bayedsolid Chapter 326: Prepare to take the children back to see Grandpa
Chapter 326: Prepare to take the children back to see Grandpa
Time passed day by day, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, the two children slowly learned to roll over and grab things, and soon, it was May, Ruanruan's birthday was approaching, and the child was almost half a year old. On this day, Huo Haocheng returned home, and his grandmother asked him, "Huo Haocheng, do you have a holiday this year? We have been away for a year, and we want to go back to visit."
In the past two years, Huo Haocheng has been either on missions or in training and has never had a vacation. Some time ago, Ruanruan and Huo Haocheng discussed that when he was not busy, he could take a vacation and they would take the children back to visit together.
"Yes, grandma. I will hand over the things I have in hand to them these days, and then I will go back."
"Okay, that's perfect. Tomorrow I'll tell Shuyan and Yuwei to go back and see your grandfather before coming over. Otherwise, they'll think we've just gone back and didn't take care of them during the confinement period. It'll be troublesome if they accuse us of being biased."
The old lady started talking as she got things started.
Lu Shuyan and He Yuwei have been pregnant for more than 5 months. Their family was very happy when they learned that their daughter was pregnant. After discussing with grandmother Wang Qun, Xiao Yuping said that she would take a leave to come and take care of Lu Shuyan during the period of confinement, so that Wang Qun could take care of He Yuwei. They all knew that He Yuwei and Zheng Xuyang had no mother, and they could take care of themselves on weekdays. It’s just that Yuwei was in confinement, and Zheng Xuyang was the deputy factory director. Now that Ruanruan’s second factory is about to be completed, he has taken on the position of factory director part-time and is busier than before. Xiao Yuping was afraid that they would not be able to take care of her, so she said she would take a leave to come and help take care of her.
The result of their discussion was also told to the children. Huo Haoshen agreed, and Zheng Xuyang and He Yuwei kept this kindness in their hearts.
In the next week, Huo Haocheng arranged the things at hand. Ruanruan and grandma packed all the things prepared for the family and mailed them back in advance. They only had two sets of clothes left for each person. The most things were children's things. A lot of diapers had to be prepared. In the hot summer, they had to take a train for 5 days. The adults could endure it, but the children couldn't. So Ruanruan prepared deodorant powder for them. Grandma also brought a basin for washing their diapers, so that they could wash them on the train.
Huo Haocheng has a month's vacation this time. Now many vegetables in the fields are ripe. Those that can be harvested and made into dried vegetables have been cooked. As for the rest, Ruanruan asked Chaoxi to harvest them when she is free.
Since Chaoxi and Su Yanqiu got married, they both had jobs and only had dinner at home every day. They both ate lunch in their respective canteens, and Su Yanqiu also brought breakfast from the canteen, so they did not apply for a vegetable plot.
The vegetables they ate on weekdays were given to them by the old lady when she came back from picking vegetables. They were enough for the two of them to eat for two days.
After everything was arranged, Huo Haocheng went to buy a ticket for May 5rd, and the day he arrived home was Ruanruan's birthday.
On the day of departure, Ruan Shaoke drove them to the train station.
"Do you want to go to Beijing when you go back this time?" Ruan Shaoke asked Ruanruan and Huo Haocheng in the back while driving.
"Yes," replied Ruan Ruan.
Their original plan for this trip was to stay in their hometown for a week, then go to Beijing for another week, and then go back to the Huo family to pick up their grandmother and Wang Qun. This round trip would take up nearly half a month.
After hearing his sister's answer, Ruan Shaoke said he understood and that he just needed to go back. A few days ago, his father asked on the phone when he could see the child Ruanruan.
Now the two old people no longer expect Ruan Shaoke to bring them a grandson in this life, and they all set their sights on Ruan Shaoqin. He has been serving in the army in Haicheng, in the navy, and has been on the island for many years. Ruanruan has never seen him, and the two siblings only occasionally communicate through letters. However, it is very inconvenient for Ruan Shaoqin, and letters usually take one or two months to arrive.
Seeing that their eldest son had no hope, Ruan Chuanyan and his wife turned their attention to their second son. However, Ruan Shaoqin was as slippery as a loach. Whenever they wanted to say something, he had to go on patrol. It would take half a year for them to reply to their letters. It was frustrating that they no longer had any illusions about having grandchildren.
