1979: The child's mother is a celestial being.

Chapter 10 The Two Families Meet
Harbin Railway Station.

Platform.

Liu Xiaowei rubbed her hands together, stomped her feet, and then said to Liu Xiaojun beside her, "Brother, didn't my sister say the train was at 3 pm today? It's almost 4 pm, why hasn't it arrived yet?"

"The train must be delayed. If you're cold, little sister, go inside and find a fire to warm yourself up."

"Then come with me, brother. I don't know when my train will come... Wait, isn't it coming? I can hear the train pulling into the station."

As soon as Liu Xiaowei finished speaking, a green train slowly approached in Liu Xiaojun's line of sight. He said, "I hope Xiaoli and the others are on this train."

Shortly after, the train that had entered the station came to a complete stop with the roar of its brakes.

Liu Xiaojun and Liu Xiaowei strained their eyes to sift through the disembarking crowd. Finally, just as most of the passengers were getting off the bus, a familiar figure from their memories caught their attention.

"Brother, sister is over there."

"I see it, let's go over there quickly."

Over here, after getting off the train, Liu Xiaoli looked at the familiar platform and the city she hadn't seen in a long time. Suddenly, she was filled with emotion. She lowered her head and gently stroked her belly, saying, "Baby, now Mommy has brought you to Harbin. This is Mommy's hometown. In this very beautiful city, there are Mommy's relatives and many of Mommy's childhood memories..."

Just as she was 'talking' to the baby in her belly, she heard a familiar voice in her ear.

"sister."

"Xiao Li".

Liu Xiaoli looked up in surprise and saw her brother and sister standing in front of her.

Seeing two long-lost relatives appear before her, Liu Xiaoli suddenly felt tears welling up in her eyes.

"Big brother."

"Xiaowei."

The three siblings exchanged brief greetings, and then Liu Xiaoli briefly introduced them.

“Brother Sheng, Mom and Dad, Sister, this is my older brother Liu Xiaojun... and my younger sister Liu Xiaowei.”

Before the two sides could greet each other, Liu Xiaoli introduced her husband's family to the siblings: "Big brother, Xiaowei, this is my husband Chen Fusheng... These two are my parents-in-law, and she is Fusheng's sister."

After Liu Xiaoli finished her introduction, Liu Xiaojun was the first to seize the opportunity to speak:

"Welcome to Harbin, brother-in-law! You must be tired after such a long train ride. My parents are preparing dinner at home, so my siblings and I came to the train station to pick you up!"

"Thank you, brother, and thank you, sister. I'm so sorry to have troubled you to come out and pick me up in this cold weather."

After exchanging pleasantries, and having seen most of the passengers off the platform, they also left the train station.

Oriental Rose Residential Community.

Liu Xiaoli's parents and sister-in-law started preparing this dinner after breakfast, and it was almost finished by 8 pm.

For the rest of the time, they waited for their eldest son-in-law's family to arrive.

He would even occasionally come to the balcony and glance at the entrance of the community.

Even the adults did this, and the two children would run over every now and then to ask, "Has Auntie arrived yet?"

"They're here, Mom and Dad, they're here."

Standing at the window, Liu Xiaoli's sister-in-law finally saw a familiar group of people walking in from the entrance of the community. She quickly turned around and greeted her parents-in-law.

"They're finally here. Which one is Xiaoli's husband?"

"It should be the one next to her, but it's too far away to see clearly."

"Oh dear, why am I still so nervous? Old man, can you check if I look a mess?"

"Very good, very energetic. Let's go out and greet them."

"Yes, yes, Yuerong, call the two children, let's go."

The Liu family has lived here their whole lives, and the neighbors around them are all old friends.

The neighbors had all seen and heard about the preparations the Liu family had made over the past two days, and they also found out that their eldest son-in-law was coming.

So when the Liu family opened their door, the neighbors all came out to join in the fun.

"Sister-in-law, I remember your eldest daughter was still young, right? How come she got married so early?"

"He's not young anymore, he's 20." Although Liu Xiaoli's parents initially opposed their marriage, they'd already gotten married and now they even had a child, so naturally they wanted to maintain their reputation in front of others. "Old Liu, where is your son-in-law from?"

"From Hubei."

"She married too far away. It will be difficult for her to visit relatives in the future."

"As long as my daughter is happy, that's all that matters," Mr. Liu replied, which was also his wish as a father.

"What does your son-in-law do?" neighbors kept asking.

The family members usually get along quite well, so it wasn't appropriate for them not to respond.

He is a university professor.

"Wow, this university professor is pretty good!"

"I met the eldest daughter of the Liu family once when she came back two years ago. She was so beautiful. I wondered which young man she would marry. I never expected that she would find a university professor."

"But to become a university teacher, one must be quite old, right?"

Liu's mother glanced at the man and said irritably, "Born in 57, he's two years older than my daughter."

"So young to become a university professor?"

The Liu family didn't explain further, because the person had already arrived.

The process was the same as at the train station. Liu Xiaoli excitedly hugged her parents first, and then after a brief introduction, the two sides exchanged polite greetings.

"My dear in-laws, you've come all this way, but why did you bring so much stuff and travel such a long distance? It must have been so difficult for you."

"Actually, we didn't bring much. Besides, there's a train, so we don't need to carry anything by hand or on our shoulders."

"..."

"My dear in-law, you look quite young. How are you in health?"

"I'm in good health, but I'm almost at retirement age. I'm not young anymore. You look much older than me."

"Oh no, I was born in 25, I'm 55 this year."

"See? I told you you're younger than me. I'm 58 this year."

"..."

Seeing that his wife had started chatting right at the door, Liu's father had no choice but to step forward and say, "It's so cold outside, everyone, don't stand out in the cold wind. There's a stove inside, so please come inside and sit down."

The Liu family's house has three bedrooms and one living room, but there are already seven people in the Liu family. With the addition of Chen Fusheng's five people, the living room was instantly filled.

However, as soon as Chen Fusheng sat down, he exchanged a glance with his wife and immediately stood up.

They first presented their individual gifts, and then, according to a plan Chen Fusheng had made beforehand, he needed to perform a tea ceremony with his father-in-law and mother-in-law upon their meeting.

"Mom and Dad, thank you both for raising Xiaoli to be so outstanding..."

At this moment, Chen Fusheng naturally spoke only eloquent words, and all of them were prepared in advance.

After saying that, he took the teacup from the side, knelt down and first offered it to his father-in-law: "Dad, please have some tea."

Mr. Liu took the teacup from his son-in-law and first gave him some instructions:

“Sometimes Xiaoli can be a bit willful. As her husband, Fusheng, I hope you can be more tolerant of her in the future.”

"Of course, marriage requires the joint effort of both husband and wife, so this is also for you, Xiaoli. You need to understand your husband more, consider things from each other's perspective, communicate more about things, and avoid arguing... Here, Dad wishes you a happy marriage and eternal happiness."

"Thank you, Dad." Chen Fusheng and Liu Xiaoli both nodded solemnly at the same time.

Then, the father-in-law drank the tea offered by his son-in-law.

At this moment, Chen Fusheng took another teacup from the side and offered it to his mother-in-law, saying, "Mom, please have some tea!"

"Okay, I won't say too much. I just hope that you and Xiaoli will live a good life together, be happy, have smooth sailing, and live in harmony for the rest of your lives... A harmonious family brings prosperity!"

"thanks Mom."

P.S.: Is anyone there?

(End of this chapter)