Chapter 857: Farewell (3)
After staying for one night, Zhou Jiang still took Zhou Xiao and Zhou Ying away, however, it wasn’t a permanent farewell because the New Year was approaching. They needed to go back for the ancestral rituals and to pay respects at their mother’s grave, so their return was unavoidable. But after the New Year, Zhou Jiang would be stationed at the Northern Frontier, and by then he would bring the children back again.
Moreover, now that the children had been found, Zhou Jiang was finally in the right frame of mind to deal with his elder brother and sister-in-law’s family. He couldn’t just let things end there.
Everyone, though reluctant to part, knew that such a separation was inevitable.
"Mengmeng, wait for me," Zhou Xiao said, holding Sanni’s hand. "I will come back soon."
Sanni nodded, "Okay, I’ll wait for you."
Zhou Xiao smiled, reassured, then she went to Zhou Jiang’s side.
And Zhou Ying was also saying her goodbyes to the younger ones, "Sister Mimi, don’t forget about me... Lanlan, I’ll come back..." Finally, she pulled on Xiaofeng’s hand, "Brother Xiaofeng..."
"Here, this is for you." Xiaofeng placed a small stone in Zhou Ying’s hand. "Remember to come back soon..."
Zhou Ying immediately smiled, then took off her small purse and placed it in Xiaofeng’s hand. They had found several pretty stones by the riverbank while playing, and later Xiaofeng had drawn on them, so each of the four little ones wore one.
Now hers was exchanged with Brother Xiaofeng’s.