Fang Zeyu packed his luggage and looked back to see that all three of his mothers were asleep, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he was carrying a thermos to fetch water. Otherwise, there would be too many people tomorrow morning and it would be difficult to get hot water.
With the three of them left in the box, Fang Zeyu was worried and rushed back after filling two bottles of hot water.
Climbing up to the top bunk lightly, Fang Zeyu leaned on his side and looked at Shu Yan, who was already asleep. From time to time, he glanced at the two children below, feeling very warm.
When I woke up, it was already 7 am. Shu Yan narrowed her eyes, turned her head, and saw that the bed opposite was empty early, the quilt was folded in a square, and there was no one under it, and she didn't know where she was going.
Shu Yan thought about it for a long time before she asked Fang Zeyu to travel with him. Wasn't there such a sentence later? If you want to know if two people are compatible, you need to travel once to know. Especially the kind of tiring scenic spots, so when Fang Zeyu said about the grassland, she agreed.
She wondered if the two of them plus two children could get along well without any communication or entertainment.
For now, Fang Zeyu is careful, considerate and responsible. After thinking about it for a while, Shu Yan sat up from the bed and tied a ball with a rubber band. The two children were playing with toys next to each other on the bed below her.
"Where's Uncle Fang?"
Just as Jingjing was about to answer, she heard a knock on the door. Shu Yan quickly opened it and saw that he was carrying a tray of things.
A bowl of egg drop soup and egg fried rice, these things are usually simple, but they are very rare on the train.
"How did you get it?" There are boxed lunches on the train, not to mention expensive.
"I saw that the three of you didn't eat anything. I went to the restaurant this morning and borrowed the kitchen to make it myself. You can try my craft and see if it still suits your appetite?"
Shu Yan said to him while taking the things, "Don't be so troublesome, we also ate a lot yesterday, and you should wake me up, you were carrying your luggage when you got in and out of the car yesterday, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep at night. Are you safe?"
"Not tired, eat and see how it tastes?" Fang Zeyu helped Shu Yan fill a bowl of soup.
"I haven't brushed my teeth and washed my face yet, I'll go to wash first."
"Do you want hot water?" Fang Zeyu put down the bowl, took out the washbasin from the bed and handed it to Shu Yan.
"Yes." She didn't take a bath yesterday, and Shu Yan always felt sticky, so she poured some hot water and wiped her body to feel more comfortable, "Have both children been washed?"
"I've washed it, Uncle Fang gave it to me." Tian Bao bared his teeth to show Shu Yan, "Mom, am I clean?"
"Clean, let's have dinner with my sister. Mom will be back later." Shu Yan pushed his little head away.
When I came back refreshed, I saw the three people whispering these words, but I couldn't hear what they were saying, but the smile on Jingjing's face never went away.
Taking a sip from the small bowl, he looked at Fang Zeyu in surprise, "I didn't expect you to hide it?"
"I have learned a little from my comrades in the cooking class before, so drink more if you like it." Fang Zeyu said while feeding the two children, "You should also eat more, so that you can grow up quickly."
After drinking a bowl of hot soup, the whole person felt comfortable, Shu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and started to eat egg fried rice. The taste of egg fried rice is also good, not to say that it is particularly delicious, but during the trip, when someone wakes up and finds a way to make a bowl of egg fried rice for you, it is very comforting.
At a little after eleven, they finally reached their destination and got off the train. Fang Zeyu looked around and found the person who came to pick him up. The two hugged each other excitedly and patted each other on the back, looking a little excited.
"Old Fang, we haven't seen each other for ten years, right? When I heard you were coming over, I really couldn't sleep well." He glanced at Shu Yan, "Is this my younger brother and sister?" I saw him beside him again. His two children couldn't help widening his eyes, "The children are so old? Lao Fang, you are not authentic, don't tell us about marriage, even if the children are so old, do you take us as brothers?"
The traffic in the grassland is inconvenient, Fang Zeyu has very little contact with them, and they don't know about his imprisonment.
Fang Zeyu patted the man on the shoulder, "Don't talk nonsense. This is my object, Shu Yan. These are my object's two children."
The man thought of a stunned look on his face, and immediately reacted, shaking hands with Shu Yan a little embarrassedly.
"That's also a younger brother and sister. Lao Fang and I are old comrades-in-arms, and our relationship is very strong. Even if you come here, you can just tell me if you need anything." The man patted his chest and said very boldly.
Shu Yan glanced at Fang Zeyu.
"This is my old monitor, Lin Dazhi. You can call him monitor Lin." This is his second monitor. He has been with him for two years. At that time, he was the youngest, so Lin Dazhi took good care of Fang Zeyu.
