That night a strong wind blew, making the windows rattle. Qian Qing woke up from her dream and couldn't sleep well even after closing the windows.

The wind is so strong. I wonder if Zhou Hao is doing okay over there. He didn’t bring enough clothes. What should he do if the temperature drops?

This maintenance mission is taking too long. They said it would take half a month, but why hasn't he returned in sixteen days?

Otherwise, she might as well not set up the stall tomorrow. She would go and ask the maintenance team leader Zheng Xian if he could let her make a phone call.

…

It started to rain the next morning, and the temperature, which had been rising during the last ten days of summer, dropped.

Why sell popsicles on a rainy day? Qian Qing simply gave herself a day off. She had made a lot of money these days, and she actually had more than 1,400 yuan in her pocket!

Qian Qing stuffed two hundred yuan into Qian's mother's pocket. Qian's mother wanted to go home to visit her family on a rainy day and come back tomorrow.

Seeing her daughter stuffing so much food into her mouth, Qian's mother refused fiercely: "Why are you giving me this? I don't want it."

She is not even sixty yet, how can she accept such a large amount of filial piety from her daughter? Moreover, her daughter has started a family after all, so she was a little panicked when she was given such a large amount of money without consulting her son-in-law.

Qian Qing didn't care about that: "Consider it my salary. Mom, you helped me and saved me a lot of trouble. If you hadn't come, I wouldn't have been so relieved to find someone. Take this money back to buy some good food and drinks, and bring Qianqian home to stay for a few days. By the way, tell my sister to remember to come back to her parents' home in a week. Then Zhou Hao and I will go back and talk to her about the business."

Qianqian is her sister's daughter. She is only six years old and is thin and small.

Her mother wanted to raise her granddaughter by her side, but the family was tight and her sister refused.

Now that they have money, it is natural for Qian's mother to raise her granddaughter however she wants. Grandma loves her child, so who can say no?

Sure enough, when the granddaughter was mentioned, Qian's mother hesitated. Qian Qing took the opportunity to put the money in her hand.

Qian's mother accepted it, then changed her mind and brought up another topic: "When are you and Zhou Hao going to have a child?"

Qian Qing felt a pang in her heart. She recalled what happened in her dream and she really couldn't convince herself to feel at ease.

She didn't think Zhou Hao would treat her any differently because of the child, but what if she really couldn't have children?

"I remember that Zhou Hao and I are both younger than each other. He is busy with work, and I don't think I will be free these few years. It's okay to ask for him in a few years."

Qian's mother also felt that her daughter was right. Qingqing was only nineteen, so it didn't matter if she was born a few years later.

but……

"Will Zhou Hao's mother have any objections?"

Qian Qing didn't care at all. Zhou Hao had three brothers in his family, and his mother was extremely partial to them.

You can tell from the fact that Zhou Hao had a good chance of going to college, but his mother insisted on sending him to a technical secondary school.

Zhou Hao has been giving money to Qian Qing for the past few years without even bothering to look at her mother-in-law's face. Qian Qing can do whatever she wants without worrying about her mother-in-law because Zhou Hao will definitely protect her.

"It's okay."

After sending Qian's mother to the bus, Qian Qing changed her clothes and went to find Li Hongmei.

The rain was pouring down, and water was accumulating on the ground. Qian Qing knitted up her trouser legs, held an umbrella in her hand and walked tremblingly. The drainage system at the second factory was not good. Although it was not raining heavily, water accumulated to her calves.

As Qian Qing was walking, she saw a figure in the distance.

The man was holding a bag in his hand and jogging without an umbrella.

Her heart was pounding, and she wondered if she was dazzled and didn't see clearly.

At the end of midsummer, the most common trees in the compound were paulownia and tamarisk trees. The leaves that were hit by the rain swirled along the water and drifted to the low places. There were occasional flashes of lightning overhead, and rumbling thunder rolled in from afar.

The figure was getting closer and closer, and Qian Qing could see it more and more clearly.

Zhou Haoyun was soaking wet, but he was still holding the bag tightly in his arms. His hair was wet and stuck to his forehead. His clothes wrapped around his body, making him look thin and powerful. His shirt sleeves were rolled up to half his arms, and there was a thin layer of muscle on his forearms.

When the two were less than ten meters apart, Zhou Hao also discovered Qian Qing.

They both stood there like fools for a while, and Qian Qing realized at this moment that she really missed Zhou Hao.

She missed him very much. The last time they left was too hasty, and she had been filled with unspeakable longing for him for more than ten days, which she had never experienced even in her dreams.

Qian Qing's eyes were red. Zhou Hao, like an agile leopard, broke through the rain and came to Qian Qing's side.

Regardless of the rain on his body, he held Qian Qing in his arms. He reached behind him with one hand and narrowly caught the umbrella that Qian Qing was about to lose, and held it steadily above their heads.

"I'm back."

It was clearly not a life-and-death separation, but when they hugged each other at that moment, they felt a kind of "perfection" emotion.

There were not many people walking in the rain. Zhou Hao suddenly loosened his hand, and the umbrella handle moved down, and the two people were covered by the umbrella.

Behind the umbrella, which no one else could see, Zhou Hao gave Qian Qing a deep kiss on her lips.

We still have a long life together, but I still miss you every time we are apart.

The rain was getting heavy. Qian Qing was carried on Zhou Hao's back. Zhou Hao hung the bag around his neck, took down Qian Qing's pants, took off Qian Qing's sandals and held them in his hand.

Qian Qing covered the two of them with an umbrella in one hand and complained while holding Zhou Hao's neck with the other hand.

