After the call, I started working on my assignment. I’ve really come to enjoy using Quarto and LaTeX to complete my homework; the results look very professional.

The weather was so beautiful today that I decided to go for a walk. I found a park bench and called my parents. My mom mentioned she wanted to take a job planting trees all day for only 60 RMB a day. I spent a long time trying to persuade her not to do it. She has spent her entire life working the soil, and I really want her to finally just relax and enjoy a peaceful life.

As it started to get dark, we hung up, and I stopped by Safeway to pick up some groceries.

On my way back, a man from Somalia struck up a conversation with me. It was a nice interaction, and it made me realize that I should head to the park or go for walks more frequently whenever the weather is this nice.

Rui messaged me and wanted to treat me KFC or McDonald’s. It’s hard to order remotely and finally she sent me a red envelope.

I recorded the assignment video in the morning.

10:38 Arrive at Office

I continued to modify my presentation after arriving office.

Today’s group meeting was not bad, and I first time to tell others today is my birthday. I think this is a change to me.

15:39 Go home

I spend two hours on recording again, it’s boring and I felt my eyes painful. So I submitted it hastily. I felt better after that.

Oh, today I treated Amir for a personal pizza, for my birthday. It’s not bad. And then I bought a box of eggs, some pork ribs and a box of blueberries. Huan reimbursed me this bill.
I need to eat more vege and fruit.

告诉老师们我的机票行程，想着走之前请老师们吃个饭。老师们纷纷表示他们来安排就好。

时间差不多就来到了八点，和小欢欢分别，我和欢欢爸爸去买排烟管，一直折腾到早上十点半才弄好，算是勉强能用。

然后欢欢爸爸送我来坐车，我们还加了微信。还是那个美女司机，还是一样的晕车。

中午直接回住的地方了，准备休息一下。

18:12 来到哥哥家

爸爸今天来水城了，一直想叫我来吃饭。我并不想来，不喜欢这种带熟不熟的社交。

来了之后发现也还好，吃完饭，妈妈洗好碗。带他们去人民广场逛了逛。

虽然言语不多，但是能够明显感觉到挺好的。

在街上的时候，宁宁一如既往的依依不舍，她想不明白，为什么我们每次都要这样狠心的离开。

她伤心的如此纯粹，不掺杂一丝丝任何其他的情绪，只是想我们能在彼此身边。她和曼曼拥抱亲吻了每一个人，我们各自带着彼此心里的祝福离开。

下一站是爸爸上班的地方——湾田煤矿。因为不怎么顺路，而且路比较脏，爸爸上班也比较早。妈妈姐姐都叫他自己先走，不要叫我送。而我则将这些复杂的情感转嫁到金钱上来：都可以送，把油加满就行！

这次爸爸没有叫我们送到他的住处，到煤矿门口跟前就喝止我们，就在这里下车了。爸爸如我预言的一样回头。

下一站是欢欢家，我想多和欢欢呆在一起，不管是什么环境。于是提前和妈妈说好要在欢欢家吃晚饭。

我们特意留他们两个大人单独相处，感受 i 人的情绪；而我和欢欢则乘机去看看凤仙和她的宝宝，有自己的小家挺好的，虽然可能会有各种烦恼。

吃完晚饭，我和欢欢把哥哥的车擦了一遍，不然实在是太脏了。擦完感觉干净了许多，心里也舒服了许多。

到水城已经是 8 点四十了，和妈妈分别，前往出租屋。

感觉今天好累啊，躺着休息了一会儿舒服了很多。

今天早上刚七点半，妈妈就打电话来说啥时候出发。我说雨非常大，我再睡一会儿。然后我妈去卖核桃，我想着叫她去明湖菜场旁边的蜜雪冰城避避雨，就借口叫她买柠檬水分我们喝。

结果他走了好远好远，走到了体育局这边，把自己的鞋都弄湿了。昨天小欢欢就已经帮我把大部分的行李收拾好了。我去找到妈妈，然后把车开过来，还买了糯米饭。嘲笑了妈妈一番，她只顾傻傻的笑着。

上下楼梯三两次，我们就把该拿的东西拿得差不多了。出发回家！

一路上的空气特别好，因为一直在下雨的缘故。我们心情也都非常好。

开了两个小时就到四格了，妈妈说带我们下馆子。于是我想起来之前说要带小欢欢尝尝干锅牛肉的味道，正好就提议这次来吃干过牛肉。牛肉特别的新鲜，第一碗酸菜也非常好吃。

吃完姐姐他们也来了，在街上简单逛了逛。把我的洗衣机搬上六楼，便从四个回到家里了。

玩了一会儿我和小欢欢就困了，然后就睡觉。曼曼宁宁你也特别听话的没有来打扰我们。

妈妈自己一个人弄好了晚饭，还包好了饺子。快五点的时候我叫宁宁去叫欢欢起床。然后爸爸也快到了，我我们带着宁宁去接老爸。老爸他也给宁宁买了牛奶，宁宁一靠在她外公的怀里，马上就静静地不说话睡着了。

