Chapter 89 Uncle, do you have chocolate pieces on your tummy?

Gradually, Deng Qiu stopped crying.

She clutched the gold tightly until deep indentations appeared on her palm.

Deng Qiu wiped away her tears, and the tenderness in her eyes was gradually replaced by indifference.

"Zhizhi, hide these gold bars in your spatial storage, and whatever you do, don't return them."

Zhizhi nodded and asked again, "Mommy, what do you want to do?"

Deng Qiu coldly curled her lips, "They've been living so well lately, all thanks to sacrificing me. Now they're trying to win me back with family ties, but it's just for their own gain. It doesn't matter... Before, Mom didn't fight because she cared about that little bit of family ties, but now Mom has to fight. Mom is not only fighting for herself, but also for our family, to fight for a better future!"

Didn't my father and mother love to hoard gold?

If one day they are forced to leave Suzhou and find that the gold has disappeared and all their property has been taken away, what if they find that the gold has disappeared and all their property has been taken away?

I wonder if they'll still be able to laugh...

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Grandma Li's house

"Grandma Li, Zhizhi is playing the role of a milkman today!"

Her soft, sweet voice was cheerful. Zhizhi was wearing a fashionable white mink coat and a white rabbit hair clip.

She came in excitedly carrying two glass bottles of milk.

Upon entering, I discovered that Yuan Hui wasn't there, but a bunch of uncles were sitting in Grandma Li's house... ...?

Huh?

These uncles look to be in their forties or fifties. What are they doing here?

When Zhizhi couldn't find Grandma Li, she naturally asked one of the uncles, "Uncle, are you here to visit Grandma Li too?"

The man being questioned was a pork seller at the supply and marketing cooperative, and he had seen Zhizhi before.

He grinned, "You could say that. We were all introduced to each other by Grandma Li today."

As he spoke, he held up the piece of pork belly in his hand. "Zhizhi, the supply and marketing cooperative had meat today. Why didn't you go and buy some? This is the best cut of belly meat, with three layers of fat and lean meat. I managed to buy some."

"Wow! That's great!" Zhizhi clapped her hands, but she wasn't envious at all. Instead, she proudly puffed out her little chest. "Mom said she's going to cook mutton soup noodles today. Zhizhi won't eat pork today, let pork recover properly!"

"ah?"

Chen Laowu, the pork seller, was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, why would a pig need to be injured? It was slaughtered right away!"

The child is too naive. She doesn't really think that they cut a little meat off each pig, raise it a bit, and then cut a little more meat off when they sell it, does she?

Of course, we'd just slaughter them and then divide the pig among ourselves!

The other uncles nearby laughed after hearing this.

"Old Chen, this is Commander Jiang's child. Watch your words and don't hurt his young heart."

"That's right, that's right. I heard that Cuiping is closest to this child. Don't be so rash, or he won't see you."

Chen Laowu was embarrassed by what was said.

He retorted defiantly, "So what? Cuiping is with me, so she'll definitely live a good life. I sell pork, and we're never short of anything!"

After saying that, he even puffed out his belly as if he were very proud.

Zhizhi looked at Uncle Pork's bouncy, round belly.

She puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little dislike for this pork uncle.

"Uncle, are you pregnant? I've seen it before! Aunties' bellies are this big when they're pregnant. How many months pregnant are you?"

"Go away! What child!" Old Chen Wu was a little annoyed. He snorted, "I call this having a belly full of oil! Don't you understand what a potbelly is? Skinny men are no good at all, not as popular as me!"

Ah, this...

The little cub looked at the sky, then at the ground.

Wait a minute, it's not even dark yet, why is Uncle Pork talking in his sleep?

A potbelly... Grandpa Ji was a commander, so he must be about the same as a general, right?

But Grandpa Ji wasn't 'pregnant'.

Dad doesn't have a belly either. Dad's belly is flat and hard in pieces. My older brother said what that's called.

Abdomen or something!

In short, having a belly that looks like chunks of chocolate is the best symbol of a man!

Zhizhi took two steps back, holding the milk in her hands, and looked at Uncle Chen warily.

"Don't come any closer, I'm afraid you'll steal my milk."

Upon hearing this, Chen Laowu's smile gradually faded.

Grandma Li led Cuiping in and they saw Zhizhi.

"Hey? Zhizhi, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

Grandma Li waved to her, and after the little boy came running over, she bent down and whispered to her, "Minister Wen gave your Aunt Cuiping a day off today. Yuanhui is playing at his own home. Go find him over there. Your Aunt Cuiping is looking for her husband today, so it's not convenient for the child to be here."

Zhizhi turned her head to look at the group of uncles in the courtyard outside and pouted her little mouth.

“But Zhizhi thinks that the uncles outside are all just average and not good enough for Aunt Cuiping.”

Grandma Li paused for a second, then chuckled at the little boy's innocent words.

She lowered her voice and said, "But these uncles have houses and regular jobs. Your Aunt Cuiping will have a place to live after she marries into the family. You don't want to see Aunt Cuiping homeless, do you?"

