The correspondent was stunned for a second, and then his tone became joyful.
"So you and my sister-in-law are childhood sweethearts. No wonder you don't even look at the female comrades in the group."
While talking, the other party held the steering wheel and started the car again.
The straw stacks outside the car window retreated one after another. Gu Zhiye carefully stroked the pocket watch in his hand, not wanting to pay attention to anyone. Before going to Xiangyang Village, he had no idea that the girl in the pocket watch was Su Niannian. Before many missions, he would habitually look at the watch.
Because it represents luck.
At the end of a mission, he was responsible for picking up the wounded.
At that time, among the ruins, the watch was passed by the sunlight and emitted a faint light. He, who was in charge of reconnaissance, immediately went forward with his comrades to check it out. The moment he picked up the pocket watch, a bomb fell straight to the place where they had been hiding, and even the rocks next to it were blown to pieces.
In the emergency situation at that time, Gu Zhiye pressed his comrade to the ground. The shrapnel grazed the back of his hand, leaving an indelible scar. By chance, because of this pocket watch, he saved his life.
When looking at the girl with a beautiful smile, he could clearly feel his heart beating faster.
At that moment, my heart was beating for her.
…
When Su Niannian woke up, Gu Zhiye was no longer in the room. The army green quilt was neatly folded at the end of the bed, like a piece of dried tofu.
She slept very soundly and passed the night.
There was a noisy noise in the yard, so she quickly grabbed the skirt from the closet and put it on. Before her hand touched the door handle, she heard Ma Hongmei's loud voice outside.
"What do you think Gu Zhiye meant? Didn't he agree to leave tomorrow? He just left without even saying hello to his new wife. I don't like it..."
Gu Shutong, who was chopping wood, said impatiently, "Shut up! It's not your place to talk about the affairs of a young couple."
"Do you think I care? Before dawn today, your brother went into the mountains in the dark, saying he was going to pick some wild fruits. In the end, do you know who got those wild fruits? Auntie Tian's Guihua. I think they are childhood sweethearts. If your mother hadn't interfered, they might have had a child now. Guihua is not as difficult to serve as this ancestor in the house..."
There was a loud "crack" sound, which was the sound of wood being split.
"Oh, don't bother talking about this. We women are born with a hard life..."
Su Niannian pushed the door open and walked out.
The rest of Ma Hongmei's words were stuck in her throat.
"Sister-in-law, breakfast is in the wood stove. Zhiye had a mission and returned to the army early in the morning. I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't disturb you." Gu Shutong pulled the handkerchief beside him and wiped his face. His tone was relatively gentle.
Su Niannian nodded to show that she understood. As a soldier, the army's orders came first. She certainly would not blame Gu Zhiye. As for who he liked or who he was nice to, she couldn't control it. That night was just an accident. She knew her position and mission clearly. Without that man, she could sleep well.
"Has mom eaten yet?"
"She feels stuffy in her chest and is lying down." Ma Hongmei answered quickly.
After the routine greetings, Su Niannian walked towards the kitchen. Under her light yellow skirt were a pair of exquisite black leather shoes, revealing half of her slender porcelain white ankles. As she walked faster, the skirt changed shape with her steps, outlining her charming figure and her slender waist that could be held in one hand, almost making Gu Shutong's eyes pop out.
His Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed subconsciously.
Ma Hongmei's suspicious eyes wandered between the two of them, and she vaguely guessed something: "Gu Shutong——!"
"I'm not deaf, get out of the way..."
The man's face was filled with shame and anger as if he had been exposed. He plunged the axe into the firewood pile and strode outside. Ma Hongmei had no place to vent the evil fire in her heart, so she quickly followed him into the kitchen. When she looked up, she saw Su Niannian sitting at the stove door, eating sweet potatoes in small bites.
Pretentious and artificial!
Ma Hongmei looked up at the sky, trying her best to suppress her jealousy: "Niannian, I'm not saying anything to you, you've been married for almost a week, and you haven't helped at all in taking care of mom. I feel sorry for you, but there has to be a limit. Mom's condition has been recurring these past two days. In order to prevent her from having a problem with you, you have to cook lunch today, and I'll help you!"
"You light the fire?"
"Okay." Ma Hongmei's voice was gritted.
