Chapter 100.

The courtyard has been sealed for so many years, the inside and outside of the house has long been covered with dust and cobwebs, and the courtyard is even more overgrown with weeds.

Everyone had nothing else to do today, so they all came over to help clean up.

Sweeping and scrubbing, even a lantern spike is not spared.

It took only half a day to clean up, and the windows were clean and spotless.

When the sun was about to set, each family took some of their existing vegetables and meat and got together to make dinner, which was the last part of the welcome ceremony.

This dinner was made over a fire at Li Shuang’s house.

The kitchen was filled with hot air, and the courtyard was filled with people and children, making a lot of noise.

It had been a long time since Li Shuang, He Shuo, and He Ziyan had experienced this kind of bustle.

In this kind of atmosphere, they were not so adapted, but their hearts were full of warmth.

In the past years, they have seen the warmth and coldness of people’s hearts most clearly.

***

As the sun gathered its last rays, He Shuo smiled as he brought the last dish onto the eight immortal table and said to the children who were still playing together, “The meal is ready, get ready to eat!”

The children stopped playing at the words and followed the adults to sit down together.

Nowadays, the children are older and more sensible, unlike when they were young, they don’t just reach out and grab the dishes they like.

They sat at the table and tacitly waited for the adults to move their chopsticks first.

After sitting down at the table, He Shuo scanned the people at the table and first asked, “Where’s the eldest mother?”

It was a very ordinary sentence, but when he said it, the originally lively and warm atmosphere suddenly cooled down a bit.

Servant Huai Ming answered him, “Gone.”

The time he spent visiting He Shuo was very limited, and he didn’t have much to say. Li Shuang didn’t tell He Shuo everything that happened outside, so He Shuo didn’t know about Zhong Minfen’s death.

But when he looked at Servant Huai Ming’s face, he knew what the phrase gone meant.

After a moment of silence, he asked again, “When did it happen?”

Servant Huai Ming said, “In April, when she was seriously ill.”

Zhong Minfen’s health was not good because she had suffered too much when she was young, and she aged particularly quickly when she got older, and her body collapsed quickly when she got sick. But she left with no regrets, calm and peaceful.

When she left, she said, “I’m gone …… all don’t cry ah …….”

But how can one not cry?

He Shuo nodded, did not follow this down more questions.

And what he wanted to say in his heart was all inside his expression.

Serving Huai Ming naturally didn’t say anything further, and said that he didn’t even have the appetite to eat anymore.

He eased his tone and said, “Chat while you eat, start, or the food will get cold in a while.”

The moment he said this, everyone broke free from the atmosphere just now.

Changing their faces to a relaxed expression, they said some light topics, drinking wine and eating food.

When the atmosphere at the dinner table was lively, Servant Danling suddenly covered her mouth to hold back the desire to vomit.

The second child Zhou Jiming sat next to her, busy lifting his hand to smooth her back, and went to pour her a cup of water.

Li Shuang and Zhen Zhen both saw Shi Danling’s reaction.

Li Shuang asked her with concern, “What’s wrong? Not feeling well?”

Servant Danling waved her hand at her, took a sip of water and said, “No, I’m fine.”

Zhen Zhen thought for a moment, looked at her and asked again in a faint whisper, “There is?”

Although the voice was relatively small, everyone at the table could hear it.

Erwa Zhou Jiming’s face was full of smiles, while Servant Danling looked a little embarrassed and nodded in response, “Uh-huh.”

This is a happy event ah, the atmosphere at the table heated up another degree.

Li Shuang busy looking at the service Danling said: “What do you want to eat, to change in front of you.”

Serving Danling is still embarrassed waved her hand and said: “No, don’t mind me, want to eat my own clip, enough.”

The second child Zhou Jiming echoed a sentence: “What do you want to eat I give her clip.”

Having said that, Li Shuang naturally stopped being polite.

She looked at the service Danling and Erwa, and said with a smile, “I look at you two I’m curious again, how did you two get together?” Speaking of which, it’s really a relationship that can’t be broken.

At that time, the service Danling and Ewa Zhou Jiming banquet have invited Li Shuang to go, but Li Shuang did not go that day, but let He Ziyan went to eat. As for the matter between the service Danling and Erwa Zhou Jiming, she did not ask and do not know.

These years, she had a depressing and difficult life, of course she didn’t have the heart to care about other people’s affairs.

Since Li Shuang asked, in the seat of knowledge, told her the story between the service Danling and Erwa to her once.

After listening to it, Li Shuang smiled and nodded her head, saying, “That’s right, it’s quite good, it means you guys are destined to be together.”

And speaking of the matter between Servant Danling and Erwa, it was necessary to talk about Old Zhou and Wu Dafeng.

Old Zhou was an old friend of He Shuo’s, and He Shuo naturally asked Erwa how his parents were doing.

The second child told him a brief story about his family.

There’s not much to talk about, the days are simple and uneventful, nothing major.

Li Shuang and He Shuo both envied this kind of day with no major events.

Listening to Erwa talk about his parents, Li Shuang’s mind naturally floated back to her memories of Lao Zhou and Wu Dafeng.

