Chapter 240:
Retired soldiers also need to work and eat.
In the capital, there are many retired soldiers working from all over.
It’s not easy to rent a cheap and good house in the capital; the prices here are higher compared to other places.
For Yun Jiao’s family to solve the Chen Family’s problem, they need to find someone who can fight, handle things, and won’t damage the house to rent it.
Given the Chen Family’s nature, even if they knew Chen Wei sold the house to someone else, they wouldn’t give up if the house was empty; they might shamelessly break the lock and enter.
Therefore, someone must guard this house.
And retired soldiers are indeed the best candidates.
In the end, everyone in the Yun family thought this was a good idea and agreed.
Coincidentally, Old Wu knew where to find such people.
“I know of a transportation company that was established not long ago, started by a few retired soldiers. Most of the people inside are retired soldiers, you can go and ask.”
Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe: “We’ll go and ask tomorrow.”
With a solution for the house, everyone felt much more relaxed and started eating and chatting.
Afterwards, they didn’t rush to find a house. Since they were already in the capital, they couldn’t miss the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square.
Around three o’clock, Yun Jiao was dragged out of bed.
Sleepy-eyed, Yun Jiao, who had never woken up so early, had a resentful tone in every strand of her hair.
Yun Linhai held her: “Jiaojiao, we have to go to Tiananmen Square. If we don’t go soon, it’ll be too crowded to even get in.”
Don’t ask how they knew; they had been there once before, around six in the morning.
Good heavens, that experience astonished them. The square was packed with people. They, being inexperienced, arrived too late and were pushed to the outermost edge.
In the end, they only saw the national flag raised high from afar.
So today, they want to redeem themselves and stand at the very front!
Yun Jiao was quickly wrapped up with a towel by Yun Linhai and carried on his shoulder as he ran.
“Let’s go, let’s go, we must get a good spot today.”
It was still dark, but all the Yun family members, except for Yun Jiao and a few younger ones, were spirited.
Even the two elderly people were like that.
This shows how strong their desire was to witness the flag-raising ceremony with their own eyes.
When they arrived at the square, they spread out a blanket on the ground and sat down.
“Jiaojiao, you keep sleeping. We’ll call you when it starts.”
Yun Jiao yawned, her head nodding off. She didn’t even hear what her father was saying and fell asleep hazily.
As time passed, she could sense the increasing sounds around her, but with her family beside her, she didn’t wake up.
This continued until her father started sprinting with her in his arms.
Yun Jiao woke up with a start: What happened?
With the little tuft of hair on her head sticking up, she looked around and was surprised to find that everyone around them was running.
“Hurry, hurry, it’s starting in another hour.”
“Hahaha… sleeping directly in the square last night was definitely the right decision.”
“More and more people are coming to watch the flag-raising ceremony now!”
“Of course. Now, not only people from the capital but also people from other regions come to the capital and they all must watch the flag-raising ceremony.”
So there was no danger.
Yun Jiao’s mouth was slightly open, she couldn’t quite understand why so many people would come to watch the flag-raising ceremony.
It was so lively.
When Yun Linhai stopped running with her in his arms, Yun Jiao, sitting on her father’s shoulders, saw a sea of people.
There were really so many people.
As the time approached, the flag-raising team, dressed in military uniforms, marched in perfectly synchronized, heroic strides.
Although their movements appeared rigid and somewhat mechanical, they displayed a special beauty when performed by them.
As the vibrant red color rose and fluttered in the wind, everyone’s gaze followed its ascent.
It was as if at this moment, regardless of age or gender, their eyes held only that touch of red and nothing else.
Even with so many people in the square, everyone had solemn and excited expressions, yet no one made a chaotic sound.
Yun Jiao felt a sense of cohesion she had never experienced before.
This… is truly a magical, yet very charming country.
It was an experience that a merfolk living alone had never had.
Perhaps influenced by the atmosphere, Yun Jiao’s clear and bright eyes unknowingly reflected that vibrant red.
After the flag-raising ceremony, everyone left with lingering interest.
So many people, willing to sleep there overnight and then gather together, just to catch a glimpse of that bright red color soaring high.
Not a single person complained; everyone had smiles in their eyes.
However…
With so many people and watching the flag-raising ceremony so intently, Yun Jiao, Yun Linhai who was holding her, and the others were separated.
He was so anxious that he was scratching his ears and cheeks.
Most importantly, at this crucial moment, Yun Linhai urgently needed to use the toilet.
As a grown man, his face turned red from holding it in. He held Yun Jiao, somewhat at a loss.
Finally, he saw a few soldiers on guard and quickly walked over.
“Comrades, please help me watch my child. We got separated from our family, and I also… right now…”
Before he could finish speaking, he left Yun Jiao there and hurried off.
Yun Jiao: ???
“Jiaojiao, wait for Dad to come back!”
Yun Jiao was left standing there, making eye contact with the two guards.
A moment later, Yun Jiao understood her situation and raised her fair, tender little paw to greet the two soldiers.
“Hello, big brothers.”
The two didn’t speak; their bodies were ramrod straight. Although they looked at her, they mostly kept their gaze straight ahead.
Yun Jiao didn’t mind and squatted down beside them.
The combination of a standard tough guy and a cute child attracted quite a few people’s attention.
Some people with cameras pointed them at them and snapped away.
Yun Chenbei had also been separated and happened to walk over to this area.
The moment he saw them, he instinctively raised his camera to take a picture, then belatedly realized that wasn’t that his sister?!
“Jiaojiao!”
Yun Chenbei ran over. One of the guards looked at him sharply and raised his hand to stop him.
“Stop.”
Yun Chenbei immediately stopped.
Yun Jiao was taken aback, then a flash of surprise crossed her eyes.
“Fourth Brother!”
Seeing that they knew each other, the guard returned to his post.
Yun Chenbei then walked over somewhat awkwardly, glanced at the two guards, and squatted down to ask Yun Jiao.
“Why are you here?”
Yun Jiao took his hand: “Dad went to the toilet and left me here.”
Yun Chenbei understood. Indeed, in terms of safety, there seemed to be no safer place than here.
“Then let’s wait for Uncle here.”
Thus, the person squatting changed from just Yun Jiao to two people.
Both of them rested their chins on their hands.
Yun Linhai returned, expressed his gratitude to the two guards, and then left with his daughter and nephew.
“Bye-bye, two big brothers~”
Yun Jiao now understood a little why so many people liked soldiers.
