Mi Zehai made meritorious service in the great exercise and was promoted to a higher rank. He is now a company commander. Originally, the arrangement of accompanying family members in the army required deputy battalion commanders, but the army gave some special treatment to the soldiers in the field army. According to the regulations, all officers stationed on islands and mountainous areas can apply to accompany the army at the company level. This time, Mi Zehai was helped by Political Commissar Bai to apply.
Cheng Qing didn't have to rush to take Mi Yang back. He went through the formalities in the army. Coincidentally, a group of people from the division headquarters were transferred and the house was vacant. Then he had to divide the rooms and clean up the new home. By the time he finished all the work, it was already winter and the Spring Festival was coming soon.
In the cold winter, the old lady of the Cheng family, who was far away in Shanhai Town, sent a telegram, telling her daughter not to bring the child home in winter, for fear that her precious grandson would be cold.
Mi Yang had been counting the days to go back to his hometown, but for several times, either because Mi Zehai was busy with work or because Cheng Qing assigned him a job that he needed to familiarize himself with, the trip was repeatedly delayed.
It was not until he was one and a half years old that I finally returned to my hometown.
Coincidentally, Mrs. Bai also took Bai Luochuan back to Shanghai that time. Their trains were only three hours apart. Cheng Qing didn't want to trouble the guards for two trips, so he simply traveled with Mrs. Bai.
Little Bai Luochuan already knew what it meant to go on a long journey. He was not very happy at first, but when he saw Mi Yang getting on the car, a smile appeared on his face again. He probably thought that Mi Yang was going to go with him, so he started to share his toys with Mi Yang in the jeep. If Mrs. Bai hadn't stopped him, he would have eaten up all the snacks on the train in advance.
Because Mi Yang had been staying in the military compound, it gave Master Xiaobai an illusion that Mi Yang lived here. He could see Mi Yang as soon as he opened his eyes, and he had a great time playing every day. So when Mrs. Bai took him to the train, his face was very sour, and he didn't want to leave at all. This was the first time he took the train with a smile on his face, but after getting on the train and sitting down, Xiaobai Luochuan saw Cheng Qing holding Mi Yang and waving to him on the platform through the glass, and he knew he was deceived.
Xiaobai Luochuan patted the window, frowned and said, "Together!"
Mrs. Bai patiently taught him: "Brother has to take another train and go back to his own home, you have to be obedient."
Little Bai Luochuan refused to listen and continued to bang on the window. Madam Bai frowned and scolded him, "Luochuan, you can't do that."
Little Bai Luochuan stopped banging on the window, and pursed his lips in a very stubborn manner. He kept looking at the platform outside, looking even angrier than his mother. After Mrs. Bai opened the window a little for air, he took off one of his little shoes and threw it out!
Mrs. Bai didn't even have time to stop it. She watched the little shoe fly to the platform outside and even bounce on the ground. It was clearly aimed at Mi Yang!
Mrs. Bai was also angry: "What do you want to do?"
Xiaobai Luochuan pointed in the direction of the shoes, and his meaning was clear: "To wear it, get off!" He lost a shoe, so he had to get off and pick it up. If he picked up the shoe, wouldn't he be able to get off the bus? If he could get off the bus, wouldn't he be able to stay
Mrs. Bai was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She didn't know whether to scold him or say that he was cunning.
However, Xiao Bai Luochuan underestimated the importance of this trip. Madam Bai did not indulge him as before. She held him in her arms and took off his other shoe and threw it out of the window to the platform over there. Cheng Qing had been looking at Madam Bai. She had just picked up one shoe when another one was thrown over. She quickly picked it up and prepared to send it over. She saw Madam Bai waving at her through the window and shouting, "Don't come over here. We're leaving soon. Leave this shoe for Yangyang to wear!"
Mi Yang was carried to the platform by his mother and waved goodbye. Now he got a pair of shoes for nothing and looked confused.
