Chapter 225 You are quite arrogant
The candle flame was flickering in the mountain wind. Shen Sui looked at the tombstone in front of him, unable to describe the feeling in his heart.
As for his father Shen Ze, I only saw him three or four times as far as I can remember, and I can't remember when I was younger.
Gu Qingqing talked a lot about Shen Sui's situation in the past two years, and then took him to say goodbye.
When he finally came down the mountain, Chu Dai struck a match, lit a cigarette, and placed it on the tombstone.
After a few deep looks, the remaining cigarettes and matches were left in front of the grave, along with two bottles of wine.
Chu Dai and Shen Sui each held a kid in their arms and brushed off the grass debris on them.
After watching their backs disappear down the slope, Xue Xu casually picked up a bottle of Bamboo Leaf Green, bent down and touched the bottle of Maotai, and said, "Cheers, brothers."
Gu Qingqing saw that Shen Sui looked more relaxed than before, and was still interested in looking at the scenery on the surrounding mountains. She exchanged a glance with the man and smiled.
"Come and have a look tomorrow," Gu Qingqing glanced at her watch. "It's 5:28 now. Let's go to the guesthouse in the town and stay overnight."
Both men had no objections. The young men had sticky red date cakes on their lips. They even wanted to lean over to kiss Chu Dai, but he pushed his forehead against theirs in disgust.
"Dad~" Xiao Niannian pouted: "Humph!"
Gu Qingqing was amused by him and rubbed his little head: "Give me another kiss, your father won't refuse."
The young man was skeptical, but the man's hand was pressing on his forehead and he could not move forward.
Chu Dai glanced at the woman next to him who was gloating over the misfortune, and said helplessly: "You can only kiss once."
Xiao Niannian nodded repeatedly, and the man let go of his hand. He then came up to him and kissed him hard on the chin, leaving sticky red date cake residue. Then he looked at the man with a proud look on his face.
Chu Dai was speechless and pinched his little face: "You are quite arrogant." After saying this, he did not do anything else.
Many times, Gu Qingqing felt that he was too tolerant of his two sons. She wondered if it was because she did not receive Chu Yuan's love when she was a child, so she gave her two sons what she longed for.
However, she is the happiest one because of the closeness between father and son.
We climbed the mountain for nearly two hours, stopping and starting, and talked with Xue Xu for a while. It would be around six or seven o'clock when we got down the mountain.
Fortunately, the weather is getting warmer now and it gets dark later.
"It's easier to go down the mountain than to go up. I was completely exhausted when I climbed up. Now I just need to walk faster along the curve of the slope when I come down." Gu Qingqing said in surprise.
"Slow down, be careful not to fall." The man reminded her.
"I know."
They arrived at the foot of the mountain at 6:45. Members of the production team were leaving work one after another, carrying their hoes and chatting and laughing as they walked towards the production team to record their work points and return their farm tools.
There is a fiery red sunset in the sky, gorgeous and colorful.
Little Tuantuan fell all the way down and fell asleep on her uncle's shoulder, with her little face pressed against his neck.
"Hey? Comrade, why are you here?" someone asked in surprise.
Gu Qingqing looked over and looked at the strange man with a hint of doubt in her eyes.
She turned to look at Chu Dai with a questioning look.
Chu Dai narrowed his eyes and took a look. Seeing his blue work clothes and the red party emblem on his chest, he understood something.
"At noon, at the entrance of the hotel, I saw your son was so cute, so I asked him if he wanted some candy, but he refused." The man in overalls said enthusiastically, "I'm a worker at the lumber mill, and I came back to visit my relatives during the holiday. I saw your car at the entrance of the village, so I thought I'd go around the village to see if I could run into you."
After explaining, he looked at Shen Sui: "Little friend, are you from our village? I feel like you look familiar, as if I've seen you somewhere before."
Shen Sui and Chu Dai looked at each other and nodded, "Yes."
"Yeah, that's what I was asking. Whose child are you from? Are these two yours?" He had never seen the man and woman in front of him in the village.
"My father's name is Shen Ze." The boy's voice was very light.
"..." The man in work clothes was dumbfounded. After being stunned for a long time, he rushed forward and grabbed his arm, looking him up and down: "Are you Xiao Sui?!"
When he came back two years ago, he heard people say that Shen Ze's wife fell off a cliff and died. The He family thought he was too much of a burden, so they asked his uncle He Gui to take her out and throw her into the sea while they were out at sea.
At that time, the police went to the He family in the next village and took He Gui's body back. I heard that Xiao Sui was also adopted by someone in the army.
He didn't know what happened next.
Shen Sui frowned. He didn't like physical contact with people. If he wasn't afraid of waking up his little nephew in his arms, he would have shaken off by now.
"Comrade, who are you?" Gu Qingqing's brows were knitted into a knot.
