GBP Chapter 144: Taking the Bai Family to Beijing for the New Year, the Youngest Son is Born in 1976
Chapter 144: Taking the Bai Family to Beijing for the New Year, the Youngest Son is Born in 1976
Bai Zhizhi has sent fewer letters to the elderly on both sides of her family since her triplets went to school. She went from sending letters and packages once a month to once every two months because she simply did not have the time. Her weekend schedule was to help the children with mock exams in the system space at home, and she started working as a translator to support her family.
But the contents of the parcels were the same as usual, including daily necessities and food. As for the letters, they were changed from two sheets of paper to six sheets of paper, five of which were filled with the triplets' thoughts about the older generation and other relatives.
Because Bai Zhizhi discovered that among the triplets, the second one hated writing essays the most, and the eldest one's writing skills were not that good either. The third one was the best among them. It was probably due to genetics. He was like a chatterbox and would have endless things to say once he started a topic.
So in order to improve their ability to express themselves, Bai Zhizhi asked them to write down on paper what they wanted to say to their families.
I would also ask Lu Chuan to call occasionally to say hello to both sets of parents.
Bai Zhizhi had originally planned to spend a week in Liujia Village during the Chinese New Year this year, and then take her parents and brother to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. She had bought a house in Beijing, and Lu Chuan already had three houses, so there was more than enough space for them to live in.
Because it is winter vacation time now, the winter in Wuyang County is not cold. But I heard from Lu Chuan that due to the geographical location, the temperature in the mountains is colder than the family compound. So Bai Zhizhi took 100 kilograms of ginger and kilograms of brown sugar from the space warehouse and gave them to Lu Chuan, asking him to take it to the soldiers in the army, and make some brown sugar ginger tea every day to warm their bodies.
Lu Chuan did not hesitate and took the gift from his wife naturally, because he knew that this was Bai Zhizhi's concern for him and also her love for her brothers in the army.
The next day, Lu Chuan got up early and returned to the troops in the mountains. After arriving at the destination, he arranged for the guards to give the food to the kitchen team, asking them to cut the ginger into slices and put it into a big pot with brown sugar to cook for everyone to drink.
Soon, the whole army was filled with the strong aroma of ginger candy.
The soldiers came over to drink a bowl of steaming brown sugar ginger tea and felt the warmth of home.
Everyone is very grateful to Lu Chuan's wife Bai Zhizhi for allowing them to drink brown sugar ginger tea in the cold winter.
So this winter in W Province, Bai Zhizhi went back to her hometown to visit her relatives without any worries. After celebrating the triplets' fourth birthday, Bai Zhizhi had told Lu Chuan that she would go back to her hometown. She had asked Lu Chuan to call both sets of parents in advance to tell them the approximate time that Bai Zhizhi and the children would arrive home. Later, Lu Chuan bought them four sleeper tickets, which happened to be in the same carriage, so that no other passengers would enter the carriage.
Bai Zhizhi took her luggage and the triplets and boarded the train back home.
Lu Chuan drove them to Haishi Railway Station. Along the way, she and the triplets were in a particularly happy mood, looking forward to reuniting with their family, and she imagined the surprised expressions of her family members when they saw her and her three children.
Lu Chuan sent Bai Zhizhi and the children onto the train. Watching the train slowly leave, he felt a little depressed.
When he returned home, Lu Chuan felt that the house was empty. If it weren't for the fact that he had taken too many holidays this year, he really wanted to go back with them.
He lay on the sofa, recalling every moment he spent with Bai Zhizhi. They had lived together for more than four years and were reluctant to leave each other.
But he knew that Bai Zhizhi returned to her parents' home to visit her parents and to let her children feel the atmosphere of her hometown. He should support her, but he really didn't want her to leave.
Lu Chuan decided to write a letter to Bai Zhizhi to express his longing for her. He picked up a pen and wrote a loving letter, telling about his love and concern for her, and that he was going to return to Beijing to celebrate the New Year on the first day of the Lunar New Year. He packed the letter and prepared to mail it tomorrow.
