As Wang Guihua spoke, she took a small red handkerchief out of her pocket.

"This is Qin Huai's biological father... You should have heard of him. We are not Qin Huai's biological parents. He was brought back from the battlefield by my husband. This bracelet was left to him by Qin Huai's father. I see it's a woman's bracelet, so I guess it's for his future daughter-in-law. That's why I brought it to you."

Qiao Qiqi frowned. "It's just a bracelet. Is it really worth making a special trip in the middle of the night? Wouldn't it be the same if you delivered it tomorrow?"

"Hey, I'm the kind of person who can't keep things to myself. If I don't bring them to you, I won't be able to sleep all night."

As Wang Guihua spoke, she was about to unfold the handkerchief, "So I thought I'd bring it to you anyway. Once it's here, I won't worry about it anymore."

"Mom, what happened to your hand?"

Qiao Qiqi suddenly noticed the cuts on her mother-in-law's hand. She had only seen one at first, but when she grabbed her mother-in-law's hand and looked at her palm up, she found several cuts of different sizes on her palm, all covered in ash.

Suddenly realizing something, she immediately grabbed Wang Guihua's other hand.

"It's nothing, just a minor injury." Wang Guihua tried to back away.

Qiao Qiqi immediately called out to Qin Huai, "Qin Huai, quickly grab Mother's hand! Mother's hand is injured!"

Qin Huai was obedient and immediately rushed over, grabbed Wang Guihua's other hand, and lifted it up to take a look. Although the injury on this hand was less severe, it was still grayish.

The two, realizing something was wrong, finally thought to check Wang Guihua's clothes and found that her pants and cloth shoes were also covered in dust.

That's obviously a fall!

"Mother, why didn't you say you fell?" A look of heartache crossed Qin Huai's face.

Wang Guihua was slightly embarrassed. She had been taking pictures for a long time on the road because she was afraid the two of them would see her, but now that she saw that they had still seen her, she immediately comforted them.

"It's nothing, I just fell down. I'm tough, it doesn't hurt at all."

"Qin Huai, take your mother inside to wash her hands."

Qiao Qiqi felt a lump in her throat, thinking that her mother-in-law had broken the bracelet while trying to give it to her, and she felt both touched and heartbroken.

I had only thought that my mother-in-law was a good person before, but now I realize that she is really good, no worse than my own mother!

After Qin Huai helped Wang Guihua wash her hands, Qiao Qiqi urged him to quickly find the village's barefoot doctor to buy medicine.

Upon hearing this, Wang Guihua immediately grabbed Qin Huai and said, "No need to buy medicine! It's so late, the doctors are all asleep. Don't bother them. I'll just apply some wood ash; that works really well!"

As he spoke, he lifted his foot to walk towards the kitchen.

Qiao Qiqi quickly grabbed her arm, "Mother, wood ash won't do! Although it can stop bleeding, it can also cause infection, so we can't use it!"

"It's alright, I've used that wood ash my whole life and it's never been a problem."

"No!" Qiao Qiqi firmly refused to let Wang Guihua use wood ash, but Wang Guihua also stopped Qin Huai from buying the medicine.

Qiao Qiqi had no choice. Seeing that the wound was indeed not big, she gritted her teeth and said, "Then you don't need medicine. I'll bandage it for you first. When you get back, take off the bandage and let the wound breathe. It should scab over by tomorrow morning."

"Okay! Let's wrap it up first!"

Wang Guihua grew to like her daughter-in-law more and more, especially when she felt her daughter-in-law's care for her, which made her very happy.

When Qin Huai found some clean strips of cloth, Qiao Qiqi wrapped them around her neck, and Wang Guihua immediately took out a red handkerchief from her pocket.

He took out the jade-green bracelet and quickly slipped it onto Qiao Qiqi's wrist.

Qiao Qiqi has fair skin, and this green bracelet looks exceptionally beautiful on her wrist, making her skin appear even whiter. The bracelet is also translucent and clean.

"It's so good to be young! Look at how slender and fair your wrists are, it looks so good on you!" Wang Guihua couldn't help but praise, then pulled Qin Huai along, "Huai'er, look, doesn't your wife look good in it?"

Qin Huai had long thought it was beautiful, but he was too embarrassed to say so.

At this moment, Wang Guihua called out his name.

He slowly raised his head, just in time to meet Qiao Qiqi's gaze.

Her eyes looked exceptionally gentle under the lamplight, which made his heart skip a beat, and he blurted out, "I think she looks good too."

Wang Guihua watched this scene with a smile. Although she still had a lot to say, she knew it was getting late, so she immediately stood up.

"Alright, I won't keep you two from sleeping any longer, I'll head back now."

Qiao Qiqi stood up as well. "Mother, won't you sit for a while longer?"

"No, no, I can't sit down anymore. Huai'er's father is still waiting for me at home. He'll be worried if I don't go back soon." Wang Guihua moved nimbly and quickly left the house as she spoke.

Qiao Qiqi was afraid that she would fall again, and was about to ask Qin Huai to take her home, but Qin Huai interrupted her, saying, "You go to sleep first, I'll take Mother home."

"Okay, take Mom home and then come back. Be careful on the way, and don't let Mom fall again."

Watching Qin Huai and Wang Guihua walk away, Qiao Qiqi turned back.

After a busy day, she was tired, but since she was on her period and couldn't take a bath, Qiao Qiqi decided to boil some water and soak her feet.

Of course, more water needs to be boiled. Although she can't take a bath, Qin Huai can, so she has to bring out his bathwater.

By the time Qin Huai returned after seeing Wang Guihua off, more than ten minutes had passed.

It shouldn't have taken this long, but his father, Qin Baojun, gave him a lot of instructions after seeing him return, which is why he came back a little late.

I thought Qiao Qiqi was already asleep, but when I went into the room I found that no one was on the kang (a heated brick bed).

After searching around the yard, I finally found a light coming from the kitchen.

Qin Huai walked into the kitchen and saw Qiao Qiqi standing straight next to the stove, looking down at the bracelet on her wrist, as if she were in a daze.

When I went over, I found a large pot of water boiling inside.

"Why are you boiling so much water?" he asked curiously.

The sound startled Qiao Qiqi, who had been standing still. She slowly raised her head and met Qin Huai's curious gaze.

Sudden!

She took off running into the house!

Qin Huai was startled by her actions and was about to ask her what was wrong when he heard Qiao Qiqi quickly say before closing the door, "I've boiled some water for your bath. Come in after you've finished bathing, and remember to leave some for me to soak my feet."

After saying that, he slammed the door shut.

Qin Huai stood at the kitchen door, initially puzzled, but soon assumed that Qiao Qiqi was just shy.

Looking back at the hot water in the pot, I felt a warm feeling in my heart.

He's a rough, uncultured man, why would he need hot water for a bath? For years, he's just used a basin of cold water in the summer. But now that he's married, not only does he have hot water, but look at the row of bottles and jars on the stove.

Thinking that his parents were in the same situation, he suddenly felt that his doghouse was like a home!

Qin Huai sighed in the kitchen, while Qiao Qiqi, who had just returned to the room, stared excitedly at the jade bracelet on her wrist—