Double Life: My whole world is you

Cheng Qiao discovered something magical. The same distance from home to the destination is farther than the return from the destination. This time, Cheng's mother only carried a bag and did not carry anything, because they had to return on the Lantern Festival. The custom here is that married daughters cannot stay at home for the New Year, nor can they watch the lanterns on the 15th day. Cheng Qiao and Cheng Zhu each carried a bag and a bag of things. This time the journey back to Grandma was very smooth. The three of them did not stop. The usual journey of 40 to 50 minutes felt like less than half an hour this time. After seeing Grandma Bay from a distance, Cheng's mother smiled and said, "Finally back."

Compared to their bay, Cheng Qiao still likes Wangjia Bay. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Yes! Our relatives and friends are here."

"Sister, hurry up! I want to go to my grandma to wish her a happy new year." Cheng Zhu ran forward with the bag in his arms. He started shouting before he even reached the primary school. When he arrived at the primary school, his grandma led a group of people to meet him. His uncle helped Cheng Ma take the things on her back, and his two aunts and his younger aunt helped Cheng Qiao and Cheng Zhu take the things. Cheng Zhu smiled and wished everyone a happy new year. After the group of people returned to the yard, his uncle set off a firecracker, which was about the same size as the firecrackers they set off on New Year's Day.

As soon as everyone sat down, grandma took out a photo and showed it to Cheng's mother. "This is Lulu's brother, named Kunkun." Cheng Qiao leaned on her aunt's shoulder and looked at the little baby, a few months old, wearing a shirt and showing a cute smile. This is Kunkun, the second cousin from her aunt's family. At that time, the second child policy had not yet been implemented. If the first child was a boy, rural residents were not allowed to have a second child. Lulu, the eldest cousin from her aunt's family, was the same year as Cheng Qiao, half a year younger than her. Kunkun, the second cousin, was an extra child. They were away from home and did not come back for the New Year this year...

At this time, Cheng Qiao's family of three and her aunt's family of four arrived. They sat in the yard, eating snacks and chatting happily. Cheng Qiao found that Cheng's mother and grandmother never closed their mouths, either talking or laughing. The two aunts watched the time and went to prepare the meal. At this time, a motorcycle drove in and two voices rang out, "Grandma, Happy New Year! Happy New Year to you."

Everyone quickly stood up to greet him, and the children gathered around him, "Brother Jian, Brother Jian..."

It turned out that it was my eldest cousin Yuan from my aunt's family and my second cousin Jian from my second aunt who came over. As soon as they got off the motorcycle, the sound of firecrackers rang out. After the two aunts poured tea for them, they began to prepare lunch. Grandma lit the fire, and my aunt and Cheng's mother helped. There were enough people to cook, so she didn't need to help. The two uncles were chatting with my uncle-in-law and the two cousins. My cousins ​​were watching TV with Cheng Zhu. Cheng Qiao was bored and was ready to do her homework. Cheng's mother told her that she would take her to the city in a few days. She didn't have much time to do her homework, and she also had an English exercise book and two essays and reflections.

She did it right away. She moved the table and chairs to a corner of the yard and did her homework in the sun. However, English was really difficult. She scratched her head while writing and had to flip through the book from time to time. After more than half an hour, she only wrote two pages. At this time, she felt a figure blocking her sun. She looked up and saw that it was Brother Jian standing next to her, smiling at her homework. She called out embarrassedly, "Brother Jian."

"You've stopped writing for a while. Don't you know how to do it?" He asked, squatting beside her.

"Yes, Brother Jian, English is really difficult." Cheng Qiao complained.

"Hey, look, have you learned this word? It means... put together..." After Jian Ge gently helped her solve a few problems that she was scratching her head, Cheng Qiao was about to get up to help him move the chair, but Jian Ge smiled and refused, "Learning English is the same as Chinese. It also requires long-term accumulation, especially vocabulary. You need to work hard on yourself to learn the rest."

"Okay, thank you Brother Jian." Cheng Qiao nodded.

"Learning is like a marathon. It requires a good attitude and constant accumulation." After he finished speaking, he stood up and said softly, "I took your aunt for a physical examination at the end of the year. There's nothing wrong."

Hearing what Brother Jian said, Cheng Qiao smiled knowingly, "That's good."

Lunch was prepared with everyone's joint efforts. We ate in the living room of my uncle's house. The adults sat at a big table, and my aunt prepared a small table for the children. Cheng Qiao was underage, so she was also a child, but she was the eldest of the children. This was not their most lively time. The most lively time of the year was my grandmother's birthday, because my grandmother's birthday was the Lantern Festival...

After dinner, everyone gathered in the yard and chatted for a while before suggesting going to my third aunt's house. My third aunt's house was the closest to my grandmother's house, and it only took more than ten minutes to walk there, but those who had cars insisted on riding. My eldest aunt's brother Yuan took his brother Jian, my eldest uncle, and Yangyang; my youngest uncle also had a motorcycle, and he took my youngest aunt, Yingying, and Xiaoyanzi; my youngest uncle also rode a motorcycle, and took my youngest aunt's cousin Zezhu and cousin Zechun. Chengzhu also got on the motorcycle, and my youngest uncle shouted to Chengqiao, "Qiao, get on quickly and sit in the back."

"Uncle, no need. It's so close, I can walk there." Cheng Qiao refused. It was such nice weather and he didn't need to carry anything. It would be nice to walk with Aunt Cheng.

"What a coincidence! You went there. There was still a lot of space for the three little ones to sit in." The aunt said, "Your uncle is an experienced driver. He can take care of five people by himself without any problem."

"Sister, hurry up." Cheng Zhu, who was sitting at the back, shouted, and then he moved a little forward.

"Okay." Cheng Qiao watched her mother, her aunt, and her eldest aunt walk away arm in arm, talking and laughing. Cheng Qiao felt helpless, as if she did not belong to their circle.

The uncle rode slowly and steadily. There were occasional sounds of firecrackers and crowds of people passing by. A few minutes later, they stopped at two yellow tiled two-and-a-half-story houses on the side of the road. Third Aunt Bay was not very big. Their new house was in the northeast corner of the bay, connected to the main road. As soon as they got off the car, Cheng Qiao looked up and saw a small gray tiled house on the opposite side. It was Teacher Wu's home. At this time, his daughter came back from the roadside and smiled at her. She also smiled at her and quickly followed Cheng Zhu in. She was afraid of seeing the "tiger".

After they entered the house, they went to the backyard. Third Aunt was making dumplings. She was very happy to see everyone. She said that Uncle had taken his cousins ​​Junting and Junjie to visit relatives and had not returned yet. Junting was married and his cousin's wife was from another place. She was holding her six-month-old nephew in the backyard to bask in the sun. When she saw everyone coming, she quickly held the child in one hand and moved chairs for everyone to sit on with the other hand. After Cheng Ma and the other two arrived, Third Aunt went to the next door to call Uncle (third uncle's younger brother) to get a round firecracker...