The next day, Lu Chuan went to the post office and sent the letter to Liujia Village. He hoped that Bai Zhizhi would feel his love after receiving the letter. At the same time, he also looked forward to returning home as soon as possible during the Spring Festival so that his family could reunite in Beijing.
Around 1975:01 AM on January 06,
After a long journey, they finally arrived at Liujia Village by means of transportation. When the car drove into Liujia Village, Bai Zhizhi saw the familiar scenery and felt the breath of her hometown. Her eyes couldn't help but become moist. It had only been a few months since she last came back, but it felt like several years.
Bai Zhizhi was afraid that when she walked into the village gate, she would see her elderly parents, enthusiastic brothers and sisters-in-law, and nephews and nieces standing outside, blowing in the cold wind, waiting for her family of four. Fortunately, the reality was not like that. After all, the winter in Province C is really colder than that in Province W. But she still saw Father Bai and Brother Bai wearing the down jackets, cotton gloves, and cotton hats she gave them, waiting for her, and her heart was filled with warmth.
Leading the triplets, he walked forward and shouted: "Dad, big brother, you have been waiting for a long time, right? Let's go back quickly. By the way, Yu Yu, Xiao Yu Mao, Xiao Tuan Zi, this is your grandpa, your uncle."
Old Da Lu Chenyu carried a small package and shouted: "Grandpa, uncle"
The second child, Lu Lingyu: "Grandpa, uncle, I am Little Feather"
The third child, Bai Chenxi: "Grandpa, uncle, I am Xiaotuanzi, the youngest brother"
Father Bai: "Okay, be good, let grandpa take you back. Your grandma has prepared a lot of delicious food waiting for you."
Bai Dong: "Okay, kids, give me the things. Come, Xiao Yu Mao, uncle will carry you back."
Bai Zhizhi looked at the scene without feeling awkward. She quickly took the eldest child and the luggage and walked back, while the third child was led by Bai's father.
When they walked into the house, just as she expected, the whole family was ecstatic, especially Bai's mother, who was so happy that she cried, as if she and her children had not been home for a long time.
Bai Zhizhi looked at the table filled with delicious food, some of which were dry goods she had taken out from the space, and thought that it seemed that they were still reluctant to eat them. So she took the triplets and called people one by one, and everyone sat at the table and prepared to have breakfast.
The family sat together, sharing each other's lives while eating. Bai Zhizhi told her family about her life in Wuyang County and the interesting stories of her three children's growth. Everyone listened with great interest and laughed continuously.
Although the triplets were so young, they had self-esteem, so the eldest one soon interrupted what his mother was saying. The children, wanting to make their relatives forget the ugly things Bai Zhizhi had just said, gathered around their grandparents and uncles and told them about the interesting things and competitions at school.
Fortunately, the villagers don’t have to go to work in the winter, so everyone ate while listening to what happened to the triplets at school. They cooperated with them and the whole family was in a happy atmosphere, spending a wonderful morning together.
In the next few days, Bai Zhizhi accompanied her parents to visit relatives, feeling the strong hometown atmosphere. She also helped with cooking and housework, enjoying the warm time with her family.
Yesterday she was still thinking about going home for three days, but she hadn't gone to the mountains yet to take a walk. She wanted to see if she could catch as many preys as before since she hadn't had time to stretch her muscles in the past few months. Now it was a matter of verifying the effect.
Fortunately, we hunted a lot of prey yesterday (1 wild boar, 5 hares, 8 pheasants, 5 nests of pheasant eggs, a total of 64 eggs), and picked a Ganoderma lucidum that was estimated to be 20 years old; unfortunately, the wild boar was a small boar weighing more than kilograms, so we went home.
However, Brother Bai Da and Brother Bai Er also hunted a few pheasants and rabbits, so they had meat and vegetables for the week.
The three of them took the pheasants, rabbits and pheasant eggs back first, then secretly hid the wild boar, and waited until dark to go back to the mountains to bring it back.
