Chapter 161 Wedding Night with Candles...

At the joint request of Su Mei's family, Huo Jianguo finally returned to the bedroom, crawled into the quilt and slept with Su Mei.

They slept all the way until night, and Bai Xiaofang woke the couple up to eat after she prepared dinner.

Because he was too tired, Huo Jianguo stayed directly at Su Mei's house that night.

The next day, they had breakfast and went up the mountain again to pick some medicinal supplements for Qiuqiu.

After collecting the herbs, Su Mei asked Su Xuanhu to check them to confirm that she had not identified the wrong herbs before she prepared Chinese medicine according to the prescription.

After preparing the medicine, Su Mei and Huo Jianguo left the Su family. They stayed at the Huo family for one night and would leave for the border the next morning.

After returning to the Huo family, Su Mei handed the prepared medicine to her sister-in-law. She knew that the original owner was not trusted, so when she handed the medicine over, Su Mei could only say that it was prepared by Su Xuanhu.

Li Shufen took the medicine and thanked Su Mei calmly. She could see that Huo Jianguo would let bygones be bygones for Su Mei's sake, but she couldn't be grateful to Su Mei.

Su Mei could understand this. After all, the original owner almost took Huo Qiu's life. How could a mother forgive her so easily?

Although Li Shufen's attitude was very indifferent, when Su Mei and Huo Jianguo left the next day, Li Shufen still took out four pairs of cloth shoes that she had made for Huo Jianguo and Su Mei and asked them to take them away. She looked very embarrassed:

"Third brother, third brother's wife, compared to the gifts you gave me, my things are a bit inferior. These four pairs of shoes, two pairs are for spring and autumn, and two pairs are for winter. You can wear them. If they are comfortable, I will make you more next year."

"Sister-in-law, please don't do this thankless job. Su Mei always wears small leather shoes when she comes back. They are so fashionable. She won't look down on your rustic cloth shoes." Although Cheng Erxi didn't dare to offend Su Mei again, Li Shufen still dared to be treacherous.

Li Shufen originally thought that the shoes were shabby and not presentable, and her face flushed for a moment: "Su Mei, if you don't like them........."

"I like it, why not?" Su Mei said as she took off her leather shoes and put on a pair of thick cloth shoes. She stepped on the ground and said with a smile:

"Thank you, sister-in-law. My feet were covered with blisters from walking on the way back. With your pair of shoes, I don't have to worry about walking such a long mountain road today!"

Huo Jianguo followed his husband's lead and took out a pair of thick cloth shoes for winter and put them on.

Li Shufen breathed a sigh of relief at the young couple's actions.

Seeing Huo Jianguo and Su Mei giving Li Shufen such face, Cheng Erxi pursed her lips. She took out the tea she had asked for from her mother's house and handed it to Huo Jianguo, saying:

"Third brother, this is the tea that my mother's family made. I paid five yuan for it. Everyone in the area knows that my family makes good tea. Take it and try it!"

"Why are you spending money so recklessly, sister-in-law? Don't you still have to rely on us for support? It's not easy for my husband to make money. Your life as a frontier is so easy. We usually spend money carefully, but why do you spend five yuan for a piece of tea?

This is not right, you have to be more frugal. If you are so rich, I, your husband, will not be involved in the affairs of your nephews in the future.

You spend money recklessly and yet you want Huo Jianguo to raise a child for you. I feel so distressed that I cannot bear to watch. As for the tea, please keep it. We never drink such expensive things." Su Mei not only refused to accept Cheng Erxi's crappy tea, but also deliberately embarrassed Cheng Erxi.

Cheng Erxi's face turned even redder than Li Shufen's just now. She stammered, "This tea is for the third brother!"

"I don't want tea!" Huo Jianguo stuffed Cheng Erxi's tea back. He felt happy when he thought of Su Meishang feeling sorry for him. When he looked at Cheng Erxi, he just felt extremely displeased:

"The money I sent back was earned by my life at the border. Second sister-in-law should be more frugal. Instead of wasting the money, you might as well save some and buy mother a gold bracelet that should belong to her.

In fact, in addition to the bracelet, my second brother also took away a set of clothes that he bought for my mother. I forgot to mention it the other day, but I remembered it today and said it all at once. After all, they all belong to my mother, so it’s better for my second sister-in-law to give them to my mother. You are married now, so you can’t treat your mother-in-law as your mother at all.”

When the old things were brought up again, Liu Cuiyun's face was still full of gloom. She still had a lot of feelings for Huo Jianguo. When she heard Huo Jianguo say that he had traded his life for money at the border, tears welled up in her eyes. She thought of the bracelet again and felt that Cheng Erxi was an eyesore.

In the past, Liu Cuiyun had a preference for Cheng Erxi because Cheng Erxi gave birth to three boys. However, some things that happened in the past few days made Liu Cuiyun have some opinions about Cheng Erxi.

This was exactly what Huo Jianguo wanted. He deliberately said some words to sow discord between his mother and Cheng Erxi.

Su Mei only met Cheng Erxi during the few days during the New Year holidays.

But Cheng Erxi has to live with his mother all year round and has a bad relationship with his mother-in-law. Huo Jianguo knows very well how much suffering he will suffer in this family.

He couldn't stop supporting the children, but letting Cheng Erxi experience what it was like to be hated by his mother-in-law was also a way for him to vent his anger towards Su Mei.

Not only did Cheng Erxi fail to deliver the carefully prepared items, she was also repeatedly glared at by her mother-in-law. She was filled with rage and felt that this was a bad year for her.

