Chapter 7 Family Gathering on the Road Calling for Help
It is early in winter, and it usually takes about 5 o'clock, and the day is almost dark.
Yin Zhiping practiced until four o'clock and saw that the sun in the sky began to set significantly, so he stopped and drove to his parents' home.
His father's name is Yin Mingde, which is derived from the first sentence from the Confucian classic "The Great Learning", "The way of university lies in Mingde". Yin Mingde teaches at Jiangyuan University in this city. He is over 60 years old and has long retired. However, he is unable to rest after retirement and is rehired by the school. However, the course arrangements after rehiring are much less than before retirement, so he is very leisurely on weekdays.
My parents' house is a community of faculty and staff members in Jiangyuan University, and it has been decades. Jiangyuan University is also on the north bank of the Yangtze River. When it was built, it was not far from Jiangjiang. With the continuous development and expansion, its southernmost campus has now extended along the banks of Jiangjiang River. Last year, an affiliated campus park was built along the river, which has become a university scene.
This park is across the river from the community on the south bank of the river where Yin Zhiping is located. During the day, standing on the rooftop of the 18th floor, if you have good eyesight, you can see some scenes on the opposite university campus across the river.
When he drove to the bottom of the building where his parents' home was, it was just dark. Yin Zhiping looked at the time on his phone. It was 5:20. Looking through the car window, he didn't see the car of the elder brother Yin Xiuqi downstairs. He smiled slightly, and he finally came one time earlier than his elder brother and his family.
My parents' house was on the third floor. After parking the car, he took his cell phone and keys, he went straight to the third floor. Not long after ringing the doorbell, the security door opened. Yin Zhiping saw that it was his father who opened the door. He hid the excitement in his heart and smiled and shouted, "Dad!"
Yin Mingde was a little surprised when he saw him. After responding, he made a move to the door and said, "You came very early today!"
After entering the door, Yin Zhiping brought it to the door and said, "I'm fine again, so of course I'm here to get breakfast." After that, he changed his slippers at the shoe rack at the door, and then walked straight to the kitchen. Sure enough, he saw his mother busy in the kitchen and shouted happily: "Mom!"
"Zhiping, you are here. It's really early today!" Mother turned around and smiled, "Go to the sofa and watch TV first, wait for your brother and his family to come. Let's prepare for dinner."
Yin Zhiping did not go to the sofa, but took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Mom, let me help you!"
"No, just sit there, there's not much more." Yin's mother smiled and refused.
Yin Zhiping ignored it and walked straight into the kitchen and said, "There are not much left, so I will take a rest, mom, please take a rest." Then he went to grab the coriander she was choosing.
Yin's mother drooped, pointed to a bowl of meat on the chopping board and said, "Okay. I'll do this. If you want to help, chop the bowl of meat for me. My hand is not good."
She never refused her son's help, but she smiled happier. During family dinners, Yin Zhiping was always the last one, and usually the first one to leave after dinner. Not to mention helping her and doing housework, she seemed to be unwilling to stay at home at all. Not only did she come so early today, but she also took the initiative to come and help her as soon as she entered the door, which was really rare. She almost doubted that the sun was rising to the west today.
Yin Mingde stood in the living room and watched Yin Zhiping help in the kitchen. He also felt that the youngest son was strange and abnormal today. However, this strange and abnormal are good. So he didn't want to find out the truth. If Yin Zhiping could do this often in the future, that would be even more gratifying.
He looked at the kitchen for a while, walked back to the sofa to sit down and watch TV, and then watched a news, and suddenly the doorbell rang again. Just as he was about to get up and open the door, Yin Zhiping suddenly came out of the kitchen and said, "Dad, sit down, I'll open the door, it must be brother and the others."
After saying that, Yin Zhiping had already walked to the door and opened the door. It was indeed the eldest brother Yin Xiuqi and his family. He smiled and shouted to Yin Xiuqi and his sister-in-law Fang Huilan, "Brother! Sister-in-law!" Then he greeted Yin Fangting, who was standing between the two, and said, "Tingting!"
"Zhiping, it's really you, why are you here so early today?" Yin Xiuqi was also very surprised that he came so early today. He said as he entered the door: "I saw your car downstairs just now, and I thought I had accepted it wrong?"
"Uncle!" Yin Fangting responded to Yin Zhiping's greeting while her father was talking and shouted to him.
Yin Zhiping asked to drive, came in, and smiled at Yin Xiuqi, "Brother, you are looking at people with tinted glasses. Can't I come so early?"
"I can come or come, isn't this too surprising?" Yin Xiuqi smiled, continued to walk in, shouting to his father sitting on the sofa and his mother in the kitchen, "Dad! Mom!"
Fang Huilan followed each other and then Yin Fangting shouted happily, "Grandpa! Grandma!"
After saying hello, Fang Huilan took off her coat and washed her hands, and took the initiative to go to the kitchen to help Yin's mother. Since Fang Huilan had gone in to help, Yin Zhiping couldn't squeeze in again, so she sat on the sofa and talked to her father, elder brother, and little niece.
Every time there was a family dinner, Yin's mother started preparing in advance very early, and she could start cooking once she arrived, without delaying any time. This time, the same was true. Yin Zhiping and the others sat on the sofa for a short time, and the dishes in the kitchen were already prepared and served on the table.
When the dishes were served in the end, everyone served the table and had a meal together. They had a happy time during the meal.
Not long after the meal, Yin Zhiping was afraid that his parents, brothers and sister-in-law would talk about his marriage later. He was so proud that he had to work, so he withdrew one step ahead and did not give them a chance to talk.
After leaving the door, I walked in the corridor and looked at the time on my phone. It was already seven o'clock. When I went downstairs and walked outside, it was already dark. The place without street lights was dark. Looking up, there were stars in the night sky, and the visibility tonight was still good.
As it gets dark, the temperature outside is even colder. However, for Yin Zhiping now, this temperature change is nothing. With his current skills, he has long been able to avoid cold and heat.
After getting in the car and ignition started, he moved out of the family building and drove to the campus park that was newly built last year. This park was built along the river bank and was also open to the public. It is not closed and can lead to Binjiang Road along the river. After getting on Binjiang Road, he no longer needs to turn around and turn a few more roads to reach Caiyun Bridge and then cross the bridge to return to his home on the other side.
"Ah! Help!"
Chapter completed!