Guangcheng is much farther from the old home. If anything happens, it’s hard to rush back because transportation is not so convenient now.
Mother Qi doesn’t really care about the distance. What she cares about is whether she can be with her son and his family.
In an elderly person’s heart, having a son means relying on him for old age and end-of-life care. Otherwise, why work so hard to have a son? Besides continuing the family line, isn’t it for one’s own retirement?
But now it sounds like their eldest son’s family is about to move far away, so what will happen to the two old folks?
Mother Qi suddenly feels a pang of anxiety. The children are all grown up; now that Fenglian has remarried, naturally Xiao Bao is with her. The two who aren’t married yet are in university, leaving just the two elderly people for this period of time. They’re so quiet and lonely, it’s beyond words.
Older people long for company, afraid of loneliness, so when Cheng Su and her family come back, Mother Qi is indescribably happy. Even if Cheng Su just lays down after returning, she doesn’t express any dissatisfaction; as long as the grandson is there, it’s fine.
So in the future, when the son’s family is far away in Guangcheng, will it be hard to even see them?
"...All of you are heading to Guangcheng, what about your father and me?" Mother Qi asks blankly.
Cheng Su says, "Dad, Mom, we haven’t gone yet. If we go to Guangcheng, you can choose to come along and settle there. If not, you can move back and forth between autumn and winter, and return to the old home for summer, then go to Guangcheng during winter, whatever you like."
As she says this, Mother Qi’s heart slightly eases.


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