Carrying their luggage and the cloth shoes given by their sister-in-law, Huo Jianguo and Su Mei started walking towards the town.

This time they were leaving, not only themselves, but also Huo De and Huo Liang. When Huo Jianguo went to the city, he also had to send the two children to school.

When the two children walked out of the yard with their schoolbags on their backs, many children in tattered clothes or with straw sandals in the middle of winter and their toes red from frozen water came running around to watch.

Those children looked at the two children of the Huo family with envy and doubt.

The eyes of the children watching showed desire, numbness, envy, inferiority and helplessness.

When seeing these poor children, Su Mei's heart couldn't help but ache. At that moment, she suddenly understood why Huo Jianguo had to take the trouble to send his nephews to school.

If he doesn't help, then the children of the Huo family will become one of these poor children.

Many years ago, when the whole country was suffering from famine, Huo Jianguo was still able to enter the school with the help of his brothers. The children around him also ran over to see him.

Now, many years have passed, and those children who watched Huo Jianguo have all become farmers, working in the fields with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky.

They lived the hardest of lives and earned the lowest wages. Huo Jianguo just didn't want his nephews to be illiterate and have to stay in the village to live a life of poverty.

With their two children, they finally set off.

When they left, they felt a lot more relaxed. All the things they wanted to send were sent out, and their luggage was light, so they left faster than they came back.

As soon as they walked out of the village, they found Su Mei's parents and several brothers waiting on the roadside. The entire Su family came out in full force to feed the young couple.

The relatives at home all had gloomy faces and sighed, and were reluctant to let Su Mei leave.

Su Xuanhu wiped his tears and pulled Su Mei to look at it again and again:

"You heartless girl, you won't be back for another year after you leave. What will I do if I die? I'm afraid you won't even be able to see me for the last time!"

"Grandpa, please don't say unlucky things. I think you are in good health and can live for several more decades. When conditions are good, we can reopen the clinic together!" Su Mei comforted Su Xuanbu. Seeing Su Xuanbu wiping his tears, she couldn't help crying too.

This family is so nice, there is nothing to say about it. Su Mei has already regarded everyone in the family as a relative. Seeing the whole family reluctant to leave, Su Mei also felt depressed and upset.

Her parents and several brothers also prepared a lot of food for the young couple, filling two large hemp bags.

Huo Jianguo was too embarrassed to accept the gifts, so he could only find an excuse to decline: "Su Mei and I appreciate the gift, but the mountain road is far and we can't carry so many things. Dad, Mom, and brothers, you should take the gifts back!"

The result was naturally rejection of failure. The brothers of the Su family made a plan and directly sent the eldest and the fifth brother to take the young couple to the town and deliver all their luggage to them.

No one cared about the couple's refusal. After the agreement was reached, Su Shengtang and Su Shengxue went straight to the town with their sacks on their backs.

In the end, Su Mei had no choice but to accept those things and follow her two brothers towards the town.

Perhaps because Cheng Erxi was not around, the two children realized that they had no one to rely on, so they actually followed him obediently without causing any trouble.

The weather today is exceptionally sunny. The sun is like a joyful painter, leaping lightly in the air and awakening the sleeping earth with its bright colors.

The shaded paths in the mountains are breezy.

The sky is as blue as a gem, dotted with leisurely white clouds, adding a touch of poetic beauty.

The sunlight shines on the clouds, giving them a golden coat, making them look more mysterious and charming.

Compared with the sadness of the day she returned, Su Mei only felt that the country road at this moment was particularly harmonious and beautiful. She walked while looking at the scenery all around, and she did not feel tired at all, and she had already arrived in the town.

When we arrived in town, the sun was already high in the sky.

It was already afternoon, and Huo Jianguo forced his two brothers-in-law to go to the hotel for lunch before letting them go back.

Then Su Mei and Huo Jianguo got on the bus to the city.

After sending the two children to school, the two traveled on the road for several days before finally arriving at the army exhausted.

Aunt Wang next door had no relatives in her hometown, so she and Li Yuan did not go back for the New Year. Aunt Wang estimated the time when Su Mei and Huo Jianguo would return, so she cleaned the yard for the young couple and heated the kang for them.

When Su Mei and Huo Jianguo returned to the yard with their hands and feet frozen in the cold weather, they went straight to the warm bed to warm themselves.

After they had rested, Auntie Wang next door had already prepared dinner.

Su Mei and Huo Jianguo were tired after traveling all the way, so when they saw Aunt Wang invited them, they didn't hesitate and went to Aunt Wang's house for dinner.

To thank Aunt Wang for her care, Su Mei gave Aunt Wang a piece of roasted bacon from her hometown.

After dinner, they went back to the yard to boil water for a bath. After washing, they soaked their clothes in the yard and went back to bed.

The long car ride was so tiring that both of them collapsed on the bed and didn't want to move. However, they had already slept once when they arrived in the afternoon, so they couldn't fall asleep now.

They lay on the bed and chatted, and they talked about a lot of things under the sun.

Finally, Huo Jianguo suddenly changed the topic to something that Su Mei could not imagine. He asked Su Mei:

"Should we have a candlelit night?"

"You are mad, aren't you? You are so tired now, who wants to spend the wedding night with you?"

"No, you misunderstood. What I meant was that when we got married a few years ago, the wedding was too formal and I didn't put much effort into it.

Now that we have a mutual understanding, why not have a wedding in the army, and then have a wedding in our terrible place!

OK?"