Chapter 1499 Years make people grow old (4100 words)
"Dad, are you going back to Qicheng later?" the girl asked in a low tone in the car taking the sisters to school.
Xia Zekai couldn't see her like this, so he patted her shoulder and said, "Dad will go back for a week at most. He will come back when he is finished. If he finishes his work early, I will rush back immediately."
"Really?" A happy smile appeared on the girl's face, but then she shook her head sensibly and said, "Dad, you don't have to worry, you should come back after you are done."
"It saves you from being busy all the time and having to go back again."
Hearing that his daughter was so sensible, Xia Zekai was a little dazed. He always felt that the girl had really grown up and looked like the girl in his memory who was dragging her suitcase and going to college.
He asked sadly: "Girl, when you grow up and go to college, where do you want to go?"
"Where to go?" The girl was a little confused. She asked: "Dad, I still have many years to go to college, right?"
"Mom said there are still junior high schools and high schools!" The girl started counting with her fingers seriously.
Seeing her silly and serious look, Xia Zekai smiled even more cheerfully: "It's okay, dad just asks."
Who knew Tongtong would say: "Dad, if I go to college, the farther away the better."
"Why?" Xia Zekai asked her.
Then I heard Tongtong say: "If I go too far, you and mother won't be able to control me anymore. I can do whatever I want, hum!"
She has a lot of ideas!
Xia Zekai rolled his eyes at her: "Tongtong, you are overthinking it. Just go to school in the capital for me."
"Hey, Dad, you won't be able to control me then." Tongtong felt a little proud.
The father and daughter were talking in the car, and before they knew it, they arrived at the Elementary School Affiliated to Beijing University.
For the first time, Xia Zekai felt that the journey for his daughter to go to school was a bit short. It would be better if it were longer so that he could talk to them for a while.
The car stopped not far from the door, the door opened, and the two sisters jumped out of the car with happy smiles.
"Sister, you see, I'm better!" Tongtong was still showing off heartlessly that she could jump far enough.
The girl turned her head sadly and waved to Xia Zekai: "Dad, please go quickly. Please go slower on the way back."
"Remember to give me a call when you get to Qicheng." The girl pointed to the pink watch phone on her wrist and warned with a smile.
Xia Zekai was very happy. He nodded: "Okay, you two go in quickly."
Xia Zekai waved his hand and urged them both to enter the school quickly.
Seeing the two sisters entering the school gate hand in hand, Xia Zekai closed the car door and said to Wang Yi, "Let's go back to Qicheng."
"Yes!" Wang Yi responded and drove forward.
Thinking about what he had to do when he returned to Qicheng this time, Xia Zekai felt very calm.
The car drove on the highway for more than seven hours. In the middle of the journey, they had a quick meal at the service area and then continued on the road.
When we got off the expressway in Qicheng, it was only around three in the afternoon. I called his wife first and said something.
Xia Zekai thought about his mother's instructions before coming, and he said to Wang Yi: "Go to Century Garden."
"Okay!" Wang Yi responded again. He remembered that Century Garden was where the boss's brother lived.
Seeing Wang Yi turn around and run towards the city, Xia Zekai called his brother.
Xia Zejiang was still busy in a meeting in the company, but after seeing his brother's call, he temporarily interrupted the meeting and answered the phone.
"Brother, are you looking for me?" Xia Zejiang asked with a smile.
The company management in the conference room heard Mr. Xia call "Brother", and they immediately slowed down their breathing for fear of disturbing the person on the other side of the phone.
"Zejiang, is there anyone at home? I'll go over there." Xia Zekai asked him.
Xia Zejiang understood it as soon as he heard it. He asked happily: "Brother, you are back. Jiayi and Tingting's grandma and grandpa are at home. You can just go over there. I will go back after the meeting later."
"That's okay, you can be busy." Xia Zekai hung up the phone.
"Well, Tingting is also two years old. What gifts should I buy for her?" Xia Zekai thought of his niece and felt a little ashamed. He was in such a hurry to come back that he didn't buy any gifts for the children.
But it doesn't matter, he said to Wang Yi: "Xiao Wang, go to China Gold first and buy a gadget."
"Yes!" Wang Yi nodded, then changed direction and drove directly south.
At the Chinese gold counter in Ginza Mall, Xia Zekai finally selected a piece of jade Buddha and asked the store to help him pack it.
Holding the small brocade box, he smiled and said, "That's it, let's go!"
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At this time, over at Century Garden Community, Xia Zejiang hurriedly drove back after finishing an impromptu meeting.
