Yan family.

Lin Jinghe came back from her mother's house. After washing up, she went to bed and asked the man next to her:

"Hey, Lao Yan, let me ask you something. Didn't you go to Captain Gu's house for dinner today? What does Captain Gu's wife look like? Is she really as ugly as others say, with pockmarks on her face and big buck teeth?"

Deputy Captain Yan shifted his gaze from the book and looked at his wife.

He shook his head seriously and said, "How is that possible! Jinghe, don't listen to the nonsense of those people outside. Captain Gu's wife is very beautiful. I think she is prettier than Li Sitian from your art troupe. She is also a great cook. I tell you, it's a pity that you didn't get to eat today."

Lin Jinghe had no objection to Deputy Captain Yan's comment that Li Xia was a good cook, but he actually said that Li Xia was prettier than Li Sitian. How was that possible!

"How is it possible? Li Sitian is the pillar of our group. How can a country girl like Captain Gu's wife be as pretty as her? You are just being rude and talking nonsense. I'm going to sleep now and I don't want to talk to you anymore!"

Lin Jinghe was too lazy to pay attention to him. He turned over, lay on the bed, covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep.

She didn't believe that Gu Weicheng's country wife was pretty. If she was really as good-looking as Yan Ziming praised her, why would she not dare to join the army for so many years?

***

When Li Xia woke up, she found that Gu Weicheng was no longer at home.

Li Xia walked into the yard and saw that, sure enough, the clothes she had taken off last night had been washed and hung on the clothesline. Fortunately, she had washed her underwear after taking a shower last night.

Breakfast was prepared and placed in a lunch box, with a note left for her asking her to eat it while it was hot.

"Tsk tsk, what a role model for a good man." Li Xia exclaimed.

An An came out rubbing his eyes sleepily: "Mom, what kind of pole is that?"

The cutest thing is the groggy look of children just waking up, especially those who are good-looking.

Li Xia walked over and poked An An's little face: "Mom is praising Dad, saying that Dad is a role model for a good man."

An An seemed to understand, but nodded in agreement: "An An will also be a role model in the future."

He doesn't know what a role model means, but as long as his mother praises him, he wants to be one.

"Okay, this fine tradition must of course be passed down from generation to generation." Li Xia said with a smile.

"Xiao Li, Xiao Li!" The voice of Mrs. Tao came from next door. Li Xia hurried out and saw Mrs. Tao calling her by the courtyard wall.

"Sister-in-law, I'm here. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Mrs. Tao said, "There is a market in town today. I thought you had just come with the army and had not been to the market here, so I wanted to ask if you would like to go with me. The market is very lively, with many agricultural and sideline products for sale, and you don't need a ticket."

When Li Xia heard about the market, she also became interested and asked An An, "Do you want to go, An An?"

Children all like to join in the fun, so why wouldn't An An want to go? He nodded quickly, "Mom, I want to go."

So the mother and son quickly packed up and immediately followed Mrs. Tao out.

According to Mrs. Tao, the market in this town is only held once a month. Li Xia was lucky as he happened to encounter it just after joining the army.

There are all kinds of things sold in the market, including food, drinks, clothing and daily necessities, all of which are made by the common people themselves.

The most popular items sold are handicrafts, such as rattan backpacks, rattan chairs, flower baskets, suitcases, and even baby carriages, etc. There are many ethnic minorities in Yuncheng, so naturally some people sell hand-woven homespun cloth with exquisite patterns.

Li Xia was holding An An's hand, and I was really dazzled.

She immediately fell in love with a well-made rattan chair. If it was placed in the yard, it would definitely be very comfortable to sit on when enjoying the cool air.

Tao's wife and Li Xia's focus were different. Seeing that Li Xia was staring at the things that she couldn't eat or wear, she pulled her to a stall selling native chickens:

"You can buy chickens and eggs here. Let's buy some quickly. The next time we want to buy them will be a month later."

Those who can set up stalls at the market all come through the commune and represent the public. It is not private business, so it is not considered speculation.

Mrs. Tao bought an old hen, planning to take it home to make soup, and also bought dozens of eggs.

The chicken Li Xia bought was relatively tender. She thought the meat of an old hen was too tough, so she wanted to roast a small chicken and stew it with mushrooms. She also bought some eggs, but her family still had a lot of eggs left from the last purchase, so she didn't buy many this time.

The chicken was alive. Although there were ropes tied to its feet, the hen was flapping its wings desperately.

