Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 815 Relatives Arrive

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Jingxue left the space and sat on the kang waiting for her eldest brother and her second brother to return from town.

Over at the cowshed, she had scanned it with her spiritual sense and found that her aunt had already prepared the food. The hard-to-cook dishes were already about 80% done and just needed to be reheated later.

As for the quick dishes, they are all prepared and you just have to stir-fry them in the pan.

As soon as the people arrive, we can have dinner.

I think she was worried that when people arrived, they would be busy reminiscing about the past and would have no time to cook, so she just prepared it in advance.

She waited until after five o'clock, when her spiritual sense saw the ox cart slowly moving towards the village entrance.

On the ox cart, the eldest sister-in-law held Xiaohuzi in her arms and covered him with a quilt. Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were also covered with a quilt.

The eldest and second brothers did not ride in the ox cart. Instead, they followed behind the cart and talked in low voices.

It was already getting dark outside. If it was any later, it would probably be completely dark.

Liu Jingxue breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally I'm back."

She was worried that if she waited any longer, her uncle and aunt would become anxious.

Liu Jingxue got out of bed, ran to add some water to the pot, continued to burn it, and added two more pieces of firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously.

The ginger tea burning on the coal stove had been boiling for a long time. Liu Jingxue turned down the fire and let it continue to boil.

After a while, a few people came into the room and gave them all a bowl of ginger tea to dispel the cold.

As for Xiaohuzi, such a young child probably wouldn't be happy to drink ginger tea.

Liu Jingxue made him a cup of malted milk, brought it to the kang to cool, and prepared to give it to him later.

As for dinner, her aunt had already prepared it, so she didn't plan to prepare it.

After a while, when the people arrived, Uncle Liu was sent away, and the group was definitely heading towards the cowshed.

After all, my uncle and aunt have been waiting for a long time, and it would be bad to let them wait any longer.

I guess my eldest brother and sister-in-law are also in a hurry to see my uncle and aunt.

As for Xiao Huzi, he was too young when they separated. After more than two years, he probably has no memory of his grandparents anymore.

Seeing that the ox cart had entered the village and was heading towards the end of the village, Liu Jingxue began to put on thick clothes and prepared to go out to greet them.

Worried that her second brother had not prepared a thank-you gift for Uncle Liu, Liu Jingxue took out a half-pound bag of brown sugar and a bag of candy from the space and prepared to give them to Uncle Liu later.

Why did Liu Jingxue prepare brown sugar? Because she knew that Uncle Liu’s second daughter-in-law was pregnant and was due in the first month of the lunar year.

Brown sugar is a good thing for postpartum women.

You need tickets to buy brown sugar, and country people can't get brown sugar tickets. This half pound of brown sugar will definitely make Uncle Liu happy.

As for why it was half a pound instead of a full pound, it was not because Liu Jingxue was stingy, but in that era, in the countryside, half a pound of brown sugar was already a generous gift, and any more would be inappropriate.

The car fare must be paid, after all, part of the money has to be handed over to the production team. The brown sugar and candies are extra. If there are more, Uncle Liu will not accept them.

Seeing the ox cart turn into the small path leading here, Liu Jingxue quickly picked up her things, put on her leather boots, went out of the house, opened the gate, and went forward to meet them.

When Liu Jingxue came over, the first person she saw was naturally Old Liu, who was driving the car in front. She quickly greeted him, "Uncle Liu."

Old Liu quickly responded, "Xiaoxue, you must be getting impatient."

“I didn’t wait too long because I knew the road was difficult to travel on at this time and I estimated that it would take you some time to get home.

Thank you Uncle Liu for today."

“No, that’s nothing.

Girl, it's cold outside, and there are children in the car who can't stand the cold, so I won't stop and will go straight to your house."

"Okay, Uncle Liu."

When Liu Jingxue was talking to Lao Liu, the people in the car had already turned their heads to look over here. When the two finished talking, they also greeted them.

Sister-in-law Xie Yumei held the sleeping little tiger in her arms and greeted Liu Jingxue with surprise, "Xiaoxue."

