In the eager anticipation of the children, the train finally arrived at the station.
With Li Huai here, Zhao Qinglan doesn't have to worry about his luggage.
As soon as the group of them got off the carriage, and before they even left the station, someone came running over on the platform.
"Cheng Tao, I've found you, kid." A young man who looked to be in his twenties grabbed Cheng Tao's shoulders.
Zhao Qinglan and the others also stopped.
"Aunt Zhao, this is my cousin Cheng Ce." Cheng Tao introduced.
Secretary Cheng called his family, so Cheng Ce also knew that his cousin came here with someone else this time.
Hearing Cheng Tao call aunt, of course he had to call him too. "Hello, uncle, hello aunt."
Fortunately, Zhao Qinglan has long been used to it. After all, she and Wu Mei are equals. The children in Wu Mei's family call her aunt, and Sun Wen is not in his twenties now.
They didn't say much to Cheng Ce, and they went straight out without much greeting.
When they got outside, Cheng Ce looked at Zhao Qinglan and the others and became polite. "Auntie, why don't you take our car and go together?"
Zhao Qinglan looked at the population of her family and shook her head decisively. "No, just take Cheng Tao home, and we'll go on our own."
Cheng Ce was just being polite. After all, they only came in one car to pick up people. If Zhao Qinglan and his family really wanted to do it, they wouldn't be able to sit down.
It was just that Cheng Tao was a little reluctant to be separated from them soon.
"Yan Sen, remember to call me and let's go out and play together."
"I know." Da Wa smiled.
After watching Cheng Tao get into the car and drive away, they began to study the route.
There is a bus stop sign outside the train station, but they need to decide where to stay first.
When they came out, some Haishi locals came over to solicit customers and asked them if they could stay in a hotel.
Zhao Qinglan decisively refused and only studied the bus stop signs.
Temperament Li Huai didn't know much about Haishi, so he didn't come up with any ideas and waited for his wife to make a decision.
The big baby and the second baby were not in a hurry at all, and they were still looking around. Everything in Haishi was very new to them now.
Zhao Qinglan only knew that Pudong at this time must be quite backward and undeveloped. Due to various considerations of food, accommodation and shopping, it would be better for them to live in Puxi.
Thinking that she would let her husband take care of several children, she walked to a nearby newsstand, bought a local newspaper, and then started talking to people.
When she comes back, the destination will be decided.
Some things are better understood by asking the locals.
When the bus came, a large number of people crowded up. Li Huai came to the back, and his eldest son protected his wife and they hurriedly got on the bus.
There were no seats in the car for a long time. Fortunately, the whole family was together. Li Huai and the eldest child were still forming a circle outside. The second child, Zhao Qinglan, and the others were inside, so they didn't have to worry about being crowded.
At this time, I can see the advantage of having more men in the family.
It was midsummer, and there were so many people in the car that the smell wasn't very good. Fortunately, Zhao Qinglan also had a small bag with her. Seeing that her daughter didn't look too good, she quickly took out the essential oil from her bag and smelled it herself.
I also quickly let Xiaoduo smell it.
Even though Fengyoujing has a strong smell, it really works.
Seeing that his wife and daughter's faces improved a lot, Li Huai, who had been worried, breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that he followed them this time.
The car was swaying, and it stopped from time to time, with people getting out and getting on.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, Li Huai finally grabbed a vacant seat next to him and quickly called his wife over.
When Zhao Qinglan sat down with her daughter, her whole body came to life.
Although Xiaoduo is no longer little, she can only sit on her mother's lap now.
After being tortured for so long, Zhao Qinglan decided not to worry about money when she went out again. Why not just find a taxi?
When she was studying the bus stop signs just now, she also saw two Haishi taxis, but she gave up after hearing someone ask about how expensive they were, and thinking that her family couldn't fit one more and would have to take one.
But now she regrets it very much and would rather spend more money to buy comfort.
She works hard to make money, isn't it just to improve her family's living standard?
After taking the bus for almost an hour, they arrived at their destination. After asking around again, they found a hotel that looked good.
After asking the front desk, Zhao Qinglan opened two suites, one for her and her husband and Xiao Duo, and the other for Da Wa and her three brothers.
They had just finished asking and were about to pay when a fat man in a suit walked over with the girl on his arm.
"Is the suite still available?"
"Sorry sir, the last two suites have been booked by this lady."
The fat man glanced at Zhao Qinglan and said frivolously: "Beauty, let me have a suite."
As soon as he called Zhao Qinglan beautiful, the girl next to him became a little unhappy and stared at Zhao Qinglan with hostility.
Li Huai and the children were waiting there. When he saw something was going on here, he came over.
"What's wrong with Qinglan?"
Seeing the fat man looking at his wife, he was very unhappy.
Even though Zhao Qinglan is already thirty-one this year, she is well-maintained and fashionably dressed, and she looks like she is in her twenties.
If Cheng Ce hadn't already known from his uncle that his cousin came here with the elder Zhao Qinglan, he wouldn't have dared to call Aunt Zhao Qinglan directly, mainly because she looked too young.
"It's okay." Zhao Qinglan smiled at her husband before looking at the fat man. "Sorry, I can't."
Maybe he saw Li Huai coming. When the fat man saw that Li Huai was tall and handsome, he felt uncomfortable. He immediately said to Zhao Qinglan: "Beauty, let me pay more. Tell me, how much are you willing to give me a room?"
This means that Li Huai went out without wearing military uniform, otherwise the fat man would not have dared to be so provocative.
Fatty dared to do this because he heard that Zhao Qinglan and the others were not locals.
Zhao Qinglan was a little bored. "I won't give you any money." It's great to be rich. I can be considered a rich man now, okay?
After talking to the fat man, she urged the front desk to check them in.
After taking the things, she asked the children to leave.
Fatty Xu felt that he had been slapped in the face in front of his female companion, so he chased after him and said unconvinced: "Do you know who I am? Just..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Huai pinched his arm and blocked his way. "Qing Lan, take the children up first. I'll be here in a moment."
Zhao Qinglan was a little worried and said, "Please be careful."
"I know." Li Huai smiled.
After seeing his wife and children gone, Li Huai looked at the fat man. "Let's have a good chat."
When Li Huai came back from talking about life with Fatty, his mood improved a lot. Fortunately, he came with him this time, otherwise his wife would have been in a lot of trouble. Alas, my wife is too beautiful and she has a headache.
As for the fat man, he suffered great "hurt".
I don't even dare to stay in this hotel anymore.
His female companion was dumbfounded when she saw the fat man being taken away, and did not dare to argue with him.
When the fat man came back, he asked her to leave, but she was still confused.
"This is the best hotel nearby. Where would we stay if we didn't stay here?"
"Hurry up and go back to your house if you stop talking nonsense." The fat man said angrily.
The girl didn't dare to speak now. She didn't want to go back to her house and squeeze into three rooms for more than a dozen people.