The next morning, Wei Jianwei went to the back mountain with his father and brother to weed the tombs of the ancestors of the Wei family, while Wang Chunhua began to pack things for his son one after another.
Homemade peanuts, newly knitted sweaters, a few pairs of thick insoles... She walked back and forth in the room. He Xiaoyun and Feng Qiuyue knew that she was uncomfortable, so they couldn't persuade her.
Aunt Zhang next door finished her housework and came to drop by. Seeing her walking around again and again, she couldn't help but ask, "What is your mother doing?"
Feng Qiuyue took a look at He Xiaoyun, and answered for her: "Jianwei will return to the army tomorrow morning, mom will pack his luggage."
"Oh," Aunt Zhang nodded, and said, "It's been so fast for a month, it seems like it was yesterday that Jianwei came back."
"yes."
"I remember when Jianwei left home for the first time, he was only a teenager, a half-grown child, how many times your mother wiped tears in front of me, it has been so many years." Aunt Zhang said with emotion.
After finally cleaning up, Wang Chunhua finally sat down.
Aunt Zhang patted her hand and comforted her: "The days are coming soon, Jianwei is back in a blink of an eye, don't be reluctant, or the child will leave without peace of mind when he sees her."
"Alas..." Wang Chunhua sighed and forced a smile, "I know, it's just a moment of discomfort, but it will be fine later."
Aunt Zhang joked: "You can't bear to say it, Xiaoyun can't bear to say it? Young people have thin skins, so stop moaning in front of her, and make her cry later."
He Xiaoyun smiled and lowered her head in embarrassment.
Although she didn't feel very uncomfortable, but after all, parting was imminent, and the atmosphere at home was like this, it was inevitable that she was a little bit melancholy.
Wang Chunhua looked at her, nodded, and cheered up, "You're right, it makes them even sadder to see me like this."
"Hey, that's right." Aunt Zhang said, thinking of something again, "I heard that some cadres in the army can take over their family members when they reach a certain level. I don't know what's going on with Jianwei?"
"Is there such a thing? I don't know about it, so I'll ask Jianwei then." Wang Chunhua said.
"I want to ask, otherwise the young couple will be separated for a whole year, and life will be difficult."
Wang Chunhua nodded in agreement.
In fact, if the second daughter-in-law still had the same temperament as before, even if she could join the army, she would not dare to let her go, for fear that something would happen and her son's future would be affected. But now the daughter-in-law has changed her sex, and she has a good relationship with her son. The child is young. If the family can be together, it is better to get together.
He Xiaoyun couldn't help raising her head. She knew that when the military rank reached a certain level, her family members could join the army, but she never thought about it before, and she didn't think that Wei Jianwei would want her to join the army. After all, they were not a real loving couple. She went, let Does he continue to sleep on the floor
Near noon, the Wei family father and son came back from the mountain. After lunch, Wei Jianwei went back to his room to change his sweaty clothes, and was about to go out again.
"You want to go out?" He Xiaoyun leaned against the door and asked him.
He nodded, "Go to uncle's house."
Although the immediate elders of the Wei family are no longer there, there are still a few elders who are close to each other in the clan. Wei Jianwei has to go to their homes to say something when he is going back to the army.
"Dad, are you going to play at your uncle's house?" Wei Yuanhang appeared from behind his mother.
He Xiaoyun patted his head and corrected him: "That's Dad's uncle, you should call him Uncle Grandpa."
The child snorted and asked again, "Dad, is daddy going to play at Uncle Grandpa's?"
"To play, do you want to go together?" Wei Jianwei asked him.
"Will mom go?" Wei Yuanhang raised his head and asked He Xiaoyun.
She shook her head, "Mom is at home, you can go with Dad if you want."
The child struggled for a while. He really wanted to go out, but at the same time he wanted to follow his mother. It was a dilemma.
He Xiaoyun tapped his forehead lightly and said, "Go, I'll wait for you at home."
"Okay then, mom can't sneak out to play by herself." The little kid confessed very worriedly.
"Got it." He Xiaoyun wanted to roll her eyes a little bit.
The father and son left, and the room became deserted. She walked to the desk, sat down where Wei Jianwei usually sat, took out a book, flipped through it, and unconsciously lost her mind.
In her previous life, until she died of cancer, she was a single dog who had never held hands with the opposite sex. But in her era, information exploded, and all kinds of entertainment flooded people's lives. The love and hate of handsome men and beautiful women were all on TV all day long. Having never eaten pork and seen pigs running, He Xiaoyun is not ignorant of certain things.
She knew that she had a crush on Wei Jianwei, and she could feel that the other party did too.
But I don't know how much this kind of affection can go.
Just like what they mentioned about joining the army in the morning, a small voice asked in their hearts, if she was really asked to go, would she go
Just as she was in a daze, Wang Chunhua walked in with a towel in her hand.
"Mom?" He Xiaoyun stood up.
Wang Chunhua waved her hand, motioning for her to sit still, "I'm fine, this towel, let Jianwei put it away later."
He Xiaoyun nodded.
Wang Chunhua put down the towel and was about to go out, walked to the door, but came back, "Xiaoyun, what do you think about what Aunt Zhang said?"