Little Bai Luochuan had already started crying, and it was unclear whether he was crying for his shoes or Mi Yang. He was crying so hard that Mrs. Bai rarely smiled at him. Perhaps seeing that he could not get off the bus at all, the little master began to lie against the glass window and sob loudly, even hiccuping from crying.
Mi Yang was so amazed by what he saw that he wished he had a video camera to record it so he could show it to Bai Luochuan twenty years later.
Compared to the soft sleeper car that Xiaobai Luochuan sat in, Cheng Qing was not so willing to do so. She and Mi Yang sat in hard seats.
It was a very forced ride back there. The old carriage was crowded and the seats were not as spacious and comfortable as they are now. It was very difficult for Cheng Qing to walk while holding a child and carrying luggage, especially after changing trains. The last seven or eight hours were reserved for free seats, and there were really no empty seats. The middle corridor was full of people. Cheng Qing could only hold the child and find an empty seat in the middle of the carriage, standing there swaying against the wall.
The three-day and two-night journey was a bit unbearable for her as an adult to sit there, let alone Mi Yang, a child.
Cheng Qing held Mi Yang for a few days, and her arms were so sore that she couldn't bear it. When she saw that there were fewer people around, she took out a stack of newspapers from her bag and spread them on the ground, letting Mi Yang lie down to rest. She also took the opportunity to squat down and lean on him to take a nap. Cheng Qing was embarrassed to sit on the ground on the first day, and she was still a little shy and wanted to be decent, but on the last day she couldn't stand it anymore. She was carsick to begin with, and she only drank a few sips of water on the way. She also had to take care of the child, which was really too difficult for a girl who had just been married for three years.
When Cheng Qing was sitting there dozing off, he put his hands around Mi Yang to protect him, and would be awakened by the slightest movement.
Mi Yang tried not to move as much as possible, letting his mother sleep a little longer. Seeing her pale face, he felt distressed. There were no child traffickers on the train at this time, but there were still many passengers coming and going. Some of them walked hurriedly and almost stepped on Mi Yang's little hand. Fortunately, Mi Yang raised his hand and hugged it to his chest, thus avoiding an accident.
Mi Yang didn't say anything. He just curled himself up as much as possible, hiding under his mother's protection, while keeping an eye on their luggage.
There is no way. His family is too poor now and can’t afford to lose even a piece of luggage.
The train finally stopped at the station. When Mi Yang was carried down, even the air on the platform felt particularly fresh.
Cheng Qing hadn't taken two steps when she saw several familiar figures, all of them young and pretty girls, waving and smiling at her like flowers, running towards her. One of them was carrying luggage, another was holding a child, and another stretched out her hand affectionately to Cheng Qing and smiled, "Sister! You're finally back. We've been waiting for a long time. They said the train was late. I was shocked!"
"That's right. Third sister didn't hear the announcement, and when she saw the train didn't come, she almost jumped up and went to the stationmaster to argue!"
Cheng Qing tapped the forehead of the girl who had her arm around her, and then she and the other young girls laughed together.
Mi Yang looked at this one and then at that one, all of them were lively and pretty faces. Needless to say, they must be his three aunts. At the beginning, his grandmother read a poem and thought it was particularly good, so she named her own child with the four characters "Youth is Like a Song". Coincidentally, she gave birth to four children. His mother was the eldest, named Cheng Qing, and the ones who came to the station to pick him up were Cheng Chun, Cheng Ru and Cheng Ge.
The one holding Mi Yang was his second aunt Cheng Chun, who teased him, "Yang Yang, do you recognize me? Did your mother show you the photos we mailed to you? I'm your second aunt!"
This time, without Cheng Qing's instruction, Mi Yang leaned over and kissed his second aunt on the cheek, giggling with joy.
His mother has a very good relationship with these three aunts, and the eldest sister is like a mother. For so many years, his mother was the only one who scolded people. Even when she scolded them to tears, these aunts would stand in the corner and read their apologies. He has heard his grandmother talk about this many times. Maybe he can even be there now!