RYEY -Chapter 449 The Whole Family Is About to Reunite

His father had taken the bear hide and bear paw to sell and got a very good price, so he truly had money in his pocket now and didn’t mind the three yuan per table for the banquet.

But Chen Weidang cared even less about that three yuan per table. Even if they set up three tables, it would only cost about ten yuan—and they didn’t even need that many.

Guoqing was very satisfied. After the banquet the day after tomorrow, they would leave. Tomorrow was just right to go to the county seat to find Shouhou to stock up on goods, then go to the post office to call Lele and tell her to get ready—once they reached Spring City, they would take her back with them.

In fact, Lele had already prepared. They had agreed long ago that after graduating from university, she would follow Guoqing back to Hexi. Guoqing had even applied for housing in the family compound—if she didn’t go now, it wouldn’t be right.

Mother Li felt extremely reluctant to part. She suddenly felt very tired. The children she had raised one by one were leaving her—first Li Bing, then Li Huan, and now even Lele was leaving.

“Mom, why don’t you come with me? Shouhou and Sister Qiu Min are here at the general store—nothing will go wrong.”

“Then what about Li Ming?”

“Li Ming can come too. He’s Second Sister-in-law’s own son, not my brother’s baggage or something shameful.”

“No. The general store business is doing so well—I have to help your second brother and sister-in-law keep an eye on it. If something goes wrong, you’ll regret it.”

Lele kept persuading Mother Li to take Li Ming to Hexi for a look first. They hadn’t seen Second Brother and Sister-in-law for a long time, and the child was on vacation anyway—why not go, then come back when school started?

Mother Li was tempted. She also missed Li Huan and Cheng Qiao very much. Of course, the one she missed most was Cheng Li. Among all her grandchildren, Cheng Li was her favorite—even more than Xiao Nuan. This affection ran very deep, though she didn’t know why.

Li Ming was even happier, flipping somersaults on the kang. Right—he needed to make phone calls to his younger brother and sister to ask whether they were going to Hexi too. They were on vacation as well!

That night, Li Ming didn’t sleep at all. He wrote and drew in a notebook, jotting down everything he wanted to say tomorrow—otherwise, if he got nervous, he would definitely forget.

The next morning, both Mother Li and Li Ming ate breakfast with panda eyes. Their hearts had already flown to Hexi. Of course, Li Ming still needed to call his siblings in the capital.

“Grandma, I want to call my younger brother and sister, and also Brother Xuhui.”

“You miss your parents, don’t you?”

Li Ming nodded. Summer vacation was three months long. If he didn’t go to Hexi to see them, he didn’t know how he’d get through such a long break.

“Alright. We’ll all go.”

“Mom, you agreed!”

Mother Li and Li Ming looked up at Li Le, who also had panda eyes. Li Ming burst out laughing. “Auntie misses Uncle! You didn’t sleep all night thinking about him!”

“You little rascal—see if I don’t smack your chubby butt!”

Li Le’s face reddened as she grabbed a feather duster, pretending to hit Li Ming. Li Ming wasn’t afraid at all and pulled a face at her. Auntie would never really hit him—no matter how much trouble he caused, she’d only scold him harshly and that would be it.

“Ring—ring—ring…”

Ye Jun casually picked up the phone. A childish voice came through, and he immediately recognized it as Li Ming. Smiling warmly, he said:

“Little fellow, missing your younger brother and sister again? Wait a moment—Grandpa Ye will go call them for you.”

“Thank you, Grandpa Ye. I miss you too. Please ask them if they want to come to Dad and Mom’s place in Hexi for summer vacation this year.”

“Why is that?”

“Uncle Xiao Dan is getting married, my aunt is going to Hexi, my grandma is going too, and I really want to see my parents. I haven’t seen them in a long time.”

“I see. Wait a bit—I’ll go ask.”

Xiao Nuan and Ye Jing were having breakfast. They had gotten up early that day—not only had they gone for a run and recited their lessons, they had even taken baths—so they were eating breakfast a little later.

“Li Ming called and asked if you’re going to Hexi this summer to see your parents.”

“Yes—”

Xiao Nuan didn’t even finish her breakfast and ran straight to Ye Jun’s study. Ye Jing thought for a moment, then looked at Ye Jun and said, “Grandpa, why don’t you come with us too?”

Ye Jun nodded. He missed his apprentice Cheng Qiao as well. He wondered whether that girl’s medical skills had improved, and whether she had developed any new medicinal formulas.

Seeing Ye Jun nod, Ye Jing was overjoyed. Although he also missed his parents, he was a very responsible child. Since his parents had given him the Ye surname, he felt he should stay by Ye Jun’s side and accompany him well.

So Ye Jun went to the hospital to apply for leave—and to everyone’s shock, he requested three whole months. The vice director was so frightened he didn’t know what to do. He didn’t have the authority to refuse, but he also knew that without Ye Jun, this traditional Chinese medicine hospital would be impossible to manage.

Ye Jun left him a phone number and told him not to call unless it was absolutely necessary. He had worked hard his entire life—couldn’t he take a break for a while? And if not, then he’d quit. Watching Ye Jun walk away, the deputy dean could only make a phone call to report upward. Ye Jun didn’t care at all—he went to the train station, bought three soft sleeper tickets for the evening, and then went home to prepare his luggage.

By the time he got home, the two little ones had already packed the suitcases. They had locked all the places in the house that needed locking and closed all the doors that needed closing, just waiting for him to return.

“You two, how did you know there’s a train to Hexi today?”

“Grandpa, brother checked the train schedule and knew we’d definitely be able to leave today, so we packed our luggage quickly.”

“Grandpa, why don’t you check everything again? We’re going to be away for a long time this time, so if anything’s not ready, you can fix it.”

Ye Jun laughed at Ye Jing’s serious expression and followed him inside. The child had really grown up; everything that needed to be done had been done, except for turning off the main circuit breaker.

“Come on, Grandpa will take you on the train. Oh, first let’s go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some food and drinks, otherwise we’ll be hungry on the train.”

“Grandpa, we’ve already brought everything. By the way, did you buy a train ticket for Brother Xu Hui?”

“No. Although Xu Hui is still a student, his situation is different from yours; he can’t just come out casually. But I’ve already contacted him. If he can come, he’ll go to Hexi on his own.”

The two kids nodded in acceptance and then double-checked their backpacks—homework must be brought, money and tickets couldn’t be forgotten, and gifts for their two older brothers and parents had to be included.

Ye Jun suddenly felt that he didn’t need to teach these two anymore—their survival skills were impressively strong. Looking at the pocket money in their backpacks, it was even more than his own monthly salary.

When Cheng Qiao received the phone call, she could hardly believe her ears—not only was Lele coming, but also her mother, her master, and the children. It was a delightful surprise.

After more than half a year, their whole family would finally reunite in Hexi. Since they didn’t yet have any business or property in Hexi, the family would have to stay at a guesthouse first.