The three people returned home and gave the prey they had hunted to Bai's mother and sisters-in-law, then went to pack up their clothes. When it was dark, they went to the mountains to bring back the wild boar they had hunted. Last night, the three men and four women secretly used flashlights to cut the wild boar into pieces. In the end, after subtracting the pig's blood, there were a total of 102 pounds. Bai's mother and the others smeared salt on it. Although it was very cold, they were still afraid that the meat would go bad.
So today, Bai Zhizhi just finished recalling what happened yesterday and wanted to ask why she had forgotten to tell her father and mother that she was going to Beijing to celebrate the New Year after coming back for so long. Ran spared her head and said, "Dad, Mom, I came back this time to take you to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. If you agree, I will go to the county bus station with my second brother to buy tickets tomorrow."
Before Mr. Bai responded, Mother Bai said, "Zhizhi, if our whole family goes to Beijing, where will we have a place to live?"
Father Bai also reacted now, and then he looked at his daughter following Mother Bai's words, waiting for her reply.
Bai Zhi was not surprised at all and responded calmly: "We bought a courtyard house in Beijing. It has five entrances and many rooms, enough for everyone to live in. We just need to buy some daily necessities when the time comes."
Bai's father and mother looked at each other and said with a smile, "That's fine. Our family will go to Beijing to celebrate the New Year and see the world." Bai Zhizhi smiled happily. She had been worried that her parents would be unwilling to go to Beijing, but she didn't expect them to agree so readily.
So at lunch today, Bai's father and mother talked about going to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. Everyone was very happy to hear it, at least they could show off that they had been to Beijing when they returned to the village. Afterwards, everyone ate harmoniously at the table.
The next day, Bai Zhizhi and her second brother went to the county bus station together, because train tickets can only be purchased at the city railway station, bus station and county bus station. This is probably for the convenience of the people so that they can go nearby.
When the two siblings entered the station, they saw a lot of people buying tickets. After calculating how many train tickets they needed, they waited in line for a long time before they bought tickets to Beijing. They bought a total of 12 sleeper tickets and spent 172.8 yuan.
PS: Although the second child of Bai Erge’s family and the second child of the eldest family are older than the triplets, their height does not meet the ticket purchase standard, so they did not buy one.
Bai Zhizhi held 12 train tickets, her heart full of anticipation. She couldn't wait to go to Beijing with her family to celebrate the New Year.
After the two rode their bicycles back to Liujia Village, Bai Zhizhi once again felt the strong rural atmosphere. This time she saw the villagers and their families cleaning their houses, buying New Year's goods, and preparing to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
A week passed quickly. During this week, Bai Zhizhi took the children to visit the elders and relatives in the village. When everyone saw how cute the triplets were, they all praised Bai Zhizhi for her good education.
Bai Zhizhi also received a letter from the male protagonist Lu Chuan. After just taking a look at it, she shyly threw the letter into the system space. On the seventh day, which was the 22nd day of the lunar year, she boarded a train to Beijing with her parents and brothers. When they arrived, it was also the day before the New Year's Eve.
Along the way, Bai Zhizhi and her family rented a tractor, and the whole family squeezed in and found it was just full. Fortunately, the children were still young, and everyone was talking and laughing, looking forward to spending a happy Spring Festival in Beijing.
Because it would take more than a day to travel between the two places by train, and their train was at around five in the afternoon, they would arrive at their destination, Beijing Railway Station, at around two in the afternoon of the next day. Bai Zhizhi, Bai Da Ge and the second brother were each responsible for a carriage and took them out of the station.
After checking the packages, money, tickets, and children, Bai Zhizhi and her family left the train station. When they wanted to take a taxi back, they saw Brother Lu and Brother Lu waiting for them outside the door. Then they told Bai's father that Brother Lu Chuan and Brother Lu were coming to pick them up.
After Bai Zhizhi introduced both parties, they took a jeep to the military district family compound in Beijing.
Because Bai Zhizhi and Bai's father were sitting in Second Brother Lu's car, Second Brother Lu didn't say anything after asking about Lu Chuan. After all, it was difficult for the two to say anything given their identities.
