sbdcsierra Chapter 1891 Going to BJ
Chapter 1891 Going to BJ
Chapter 1891 Going to BJ
Ye Xiaoxi felt that the matter was already settled, and after hanging up the phone, she even started to ask her father for credit.
She took Ye's father's arm, beaming, "Grandpa, I had to step in. See, it's almost done! When Dad comes in a few days, you can say a few words too."
"What are you saying? Your father will take us if he has time. If he doesn't, we can't bother him. He's too busy." Mother Ye rolled her eyes at the grandmother and grandson.
The grandfather and grandson exchanged a glance and chuckled awkwardly.
"You act on a whim, going outside in this sweltering heat. Isn't it comfortable at home?"
"Running around all day isn't enough, you have to go to Beijing too. Can't you stay at home? The old and the young are the same."
"One muttered a few words, and the other actually took it seriously and went to do it. Before I could even see him, he was already heading to Beijing."
Ye's father was too embarrassed to say anything after being scolded, since he was the one who started it all.
Seeing his cowardly appearance, Ye Xiaoxi could only smile apologetically and pour tea for her mother. "Have some water, and you can continue. You can curse all you want. After you're done cursing, we'll go to Beijing, Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall, Tsinghua and Peking Universities, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace together in a couple of days."
"The Summer Palace used to be the Empress Dowager's private garden, a place only for nobles. Now that we're here, we're nobles too!"
"You have to visit it at least once in your life, right? It's the capital. We were born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. Without the great men who fought to establish the country, we wouldn't have the peaceful and happy life we have now."
Mr. Ye looked at her approvingly, "The child is right. While she is still able to walk, of course she should go and see. However, it can only be done when Dongzi is free. We'll talk about it when Dongzi comes."
"Don't you find it hot?"
Father Ye shook his head, "You don't mind the heat, otherwise you'll complain about the cold when winter comes."
Spring and autumn come and go.
Ye Xiaoxi protested, "I don't have any holidays in spring and autumn because I have to teach. You can't sneak off behind my back. I have to follow you around and take care of you."
Mother Ye chuckled, "That sounds nice, but it's not certain who will take care of whom."
“I’m young and have good legs, so I can run errands for you, buy you tickets, food and drinks, and fan you. That’s how I take care of you.”
She smiled and nodded, "That is indeed quite useful."
"Of course."
"We'll have to wait until your dad has time."
“Dad is most free now. He’ll be going to sea again in October or November. He said before that he won’t be back until before the New Year after he goes to sea in October. Then the New Year will be here again in the blink of an eye. Why go to Beijing? He just came back from sea and can go back to his hometown to see you. He can also pick me up. Of course he’s free. And we’ll only be gone for five, six or seven days.”
"Then we'll wait until he gets here to see."
Ye Xiaoxi then moved closer to the other old lady, took her arm, and smiled happily.
"Grandma, my dad will be back in a couple of days. Aren't you happy?"
"Happy, happy."
"Let my dad take you on a plane to Beijing too..."
The old lady laughed and shook her head, "How could I go? I have trouble even walking out of this door. You all go, all of you go, and come back and take pictures for me to see. I can just look at the pictures."
Mr. Ye nodded repeatedly, "It's good enough to have photos to look at. There weren't any photos back then. Only wealthy families could afford to take photos, and they were all black and white. Now, color photos are just as good as seeing them in person."
The old lady rolled her eyes at him, her cloudy eyes saying, "Then why don't you stay home and keep me company? Anyway, seeing a picture is no different from seeing it in person."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Mr. Ye smacked his lips, feeling as if he had said something wrong, making it seem as if he didn't want her to go.
But it's true, at this age, why would you want to go on a long trip?
Don't even mention Beijing, it's hard to even walk to the village entrance. You're lucky if you can even get to your doorstep and bask in the sun.
The twins had been whispering to each other in the corner for a long time. After everyone had finished laughing, they sidled up to Pei Yu and said, "Sister, let's tell Mom and Dad we're going to Beijing together. Uncle's back, so Dad will definitely be back too. If Uncle has time, Dad will definitely have even more time!"
"Then you go and tell them."
"No problem, we've got it covered! We'll talk to Mom later, and if she agrees, Dad will definitely be fine with it too."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little more hopeful, and they all dared to think about Beijing.
Mother Ye gave them a few words of advice, "It's still a long way off, so don't tell anyone when you go out, or people will laugh at you if you don't go."
The twins answered in unison, "We know."
Pei Zuo added, "I'll tell you more once it's confirmed that I'm going. They'll be so envious then, hahaha."