Fang Zeyu was picked up by the TZ brigade for his outstanding performance. Lin Dazhi stayed in the army and married the daughter of a local fellow, so he was considered half a prairie.
"Then I'll trouble Squad Leader Lin from now on."
"Knowing that you are coming, I also borrowed a car specially, let's go, I will take you there, and take a rest there first."
He borrowed a tractor, the kind of tractor that chugs and smokes in front. Jingjing has ridden it before, and Tianbao has actually ridden it before, but he had forgotten it long ago, and now he is a little excited to see this kind of tractor.
Fang Zeyu first carried the two children up, and then supported Shu Yan up, while Lin Dazhi looked at him with an ambiguous smile.
Whoever knew Lao Fang didn't know that he was a jerk. It was rare that he could take care of women after not seeing him for many years.
Lin Dazhi was very careful. He took a mattress and placed it in the back of the car, so that four people could just sit down.
The two children were quite excited at first, but they couldn't get excited at the end. The road was too shaky. If Fang Zeyu hadn't been quick-witted, Tian Bao would have almost been thrown out.
"Why hasn't anyone repaired the road here? There are many pits, and it's still very narrow." If there are cars that meet, one has to slowly retreat to a slightly wider place and stop there, while the other is in Be careful in the past.
"No way, this is poor." Lin Dazhi in front heard Shu Yan's question and said loudly.
"We built this road together with the local villagers." Fang Zeyu looked at the road outside and said with emotion: "For this road, the local villagers have suffered a lot, and many people have been injured. "
After chatting a few words, Shu Yan was a little out of spirit, and the place where she was leaning against was full of iron, and it hurt when she hit it.
Shu Yan's body stiffened, her face flushed slightly, she looked up at Fang Zeyu, saw that his ears were also red, she smiled softly, and relaxed and leaned into his arms.
It became Fang Zeyu holding Shu Yan and Tian Bao, Shu Yan holding Jingjing, Tian Bao looked at Fang Zeyu and Shu Yan, and suddenly said, "The four of us are hugging each other."
Jingjing looked back, it was true, but she didn't struggle. On the train for the past two days, Uncle Fang has been taking care of them, washing her face and hands for her and her younger brother, making delicious food, and protecting them. For the first time, Jingjing felt like being protected by her father. She glanced at Fang Zeyu carefully, but she had to look again if she wanted to be her father, and said with a smile that her new father treated her well before, but after marrying her mother, she treated her badly.
Fang Zeyu could feel Jingjing's peeking eyes at him, he just thought he didn't know, the little girl is more sensitive and will accept him one day.
After more than two hours, she finally reached her destination. When she got off the bus, Shu Yan felt that all the bones in her body were scattered. Tianbao and Jingjing were full of energy and ran around within a few minutes of getting off the bus.
"Look Mom, it's really endless." Jingjing pulled Shu Yan to look at the grassland behind.
Shu Yan looked back and was immediately stunned by the beauty in front of her.
The boundless grassland, a green, light blue sky, from a distance, seems to be connected to the horizon, there are colorful wildflowers on the grassland, the breeze blows, the fragrant grass and trees smell, mixed with a touch of floral fragrance, Immediately it was refreshing, Shu Yan took a deep breath, and the fatigue caused by the bumps along the way seemed to disappear in an instant.
"How is it? Are we good here?" Lin Dazhi parked the car and said with a smile.
"It's so beautiful, I'm afraid I'll be reluctant to go back after staying here for a long time." After staying in a noisy city for a long time, when she suddenly came to such a place, Shu Yan felt that her mind was at peace, and she felt like her soul was being washed.
Lin Dazhi laughed and pointed to the yurt in the distance, "That's where you live today."
When Fang Zeyu was on the phone with Lin Dazhi, he said that he would bring an important person over, and Lin Dazhi guessed it was his wife or something. But he didn't expect that Fang Zeyu and Shu Yan had just met, and only prepared a yurt, and now it's a bit rushed.
"It's alright, let's sleep first tonight." They had been in the same room on the train for two days, and it wasn't a bad day.
Of course, it was mainly because there were children, otherwise the two would be embarrassed.
Fang Zeyu put things down and started to organize them, but Shu Yan didn't let him come to help.
"You go over there to sit and rest, or go out to see the scenery, I'll just clean up here." Fang Zeyu took out the toiletries and put them away, then opened the box and took out the food.
"My own suitcase has to be packed, so I'll take out my clothes first." There are also some dirty clothes that she and her two children have changed over the past two days, Shu Yan plans to take them and soak them first, "Where can I wash and wash clothes? ?"
"You leave it alone, and I'll take you there in a while."
Shu Yan put it away first. The two children had been running and playing wildly outside. Shu Yan was sure that there was nothing to do, so she found a place not far from the tent to sit down and quietly looked at the boundless prairie.