As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Brother, brother..."
"Zejiang, are you hallucinating? Brother went to the capital and hasn't come back recently." Shen Jiayi saw that he was out of breath and said to him.
Xia Zejiang glanced at his wife, shook his head and said, "Brother called me just now and said he was coming home, why haven't you arrived yet?"
"Did something happen on the way?" He muttered.
After Shen Jiayi heard this, she slapped him: "You're such a bad mouth, don't talk nonsense if it's okay."
"Brother is really back?" Shen Jiayi asked him quickly.
Seeing her husband nodding again, Shen Jiayi glared at him: "Then why didn't you send me a message in advance to let me know."
"Oh, don't mention it. I was in a meeting just now and I forgot about it." Xia Zejiang slapped himself and said, "I hurriedly drove back after the meeting."
"Zejiang, please call your brother again and ask him. Maybe he is delayed by something." Mother-in-law Tang Wanqiu said this.
When his father-in-law Shen Qishan heard about this, he also advised him: "Zejiang, don't worry, call and ask first."
"Dang Dang, Dang Dang"
Before Xia Zejiang made a call, there was a knock on the door.
"Maybe the eldest brother is here!" Shen Jiayi had already pushed Xia Zejiang away and went to open the door.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Xia Zekai standing outside with several handbags.
"Brother, come in quickly." Shen Jiayi quickly opened the door.
"Zejiang, big brother is here."
"Brother, I thought you were here just now!" Xia Zejiang said with a smile.
"I just went to buy some small things for Tingting." Xia Zekai, Shen Qishan, and Tang Wanqiu said hello. They didn't see their niece, so he asked: "Zejiang, where is Tingting?"
"Brother, Tingting is asleep, I'm going to wake her up." Shen Jiayi was about to go to the bedroom.
Xia Zekai stopped her by calling: "Xiao Shen, don't call her, let her sleep for a while."
"Xiao Xia, stop standing, sit down and rest for a while." Shen Qishan greeted him.
Tang Wanqiu had already gone to the kitchen to make the fruit plate.
"Brother, sit down quickly." Shen Jiayi helped him take a few handbags.
Shen Qishan went to make tea.
"Brother, I just walked in, so I thought something was wrong with you?" Xia Zejiang was nagging, and he couldn't help but say a few more words.
He said: "Brother, why are you back at this time? Didn't you say you are celebrating the New Year in the capital this year?"
"Have you moved to your new courtyard house?"
Xia Zekai nodded: "I just moved here this month. When the Chinese New Year comes, you, your uncle, and your aunt will all go to the capital to celebrate the New Year. It's enough to live in."
"Hey, Zejiang told me, I will have to trouble you again when the time comes." Shen Qishan said.
His son-in-law wanted to take them to his eldest brother's house in Beijing to celebrate the New Year.
Shen Qishan and Tang Wanqiu refused at first, unwilling to go no matter what.
But later, they couldn't stand the persuasion of their son-in-law and daughter, so they agreed.
I just felt that it was causing trouble to Xia Zekai.
"Uncle, it's okay." Xia Zekai smiled and said, "We are all a family. It's fun to celebrate the New Year together!"
"Yes, a family!" Shen Qishan sighed.
He glanced at his daughter and son-in-law inadvertently, wondering what kind of bad luck this stupid daughter of theirs had to marry into such a good family.
Shen Jiayi seemed to understand the meaning in her father's eyes, and glared at him arrogantly, then she felt silly and happy.
"Xiao Xia, eat some fruit first. Tell me what you want to eat tonight and I will make it." Tang Wanqiu said.
"Auntie, just do whatever you want." Xia Zekai said.
Tang Wanqiu said with a smile: "I don't know how to do 'casual' either."
One sentence amused the whole family.
Xia Zekai thought for a while and said, "Do you have any fish at home? Let's make some fish."
"That's right, I'll go take a look." Tang Wanqiu went to work again.
After her husband also retired, the old couple felt lonely living in Zhoucheng, so they ran to their daughter when they had nothing to do, and by the way, they could take care of their children.
Watching their granddaughter Tingting grow up little by little every day, the couple will also feel like they are getting old.
But they are really not worried about their daughter's future life.
The son-in-law is an honest man, not the kind of person who becomes bad when he gets rich, which makes them feel relieved.
Tang Wanqiu was thinking about what to cook for dinner at night. She took a look in the refrigerator and saw that there was indeed fish. It had to be paired with some other dishes.
After a while, my daughter Shen Jiayi also came to the kitchen to help.
