Previously, it was only about not being able to catch up with the beloved girl, and that was that.
But ever since his future elder brother-in-law arrived, he had been guarding and watching Su Xiaomei with hawk-like vigilance.
He had fewer and fewer opportunities to see his beloved girl alone.
If this continued, when would he be able to win the beauty's heart?
Fortunately, his future elder brother-in-law would return to the army after the New Year, and would not always hinder his pursuit of his wife.
Thinking of this, Professor Huo felt a little better.
After getting on the train, Su Taohua looked at her eldest son staring at Professor Huo as if he were a thief and couldn't help but complain.
"You child, you don't find a wife yourself, but you also have to delay your sister!"
Little Liang felt wronged. He wasn't delaying his sister; he was just afraid that Professor Huo, with his flirtatious eyes, would trick his sister.
"Mom, I didn't!" Su Xiaoliang immediately stated his position.
He only had this one sister, so of course he was considering her.
"I think Xiaoliang is right. That Professor Huo, who came back from abroad, doesn't look like someone who lives a peaceful life!"
Su Xiaoliang didn't expect his stepfather to be on the same side as him at this moment.
At that moment, he felt that this stepfather was quite good.
Su Xiaotian and Su Xiaomei, sisters sitting opposite each other not far away, happened to hear this.
Su Xiaotian giggled, while Su Xiaomei was truly speechless.
There were many people on the road, and the Su family brought a lot of convenient food and drinks.
Su Liuliu held a lunchbox of braised meat and sighed, wishing they didn't have to go back for the New Year and could stay in Beijing.
They could continue to make money.
"Grandma, can we come back earlier?"
Before they had even left, Su Liuliu was already thinking about returning!
Su Grandma looked at her grandson like this and was furious, scolding, "You've really gotten used to being wild in Beijing, do you not even want your home anymore?"
Su Liuliu knew he had said the wrong thing and quickly scurried to his bunk, not daring to say another word.
Instead, Su Grandma started scolding her grandson and couldn't stop.
"Will you lose a piece of flesh by returning to our Hongxin Brigade?"
Su Xiaotian looked at the pathetic little Liuliu and said, "Grandma, we won't lose a piece of flesh, but we will lose money."
Su Grandma was instantly silenced by these words!
Indeed, going away would delay more than ten days, which would really delay making money.
Forget it!
Su Liuliu, hearing Su Xiaotian's words silence Su Grandma, didn't know what to say.
How come everything his little sister said was right?
Forget it, his little sister was their family's precious treasure!
The train swayed and rumbled for two nights and one day before arriving at the county town.
Fortunately, the Su family had sleeper berths, so they could lie down and sleep when they were tired.
Even so, the mental state of the whole family was not very good.
Everyone got off the train with their luggage, carrying bags and packages.
It was already noon, and they planned to go directly back to the Hongxin Brigade.
Coincidentally, Su Laosan met a former colleague from the team.
Seeing it was Su Laosan, the person enthusiastically stepped forward to greet him.
Su Laosan was also very happy: "Da Yang, you kid, you look so proud, what good news is there?"
"I just got married a few days ago. Third Brother, it would have been great if you were here."
When colleagues had happy events in their families, they liked to invite Su Laosan to join in the fun. Why?
The Su family was prosperous, and their descendants were blessed!
"Then congratulations. I'll come to your house as a guest another day," Su Laosan said politely.
"Come during the New Year, and I'll have my wife make delicious food."
Da Yang glanced behind Su Laosan and then realized that he was returning home.
"Third Brother, are you just back from Beijing?"
"Of course, I just got off the train. I don't know if today's bus is running!"
There was only one bus from the county town back to the Hongxin Brigade, and if it broke down, there would be none.
"That car had a car accident a couple of days ago and hasn't been fixed yet." Da Yang looked at the family, young and old, and sighed, "Third, wait a moment. I'll go tell our captain to send you back!"
Da Yang had been helped by Su Laosan before, so he was extremely enthusiastic.
Su Laosan was originally from the brigade, and after Da Yang reported to the captain, a truck indeed came.
The elders and Su Xiaotian sat in the driver's cab, while the others had to sit in the open-top truck bed.
Along the way, the cold wind was biting, whistling and howling. Even those in the driver's cab felt the cold, let alone those in the open top.
Fortunately, when they arrived home, it was warm, and the quilts on the kang were heated.
Entering the warm room, Su Xiaotian immediately jumped onto the kang and burrowed into the warm quilt.
The other children followed suit and quickly got on the kang, shivering and snuggling under the quilts.
"Grandma, Grandpa, you two should get on the kang too."
Su Xiaotian did not forget to call out to the two elders.
The elders sat by the stove, and Liang Xiu quickly poured each of them a cup of hot water.
"Fortunately, the eldest sister and the others took care of the house, otherwise we would have frozen to death!"
Because they had called in advance, Wang Xianghua had already helped clean the old Su family's house and Su Taohua's house thoroughly.
Fearing that the family would be cold when they returned, she specifically started a fire to warm the rooms.
The kang was also filled, and for two consecutive days, the entire house was warm.
"Third Brother's wife, you should also quickly drink some hot water to warm up. It's so cold in winter, it's really freezing!"
"If eldest sister hadn't made the house so warm earlier, we would have suffered when we got back!" Liang Xiu said with emotion.
"I think we shouldn't come back for New Year's next year. This trip costs a lot of money, delays making money, and people suffer!" Su Grandpa said.
It was fine for the adults to suffer, but these children, look how cold they were?
Moreover, Wang Xianghua, upon hearing that her in-laws, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law were returning with the children, didn't even bother with the chickens.
She quickly called for someone to help find Su Laoda and Su Laoer at the chicken farm and rushed home from the chicken farm herself.
"Xianghua, why are you running so fast?" someone on the road saw Wang Xianghua running quickly and called out.
"My parents and children are back!" Wang Xianghua said as she jogged, not stopping at all.
"Oh my, I have to go see," the elderly woman said, quickly spreading the news.
It was almost New Year's, and everyone was either tidying up their houses or hibernating, so they were idle, and gossip spread very quickly.
Wang Xianghua ran home in one breath and saw that the main door was open.
She crossed the yard in three steps and went directly into the main hall.
As soon as she entered, she saw a pile of people lying on the kang in the room, with her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law, four people, gathered around the stove.
Almost everyone's face was blue, indicating that they were indeed frozen.
She wanted to speak, but she was so out of breath that she couldn't utter a word.
Seeing Wang Xianghua like this, Su Xiaotian thought she had run a marathon.