Qin Suisui was fair-faced with rosy cheeks and a graceful figure, but it was a pity she had quite a mouth on her.
When the storm came and the Qin family was about to be purged as capitalists,...
Chapter 148 She is more passionate than the sun
In addition, Hao Ke had been expelled from the track and field team because of her premarital pregnancy. She was now unemployed, couldn't do housework well, and still acted like a "young lady" every day, which made Song Xu even more annoyed with her.
He came home later and later at night, and drank more and more often. If Hao Ke asked him a few questions, he would start cursing and sometimes even hit him.
Hao Ke also felt wronged. If Song Xu hadn't interfered, she would still be doing well with Chi Donglin, and could occasionally see Pei Jiuyan. So Song Xu might have a white moonlight, but she also had her own white moonlight!
She tricked him into marrying her, but now he's treating her like this. This is pure marriage fraud!
The couple fought several times, but Hao Ke was a woman after all, and Song Xu, no matter how thin, was still a strong and healthy man. She couldn't beat him, and after a few times, she finally behaved herself.
She takes care of Song Xu's food and drink at home every day. When Song Xu is at work, she does housework at home. Occasionally, she goes to the beach to get some good food to coax Song Xu back, and only then can her life be a little easier.
She tried calling her mother, but her father found out and scolded her as well. Now her mother doesn't dare answer her calls anymore and can only sneak out to make calls occasionally, sending her some money every now and then.
She knew that Chi Donglin had liked her since childhood, and it was precisely because of this affection that she was able to scheme against him, wanting to marry him in order to get closer to Pei Jiuyan.
Even though they were divorced, and even though she had indeed done something to wrong Chi Donglin, she didn't believe that Chi Donglin would have no feelings for her anymore.
She thought that if she lowered her head and played the victim, he might soften and help her. She couldn't get close to the military region's office area, so that day she thought of sneaking over to the family compound, because she knew that Chi Donglin and the others would often go to Pei Jiuyan's house for meals, and their former marital home was also in the family compound.
Unexpectedly, after waiting there for half a day, he didn't see Chi Donglin, but instead encountered that bitch Qin Suisui, who beat him up and sent him to be reformed.
This incident caused Song Xu to lose face in front of her friends, so she was beaten again. She was forbidden from going to the military region again, or she would be divorced.
Now, Hao Ke was truly obedient. She couldn't imagine what would happen if her second marriage also ended in divorce; would her father travel all the way from Beijing to beat her to death?
Meanwhile, Qin Suisui received a package from Beijing. The package was sent directly to the military compound, so the postman delivered it to her door. Besides the package, there was also a letter.
Upon hearing that it was from Beijing, Qin Suisui roughly guessed that it was probably sent by her mother-in-law. And indeed it was.
In the letter, Liu Qianyun first apologized to her, saying that during her birthday period, she and Pei Huoshan were on a business trip in a remote location, making it inconvenient to make a phone call, which caused the delay.
After they returned, they quickly sent these things to her.
Having been a military dependent for so long, Qin Suisui had come to understand that their work was not always planned and there were always unexpected missions, which was normal. Besides, her birthday was not a big deal, and she didn't care about it at all.
But seeing how much her in-laws valued her, she was still very happy.
The package was opened, and inside was a whole bunch of food and supplies, including the pastries she loved to eat when she went to Beijing last time. This time, there were also a lot of dried apricots and peaches that are only available in autumn. They still looked very fresh after being adrift on the road for so many days.
Qin Suisui picked up a piece of golden apricot and popped it into her mouth. In an instant, the sweet and sour taste filled her mouth. She squinted and looked out the window. It was already the end of September. The autumn in Beijing must be very beautiful!
It's a pity that Qiongtan Island is almost summer all year round. It would be great if I could go to Beijing to see the autumn colors sometime.
Besides a bunch of food, the package also contained two pairs of white Warrior shoes, one large and one small, which were clearly her and Zan Zan's sizes.
Qin Suisui picked it up and tried it out; it was just the right size!
Put Zan Zan's pair away separately, and let him try them on when he gets home from school.
It's a pity Pei Jiuyan didn't have it, but her mother-in-law's "favoritism" made her feel inexplicably happy, hahaha!
Upon removing the shoes, Qin Suisui discovered two metal boxes underneath. Curious, she picked them up and found one with a picture of the Summer Palace printed on it, which was probably Jinghua jasmine green tea.
The other metal box looked familiar to her; it was Zhang Yiyuan, the jasmine tea shop they had visited together during their last trip to Beijing. It was her favorite jasmine tea shop. Her mother-in-law had used all the tickets she had saved up over the past few months to buy jasmine tea and send it to her!
At the bottom of the package were two pieces of fabric. One was a piece of fine white cotton, which felt very soft to the touch. My mother-in-law knew that comfort was the most important thing for her when it came to clothes. This piece of cotton probably cost a lot of money; it could have been used to make several outfits for her.
The other piece was made of military green khaki fabric. This fabric is stronger and more durable than pure cotton, making it suitable for making clothes to wear in the fields or in the wilderness. The cotton clothes she wore last time she went to the wilderness were all torn and unwearable, so she turned them into rags.
Mother-in-law, the fabric arrived just in time. There's so much of it; enough to make a dress for Pei Jiuyan and Zanzan each.
