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Chapter 66 Encountering an Old Friend in the Family Compound
"Niannian, what's wrong? Does your stomach hurt?"

Lu Xiao sounded nervous.

Nian Yunci and Wang Xueqin were also very nervous.

"Niannian..."

"I am fine."

Qiao Nian spoke up to dispel their worries, "It's just that it might be the baby's first time riding in an oxcart, so they're quite excited and moving around a lot."

The reason I frowned just now wasn't from any other pain, but from the pain in my stomach caused by the baby kicking me.

Knowing that this was the reason, Nian Yunci and Wang Xueqin were both amused and exasperated.

"These two children are very naughty."

Lu Xiao's gaze also fell on his wife's belly. Even through a thin cotton-padded jacket, he could see that his wife's belly was slightly protruding.

He lowered his voice and soothed the baby in his belly.

"Stop bothering Mom."

"Let's go to Dad's workplace together."

Lu Xiao has a very good temper.

You can tell from how he comforts the baby in his belly.

I don't know if the child understood? Anyway, for the rest of the way, although the child still moved, he didn't kick Qiao Nian as hard as before.

The oxcart took them directly to the county station.

Lu Xiao asked Tian Guangxia, who was rushing to catch the train, to wait a moment while he went to the state-run restaurant across from the train station and bought more than a dozen large meat buns.

He handed five large meat buns, wrapped together in oil paper, to Tian Guangxia.

"Xiao Lu, this...this is not acceptable."

Tian Guangxia was unwilling to accept it.

Without saying a word, Lu Xiao stuffed the meat bun into Tian Guangxia's hand.

“Take it back and let the children and sisters-in-law have a taste.”

Under his persistent persuasion, Tian Guangxia had no choice but to accept the large meat buns.

"Brother Guangsha, you should go back now. Be careful on the road."

"it is good."

Tian Guangxia was a very honest and kind man, completely different from his younger brother Tian Guangmao.

His dark face was flushed with embarrassment, still feeling awkward because of the meat buns. "Then be careful on your journey and stay safe."

After saying goodbye to Tian Guangxia, Lu Xiao returned to Qiao Nian and the others, and distributed the meat buns to everyone.

Li Ruihua and Wang Xueqin had eaten too much of the Qiao family's food, so they didn't hold back anymore.

After they finished eating the meat buns, it was time to get on the bus.

I took my things and got on the bus.

Although it was only a day's journey, Lu Xiao still bought sleeper berths to make everyone as comfortable as possible.

Last year, when Qiao Nian took the train, she was alone, carrying worries about her parents and misunderstandings about Lu Xiao.

In just a few months, her parents were still by her side, and Lu Xiao had not betrayed her either, and was also still by her side.

Qiao Nian felt as if she were in a dream, it was all unreal.

After sitting down, she reached out and asked Lu Xiao to pinch her, saying, "Pinch me quickly."

"What's wrong, Nian Nian?"

After finishing his work, Lu Xiao sat down next to his wife.

He offered his body to her as a crutch.

Lu Xiao couldn't help but be puzzled when his pampered daughter, who was always afraid of pain, suddenly made such an inhuman request.

Qiao Nian said, "I don't know if I'm dreaming."

"Silly girl."

Lu Xiao held his wife's hand, not pinching her, only feeling heartache, "I'm right here, how could it be a dream?"

"It just went a little too smoothly."

"Is it because your man is capable?"

Lu Xiao lowered his voice and boasted in her ear.

Qiao Nian...

No need to pinch anymore, I know it's not a dream.

The Lu Xiao in my dreams wouldn't be this narcissistic!
As the couple talked, several elders were also talking in the adjacent private room.

One day passed.

It was already evening when they arrived at the station where Lu Xiao was stationed.

The sun was about to set, and it was getting dark. "Uncle, Aunt, please stay at our house in the staff quarters tonight. I'll take you to the hospital staff quarters tomorrow."

Lu Xiao made the suggestion.

Li Ruihua and Wang Xueqin nodded.

"Thank you for your help, Xiao Lu."

"We're family, no need to be so polite."

The group arrived at the entrance of the family compound. Lu Xiao went to register, while Qiao Nian looked at the family compound in the distance. It was a large area of ​​houses, very spacious and large, looking like a small town.

The residential compound, planned in a way that blends into the mountains and water, has streets and courtyards of the same size and distance.

Besides these single-story courtyards, further away there are three- or four-story tenement buildings, densely packed and stretching into the distance.

Although they were all gray and dusty, they still looked quite spectacular.

After Lu Xiao completed the registration, he led them into the family compound.

The sentry at the gate offered to help them with their luggage, but Lu Xiao politely declined.

"It's okay, we can take it ourselves."

There wasn't much stuff, so several people shared it, each carrying a little, so there wasn't much pressure.

The group walked along the road.

The family compound that Lu Xiao applied for is located in Lane 12.

This place is farther from the river, but closer to the mountains.

There aren't many residents, and there are several empty courtyards around.

You can see courtyard number 109 from afar.

Smoke curled from the Song family's chimney, but there was no sign of cooking fires next door.

"Pretty sister?"

A childish voice rang out.

The group of people walking together looked in that direction.

Qiao Nian's gaze met Song Junbao's, who had clearly grown a bit taller. "It's you?"

Song Junbao nodded and turned to call out in his own yard, "Grandma, Grandma, it's that pretty sister, it's that pretty sister."

Hearing her eldest grandson's voice from inside the house, Grandma Song came out laughing, "What pretty sister?"

"where is it?"

"grandmother!"

Song Junbao went forward and pulled Old Lady Song out, leading her to the front door.

Grandma Song spotted Qiao Nian at a glance.

"Oh, it's the comrade I met on the train before."

After she finished speaking, her gaze fell on Lu Xiao, and she immediately smiled and said, "So you're Lu Xiao's lover? Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"

Grandma Song came forward with a smile to greet her.

Qiao Nian never expected to run into them here.

She also greeted Grandma Song with a smile, calling her "Auntie".

"Would you like to come inside and sit for a while?"

Grandma Song warmly invited them into the house.

Lu Xiao smiled faintly, "No, we're home now. I'll come visit Auntie after I've settled in."

Their house is right next door, there's really no need to make a special trip to the Song family's house for a while.

Besides, with so many people carrying bags and luggage, it wouldn't be convenient for them to go in.

"Okay, okay, okay. Anyway, now that we live close by, we can visit each other often when we have time."

Grandma Song was very hospitable.

Qiao Nian smiled and agreed.

Several people carried their belongings into the house, where Lu Xiao arranged for them to stay.

The three main rooms had been cleaned up, the walls had been painted, and the kang (heated brick bed) had been renovated. You could put your things down and go straight to sleep.

“Niannian and I will stay in this room, Mom and Dad will stay in the other room, and Uncle and Aunt will stay in the middle room for the time being.”

Lu Xiao opened the door, and a spacious, clean room appeared before them, making everyone's eyes light up.

They hadn't seen such a clean house in many years.

"Niannian, go and rest on the kang first."

Currently, heating methods are still relatively limited. In such a cold region, even in residential compounds on the outskirts of the city, most people still use traditional earthen kang beds from rural areas for heating.

(End of this chapter)