Ye Xiaoxi said with a grin, "If I go with my dad and the others and your parents take Xiaoyu but not you two, you'll cry your eyes out."
The two clenched their little fists, excitedly shouting, "Why weren't we included!"
"Because you guys are passable brothers! Hahahaha~"
Pei Yu also laughed heartily.
"hateful."
The two brothers gritted their teeth.
"I'm going to do my homework now. Once I'm done, I can go play in Beijing without worry!"
Ye Xiaoxi found her motivation to do her homework again. She happily hummed a song as she ran upstairs, feeling completely confident.
Anyway, as long as Dad agrees, Mom has no objections, and as long as Dad isn't busy, he'll definitely take them there; it'll only be for a week.
It takes him four or five days to travel back and forth to his hometown, and even if he stays at home for just two or three days, it will still take him a week.
If you squeeze in some time, you can get it.
If we don't go now, Grandpa will get old and end up like Grandma, unable to go anywhere and will regret it.
Ye Xiaoxi has already figured out her father's feelings.
What a happy summer vacation! I have writing material again!
Hmm~ I can save two posts to write when I get back from Beijing!
After hanging up the phone with her, Ye Yaodong looked at the phone and chuckled. Then he picked up the calendar and flipped through it, planning whether the timing would work out.
During these two months of typhoon season, he did have some free time, but the weather was a bit hot, and he had never been on a plane before!
I thought back for a moment, and I don't recall any plane crashes when I went to Beijing, not even in the 90s, so this place is safe.
He stared at the date on the calendar and thought that going in the middle or late part of the month and returning around the 20th would be fine.
I'll go home in a couple of days to discuss and confirm the dates, then stay home for two or three days before heading back to Shanghai to catch my flight...
Lin Xiuqing came downstairs and saw him pointing at the calendar. "What are you doing?"
“Your daughter and her dad want to go to Beijing. They just mentioned it on the phone. They want to go before school starts and come back before school starts again.”
"Huh? Why are you suddenly making this decision? Why did you suddenly decide to go to Beijing?"
“Your daughter said that my dad was drinking and bragging to people that I wanted to take him to Beijing and take him on a plane. She thought that while they are still young and can still walk, it would be a good time to take them out. She also has free time during the summer vacation. She can take pictures and show them to the old lady. Otherwise, the old lady is already old and can’t walk anymore, but at least she can look at the pictures now.”
"That makes some sense."
"So I'm checking the dates now. If I really want to go, I'll have to book the tickets in advance. The environment is much better now, and ordinary people can fly. Ten years ago, it wasn't so easy to get a flight."
"Yeah, ordinary people couldn't afford to fly before, so you're really planning to take the old and the young with you?"
“It’s not me, it’s us. If we’re going, the whole family should go together. Let’s bring Chenghu and Yangyang along for a week and come back before school starts.”
Lin Xiuqing hesitated for a moment, "I've never been on a plane before, I'm afraid to fly, I'm scared..."
"Don't be afraid, it's very safe. In the past, you needed an approval slip from your work unit to buy a plane ticket. Only employees of public institutions, government officials, and government officials could fly there. Imagine what would happen if there was an accident?"
"Then I'm scared too."
"Just consider it an experience; my dad is really looking forward to it."
"I'm looking forward to it now, so I don't get too scared to get on the plane."
"If you have no objections, then you should arrange your work in the next couple of days, and then inform your two sons. I'm thinking of going home the day after tomorrow to confirm the dates of departure and return, and then call someone to buy plane tickets."
"You're really going..."
After saying all that, Lin Xiuqing was still hesitant, mainly because it was all too sudden. In such a short time, they were saying they were going to go to Beijing. It was too abrupt, and she wasn't prepared at all.
"Let me think about it."
"What are you thinking? There's nothing to hesitate about. We're going as a family. I've never been to Beijing before, and I'm curious too."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes. "You want to go too? No wonder you agreed immediately when your daughter mentioned it."
"Of course, don't tell me you don't want to go to Beijing, Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall, or the Forbidden City?"
"I do want to..."
"Alright then, let's do it this way."
Ye Yaodong acted on his thoughts immediately. He pulled Lin Xiuqing to sit down and said, "Take a look and see which day is more suitable to go and which day to return."
"Come back early, don't get stuck on September 1st, then you definitely won't have finished all your assignments..."
The couple, heads close together, discussed something while holding the calendar.
Before long, the two of them had made a preliminary decision: to go on the 20th and return on the 28th. They would have to catch flights and keep up with the itinerary for the first and last two days, and spend about 6 days sightseeing in between. They would spend one day in each place, and if they were tired, they could take a day off.
