A foreign city, dear you

In late April in Yancheng, although there will be light rain from time to time, the weather is already very warm.

Most people have already put on short sleeves.

On Wednesday, Ye Lian got off work a little late. When I got home, I saw Lan Shan sitting on the ground crying.

"What's going on?" Ye Lian asked.

"I want to go out to play," Grandma Lanshan said, holding her waist, "But I don't know if it's because of the rain. My waist is a little uncomfortable. I can't take him to play outside, for fear that I won't be able to follow him."

"That's okay, I'll take him down to play. Is your waist hurt? Do you want to see a doctor?"

"No, it's a little uncomfortable. It'll be fine in a few days."

"Oh, then you rest at home. I'll take Shanshan out to play."

As soon as he heard that he could go out to play, Lanshan immediately stopped crying and burst into laughter. He was really able to send and receive things freely.

Lanshan skillfully found the shovel and bucket where he played with sand, took Ye Lian's hand and started to walk out.

Seeing her son's impatient look, Ye Lian couldn't help but smile. Ever since Cao Xueqian went to work in Guan Nei, Ye Lian's mood has actually been a bit depressed.

Now, the two of them have become a weekend couple.

Cao Xueqian goes home from Lijin Company every Saturday afternoon, and returns to the company from home early the next Monday morning.

Ye Lian felt that every day or two they spent together was so short.

And every time Cao Xueqian left, Ye Lian was left with lingering melancholy and waiting.

The night when Cao Xueqian came back from the interview at Lijin Company, the couple discussed and struggled in bed until very late.

Emotionally, Ye Lian does not want Cao Xueqian to leave her, but rationally, she knows that she should not stop Cao Xueqian from running towards a better future.

From a short-term perspective, Shunda Factory is indeed too hard, and the salary offered by Lijin Company is much higher, and there is no need to work overtime all the time; from a long-term perspective, Cao Xueqian's fate may undergo earth-shaking changes.

It is obvious from the excitement on Cao Xueqian's face that he is looking forward to this new job. He even said that he had a feeling that this would be a new level in his life. Can she bear to give up this expectation? Can she have the heart to stop him from moving to a new level in life?

she can't!

So, in the end, although she was reluctant to give up, she still agreed to him going to Lijin.

Unknowingly, Cao Xueqian has been working at Lijin for a month.

Every time Cao Xueqian comes back, Ye Lian feels that time is short and precious, and she wants to be with him every second.

But Grandma Lanshan hadn’t seen her son for a week. She asked Cao Xueqian what he was eating every day. What are you doing? Isn’t it hard? Wait, nagging, talking incessantly, sometimes Ye Lian can’t even get a word in.

Ye Lian was unhappy and couldn't say it clearly, so she sulked in her heart and walked to the side or outside to be angry with Cao Xueqian and herself.

When Cao Xueqian discovered that Ye Lian was missing, he searched for her, and when he found her, he was comforted and reassured.

After such a tossing, the originally short day passed in the blink of an eye, so Ye Lian was sulking at herself for no reason, regretting her willfulness and wasting the time she spent with Cao Xueqian.

Ye Lian knew that she had made things difficult for Cao Xueqian this month.

Cao Xueqian came back happily every time, but every time it was his own willfulness that made Cao Xueqian leave worriedly.

Cao Xueqian is too tolerant of himself, but he is so willful.

She knew she was wrong, but she just couldn't control herself sometimes.

Every time, she made up her mind to change, hoping that she would not be so willful, cherish every weekend gathering, and work hard to adapt to the life of a "weekend couple"...

……

"Mom, hurry up!" Lanshan urged.

So Ye Lian put away her thoughts and took Lan Shan downstairs to play.

As soon as he got downstairs, Little Lanshan was like a bird out of its cage, breaking away from Ye Lian's hand, taking his own "equipment" and running towards a pile of sand next to a building under construction not far away.

That was his "paradise", where he often played and got carried away.

After a while, Lanshan's clothes, shoes and socks were covered with sand, but he didn't care. He stuck out his little butt and shoveled the sand into the bucket over and over again with a small shovel, then poured it out, filled it again, and filled it again. I keep doing this over and over again, never getting tired of it.

Ye Lian squatted nearby and watched, wondering why children could never tire of playing in the sand.

"Fly - fly -" Several older children shouted from nowhere and flew paper airplanes towards the sand pile.

Little Lanshan, who was playing in the sand, was attracted by their shouts of joy. He stopped playing in the sand and raised his head to look at them in wonder.

"Uncle Xie——" Lan Shan suddenly shouted, stretching out his hand to point in a direction.

Ye Lian turned her head and looked along Lan Shan's fingers.

is not that right? Not far behind the children, Teacher Xie was walking towards this side.

Why is he here again? Ye Lian felt so strange.

Recently, I would run into him around here every once in a while, and even Little Lanshan became familiar with him.

"Shanshan——" Mr. Xie called him with a smile before he arrived.

"Shanshan likes to play in the sand? Do you want uncle to play with you?" Teacher Xie came closer and asked Lanshan softly.

“I want—I want—” Lanshan was happy to have a playmate.

So, Teacher Xie put a plastic bag in his hand on a relatively clean ground nearby, and really took Lanshan to play in the sand.

Teacher Xie looked at Ye Lian from time to time while playing in the sand.

His hands were really skillful. He built a sandcastle, a starfish, and a car, which made Lanshan cheer.

Seeing her son so excited, Ye Lian couldn't help but smile.

That smile that temporarily forgets worries is like a ray of sunshine, bright and beautiful.

"Teacher Xie, just go and do your business and let him play by himself." Ye Lian said, feeling a little sorry.

"It's okay. I'll follow Shanshan's childhood for a while. This is also a good rest." Teacher Xie looked away from Ye Lian's smiling face with a smile and continued to play with Lanshan.

"What has been blowing you this way lately?" Ye Lian asked jokingly, expressing her doubts.

"A magnetic wind." Teacher Xie looked at Ye Lian and answered without thinking.

"What do you mean?" Ye Lian asked.

"You're kidding, it's not interesting. I have a student who lives near here, and I recently helped him with extra classes."

"Oh? Who is it?"

As the English teacher in Mr. Xie's class, she was familiar with all the students in his class, and she didn't find anyone living nearby.

Teacher Xie didn't answer, either because he didn't hear or because he didn't want to answer.

"Shanshan, let's draw a heart, shall we?" Teacher Xie asked Lanshan.

"Okay -" Lan Shan clapped his hands, there was nothing he didn't like.

Teacher Xie first flattened the sand to create a flat surface, and then picked up a small pebble on the ground. With the professionalism of a mathematics teacher, a beautiful heart with smooth lines and even symmetry on the left and right soon appeared on the sand. .

When Xiao Lanshan saw it, he also copied the gourd and drew a smaller, irregular heart on the side.

The child is weak and the scratches are shallow.

"Uncle Xie, what is love for?" Lan Shan asked, looking at the "masterpiece" of the two people.

"Love means love." Teacher Xie replied seriously.

"Then what is love?" Little Lanshan tilted his head and had endless questions.

Teacher Xie didn't answer immediately. He turned to look at Ye Lian.