He Xiaoyun didn't speak for a while, but as she thought just now, if Wei Jianwei wanted her to join the army, whether she would go or not should not only depend on her own opinion, but also consider Wei Yuanhang's little kid, anyway, the kid is by his father's side Growing up will definitely be more beneficial to his character development and even his future life.
In the end, she just said: "You have to ask Jianwei about this."
"It's definitely necessary to ask. I'll tell him when I come back later. Mom thinks, if you and Xiaohang can go, it will be nice to be together as a family, so that Jianwei won't be alone. It's hard to bring up the child alone, but Xiaohang, it's so pitiful that he can't see his father all day." Wang Chunhua said.
After she left, He Xiaoyun became dazed again.
In the afternoon, when Wei Jianwei and Wei Yuanhang came back, the child bounced all the way back to the room.
"Mom, I'm back!"
His face was flushed by the sun, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He Xiaoyun twisted a wet towel to wipe his sweat, and asked casually, "Is Uncle Taigong's house fun?"
"Yeah, uncle and grandpa gave me delicious food." The child nodded repeatedly. In his heart, it's fun to have delicious food.
Wei Jianwei said a few words to Wang Chunhua, and then returned to the room.
"Mom just brought a new towel for you to put in your luggage bag." He Xiaoyun told him.
"Okay." Wei Jianwei nodded.
Wei Yuanhang wiped his sweat and wanted to jump again, but He Xiaoyun held him down, "It's time for a nap."
The child pouted, "I don't want to sleep."
He Xiaoyun is very familiar with his routine, if she says she doesn't want to sleep, if she presses him down, she will fall asleep like a pig in less than five minutes.
Forced by his mother, Wei Yuanhang rolled on Qiqi's bed with the quilt in his arms, "But I'm so hot, so hot, so hot."
Wei Jianwei put away the towel and walked over, holding a big cattail fan in his hand, and said to his son, "Lie down, I'll fan you."
The little fat man glanced at him, then at his mother, seeing that there was nothing to discuss, he had to lie down obediently.
"Mom, my uncle said Dad is leaving, where is Dad going?"
He Xiaoyun glanced at Wei Jianwei and said, "Father wants to go back to the army."
"Are you alone?"
"Ok."
The child pouted, "I kind of miss Dad."
Before the person left, he said that he thought about it. Wei Jianwei didn't quite understand what he said, so he couldn't help but look at He Xiaoyun and asked with his eyes.
He Xiaoyun guessed that what he meant was that he was reluctant to part with his father, but the vocabulary was too small to express it.
"Your son misses you," she said.
Wei Yuanhang was still muttering, but his voice was getting quieter and his eyelids were getting darker. Not long after, the person who said he didn't want to sleep just now started snoring in a blink of an eye.
Wei Jianwei continued to fan him, and He Xiaoyun also sat by the bed.
In the summer afternoon, the breeze blows in from the window, and the wind carries the smell of vegetation and sunshine, which is dry and fragrant.
"Your family and children have to work hard for you." In the silence, he suddenly said.
He Xiaoyun lowered her eyes and looked at her hand on the bed, "It's not your child alone."
What she meant was to say that the little fat man was also her child, and she said that it was not hard work, but when she said it, it sounded a little angry for some reason.
Wei Jianwei heard it, and lowered his head to see her expression, "Unhappy?"
"No." He Xiaoyun turned her head.
He followed suit, "Really?"
He Xiaoyun turned to the other side again, "No."
He turned over again, "Then let me see."
After going back and forth several times, she became impatient and pushed him, "If I say no, then there will be no, you are so annoying."
She was fine at first, but after being teased by him like this for no reason, she really felt a little wronged, her eyes followed the tide.
She doesn't like it, it's too vexatious, not like she should be.
Wei Jianwei held the hand she pushed on him.
He Xiaoyun struggled for a while but did not break free, and turned her head away from him.
His hands were huge, with many hard calluses on their palms, which could completely enclose hers. He looked down, although he always did housework, these hands were still white and soft to him, and the slender wrists looked a little fragile, just like her appearance at this time.
He breathed out slowly, in a low and deep tone: "Mom asked about being with the army. After I return to the army, I have to make a report and approve it. I also need to see if there is a suitable house. Wait a while."
"Who's in a hurry?" He Xiaoyun snorted.
From what he said, it seemed that she wished she could go with him right away. It was a good idea, and she would not put money on her face. Even if she could really join the army, whether she would go or not would depend on her mood.
Wei Jianwei curled his mouth and said with a smile in his tone, "I'm in a hurry, I'm afraid you miss me too much."
He Xiaoyun heard this, and just said in her heart that this is not bad, but she immediately recalled it and turned to stare at him, "Who misses you?"
Wei Jianwei moved closer, as if he wanted to scrutinize her carefully, "Let me see, did you cry just now?"
He Xiaoyun hurriedly dodged his outstretched hand, and said in embarrassment: "You are the one crying, and your whole family is crying!"
"Aren't my whole family your whole family?" He asked with a smile.
He Xiaoyun choked, "Anyway, I don't have one."
"No, why did you hide just now?"
"That's because you're annoying!"
"I could be more annoying, you know?"
"Go away, go away, I don't want to know."
The two were arguing, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, turned around and found that Wei Yuanhang woke up at some point.
The child looked at them with bright eyes and said distressedly: "Mom and Dad, you are so noisy."
"..."