晚饭很好吃，我吃了三碗饭。吃完就简单的聊天，和曼曼玩游戏，就到了该入睡的时候了。

一整夜都睡得很安稳。

起来看回盘州的车票，密密麻麻全是候补。无奈放弃回盘州的想法，改为回水城。

我和小欢欢在车上吃了泡面，下车我们去吃了舂舂鸡自助火锅。

头晕晕的，太难受了。

妈妈他们最近那边婆媳关系不好，害，我也无能为力。每个人都做的很好，但就是相处不好。

简单吃了些晌午，我们便开始纷纷离开家。曼曼宁宁还是照例拥抱了我们，亲吻了我们的脸颊。

先是送爸爸前往煤矿，我们直接送他到了他居住的钢蓬小屋，简单呆了几分钟，我们就返回抓紧赶路了。每个人心里都五味杂陈。爸爸很不舍，妈妈和欢欢内心有了一些新的其他的想法。

又经过一个半小时的车程，到了干沟桥。欢欢的爸爸在家，简单的寒暄了几句。拿上直接给爷爷买的助听器，准备前往二叔家，试试这个助听器能不能用。结果是完全不能用。

在二叔家炸了点糯米粑粑吃，我们就回来了。欢欢妈妈也回来了，坚持要留我们吃饭。欢欢爸爸去外面餐馆端了条鱼回来。很快吃完饭后我们便马上启程赶回水城了。

因为高速路还没有修好，硬是跑了三个多小时才到水城。妈妈陪我一起去停了车。回家躺下给小欢欢打视频，累的不行，灯都来不及关闭就睡着了。

小欢欢和我睡了懒觉，起来把剩饭热了热吃。家里监控一直提示检测到运动轨迹，点开一看是家里人。突然想回家了，欢欢说那就回家。

开始想着租一个车，虽然不贵，但是加上杂七杂八的保险过路费油费还是很贵。于是突然想到哥哥的车目前是闲置的，应该可以借来。

简单收拾好东西，欢欢把脏的碗筷洗了。我们找哥哥拿到了钥匙，开始了即刻的返程。

经过快三个小时的驾驶，我们终于回到了家中。和小孩玩了玩，妈妈做好了晚饭，我们出去散了散步。

回到家中睡了一个香甜的觉。

After getting my ID card, I bought two meat pies and a portion of sticky rice. I rested for a while, and at noon, my brother called to invite us over for crayfish to celebrate Zhu Xiaoyu’s birthday. I got up, finished the leftover beef and shrimp from yesterday, took a shower, and then strolled over.

By the time I got back in the evening, it was already quite late. Happy times always fly by so quickly.

After Huanhuan finished her overtime, we chatted for a bit, and then her parents called us back for dinner. After eating, we went to the hospital to visit Fengxian, who is about to give birth. We originally wanted to buy flowers, but since it was quite late, we checked two shops but couldn’t find any.

Instead, we bought some cake and ice cream, played a round of “Hearts” with her colleagues, and then headed home.

We bought a big rolled rice pancake at Sige, and as soon as we got home, we started eating again. These past few days have been nonstop eating.

My parents planned to sell the corn to avoid it getting infested with bugs or mold from sitting around unused. They decided to sell it to my fourth aunt’s family for 1.2 yuan per jin. Before long, they arrived.

There was quite a lot of corn. We started moving it around at noon and didn’t finish loading it onto the truck until the afternoon. The total came to 3,858 jin, which should have been over 4,600 yuan. I suggested 4,500, but my mom said 4,000 would be fine.

The weather was really nice today, and the clouds looked so clean.

I didn’t finish watching Justice League in the car yesterday, so I continued and finished it this morning. In the afternoon, I slept in and then got up to study for a while.

In the evening, my mom called and said they couldn’t finish the chicken and asked me to come over to eat it so it wouldn’t go to waste. I didn’t really feel like going—I thought it was a bit of a time-waster. It’s not like I could arrive right at mealtime, eat, and then immediately leave. I’d much rather be on my own.

When I was about to leave after eating, my mom gave me some meat and some vegetables they hadn’t cooked today. I also took the out-of-season quarter-watermelon I had bought myself.

Todo

This weekend, I plan to cook some crayfish to eat.