Because he had to pick up his sister-in-law Zeng Jing and his eldest niece Yuanyuan, Li Ran had to go to the Dongcheng General Political Family Community first, and then he could go straight to Xishan Villa.

When passing by Chang'an Avenue, looking at the high-rise buildings rising from the ground, he suddenly had the illusion that he was still in the 21st century.

In the 90s, Yanjing City was like two extremes, and the bustling areas such as Chang'an Avenue and Wangfujing after the renovation of the old city were not much worse than those of Hong Kong at the same time.

However, when you walk out of these neighborhoods and into the alleys of Yanjing, the changes can only be described as vastly different.

It can be clearly seen from the most intuitive housing prices that the average price of office buildings on 94 Chang'an Avenue has been as high as 3,600 yuan per square meter, and the International Trade Building with a better location is even as high as 5,000 yuan per square meter.

This is obviously a sky-high price in an era when the average salary per capita is less than 500. However, on the contrary, a smaller courtyard house of the same period could be bought for 20,000 yuan.

Living in such a rapidly changing era, witnessing the changes of this ancient city every day, Li Ran feels that he is lucky.

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When Zeng Jing's mother and daughter were picked up in the family community of the General Political Department, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

Perhaps because the time was too tight, the sister-in-law was still wearing a military uniform, while Yuanyuan was carrying a schoolbag with a Mickey Mouse pattern.

The mother is beautiful, the daughter is cute, and the two of them standing side by side on the side of the road is a landscape, which attracts the attention of passers-by. It's just a pity that few people pass by on the road this winter.

After getting in the car, because the sister-in-law had to help hold the child in the back, Yuanyuan was also asked to follow and squeeze in the back. And Yuanyuan clamored to sit in the front passenger seat.

On the one hand, Li Ran felt that the back was really a little crowded, and on the other hand, he also felt that it was very interesting to have a cute little girl sitting next to him, and it shouldn't be too boring.

Thinking about it like this, he asked her to sit in the front, and he also persuaded his sister-in-law to say, "It's okay to have him watching."

Thinking about it, listening to the little girl chirping and singing nursery rhymes along the way, and occasionally asking some simple but interesting questions, it seems that the whole person has become a lot easier.

However, Li Ran soon knew how naïve his thinking was. And from then on, I understood from the bottom of my heart that it is impossible for adults to understand children's brain circuits.

At first, she would point to the air conditioner or CD player in the car and ask questions such as: "Why does this make singing", "Why does the car have four wheels", "Why does this blow hot air".

Li Ran felt that it was normal for children to be curious. So I will be very patient to explain to her and answer her questions.

For example, he would tell Yuanyuan that the car has four wheels because it is more stable to run, that the singing is a stereo instead of a CD, and that the air conditioner has a fan in it so it can blow hot air.

But after that, her questions are simply endless.

Questions like, "Why do people have gray hair?", "Why can human ears hear sounds?" "Why do people have tears in their eyes when they yawn?" ……

There are also questions such as, "Why doesn't it itch when I scratch my armpits?", "Why do I feel numb when I sit and stand for a long time?......

Of course, there are also such as, "Why does it snow?", "Why does it rain?", "Why is the sea bitter?......

There are many problems in which Li Ran knows, some he doesn't know yet, and some he knows, but he doesn't know what to say.

As an elder, children humbly ask you questions, but you can't answer them. In front of his mother and sister-in-law, to be honest, it made him a little ashamed.

So, he apologized with some self-reproach and said, "I'm sorry, Yuanyuan." The third uncle doesn't read much and can't answer, so can I accompany you to the bookstore to buy you books another day?" At the same time, he sighed in his heart.

"Hey! When I was a child, I just read more books, but now I can't even answer the questions of elementary school students. ”

However, Li Ran just apologized to the little girl. She happily explained the answer to her question to Li Ran.

After finishing, he taunted Li Ran and said, "Third uncle, you are so stupid, you don't know such a simple thing." ”

The tone of contempt, the little expression of contempt, and the crisp voice...... Why is it so hateful?

Now that you know the answer, you still ask me?

And just when Li Ran was at a loss, her mother's words almost made Li Ran's hands tremble and drive the car into the ditch.

She said: "Yuanyuan, you ask others the question above "100,000 whys", be careful that I will beat you." He couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

Li Ran: "......?" So since you know, why didn't you tell me earlier. I'm afraid not...... Chengxin is waiting to see the joke!

After being warned, the bear child stopped for a while. The depression in Li Ran's heart slowly dissipated, but it didn't take long for her to start doing it again.

One will twist the knob on the CD, and the other will break the air conditioning grille, and these can still be endured.

But what made him very sad was that the little girl didn't know if she was too bored to pull the doorknob. Thanks to the fact that this car has a child lock, otherwise something would have happened.

Then he didn't dare to take it lightly, and while paying attention to the road conditions, he had to always pay attention to the death of the bear child.

This also caused him to be much more tired than ever to drive this time, and he was in a very bad mood, and he had a black face until he got out of the car back to the villa.

When I went up the mountain, because I had a pass, I went up the mountain directly, and I didn't have to call the security office again.

Speaking of which, this pass is not simple, in Yanjing, this is a more useful thing than some license plates, and it can directly enter and exit many ministry compounds.

After parking the car, Li Ran took his things, while his sister-in-law and mother carried Pingping and An An, who had fallen asleep in the car, to the upstairs bedroom to rest.

After taking the things, Li Ran went up to watch the children, and they went to clean up the house.

It's boring to be alone, but you can't have no one around your child. I don't have much to do when I think about it, so I can only read books and newspapers.

Where there are books at home, it is in the study, but he went to his father's study next door to take a look, and found that most of them are military and political reference books and quotations of great men, and only a few historical biographies and some are also in literary versions.

In desperation, I could only find a copy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and read it, but I didn't expect it to be addicted.

He didn't put down his book until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the two children woke up. I have to say that some books have that kind of magic that makes people love it.

The two children had to get food when they woke up, and there was no juicer here, so there was no way to make fruit puree, so they could only eat eggs and milk powder.

When the sister-in-law steamed eggs for Pingping and An An, Yuanyuan was hungry and had to eat them.

As a last resort, the sister-in-law also steamed one more, but the little girl didn't want to eat it again after the first bite.

About half an hour later, my father Li Zhengfeng came back.

As soon as I opened the door, I was stunned for a moment when I saw a room full of people, and then I was very surprised. Only then did Li Ran know that his mother did not tell him the news of the family's return in advance.

After washing his hands and changing his clothes, the first thing he did when he came down was to pick up Pingping on the sofa, and kissed him twice on his little face.

The little one had just eaten, and his face was still stained with milk foam. But I don't dislike it at all, it's very rare to have a grandson.