mtlumby2d Chapter 255 After the Epidemic
Chapter 255 After the Epidemic
Perhaps because An An was young, he recovered very quickly. Ever since Darong brought him home, he has shown no signs of illness and is full of energy running around the house every day.
Because Darong had just recovered, her physical strength has not been very good. Little Anan seemed to have become sensible and never disturbed Darong's rest. Most of the time, he would stay beside Darong with his toys, playing with them and talking to himself.
"This child is really sensible. If it were any other time, he would definitely ask you to play with him. I told him that grandma was sick, and he just went back and forth to play by himself without disturbing you at all."
After Zhong Yunxing finished cooking, he saw An An having fun alone, and touched his little head with great satisfaction.
"When he's naughty, he's like his mom. When he's quiet, he's like his dad." Darong also looked at the little grandson in front of her with a warm smile.
After this nationwide infection, Yutian's basketball team officially withdrew from the stage of history.
Before the Spring Festival in 2023, Ruyi, Xiao Huya and An An moved into their carefully decorated new home.
"You're just too impatient. You've already moved in less than half a year. You have to keep the windows open all the time. I bought you a few boxes of formaldehyde-removing stuff. Put some more on the shelf. I'll buy you more when you run out of stuff."
Darong bought a series of products including formaldehyde removal sprays and ointments of various brands online and sent them to Ruyi's home. Although she didn't know whether they would work, she bought one to give herself peace of mind.
"Okay, I get it, Mom. We chose environmentally friendly items, and most of the furniture is old. You don't have to worry too much. I'm still using the things you bought."
When Ruyi moved to a new house, she spent all her money on buying the house and the hard decoration, so the soft furnishings in her house were all old furniture that she had moved in from the past. There were not too many pungent odors, so she moved directly into her new home after ventilating it for a few months.
"You should spend the New Year in your new house this year, but you must bring your parents-in-law over. They are so old, and they will feel sad if you spend the New Year at home alone."
There is a tradition in the southern suburbs that a new house cannot be left empty during the first New Year. Although no one knows why, Darong has always adhered to the tradition left by the elders, and Ruyi has followed suit.
"Yes, I understand. Everything has been arranged."
That year’s Spring Festival was actually the most miserable one for everyone since the epidemic. Many families were still in the infection period and had not recovered, and those who had just recovered had no physical and mental strength due to the discomfort of the recovery period.
Darong's family was infected the earliest, so by the time the Spring Festival came, the whole family was healthy and full of energy.
Isn't there a saying that science cannot explain metaphysics? During the pandemic stage, both Xiao Huya's father, who had the worst health, and Zhong's mother, who had more underlying diseases, showed no signs of infection.
Until the end of the entire infection period, these two elderly people who have never even received the vaccine have never been infected with the virus.
"I was most afraid that her grandmother would get infected. She had never been vaccinated, so I was afraid that she would become seriously ill after being infected. But in the end, the old lady was fine and she is still taking care of us."
Zhong Yunxing and Xiaoping talked with a smile about how Zhong's mother had escaped the infection of the epidemic.
"Our old lady is protected by God. Even though she has to take a lot of medicine every day, her resistance is better than anyone else's at critical moments." Xiaoping also happily agreed.
Xiaoping's family has just recovered after experiencing a wave of infection. Xiaoping, who had not been home for a long time due to the serious infection, came to Zhong's mother's house early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
"Brother, please accompany my sister-in-law to visit grandma and grandpa. I will stay here to take care of mom." Xiaoping said to Zhong Yunxing after seeing Darong who had already packed up.
Ever since Zhong Yunxing took on the task of taking care of his parents, he actually had very little time to accompany Darong back to her parents' home. More often than not, he would just go upstairs to say hello and then hurried back to cook for Zhong's mother.
"Okay, I haven't visited the old man for a long time. If you stay here for a day, I will go back with your sister-in-law."
Zhong Yunxing accompanied Darong to Darong's mother's house. After a while, Xiaoying's family and Ruyi's family also arrived.
"Ruyi, why are you here too? I thought you weren't bringing the child out." Xiaoying said with some surprise when she saw Ruyi and An An coming together.
"The environment is better now, and our family has passed the infection period. He can't stay at home, so it's a good time to bring him out to play for a while." Ruyi answered Xiaoying happily.
"Look at how well Ruyi is living now, and then look at Linlin, ah..." Darong's mother sighed with mixed feelings as she listened to the conversation between Ruyi and Xiaoying.
"What happened to Linlin? Didn't she remarry?"
Darong hasn't come to Darong's mother's house for a long time, because Ruyi always told her not to deliberately inquire about Linlin's affairs, so her understanding of Linlin is still limited to the matter of remarriage.
"He didn't recover, and he ran away again. No one knew about it until the fourth generation came and told people about it that day."
After living in the villa for a few days, Linlin changed her mind again before remarrying. She took the living expenses given by her in-laws and drove away from the villa overnight. This time she even chose to follow the small contractor back to her hometown in Eastern Province, and broke up with Xiao Ling completely.
"It was all my sister-in-law who forced her to do it. She couldn't live without him, so she forced her to remarry. If she hadn't forced Linlin like this, Linlin wouldn't have run away to another place."
Xiaoying seemed to have known this for a long time and did not look surprised at all.
"She came to see me before she agreed to remarry. It seemed that she was about to collapse. She couldn't stay at home anymore, and she had no place to stay outside. My sister-in-law was pushing her to death." Xiaoying looked at Darong and added another sentence.
Ruyi just sat aside and listened quietly to the conversation between the elders. By Ruyi's generation, people could no longer understand the atmosphere of such family relationships.
It seems that she is concerned about Linlin, but there always seems to be some gossip in her voice. It seems that she is complaining about Xiaoling, but in fact she also feels sorry for Linlin's situation.
Ruyi didn't know how to describe that feeling. In short, from Linlin's perspective, relatives and family seemed to be shackles and burdens in some sense.
Although Ruyi cannot understand what Linlin did, she also cannot accept the enthusiasm and care from Darong and the others. Sometimes the journey of life requires quietness and solitude.
After discussing Linlin's affairs for a while, the topic shifted smoothly with the arrival of Zhong Yunxing and Xiao Dong.
Although Darong and Xiaoying would talk about Linlin with their husbands in private, they tacitly agreed not to discuss it publicly when they were present.