post middle age

Chapter 72 Returning to the provincial capital
In a blink of an eye, Ren Shuxia's family has been staying in Ruyang for half a month. Seeing that Wang Xiaoke will start school in five or six days, Ren Shuxia decided to leave tomorrow and return to the provincial capital. Said to Yang Xiulian:
"Auntie, I plan to return to the provincial capital tomorrow. Keke will start school soon, and I want her to go home early to calm down."

"I'm leaving so soon." Yang Xiulian asked reluctantly.

"It's time to go back. I have lived with you for such a long time. How troublesome it is usually!" Grandma Dingxiang said.

"No trouble, no trouble!" Li Linsen quickly replied.

When Wang Xiaoke heard what her mother said, she suddenly turned to Li Linsen and Yang Xiulian, and asked with a smile:

"Grandpa, grandma, don't forget what you promised!"

"Oh, don't worry, Keke, you are talking about finding a job for Xiaoyu's mother, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Wang Xiaoke replied.

"She called me, and I told her that she will be able to go to work in early March this year." Li Linsen replied with a smile.

"Then grandma, what about helping Xiaoyu go to school?" Wang Xiaoke asked again.

"Well, I also asked Xiao Yang to find them, and the information has been registered. In a few days, the company will hold a special meeting to discuss it." Yang Xiulian said with a smile.

"Then thank you very much, grandpa and grandma!" Wang Xiaoke said happily.

Then she tilted her head again and said to Ren Shuxia:

"Mom, I want to visit Xiaoyu today!"

"Okay, let's go!" Ren Shuxia readily agreed.

"Coco, as far as I know, Xiaoyu is still in class today. I heard that they will have a holiday for the Lantern Festival the day after tomorrow." Li Te said.

Then I'll wait for Xiaoyu to leave school in the afternoon, and then go find her.

Ren Shuxia will leave Ruyang tomorrow and return to the provincial capital. Yang Xiulian has not been idle this day. She asked Li Te to follow her back to Dongjie Village, Shangdian Town, her natal home. Li Te asked curiously:

"Mom, what are you doing back at my uncle's house?"

"Don't worry about it, if you are told to go, you can go!" Yang Xiulian replied with a smile.

Dongjie Village, Shangdian Township is located six kilometers southwest of Ruyang County, so it only takes one to two ten minutes to drive. On the way there, Yang Xiulian called her elder brother:

"Brother, are you ready for everything I asked you to prepare?"

"Don't worry, it's already prepared, and I'm just waiting for you to pick it up." Eldest brother Yang Xinxing replied.

"Well, in 10 minutes, Tongtong and I will be there." Yang Xiulian hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

"Mom, what are we going to get?" Li Te asked.

"I have already greeted your uncle and asked them to prepare some mountain products from our hometown in advance and give them to Shuxia's family!" Yang Xiulian said.

"Thank you mom, it's mom who is thoughtful." Li Te thanked with a smile.

When I arrived at my uncle's house, my uncle greeted me with a smile:
"Tongtong is here too!"

"Hello, Uncle!" Li Te shouted.

"Have you had breakfast?" My aunt asked next to me.

"Eat!" Yang Xiulian said.

After a few people exchanged pleasantries, the uncle took them to a small room in the courtyard where chores were stored. The uncle pointed to the bags inside and said:

"It's all here!"

Yang Xiulian squatted down, counting while watching:

"Peanuts, sweet potatoes, vermicelli, fungus, dried mushrooms..."

At the end of the count, she suddenly asked:
"Brother, I asked you to find red dates from our hometown."

"This, this, I'm afraid it is, yes, yes..." The uncle said while scratching his face.

"My natal family has them. Why don't we load them into the car first, and I'll go back to my mother's place with you. If you don't want to, it's only ten miles away." The aunt said with a smile.

"That's a good relationship!" After Yang Xiulian finished speaking, she called Li Te to load these mountain goods into the car first.

Then they went to the aunt's natal house together again. After the aunt explained the purpose of coming, her mother replied with a smile:

"It's not difficult, our family has a lot, you just take it." He said and handed a big bag to the aunt, and took them to the main room.

"Thank you, auntie!" Yang Xiulian quickly thanked her.

"It's all a family, so why thank you." My aunt said with a smile.

After loading the bag of red dates into the car, Yang Xiulian smiled and said:
"It's all ready!" Let's go.

On the way back to the county, they happened to pass by my aunt's house. They sent my aunt home and continued walking...

At the door of the house, Li Te parked the car and happened to meet Ren Shuxia. Ren Shuxia smiled and asked:
"Where have you been?"

"Go to my uncle's house and bring some mountain products for my aunt to try!" Li Te replied.

Wang Xiaoke was in a bad mood that day, she was depressed all the time, she stayed in the house and didn't come out. At around five o'clock in the afternoon, she called Xiaoyu's mother, explained the news that she was leaving, and said she wanted to see Xiaoyu again .

