Although there were many cable cars, they didn't go all the way, and there were still many steps to walk.
Not to mention Han Shuzhen and Zeng Honglin, even Zeng Jingchu couldn't walk anymore.
Zeng Jingchu hurried to catch up with Tian Jing and asked her how far it was.
When Tian Jing told him they had only walked a tenth of the way, his legs went weak.
Tian Jing pointed to the cable car station: "Go there and call for sedan bearers. There are palanquins to sit on."
Seeing the so-called palanquins, Han Shuzhen still sat on one, muttering.
Zeng Honglin was a little embarrassed, feeling it was too undignified to be carried up the mountain.
Zeng Jingchu pushed his father onto a palanquin to sit, and he himself also sat on a palanquin:
"Mom and Dad, don't you realize that Eldest Brother is climbing the mountain without his face flushing or his breath shortening?"
"His body was not only trained by doing everything himself, but also healed by Yuan Man."
"You should look more at the benefits Eldest Brother has gained, and don't be critical with a capitalist's eye. Otherwise, Tian Jing will drive you away."
Mentioning Tian Jing, Han Shuzhen shut up.
She actually had more complaints about Li Zhengguo, but could she say them? Dare she?
However, she took the opportunity to be critical.
She wasn't unaware that everything on this path had nothing to do with Yuan Feng.
What she was unhappy about was that Li Zhengguo was just a village chief.
In his forties, with no prospects.
There were sedan bearers for every section of the mountain path with steps. With cable cars and palanquins alternately, they finally reached their destination before noon.
It was Zeng Jingchu's first time here, but there was no time for sightseeing now.
They climbed the sky-ladder-like steps to Eagle's Beak.
Zeng Honglin and Han Shuzhen's legs were trembling.
Zeng Jingchu and his cousin each took one to walk into the cave.
When they saw the cave, it was filled with warm decorations everywhere.
Zeng Honglin sighed deeply, "Forget it, as the son grows, he doesn't listen to the mother. As long as Jingliang likes it. Everything here shows the expectations of the two for the future."
Han Shuzhen didn't speak. She went out of the cave and sat by the stone table.
Zeng Honglin sat opposite his wife, "What's wrong?"
Han Shuzhen wiped her eyes, "It's like sending off a daughter, reluctant to part. From now on, Jingliang will be a member of the Yuan family."
Zeng Honglin comforted her, "Times have changed. Girls nowadays often go back to their parents' home after getting married."
Han Shuzhen shook her head, "Yuan Feng looks at me with indifference. She doesn't have a good impression of me. She must know."
"Tian Jing will never forgive me in this life, and Yuan Feng will never consider the Zeng family as her home."
"I've been muttering all the way, but I can't get back what I've lost and what I'm losing."
"Looking at the different scenery along the way, I feel like I'm seeing a short lifetime."
"I know that even if Jingchu doesn't want to find a wife, he won't be able to accompany us often in the future."
"When we go back, you will completely let go and arrange our future plans."
"There will be no one else in this plan, only the two of us."
"Okay!" Zeng Honglin nodded, "It's worth coming this trip if you can completely let go."
With all the knots in her heart untied, Han Shuzhen felt completely relaxed and found everything pleasing to the eye.
Zeng Honglin, who had always followed his wife's lead, had a relaxed smile on his face. After more than thirty years, his wife had finally let go completely.
When Zeng Jingchu found his parents, they were strolling on the boardwalk in front of the wooden building, admiring the early blooming peonies by the roadside.
"Mom and Dad, the banquet has started. As the main guests, you aren't here."
At the banquet, Tian Jing was arranged in the host's seat.
The real host was cooking, and she, as the bride's former leader, was right to accompany the main guests.
It's just that the main guest had changed. The enthusiastic and cheerful host took the initiative to serve her food:
"Jingjing, try this. It looks good just by its appearance."
"Jingjing, this should taste good too."
"Jingjing..."
Tian Jing: "..."
Sitting at the grand banquet as the host, she couldn't lose her temper.
Moreover, in Han Shuzhen's smile, there was no hint of the closeness and appeasement that she disliked.
What happened?
Li Zhengguo, who was accompanying Zeng Honglin, had the same doubt.
