Chapter 8: On the Way Home

Yan's mother is afraid that the child will accidentally fall off when she sleeps on the upper bunk, so she sleeps on the upper bunk, Yan Jing and Yan Lin sleep on the lower bunk, it is not yet night, the three of them are sitting on the lower bunk, the car is full of people, all adults and children, at a glance, they know that they are all the same, come to play with their parents during the summer vacation, and now they are sent back to school, there are more children, and the carriage is very noisy.

Yan Jing turned her head to look at the scenery passing by outside the car window. A day has passed, and I have to stay in this car for 2 days and 1 night, it is really terrible to think about, although it is not easy to get motion sickness, but the smell of sweat on the car is still dizzy for a day and a night. Chest tightness.

When Yan Jing took advantage of the bus to stop at the rest point, she found a place where no one was and bottled a bottle of space well water with mineral water, and drank a few sips to relieve her physical discomfort. Hurry up and take the bottle and give Yan Ma and Yan Lin a few sips, they may also have similar symptoms to Yan Jing, after drinking a few sips and relieving the symptoms, they all found that this water seems to be sweeter and more delicious than the water in their bottle, the same brand, does it taste good or bad?

Yan Lin said: "Sister, your water is better than mine, I'll change it with you." ”

Although Yan's mother also thought it was delicious, she didn't exaggerate, but it was a little sweeter, so she didn't say anything. Yan Jing handed the bottle of water to Yan Lin, took Yan Lin's bottle, and took advantage of going to the bathroom to pour out the bottle and change the space. Then I went back to the car and saw that Yan's mother hadn't come back yet, so I changed it with Yan's mother's again, and poured out hers and replaced it with space water.

Before, those things that were eaten were carried by Yan's mother, and the bottles were unopened, Yan Jing was not easy to replace, otherwise she would have changed it a long time ago. Usually in the room has not been changed for them to drink the space water, that is because the water there has the smell of disinfectant water, not mineral water, if it is changed suddenly, it is too obvious.

So it has been useless, and the space water can only be effective when it is drunk for a long time, Yan Jing wants to wait for everyone to live together in the future, and then replace the drinking water at home with space water. It's really terrible to sit in this car now, and the mineral water is not much different from the space water, it's just a little sweet, so I wandered in the car for another day and a night.

Originally, I would arrive at the county seat before noon on this day, but although the water receded outside, it was still desolate everywhere, and occasionally I could see simple tents set up temporarily, and people's faces were blank and confused. The destruction of the home and the loss of the grain in the field are indeed infinitely confusing.

So the car can't drive to the county seat before noon, the bridge across the river is flooded, the water has not receded, drive to the ferry in Linxian County, the driver let everyone get off the car, take a boat to the county seat here.

Yan Jing and Yan Lin followed Yan Ma and quickly got out of the car, helping Yan Ma with her luggage, Yan Ma was carrying a big suitcase in one hand, and she was a little unsteady when she walked, Yan Jing and Yan Lin hurriedly helped one person aside, and slowly walked to the ferry to line up and wait for the boat, and finally it was Yan Jing's turn for the three of them, the boat owner said that the two children were half a ticket, and the luggage should also be collected into a ~ person ticket, this is really saying that it is good to talk about no treachery, or what is good.

Yan's mother may have been in the car for so long, and when she saw that her hometown was full of desolation, she didn't talk to this black-hearted boat owner about the price when she was in a bad mood, and now it is all private boats. Usually, there are few people on regular boats, so there are few, and these private boats are now making a fortune.

After swaying for half an hour, I arrived at the site and finally arrived at the county seat. It's stricter than I've seen before, there's water everywhere, and people on the streets are traveling in privately made kayaks, which is unsteady to look at.

Even if it is unstable, it is necessary to sit, Yan Jing and the three of them took two kayaks with luggage, went to the station in the countryside, and when they arrived at the station, they took the car in the countryside, and finally breathed a sigh. Fortunately, the road back to the countryside is getting higher and higher, although it was flooded before, and now the retreat is almost the same, and the detour that has not retreated is nearly twice as long as usual.

I arrived at the market town at more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, got out of the car, and saw Grandpa Yan coming from the shade at the door of the store, Yan Jing was stunned at the time, there was a feeling of joy or sadness, the grandfather of the previous life died in the year of Yan Jing's marriage, and now I saw that the person who had died appeared again, and suddenly I didn't know what to react, whether to rejoice for the reunion in this life or to be sad for the passing of the previous life.

I just thought that I wanted them to enjoy their old age in this life, and I didn't really feel like seeing real people now, and grandma and grandmother, who died earlier than grandpa, shook his head, Yan Jing looked up at the sky where the sun was slanting to the west, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said in his heart, "God has given you a chance, you have to live in the moment and look forward!" ”

Grandpa Yan walked over, helped take the luggage and said to Yan's mother: "I'm tired, I brought a flat shoulder, and I carried two suitcases, your mother must be in a hurry at home." ”

He turned to his two grandchildren and said, "You two are not tired, grandma has made delicious food at home, and she is waiting for you to come back." ”

Yan Jing said: "Grandpa, we're okay, but my mother is tired of carrying luggage." ”。 After walking for a while, I took another raft, and then I finally got home, and it was almost 5 o'clock when I got home.

