Now Feng Zeyu was holding Shu Yan and Tianbao in his arms and Shu Yan was holding JingJing in hers. Tianbao looked over at Feng Zeyu then at Shu Yan and said, out of the blue, “Now the four of us are all holding each other.”
JingJing turned and looked. He was right. But she did not struggle free. Uncle Fang had been taking care of her and brother the last two days on the train. He helped them washed their faces and hands, made them yummy food, and protected them. That was first time that JingJing had experienced what it was like to be protected by a father. She glanced over at Feng Zeyu carefully. She needed more time to observe though, if he wanted to be her dad. Xiaoxiao told her that her new father was very nice to her at the beginning but not any more after he married her mother.
Feng Zeyu could tell that JingJing was glancing over at him. He pretended that he didn’t notice it. The girl was more sensitive but she would accept him one day.
They finally arrived at their destination after over two hours. When they got off the tractor, Shu Yan felt that all of her bones were about to fall apart. Tianbao and JingJing were very energetic. They were already running around after a few minutes.
“Look, Mom. It really is boundaryless,” said JingJing to Shu Yan when she looked at the grassland behind them.
Shu Yan turned around to look and was stunned by the beauty of the scenery.
The limitless grass field was of a bright green color. The sky was light blue. Looking as far as they could, they seemed to join each other way out there. There were also wild flowers of all colors on the grassland. When the wind blew, one could smell the refreshing grass along with a hint of fragrance from the flowers, making one feel energized immediately. Shu Yan took a deep breath and all of the weariness from the way seemed to have disappeared instantly.
“So, what do you think? Not bad huh?” asked Lin Dazhi as he chuckled.
“It’s beautiful. I worry that I wouldn’t want to leave if I stay here for too long.” After staying in the bustling city for too long and suddenly coming to a place like this, Shu Yan felt that her mind had been calmed and her soul had been cleansed.
Lin Dazhi laughed out loud and pointed at the Mongolian yurt afar. “That is where you will be staying today.”
When Feng Zeyu talked to Lin Dazhi over the phone, he only mentioned that he would be bringing someone important with him. Lin Dazhi figured it would be his wife or someone similar to that effect. He hadn’t expected that the two of them had just started dating and had on prepared one yurt. It was a bit last minute now.
“It’s alright. We will be fine for the night.” They had already stayed in the same room for two days on the train. One more night will not make any difference.
Granted, mainly because the two kids were with them as well. It would be pretty awkward otherwise.
Feng Zeyu started organizing the things after he had brought the luggage in and Shu Yan came to help.
“You can go sit down and get some rest or go enjoy the scenery. I got this.” Feng Zeyu took out the toiletries, placed them to one side and pulled the food out.
“I have to get least put away my own stuff. I want to take the clothes out first at least.” And then there were her and the two children’s dirty laundries from the last couple of days. Shu Yan wanted to get them soaked in water first. “Where can I wash up and do laundry?”
“Put them to one side for now. I’ll bring you over in a second.”
Shu Yan placed them aside. The two kids had already been running wild outside. After Shu Yan made sure that there was nothing more that she needed to do, she looked for a spot outside the yurt and sat down to enjoy the boundaryless grassland quietly.
“Mom, I saw a bunch of sheep over there. Come quickly!” Tianbao came over to pull Shu Yan over there.
A flock of cloud-like sheep wandered over to them slowly.
