My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 64

Yanjing is the summer vacation on August 8, and Luyang is one day later.

The summer vacation is here, and Xu Ting is worrying about the vacation life of her children.

Today is not as good as in the past. Due to the sharp increase in unemployment, the overall public security environment in Luyang has deteriorated a lot. In addition, she and Ma Jie have to go to work. The husband and wife are really worried about leaving their siblings at home.

After much deliberation, Xu Ting planned to let Ma Lingling and her brother go to Yanjing together to "depart" with her grandparents. Before that, she needed to talk to Xu Ma first.

After the call was made, Xu Ting quickly got to the point.

"Mom, isn't it summer vacation? Ma Jie and I don't have time to take care of Lingling and Ma Xu. I want them to come and live with you for a month."

Xu Ma was very happy to hear this, and hurriedly urged:
"Then hurry up and send the two of them here. I haven't seen each other for more than half a year, and I have long thought of the two children. If you don't come this time, your dad and I are going to go back to see you after a while!"

"Is Dad okay?"

"Okay, your dad is more capable now, he has more than 20 people under his command, but he doesn't come home all day long." Mother Xu sighed.

Xu Ting laughed and teased: "Mom, didn't you always think that Dad was incompetent before, but now Dad has finally mixed up a little bit, why have you changed your mind again?"

"Bah!" Xu Ma said angrily: "You little heartless, your dad and I are working so hard to make money, not for your three brothers and sisters, and one by one I don't know what to do."

"Okay, don't be angry, Mom, it's me who said the wrong thing."

Xu Ting quickly "admitted defeat". Xu's mother has remitted 10,000 yuan to her every month for more than half a year, which greatly relieved the financial pressure of their family.

It is said that "it is short-handed and soft-mouthed", Xu Ting naturally has no confidence to talk back to Xu's mother.

"Okay, don't talk about these useless things. When are you leaving? I'll ask your dad to pick you up at the station." Xu Ma asked.

As for Xu Dong, unless it's a weekend, he has to go to work on weekdays, so he doesn't have time at all.

"Mom, I won't come here. I'm busy with work and can't ask for leave. I'll ask Lingling and the two of them to come directly by high-speed train tomorrow morning, and then you can just pick up someone."

Xu Ting is also helpless. She works in the railway department. For the past six months, the entire railway bureau has been running at high speed and cannot rest for a moment.

Although she is busy with work, compared to other people, at least she still has a stable job, so she usually does not dare to ask for leave easily.

"Can you do it? It's very chaotic outside now." Xu Ma worried.

Xu Ting comforted: "Why not, Lingling is about to be a sophomore in high school, and she's not a child, so she'll be fine."

"Okay then, when you buy the ticket, don't forget to send me the arrival time." Xu Ma urged.

"Understood, I'll book tickets for them both now."

"That's hung up."

"Mom, bye!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Ting immediately started to book tickets online. She booked the earliest bus in the morning, and then sent the arrival time to Xu's mother.

After returning home from get off work, Xu Ting called her daughter to her as soon as possible.

"Lingling, I've agreed with your grandma. This year, you and Xiaoxu will spend the summer vacation in Yanjing. Grandpa and grandma miss you both."

"Mom, can you not go, I even invited my classmates to do summer jobs together!" Ma Lingling said reluctantly.

In fact, she had already planned in her mind that this summer vacation, she must save money to buy a mobile phone.

"No, we must go. Your dad and I still have to go to work, so we don't have time to cook for the two of you."

The little brat still wanted to work in the summer vacation, and Xu Ting was even more worried now.

"I can cook by myself." Ma Lingling tried her best to defend herself.

"That doesn't work either. You've gone out to work on summer vacation. You can't leave your brother at home alone, can you?"

"Little brother, he is not a child..."

Xu Ting interrupted directly: "No, no, you can pack your luggage well at night. I'll buy the high-speed rail tickets for you, and leave early tomorrow morning."

"Mom..." Ma Lingling stomped her feet and said coquettishly.

Xu Ting was overwhelmed for a while, so she could only lure him: "Don't you want a second-hand mobile phone? I'll find your dad's old mobile phone later, and you can bring it with you tomorrow."

"Really?"

"If you don't want to, then forget it. I'll just send your brother to Yanjing alone."

"I would like to go!"

Ma Lingling is not stupid. Now that she has a mobile phone, she still needs to be a maid, not to mention that the temperature outside is so high, she doesn't want to be tanned.

So, the event was decided in this way.

……

Early the next morning, Xu Ting personally sent a pair of children to the high-speed rail station.

Before leaving, she explained again:
"When you arrive at your grandmother's house, don't just focus on playing all day, but help your grandmother and little aunt take care of Dabao and them."

"Understood." Ma Lingling said impatiently. Mom had already said this three or four times.

"Be sure to take good care of your brother, don't get lost, don't worry if you get lost, call the police immediately."

"Understood... I will watch over my little brother."

Xu Ting instructed her son again: "Xiao Xu, you must listen to your sister and don't run around, do you know?"

Ma Xu nodded.

"There's still a high-speed train, so I'm going to call your grandfather. He'll pick you up at the exit, remember?" Xu Ting finally urged.

"Remember, Mom, we're in the pit."

Ma Lingling held her younger brother, waved goodbye to her mother, and went through the security check into the waiting hall.

Just after seven o'clock, the high-speed train departed on time.

"Sister, would you lend me your phone to play games?" Ma Xu stared at the older sister's phone early in the morning.

"What games are you playing, little brat, hurry up and do your summer homework, I'll check it later." Ma Lingling refused, she still wanted to play.

"Humph……"

At eleven o'clock, Ma Xu shouted again that he was hungry and wanted to eat.

Ma Lingling got up and took two cups of boiled water back, then took out two fist-sized rice balls from the schoolbag she was carrying, and handed one of them to her younger brother.

"Here, eat it now!"

"I don't want to eat dumplings, I want instant noodles." Ma Xu stared at the instant noodles that the young lady had made, almost drooling.

Thanks to Xu Dong's reminder, although Xu Ting's family has stockpiled thousands of grains, they still hoard a lot of rice, at least more than 800 catties.

So their family is not short of rice at all, what is lacking is the food for dinner.

The supply of vegetables in Luyang is far worse than that in the capital. Ordinary citizens can only get a little vegetable in a week, let alone meat.

"Do you eat it? Mom put diced ham in the rice ball. If you don't eat it, it's all mine." Ma Lingling threatened.

The ham was given by Xu Dong during the Chinese New Year. Usually Xu Ting and Ma Jie were reluctant to eat it, but they cut a piece every once in a while to supplement the nutrition for the two children.

"I eat, I eat..."

As soon as he heard that there was meat, Ma Xu immediately took the rice ball.

"Slow down, no one is robbing you."

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