Sitting in Brother Lu's car, the families of Brother Bai and Brother Bai II felt very embarrassed, fearing that they might say something bad, and the children did not dare to move.
After returning to the family compound, Mr. and Mrs. Lu went shopping for groceries and cooked early, waiting for the third son's mother-in-law and his wife to return.
Bai Zhizhi introduced both sets of parents and grandparents. Grandpa Lu and Grandma Lu were the hosts and had to welcome the in-laws to come and celebrate the New Year, and everyone sat down to eat.
After Bai Zhizhi gave the triplets a look, they quickly introduced each other to their cousins, and the atmosphere was not so awkward afterwards.
After lunch, the atmosphere in the Bai family was not so tense anymore, and they chatted with Mr. and Mrs. Lu about things in the village.
The dirty bowls and chopsticks from lunch were cleaned up by Bai Zhizhi, Sister Lu and Sister Lu. The four of them, Sister Bai and others, cleaned up the table together. After they cleaned up the table, they distributed the gifts and specialties for Sister Lu and the others.
Seeing that it was getting late, Bai Zhizhi decided not to disturb Father Lu and the others from their lunch break. She stood up, said goodbye to Grandpa Lu and the others, and then took the Bai family back to the courtyard house she had bought some time ago.
The Bai family finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the courtyard, and began to clean the house as a whole family. However, Bai Zhizhi told her father and the others that she was going to buy some daily necessities and would be back later.
Bai Zhizhi put down her things and the child, then walked out of the courtyard and quickly entered the system space at the corner. She went to the warehouse to look for a while, and after finding daily necessities, she took a spiritual spring bath in the bathroom, waiting to come out when the time came.
After coming out, Bai Zhizhi carried the things back to the family compound. After telling her father what these things were used for, she went back to the house to sleep.
Father Bai and the others didn't have any concerns. After all, a long train ride was really tiring, so everyone packed their daily necessities and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was time for the Bai family to go back. Bai Zhizhi waited from the first night of the New Year to the second day but did not see Lu Chuan, guessing he had gone out on a mission.
During this week, Bai Zhizhi took the children and the Bai family to visit parks, the Forbidden City, the museum, Houhai Street, Wangfu Street, Kyoto University, Peking University, Tiananmen Square, raise the red flag, visit the Great Wall, eat roast duck, try Inagawa desserts, buy clothes, local specialties, etc. They also went to the movies during the Spring Festival and went to the Lu family to pay New Year's greetings. Of course, the children were not brought along because they were afraid that the other party would give them red envelopes, but Lu's father and mother gave the children's red envelopes when Bai's mother and others left.
When the Bai family was about to go back, Mr. and Mrs. Lu prepared two large packages for them. They wanted to refuse, but Grandpa Lu used his authority as an elder to force Mrs. Bai to accept them.
After Bai Zhizhi sent the Bai family back to Liujia Village, she prepared to return to Wuyang County. After all, she hadn't seen Lu Chuan for about half a month and missed him very much.
When I returned to Wuyang County, it was January 1975, 01, two weeks before the start of the elementary school term.
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Bai Zhizhi did not go back to either side to celebrate the New Year in these two years. She was in Wuyang County because she got unexpectedly pregnant and gave birth to a little son. She named him Lu Chenxi, who is over one year old this year. He looks exactly like Lu Chuan, even more like him than the eldest and second oldest sons. He is a complete copy and paste version of Lu Chuan.
Bai Zhizhi found out she was pregnant when she was preparing for class in the office. She accidentally got tired and discovered that she was pregnant. Lu Chuan wanted to have an abortion, but she didn't want to. After all, her body had recovered and the child came with great difficulty. It was fate. So, Bai Zhizhi was pregnant while teaching, and only took leave to give birth when she was about to give birth.
When Lu Chuan told the parents of both parties, they were very happy to send things over, and the system also rewarded them.
The triplets also loved their little brother very much. They would check on him every day, fearing that their youngest son would not recognize them.
However, their current course load is very heavy, because they were upgraded to junior high school students last year, and junior high school students have six courses.