"Let's go!" Xi Xi, who was sitting in the car, was very excited. She raised her little arms in the back and said in a clear voice, which eased the tension of the adults.
Yang Yi stepped on the accelerator, and the Tyrant drove out of the empty school gate and toward the highway.
"Don't be so excited. It will be a long time before we get home." Yang Huan turned her head and said to Xi Xi with a smile.
"How long will it take?" Xi Xi was looking at the scenery outside the car window. She turned her head and asked curiously.
"Well, I don't know exactly how long it will take." Yang Huan was stumped. She thought for a while and said, "We have to go back to Anqing and Pei Jun City first. Then we have to walk for a long time to get home. It might take a day."
It took her half a day to get here by train. Although the train was very slow and stopped at many stations, it was indeed a long journey. It would take a day to get there by car.
"With the GPS, it won't take a day." Yang Yi glanced at his daughter in the rearview mirror as he drove. He said with a smile, "But now the phone can't be used for positioning and navigation. We can only follow the map. Maybe we have to ask for directions. So, we have to be prepared to sleep in the car tonight!"
Yang Yi left at noon. If he couldn't get there in the evening, he couldn't park the car outside. He had so many things in the car. After one night, they would be gone! Therefore, Yang Yi simply drove through the night and tried to get back to his hometown by the next morning.
"But, but what about me?" Xi Xi frowned and said worriedly, "Papa, I didn't eat much. I'll starve to death!"
Xi Xi began to regret it. Not long ago, during lunch, the little girl was so excited that she couldn't sit still. After eating a few mouthfuls of rice, she jumped out of the car and walked around with her schoolbag on her back, urging the adults to hurry up. It was Murphy who held the bowl and fed her a few mouthfuls.
"Bah, bah! A child's babble is nothing!" Yang Huan hurriedly waved his hand and shouted, "Xixi, you can't say that about yourself!"
Murphy was originally nervous and didn't speak much. At this moment, she was amused by Xi Xi. She reached out and touched the bridge of her daughter's nose. She smiled and said, "How could I let you be hungry? We can also go to a restaurant to eat on the way! "
"I see! Then I'm relieved. "Xi Xi patted her chest like an adult and heaved a sigh of relief.
…
"How is it?" Dong Yue-er sat at the side and watched Yang Qing talk on the phone for a while before hanging up. She couldn't wait to ask.
"He's already set off, but he won't be able to arrive tonight. He might only arrive tomorrow morning." Yang Qing replied honestly.
"Then I'll let the chicken out. We can't kill it in such a hurry. If we let it out overnight, it won't be fresh tomorrow!" Dong Yuee put down the rag in her hand and stood up as she spoke.
"Mom, take a seat. I'll go." Yang Qing immediately held his mother down and walked to the courtyard.
Dong Yue-er was still worried and followed him to the door. She watched as Yang Qing took out the rooster from the chicken coop and untied the rope on its leg.
The rooster was still in shock. After it was free, it fluttered a few times and went into the flock of chickens. Only then did it calm down.
"Qing, sprinkle some corn on it. It hasn't eaten anything all day, and it's starving." Dong Yue-er instructed.
With his hands behind his back, Yang Chonggui walked over slowly. However, he wasn't hunched at all. Instead, he walked with a majestic gait. He glanced at her and said with dissatisfaction, "It's always the daughter-in-law who's afraid of her mother-in-law. How can a mother-in-law be nervous first?"
"Of course you're not nervous when you set an example. I don't know what possessed me back then. That's why I fell in love with you, an old man who's almost forty years old. Hmph, I wonder if you've been with other women when you were out there …"
Yang Chonggui was a little embarrassed by his wife's words. He interrupted Dong Yue-er's words and glared at her. "What fooling around? My Yang family has been loyal since the previous dynasty. During the Anti-Japanese War, we even started an uprising. Three generations of family heads, all of them sacrificed their lives for the country. Me too … "
If it was Yang Qing, he wouldn't even dare to raise his head after seeing Yang Chonggui's angry glare. However, it was really like "everything has its vanquisher". Even someone as awe-inspiring as Yang Chonggui couldn't scare Dong Yue-er.
Dong Yue-er waved her hand and interrupted his words. "Alright, alright, alright. You've been saying this to me for more than thirty years. I'm tired of hearing it. I'm illiterate. I don't know how your Yang family used to be, but I know that before you came to Wudaokou, our country wasn't at war at all … Alright, let's not talk about your nonsense. Anyway, Tiezi isn't young anymore. He's thirty-two years old. I don't want him to be like you, not married even when he's almost forty. "
Yang Chonggui didn't have any objection to this. He didn't say anything.
"Tiezi's wife should be from the city. I don't know if she's used to the hard life in the countryside. Therefore, this first meal should leave a good impression on her. Don't scare her away!" Dong Yue-er said with a smile.
"She's not married yet. Why call her wife?" Yang Chonggui frowned.
"Young people nowadays are different from us. They pay attention to the matchmaker's introduction and the parents' agreement. Maybe Tiezi has already gotten the marriage certificate with her in the city …" Dong Yue-er said with a smile.
"Bang!"
Yang Chonggui slammed the table next to him, causing the cups in the door to clatter. He raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "He dares? The parents' order and the matchmaker's words. Even if they pay attention to freedom now, how can they throw their parents aside when it comes to important matters like marriage? "
Yang Qing had already finished his work and was about to return. However, when he heard his father's angry roar, he shrunk his neck and carefully retracted his steps. He then turned his head and bitterly smiled as he continued to look after the chickens in the courtyard. He didn't let them run into the ancestral hall. He silently mourned for his elder brother in his heart.
Although it was called an ancestral hall, it was actually just a house built in the corner of the courtyard to worship the ancestors. However, Yang Chonggui paid great attention to this.
Over at the main house, Dong Yue-er didn't spoil Yang Chonggui. She said reproachfully, "Hey, Yang Chonggui, why are you so agitated? I was just casually saying it. It's not like it's true. Look at you. The older you get, the more muddle-headed you become! "
Only then did Yang Chonggui realize that he made a mistake. However, he couldn't bring himself to apologize. He pulled a long face and walked to the side with an unhappy expression. He pretended to arrange the weapons on the side.
The weapons were originally placed in the courtyard. However, because the courtyard wasn't renovated in time, the weapons were moved in. On the weapons rack, there was a nine-ringed saber, a three-pointed saber, a crescent halberd, and a gold-engraved spear. There was even a long saber! They were all weapons made of one to one pure iron. However, they weren't sharpened. If they were sharpened, they would be sharp weapons. It wasn't safe to leave them at home.
Even so, every weapon was shiny. The handle of the spear was as smooth as a mirror. It could be seen that Yang Chonggui and Yang Qing practiced a lot at home.
"Yang Chonggui, I'm telling you. I didn't say this before, but these few days, you have to let go of your bad temper. Don't scare your daughter-in-law away. I won't forgive you!" Dong Yue-er was worried.
"Okay, I know!" Yang Chonggui was impatient. However, he couldn't get angry at his wife. He could only wave his hand, turn around, and walk into the house.
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