The older generation, when introducing potential partners, didn't consider looks or personality; they mainly looked at family background and job.

Grandma Li has a wide network of connections, and with the help of her fellow women from the Women's Federation, she managed to gather these seven or eight people.

We're just waiting for Cuiping to choose one so we can get married right away.

Jiang Zhizhi looked at Aunt Cuiping with some doubt, "But... Aunt Cuiping won't like them, so how can they get married like this?"

Grandma Li sighed softly.

Even children understand this principle, so how could I not know it myself?

But she treated Cuiping like her own daughter, so someone had to make plans for her future, right?

"Zhizhi, the adult world is very complicated. You are too young to understand. When you grow up and need to get married, your parents will make plans for you."

Marrying?

Whom should I marry?

The little cub thought for a moment, then flashed a bright smile, "That cub can stay single forever, since Mommy and Daddy will raise Zhizhi~"

Grandma Li shook her head with a helpless smile.

Even if the Jiang couple are the kindest people, they wouldn't really let their daughter grow up and stay at home forever.

There's no need for me to say these things to the child, lest I cause them unnecessary sadness.

She affectionately ruffled the little cub's hair. "You're still young, so you can spend more time with Brother Yuan Hui. If you develop feelings for him when you grow up, the Yuan family is actually a good option."

The former political commissar may still be promoted.

Although Wen Qingqian is somewhat arrogant, she has the right to be. These past few days, she has observed that Wen Qingqian truly treats Cuiping as one of her own, and is indeed a very protective person.

If Zhizhi can marry into the Yuan family in the future, then she will have married very well.

They were childhood sweethearts, inseparable since they were little. Yuan Hui was blind before, but now his sight has been restored.

If Jiang Anchao were smart enough, he should seize the opportunity with such a family as soon as possible.

Later, the two families became in-laws, and they watched each other's children grow up, and their lives were always filled with joy.

"Alright, alright, go have fun, Zhizhi. I'm taking your Aunt Cuiping on a blind date."

Zhizhi nodded and put down the milk. "Then leave a bottle of milk for Grandma, and Zhizhi will take a bottle to Brother Yuanhui."

After the cub finished speaking, it left with a slightly troubled expression.

As she left, she kept turning back to watch Aunt Cuiping chat with the uncles.

She went to her brother Yuan Hui's house with a heavy heart, feeling that she might have forgotten something important.

'Bang!'

"Ouch!" Zhizhi accidentally bumped into a solid wall of flesh. She covered her forehead and looked over, only to find that it was Uncle Zhengyang standing outside the house.

When Li Zhengyang was bumped into by the cub, he immediately squatted down to check on her condition.

"What's wrong, Zhizhi? Did you hurt yourself?"

His face no longer held its usual smile; instead, a hint of worry lingered beneath his handsome features.

Zhizhi stared blankly at Uncle Zhengyang, when suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in her little head.

She remembered!

She knew what she had forgotten!

Uncle Zhengyang seems to like Aunt Cuiping. When he went to fumigate Aunt Cuiping's house before, the way he looked at her was different from how he looked at ordinary people.

The little cub grabbed Li Zhengyang's finger and asked expectantly, "Uncle Zhengyang, do you have chocolate pieces on your tummy?"

"What?" Li Zhengyang was stunned by the question.

Immediately, he remembered that he had secretly climbed over the wall and overheard the cub talking to the man who sold meat.

He realized, "You mean abs?"

Children don't understand what muscles are; they just think that the pieces on their stomachs look like chocolate bars.

Li Zhengyang stood up, quietly lifted the collar of his shirt and peered inside. He tensed up and secretly counted.

I haven't been exercising lately, and my six-pack abs aren't very defined anymore.

He coughed awkwardly, "Zhizhi, Uncle does have some, but this... ..." seems like it wouldn't be of much use, would it?

Zhizhi's eyes lit up, and she stretched out her little hand and waved.

"Uncle Zhengyang, you have chocolate pieces, and Daddy has chocolate pieces too. Does Uncle Yuan have some too?"

"I think so... My uncles and elders train in the army all year round, so they should all have some." Li Zhengyang scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

He's a grown man, and he's talking to a little girl about abs.

It feels like I'm leading children astray.

However, people in the military undergo physical training almost every day, so it's hard to find someone as pot-bellied as Chen Laowu in the entire military dependents' compound.

Unless it's a retired cadre in their sixties or seventies, they might have a bit of a belly.

Why are the little cubs asking these questions?

Zhizhi clapped her hands and looked excitedly at Uncle Zhengyang.

"Aunt Cuiping is still young and beautiful. Why don't we find her a young uncle who is a military officer to be her husband?"

The little cub's eyes were shining when it said those words.

While secretly observing Uncle Zhengyang's expression, she deliberately provoked him by speaking:

"Zhizhi, go out and find Uncle Tian now, and call out all the uncles and brothers in the army who don't have wives, so that Aunt Cuiping can have a good look at them. Anyway, Aunt Cuiping is still young, maybe she can find a brave and handsome brother who is three or four years younger than her? There must be someone who likes Aunt Cuiping's type!"