She also remembers that she and Wu Dafeng were not on speaking terms from the time they met, and had a nonchalant relationship until they separated.

Now when she remembered those trivial matters, she only felt that they were very far away, and they were also not worth mentioning long ago.

After hearing this, Li Shuang still smiled and nodded his head saying, “Quite good.”

Speaking of Old Zhou and Wu Dafeng, it was inevitable that many past events were brought up again.

While reminiscing about the past, He Shuo and Li Shuang both laughed and smiled with tears in their eyes.

The memories of the past how wanton and beautiful, piled up in the heart of the sorrow is how deep and how thick.

He Shuo choked his voice, He Shuo picked up his glass of wine, stood up and brewed for a few moments.

He wanted to push those bad emotions down, but still couldn’t suppress them all, so he wet his eyes and curled his mouth to say to everyone at the table, “I’m here to solemnly thank you all for taking care of A Shuang and Zi Ran Zi Yan all these years …… I… …”

The choking in his voice became heavier.

He stopped and tilted his head to force the tears back.

Servant Huai Ming got up and patted his shoulder, “There’s no need to say these thanks or no thanks.”

He Shuo really did want to say it but wasn’t quite able to.

Because as long as he said a few words, the sorrow in his heart pushed tears down his face.

If he really wanted to say something, he was afraid that the table would soon become a ball of tears, and there would be no need to eat the meal.

So he didn’t say any more, and drank the wine in the glass, and then sat down.

The atmosphere at the table sank for a moment.

It was Dan Sui who started talking again, breaking such an atmosphere.

She looked brightly at He Shuo and Li Shuang and said, “Godfather and Godmother, our troupe will have a performance at the Red Star Theater in the next few days, and this time, my teacher has asked me to lead the dance, which is also my first time to do so, so do you guys want to go see it?”

He Shuo and Li Shuang didn’t even think about it, immediately nodding their heads and saying, “Go go go.”

Dan Sui had been in the troupe for almost four years, and had danced on stage for almost two years, but He Shuo and Li Shuang hadn’t seen it once. He Shuo naturally did so because he didn’t have the freedom, while Li Shuang deliberately avoided these things.

She was so deep in the muck that she didn’t go for anything that shined.

It was different now, now that they could also see the light, they naturally had to go and give Dan Sui a shout out.

From now on, they were going to make up for the eight years they had missed in their lives, bit by bit.

Seeing that they agreed so readily, and that there was pride and anticipation in their expressions, Dan Sui smiled and added, “Okay, then I’ll go to the troupe to get some tickets, and then everyone will go to see my performance.”

She said and looked at the others, “You’re all going too, right?”

Everyone nodded their heads together, “All go!”

The atmosphere at the table was lively again.

Talking and laughing, the meal was finished.

After finishing the meal and cleaning up the mess, everyone didn’t stay at He Shuo Li Shuang’s house any longer.

They had easily moved back, and faced with this strange and familiar home, they still needed time to get used to it.

On their first day home, it was important to give them more time and space as a family.

After sending everyone away, He Shuo and Li Shuang came back to wash up.

He Ziyan washed up first and went back to his room, He Shuo and Li Shuang washed up afterward and also went back to their rooms.

Li Shuang washed up first and entered her room, she held her breath and looked around, then carefully sat on the edge of the bed.

Waiting for He Shuo to come in, she looked at He Shuo and said, “It still feels like I’m dreaming.”

Afraid that if she exerted herself or misbehaved in any way, the dream would wake up.

He Shuo sat down next to her, took her hand and squeezed it in his heart, slightly exerting himself, once again telling her seriously, “It’s not a dream, we’re really back, home.”

Li Shuang looked at He Shuo’s eyes, her heart was still unsure, and after a moment, she said softly, “Tomorrow you’ll be returning to the unit to report for duty, after you return to your post, you must speak less and be more cautious.”

He Shuo nodded, “I know.”

Li Shuang inhaled gently, tilted her head into He Shuo’s arms, and spoke in an even softer voice, “I don’t have any other expectations for life now, I don’t want anything else, as long as our family is peaceful, it’s fine.”

He Shuo wrapped his arms around her, “Don’t worry, I won’t let you and your child suffer anymore.”

Saying this, he naturally thought of He Zi Ran who wasn’t around.

Li Shuang’s voice was weak and soft, “I don’t know if Zi Ran has received the letter we wrote to him, if he knows you’ve been vindicated, he’ll be very happy.”

He Shuo: “Almost should have received it.”

***

Although they broke up after the meal, it was a long meal, so it was already late when each of them returned home.

Zhen Zhen didn’t practice her violin anymore, rested for a while to wait for the children to finish washing up, and then went to wash up.

She and Mr. Huai Ming returned to their rooms after washing up, and went straight to bed to get ready for sleep.

Before pulling out the light, the two of them leaned over the bed and chatted for a few minutes.

Zhen Zhen also thought of He Ziran.

She asked Shi Huai Ming, “He Shuo is now reinstated, so Zi Ran can also enlist in the army, right?”

Servant Huai Ming nodded with relief, “There is no problem now.”

Zhen Zhen followed suit with a sigh of relief, “That’s good.”