Meng Yuan nodded, her face full of sarcasm as she spoke.
"You have no idea how enthusiastic they were today. They kept asking us when [we'd do something], and saying how much they missed Ruirui and Yaoyao."
"They even said that when we get back to the Capital City, we must take the kids to visit my parents' place."
Speaking of this, Meng Yuan couldn't help but find it funny.
Since the two children were born, they hadn't even given them a single piece of fruit candy. How could they have the nerve to say they missed the kids?
After listening, Lu Zhankai didn't say anything.
It was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry from his face. He just tightened his grip on his wife's hand.
After a long time, he asked, "What do you think about this?"
"I don't think much of it. I'm just really angry."
As she spoke, Meng Yuan looked at him. "I know you want to persuade me not to take it to heart and just let it go on the surface."
"But why should I?"
"Why should I just let it go on the surface!"
"Before, they thought I was useless and treated me like a piece of rag and threw me away."
"Now that they think there's something to gain from me, they've changed their attitude. It's really disgusting."
"Okay, don't be angry anymore."
Lu Zhankai reached out and pulled her into his arms. "What they think is their business. We just need to live our own lives well."
"If you want to go back, I'll go with you to visit them. Besides, my parents have also prepared some things..."
Before he could finish, Meng Yuan gave him a glare. "No, I'm not going. What's there to go for!"
Maybe her mother really had her difficulties back then.
But all she could do was stop hating.
She had finally crawled out of the mud of her parents' family. There was no way they could pull her back in!
After thinking for a while, Meng Yuan reminded him, "Don't mention this in front of your parents and my parents."
The main purpose of this trip back to the Capital City was for the family to get together.
She didn't want those annoying things about her parents' family to affect everyone's mood.
"Okay, I won't mention it."
Lu Zhankai brought the food over. "Hurry up and eat. After that, go to bed early. We have to set off early tomorrow morning."
Meng Yuan nodded.
After being angry all night, she was hungry now.
Before four o'clock the next morning, the couple got up.
It took more than three hours to drive from here to the county town, and then they had to take a long - distance bus for more than six hours to get to Wushi.
Just like this, the family of four endured more than ten hours of bumpy journey.
Finally, at 4:30 p.m. the next day, they boarded the train to the Capital City.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
After more than twenty hours of swaying on the sea, Jiang Si and her group also arrived at the Taigucang Pier in Yancheng that afternoon.
Jiang Si suffered severely from seasickness. As soon as she got on the boat, her stomach started churning.
The two little ones, however, adapted well.
Maybe it was because they were used to sleeping in a rocking cradle. They actually slept better on the boat than usual.
Jiang Si and Huo Tingzhou originally planned to stay in Yancheng for one night.
But during the Spring Festival, train tickets were in short supply.
There were only tickets for the soft - sleeper compartments to the Capital City available today.
Fortunately, the train departed at 9:40 p.m., and they could sleep as soon as they got on the train.
To make it easier to take care of the children, Jiang Si and Huo Tingzhou stayed in the lower berths.
After feeding the two children and changing their diapers, Jiang Si was so sleepy that her eyelids were almost closing.
But the two little darlings were extremely excited at this time.
Looking at the sporadic lights outside the train window, Suisui kept making "ooh" sounds.
After each "ooh", she expected you to respond. Otherwise, her big, shiny eyes would just keep staring at you.
Suisui was quite quiet at first.
Jiang Si was just about to praise her, "Baby, you're so good!"
But when she looked down, she found that Suisui's two little hands were tightly grabbing Dundun's head.
Jiang Si: "..."
No wonder Dundun had been avoiding the two little ones recently.
It turned out that it was scared.
"Ancestor, can you stop playing?"
Jiang Si helplessly patted Suisui's little hands. "Let go quickly. If you keep pulling, it will be bald."
Although Dundun was a well - behaved cat.
Normally, no matter how much the two kids pulled its fur, it would just lie there obediently, looking like it was at their mercy.
But this wasn't the right way to do things.
If she got used to pulling the fur, she might pull the fur of any cat she saw in the future, and that would be a big problem.
Unexpectedly, the more Jiang Si said, the tighter Suisui's little hands grabbed.
Jiang Si wasn't going to spoil her. She stared at her with a straight face.
Maybe it was because they had always been fed milk powder mixed with spiritual spring water. The two babies not only developed better than their peers.
