【017 Go to Yanjing】()

Xiao Shiyi was a filial son. After hearing the news, he naturally did not dare to neglect it. He rushed home anxiously and saw that the old lady was fine. He only said that she missed her son and then lied to him to go home. Xiao Shiyi naturally would not care about anything with his mother, not to mention that most parts of Beimeng Province were still bitter and cold places, so how could there be a comfortable place in the capital? So he also took the initiative to rest at home for more than a week.

But at noon the first day when he was about to return to Beimeng Province, Xiao Shiyi, who had just returned from his classmate's house, was lightly smashed by the old lady on the dining table: "After lunch, just pack up your things and go to Xishu to see your uncle."

Xiao Shiyi was a little surprised at what was wrong with the old lady, so he had to say that he had not bought a train ticket yet. Unexpectedly, the old lady took out a train ticket and handed it to him. It turned out that when he was in trouble, his elder brother Xiao Shiqing had already bought a train ticket at the instruction of the old lady. Xiao Shiyi, who was unwilling to go against his mother's wishes, got on the train south like this.

Before leaving, the old lady gave Xiao Shiyi a death order - even if she suffers poverty for the rest of her life, she is not allowed to come back to Yanjing. When she arrives in Western Shu Province, she is not allowed to become an official, a political, or a business, and even if she is an old farmer for the rest of her life, she is not allowed to complain!

The filial son Xiao Shiyi had no choice but to take the train with five dollars alone, and then after many twists and turns, he found his uncle who was the manager of the People's Hotel, and since then he took root in Yangping.

Although it is thousands of miles away, Xiao Shiyi always keeps his mother's order in mind and has given up countless opportunities to become an official and enter politics over the years. As an educated youth from the capital, it was very easy to be promoted before the 1980s. What's more, he is a practical person with outstanding abilities. He is also good at speaking and doing things well. If it weren't for that restriction, he would have become an official and taken politics long ago. Maybe he would have been a member of the county party committee at this time.

In his previous life, Xiao Shiyi agreed to serve as the vice principal of the school until he retired, in order to earn more tuition for Xiao Yitian, who had just entered college. Four years later, he retired after Xiao Yitian graduated from university.

Xiao Yitian always resents this, part of him making a frustration for his father, and part of him regrets not treating him as a little Yanei. So when he heard the voice of his parents' discussion tonight, he couldn't help but prick up his ears, concentrating his ears, and eavesdropping seriously.

"Old Xiao, you really don't think about it anymore?" Xue Muyun asked unwillingly. It sounded like Xiao Shiyi had rejected it before.

Xiao Shiyi was silent for a while before sighing, "There is no way, you know, my mother..." He didn't say this. No matter what, this was the pain in his heart.

Xue Muyun naturally knew her husband's thoughts and fell silent.

Xiao Yitian, who was eavesdropping on the side, suddenly remembered something, couldn't help but sit up, and shouted: "Not good!"

Xiao Shiyi and his wife, who were startled by him, quickly turned on the light, but saw their son sitting on the door bed with an awkward look at this side.

"What's going on, Tian'er?" Xue Muyun got out of bed, walked to his son, asked gently, stretched out his hand and touched his forehead, "Are you having a nightmare?"

Xiao Yitian, who was thinking about how to explain his strange behavior, heard it, and quickly beat the snake and rod on it, nodded and replied: "Yes, mom, I had a very strange dream! I dreamed that my grandmother and grandpa were standing together and waved to me."

When he heard this, Xiao Shiyi's face changed drastically. Although he was an atheist, he was quite knowledgeable about some traditional sayings. When he heard his son's words, he realized that it was not good and asked quickly: "Are you sure you didn't admit it?" The reason he asked this was because his son had never seen his grandparents before.

Xiao Yitian nodded, "No. Although I have never seen them, they look exactly the same as in the photo, and they can still call out my name, so they will not be wrong!"

Xiao Shiyi's face looked ugly. He sat in the quilt and pondered, making Xue Muyun confused. He asked twice before he woke up.

"It's like this..." Facing his wife's questioning, Xiao Shiyi said something he was worried about. It turned out that according to traditional sayings, if his descendants dreamed of a living old man greeting him with the dead old man, it means that the living old man is not far away. Xiao Yitian's grandfather Xiao Handong had passed away due to myocardial infarction before Xiao Yitian was born, so he shuddered after hearing Xiao Yitian's "dream".

Although Xue Muyun is a party member, she has heard of this statement. She wanted to comfort her husband, but suddenly remembered what the two were talking about just now. Her eyes turned and she thought of it, "Old Xiao, don't worry first. I'll ask for a leave tomorrow. You can buy a ticket and go back to Yanjing to see our mother."

Xiao Shiyi agreed without hesitation. When his father passed away, he had not seen the last time because he was in another place. He didn't want to see his mother for the last time. Therefore, although he had been following his mother's orders for so many years and had not returned to Yanjing, and had only contacted his family through letters, he didn't care about that much at this time.

Xiao Yitian, who was beside him, said pitifully: "Dad, mom, I also want to go to Yanjing to see my grandmother."

Xiao Shiyi glanced at him, "Okay, you don't have to worry about delaying your studies anyway." As he said that, he turned to look at Xue Muyun who had just gotten into the bed, "Or you can take a leave too, go back with me to see the old man."

Xue Muyun's body stagnated and then returned to normal. It is said that an ugly daughter-in-law was afraid of seeing her parents-in-law. Although she was a beautiful daughter-in-law, she also had such a complex. However, since her husband had spoken, she would not refuse in terms of emotion or reason, so she agreed.

Early the next morning, Xue Muyun went to the Education Commission to ask for a long vacation for both of them, saying that he wanted to go back to Yanjing to meet the old man for the last time. Of course, no one would make things difficult for her for this reason. The Education Commission had intended to promote them, so how could they refute their face in such small matters? What's more, the way of filial piety is a traditional virtue of China since ancient times, and no one would pick on it.

When a friend who was working at the train station got two train tickets, Xiao Shiyi's family got on the train with simple luggage. At this time, the fastest train from Yangping to Yanjing would take three days and two nights. Xiao Shiyi, who was anxious, wished that he could grow a pair of wings and fly back to his mother.

In fact, Xiao Yitian did not have any dream last night, but suddenly remembered that his grandmother he had never met died in the second half of this year. When his father learned the bad news, he fainted directly. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, to meet his grandmother, and to let his father relieve his grandmother's orders in advance, he used his father's research on this kind of traditional statement to achieve his goal.

The train was very crowded and stuffy. Fortunately, it was not the fully enclosed air-conditioned carriages of later generations. Although there were many people and the smell in the air was strange, at least it would not make Xiao Yitian feel like vomiting. After enduring the shaking and crowding for three days and two nights, the family of three finally arrived in Yanjing.
Chapter completed!