Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 152 - 126: Everyone Has Their Own Ambitions

Chapter 152: Chapter 126: Everyone Has Their Own Ambitions

Early in the morning, the village loudspeakers started playing the news from the Central People’s Broadcasting Station.

Luo Yanfeng was woken up by the simultaneously familiar yet slightly strange sound of the broadcast, groggily got dressed, and crawled out of the boat cabin, ready to start a fire and cook as usual.

It wasn’t until she saw the small brick steps by the river, the houses on the shore, and the curling smoke tinged with the scent of grass ash that she suddenly remembered her boat was parked by her in-laws’ side of the river, not moored in the Yangtze River.

She ate all three meals on shore, so there was no need to cook on the boat.

Being on the river all year round, suddenly being in an inland river made her quite unaccustomed.

While she was dazed, Old Ji came down the steps to the side of the boat and asked, "Did the mother-in-law and father-in-law wake up?"

"They played cards too late last night with you, still sound asleep."

"Let him sleep a bit longer, come up and have breakfast first."

"Has Xunxun woken up?"

"He woke up once around five o’clock, peed, drank some milk, and fell asleep again."

The older she got, the more she enjoyed small babies.

Since coming back, Luo Yanfeng had returned to her mother’s home in Sansing to send out new year’s gifts, spending other times at the Ji Family, feeling empty inside if she couldn’t see her little grandson.

She quickly grabbed her tooth basin and towel, and went ashore with a smile asking, "Where is Han Shen?"

"Isn’t Han Ning and San’er coming over today? I told him and Xiao Jun to go buy some more groceries."

"Why buy so much, we have everything at home."

"Dongdong is coming too, Dongdong is a city child, he doesn’t like the local rural dishes. If there isn’t anything tasty, he might not want to come next time."

Talking about her little grandson who would attend kindergarten next September, Luo Yanfeng laughingly said, "What city child, he’s been spoiled since he was little, all spoiled by Jiang Kun and Han Ning."

Mrs. Ji, helping the mother-in-law with the washing water, enviously said, "Dongdong isn’t spoiled, he’s just well-born. Born in a big city, his father is a worker, his mother is with the police, he’ll never have to suffer in his life."

Luo Yanfeng was still finding it surreal that her daughter became a police officer.

Old Ji was well aware that the in-laws didn’t have to worry about their daughter nor their young son, as the elderly couple now devoted all their efforts for Han Shen and his spouse.

Daughter and grandson benefiting, it was naturally his duty as the grandfather to treat his in-laws better, quickly setting the table with steamed rice cake, shredded radish buns, and the porridge prepared early in the morning.

After washing up, Luo Yanfeng couldn’t wait to eat, going directly to the west room to see her daughter-in-law and little grandson.

Ji Xiaohong had also worked on the boat and knew her mother-in-law had it rough, sitting up and asking, "Mom, what time will sister and San’er arrive?"

"I’m not sure, Binjiang is so far, I guess it won’t be quick."

Her daughter-in-law was in her confinement period, unable to catch cold, else she might suffer lasting ailments.

Luo Yanfeng quickly tucked the blankets and peeked at her sweetly sleeping little grandson, laughing, "He knows only to eat, still smacking his lips even asleep."

Ji Xiaohong, who felt a great achievement having given birth to a chubby grandson for the Han family, saw her mother bringing in more soup with a frown, "More soup, I really don’t want to drink it anymore."

"It’s not all soup, there’s also tripe."

"I don’t want to eat the tripe either."

"Flighting or underweight, you need to drink; you need to eat—no nursing without food."

Mrs. Ji gently set down the bowl full of tripe soup, sat next to the mother-in-law peeking at the little grandson, filled with emotion.

"Nowadays conditions are good, during confinement you eat what you want. When I gave birth to you, there was no tripe soup, rib soup, or Crucian Carp Soup to drink, having porridge was already great."

"Yes, back in our time, we really lacked everything."

Luo Yanfeng deeply agreed, just about to persuade her daughter-in-law to drink more soup, when she heard Ji Xiaojun shouting outside, "Dad, Mom, elder sister and San’er have arrived, brother-in-law and Dongdong too, they came by car!"

"Where are they?" Mrs. Ji involuntarily stood up.

"The car dropped them at the brigade office and left, brother-in-law is helping them with their things."

Daughter and son having arrived, Luo Yanfeng was very pleased.

Going outside, she was surprised to find her little grandson running up the path.

Daughter and son dressed in police uniforms, carrying things walking this way. Son-in-law and older son carrying even more stuff, trailing behind.

It was breakfast time, neighbors from the Ji Family came out to watch the excitement.

Several women even carried their bowls to the road, hoping to see clearer.

With a grandson, Luo Yanfeng mustn’t neglect her grandson, rushing to meet, running while reminding Xiao Dongdong to slow down, a fall would be bad.

Old Ji hurried to the boat to call the in-laws; Mrs. Ji and Ji Xiaojun were busy arranging the Eight Immortals table...

Han Yu followed his sister under countless envious gazes, greeted Old Ji and Mrs. Ji, and carrying new year goods, entered the main room.

Ji Xiaohong really wanted to come out to meet them but couldn’t get out of bed, could only poke her head out and question, "Sister, why did you come so early?"

Han Ning put down the things, walked into the west room, and sat by the bed peering at her nephew from her mother’s home, who was sound asleep, smiling, "The police officers from the Bailong Port Police Station all live in the Port Authority. Their police cars are seldom used for cases, mainly for commuting. They need to reach the station by eight o’clock for shift change, so we hitched a ride with them to Bailong Port first."

"Then how did you get here from Bailong Port?"

"San’er’s light motorcycle was borrowed by a colleague; even if it hadn’t been, we couldn’t all fit. Their unit just happened to have a vehicle, actually it’s not their unit’s, it’s from the third enforcement brigade of the Port Supervision Bureau. San’er asked someone to help us drop off."

Ji Xiaojun said the car left, "Why didn’t you invite them to stay for a meal?"

"The driver is also a police officer, they needed to go back to work."