Before, he had never met Zeng Honglin and Han Shuzhen. Just because his wife disliked them, he also disliked them.
After this couple arrived, they were approachable and exchanged a lot of information with the villagers.
He wasn't oblivious to the critical eyes of this couple when they were welcomed up the mountain in the morning.
Did they change as soon as they entered the valley?
He didn't believe it.
Zeng Honglin seemed to understand what he was thinking and gave him a comment: "The scenery along the way is very beautiful. People with different mindsets gain different rewards."
Scenery?
But it was specifically planted by his wife.
A few years ago, after sowing seeds along the way according to the colors and shapes of the rainbow, they had stopped tending to them.
They had grown freely for four years.
Last year, Magistrate Ji, who saw the tail end of the blooming season, also commented that the roadside scenery was very distinctive and seemed to contain life philosophy.
On both sides of the mountain road were flowers of various colors.
Below the cable cars were green grasslands. What philosophy? He didn't see any.
After a hearty meal and joyful entertainment, Zhou Chengbun accompanied the Zeng family of four to visit various small attractions.
Li Zhengguo quietly told his wife what Zeng Honglin had said.
Tian Jing pondered, "Could it be because we have gone through so much? Ask Zeng Jingrong. If he doesn't feel anything, perhaps the team members who have undergone training won't feel anything either."
As expected, Zeng Jingrong also didn't feel anything different about the flowers and grass. The flowers were just bright colors, and the grass was green.
Since it could inspire ordinary people, Tian Jing decided not to tidy them up anymore and let the flowers grow freely. It would be more beautiful to string together the colors.
In the afternoon, Zeng Jingrong gave Tian Jing a task and then returned to his team.
Zeng Jingchu planned to stay on the mountain with his parents.
Li Zhengguo stayed on the mountain to do another inspection. It was almost opening, and he wasn't at ease.
Tian Jing took her daughter and younger son, and went down the mountain with the villagers who had come for the wedding.
The next day, Sunday, she took her daughter to tidy up the courtyard house themselves. All the items in the east room were packed into boxes.
She called Xiao Mai and Ouyang Meihua to help, and replaced all the furniture like beds and wardrobes.
Ouyang Meihua reached out and touched Tian Jing's forehead, "You don't have a fever, do you?"
Li Weili, who was wiping the furniture with a rag, kindly reminded her aunt, "My mother plans to invite my grandmother to live with us."
Ouyang Meihua was stunned, "Does Grandma want to?"
"Why wouldn't she?" Tian Jing gave her a sideways glance, "I'll go invite her. She worked hard for us for nearly twenty years. What's wrong with me inviting her to live with us?"
Ouyang Meihua pouted, "Aren't you short of someone to clean and cook?"
"Bah! You can't say anything good from your dog's mouth." Tian Jing pretended to spit at her, "I plan to do the housework myself."
"Oh~" Ouyang Meihua said sarcastically, "Is that hand of yours meant for doing chores? You haven't farmed or done housework for years."
Tian Jing glared at her, "Wasn't the cleaning in my bedroom done by you? Get to work and stop babbling."
After tidying up the east room, Tian Jing took her daughter to the small Western-style building to invite her mother-in-law to live in the courtyard house.
Mother Li was somewhat reluctant to leave the Western-style building, as she was used to living at the end of the village.
Tian Jing and her daughter forcibly packed things for her mother-in-law.
Ouyang Meihua came over and laughed, "Is this how you invite her?"
After speaking, regardless of how Tian Jing glared at her, she chattered on about how she had done free labor that morning.
Mother Li's smile visibly widened.
Tian Jing urged her younger son upstairs to come down quickly, and then to rush Ouyang Meihua to buy vegetables from the greenhouse: "We'll eat at the courtyard house tonight. I'll show you my skills."
Ouyang Meihua happily accepted the task, saying that she was just there to see if she could get a free meal. Without greenhouse cultivation, she was bored to death.
Tian Jing retorted unhappily, "Can't you save some? Now you have to buy vegetables to eat."
Ouyang Meihua turned and left, "I'm not planting them for you to eat. Why don't you plant them? Why is the first floor of the courtyard house empty?"