They also seemed to be more sensitive to adults' emotions than other children.
Well, they were used to seeing their mother with a sweet dimple.
Suddenly seeing their mother with a straight face, Suisui was stunned.
The next second, she pouted her little mouth.
With wet eyes, she looked at Jiang Si.
Before Jiang Si could say anything, Suisui had already opened her little hands.
This meant she wanted a hug and was also asking for reconciliation.
On normal days, Jiang Si would have been overwhelmed by motherly love and hugged her into her arms.
But today she was determined to be stubborn.
Seeing that her mother ignored her, Suisui pursed her little mouth and then looked at her father.
Although Huo Tingzhou felt sorry for her, he quickly turned his face away.
Suisui: "..."
Next, she looked at her great - uncle and Uncle Zhong.
Similarly, both of them turned their faces away.
Now Suisui really had no other way. Tears started to fall down one by one.
Jiang Si's heart wasn't hard enough. Seeing this, she could only pull the little one into her arms.
"Don't do this again in the future. Do you hear me?"
Whether she could understand or not, Jiang Si said what she needed to say.
Funny enough, every time Jiang Si said a sentence, Suisui would make an "ooh" sound.
"I'm talking to your sister. Why are you making 'ooh' sounds?" It was really hilarious.
"Wife, you go to sleep first. I'll watch the kids."
As Huo Tingzhou said, he carried Suisui and Zhaozhao to his own bed.
If they kept teasing like this, the two children probably wouldn't sleep all night and would just keep making "ooh" sounds.
Jiang Si was really exhausted at this time.
She gave a vague response and almost fell into a deep sleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
In the middle of the night, she woke up groggily once.
She vaguely saw Huo Tingzhou carefully feeding the two children with milk by the dim light in the carriage.
While feeding, he was also gently patting their backs.
When she woke up again, it was already bright.
Jiang Si then noticed that Huo Tingzhou was sitting on the opposite lower berth with his arms crossed.
The compartment was so small that he couldn't even stretch his legs.
Seeing the dark circles under his eyes, Jiang Si knew that he must have stayed up all night.
"You go and lie down to rest for a while. I'll watch the children."
Huo Tingzhou wanted to say something, but Jiang Si gave him a glare.
He then nodded.
Huo Tingzhou slept very soundly. When he woke up, it was almost lunchtime.
"Wife, why didn't you wake me up?"
"The two children were very well - behaved. Why should I wake you up?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Si's stomach made a few gurgling sounds inappropriately.
Because of seasickness, she hadn't eaten well in the past two days.
Seeing this, Huo Tingzhou immediately stood up. "Wife, I'll go to the dining car to buy some food. Wait for me a moment."
"I'll go with you."
After sitting here with the two kids and having fun for several hours in the morning, Jiang Si wanted to get up and stretch her hands and feet, and also go to the toilet by the way.
Granduncle Third nodded. "Go ahead. Uncle Zhong and I will watch the kids."
There weren't many people in the dining car at this time.
Jiang Si ordered a few stir - fried dishes she liked, and then found a seat by the window and sat down.
"Wife, you eat first. I'll send the food for Granduncle Third and Uncle Zhong back first."
"Okay." Jiang Si nodded.
She was really hungry at this moment. As soon as the dishes were all served, she picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Just as she was enjoying her meal, a young couple entered the dining car.
"You take our son to sit first. I'll go and place the order."
"All right."
As they were speaking, the woman sat down at the table next to Jiang Si's, holding a two - or three - year - old child in her arms.
"Daddy, I want to eat meat."
The little boy pointed at the plate of braised pork on Jiang Si's table.
Following the direction the child was pointing, the woman gave a doting smile.
"Okay, let your daddy get you..." Before she could finish saying "buy", the woman frowned, and finally her gaze landed on Jiang Si.
She sized Jiang Si up and down for a long time.
As if sensing something, Jiang Si also looked up at once.
Their eyes met, and the other woman was stunned for a moment.
Before Jiang Si could say a word, the woman suddenly walked over with a beaming face.
"It really is you, Jiang Si!"
[From previous comments, many readers said that trains in the 1970s weren't that fast.
In fact, the speed of trains in the 1970s was okay. There were also express and direct trains.
Also, I'd like to clarify that all the train times in the story are from the 1970 train schedule. I bought this schedule before, and the picture is as follows.]
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