"Where's the half month you promised? Liar!"

She was counting on her fingers. It was clearly said to be fifteen days, but today it was already sixteen days! Including the day she left, it was seventeen days!

Zhou Hao was a little helpless: "I wanted to come back yesterday, but the car didn't come, and I encountered a rainstorm when I took the train. I was delayed on the road for half the night."

Qian Qing was now unable to take care of her work and was a little anxious: "Have you eaten yet? Are you hungry? I don't know if there is any food in the cafeteria right now. How about we take a detour to the cafeteria first?"

Zhou Hao shook her and said, "Go back first."

He wanted to hug her tightly.

There were more people at the bottom of the tube building. Qian Qing saw that they were almost there, so she rushed to Zhou Hao to put her down. She put on her shoes, and then the two of them went home hand in hand.

The tube building is also bustling on rainy days. People who can't go out sit in the corridor. Women gather together, put some tea on small benches, hold shoe soles or sweaters in their hands, and chat while working.

Seeing Zhou Hao coming back soaking wet, everyone greeted him.

"Hey, Zhou Hao is back? Look how wet he is. Didn't he bring an umbrella?"

"Didn't you see that he was carrying a bag? He must have just returned from a business trip. It must have been difficult."

"We need to ask the factory to give Zhou Hao some extra leave! He was asked to go on a business trip the day after the wedding. Xiao Qian must be so busy at home all by himself."

"Xiao Qian, do you have anything to eat at home? I have a handful of dried noodles at home. If you don't have any, take them home and make some. You can tell from Zhou Hao's expression that he hasn't eaten yet."

…

Qian Qing greeted everyone with a gentle smile and was able to chat with everyone.

There were a few little kids who were still in preschool next to them. School hasn’t started yet, and they liked Qian Qing as soon as they saw her.

Because Qian Qing always gave them candies and was so gentle, the children all liked to cuddle in her arms.

At this moment, a little kid came up and hugged Qian Qing's thighs, and said in a baby voice: "Sister, who is this uncle?"

Zhou Hao: ...

Qian Qing tried to hold back her laughter, and the little boy's mother immediately pulled the clueless four-headed creature back.

Qian Qing exchanged a few pleasantries with them and went upstairs.

"Tsk tsk, these two standing together look like a painting."

"That's right, it would be so beautiful if I gave birth to a baby."

"Zhou Hao is also very lucky to have married a good wife."

"Why don't you say that Xiao Qian is lucky? Zhou Hao is also very good to her. I was far away just now, but I seemed to see that it was Zhou Hao who carried Xiao Qian back."

“Is this true or false?”

…

Zhou Hao felt that something was wrong. Why was the distance from the first floor to the third floor so far?

How did his wife win over everyone in the building?

There were already at least three groups of people pulling Qian Qing aside to talk on the road.

There were also no less than four little kids throwing themselves at Qian Qing.

Of course, the most heartwarming thing is that all of these little kids are blinking their big eyes.

"elder sister……"

"uncle……"

"elder sister……"

"uncle……"

…

How does he look like an uncle?

You little bastards are called inferiors, do you know that? !

After finally getting home with numerous difficulties, Zhou Hao no longer had any scruples and hugged Qian Qing. He put his head on Qian Qing's shoulders and supported her from behind, his tone full of resentment.

"Why am I an uncle?"

Qian Qing laughed out loud. Who made Zhou Hao always have a stern face when he was outside?

He is also very tall, which makes people feel pressured at first sight.

In fact, judging from his appearance, Zhou Hao doesn't look young at all. It's mainly because his aura is too oppressive.

"Wife, I always feel that a lot of things happened without my knowledge."

He was usually a quiet man and he only knew the women in the compound roughly, but looking at his wife walking along, it seemed like she could call everyone's family by name.

Qian Qing touched his face and coaxed him: "A lot of things happened. Go take a shower first. I'll get you some food. We'll talk about it in detail when we come back."

Zhou Hao went obediently. Although he wanted to hug his sweet and soft wife, he had been on the train all night and got caught in the rain. His beautiful wife loved him deeply because she didn't despise him just now.

But there was no rush. Zhou Hao took out the bag he had been protecting: "I brought you something."

He dug deep into his bag and pulled out a small box.

Qian Qing has basically gotten used to it. Zhou Hao always brings her gifts wherever he goes.

When she was in school, he even wanted to bring her pancakes from the school gate, holding them in his arms and driving them for two hours to deliver them, saying that there were so many people lining up and they were delicious.

Later, when he started working, he would buy some local specialties when he was on business trips. One time, he even brought her a bag of yam beans, saying that they were a variety only available in the local area.

I also gave expensive gifts, but Qian Qing scolded me for them.

Qian Qing values ​​Zhou Hao's kindness more than the things he gave her.

"What?"

Zhou Hao took out the box, and inside the wooden box was a small piece of white jade.

Qian Qing:!!!

"My wife is not expensive! They have this jade there, I picked a small piece and asked them to carve it for me."

The picture Zhou Hao drew himself was a small, cute little rabbit.

Qian Qing said she was nineteen years old, but actually she made a mistake in reporting her household registration, and it was written one year late, so her zodiac sign was rabbit.

"I met the director of our factory there, and he gave me a bonus of 80 yuan for solving a problem temporarily. Here, my wife. The jade is from a co-worker's family, and I picked one. Isn't it beautiful?"

Zhou Hao held the jade rabbit in his hands, his heart and eyes filled with his wife.

There is no trace of the calmness he shows in front of outsiders.