Chapter 1339: Preparations
"Okay, I’ll go back and make preparations. I must arrange a sleeper berth for Xue and Jing Chu. You wait for us there. No need to call, it’ll just be in the next few days."
"Alright, Chaoyang knows the home. You can just go straight home."
"Mm. Sure."
The two of them called Li Yunqiao again, but there was still no answer, so they gave up.
"Chaoyang, you go home. I’ll buy train tickets; we’ll leave in the next few days."
"Uncle Lv, there’s no rush in the next day or two; our house can be sorted in a day. Once we’ve left, the house must be tidied up."
"Mm, I know."
Chaoyang returned home to inform the three of them about the departure plans.
"Jing Chu, I think Uncle Lv wants to leave now to avoid getting upset when that woman comes again."
"Hmph, it should be like that. That woman is bound to come again."
"Alright, don’t be upset. Let’s start tidying up. We have to prepare all the food and supplies at home."
"Mm, we need to get the clothes and bedding ready."
Jing Chu now has the energy to think about leaving immediately.
Lv Beiguang arrived at the train station and found Yang Songpo to explain his intention.
"When are you planning to leave?"
"I’m thinking the day after tomorrow. The house needs a thorough cleaning."
"Mm, okay, let’s go. I’ll take you to see."
They bought two sleeper tickets, both lower berths, which would be convenient for the two girls. They also bought the three tickets for them.
Lunch was braised pork bones with sauerkraut and rice.
"Jing Chu, let’s invite everyone for a meal tomorrow. Then we won’t have to bring this food to the Capital."
"Alright, there will still be leftovers after dinner."
"Then we’ll pass them onto Aunt She. Let’s leave a key with her too."
This should be good. No need to prepare dinner; there’s already meat at home.
Everyone was busy tidying the house; there really wasn’t much, just the kitchen supplies to give away.
Lv Beiguang rode to the supply and marketing cooperative and found She Xiaoyun, "Come to my house for dinner tomorrow night. We’ll leave the day after."
"So soon?"
"Mm, I’ve called Xinyu. She’ll help find a good doctor in the Capital to look at Xue. Besides, departure is inevitable, just a matter of ten days earlier."
"Alright, I got it. I’ll call them."
"Sure, I’ll count on you to notify them."
She Xiaoyun watched Lv Beiguang, who was radiant, and sighed inwardly. That person, to sacrifice everything for the children. Endure anything.
Jiang Xinyu returned home and was asked by Wei Kaiyun what was going on.
"Li Xue is pregnant. Lv Beiguang is worried, so he came over early to find a good doctor for her here."
"Haha, Guodong is becoming a father? Time really flies."
"Isn’t it? Time goes by so fast."
The next day, aside from the quilts, everything to be taken was packed. Guodong and the three of them cleaned the house again.
There really was a lot of stuff, luckily Chaoyang came to help, otherwise it would have been quite troublesome.
"Dad, should we send these directly back from the post office?" Jing Chu frowned at the pile of packages.
"Better not. Imagine you’re all home while the luggage hasn’t arrived. No worries, we certainly have sleeper berths on the way from the Capital, with more people coming, managing the luggage won’t be a problem." Chaoyang quickly advised.
"Okay, I suppose Aunt Jiang’s luggage won’t be any less."
The whole family ate lunch and then started preparing dinner.
Jing Chu packed all the intestines and took four pig trotters, leaving the rest for tonight’s dinner.
Everything was organized together to avoid waste, checked multiple times.
At night, everyone came over without bringing anything, as they knew they were heading to the Capital, not the Northeast directly, so too many things wouldn’t do. They agreed to each directly give twenty yuan.
Of course, Lv Beiguang refused to accept it, while others sincerely gave, and in the end, he didn’t take the money.
Two tables in total, a group of people ate for more than two hours, and Lv Beiguang drank too much.
Leaving one’s homeland, he felt uncertain. But for the children, he was willing.
They’ve been together for more than ten years, and they’ve had a good relationship.
All were reluctant, but everyone knows there’s no perpetual feast in this world.
Lv Beiguang handed the key to She Xiaoyun, "I entrust it to you."
"Mm, no problem, I’ll come by often. You should just sell it; leaving it idle wastes it. Or rent it out, a house needs residents for vitality."
"Alright, you handle it."
Everyone watched the two of them and recalled She Xiaoyun’s past pursuit of Lv Beiguang, when the past was definitely different.
After seeing them off, the family washed up, feeling a bit unsettled. Leaving now, there’s uncertainty on when they might return.
"Guodong, let’s find time to come back with Dad to visit."
"Mm, Dad truly doesn’t want to leave, but for Jing Chu, he’d give up anything." Guodong felt emotional.
"Rest assured, we’ll filial piety to Dad in the future."
"Mm, I trust you. Dad is so immense in our hearts."
Jing Chu couldn’t sleep either, entangled in leaving her homeland with her father, uncertain about the future, but she knew she’d be devoted to him for a lifetime. He could sacrifice for her, and she could sacrifice for him.
Chaoyang and Lv Beiguang slept together, as Lv reminisced about everything there, chatting non-stop. Regardless, Chaoyang noticed he was truly reluctant.
"Uncle Lv, we can always come back to visit in the future. If Guodong and Xue’er get into college, they’ll definitely leave our place."
"Haha, nothing’s really bad about your village. Tomorrow morning, I’ll get the proof for relocating, knowing I won’t be from here anymore. Sigh!"
"Uncle Lv, keep the house. You can always return in the future."
"Forget it, I’ll decide later. A tree moves for death, people move for life. I’m just nagging a bit."
"Actually, it’s also fine over there; Guodong and Jing Chu are both there. Now your family can live together, and when Xue’er has the baby, it’ll be even livelier."
Chaoyang didn’t know how to comfort him. Naturally, he was clumsy with words, feeling a bit anxious. "Uncle Lv, don’t feel bad."
"Haha, I’ve thought it over; it’s not as bad as you think."
This left Chaoyang even more uncertain about what to say, feeling nothing he said was right, making it seem his attempts at comfort worsened the mood.