"Sister-in-law, welcome to visit us.

But it's such a long journey, and I've been on the train for several days. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. It's you who is hard-working," Xie Yumei quickly replied.

"Little Tiger has fallen asleep. When he wakes up, let him say hello to his aunt."

"You will be here for a while, there is no rush.

We have plenty of time to spend together.”

Liu Jingxue walked beside the ox cart and greeted Liu Jianguo who was walking behind, "Brother."

Liu Jianguo nodded vigorously, as if afraid that Liu Jingxue couldn't see it, "Little sister."

"Let's go home first. We can talk about anything when we get home," said Liu Jianjun.

"Yes, let's talk about it when we get home."

Liu Jingxue stopped and waited for Liu Jianjun to come to her side, then handed him the brown sugar and candy.

"Second brother, when you give Uncle Liu the money later, give this to him as well."

"No, I'm ready.

I bought some pastries in Xishi yesterday and will give them to him later.

You can keep these for yourself." Liu Jianjun refused.

"Keep the pastries for yourself and give these two to Uncle Liu," Liu Jingxue explained as they walked.

"Uncle Liu's daughter-in-law is about to give birth and needs brown sugar, but country folk don't have tickets and can't get brown sugar.

This is just the right gift for him and he won't be willing to refuse it.

Pastries are expensive, but they don’t cost that much. He has many children and grandchildren, so he was afraid that there wouldn’t be enough to go around.

It would be better if everyone could have a share of this candy, and even get two extra pieces."

When Liu Jianjun heard this, he took the things and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you and change them to these two."

"I'm going to open the door first. I'll leave this to you."

After Liu Jingxue finished speaking, she hurriedly trotted to the front.

She had to go home first, open all the gates of the courtyard, and let Uncle Liu drive the ox cart directly to the door of the house.

This will prevent the little tiger from coming out of the quilt after falling asleep and getting cold when blown by the wind.

The ox cart drove straight to the door of the house. Liu Jingxue first took the sleeping little tiger, carried him into the house, put him on the kang, and then quickly turned back to help move the luggage.

But there were a lot of people there, so she didn't need any help at all.

She simply turned around and went to the kitchen, washed a few bowls, and poured ginger tea for everyone.

Liu Jingxue came out with ginger tea and found that her sister-in-law was calling Xiaohuzi to get up.

He first handed a bowl of ginger tea to Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao who had already entered the room, and asked them to drink it quickly to warm themselves up.

Liu Jingxue said to Xie Yumei, "Sister-in-law, why don't you let Xiaohu continue to sleep."

“He couldn’t sleep anymore. He slept for two hours and then he refused to sleep again at night.

He has to go see grandpa and grandma soon, so hurry up and wake him up."

Liu Jingxue reminded, "Sister-in-law, the cup next to you contains the malted milk I prepared for Xiao Huzi, it's cooled there.

It shouldn't be hot now, you can feed it to him.

I'll put some ginger tea on the table, you can have a cup later."

"Okay, I'll drink it later."

The two brothers Liu Jianguo and Liu Jianjun, who had seen off Uncle Liu, also came in, and Liu Jingxue handed each of them a bowl of ginger soup.

At this time, Xiao Huzi had also woken up. He was holding the cup of malted milk and gulping down the water while stealing glances at Liu Jingxue.

Xie Yumei ignored him and was drinking the ginger tea.

The room was very warm, and after drinking another bowl of ginger soup, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, who had drunk ginger tea first, soon began to feel hot, and their thick clothes seemed to be unable to wear anymore.

But if I take off my clothes now, I will have to put them back on when I go out, which feels a bit troublesome.

Zhou Mingxuan suggested, "Why don't we go over there now? Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu must be waiting anxiously."

"Yes, let's go now, otherwise it will be too troublesome to take off and put on the clothes again."

Liu Jianjun finished the ginger tea in the bowl in one gulp and put the bowl on the table. "I'm going to the bathroom first. We'll go over when I come out."

"I want to go to the bathroom too. I'll go with you." Liu Jianguo put the empty bowl on the table and followed.