In the north of January, there were ice and snow. Chengye knew that his home was cold and added a few pieces of clothes, but he was still trembling with cold after getting off the train. He had no choice but to urge the few internal forces in his body to drive away the cold.

Chengye got off the bus and waited at the exit for a while until the exit was closed, and no one was answering him.

Cheng Yexin thought that he had clearly told his family the number of trains and arrival time, but obviously his family status was not high and no one came to pick him up. He had no choice but to carry his suitcase and find a taxi and go back by himself.

When he got home, he knocked on the door lightly, and after a moment, Shu Xia opened the door.

Chengye stood at the door and smiled happily, "Mom, I'm back."

Shu Xia was stunned when she saw Chengye, then she cried with joy, hugged Chengye and cried, "Oh, my eldest son is back. Look at you, you have grown so tall in half a year, and my mother doesn't know you anymore."

Chengye also hugged Shu Xia. He hadn't seen him for half a year. Shu Xia had a little more white hair on his temples, but the skin on his face was fair and shiny, with few traces of time.

"Mom is still so young and beautiful."

"Why have you learned to fool people after staying outside for half a year? Don't stand at the door. It's so cold. Come into the house quickly. Look at you, you're wearing so little."

Chengye carried his suitcase into the house and said, "Mom, you don't know, it's colder, and the house is not warm. Where is my dad? Are you not at home?"

Shu Xia took the hot breakfast in the kitchen to the dining table, turned around and looked behind Chengye and said, "Hey? He and Chengyi went out to pick you up, didn't you meet them?"

"No, I guess I've gone a long way." Chengye put down the box and felt much more comfortable when he heard someone pick him up.

While waving to Chengye, Shu Xia said, "Come here for breakfast, put some things on the bottom first. At noon, we will sauté hot pot. I don't know if I have forgotten the vegetables they bought. Your dad, after retirement, he has a lot of problems, has a grown temper, and he doesn't do anything at home, and he likes to nag..."

"I heard someone said bad things before I entered the door." Linghu smiled and opened the door, followed by Cheng Yi carrying two bags of things.

When Chengye saw Linghu Da, he complained: "Dad - where did you go to pick me up?"

Linghu Da smiled while changing his shoes, "Chengye has grown taller, haha! Don't mention it, Lao San and I were going to buy some meat and vegetables for hot pot. Who knew that when we met Lao Deng, we chatted for a few words. The old man was selling Zengshou Balls and made a fortune. He bought him a house of more than 100 square meters and asked me to go to his house for dinner. This guy was so sarcastic that I was yelling with me. I said a few words to him. As soon as we saw the watch, Chengye was about to arrive at the station, we hurried to the station. As a result, we didn't find Chengye. When the exit was closed, we didn't continue. It was probably a bit of a break and we were back."

Shu Xia poked her head out in the kitchen and said, "I heard it was a lie, Chengyi, you said!"

Chengyi put the things in the kitchen and returned to the living room and said, "I did go to the vegetable market. But when I saw Lao Deng playing chess, I went to chat. I was so skillful that I used two tricks. After winning, we left."

Shu Xia pointed and said, "Why did it take so long? I remember you left quite early."

Chengyi sat next to Chengye, picked up a bun and took a bite, looked at Chengye and smiled, "Well, we wanted to come, but the old man opposite was dissatisfied and insisted on having another round with my dad. He saw that it was still early, so he agreed."

"You little brat, didn't you tell you not to say it?" Linghu Da threw a slipper for Chengyi. Chengyi picked it up and gave it to Linghu Da. He continued with a smile: "As a result, one step was wrong. My father wanted to slow down the chess. If someone didn't let him go, my father started arguing with him and said that he would never play with that old man again-haha--"

"Ha, ha, ha--" Everyone laughed.

Shu Xia walked to Linghu Da and poked his forehead and said, "You old guy, are you a child? You asked you to pick up the child. The child is back. You are still playing chess there, hurry up and wash the vegetables."

Linghu stood up and nagged as he walked: "Old Deng's shit is smelly and slow to play chess, otherwise he would have finished it long ago. He had to think about it for several minutes after one step. Parkinson was a little trembling, and he took a car, and was there..." Linghu was in the position of Old Deng in college.

Shu Xia pushed Linghu Da into the kitchen, "Stop it quickly, after washing the vegetables, accompany me out, you forgot to buy ginger."

Chengye watched the two elders walk into the kitchen, turned around and asked Chengyi, who was still smirking, "How is Chengzhi's injury? Is it serious?"

Chengyi approached Chengye's ear and whispered: "It's okay, it didn't hurt the internal organs, and it will be cured tomorrow. Instead, I heard from Chengzhi that there was something wrong with you."

Chengye also whispered: "Well, I don't know why my internal strength has recovered very slowly. When I wait a little later, please help me see."

"Okay, I feel that maybe it's because you're overgrown. Go and see Chengzhi. I'll help my parents get vegetables and welcome you at noon."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Chengye came to the bedroom and carefully pushed the door and entered. He saw Chengzhi sitting in front of the desk and was building something similar to building blocks. Chengye walked over curiously and said, "Chengyi also said you will be good tomorrow, but I think it's almost done now! I still have the time to play with building blocks." After that, he reached out to get the building blocks.

Chengzhi shouted and said, "Don't move!" He continued with a stern face: "This is my skeleton tower. Only after I take my injuries can heal. No one can interfere, otherwise all his previous efforts will be wasted."

Chengye said curiously: "There is still such a thing? I have gained some knowledge--"

Chengzhi explained: "I have parents at home, so I can't heal my injuries normally, so using this pictographic method is a native method and it is not worth mentioning."

Chengye looked at Chengzhi with a blamed look and said, "Why didn't you say no to say that night, I've been worried for a long time."

Chengzhi kept his eyes open and said lightly: "In the past six months, Chengyi and I have said goodbye to you. Let's go away and don't bother me."

"Okay, you're busy." Chengye, who was driven away, could only return to the living room with a sensible impression. Shu Xia was placing a plate. When Chengye came out, he said, "I asked Lao Si to come out for some breakfast. If he didn't eat, it would be noon."

"Oh, Chengzhi, are you having breakfast?" Chengye pushed open the bedroom door and leaned into it.

...Chengzhi was focused on building blocks and ignored Chengye.

Chengye closed the door, shrugged, "He won't eat..." Then he sat on the sofa and changed the TV station randomly.

Shu Xia packed the table and asked Chengyi to go out to buy vegetables. Chengye wanted to go with him, but Shu Xia stopped him and asked him to rest at home.

Faced with Chengzhi who was playing with building blocks without distraction, Chengye had to lie on the sofa and slept for a while. Soon at noon, Shu Xia prepared the mutton and the dishes, and the family finally got together again.

Linghu Da was naturally overjoyed, and pretended to ask Chengye about his homework. Chengye was confused by "okay". Seeing that Chengye seemed not very satisfied with his homework, Linghu Da comforted him and said, "You have a weak foundation, so you have to be worse than others. Just keep up, but you have to go to society to experience it in the end.

Chengye knew that although Linghu Da was careless, he wanted a person with a majestic family inside, so he was very respectful to him.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!