Grandpa, your granddaughter and her grandson-in-law are wearing it back.

After listening to Mrs. Zhang's nagging for a while, Zhang Tiejun felt extremely nostalgic.

Before he joined the army, his mother would nag him while he worked at home. This was the long-lost warmth between them.

Seeing the tired look on the old lady's face, Zhang Tiejun coaxed her to eat the noodles and, at her insistence, ate a poached egg.

After finishing the noodles and putting the old lady to sleep in the second bedroom, Zhang Tiejun quietly looked at his mother's sleeping face for a while, then tiptoed out of the room.

After closing the door of the second bedroom, he sat dejectedly on the sofa in the living room, wiped his face, and all kinds of thoughts surged in his mind.

He began to doubt what he had been busy with all these years. His original intention of leaving his hometown to join the army was just to win honor for his mother while defending the country.

His father died early, and Liu and his mother, as orphans and widows, were bound to suffer some bullying. In the early years, someone introduced her mother to a man, hoping that she would take another step forward.

But when people heard that she would bring a half-grown boy with her when she got married, they all disagreed. In those days, life was hard for everyone. It was difficult to provide enough food for their own families, let alone a foreigner.

As a result, his mother raised him alone. His mother was beautiful and capable. People in the village said that he was a burden to his mother. If it weren't for him, his mother wouldn't have to work so hard.

He wanted to be successful, to give his mother a better life, and to let everyone in the village see that he was not only a burden to his mother, but also her pride, so he resolutely chose to join the army.

But now, he left his elderly mother alone in the countryside, and apart from sending some money, he had not gone home to see her for two years.

Now, looking at his mother's increasingly aging face, he suddenly felt that he had forgotten the way he came. Zhang Tiejun just sat there in a daze.

He didn't wake up until it got dark and he heard the sound of the door opening.

Looking at his wife Wang Lihong who had just returned from get off work, he said, "Now that you're back, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

He got up and went to the kitchen. The water had just been boiled and the noodles cooked quickly.

Although he spoke in a calm tone, Wang Lihong was sensitive enough to notice that he was in a bad mood.

Their house is a two-bedroom, one-living-room tube-shaped building. Since it is the house at the edge, they put a small coal stove at the door so that it will not affect others. This way, they don’t have to go to the public kitchen to cook noodles or something.

Wang Lihong stood at the door watching Zhang Tiejun cooking noodles. When she saw him take two eggs from the basket on the small shelf next to him and beat them into the pot, her heart skipped a beat and she had a bad premonition.

She looked back at the closed door of the second bedroom. There was no such basket in her house, so it was not difficult to guess where the basket came from.

Zhang Tiejun brought the noodles to the table. The two sat face to face without saying a word. Zhang Tiejun watched Wang Lihong finish the noodles quietly.

Zhang Tiejun took a deep breath and spoke as if he had made up his mind, "Lihong, my mother is here. She was freezing at the gate for over an hour this afternoon."

Wang Lihong's heart tightened. Sure enough, he came after all. Her eyes darkened as she looked at Zhang Tiejun and nervously explained, "Tiejun, listen to me, I didn't mean to do that. I wanted to go out and pick up Mom right after I got the call, but the troupe leader asked me for the rehearsal schedule, and it was quite urgent, so I forgot about Mom for a moment. You believe me, right, Tiejun?"

Zhang Tiejun stopped talking about it and said, "Mom is old. Now that she's here, I don't want her to go back. And since you're pregnant, she can take care of you."

When Wang Lihong heard Zhang Tiejun's words, her face turned ugly. She knew what it meant.

But she couldn't say anything to disagree. After all, she was in the wrong. She had left her mother-in-law outside the door for more than an hour. This was unacceptable in any way.

But she was unwilling to agree. She had finally managed to force the old lady out secretly. How could she be willing to let her live in again?

She was just about to make an excuse that the house was too small and not big enough for her.

Zhang Tiejun seemed to see through her thoughts and spoke first, "Lihong, we cannot shirk our responsibility to our parents. No matter what the reason, not supporting them is unfilial."

This sentence completely blocked Wang Lili's heart. Zhang Tiejun ignored her, stood up, took her bowl, washed it, put it away, and went in to rest.

Wang Lihong had no choice but to temporarily accept the reality that her mother-in-law was moving in. However, she also secretly thought, if I can drive you away once, I can do it a second time.

The old lady was sensible. She didn't tell Zhang Tiejun about her last time, and she probably wouldn't do that this time either.

Wang Lihong still thought that she could easily control the old lady this time, but she ignored Zhang Tiejun's determination this time.

Ye Jinhua and his two siblings were also very worried about the old lady. After all, a daughter-in-law who could leave her mother-in-law outside the door could not be a good person.

But after all, this is someone else's family affair, and it is not convenient for them to ask too much, not to mention that they have just met.

After returning to the city, the three siblings first booked two rooms at a guesthouse. After putting away their luggage for cover, they went to a state-owned restaurant for dinner.

After dinner, I went straight back to the guesthouse to rest.

The next day, they went to visit the home of Principal Zhou, the principal of the elementary school where Zhao Hongying used to work, to report that Zhao Hongying was safe.

The three siblings brought two kilograms of pastries, one kilogram of tea, one kilogram of brown sugar, and also picked out eight relatively small apples from the space, making a total of four gifts.

According to the address given by Zhao Hongying, we found Principal Zhou's home.

Principal Zhou's wife, Chen Jing, heard a knock on the door. She opened it and looked at the young strangers outside. She asked in confusion, "Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, you must be Principal Zhou's lover. I am Zhao Hongying's husband. My name is Ye Jinyi, and these are my younger brother and sister.

We came to the city for something, and Hongying specifically asked us to visit you and Principal Zhou."

Ye Jinyi stepped forward and stated his identity and purpose.

When Chen Jing heard that it was Zhao Hongying who asked them to come, she quickly and enthusiastically invited them into the living room and sat them on the sofa.

Then he shouted into the house: "Lao Zhou, Xiao Li, come out quickly, there are guests at home."

After shouting, he started to prepare sweet soup for the three of them.

Ye Jinyi handed the gift to Chen Jing and said, "Aunt Zhou, I don't know what you and Principal Zhou like, so I took the initiative to bring these. Thank you and Principal Zhou for taking care of Hongying all the time."

“Oh, why is this kid so polite? I like Hongying, and I treat her as my own junior. Don’t be polite, just treat her like your own family.”

Aunt Zhou was extremely satisfied when she saw the handsome young man in front of her, and felt that Hongying had finally gotten her happy ending after all the suffering she had endured.

At this time, Principal Zhou and his daughter Zhou Lili also came out of their respective rooms.

ps: My dears, please keep updating your bookshelf so you don’t get lost!