"Jiayi, Zejiang is chatting with his brother." Tang Wanqiu asked.
Shen Jiayi nodded and said with a smile: "And my dad, he started bragging about his experience as the director of Zhoucheng Denim Factory again."
"Mom, you have to talk about my dad. With his little experience, he kept saying it over and over again, oh, I can memorize it." Shen Jiayi was still mumbling.
Tang Wanqiu rolled her eyes at her daughter: "What do you know? If he doesn't talk about those things, you will all forget them."
As she spoke, she sighed to herself, and then started choosing vegetables again.
Shen Jiayi was stunned, feeling that there was something in her mother's words.
In the living room outside, brothers Xia Zekai, Xia Zejiang and Shen Qishan were chatting together.
Talking about the children.
Watching their children grow up year by year, Xia Zekai and the others no longer talk about work, nor do they care about how their lives are going.
It seems that work is just that, and there won’t be much ups and downs if you do well or badly.
"Brother, Qingyu and the others are doing well now, right?"
Hearing his brother ask about the three little guys, a smile naturally appeared on Xia Zekai's face: "They are so naughty, your sister-in-law can't even control the three of them."
"My mother can't help it. I have a headache all day long." Xia Zekai complained.
Xia Zejiang burst out laughing: "Who told you that there would only be three of you in your life? I can't even imagine it."
But Xia Zekai then said something that made Xia Zejiang stop laughing.
"Zejiang, Tingting is almost three years old. You and Xiao Shen are almost done raising her. You will have to have another child."
"Uh, brother..."
"Xiao Xia, you don't know, her mother and I have been talking about this matter. We thought that we are not too old now and can still watch her. If we wait any longer, we really can't watch her." Shen Qishan said.
Tang Wanqiu, who was cooking in the kitchen, heard it somehow, and she also muttered: "You damn girl just won't listen to me. Xiaoxia, as the eldest brother, you have to talk to them."
"Haha, Zejiang, did you hear that? Be obedient." Xia Zekai said with a smile.
Xia Zejiang felt that his brother was too deceitful, how could he be so harmful to others.
Maybe they were talking loudly and woke up Xia Rongting who was sleeping in the bedroom. When the little guy saw that there was no one in the bedroom, she got scared and immediately started crying.
"Mom, I want mom." The little guy cried and looked for his mother.
When Shen Jiayi took her out of the bedroom and saw Xia Zekai, Shen Jiayi pointed at Xia Zekai and said to her: "Tingting, call me uncle."
It's a pity that the little guy is very disrespectful.
After looking at it for a while, he turned his head away, leaving Xia Zekai with a small silhouette of his back.
Shen Jiayi was a little embarrassed: "Brother, she just woke up and is still in a mood."
"It's okay." Xia Zekai waved his hand and didn't take it seriously. He deliberately held the jade Buddha he bought for Tingting in his hand: "Tingting, do you like this?"
Under the light, this jade Buddha shone brightly, and it looked quite beautiful. The little guy was attracted to it.
She nodded: "I like it."
"Here, come and get it yourself!" Xia Zekai lowered his palm, holding the small jade Buddha in his palm, and handed it to her.
"Brother, you can't do this." Shen Jiayi knew at a glance that this thing was not cheap.
But Xia Zekai said: "Why don't you use it? It's just a gadget. I picked it out for a long time, and I thought this one looks good, and it looks good with Tingting."
"Besides, something worth tens of thousands of yuan is worthless?" Xia Zekai said casually.
What a loud tone, but then again, he has the confidence.
"Tingting, come here quickly." He still didn't give up and teased his niece.
Xia Rongting first glanced at her mother, then at her father, grandma, and grandpa, and finally she bravely walked to Xia Zekai and reached out to get it.
Xia Zekai took the opportunity to pick her up, which scared the little guy so much that he screamed, but when he saw that Xia Zekai didn't scare her, and even put the jade Buddha around her neck, the little guy felt relieved at this moment. , smiled happily.
In the evening, both Xia Zejiang and Shen Qishan drank too much, but Xia Zekai was still like a normal person.
When Xia Zejiang and Shen Jiayi came down to see off Xia Zekai, Xia Zejiang was blown by the wind and ran into the green belt and vomited.
Xia Zekai said to him: "Zejiang, you can't drink well, so drink less in the future."
"Brother, it's okay. I'll keep an eye on him. You go back and take your time." Shen Jiayi told him.
Xia Zekai waved his hands towards them and said, "Go up, I'm fine."
