Qiu Yuling remembered it in time, Qiu Dahe was on his way back.
"Captain, go back and have a good rest this time. Or I'll take you back."
"It's okay, no need, you can all take care of yourself."
Qiu Dahe escaped death several times. Although the speed of his rise was as fast as taking a train, he earned it by risking his life.
This time he had a month's home visit leave, and he received his full allowance. He also bought a jade bracelet for his sister from his fellow Hui people.
Knowing that she was fond of growing flowers and plants, he collected various grass seeds along the way, wrapped them carefully, and placed them at the bottom of his bag.
Before leaving, I went to my fourth aunt's house to visit my grandma.
Grandma stroked his hand again and again, "You've become thinner and darker, but stronger. Don't run around anywhere. Go home quickly. Your mother misses you very much."
"I know everything, grandma. You can keep this money. You can eat whatever you want and wear whatever you want. You will have enough money. I want to give the other money to the two little brothers so that they can have more money."
Qiu Dahe took out fifty yuan from his allowance and gave it to his grandmother as a way of showing filial piety on behalf of his mother.
The old lady refused to accept it and pointed to the packed package and said to him, "I don't have any money to spend. The food and drinks are all bought by your aunt and uncle. When your aunt gets rid of Mingrui at the end of this year, I will go back and I will have no money to spend.
Inside this bundle are the clothes and shoes that your fourth aunt and I made for Yuling. You can take them back with you. You are grown up now, so keep the money. You need money to marry a wife..."
Qiu Dahe listened to his grandmother's words patiently, "I know what I'm doing, Grandma. You'll feel at ease if you accept me. I came here in a hurry and didn't have time to buy anything. It's just right that when you have time to go out shopping with Fourth Aunt, you can buy something for Mingrui and Mingliang..."
Li Qingju brought the food to the table and came over to persuade her mother, "You should accept Dahe's kindness. When he gets married, you can find him a bigger one."
Li Qingju also asked him to bring some extra things. "Take these cloth coupons back to your elder sister so I don't lose them in the mail. I've been buying and replacing them over and over again. You and Dashu are both old, and there aren't enough for us at home."
Qiu Dahe has been taken care of by his aunt over the past few years. When he was at a lower level, his aunt didn't ask him to give money or buy things.
He had released it secretly, and then turned around to buy something useful, either sending it to his younger sister or to his family. Now that he had finally been promoted and had more money, she still refused to accept it.
"I'm telling you, it's time for you two brothers to get married. This place is full of money, so why are you still messing around with me? If I can't eat anymore, I'll ask for it even if you don't give it to me. So be obedient, take it back, and keep it close to you. When you go back this time, maybe my eldest sister will find a good girl for you..."
Not only did Qiu Dahe not give away his wealth, he also asked his aunt to make some plans, which made her blush.
After dinner, Zhou Chuanwu asked his nephew to go out for a walk.
Li Qingju held the two naughty boys in her arms, telling them not to get involved in the chaos. "Be good, your dad and second brother have something important to do. Mom saw grandma just taking out the peach cakes~"
The two brothers were indeed led astray in their thinking.
Qiu Dahe and Zhou Chuanwu are relatives at home and brothers outside.
Zhou Chuanwu handed a cigarette to Qiu Dahe and said, "Now that you're back, focus your energy inward and steady yourself. You've worked too hard these past two years. It's not good to climb too fast."
Qiu Dahe refused the cigarette his uncle offered him. "I don't smoke. You know, I think so too. If I don't take advantage of the chaos and fight hard, it will be difficult for me to get ahead with my conditions. As long as I can establish myself, I won't risk my life in the future..."
"That's good to know. You're lucky, kid. I've heard from them that you've escaped death several times. Even if you're born in the Year of the Cat, you still have to be careful. Now your family doesn't rely on you to risk your life. Your brothers and sisters are all very promising..."
The two talked for a long time, until the third cigarette butt fell, Zhou Chuanwu called his nephew back, "Let's go, if you don't come back, your aunt will start imagining things again. In the past two years you've been away, she has blamed me a lot, blaming me for not taking you with me. I have regretted it countless times... Fortunately, you are back."
Qiu Dahe patted his uncle's brother on the shoulders and said, "Thank you for your mediation, and thank you and my aunt for taking care of my family and sisters."
Zhou Chuanwu punched back, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not targeting you. As the elders, your aunt and I have the responsibility to take care of the children."
“…”
The two men went back in the dark, and as expected, they were met with Li Qingju's complaints. "You two are really something, two grown men, but you are talking so much for so long? Dahe said we would be on the road tomorrow, why don't you hurry back and rest?"
Zhou Chuanwu laughed shamelessly and did not refute.
Qiu Dahe followed his grandmother and went to rest in the room reserved for him, looking like a coward who would be fine as long as he was not scolded.
After entering the house, grandma made the bed for him and spread out the quilt. Qiu Dahe felt sorry for the little old lady and said, "Grandma, you should go back and have a rest. You have been busy all day."
Grandma insisted on doing everything herself and got everything done. "Why should I be tired? Your fourth aunt is asking me to come out and enjoy myself in the name of coaxing the baby. All I do every day is eat and sleep, and at most I cook lunch. Your aunt rushes back to cook the afternoon meal..."
Qiu Dahe came out at an early age, and he rarely had the experience of having his relatives around him and nagging at him. Sitting by the bed, listening to his grandmother talk about her daily routine, he actually felt a bit of longing in the boredom.
He couldn't help but laugh when he heard grandma say that Yuling always wanted to take grandma to school and work, but couldn't get a number.
"She didn't ask me to accompany her at all. She was worried that I would suffer when I got old, so she wanted to bring me out to enjoy life."
Qiu Dahe continued the conversation following his grandmother's words, "That girl has been taking care of her family since she was young. She is kind-hearted, cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She may not seem easy to get along with at first glance, but once you get to know her, she will remember every kindness others give her.
She also holds grudges. If anyone gets an appointment with her, even if she doesn't say it out loud, she has already made up her mind and you can't get over it no matter what you do.
My sister has never taken the initiative to visit my grandma and her grandma. My mom said that even if she bumped into them in the hallway, she would just call out "Grandma" with a smile, and would not care about the response from the other side. She would just call out and walk on without looking back..."
Grandma thought of her granddaughter's stubbornness and laughed too. She did not try to persuade her granddaughter, saying, "There is no such thing as an old man who is not wrong." She said, "Everyone has his own principles in dealing with the world, and it is useless for others to say more."
Okay, take a rest. Let’s go to the county first. It’s in the alley behind the middle school, number one from the beginning…”
After settling in, the old lady closed the door for her grandson and told him to sleep peacefully. She would call him tomorrow, "Don't worry about oversleeping. Look at your eye sockets, they're all black."
"Got it, grandma. Go and have some rest."
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