A foreign city, dear you

"Love." Ye Lian giggled. Over the years, she had become accustomed to Cao Xueqian taking the opportunity to ask for love, but she still found Cao Xueqian cute and funny.

"Why don't you come and sleep with your husband soon?" Cao Xueqian said and winked at Ye Lian.

Ye Lian couldn't help but feel shy under Cao Xueqian's charming eyes, but she couldn't sleep with him immediately. She said to Cao Xueqian: "You go to bed first, Lanshan is not asleep yet."

"Lan Shan is doing his homework." Cao Xueqian protested.

"No, if he doesn't sleep, I can't sleep either." Ye Lian doesn't know if other mothers are like this. Anyway, she has to wait for Lanshan to turn off the lights and go to sleep every night before she can sleep peacefully.

"Then come here and let your husband hug you." Cao Xueqian couldn't resist Ye Lian, so he settled for the next best thing.

Ye Lian smiled, feeling that Cao Xueqian was still like a child.

She followed Cao Xueqian and walked forward, letting Cao Xueqian hold her deeply in his arms. After a while, she turned off the lights in the bedroom and came to the living room.

Lanshan is still in his room immersed in homework.

Ye Lian saw the night outside and remembered Lin Shushen's borrowing money.

How dare he borrow so much money.

I hope he can really carve out his own path after returning to his hometown.

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Lin Shushen sat in the bus with mixed feelings in his heart.

Today, he will leave Yancheng forever.

He cast his gaze out the window and looked at the high-rise buildings, busy traffic, and streets in the city...

In a flash, he had stayed in this city for eight years.

He and this city went from being unfamiliar and overwhelmed at first to becoming so familiar that he could walk through every street and alley. The eight-year relationship has made him reluctant to part with it.

He is used to the prosperity of this city, although this prosperity has nothing to do with him;

He was used to the hard work of this city, even though his struggle was so difficult.

Along the city, like the ocean, where I have been wandering for eight years, I am about to say goodbye to you!

The bus came to Mingtian Road,

Pass by Elephant Trunk Hill Park, a place Lin Shushen has passed countless times on his tricycle;

Passing by Xiya Garden, this is where his sister Ye Lian's family lived, and it was also the place where he first arrived in Yancheng and began to pursue his dream. He still clearly remembered how hesitant he felt when he first sold wet wipes;

Passing by the commercial street intersection, this is the place where he sold roasted sweet potatoes. He will never forget how his oven was kicked over and how his roasted sweet potatoes were trampled to pieces.

……

The past, recalling the past is so difficult and sad.

Lin Shu wiped his wet eyes deeply.

The bus came to Xiangyang Avenue and passed Dafu Shopping Mall.

This was the first large shopping mall he saw when he came to Yancheng, and it was also the place where he often waited for customers while pulling his tricycle. There are a dazzling array of products in the mall, but he rarely goes to Dafu Mall. He is still used to going to street stalls or farmers' markets.

The bus continued to move forward.

Ahead, further ahead is Xiangyang Bus Station.

……

The long-distance bus slowly drove out of Xiangyang Station.

Along the city, like the ocean!

Please allow me, a one-armed man like me, to look back again.

I have witnessed countless of your bustling faces during the day, and I have also seen countless of your silent appearance at night.

In this land, I have devoutly welcomed the rising sun and bid farewell to the sunset; I have also unyieldingly accompanied the moon as it rises and sets...

My eyes swept over everything I was familiar with, and I was so reluctant to let go.

I can't bear to say goodbye to you, but I really have to say goodbye.

Goodbye, the place where I searched for my dreams, goodbye, the vicissitudes of life in my body and mind.

Goodbye, sisters and husband, thank you, you have always been my support to move forward bravely;

Goodbye, Ye Lu, my dear wife, thank you for staying with me all these years.

Yaya, dad is back.

Dad is ashamed, Dad still has nothing, but Dad has tried his best to be a good dad.

……

Lin Shushen felt too much reluctance in his heart and had too much to say.

In the past eight years, he has experienced so much in this city. Those tears and sweat have all condensed his infinite affection for this city.

He knew that this city did not matter to him, but he would leave this city deeply etched in his mind.

The bus was getting faster and faster, and Lin Shushen looked through the window and saw the morning glow in the sky along the city. In the glow, he silently asked himself, were the eight years in Yancheng worth it?

Asking silently, Lin Shushen still felt that the eight years in Yancheng were worth it, and he had no regrets. It was these eight years that forced him to have the courage and wisdom to face setbacks and desperate situations.

He believes that although it is difficult, one day he will find a way out. God never closes all his doors and windows.

The bus is about to leave Yancheng.

The rays kissed the earth and made Lin Shushen's face red.

In the summer eight years ago, Lin Shushen set foot in Yancheng with a longing in his heart;

Eight years later, in the winter, Lin Shushen left Yancheng, still carrying a longing in his heart.

Lin Shushen looked back at the city for the last time, silently saying goodbye in his heart.

From then on, no one could be seen pulling a tricycle in this city. He had only one sleeve, which was always floating in the wind...

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As time goes by, it jumps a bit as usual, from 2013 to 2014 on the horizontal axis of time.

This year, Ye Lian will be 39 years old, Cao Xueqian will be 38 years old, and Lan Shan will be 14 years old.

This year's Spring Festival is the first Spring Festival that Ye Lian's family spent in Jinjinghua Garden.

High-end communities are just different.

For the Spring Festival, the entire community is grandly decorated, decorated with lights, flower beds, and red celebration slogans. It looks festive and peaceful, and the entire community is a warm and joyful home.

This day is the sixth day of the first lunar month.

Ye Lian got up early and dragged Cao Xueqian up.

There are guests coming today, so I have to get up early to get ready.

Xiao Maobing called Cao Xueqian yesterday and said he would come over today to pay New Year's greetings.

Cao Xueqian said that brothers should not say New Year greetings to each other, but come over to play and get together, and it would be very happy.

In fact, since Xiao Maobing became a shareholder of Tongxin Factory, Cao Xueqian and he would bump into each other not long ago.

At the end of last year, Xiao Maobing finally sent a project to Tongxin Factory, but it had not yet been put into mass production.

However, we have made a start. As long as there are more projects coming later, for other shareholders of Tongxin Factory, letting Xiao Maobing take shares will not be considered a loss, and Cao Xueqian will not have to feel guilty in front of other shareholders.

Although Ye Lian also works at Tongxin Factory every day, she doesn't have much contact with Xiao Maobing. Every time Xiao Maobing came to Tongxin Factory, he went directly to Cao Xueqian and only said hello to Ye Lian when he passed by the finance room.

But a factory is a factory and a home is a home.

Xiao Maobing went to the factory for business reasons, and Ye Lian couldn't participate, so he didn't bother.

But when people come to your home, they are guests, and of course they must be received well.

Besides, there is also Xiao Maobing’s wife Jian Xiqi.