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"Be careful on the road and return to the team as soon as you pick her up." Afraid that Old Lady Qian couldn't find her place, the group sent Xiao Liuzi to drive to the county station to pick her up on the day she arrived.
According to Song Zhaodi's description, Mrs. Qian was an average-looking, thin old lady. Her appearance was too ordinary and she would not attract attention in the busy station. In order to avoid picking up the wrong person, Xiao Liuzi took Da Niu with him when he went to the station.
On the way to pick up her grandmother, the girl rubbed the new clothes her mother had made for her with a nervous look on her face, feeling uneasy inside.
Xiao Liuzi thought the child was carsick and consoled him, "Is it because of the strong gasoline smell? Just bear with it a little longer. We'll be at the station soon and everything will be fine once we get there."
The big girl remembered that her mother had told her not to talk about family matters outside and not to say anything bad about her grandmother. She nodded with a pale face.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Liuzi touched Da Niu's little face with some heartache. If he had known that she was carsick, he would not have called Da Niu out. Look how uncomfortable the child is, it makes people feel so distressed.
The station was bustling with people. Liuzi was afraid that Da Niu would get lost, so he took the initiative to go over and hold her hand. Da Niu's face instantly turned from pale to red. She pulled his hand and said, "Uncle Liu, I... can walk by myself."
Her mother told her since she was a child that girls are different from boys and cannot be touched by others casually. If they are touched, it will be bad for her and her family's reputation and it will be difficult for her to get married in the future. Looking at the big hand holding hers, the girl was a little at a loss.
It is said that children from poor families mature early, but for the big girl, it was too precocious. She even forgot that she was only a ten-year-old child. In the eyes of others, the two of them were like a brother holding his sister's hand, and no one would misunderstand them.
Xiao Liuzi said jokingly, "There are a lot of people here, I have to keep an eye on you. Our girl is so pretty, what if she gets caught by a beggar? Where would I find a girl to return to your father then?"
"No, no." She was already ten years old. When she was younger, she didn't care about her appearance. As she grew older, she realized that she wasn't good-looking. She was dark and thin. At ten, she looked worse than a seven or eight-year-old. She wasn't good-looking, and she was a girl, so no one wanted to catch her...
"No, girls your age are the favorites of Pai Huazi, so big girl, you must hold on to Uncle Six, okay?"
The big girl looked at the serious Liuzi and nodded, "Okay."
In crowded places like stations, there are often beggars. They not only attack little boys, but also like half-grown girls like Da Niu. Girls of this age who are caught by them will usually be sold to bachelors in the mountains. If they are lucky, they will be bought as child brides and tortured for the rest of their lives.
So, even though he saw that Da Niu was at a loss, Liu Zi still held her hand tightly.
The two waited at the station for a while, but in that time, Da Nv saw an old lady carrying a big bag, staggering and looking around. The old lady had gray hair, was not tall, had a thin and sharp face, and had a big mole on the left side of her cheek. Her face was covered with deep wrinkles, and her eyes were deeply sunken in her eye sockets, looking a little scary.
It’s grandma.
The big girl grabbed Liuzi's hand in fear, pointed at someone not far away, and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Liu, I, I saw my grandma."
When the two men walked towards the old lady, Mrs. Qian also saw Da Nv. She looked up and down at Da Nv with her cloudy eyes. Seeing that Da Nv's spirit was completely different from that in her hometown, the old lady's face immediately became gloomy.
She didn't even have new clothes, but a little girl was wearing new clothes. It was obvious that Song Zhaodi was not good at managing the household. Not only could she not give birth to a son, but she also spent her son's money.
It’s better to divorce such a daughter-in-law!
However, the old lady was experienced after all, and even when she was angry, she still endured it when she saw Liuzi next to the big girl.
She smiled kindly and took Da Niu's hand, her eyes full of love, "Dan Niu, you miss grandma so much." With tears in her eyes, it was really scary.
If you don’t know, you would think that the old lady and the girl have a very good relationship.
The girl, who had never felt such enthusiasm from her grandmother, shrank her neck and tried to pull her hand back, but the more she pulled, the stronger the old lady's grip became. By the time they got in the car, the girl's hands were red from being squeezed and her bones were aching dully.
