On February 13 on the Gregorian calendar, Li Anguo drove his family to Ma County.
He went to the Big Courtyard first. Since they both worked for the state, Li Anguo guessed that Li Long would wait until Gu Xiaoxia's holiday began before going to the Fourth Team.
But he found no one there. Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia had already returned to the Fourth Team. After all, Gu Xiaoxia was now a school administrator rather than working at the Education Bureau, so when the students went on holiday, so did she.
Only Sister Yang and Han Fang were at the Big Courtyard. After asking about the situation, Li Anguo drove on to the Fourth Team.
The first to spot them was Li Qiang, who was playing with Mingming and Haohao in the alley.
Li Qiang remembered Second Uncle's license plate number. The moment he saw the familiar plate, he called to Mingming and Haohao and ran back, prompting the children playing with them to call out in confusion:
"Li Qiang, what's wrong?"
"We've got relatives visiting!" Li Qiang answered, already running back into the courtyard.
Although Li Qiang was already a high school student, truth be told, he was still the village's ringleader of children. Taking those children out to play had become part of his holiday routine.
"Li Qiang, is that dung beetle your relatives' car?" asked the child who had called out earlier.
"It's my Second Uncle's!" Li Qiang answered again, then pushed open the door and shouted inside, "Dad! Young Uncle! Second Uncle's family drove over!"
The Li Family members chatting inside immediately stood up and headed outside when they heard that Li Anguo had arrived.
"Second Older Brother came a day early this year," Li Long said to Dad with some surprise as they walked