"Mom, I saw a lot of sheep over there, come quickly." Tian Bao ran over and pulled Shu Yan over.
A group of pure white sheep moved slowly like clouds.
"This is a sheep raised by the villagers here. You must have never eaten it, right? The old village chief knew that Lao Fang was coming, and he slaughtered one of them specially, and you can eat it tonight." Lin Dazhi finished paying off the tractor and came over to find Lao Fang first. I met Shu Yan.
"Have you slaughtered sheep yet?" The cattle and sheep of this era are definitely the lifeblood of the herdsmen. Looking back, I asked Fang Zeyu how much he wanted, and he had to give the money to the village chief.
When Shu Yan went back, Fang Zeyu was already drying clothes, including her and the children's.
"Why did you wash it?" The relationship between the two of them now makes Fang Zeyu really embarrassed to do laundry.
"It's a handy thing." Fang Zeyu didn't think so. After drying his clothes, he saw the two children came back, and took Shu Yan to the washing place, "I just boiled hot water, you can wash here, and go to the old village chief's house at night. Have a meal."
"You're too diligent. I'll take you with me next time wherever I go." Shu Yan said half-jokingly.
"It seems that I have to perform well, and strive for you to bring me next time." Fang Zeyu also joked with her, put the water, let Shu Yan bring Jingjing in, and take Tianbao to wash beside him.
After washing up, Shu Yan asked Fang Zeyu, "Squad leader Lin said that the old village chief slaughtered a sheep to entertain us. The animals on the grassland must be very important to the herdsmen. How much money will be given to others in return."
"Don't worry, I have an idea." Fang Zeyu had thought about this for a long time, and he would donate a sum of money to rebuild the road from here to the outside.
It was just getting dark, and Lin Dazhi came over and asked Shu Yan and Fang Zeyu to go to dinner. The old village chief saw Fang Zeyu was very high, tears welling up in his eyes, and repeated in non-standard Mandarin, "It's good to be back, happy."
Fang Zeyu's eyes were also red, and there were many words in the dialect mixed in the sentence. Shu Yan guessed a little bit of meaning, as if he wanted to donate money to build the road and ask the old village chief to help. .
This is a good thing. Shu Yan immediately asked Fang Zeyu how much he needed, and she could also contribute some.
"No, I'll come this way." Fang Zeyu insisted a little this time.
Shu Yan nodded clearly and did not argue with him.
The lamb chops and all kinds of lamb offal are very delicious. The roast lamb is very tender. The lamb is a little different from the lamb that Shu Yan eats in her hometown. No, it could be because the village chief's wife's craftsmanship is good. Shu Yan, who doesn't eat mutton very much, has eaten a lot.
"Eat more, eat more. Xiaofang is my family, and you will be my family in the future." The old village chief was very happy when he saw Shu Yan's delicious food.
Shu Yan drank a few glasses of wine and felt a little dizzy. Fang Zeyu held Tian Bao, holding Shu Yan in one hand, Shu Yan holding Jingjing in the other, and they walked slowly.
"I borrowed a horse from the village chief and will take you out for a walk tomorrow?"
Tian Bao was already asleep, otherwise he would be clamoring to go with him.
"Okay!" She was led by Hu Ruixue for a few laps, but she didn't know how to ride, so she was still a little scared to sit there.
Shu Yan's wine is very good, she doesn't cry or make trouble when she's drunk, she just sleeps when she touches the bed. It was just that her head hurt a little the next day, Fang Zeyu brought her a bowl of sober soup, which was much better after drinking it.
"Don't drink if you don't know how to drink next time." Fang Zeyu gently rubbed her temples and asked gently, "Is it still uncomfortable?"
"They are so enthusiastic, I feel embarrassed if they don't drink. What did you say to me yesterday, go horseback riding today?" Shu Yan quickly changed the subject.
Since the last time they hugged each other on the tractor, the behavior of the two has become more and more intimate, and Shu Yan doesn't think there is anything wrong.
"Yes, I also found the two sons of the village chief's family and asked them to bring Tianbao and Jingjing, and I will bring you."
After helping Shuyan mount the horse, Fang Zeyu led the horse for a lap first, then turned over and sat behind her, whipped the whip, and the horse flew out instantly, Shu Yan screamed, leaning against his arms and holding him tightly hand.
Afraid of excitement, Shu Yan's cheerful laughter flew in the wind.
"Mom, wait for me." Tian Bao shouted from behind.
The village chief's two sons also wanted to run, but they were full of little dolls in their arms, and they were still little dolls who had never ridden a horse, so they could only control the speed. Dad said that if they neglected the distinguished guests, the whip would serve them.