Just as I finished packing the package, there was a knock on the door outside the yard.
Qin Suisui ran out to see what was happening and found that it was Su Yunyi.
"Yunyi, what's wrong? Did something happen at the herb garden?"
Su Yunyi smiled, took the basket off the back of the bicycle, and handed her a set of finished clothes:
"You forgot? These are the clothes you asked me to make for your son, Ayan. Then there was a typhoon and other things, so it was delayed. As soon as they were finished, I brought them to you!"
Qin Suisui had indeed forgotten about it. She took it and opened it. It was a complete set of shirt and trousers. The shirt was clearly an ordinary style, but Su Yunyi had done something to the shoulders and waist, making it look exceptionally exquisite.
The same goes for the pants. Even before Pei Jiuyan put them on, Qin Suisui could already imagine how dashing he would look in those clothes.
"So beautiful! Yunyi, you're amazing!"
Su Yunyi truly lives up to her reputation as the female lead in the original novel; she is indeed very talented in clothing design. The clothes she makes are clearly ordinary styles, but they are much more outstanding than ordinary clothes.
Su Yunyi smiled and said, "You have such a sweet tongue. Look, you have a lot of fabric. After making clothes for him, I also cut a dress for you. It's just the two of you, one for each of you."
"Hey! There's one for me too!"
Qin Suisui happily accepted it, and when she opened it, she saw that the shirt was the same style as Pei Jiuyan's, except that the collar was more rounded and the bottom was a straight skirt that went past the knees. It was kind of like a "couple's outfit". Qin Suisui was immediately a little embarrassed.
Besides the two sets of clothes, Su Yunyi's basket also contained a medium-sized winter melon, a bunch of fresh water celery, and a pile of dried medicinal herbs.
“Here, Grandma Mai asked me to bring this winter melon to you. She said you should eat it first and then go pick some more. This bunch of water celery was picked by Sister Xie Ting and me this morning by the spring in the mountains. It’s very fresh. Here, have a taste.”
"And these medicinal herbs have all been dried as you instructed, so they can be used directly."
Qin Suisui excitedly accepted the pile of things. She wondered what a wonderful day it was. First, there was her mother-in-law's package, and then Su Yunyi brought her a bunch of things. She was so happy!
She happily carried the winter melon and celery into the kitchen, then sorted and piled the medicinal herbs on the small bookshelf in the living room. Su Yunyi came over to help her organize: "Sui Sui, why have you been asking for these medicinal herbs lately?"
Qin Suisui nodded: "Didn't I put some of the heatstroke relief pills I made before in the hospital pharmacy? Dr. Zhao said they were very effective, and many sailors going to sea buy some in advance as a precaution. The demand is high, so the hospital asked me to make more."
Su Yunyi nodded, frowning as she looked at the blazing sun outside: "I heard from the older folks in the village that the temperature usually drops gradually after a typhoon, but it's already late September and it's still so hot."
Qin Suisui was also a little worried: "I don't know if Qiongtan Island is like this in previous years. If it's really hot all year round, that would be too scary."
The two sisters chatted at home for a while, and soon it was noon.
"Sister Yunyi, why don't you stay for dinner? I bought a lot of meat and seafood from the beachcombing, and we haven't finished it all!"
Su Yunyi glanced at the bandage on her arm and nodded: "Okay, then I'll cook. What would you like to eat?"
"I'll come and help!"
For some reason, although they hadn't known each other for very long, Qin Suisui always felt that she had endless things to talk about with Su Yunyi, and Su Yunyi felt the same way.
Amidst laughter and chatter, a large plate of salt and pepper shrimp, stir-fried water celery with lean pork, stir-fried winter melon with dried shrimp, and cold tomato salad were ready. A large plate of smoked wild boar meat that Qin Suisui brought back from the Snake Witch Tribe was also steamed.
Su Yunyi was dumbfounded: "Sui Sui, there's so much, can we finish it all?"
Qin Suisui mysteriously took out several lunch boxes: "Hehe, didn't you just say you haven't seen Brother Yunlai for the past two days? Let's go deliver some food to them."
Su Yunyi, given her status, couldn't enter the military region's office building, but Qin Suisui could.
Su Yunyi was a little embarrassed, but she wasn't the type to be coy, so she nodded and agreed.
After the two sisters finished eating, they packed all the reserved dishes into lunchboxes, and Su Yunyi rode her bicycle with Qin Suisui on the back towards the office.
They arrived at the perfect time, right around lunchtime, just as Pei Jiuyan was coming out of the office building, heading back to cook for Qin Suisui.
Qin Suisui saw him from afar, but they were on opposite sides of the crowd. Afraid that he wouldn't see her and would miss her, Qin Suisui quickly jumped off Su Yunyi's back seat and waved to him: "Pei Jiuyan! Pei Jiuyan! I've come to bring you food!"
The name "Pei Jiuyan" was already a hot topic in the military region, and with Qin Suisui shouting it out loud, everyone immediately turned to look at them.
Pei Jiuyan naturally heard it too. He turned his head in surprise and saw his wife, wearing the brown-red dress he had bought for her last month, standing in the sunlight, waving vigorously at him.
At that moment, the crowd flowing between them seemed to freeze in black and white.
Despite the intense sunlight, she was even more passionate than the sun!