After eating the stinky tofu, it was almost nine o'clock when they returned to the guesthouse. They took a shower again. They didn't need to catch the bus early the next day, so they slept until they woke up naturally.

I walked around the city in the morning, went to Teacher Zhao's house for a sumptuous lunch at noon, and then went to the bus station to take the bus back to Nanxi County at around 1:00 p.m.

Ji Bingqing called her parents' home in the morning. Now is the busiest time of the year, the double-harvest season, and everyone is busy harvesting rice in the fields. They didn't ask their family to come to the county town to pick them up, but agreed to go home for dinner in the evening.

It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the county town after a bumpy ride. Both children were exhausted from the shaking. Tuantuan, who was usually quite talkative, was quite quiet the whole time, leaning in his father's arms and quietly looking at the scenery outside.

"arrive."

The Ji Luo sisters carried their two children on their backs, while the two men were responsible for carrying the luggage. There were seven or eight suitcases and travel bags of various sizes.

As they dragged their luggage to the station entrance, the tractor driver in the team waved at them: "Ji Luo, Ji Bingqing."

"Uncle Yang."

Ji Bingqing walked forward quickly with the child on her back and asked with a smile, "Uncle Yang, why are you here?"

"The captain asked me to pick you up."

Uncle Yang saw that they had a lot of luggage and immediately came over to help carry it. "Luckily I'm here, otherwise it would be very difficult for you to walk back with so much stuff and the children."

"Uncle Yang, thank you for your hard work." Chen Zhifeng threw the luggage into the carriage and took out a pack of cigarettes for him, "Uncle Yang, take this and smoke."

"Director Chen gave me such good cigarettes, I won't be polite to you." Uncle Yang joked.

Chen Zhifeng chuckled, "Rong Yan gave it to me. He brought it from Kyoto."

Ren Rongyan doesn't usually smoke, but he always carries cigarettes in his pocket when he goes out. He took out his lighter and lit Uncle Yang's cigarette. "Uncle Yang, it's the busy farming season. Thank you for your hard work."

"You're welcome."

Uncle Yang took two puffs of his cigarette and looked at the two babies, his eyes landing on Tuan Tuan, "Ji Luo, your child is growing well. What kind of precious food are you feeding him to make him so plump and white?"

"A kid who grew up eating white rice." Ji Luo chuckled and taught his son: "Tuan Tuan, say hello to grandpa."

"Hello, Grandpa." Tuantuan called out in a crisp voice.

"good."

Tuantuan called people generously, but little Zhaohui was much more shy and hid in his mother's arms when he saw strangers.

After the two men loaded all the luggage into the car, Uncle Yang immediately started the tractor and carried them back to the production team under the scorching sun.

As soon as the tractor arrived at the entrance of the village, the Ji family members who were harvesting rice in the fields put down their work and ran to pick them up, covered in mud. Li Shufen and Li Hongjuan ran in the front and shouted from a distance.

The hot summer sun was very strong, and it felt like a scorching heat when it hit the skin. They only wore straw hats while working in the fields, and their skin was tanned.

"round and round."

Ji Sanlin ran back barefoot, his body covered in mud, but his mental state was much better than before. When he saw his grandson, he asked, "Do you still remember Grandpa?"

Tuantuan has no recollection of it, but he heard his mother call out, "Grandpa."

"Hey."

Ji Sanlin wanted to hug him, but his hands were all covered in mud. He rubbed his hands several times but couldn't get them clean. In the end, he didn't reach out to hug him and said, "Ji Luo, you guys sit down at Second Uncle's house and rest for a while. Use the fan. We still have a lot of work to do today. The team leader heard from the weather forecast that it will rain in the next two days. We have to hurry up and harvest all the rice today and dry it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, go get busy."

Ji Luo had just greeted the elders, and now his eyes fell on the Ji Wenwu brothers. He also took the initiative to talk to them: "You two have grown a lot taller."

"Sister Luo." The Ji Wenwu brothers smiled and looked at Ren Rongyan: "Brother-in-law."

Ren Rongyan responded, pulled his son's hand, and taught him: "Tuan Tuan, call uncle, big uncle and little uncle."

"Uncle." Tuantuan had never seen them before and looked at them with curiosity.

"Hey."

The Ji Wenwu brothers responded, looking somewhat reserved and with a hint of obvious embarrassment.

Li Shufen took out the key and opened the door, calling them: "Zhifeng, Bingqing, don't stay in the sun. Bring the children inside to get some shade. Don't expose the two children to the sun."

Ji Erlin took out the fan his daughter had mailed back and plugged in the hair dryer. "Bingqing, Ji Luo, bring the children to use the fan."

Ren Rongyan and his colleagues moved all the luggage into the house. The production team was in the rush of harvesting, and it was not easy for two strong laborers like them to rest at home. After packing their luggage, they took off their shirts and went to the fields to help work with their bare chests.

Tuantuan watched them leave, looked around the unfamiliar place, and asked her, "Mom, where is this?"

"This is my second grandfather's house and my aunt's house. Mom and my aunt were both born and raised here. The sun is very strong now. Mom will take you outside to play later."

Ji Bingqing just walked around the house and said with a smile: "Sister Luo, my dad painted the house inside and outside, and built a utility room and pigpen next door. The house is very spacious now."

"It was a wise decision to split up and move here." Ji Luo winked at her.

They rested for a while at home and took their two children out for a walk. Ji Luo took Tuantuan to the team to borrow a phone to call her mother-in-law to report that they were safe.

"Ji Luo, Bing Qing, you are back."

The strong laborers in the team were all working in the fields, and the older elders were helping to dry the grain and doing miscellaneous chores in the threshing ground. When they saw the two sisters, many of them took the initiative to talk to them.

Although he hadn't been back for a long time, he knew everyone there. Ji Luo took his son by the hand and went over to greet the elders one by one.

"Mrs. Ji, your two granddaughters and great-grandson are back."

Old Lady Ji was also working on the drying field, but she had just gone home to get some water. When Ji Bingqing saw her, she immediately called out, "Grandma."

"Bingqing, I'm back."

Old Lady Ji smiled and moved her gaze to Ji Luo. She was wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt and shorts. Her skin was fair and clean. She was incredibly pretty and she was completely different from when she was at home.

"Grandma." Ji Luo called out in a very calm tone, and also taught his son: "Tuan Tuan, call me Grandma."

"Zuzu."

Tuantuan had an instinctive aversion to her, but he listened to his mother and called for help.

"Hey." Old Lady Ji had seen his photo before. This great-grandson looked better than in the photo. Seeing them standing in the sun, she said something kindly: "Both children are tender babies. Don't take them out in the sun. Put them under a tree for some shade so they don't get burned."

"Finally you said something sensible." An old woman who liked to argue with her retorted.

"Qian Guihua, you will die if you don't speak." Old Lady Ji retorted to her.

Seeing that they were choking up while talking, Ji Bingqing helplessly advised: "Grandma, stop quarreling."

"I didn't argue with her."

They are used to bickering with each other. Old Lady Ji used to like quarreling with others, but now she is educated and disciplined by her three daughters-in-law in turn. She rarely quarrels with others anymore, but she can't change her habit of gossiping and making trouble.

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