"Brother, have you driven here?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
"It’s such a short distance, what car would I have driven?" Li Mingming said with a laugh as he pinched his sister’s nose, "Do you really think it’s a toy car that you can take everywhere?"
Li Zhenzhen pointed at the luggage belonging to Zhao Yulan and the others: "Uncle Lin’s group has too much stuff, they don’t know the area, and taking the bus would be inconvenient. They’d have to change buses. What if they can’t find their destination, and then they miss the last bus? How would they spend the night? Brother, go ho and bring the car here, I’ll wait for you here."
"Zhenzhen!" The old lady was genuinely angry. How could her granddaughter be so disobedient?
"No need, no need..." Fat Auntie quickly waved her hand in refusal. "We can find the place, Zhenzhen. It’s easy to find, we definitely won’t get lost. Don’t worry."
"Zhenzhen, we appreciate your kindness, but really, there’s no need to trouble your brother. If it’s ant to be, we’ll et again," Zhao Yulan and Fat Auntie said, while Lin Baohe, Luo Gangshun, and Luan Dajiang already began carrying their luggage out of the station.
"Brother!" Li Zhenzhen glared at her brother with a furious expression, "When we boarded the vehicle, no one else had helpers, only Uncle Lin and Auntie Zhao helped us. One must have a conscience!"
"Enough, don’t keep babbling here." Li Mingming looked apologetically at Fat Auntie and Zhao Yulan, "Ladies, my sister is immature. Don’t take it to heart. Uncles are carrying so much and are tired. Don’t keep them waiting."
This declaration was practically an order to leave. I’m not escorting you, you better leave, staying here any longer would only tire your n more...
They hadn’t really expected him to escort them anyway. They had rely comforted Li Zhenzhen a bit, not wanting to make her sad. Hearing Li Mingming speak like this, Zhao Yulan and Fat Auntie gave Li Zhenzhen a faint smile, picked up their remaining bags, and headed down the steps.
"Mom! Fat Auntie! (Auntie!)"
Just as they stepped down, they heard a familiar shout. Looking up, they saw Lin Baohe and the others’ luggage being taken by Lin Wenbin and Luo Hongqi to the vehicle, while Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong excitedly ran toward them with flushed faces.
"Chuxia?"
"Xiaoqiong?"
The two mothers were instantly overjoyed, almost simultaneously shouting their daughters’ nas.
"How did you know we were coming today?" Zhao Yulan asked, puzzled, "We were delayed by several days and didn’t even send a telegram..." she said, suddenly slapping her forehead, "Chuxia, you guys weren’t waiting here every day, were you?"
"Mom, you think too much," Chuxia was exasperated, "You really think we’d wait here every day, haha... Let tell you, the Great Aunt’s family called my husband’s family, and then they found out you were arriving today."
"How did the Great Aunt’s family know about our train today?" Zhao Yulan was still bewildered.
"It’s quite the coincidence. Uncle Gangshun went to buy the tickets and was seen by one of the sisters from the Great Aunt’s family. They had t our parents and Uncle Gangshun before, and then they went back and told the Great Aunt."
Great Aunt knew you were buying your own tickets because you didn’t want to bother them, afraid it would put you in a difficult position, so they didn’t offer to upgrade you to a sleeper berth,"
It’s just a four-hour journey, why would we need a sleeper berth?" Zhao Yulan laughed and waved her hand, "The things in this world are really coincidental, luckily it’s nothing bad, otherwise, it would have been really embarrassing."
Yulan, Cha Xiang."
Seeing Lin Yanqiu had also co, Zhao Yulan quickly stepped forward, "In-law, what brings you here?" she said glaring at her daughter, "Chuxia, you didn’t even tell mom, I thought it was just you youngsters coming."
In-law, you see, this is like you don’t consider family. If I co, does it really make any difference? It’s natural to feel closer when you see your kids after so many days.
If my coming here ans you can’t feel close, and you have to accommodate , then I might as well not co and be a third wheel, right?" Lin Yanqiu said, unable to help sighing, "You guys are a step late, Xiaomi just left this morning, won’t be back until the New Year."
Ah, one thing after another at ho, just ssed it up," Zhao Yulan said with an embarrassed smile, sowhat at a loss for words, feeling sowhat distant from Lin Yanqiu after not seeing her for so long.
"Who is this?" Noticing Li Zhenzhen standing next to Zhao Yulan, Lin Yanqiu curiously asked, it was only then that Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong realized, not knowing when, one more person had joined their group.
"t on the train," Zhao Yulan smiled and introduced, "Just before you all arrived, Little Li insisted on her brother driving us over..." she said, glancing towards the surprised Li Zhenzhen standing beside, "Zhenzhen, you can rest easy now, my daughter, my daughter’s mother-in-law, they’re all here to pick us up."
"All settled then," Li Zhenzhen smiled back, "I just ca to greet Aunt Lin, we’re heading ho now, delighted to have t your family." As she spoke, her gaze often drifted to a robust figure in the distance.
Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong were watching her, and following her gaze, their eyes landed on Luan Dajiang, the two exchanged a glance and smirked aningfully...
"Thank you, Comrade Li, for looking after my parents, eting is fate; would you mind leaving a contact, maybe we could keep in touch later?" Chuxia said as she handed over a small notebook and a pen to the other party.
Li Zhenzhen didn’t hesitate, swiftly wrote down her address and postal code, smiled at them, and walked towards a large truck parked by the roadside.
"Zhenzhen, whose family is that?" The old lady couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Li Zhenzhen snorted, too lazy to look at her.
"Zhenzhen, Grandma is talking to you!" Li Mingming glared at his sister with dissatisfaction, "You have a good heart, kind, your brother knows, but you need to know whom you should stand by at critical tis, Grandma or outside."
"It’s my eldest grandson who knows best," the great-aunt said, all smiles as she patted Li Mingming on the head, "Mingming, tonight Grandma will make you dumplings, with pork and cabbage, your favorite."
Li Mingming was exasperated: "Grandma, I didn’t say this just to eat dumplings, I just want Zhenzhen to be a bit more obedient." He felt helpless, had they listened to his sister before, who knew what trouble Grandma would have stirred up at ho, with her temperant, it would have been chaos for the entire family.
At that ti, Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong had already gotten on the vehicle driven by Jing Zhe, with Luo Hongqi and Luan Dajiang also inside, while another vehicle was occupied by several elders and Zhou Jiping. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welco to vote and support on Qidian (qidian). For mobile users, please visit m.qidian)
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