Chapter 566: The Way Home
After learning about their trip back to their hometown, Qiao Lin excitedly told her little nephew: "Your parents, and your little sister are coming back for the New Year, are you happy?"
Jobwen didn't seem to have forgotten the shadow of his father's escape in the early hours of the morning, and he just looked down and played with his little train, and didn't show too much excitement. Jolene added, "I heard from your mother that your father's phone is always on, and maybe something will happen, and he will have to go back halfway." ”
Qiao Bowen still persistently played with the little train, and did not raise his head: "Then go back!"
The little doll, which is more than three years old, actually holds a grudge like this, and the adults can't cry or laugh. Qiao Lin said angrily, she blamed Qiao Nan for that guy, she didn't even dare to say "goodbye" to her son, and left her son alone at her aunt's house, what a psychological shadow it left on other children!
Qiao Nan was also uncomfortable for several days, and the night he came back from a business trip, he was half-lying on the bed teasing his daughter, and after a while, his eyes were red. Wen Jing asked him what was wrong, he rolled on the bed, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Of course I miss my son!"
Wen Jing also felt that he was not kind, no matter how sad he was, he couldn't leave without saying a word. But seeing such a behemoth lying on the bed sad, she couldn't bear to accuse him, but persuaded: "Take him back after the Spring Festival, don't be sad!"
Qiao Nan was silent, Wen Jing went to the bathroom to wash up, and when she came back, she found that he was asleep with her daughter in her arms. When he fell asleep, he was still very juvenile, and his appearance was still a little innocent, which was endearing and pitiful. Wen Jing helped him take off his clothes, and when she saw the scars on his body, her love and pity became stronger and stronger.
She often thinks that if this man hadn't met her, how miserable he would have been! Forget it, let's yell at him less and take care of him more!
After the vacation, Qiao Nan decided to drive back to his hometown, he told his parents that he might not be able to arrive on Chinese New Year's Eve, maybe it was more likely to go home in the first and second years of junior high school. Old Joe doesn't mind at all, as long as his son can go home for the New Year, he doesn't care about the morning or evening.
Wen Jing discussed with him, it is better to fly back, if you drive, the distance is too long, he will definitely be very tired, and he may not be able to get home one day. But Qiao Nan was rarely stubborn, he said, his daughter is still too young, and she has to bring a big bag of things when she goes out, and it is definitely inconvenient to take public transportation. In addition, this is the first time in 11 years that he has returned home for the New Year, and the things he wants to bring to his parents are piled up, and the trunk is almost full, how can the two of them mention it?
Finally, he showed his wife a list so that she was speechless for a moment.
It turned out that he planned a trip along the way, and not only wrote down the sights, but even the arrival time was calculated accurately. Some places he could go to his classmates, while others he had to stay in hotels, and he even counted the time he might spend catching up with his old classmates. In short, he still played the role of combat commander, and the destinations of those travels became the cities he wanted to capture, and his plans could not go wrong at all.
He excitedly said to his wife: "My college roommate has invited me for a long time, let me go to Xi'an to play with him, just by the way, let's go and have a look." I heard that there are a lot of snacks there, and there are many places of interest; out of Xi'an, let's go to Kaifeng again, but there are no classmates there, let's go to the scenic spots! If there is no accident, let's go to Jinan for another night, I haven't been there for a long, long time, and my college classmates ......are there."
He is talking about historical cities, which is very suitable for his character, after all, he reads books related to history at home. Wen Jing's Weibo is almost all Internet celebrity attractions in some cities, she just went to make a card, and there is no point in other than that. If you go out with your husband and listen to his explanations, you will definitely gain a lot. So, she happily agreed: "Anyway, I'll marry you, then I'll follow you!"
In Qiao Nan's plan, he could arrive in Hong Kong City on the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, even if he was accurate to this point, he still did not pack tickets for his parents, in his words: "If you can return home on Chinese New Year's Eve, it will be a surprise; if you can't go back, your parents will not be disappointed, let's leave us a little leeway!"
