The next day, Yu Ziyu woke up with Li Weibao, as she was returning to Beisheng Province with her mother.
Li Weibao rubbed her messy hair, "Do I still need to sneak away?"
"Definitely not," Yu Ziyu shook her head. "You have to say goodbye to my mother."
In the kitchen, Mother Li had already prepared breakfast.
While Shen Jianrong and her daughter and son-in-law ate breakfast, Mother Li and her youngest son went downstairs to catch pheasants.
When Yu Ziyu was about to leave, she saw that her grandmother had caught twenty pheasants.
The bound pheasants were stuffed under the seats.
Yu Ziyu and her mother's luggage had to be placed in front of the passenger seat.
As the car started, Yu Ziyu, in the passenger seat, stuck her head out to wave goodbye to the Li family. After a few waves, tears couldn't be held back, and she quickly retreated into the car.
Looking at her daughter's tear-streaked face, Shen Jianrong asked, "Ziyu, do you regret it?"
"No regrets," Yu Ziyu shook her head firmly.
Shen Jianrong asked again, "Then why are you still crying? Shouldn't you be looking forward to the next meeting?"
Yu Ziyu froze for a moment, then wiped away her tears, "Thank you, Mom."
Shen Jianrong shook her head, "Do we need to be so polite between us? Mom has experienced this pain. After a long time, with many repetitions, you become numb, you get used to it."
"Treat every parting as the beginning of the next reunion, round and round."
"Mmm-hmm," Yu Ziyu nodded vigorously.
At this moment, her phone rang. She looked down at the number, and a bright smile instantly appeared on her face, "Hello?"
Li Weibao's voice was deep, "Crying?"
"No."
"I'll call you when I have time. You promised me you'd find some happy things to do."
"Mmm, when I get back, I'll go sell cloth shoes with Mom. I'll also help Aunt Cai grow vegetables and raise chickens. By the time you come home, the pheasants will be bigger, and we can slaughter them."
"Okay, feel free to text me anytime, no matter what."
"Mmm-hmm."
Seeing her daughter happily answering the phone, Shen Jianrong felt both heartache and amusement.
She understood the logic, but when faced with the reality, no one could control their emotions.
...
Li Weibao hung up the phone, said goodbye to his grandmother and parents, and left with his luggage.
Li Zhengguo went to work.
Tian Jing went to the nursery to arrange the planting.
The courtyard fell silent. Mother Li sighed and returned to the kitchen to clean up.
Li Weili woke up late. She and Han Lushi went to the second courtyard and only saw their grandmother cleaning in the kitchen. "Grandma, have brother and sister-in-law left?"
The dejected Mother Li immediately smiled, "Yes, you lazy cat overslept?"
Li Weili touched her belly, "It's not me, it's him."
Mother Li said with a scold, "Don't push the blame onto your own child, be careful he becomes like Yan Yan and always goes against your eldest aunt."
"Okay, okay," Li Weili stuck out her tongue. "Is there any breakfast left?"
"Yes, yes. Where will you and Lushi eat?" Mother Li said, putting down her rag and going to wash her hands at the sink to serve the food.
"We'll eat in the kitchen," Li Weili pulled Han Lushi to the counter. "Grandma, we'll do it ourselves. I want to eat dried beans stewed with meat today."
Mother Li nodded happily, "Alright, alright, Grandma will get the dried beans to soak right away."
After Mother Li left the kitchen, Han Lushi lowered his head and asked Li Weili why she was giving Grandma extra work.
Li Weili took out the boiled eggs and small buns from the rice cooker. "You don't understand, the elderly are most afraid of loneliness."
"Especially my grandma, she's used to raising all eight of us, she likes us to gather around her and ask her for food."
"Just now, didn't you see Grandma aimlessly wiping things in the kitchen by herself? It's because her second brother left, the house is not lively anymore, and she's feeling down."
"If I ask for some difficult dishes, she can be busy all morning. When she has something to do, she's happy."
Han Lushi truly didn't understand this, but he also disliked seeing Grandma's earlier state.
"Then we'll come back early. Your due date is in early November. We'll go back and finish the company matters quickly, and try to be back by mid-October."
"Mmm-hmm," Li Weili nodded in agreement. "This time when we go back, we'll speed things up. You have to help me."
Han Lushi chuckled, "Assign me a position."
Li Weili smiled sweetly at him, "The general manager's personal secretary, how about that?"
Han Lushi nodded, "Very good, it suits me perfectly."
Mother Li came back from the front yard with a large bunch of dried beans and turned on the gas stove to boil water to soak them.
She said to her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, who were eating, "Lili, aren't you going to take Lushi to play at the hot spring valley?"
Before Li Weili could speak, Han Lushi quickly replied,
"Grandma, the hot spring valley is right there, I can go play anytime."
"Lili's belly isn't suitable for crowds. After the baby is born, we'll find another opportunity to play."
Mentioning the baby, Mother Li asked again, "When are you two coming back? Will the baby stay at home after Lili finishes her confinement? Or will you take them to Kyoto?"
Li Weili waved her hand, "Leave them at home for Grandma to raise. We'll try to be back in October."
"Good, good, good," Mother Li's face was full of smiles. "Grandma will take good care of him."
Han Lushi felt a mix of hesitation and happiness. If the baby stayed with the Li family, he would only see Lili when he went to Kyoto.
But with the baby at the Li family's, he could visit the baby anytime he had the chance.
Li Weili gently kicked him. He quickly nodded, "Then we'll trouble Grandma."
"No trouble, no trouble," Grandma Li shook her head. "My body is still strong, and I can help you raise the child."
"When Hao Hao and the others have children, Grandma will raise them too. Four generations under one roof, Grandma will be happy, haha."
Mother Li's mood completely shifted from loneliness to joy at the thought of holding her great-grandchild in a few months.
Seeing Grandma's genuine happiness, Li Weili was also happy.
"Grandma, you must live to be a hundred years old. Then, I'll urge my child to get married early and have a great-grandchild for you to raise."
"Hahaha," Mother Li laughed heartily, her eyes crinkling. "If Grandma can really live to be a hundred and hold a great-great-grandchild, then she'll truly have accumulated fortunes for eight lifetimes."
Feeling Grandma's joy, Han Lushi couldn't help but smile as well.
...
In the nursery, Tian Jing once again urged the rose vines next to the ginseng. This time, the vines on both sides met.
Three layers of vines plus the original layer, the ginseng was completely shaded.
Then she used her abilities to plant vegetable seedlings in this shed. As she was about to move to the next shed, her phone rang.
Tian Jing wondered why her husband was calling her.
Hearing what her husband said, she frowned. "Has the police station found out who it was?"
Li Zhengguo said, "The bank surveillance isn't very clear, and the person was wearing a baseball cap and a mask."
"The road surveillance outside the bank didn't see where the person went either."
Tian Jing asked with doubt, "That's not right, don't you need to make an appointment for a large cash withdrawal?"
"We did. We made an appointment three days ago and took out five hundred thousand."
Tian Jing then asked, "Who told you about this?"
"Tian Da Xue and Tian Xiao Xue came to see me yesterday. They heard I had taken leave for a wedding in the family, so they left. They came again this morning."
"Tell them to go to the police station!" Tian Jing was impatient with the Tian family's troublesome affairs.
She had already said that if it was stolen again, it would have nothing to do with her. If it was lost, it would have even less to do with her.
"I told them the same thing. They left. I don't know if they went to the police station or to you. I'm just telling you."
"I know," Tian Jing hung up the phone and continued planting in another shed.