The next day, the heavens smiled upon them. It was a rare, sunny day, without the usual heavy, swirling snow. Xu Changqing and her mother each held a child as they boarded the bus.
When they returned from the mining area to the county town, Shen Weimin had a horse-drawn sleigh waiting for them. Thanks to this, the two little ones didn't get cold on the way to Baizigou.
When they arrived home, Old Mrs. Xu had already boiled water and heated the kang bed-stove. The moment the two little ones saw their big house, they refused to be swaddled in their small blankets any longer.
A horse-drawn sleigh entering the village, not to mention stopping for a while in front of the production team's courtyard, naturally caused quite a stir. Soon, the Xu family's home was filled with people who had heard they were back.