The reason why he planned such a trip was almost entirely for his wife. Miss Wen, who once aspired to travel the world, has been stuck at home for several years. She put away the Hanfu she once wore, and gradually forgot her dream of traveling the world, focusing all her energy on her family and career. Thinking of her efforts over the years, Qiao Nan always felt a lot of guilt, and said to her: "I told you, I want to take you to the mountains and rivers, I don't want to wait until I am old to do these things, now the time is just right." ”
Every promise he made to her, he kept it in his heart and fulfilled it for her at every opportunity. Wen Jing was still angry at his disobedience yesterday, and was moved to tears by him the next day. Qiao Nan raised his head again and was conceited: "Your man is not bad, right?"
Wen Jing stood on tiptoe and kissed him, which was considered to answer him. One morning near the end of the year, they drove their car and set out on their journey home. Dad drove very steadily, and Little Mulan lay leisurely in the safety seat, listening to lively music and babbling from time to time.
Qiao Nan said that when he brought his son back, the car would have to be replaced, and it would have to be replaced with a more spacious one. Wen Jing was worried about her family's financial situation, but Qiao Nan said: "If you have a goal, you will be motivated." It's been almost ten years since Lao Tzu graduated, and it's time for his wife and children to live a better life. His determination made his wife very down-to-earth. However, since he went to Beijing, he has come back less often. Wen Jing has been in Beijing for so long, and if she has the opportunity, she hopes that her family will return to Beijing to live. For this reason, she probed her husband's tone, but Qiao Nan said vaguely that it is not easy to go back to study, and it is even more difficult to transfer to Beijing to work, don't think about it so beautifully.
Wen Jing never asks much about his work. There are many things he can't say, and if he can say them, he also picks interesting ones to tell her. But since he moved around, he rarely talks about interesting things. He said that he was too comfortable, and only meetings were left to tiring him, and there was really nothing to talk about.
Wen Jing would occasionally pester him and ask him to tell funny stories, but he also refused. He said: "Jolene reminded me to write later, so I have to keep some of the material, and if I tell it all, then you won't be fresh when you read it." ”
Wen Jing scolded him for being cunning, but he didn't get angry, just let her wait and see. In fact, Wen Jing can also feel that he no longer likes to laugh as much as before, and most of them are not suitable for his current work. So, when he proposed the idea of a Ph.D., she was very much in favor of it, and she hoped that her energetic husband would come back soon.
As soon as she got on the highway, Xiao Mulan fell asleep, Qiao Nan turned off the music, and the car was much quieter all of a sudden. Wen Jing yawned and said, "You'll tell another story! ”
Qiao Nan drove intently, and there were words in his mouth: "Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple on the mountain......"
"Stop! Who told you to tell this kind of story? When you tell it, I'm going to sleep. ”
"It's for you to sleep, and you didn't sleep well last night anyway. ”
Wen Jing was worried that he would be more bored if he fell asleep, so she chatted with him without a match. As we head north, the weather gets colder and colder, and snowflakes fall in the sky. Qiao Nan said casually: "I haven't seen snow for a year." ”
At this time last year, he was still on a mission in the hot African lands. Occasionally, they do activities with local schools to teach children some basic Chinese. Once, a cadre took a few pictures of Chinese teaching and asked the children to read along with him, and when they read about "down jacket", the children were confused - how could there be such thick clothes?
Wen Jing snorted and laughed: "If you hadn't told me about it, I would have thought it was a joke!"
"They have very little contact with the outside world, and the Internet is not well developed, and the children have only heard of 'snow', but I am afraid none of them have seen it. What we think is commonplace, they feel strange. Qiao Nan tapped the steering wheel lightly and sighed: "It's good to come back, it's good to be able to go back to Xuewowo for the New Year!"