Grandma Yan stood at the entrance of the village, saw Yan Jing and them, and hurriedly ran over, hugging Yan Jing and Yan Lin: "It's back, I'm worried about killing me, big baby, little baby is not tired, hungry, grandma made what you love to eat, go back quickly." ”

While talking, one pulled and walked home, Yan Jing felt very funny, Grandma Yan is the most talkative person in their big family, whether it is a son or a grandchild, it is "my son, my treasure" The family is nothing together, if it is outside, it will be a little embarrassing.

However, Yan Jing still obediently took her grandmother's hand and walked back, "Grandma, thank God for letting us meet again." Soon arrived home, everyone was spread out on the chairs, sat for half an hour, before getting up to wash hands and eat, Yan Jing's own house today is not the time and energy to clean, so tonight I slept at my grandparents' house.

Fortunately, it was summer, and the bamboo bed outside was also sleepable. After eating, resting for a while, I went to take a bath, Yan's mother slept in my sister-in-law's room with my younger brother, Yan Jing slept with my grandmother, and my grandfather slept on the bamboo bed in the living room alone. A dreamless night.

After breakfast the next day, Yan's mother called her grandparents and said, "Dad, Mom, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Hearing this, Grandpa Yan and Grandma Yan both sat down. Yan's mother continued: "Dad and Mom are like this, I plan to put them all on your side to help bring them, my mother's brother and two children are now also going to bring them to my mother, I am afraid that there are too many children, they are too busy, so I will take these two children over here, Xiaojing is in the fifth grade, she wants to live in school, and she will come back once a week, you don't have to worry too much, Xiaolin eats at school at noon, and eats breakfast and dinner at home, you can still be busy with your own affairs during the day." The other two children are coming, and it must be difficult for you to live here, they are also getting older now, and it is better for the two children to sleep separately. So, you can move to my house, and the old house here can be cleaned regularly. I'll give you their living expenses later, do you think that's okay? Mother Yan finished speaking in one breath, looked at Grandpa Yan and Grandma Yan and asked.

Grandma Yan said: "That's very good, I said a long time ago that I would bring our good grandson and good granddaughter, you have to send it to your mother's house, how bad it is, it seems that we don't want to see the two of you, and the children don't help." You can bring it to us, and I promise to bring it to you. Later, your father and I will help you clean the house, and we will move the things over tomorrow," Grandma Yan exaggerated for a while.

Grandpa Yan nodded silently on the side. The children of the entire Yan family have basically inherited Grandpa Yan's temperament, who are taciturn and not good at expression. has not inherited Grandma Yan's temperament, Grandma Yan gave birth to a total of four sons and a daughter, Yan Jing's father is the eldest, the second uncle's family is equivalent to a lot of money, it is difficult to see each other in a year, the third uncle has just gotten married now, and the uncle and sister-in-law are not married yet. But they all went out to work, and there were only two old people left in the family.

Everyone worked together all morning, and finally finished cleaning, quilts, and clothes were dried in a yard. The new clothes I bought in H City before were also washed and dried.

After lunch, in the afternoon, everyone helped clean the old house again, packed all the things to be moved, and sorted out and put away those who didn't move. In the evening, Yan's mother went to a house in the village with a phone to call her grandfather, and asked him to send the desk and box where Yan Jing went to school tomorrow morning.

Yan Jing and her family studied in the primary school near their village before the fourth grade, and they had to go to the town in the fifth grade, and none of the primary schools in the village had a fifth grade. In the fifth grade, they had to bring their own desks, stools, and cabinets. The style of each desk is basically the same, and before the summer vacation, my grandfather bought a desk and a box for Yanjing.

The next morning, after moving all the things that should have been moved to the old house, Yan Jing's grandfather came over with a desk, stools and boxes, and her grandmother also brought some agricultural products to see her daughter, nephew, and niece. After tidying up the house in the morning, I started cooking at Yan Jing's house at noon, and after lunch, Yan Jing's grandparents sat for a while and were ready to go back.

Let Yan Jing Yanlin go to live with them on vacation, and her grandmother said that her eyes were red, after all, she had brought it for so many years, and she was very reluctant. Yan Jing also had red eyes, she could be said to have been brought up by her grandmother, but she died when Yan Jing was in college, so that Yan Jing did not fulfill a little filial piety, and she must not be able to have a child who wants to raise her in this life but her relatives are not there.

Speaking of which, Yanjia Village is a well-known Xiucai Village, and there are still many teachers. So in the afternoon, Yan's mother brought some gifts, took her son Yanlin to a better teacher's house in the village, and mentioned that she wanted to transfer her son here to study, and asked him to take care of it more.

This kind of transfer in the countryside is a very simple thing, the other party immediately agreed to sign up for school tomorrow, he took Yan Lin to sign up, no need to trouble Yan Lin, Yan Lin's transfer and enrollment problems will be handled soon. Yan Lin is also very happy, there are many children of the same age as him in the village, and some of them will play in the future.

After going back, Yan's mother found a half-new quilt that was dried yesterday, as well as newly bought lunch boxes, towels, toothbrushes, cups, and other toiletries, as well as a change of clothes, etc.

Yan Jing's house is a one-story building, three rooms in the style, the middle living room, one room on each side, the back stove room is also three rooms, the middle is the cooking place, the west is the utility room, the east is the pigsty, the chicken pen and the toilet.

Now the grandparents sleep in a room in the west, Yan Jing and Yan Lin sleep in the east room, the room is much larger than the old house, so there are two beds, a curtain in the middle, Yan Jing only comes back on the weekend to stay for two nights, so she is not so particular.