The journey didn’t last long because the kids at home couldn’t be coaxed.
Tiantian cried in front of the camera with tears in her eyes.
Ding Sha was so distressed that he tried to comfort the child for a long time but to no avail.
Xiao Jun simply bought a return ticket. Although it was a trip for two people, the baby at home was also his favorite.
What's more, the purpose of this journey has been achieved.
Ding Sha looked more generous and dazzling, smiled more often, talked more, and became a little more naughty.
On the way back, Ding Sha was still a little reluctant, "I still want to eat ice jelly! The ice jelly there is especially delicious..."
Xiao Jun pinched her nose and said, "Let's eat next time."
Ding Sha became happy again.
When they got home, the children were still sleeping. Ding Sha distributed the specialties and gifts he bought to everyone, and then lay next to Xiao Ping'an waiting for him to wake up.
After about ten minutes, Ping'an wrinkled his nose, kicked his legs, his eyelashes moved a few times, and he slowly opened his hazy eyes.
When she turned her head and saw the smiling Ding Sha, she was stunned for a moment. After she sat up, she realized that her mother was back.
Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, and she looked at Ding Sha as if she didn't want to cry, and stretched out her hands, asking for a hug.
Ding Sha quickly picked him up with a distressed look in her eyes, held him in her arms, coaxed him, and kissed him, "Good baby, mommy is here, don't cry, don't cry..."
Xiao Ping'an hugged Ding Sha's neck tightly and refused to let go, even refusing to take her away during meals, for fear that if she let go, her mother would die again.
At night, he was so sleepy that he was still holding Ding Sha's fingers. When Aunt Zhao came to hold the child, he started crying loudly when she touched him, and refused to close his eyes no matter how she coaxed him.
Ding Sha kissed him and said, "Let him sleep with me today."
Aunt Zhao said, "That's good. The little baby sticks to his mother and feels safe when he is with her."
Ping'an saw Aunt Zhao leave, then he crawled to Ding Sha, hugged her arms and curled himself up obediently in Ding Sha's arms.
After uttering two "ahs", he slowly closed his eyes.
Ding Sha held Ping An tenderly and lovingly, and gently patted his back to coax him to sleep.
Xiao Jun came out of the shower and saw Ping An, "Still refusing to leave?"
"Well, let's just let him sleep with us. I miss him too." Ding Sha said in a low voice.
Xiao Jun turned off the lights and went to bed. He leaned over and kissed his baby son, "Go to sleep. You are very tired today."
"Yeah." Ding Sha agreed and slowly closed his eyes.
Xiao Jun also lay down. Xiao Ping'an stretched his legs, unconsciously reached out to touch Xiao Jun, and fell asleep.
The family of three slept very soundly and did not get up until noon. When Ding Sha came out holding Ping An, Si Le was already sitting beside them, teaching Xiao Shitou how to read and count.
Seeing Ding Sha coming back, Si Le smiled with his big white teeth, "Boss lady!"
Ding Sha walked over and touched his round head. "Are you here? Have you eaten?"
"Eat it!" Si Le said with a smile.
Little Stone also called out slowly, "Boss lady!"
Dingshan laughed out loud, "Hey! Little Shitou is so well behaved!"
"Brother!" Little Stone leaned on the table and looked into Ding Sha's arms.
Ping An also looked at the stone curiously, biting his fingers.
"It's my little brother. Come and say hello." Ding Sha half squatted down, took Ping An's hand and greeted Shi Tou, "Hello, brother Shi Tou, I'm little Ping An~"
Xiao Ping'an turned his head and buried it in Ding Sha's shoulder, but secretly looked at Xiao Shitou.
Little Stone was stunned and responded, "Ah, hello, brother!"
As he said this, he wanted to stand on the stool, but Si Le quickly hugged him so that he could see Xiao Ping'an.
The two little kids finished their friendly exchange before Ding Sha carried Ping An out of the gate and took two steps outside.
But it was soon time for lunch, and guests kept coming. Xiao Jun and Wang Wenhao took turns cooking, and the guests also greeted Ding Sha with a smile.
Du Rourou bit her chopsticks and said, "Sister, you have changed a lot!"
"Hmm? Really?" Ding Sha smiled, "How about that?"
"Okay!" Du Rourou nodded.
Ding Sha began to spare no effort to promote Chengdu, delicious food, and lifestyle to Du Rourou.
In the end, the two girls made an appointment to go to Chengdu together next time.
Wang Wenhao took off his apron and said, "Sister, please give me a leave."
"The old lady is gone."
"Ah?" Ding Sha was stunned for a moment.
"My grandma passed away, and my dad asked me to go back." Wang Wenhao wiped his face.
"Then you should go back quickly. If you need anything, just tell us." Ding Sha nodded.
Wang Wenhao didn't say anything, just nodded, got up and left.
Du Rourou was still unable to react, "Why... why is this..."
“Oh…” Ding Sha shook his head and sighed.
She looked at the doll in her arms.
Some people come and some people go, this is probably life.
Wang Wenhao didn't come back until a week later.
"How is it?" Ding Sha asked with concern.
Wang Wenhao showed no expression. "It's done. My grandma died after a good sleep. She looked very peaceful. I guess she died of old age."
"I think she went to look for my grandfather. My grandfather was not around at that time. I heard her whispering to my grandfather, asking him to wait for her, saying that she wanted to try the food that my grandfather liked."
"I thought she wanted to tell my grandfather how she felt after eating those foods."
Wang Wenhao even smiled and said, "The old people have always had a good relationship. Even if they quarrel, they won't quarrel until the next day."
Ding Sha was silent for a moment, "Maybe she misses grandpa too much."
"Yeah, I think so too," said Wang Wenhao.
The days go on dully.
Autumn passed in a flash. Ding Sha put on a thick coat and wondered, "Why do I feel like autumn is gone without me even having a chance to experience it?"
“We really have an autumn??”
Xiao Jun smiled, "Although it's short, you can't ignore its existence."
Ding Sha pursed his lips, "Okay, even if it existed."
As she said this, she went out to buy pears, as she wanted to make autumn pear paste.
Recently, everyone in the store has some coughing symptoms, some serious and some minor.
Although it is not serious, the cough is still a bit uncomfortable.
All medicines are poisonous. If you don’t want to take medicine, just make some autumn pear paste and drink it every day.
She took Du Rourou with her, and the two of them went to the market and brought back two large bags of pears.
Du Rourou set up the camera so as not to waste any opportunity to take pictures.
The preparation of autumn pear paste is not difficult, it is just time-consuming.
Fortunately, Ding Sha is a very patient person. She did things methodically step by step. While helping her, Du Rourou chatted with her about the backstage news of the past few days.
"Fan Xiangxiang has released a report saying that the sales data is very good. I hope there will be other cooperation."
"What's the point of cooperation?" Ding Sha blinked, "I don't have many pickle recipes to use."
"No, Fanxiangxiang doesn't just have this brand of pickles, there are other things too!"
Du Rourou took out her cell phone and pressed a few buttons to show Ding Sha.
"They also have a line of instant food products, but because the sales are not very good, not many people know about it. They said they want to talk to you about this line of instant food products."
“Instant food products?”
Author’s side note: Second update today!