Of course, it's also because high-speed rail didn't exist in that era.
As for airplanes, airplanes in that era weren't something ordinary people could afford to ride.
So nowadays, when people travel long distances, most of them choose to take the green-skinned train, even though it's slower.
Because Gu Jia Ning was pregnant, Sheng Ze Xi took care of her this time with even more meticulousness than last time.
Nothing happened this time.
It's just that midway, an elderly person had a heart attack.
The train staff urgently searched for a doctor, and Gu Jia Ning, upholding the principle that saving a life is better than building seven pagodas, used silver needles to save the person.
Besides that, nothing else happened.
After 30 hours, the train finally arrived at Beijing Station.
"Deputy Commander Sheng…" Sheng Ze Xi was still protecting Gu Jia Ning as they walked, and as soon as they got off the train, Sheng Ze Xi heard someone calling him.
Looking up, he found it was the guard beside Grandfather.
Sheng Ze Xi escorted Gu Jia Ning over, and the guard saluted Sheng Ze Xi, "Deputy Commander Sheng, Grandfather Sang asked me to pick you up and take you back."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
"Ningning, Grandfather sent someone to pick us up."
"Mm."
The guard was driving a car, so the two of them got into the car as soon as they got off the train.
The car took them all the way to the Compound.
The Sang Family, due to Grandfather Sang's status, lived in the Compound, with guards guarding the entrance.
Most of the residents in this Compound were research personnel from the Weapons Research Institute and their family members.
After checking in at the gate, the car drove in and stopped in front of a two-story villa.
Gu Jia Ning had just been helped out of the car by Sheng Ze Xi when she heard a somewhat old but very gentle call.
"Ning girl…"
Gu Jia Ning looked up and saw Grandmother Sang standing outside.
"Grandmother~" Gu Jia Ning raised her hand to greet her, smiling.
This smile seemed to unlock Grandmother Sang, she jogged towards Gu Jia Ning.
"Grandmother, slow down." Sheng Ze Xi was startled and shocked to see her jogging over.
You know, in Sheng Ze Xi's eyes, Grandmother had always been gentle, elegant, soft-spoken, and her demeanor was always elegant, no matter when.
How could she be so hurried now?
Actually, Sheng Ze Xi also knew that she was very happy to see them come back.
But, Grandmother is an elderly person, he was afraid that she would fall if she ran too fast.
If Grandmother Sang heard her eldest grandson's words, she would surely retort: I even scolded your father recently, where is my elegance now? Now I definitely want to see my eldest granddaughter-in-law.
Soon, Grandmother Sang arrived in front of Gu Jia Ning, grasped both of her hands, then looked her up and down, seeing Gu Jia Ning's rosy complexion and the lack of gloom between her brows, she felt relieved, and when she saw her big belly, her eyes became even gentler, "Ning girl, how have you been recently? Can you eat? Are you sleeping well? Has the child been bothering you…"
"Grandmother, you asked so many questions at once, how can Ningning answer them all?" Sheng Ze Xi joked from the side.
Grandmother Sang glared at him.
Gu Jia Ning smiled and said, "Grandmother is concerned about me."
Then she held Grandmother Sang's hand back, at that moment, even without looking, she could feel the wrinkles on her hands, but they were very warm.
These hands, the first moment she arrived, did not hold the hand of her grandson Sheng Ze Xi beside her, but instead held her hand.
The moment Gu Jia Ning's hand was held by these hands, it was warm, and her heart was also warm.
She stepped forward and hugged Grandmother Sang, saying, "Grandmother, I'm fine, everything is fine."
Grandmother Sang was stunned for a moment, then her smile grew even wider, "Good, good, everything being good is good."
After letting go, she silently turned her head and wiped the corner of her eye, preventing Gu Jia Ning and Sheng Ze Xi from seeing her red eyes.
"Come, come, don't stand here, come inside quickly."
"Your grandfather was originally supposed to be off work today, and he was going to wait for you at home with me, but because of an urgent matter, he was called away again, and he probably won't be back until the afternoon."
Grandmother Sang explained as she led them into the house.
"Come, this is the room we prepared for you." As soon as they entered the house, Grandmother Sang took them to the room and asked them to put down their luggage first.
"This room, Xiao Wan used to live in."
"Little Xi lived on the second floor when he came back to stay before."
"I thought that you are pregnant and the months are getting bigger, so it's more suitable to live on the first floor. On this floor, besides the room where we old couple live, Awan's room is the biggest and best."
Looking at the furnishings in the room, the furnishings here haven't changed much from when Awan was here.
Grandmother Sang looked at the furnishings with nostalgia in her eyes.
She thought that now that Little Xi and Ning girl could move in, if Xiao Wan were here, she would probably agree and be very relieved.
"Grandmother, thank you for thinking so thoughtfully." Gu Jia Ning's eyes were full of gratitude.
She wouldn't dislike it because it was her mother-in-law's former room.
She knew that Grandfather and Grandmother Sang's preparing this room for them to live in was a sign of their love for them.
Moreover, this room, even with a simple glance, Gu Jia Ning felt that it was very good, indeed large, and the things inside were very complete and refined.
Sheng Ze Xi was also looking at the room in front of him.
His mother's room, he had not come to see before, when he came to the Sang family to stay before, his grandparents had also suggested whether he wanted to stay?
But Sheng Ze Xi refused.
He didn't want to disrupt it.
And now, Sheng Ze Xi felt that his grandparents' arrangement might be the best.
Truly remembering someone doesn't just rely on looking at things to think of people.
Letting her things continue and be passed down is also another kind of love.
He believed that if his mother knew Grandmother's arrangement, she would also agree and be happy.
So, Sheng Ze Xi put down his luggage.
When the two of them came out, Grandmother Sang had already made two cups of malted milk powder, one for each of them, and put them in their hands.
"Here, warm your bodies, and warm your hands."
"Thank you, Grandmother."
Gu Jia Ning sat down on the sofa. She knew that malted milk powder was the best hospitality in this era.
Taking a sip, the sweet malted milk powder entered her mouth, and now, not only was her body warm, but her heart was also sweet.
As if afraid that she would feel awkward and restrained, Grandmother Sang sat beside her, holding her hand, talking, very kindly.
Seeing the tiredness on Gu Jia Ning's face, she quickly said: "Look at me, you've been on the train for so long, you must not have had a good rest, you should go to the room to rest quickly, especially you, Ningning, you're pregnant, you must rest more."
"Okay." Sheng Ze Xi and Gu Jia Ning didn't refuse.
Taking a long-distance train is indeed tiring.
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