But fortunately, Ruanruan brought the children back this time, so they could meet them properly, cherish them, and experience the feeling of being grandparents.
When they arrived at the train station, Ruan Shaoke was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he put their things into their carriage before going back.
"Be careful on the road, especially the two children." Even if their family happened to buy a carriage, it stands to reason that no one else would come except the crew, but it is still necessary to be on the safe side.
"Okay, we got it. Thank you for taking care of me during this period of time." Huo Haocheng and Ruanruan each held a child, Wang Qun supported the old lady, and Ruan Shaoke put their luggage in the car.
After settling down, Ruan Shaoke drove back.
On the train, Ruanruan sprinkled deodorizing powder on all four beds, and then placed the children on the lower bunks. While there were not many people on the train, Huo Haocheng went to get a kettle of hot water with a thermos.
Wang Qun and Ruanruan checked the children to see if they had urinated. After changing their diapers, they placed them in a basin and asked Huo Haocheng to go to the toilet to wash them. Now that they were washed, they could scald them with hot water.
After everything was cleaned up, Ruanruan sat next to the child and sighed.
It has been more than a year since she last went back. If she hadn't been so busy and had children to take care of, she would have left Huo Haocheng alone to go back to visit his grandfather and others.
"Grandma, are you hungry? Here are some fruits. Eat some first." They got up and prepared before dawn. It was almost 11 o'clock now. Ruanruan was afraid that the old lady would be hungry, so she took out the bag of food she had prepared and put it on the small table.
Huo Haocheng went to the supermarket to buy the freshest fruits early in the morning when they were cleaning up. His grandmother also got up early in the morning and roasted a chicken for him, as well as some steamed buns, side dishes and boiled eggs.
"I'm not hungry yet. If you are hungry, eat something first. You still have to feed the baby, so you can't be hungry." Seeing her taking out things one by one, grandma thought she was hungry and let her eat first.
"I'm not hungry yet, but if you're not hungry you can eat some fruit. Grandma, Mom, you all eat it. This fruit can't be kept. Huo Haocheng bought it this morning. It's fresh. The temperature on the train is high. It will go bad in two days, so eat it quickly." Ruanruan put one in each of their hands, then took one for herself and started eating.
At this moment, she was not hungry but thirsty, and fruits were rich in water and could quench her thirst.
The old lady and Wang Qun saw the fruit in their hands, looked at how soft it was, and started eating it too.
After a while, Huo Haocheng came back with the washed diapers.
"You're back. You've worked hard, Dad! Come and have some fruit and take a rest." Seeing him come back, Ruanruan immediately praised him. If the children were not still asleep, she would hold the children up and down and ask them to give Huo Haocheng a heart.
"You guys eat first, the temperature is just right now, I'll hang the diapers on the pole, they should be dry by the afternoon."
There are not many people on the train now, and there are even fewer people in their carriage. Huo Haocheng directly hung the diapers outside the carriage, on the railing beside the aisle. The temperature is good now, and there are only a few pieces of cloth, which will dry in a short while. He can then put them away. Otherwise, when there are many people, the aisle will be full of people. If he hangs them outside, he won’t know who will take them.
After he finished all these and sat next to Ruanruan, Ruanruan fed him the prepared fruit and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Dad. You have to wash diapers for the children when you are away from home."
Huo Haocheng was already immune to Ruanruan's words. Ever since the children were born, Huo Haocheng had been the one making their diapers. At first, Wang Qun and his grandmother wanted to help because they saw how hard he was training. However, Ruanruan told them that it was hard enough for them to take care of the children at home every day, and it was no easier than Huo Haocheng's training. Moreover, the children were his, and as their father, he should take responsibility. They couldn't do everything at home. Huo Haocheng had to build a close relationship with the children, and this relationship started with washing the children's diapers.
Huo Haocheng agreed 100% with what his daughter-in-law said. So, he didn't care about anything else about his grandmother and the others. He just stayed at home to take good care of the children every day. As for the children's clothes and diapers, he would just put them in the corresponding basins and wait for Huo Haocheng to come back and wash them himself.