, "Ai Yi, how co I feel Mom spoils him too much, the treatnt is so different."
Han Yi chuckled as he ruffled her hair, "That’s what happens when you get married."
Lin Yinghui smirked, "When you all got married back then, didn’t you have big red festive quilts too? What is there to envy, it’s not easy for your brother to get married."
"Hmm, hmm, it’s not easy, not easy at all, does the Saozi know you’re in Z City, brother?"
Lin Yinghui blushed, scratching his head awkwardly, "I plan to surprise her."
Seeing her brother acting this way, Lin Wan rolled her eyes and turned around with Han Yi to their own room, taking the clothes prepared by Mom, she went to take a bath.
Just as Lin Wan entered the bathroom, Han Yi followed her in.
"What are you doing?"
"Taking a bath together," Han Yi didn’t hesitate, placing his clothes down and directly started undressing in front of Lin Wan.
Lin Wan blushed, feeling hot as she warned him, "We’re in Mom and Dad’s house, it’d be so awkward if they saw us."
"There’s nothing wrong with it, I’m just a son-in-law taking a bath in the house, we’re not doing anything improper, if they saw, they’d be pleased. Do you want to scrub your back?"
"No!" Lin Wan said bashfully, distancing herself from him.
...
"Mom, how are the neighbors here, is everything fine in terms of living?"
"Everything’s fine. A few days ago, I even saw your godmother and godfather. They happened to be in the area on a business trip, and spent a couple of days here. The furniture at ho, you know, was all picked by your godmother and ."
"No wonder," That’s why the two beds looked so alike, "Has my godmother left?"
"Yes, she left yesterday. She wanted to wait for you all to arrive, Ah Hui had so trouble, they were worried and wanted to see you all. But your godfather’s schedule was tight, couldn’t wait."
"No worries, my godfather’s in the team, he’ll definitely co here again. It’s good that godmother spends her free ti with him. Mom, since we’re married now, while my brother doesn’t have kids, you should feel free to go with Dad, like godmother, travel around dostically and maybe one day explore abroad too."
"Going occasionally is fine, but too long gets boring. Your godmother said she mainly follows your godfather around because she’s bored and has nothing to do. But your Dad doesn’t travel often, and I’m thinking of finding a place here to open a shop again."
"Mom, opening a shop is a good idea, let’s find a place first. Ideally, try to buy so land or buy a property and we can build a hot pot restaurant ourselves."
"I haven’t checked the property prices here, I’ll enquire when I have ti."
"Yes, the money we earned over the years should be enough to buy land and build a house. By the way, does Dad have any views?"
"Your Dad wholeheartedly agrees. He says the economy here is open now, with private ownership becoming the norm. Encourages us to work hard, it’s how people outside are doing it."
Lin Wan smiled and nodded, it seed Dad learned quite a lot over the years. When Dad returned ho, it was almost 7 PM. By then Lin Wan and Mom had already prepared a large table full of dishes.
"Sorry for the delay, you must have waited a long ti. Co, Little Star, let Grandpa hold you." As soon as Lin Guozhi entered, he looked for Little Star.
But Liang Hongi gave him a light slap, "The child is asleep, keep your voice down."
"How co she’s sleeping now?"
"Dad, Little Star was too excited to sleep much on the way. Once we got back, we bathed and fed her, and she just fell asleep." Lin Wan explained.
"Let’s eat quickly, your son and son-in-law are waiting for you." Liang Hongi reminded Lin Guozhi, urging everyone to gather at the dining table.
"Is work going smoothly?" Lin Guozhi asked his son from the main seat.
"All is well."
"Good. Your Grandpa and I are thinking to transfer you here, any objections?"
"I’m okay with it; being with you all’d be better. A transfer here works too." Lin Yinghui also wanted the transfer since his wife would have to retire, while the service still had a year. He didn’t want to end up in a long-distance marriage.
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