Xiaoyu's mother heard this, and quickly replied:
"Xiao Yu just got home from school, why don't you come home, tonight, I'll make you hand-rolled sweet potato noodles!"

"That's good! I'll go there now!" Wang Xiaoke said with a smile.

After hanging up the phone with Xiaoyu's mother, Wang Xiaoke told her mother that she was going to Xiaoyu's house, and said that she would have dinner at her house in the evening.Ren Shuxia heard this, but didn't say anything. She knew that Keke was still worried about Xiaoyu, so she left quickly, so she asked the two of them to meet again and have a good chat.

In fact, Xiaoyu's house is not far from Uncle Li Te's house, only 500 meters away. Tian Wang Xiaoke went to Xiaoyu's house by himself a few days ago.So, after a while, she came to Xiaoyu's house, which was a temporary rented house with only one big house, a small kitchen and a very small bathroom outside. I heard Xiaoyu said that the monthly rent was 100 yuan, although in the eyes of outsiders, The rent is not expensive, but it is not a small expense for Xiaoyu's family.But now, well, Li Te's father helped Xiaoyu's mother solve the job. Although the salary is not much, it is paid every month, which is much better than her usual odd jobs.

So when Xiaoyu's mother saw Wang Xiaoke, she smiled and took her hand, and asked kindly:

"Coco, are you cold? Come on, sit by the coal fire and warm yourself up first!"

Wang Xiaoke was very obedient, took a small stool by himself, sat beside her, and watched Xiaoyu do her homework.

About half an hour later, after Xiaoyu finished her homework, her mother's hand-rolled noodles were also ready. Xiaoyu's mother was afraid that cocoa was not used to eating, so she specially scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

The two little sisters chatted endlessly together until nine o'clock at night, when Wang Xiaoke reluctantly left Xiaoyu's house.

Wang Xiaoke looked at Xiaoyu who was standing at the door and was definitely staring at her, and she urged:
"Remember to call me from now on!"

"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely call you!" Xiaoyu said loudly while waving her hands.

Early the next morning, Li Linsen came to the small storage room where the wine was stored, took out a box of old Dukang Daqu wine that had been stored for 30 years, put it in the car, and went to the old house with Yang Xiulian early. At first glance, they also got up early, and they were all busy packing their luggage there.When he saw Ren Ziyu, he smiled and said:

"Brother, I know you like this drink, and I'll give you a box of old Dukang Daqu wine!"

When Ren Ziyu saw the wine, he felt happy and thanked him repeatedly:
"thanks, thanks!"

Since he brought a lot of things, Li Te planned to have one car for luggage and the other for those mountain goods. After a while, the trunks of both cars were full. Ding Xiang looked at it, smiled and pulled Yang Xiulian hand, said:
"Look, when I came to your house this time, I not only ate and drank for nothing, but in the end, I also took so many things with me!"

"Old sister-in-law, you are too polite. This time I have recognized the family. In the future, on Sundays or other holidays, I will let Li Te and the others drive and come back a few times. Let's have fun together!" Yang Xiulian also had a full face. said with a smile.

"Someday you are free, and you are welcome to come to the provincial capital!" Ren Ziyu said to them.

"Sure, I must find time to visit my brother, sister-in-law and Ke Ke in the provincial capital!" Li Linsen replied hastily.

Sending you off for thousands of miles, there must be a farewell. When they were about to part, Wang Xiaoke saw Xiaoyu's mother pulling Xiaoyu from a distance, running all the way. Keke hurried forward and asked:
"Xiaoyu, don't you have to go to school today?"

"I, I, I took a class off to see off my sister." Xiaoyu said and handed her the tightly wrapped glass bottle.

Wang Xiaoke took it over with doubts on his face:
"Xiaoyu, here, what's in it?"

Xiaoyu's mother listened and replied with a smile:

"This is the native honey collected by Xiaoyu's grandfather in his hometown. Xiaoyu heard that you like drinking honey water, so I brought it for you. Drink it when you go back. If you think it tastes good, call me again. The native honey in our hometown is still the same some."

Wang Xiaoke looked at Xiaoyu affectionately, and said with a sob in his mouth:
"Thank you, sister Xiaoyu!"

After they started the car, the car moved forward slowly. Wang Xiaoke opened the car window and looked at Xiaoyu who was chasing the car and waving at the back. Crying loudly, Yao Ting heard her cry and persuaded with a smile:

"Ke Ke, don't cry. After you start school, one day you have a big Sunday off, and let your Uncle Li Te drive back. Can't you little sisters meet again?"

At this moment, Ke Ke slowly stopped crying. While wiping her tears, her grandma persuaded:

"You child, why are you crying? It's not too far from the provincial capital. It's only three or two hours' drive away. If you miss Xiaoyu, tell grandma that grandma will let Uncle Li Te take you back to Ruyang." .”

Along the way, Wang Xiaoke didn't speak, and kept his head down, thinking about his own thoughts...

When grandpa Ren Ziyu saw it, he said softly to grandma:

"It seems that our Keke family has really grown up!"

(End of this chapter)