We spent another night on the train under the dim light.
After two days of bumpy ride, we finally arrived at the capital city.
Li Rong looked at the capital city in the late 1970s and thought of the Li family, whom she had never met before.
Zhao Qingsong was also a little nervous. Through Li Rong, he knew that the Li family were all working people in the capital. No matter how ambitious he was, he would inevitably have low self-esteem.
He was afraid that Li Rong's family would not like him, and that her family would look down upon his countryman status.
He squeezed Li Rong's hand and said, "We're ready."
"Yes." Li Rong saw the Great Wall.
An An sat in Zhao Qingsong's arms and called Li Rong: "Mom, are we going to grandma's house?"
Li Rong pinched his nose: "Well, we will see my grandparents and uncles soon."
"How is grandma?" The little guy squeezed his hand and looked at Li Rong uneasily.
He remembered that Xiaomei’s grandmother in the village was not good to her, and Xiao Huzi’s grandmother would beat him...
Li Rong: "Grandma is very good. Do you still remember your New Year red envelopes? The toffee and peach cakes you usually eat, some of them were bought by grandma and uncles."
An An's eyes lit up: "Then I saw grandma, did she buy toffee for An An?"
"purchase."
An An was leaning against the window. Because the little one likes toffee, he began to think about meeting his grandma.
As soon as Zhao Qingsong got off the station, he felt the prosperity of the capital. He saw all kinds of western-style buildings before leaving the station.
It is far inferior to the small county town over Dajiang Village.
People in the capital are fashionably dressed.
You can see cars coming and going on the road.
Zhao Qingsong's heart lifted again.
Because he wanted to come to the capital for development, he was ready to spend all the money he had saved in the past few years and start all over again.
Li Rong's family was so good, he was really worried that his mother-in-law and several uncles would see him as having no money and would not let them be together because they thought he could not bring happiness to Li Rong.
If Li Rong knew what he was thinking, she would definitely laugh at him. Their children are so big, yet they still worry so much about what they are doing.
There were so many letters going back and forth. If Li Rong's family hadn't kept them together, they would have already said in the letter that there was no way they could wait until Li Rong gave birth to a child.
"Where to go?" Zhao Qingsong asked.
"Let's wait here. My elder brother said he would pick me up." Li Rong stopped at the station door.
She actually doesn't know the road either. Although she has the memory of the original owner, the changes in the capital have doubled after so many years in the countryside.
After confirming the date of their return, the Li family sent a letter saying that Li Rong's eldest brother Li Kaizhi would pick them up at the station.
Zhao Qingsong nodded and asked Li Rong to put the little guy down first so that he didn't have to hold him all the time.
Li Rong put the person down. The temperature in the capital was higher than that in Province H. She got off the car and walked out with a thin layer of sweat on her face.
Overhead at noon is the eldest sun.
Zhao Qingsong took out a towel and wiped the sweat from Li Rong's face.
Someone suddenly hugged his leg. Zhao Qingsong lowered his head and saw that the little guy raised his little face, patted his forehead, and said with a sweet voice: "An'an needs to wipe away the sweat too."
"Come, daddy, give Anan a wipe." Zhao Qingsong was embarrassed to say that he had forgotten about his son and was just looking at Li Rong.
Speaking of which, An An, the little guy, was always being held by Li Rong. Wherever he sweated, Zhao Qingsong pretended to wipe it for him in a funny way: "You brat, you have a lot to do."
It's dinner time now, and I don't know when the eldest brother of the Li family will come to pick him up.
Zhao Qingsong was afraid that his mother and daughter would be hungry, so he looked around: "How about we find a place to eat first?"
"Are you hungry? There are two pieces of mung bean cake left. Why don't you put some food on your stomach first?" Li Rong was not very hungry, so she wanted to endure it, fearing that if she left, Li Kaizhi would not be able to find anyone when she came.
"I'm okay," Zhao Qingsong said, "I'm just afraid of starving you."
"Wait a little longer." Li Rong knelt down and asked An An, "Are you hungry, baby?"
The little guy shook his head.
Li Rong was still afraid that he would be hungry, so she fed him the two pieces of mung bean cake.
"Xiao Rong!"
Li Rong heard someone calling her, and followed the voice and looked over. It was a man about the same age as Li Rong, and he was walking towards Li Rong.
Li Rong was a little confused. Her eldest brother was already in his thirties at least, and he was still a brigade commander. He shouldn't be acting like this?
But the man looked familiar, and he looked quite similar to Li Rong.
Li Rong suddenly remembered that this was her third brother who had gone to the army. After so many years of not seeing each other, he had changed a lot.
She didn't dare to recognize him, but fortunately they looked similar and he walked straight towards Li Rong, so she recognized him.
She smiled unconsciously and waved her hand: "Third brother."
Li Ruizhi stood in front of Li Rong and hugged her excitedly: "It's getting dark. I asked you to jump in line. Are you going to suffer?"
"No hardship!" Li Rong smiled, pulled Zhao Qingsong over and said, "This is Zhao Qingsong."
Because Zhao Qingsong didn't know where to put his hands, when Li Ruizhi walked over, he quickly picked An An up and picked him up.
Hearing Li Rong mention him, he first said hello: "Hello, third brother."
The hand holding An An's buttocks was clenched into a fist, and the palms of her hands were sweaty.
Li Ruizhi was only a little shorter than Zhao Qingsong, but his eyesight was not much different. He glanced at Zhao Qingsong without saying anything, and his expression was not very welcoming.
Li Rong patted his arm, unhappy: "I'm saying hello to you!"
Li Ruizhi was patted by his sister, and then he reluctantly said: "Hello."
It seems that this third brother-in-law doesn't like him very much, Zhao Qingsong thought silently.
He then thought about Li Rong's father-in-law, mother-in-law, and two other uncles, and suddenly felt heartbroken.
"Mom~" The little guy blinked, wondering why the adults suddenly stopped talking.
"Hey, this is my nephew, right?" Li Ruizhi looked at the little guy excitedly, "He looks exactly like you when you were a child."
"No, I gave birth to him!" Li Rong looked proud and turned to the little guy and said, "Call me uncle."
"Chirp chirp~" An An shouted in a baby voice that was not very standard in Mandarin.
"It's uncle." Li Rong corrected him.
Li Ruizhi burst into laughter upon hearing this little milky voice. He took out a few toffees from his pocket and brought them to An An.
An An first glanced at Li Rong, who nodded: "Thank you, uncle."
"Crab, crab, chirp~" With Li Rong's approval, An An stretched out her little fleshy hand to grab the toffee in Li Ruizhi's hand.
If you can't catch it all with one hand, use both hands.
Although the first two brothers have given birth to children, because Li Ruizhi is often seen at home, or they have grown up a lot since they returned from serving in the army, in short, Li Ruizhi does not have this special feeling of affection.
On the contrary, Li Ruizhi was very excited when he saw An An for the first time.
Or maybe Li Ruizhi felt sorry for Li Rong, a girl who went to the countryside to "endure hardship", and the little guy looked too lovable.