The old lady sat in the back of the car, touching and bumping around in it, her face full of pride: she never thought that she could ride in a car in her life. This was the car sent by her son to pick her up. Her son is indeed the most promising child in the surrounding villages!
She had even thought about how to show off to the villagers after returning to the village.
Her son really makes her proud!
Now that her son had a car, Mrs. Qian thought that her son was a higher-ranking official than the village head, township head, and town head. Her attitude towards Liuzi, the "driver", changed from being enthusiastic at first to looking down on him. When Liuzi got out of the car, he became her little servant. She stood beside the car with a condescending look and ordered Liuzi to help move things.
Liuzi, who was about to lend a hand, was not angry, but sighed in his heart: Captain Qian’s mother must be an opera singer!
The rapid change of expression left Liuzi stunned.
Big Girl saw what Grandma did. She pulled Liuzi's sleeves sheepishly and said, "Uncle Liuzi, Grandma is used to being the head of the family. It may be a little hard for her to adapt to it for a while. Please don't mind."
"No...I don't mind." Liuzi laughed dryly. He now realized that this old lady was not someone to be trifled with. The big girl was not carsick at that time, but was afraid of this old lady.
I don’t know what Captain Qian was thinking, asking his mother to take care of his pregnant wife.
Judging from the old lady's attitude, the Qian family is likely to be in chaos in the future.
"A-choo~~" Qian Dafu, who was ridiculed by Liuzi, was lying in the woods with a gun in his hand. The sudden sneeze broke the silence in the woods, startling the birds in the woods so that they flapped their wings and flew away.
"Captain Qian, what's wrong with you?" Wang Tiezhu, who was lying not far from him, had a serious face, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, "Be careful and conceal yourself. If there are any problems, you must hold them back, hold them back!"
"I'm sorry, brother. I just couldn't help it." A sneeze would be fine under normal circumstances, but now they are on a mission, and this sneeze is likely to be heard by the enemy, which will eventually lead to the failure of their mission and the annihilation of the entire army.
Qian Dafu apologized in shame, and then the woods returned to their previous tranquility, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
Huai County, S Province is a very poor place, mostly mountainous. But precisely because of the many mountains, some national scientific researchers took a fancy to this place after field investigations and established some bases here, making this poor mountainous area of Huai County no longer so ordinary.
Shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the authorities were eager to gain a place in the world scientific community, especially hoping to take the lead in scientific and technological competition with other countries. Therefore, they attached great importance to science and technology, especially military technology.
The reason why the 8147th Regiment was established in the remote mountain village of Longgang Village is because Longgang Village is located in the center of Huai County, which is convenient for mobile support.
In other words, the entire 8147th Regiment is the bodyguard of the X Military Base, protecting this place from being discovered or infiltrated.
Some time ago, the organization received news that spies from certain countries had quietly sneaked into S Province and went to the remote mountainous area in the south of Huai County in S Province to gather information. The regiment received an urgent task to find the spies and kill them if necessary.
After receiving the task, the 8147th Regiment sent out several teams. Some of them were distributed in the mountains around Huai County, patrolling and waiting; some changed into plain clothes and mixed into the crowd, observing and searching.
The spies who can travel within China will not have the appearance of a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner, but a Chinese face who knows how to disguise himself. Finding such a person among so many Chinese people will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of everyone's task.
In this situation, except for the comrades around him, everyone else becomes an uncertain factor.
"This is not as good as the one in our hometown. Why did Dafu ask you to come here?" Old Mrs. Qian was not satisfied with the yard allocated to Qian Dafu by the group. It had nothing and was not as comfortable as the one in her hometown. She didn't know why her son brought people here from so far away. Not only was it expensive, but it was also distressing to look at.
Old Mrs. Qian was commenting in the yard. Song Zhaodi stood beside her, looking angry but unable to speak, with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking. Niu Niu held her sister's hand and looked at her grandmother fearfully. The behavior of the mother and her two daughters made those who were secretly watching the fun around them understand what was going on.
I'm afraid this old lady is not a good person.
"I think you should go home. You are wasting money here and disturbing Dafu's work. It is better for you to go back. I can take care of the baby in your belly. That would be great." Since Song Zhaodi joined the army, the Qian family lost a daughter-in-law who worked like a slave and a girl who did housework. Old Mrs. Qian was forced to do the work, which made the pampered old lady unbearable. She regretted letting Song Zhaodi and others join the army.
