A foreign city, dear you

Ten days later, the admission letter from Minzu University arrived at Room 5H304, Jinjinghuayuan.

The whole family was very excited when they saw the exquisite red notice.

Although it is not as good as Tsinghua University and Peking University, Minzu University is also a level that ordinary people can hardly reach.

Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin were thinking about whether to host a banquet for the guests, but Cao Lanshan refused. Finally, Ye Lu, Ye Wei, Lanshan's grandparents, Cheng Yufei and Han Yumo came over, and the whole table had a simple celebration.

The new students at Minzu University start school relatively late, not until mid-September.

Thinking that Cao Lanshan was about to fly away and leave her, Ye Lian had many concerns, so she had a close talk with Cao Lanshan, telling him many things, mostly about paying attention to safety, taking good care of her finances, focusing more on studying, not being cheated, not borrowing money, etc.

There are three points that Ye Lian specifically mentioned:

Physical health always comes first, and you must exercise while studying;

Allow others to be better than you, and don’t be too anxious;

If you are in love, you must be sincere to the girl.

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In fact, even if Ye Lian didn't explain these words, Cao Lanshan understood them, but Ye Lian just felt uneasy.

The day of school opening has finally arrived.

Cao Lanshan is a very independent child and doesn't need his parents to send him to university. But Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin not only want to send Cao Lanshan, they also want to visit Minzu University. They are really proud and surprised that their son can go to such a good university.

When I arrived at Minzu University, I visited the entire campus and took a lot of photos. I felt that in such a great university campus, every person, every scene, and every building showed a different level.

When going home, Cao Lanshan sent his parents off.

Ye Lian and Cao Lanshan were reluctant to leave so they walked around Minzu University in a big circle, just like they had walked around Anbao Middle School.

In the next few years, my son will study and live here. He has gradually broken away from his parents' arms and flown to his own sky to start a new chapter in his life.

Sitting in a taxi to the airport, seeing Cao Lanshan standing on the roadside waving at them, Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin were reluctant to leave and couldn't help crying.

There is a kind of love in the world that is not about being bound all the time, but about letting go and doing your best to help him fly high and far.

After returning to Yancheng from Minzu University, Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin seemed to have joined the ranks of empty-nest elderly people. They felt that the house had become empty and quiet.

When missing her son, Ye Lian would send some greetings or pictures in the family group of three, hoping to see a response from her son, and then take the opportunity to chat with her son to comfort her longing for him.

If Ye Lian didn't see any movement from Cao Lanshan for a few days, she would worry and wonder if Cao Lanshan was doing well in school.

But she was afraid that she would disturb Cao Lanshan, so she didn't call or send many messages. She just silently checked Cao Lanshan's WeChat step count. As long as the WeChat step count was normal, it meant that Cao Lanshan was safe and sound.

All mothers in the world are like this, right?

I try not to disturb my child, but I also want to know if he or she is doing well.

One evening, Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin were walking in the community garden of Jinjinghuayuan. They talked about Cao Lanshan again and laughed that they were both empty-nesters.

Ye Lian pretended to be old and frail, and moved forward little by little on her toes, and said to Cao Xueqin in an old and weak voice: "Old man, how far is it to home?"

When Cao Xueqian saw this, he also cooperated by hunching his back, holding Ye Lian, and said tremblingly: "Old woman, there are still 800 meters to go."

Ye Lian sighed, looking very difficult: "It's still so far? Then we have to walk for a long time before we can get home."

Cao Xueqin encouraged Ye Lian: "Old lady, let's walk slowly. Every step we take will bring us closer. We will eventually get there."

Haha!

Both of them laughed and felt that they were both pretending very well.

However, it is an empty nest, but it is not that old, and Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin both have things to do.

Cao Xueqin is busy with his company.

The batch of brackets ordered by his company failed to pass the customer's inspection standards several times and had to be constantly modified and adjusted...

As for Ye Lian, due to many delays, the progress of her novel has been slow. Now, she is going to start writing her novel again. She wants to write 150,000 words as soon as possible and then try to sign a contract.

Days go by one by one. Although the family is not together and everyone has their own things to do, they care about each other and keep in touch frequently.

That small family group of three is their heart home in the sky.

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There is only one day left before the National Day holiday.

Cao Lanshan had just started school and the journey was long, so she didn't go home.

Early that morning, Cao Xueqin went to the kitchen to knead dough.

Cao Lanshan is not at home, and I haven’t made buns for a long time. I always feel that the two “old people” can eat whatever they want.

I haven’t eaten homemade buns for a long time, and I missed them a little, so I decided to make them today.

Every time making buns, Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin work together. Cao Xueqin is responsible for kneading the dough and beating the meat filling, while Ye Lian is responsible for buying meat and making buns.

So Ye Lian's work is in the back.

The first thing Ye Lian did when she got up was to go to the toilet and empty her stomach, one to clean her body, and the other to prepare for weighing herself later.

Ye Lian is losing weight recently.

She couldn't understand why she suddenly became fat?

Too much? Not really.

This is probably why I stopped running.

Ye Lian didn't want to stop running, but she didn't dare to run now. After she and Cao Xueqin ran for more than ten kilometers, she felt that her knees seemed to be empty and could not bear much force, so she didn't dare to run anymore.

Maybe this is the reason why I gained weight without noticing, my face became rounder, my waist became fatter, some clothes became tighter, and my underwear became tighter.

Ye Lian was scared and felt that she was really going to become a fat lady, which was something that the beauty-loving Ye Lian could not tolerate.

So she was determined to lose weight and eat less or even no dinner.

The first thing to do every morning is to empty your stomach so that you can get a pleasant number when you weigh yourself later.

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After squatting for about twenty minutes, Ye Lian felt that she had completely excreted the stool, so she went to the study to weigh herself.

The scale is in the study.

The study is adjacent to the kitchen.

Cao Xueqin just came out of the kitchen and saw Ye Lian rushing to the study to weigh herself. He also came over with a smile to look at the number.

Ye Lian stepped on the scale and looked at the number, 49.8 kilograms. She immediately became upset: "Why am I still so heavy? Why can't I lose weight? I didn't eat much at night."

Cao Xueqian quickly comforted him: "It went down, it went down. Maybe the scale is not that sensitive, or it is broken and it doesn't show it."

Ye Lian pouted: "How could that be?"

Cao Xueqian added: "There are other possibilities that may affect the authenticity of your weight."

Ye Lian asked: "What other possibilities are there?"

"For example, you have too many clothes on."

Ye Lian looked at herself. She was only wearing a vest. What else could she do?

"Or maybe it's because my hair has grown longer?"

Ye Lian touched her hair. It was already short, so what else could she do?

Ye Lian was always losing hair, so she simply cut her hair short. But this short hair grew back in weight overnight?

Ye Lian rolled her eyes at Cao Xueqin and knew he was talking nonsense.

I see my wife still hasn’t been coaxed.

Cao Xueqian came up with another plan and said, "I have a way. Your weight will definitely go down."

"What method?" Although Ye Lian didn't believe it, she still asked curiously.