Su Niannian's eyebrows were relaxed and she nodded. She had read a lot of books about cooking. She knew by heart what seasonings went with what dish and how many spoonfuls of salt to add. Except for making fire, which was a technical job, everything else was easy for her.
Hearing the news that she was going to cook, even Gu Shutong was dumbfounded. That pretty figure was wandering in the kitchen, and her every move was very pleasing to the eye. Even the side dishes were neatly arranged and looked very appetizing. Su Niannian did not skimp on the necessary oil, salt and sugar, and the decent meal was soon on the table.
Mother Gu's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Niannian is really virtuous."
Su Niannian said calmly: "If you like, I can do it every day."
While they were talking, Gu Shutong had already taken a bite of the vegetables. His expression froze for a moment, and Su Niannian hurriedly asked, "Brother, is it delicious?"
"Hmm, delicious." Gu Shutong's voice was unclear and he ate even more voraciously.
Ma Hongmei quickly picked up the fat meat and put it into her mouth. The next second, she spit out: "Oh my god! Did you knock over the salt jar? How can you waste things like this..."
Mother Gu ate quietly without saying a word.
Her youngest son had a fight with her because of the chicken soup incident. She knew the position of Su Niannian in his heart. She said that she would stay to take care of her, but in fact she was trying to intimidate the eldest son and his wife. She knew which of the two daughters-in-law was more important.
Su Niannian was rarely confused. She put the ingredients according to the recipe, two spoons of salt, no problem. She then picked up a piece of vegetable and just as she put it into her mouth, she choked and started coughing wildly. Gu Shutong, who was sitting opposite her, quickly got up and brought her some water and brought it to her mouth.
This little action caused Gu's mother to look at him more. After a while, she snatched the water from her eldest son's hand without leaving a trace and handed it to Su Niannian: "Niannian is still young, Hongmei, you should take care of her more. Zhiye will be grateful to you in the future. He is the most protective of his shortcomings..."
Ma Hongmei straightened her chest instantly: "No problem."
Gu Shutong ate silently, with a hint of displeasure between his brows.
…
After Su Niannian broke two bowls in succession, Ma Hongmei decisively gave up the idea of asking her sister-in-law to wash the dishes. She pushed a basin of dirty clothes to her and asked Su Niannian to go to the stream to wash the clothes. Gu Shutong was busy working in the fields all day long, and those clothes were as dirty as they could be. They had to be beaten hard to be clean.
Ma Hongmei thought she could give her sister-in-law a hard time and even thought of how to teach her a lesson. But when she reached the stream, she saw that it was her man who was bending over to wash clothes.
This really stirred up a hornet's nest, and Ma Hongmei started cursing from the creek all the way home.
"Didn't you say that men don't do these trivial things? What are you doing?!"
Gu Shutong was hanging clothes while defending himself: "These are my clothes, how could you..."
"What's wrong? Tell me!" Ma Hongmei saw that Su Niannian was fine and was helping Gu Shutong carry the basin. This scene was so dazzling that she blurted out, "As a big brother, you even gave up the opportunity to join the army, so what's wrong with giving up your wife? Aren't you the one who regretted going to Xiangyang Village? To put it bluntly, you just miss her!"
"Shutong's wife, what are you talking about?!" Gu's mother stood at the door of the main room without them knowing when, staring at them with cold eyes.
Su Niannian's eyebrows jumped, "Mom, this is all a misunderstanding, big brother is just helping me."
"Misunderstanding? Su Niannian, you should know clearly in your heart that if I, Ma Hongmei, had not married you, the person you would marry today would be Gu Shutong! But he is a cripple, not as tall and handsome as Gu Zhiye. Do you look down on him from the bottom of your heart?!" Ma Hongmei's eyes turned red, and she hysterically scolded the man: "Even if you want her, you have to wait until your brother and I die--!"
Su Niannian watched the whole process, as calm as an outsider.
"You...you..." Mother Gu knew what the eldest son was thinking, but it was another matter to hear it said out loud. She gritted her teeth in anger and was about to scold him when a sweet and fishy smell suddenly rushed out of her throat.
The next second,
In front of the three of them, the seriously ill Mother Gu vomited blood and fell on her back.
"Mom——!" Gu Shutong was horrified and his face turned pale.
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