They're not exactly idle these days; otherwise, they could rent a place for a month and leisurely explore at their own pace.
Around this time, after he returned to Zhoushan, he told his two sons about it one after the other.
The two reacted in unison, their eyes widening in surprise and then filled with excitement and joy.
Ye Chenghu wanted to bring her boyfriend along, but Ye Yaodong refused when he saw that he wasn't there.
When they went on a family trip, Zheng Shuya wasn't considered family yet, so it was inconvenient to take her everywhere. Sometimes it was awkward, since they were all family members. Suddenly having an outsider mixed in was something they couldn't be too lenient with, nor could they be too harsh with.
Ye Chenghu didn't insist. If they didn't want to go, they could go on their own when they had saved up enough money.
Ye Chengyang, seizing the opportunity, wanted to go back to his hometown with him to pick up the person.
"It doesn't matter whether the fisherman has me or not. If I go back with you, I can visit my old lady at home. She probably won't remember my name again and will call me Ah Hai."
DYD and the fishing boats from the high seas have returned and haven't gone out to sea again, but the Dong Sheng fishing boat from the nearshore area still went. Now that the typhoon has just passed and the sea is calm, the nearshore boats have started going again.
The fishing moratorium has now ended and the fishing season has reopened, so it doesn't affect fishing boats in the nearshore waters.
The Dong Sheng fishing boat is close to the coast and can make a round trip in a day, unlike other large fishing boats where even a small change in fuel costs can be exorbitant.
Ye Yaodong thought it was a good idea; he could go home with him for a few days and then go to Shanghai together.
"Then you should get ready and go back tomorrow. Your brother is indulging in his new relationship, so just leave him be."
Ye Chengyang pouted, "Beauty leads to trouble. They're always sticky and clingy, and I don't know what's so fun about it."
Ha, this one hasn't figured it out yet.
"Okay, just ignore him."
The next day, the father and son boarded a boat to go home, unaware that Ye Chenghu was still working at the factory.
He hadn't seen his father and Ye Chengyang all day, and was thinking about asking about their trip to Beijing, so he remembered to ask. But when he asked, he found out that the two had gone back to their hometown. He was furious and called home.
But they haven't arrived home yet; they're still at sea.
Ye Chengyang got to slack off again.
Back then, he actually spent two whole months at sea, unlike Ye Chengyang who is so fortunate now, able to rest all the time.
Ye Yaodong's friends also went back to his hometown with him. After all, A-Zheng wanted to come back to worship Mazu and ask for a small statue of Mazu. The other two also wanted to come back to see their wives and children and pick them up.
The whole family is now eagerly awaiting Ye Yaodong's return.
Ye Xiaoxi finished her summer homework very quickly, almost all of it in two days.
She also sent the village children to keep watch at the village entrance, so that they would immediately report to her father when he entered the village.
"Sister Xiaoxi, your father is back! Sister Xiaoxi, your father is back..."
At midday, a group of children rushed to his door, shouting and yelling.
Ye Xiaoxi was leaning back on the sofa watching TV, feeling drowsy, when she suddenly jumped up with a start.
"Dad's back!"
She grabbed a few pieces of Tang Monk's flesh from the table, ran out and distributed them to the group of children who had brought the news. The children excitedly rushed forward, grabbed the pieces, and ran off to divide them up.
The old lady followed behind her, leaning on her cane and smiling.
"Go and call your grandpa and the others back..."
"Oh right...you guys hurry back and go find my grandpa and grandma. Tell them my dad is back and ask them to come home."
"Okay, Sister Xiaoxi, we'll go right now!"
The children ran excitedly under the blazing sun.
They are all a group of warm-hearted people, at the age where they love to help others with chores, and they don't mind the heat.
Ye Xiaoxi didn't know where her parents had gone in the middle of the day, but the group of children certainly did. They searched around and asked around, and soon they found them.
Before Ye Yaodong even reached the door, Ye Xiaoxi was already waving at the door.
"Dad, I'll tell you when you're almost home, so I'm coming out to greet you right away."
"Nonsense, I heard those kids shouting at the village entrance that Sister Xiaoxi's dad is back. Go and tell them."
"Hahahaha...those are all my spies!"
"Dongzi's back, and Ahai's back too? Whose son is this young man? Is he married?"
Ye Chengyang: He knew he was going to be called Ah Hai again.
Another young man, Pei Guang, couldn't hold back any longer. He laughed and said, "I've come to marry Hui Mei."
"what?"
"Marry one and take four with you, this is such a good deal."
P.S.: There was a traffic jam on the way, so I got home late.
(End of this chapter)