The two children were stunned at first, a little bit unbelieving, but they soon reacted, their eyes became red, and they kept bowing to Gu Jianing to express their gratitude.

With long-term cooperation, they no longer have to go to such a distant county town to buy traditional Chinese medicine, and the price will not be pushed down too low.

Moreover, the sister in front of me is from the military district and is a soldier's wife. She has a very good impression of soldiers and military wives.

"By the way, do you want tickets? Do you want to convert some money into tickets?" Gu Jianing asked.

These days, if you have money but no tickets, there are many things you can’t buy.

"Yes, yes."

So Gu Jianing gave them the calculated money and tickets.

Qin Tian and Qin Qing had never received so much money and notes before. Looking at the piles of money and notes, they thought that the coming heavy snow would block the mountain, so they should not be sad.

"Sister, let's go back then."

"etc."

Just as the two were about to say goodbye to Gu Jianing and go buy food, Gu Jianing stopped them.

The two kids stopped immediately, feeling a little nervous, fearing that something bad might happen.

Gu Jianing turned to the uncle selling mutton soup and said, "Uncle, please pack me three more servings."

The uncle looked at Gu Jianing as if he was looking at the God of Wealth, "Okay."

Soon, everything was packed up.

Then, Gu Jianing handed two of them to Qin Tian and Qin Qing, brother and sister, "Here, they are for you."

Just now she saw that when the two little ones were talking to her, they couldn't help but glance at the fragrant and hot mutton stall with their eyes, and sniffed vigorously with their little noses.

Give, give them?

Two servings of mutton soup, so expensive!

"No, no, we can't have it."

Having said that, Qin Tian pulled his sister and was about to leave, saying that it was too expensive and they could not accept it.

When the people around saw what Gu Jianing did, they gasped. This girl is really rich. She just gave away two servings of mutton soup like that.

How could anyone refuse what Gu Jianing wanted to give?

He stuffed it into their arms and said, "Just take it. Consider it as us making friends. We will have long-term cooperation in the future."

"Okay, that's it. See you next time."

As he spoke, Gu Jianing took another portion of mutton soup that he was going to give to Sheng Zexi, asked the man pushing the cart to put a few bags of herbs on the cart, and then left, going to the place he had agreed to meet with Zhang Shuwan and Yu Saozi.

It's about time.

So, here, after taking medicine at home and waiting, Grandma Qin saw her two children coming in with red eyes.

I thought they were being bullied.

As a result, I saw them taking out the food they had bought, the remaining money and tickets, and the two servings of mutton soup.

After listening to them, I realized that the two servings of mutton soup were actually given to them by the girl who kindly bought their herbs.

Not only that, she also planned to cooperate with them for a long time. In the future, as long as they had herbs, they could send them to her in the Northwest Military Region once a week.

"Okay, okay, this way you don't have to go to the county town in such a cold weather." Grandma Qin nodded repeatedly. It was too far and too cold, and the two children were still so young. She would be worried at home.

The Northwestern Military Region is different; it is close and safe.

After learning that it was Gu Jianing who forced the mutton soup on them, Grandma Qin had an even better impression of her.

She was a very kind girl.

"If you have the chance in the future, you must repay that sister well, okay?" Grandma Qin taught.

"Yes, grandma, we know."

"Grandma, let's eat mutton together."

"No, just eat it. Grandma doesn't like it."

The two children had not been able to eat meat once throughout the whole year. Finally, a kind-hearted person gave them mutton soup, so how could she accept it?

She is old, and there is no use for her to eat these. It is more important to feed them to her children so that they can grow.

"No, grandma, if you don't eat it, Xiaotian won't eat it either."

"Yes, if grandma wants to eat, grandma eats, then Qingqing will eat."

"Yes, grandma is not in good health. She is sick and needs to eat meat to keep healthy."

The two children were very stubborn. They knew that the old lady didn’t dislike eating meat at all, she just wanted to give them the meat.

But how can they eat with peace of mind?

Granny Qin also knew the tempers of the two children. She sighed and said, "Okay, then the three of us will eat together."

So, in this shabby and cold little house, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren ate warm mutton and drank mutton soup together, and they felt that the winter of this year did not seem so cold.

During this time, there were also children's voices chattering about what food they bought and how long it would last. They also said that they would go to the mountains to look for herbs before the snow closed the mountains...

As Grandma Qin ate the mutton soup and listened to her grandson's chatter, she felt much better both physically and mentally.

Just hold on a little longer.

At least, we have to wait until the parents of the two children come back.

That is, I have been waiting for 8 years, and I don’t know how long I have to wait.

She didn't even know whether her son and daughter-in-law were alive or dead.

At this time, in a remote mountain area far to the southeast, no one knew that the country's special weapons research base was here.

At this time, a couple and their team had just perfectly completed a project they were working on, and everyone was very happy.

The aerospace project, which has been studied for several years, has finally made progress. This progress took them several years, but with this step forward, future progress will be quick.

It was just during the break that the couple thought of their old mother and two children far away in their hometown in the northwest. Their hearts were filled with longing and their eyes were red.

The man hugged his wife and comforted her, "Just wait a little longer. It will be soon. In two years at most, or one year at least, we will be able to go back."

"Um."

They hadn't seen each other for 8 years, and there was no way for them to send any news back, nor any news to come in.

Eight years is neither long nor short.

I don’t know what happened to the people they were thinking about.

What they don't know is that 8 years is enough time for a lot to change.

It is enough to make a healthy mother become old and weak, and it is also enough to make a child who could only walk unsteadily and speak incoherently become self-reliant, take care of himself, and help take care of his sick grandmother.

However, even if he knew, he might still make the same choice.

Big country, small family, big love, small love, it is always difficult to choose.

But someone has to sacrifice small love to fulfill big love. Only when everyone is well, can the thousands and thousands of small families blessed by everyone become better.

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"You bought so many things?"

When Gu Jianing and the people pushing the cart arrived at the agreed location, Zhang Shuwan and Yu Saozi couldn't help but exclaimed when they saw the cart was full of things.

Gu Jianing smiled a little embarrassedly. She also knew that she seemed to have been unable to control herself and bought too much.