So, I came here immediately after receiving my son's telegram.
The Qian family in her hometown was a nightmare. Song Zhaodi finally stopped being a quail. The young wife said, "Mom, it's so hard to apply for this house. Others who want to live here can't get it. If we leave, the house won't be given to other people in need. That's not acceptable."
Having been the daughter-in-law of the Qian family for more than ten years, Song Zhaodi, though timid and cowardly, understood them. As for the old lady, she was the most greedy for petty gains. She was furious when she heard that the house would be divided among others. "Forget it, Dafu needs a woman to take care of him. You should stay here. But the big girl has to come back with me."
The old lady looked at the girl like she was some kind of commodity. "She's ten years old now. It's time for her to find someone to settle down and get married."
When she came over, the second wife secretly told her that the family of the thirty-year-old fool in the next village wanted to spend ten yuan to buy a wife.
Ten yuan! It was enough for the family to use for several months. Old Mrs. Qian was very concerned about it. When she left, she had already negotiated with the second fool's family and was just waiting for the eldest girl to come back and give her the money.
"Mom, Da Niu is still young. It will take another seven or eight years before she can find a mother-in-law." Song Zhaodi leaned towards Da Niu calmly, "Dad, hurry into the house and get your grandma a glass of water."
"I won't get married. Aunt Wang said it's not good for a girl to get married too early!" The girl didn't listen to her mother and stood directly in front of Old Lady Qian, her face full of stubbornness. "I won't get married. I want to go to school. In the future, I will become a useful person to the country like my father."
"Okay, you're so rebellious." The head of the family, who always had the final say, was contradicted in person for the first time. The old lady couldn't hold it in any longer and took off her shoes to rush to the girl. "I told you to listen to that Wang and not get married, and to study. Today I will beat you to death, you money-loser!"
She was used to being beaten in her hometown. As soon as the old lady took off her shoes, Da Niu ran out with Niu Niu, saying as she ran: "I won't marry, I won't marry even if you kill me, so just give up that idea."
"Then I'll beat you to death."
Song Zhaodi stopped Old Lady Qian who was about to chase after her, "Mom, the girl is still a child."
"My child, that little girl in our village got married at the age of 12, why can't our big girl get married now? I'm telling you the truth, I've already found someone, the family of Carpenter Wang in the next village. Carpenter Wang's family is so rich, they can eat meat every now and then. If our big girl listens to me, she will definitely enjoy a good life if she marries him."
Song Zhaodi's heart sank, her face filled with disbelief. "Mom, Carpenter Wang's son is already thirty years old, and he's still a fool! You're letting your daughter marry a man who's more than twenty years older than her. How can she be happy in the future?"
"Life is lived by people, and this time the girl has to get married whether she wants to or not!"
After the first time she rebelled against her grandmother, the older girl ran away with her younger sister, holding her waist and grinning happily. When she first realized that she was still so brave, she said to Niuniu beside her: "Niuniu, don't be afraid of grandma in the future. If grandma hits you, just run away. She is too old to catch up with us."
Niu Niu tilted her head and thought for a while and said, "But grandma will be angry and will tell daddy about it." Every time daddy comes home, grandma will say bad things about mom to him. Daddy is also a fool and always makes mom cry. Niu Niu doesn't understand why it was grandma who bullied them, but in the end, they were the ones who did something wrong.
"Don't be afraid, Niuniu, remember this, daddy doesn't dare to do anything here." Niuniu likes and admires her father, but she is also afraid of and hates him. No one could have imagined that the heart of a little girl is so complicated.
Many people think that children understand nothing, but they never think that one day they will grow up and understand those things. Those pains will accompany them as they grow up and eventually become untouchable wounds.
Seeing that Niuniu was still confused, the eldest girl pointed to the house in the front and said, "Number one is Uncle Xiao and Aunt Wang's house. Number two is Uncle Dong and Aunt Huang's house. You can come here if you have any problems in the future. If Daddy hits or scolds us, we can come to Uncle Xiao and Uncle Dong."
"Niuniu, remember this: Daddy is most afraid of Uncle Xiao. And when you complain, don't make a sound. Don't let others find out, and don't let Daddy know."
"Niuniu knows..."
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