Li Xia was frightened when she saw it, and didn't dare to take it. She asked, "Can you help me kill this chicken now? It's flapping its wings so hard, I'm afraid I can't hold it."

Mrs. Tao heard this and laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward: "Hahaha, Xiao Li, the chicken has to be killed right away to be fresh.

If you kill the chicken now, we will have to spend some more time at the market, and the chicken will be in bad condition by the time we get home.

Let me hold it for you. There's nothing to be afraid of with this chicken."

After saying that, Mrs. Tao picked up two chickens with one hand.

The two chickens flapped a little in her hands, but became obedient after being spanked by Sister Tao.

Li Xia: “…”

My sister-in-law is so awesome.

There were people selling candy figures on the street, and Li Xia planned to buy a candy figure with a Monkey King pattern for An An.

Last time, An An read the story of Sun Wukong's havoc in Heaven in a storybook, and he was very interested.

Unexpectedly, when Li Xia paid, the old candy man said something strange to her: "Donor, your soul has finally returned to its place."

Li Xia was startled and looked at the master in shock. He asked puzzledly, "Master, what do you mean when you say my soul has returned to its place?"

The old master murmured, "This is where you belong."

Li Xia was even more confused. What did it mean that this was the place that belonged to her? What did it mean that her soul had returned to its place?

Didn't she come from a book? Could it be that she was the original owner?

At this moment, noisy and frightened shouts came from the crowd: "Chenchen, what's wrong with you? Chenchen, don't scare your mother, spit it out quickly, spit it out quickly! Help, help!"

Li Xia looked over and saw a young woman holding a one-year-old child in her arms, rocking the child vigorously.

The child's lips were turning purple.

Li Xia could tell at once that the child must have choked on his food. For a while, she had been seeing videos on her phone that showed her that if a child choked on food, she should not shake the child, but should use the Heimlich maneuver immediately.

Yes, the Heimlich maneuver!

Li Xia asked Sister Tao to help look after An An, ran to the woman and said:

"He choked on his food. You can't shake him like that. Let me do it. I know what to do!"

As he spoke, Li Xia took the child from the woman's hands, picked the child up, then clenched a fist with one hand, placed it between the child's belly button and ribs, and pressed the palm of his fist inward.

One, two, three, keep going...

At this moment, the child in Li Xia's arms spit out a candy from his mouth, and then cried loudly: "Wow, wow, wow--"

"Chenchen! Chenchen, woooo, woooo, you really scared your mother to death."

The woman was Lin Jinghe. She was on vacation today and brought her child to the market. The child wanted to eat candy, so she bought some. Unexpectedly, the child choked.

She was so frightened that her body went limp and she couldn't think anymore. She just thought that if anything happened to the child, she would not want to live anymore.

Now that the child was rescued, Lin Jinghe picked up the child and bowed to his savior.

He took out his wallet from his pocket and gave it all away without counting the money:

"Thank you so much for today, comrade. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what I would do.

You saved not only the child's life, but also the lives of both of us. If anything happened to him, I would not want to live. Take all this money, as my way of repaying you for saving my life."

Li Xia's hands couldn't help but tremble, but fortunately the child was fine and she pulled him back from the hands of death.

It feels so good to save someone, and Li Xia feels very relieved.

"You're welcome. You can keep the money. You have to be careful when feeding such a young child. It's best not to give such granular food to such a young child."

Li Xia waved his hands and refused to accept the money.

"Then... Comrade, what is your name? If you don't want to take the money, I at least want to know the name of the child's savior and where he lives?"

Lin Jinghe continued to ask that she would definitely come to thank him tomorrow.

Li Xia didn’t want to say it at first, or he might as well just say his name was Lei Feng.

But looking at the mother's expression, if I didn't say anything, she would probably insist on giving me something as a thank you gift later.

So he smiled and said, "My name is Li Xia. I'm a soldier's family member and I live in the army."

"My husband is a soldier who defends his country. As a military dependent, I cannot follow him to the battlefield, but I am happy to do something in my life to help others.

Comrade, you really don't need to think about how to thank me in return." Li Xia said.

When Lin Jinghe heard the other party's name "Li Xia", a surprised expression appeared on his face.

The beautiful and kind-hearted person who saved her son was actually Li Xia, Gu Weicheng's country wife!

…

Not far away, Political Commissar Shen’s wife Cao Hongying also saw this scene.