"My name is Shen Deng, and I'm Shen Ze's cousin,"
"..."Gu Qingqing suddenly didn't know what to say. She turned her head to look at the boy who lowered his eyes and remained silent.
Finally, the man spoke first: "Who is the captain of your village?"
Finally, the group went to the brigade headquarters and received a clear reply that Shen Deng was indeed Shen Ze's cousin.
In fact, Shen Sui vaguely remembered his appearance in his mind, but he never said anything.
Shen Deng was very enthusiastic. When he learned that they were going to stay at a guesthouse, he shook his head and said, "It's almost seven o'clock now. It will be eight o'clock when we get to the town. The roads are not easy to walk at night. Why don't you stay at my house for a night? I have a lot of empty rooms."
Chu Dai smiled and declined: "No, our two children are a bit noisy and it's easy to disturb others at night."
"Oh, it's okay. There are only my wife and two children at home. We are not afraid of quarrels."
The captain next to him also agreed: "Comrade, it is indeed unsafe to drive at night. It is dark outside and you are not familiar with the roads here. I heard you said you will come again tomorrow morning. Why don't you just stay at his house? Shen Ze used to have a good relationship with his cousin."
Finally, the captain added: "My family is large and has no vacant rooms. Otherwise, I would let you stay at my house."
Nowadays, you need a letter of introduction wherever you go. Chu Dai carried his military officer certificate and the note issued by the Southern Military Region with him. He just showed them to the captain and he felt relieved.
"Yes, there is not much light outside. It is not safe for you to walk at night with two children. Stay in the village for one night." Shen Deng's eyes were always on Shen Sui. He wanted to say something but it was stuck in his throat.
"Brother-in-law," Shen Sui suddenly said, "Let's live at his house."
Chu Dai raised his eyebrows, not expecting him to say that.
He had memorized the route when he came here, so driving at night was not a difficult task for him.
Since Shen Sui had spoken, he nodded: "Then I'll trouble you."
"No trouble, no trouble." The man waved his hands and said, "I haven't seen Xiao Sui for at least seven or eight years. I almost didn't recognize her."
Shen Sui spent very little time living in the village. Most of the time, he went to his grandmother's house in the next village with his mother. Moreover, Shen Deng himself was in the factory all year round and took a vacation only once every few months, so it was almost impossible to run into him when he came back.
Chu Dai and his friends first went to the car to get the children's things, such as clothes and milk powder. They were afraid that the little ones would be hungry at night, so they took a few mangoes, red date cakes and mung bean cakes that were left.
It can be seen that Shen Deng is a kind-hearted person, and no one can tell what his intentions are for the time being.
He took them into the farmer's mud-brick and thatched yard and called out to his wife to come out and entertain the guests.
Shen Deng's wife is in her thirties and looks like an honest person. After hearing what the man said, she stared blankly at the fair-skinned and outstanding boy in front of her.
The clothes he wore were of new fabric and without a pudding, and it was obvious that he had lived a good life.
If it weren't for the face that looked 50% similar to his mother's and the iconic red phoenix eyes, she would not have recognized that this was Shen Ze's son.
In the past, when his mother brought him back from her parents' home for a few days, little Shen Sui was always unkempt, with more patches on his clothes than other children of the same age. The little guy often kept his head down and seldom spoke.
"Why are you still standing there? Go and clean up two rooms for them to stay for one night. I'll go to the kitchen to cook. Where are the girls and boys at home?" Shen Deng asked.
I haven't seen these two guys since I came back from the factory.
"I'm going to their grandmother's house to deliver some things. I'll be back soon." Shen Deng's wife rubbed her hands on her sackcloth and said to Gu Qingqing, "Sister, shall I take you to the room first? Let the two little kids sleep for a while."
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law." Gu Qingqing felt that this was a bit of a bother to others, so she thought about leaving some money for food and accommodation when she left tomorrow.
The little ones in Shen Sui and Chu Dai's arms were both asleep. It was windy outside, so they followed them to the main room.
After turning on the light bulb, Shen Deng's wife took out two quilts from the cupboard. Both quilts were blue floral quilts and looked quite thick.
Normally, the house was cleaned up, the quilt was spread out, and two pillows were covered with pillowcases. Seeing the round and beautiful woman in front of her, she whispered, "Sister, you shouldn't have brought Xiao Sui back."
"Ah?" Gu Qingqing was a little confused when she suddenly asked this: "Sister-in-law, I am disturbing..."
Knowing that she had misunderstood, Shen Deng's wife waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I don't mean to bother you. Shen Ze had a very good relationship with his brother when he was young. Later, his family's affairs... After all, we are not related to him, so it is not easy for us to interfere. His old lady and sister-in-law are both powerful."
She continued, "Xiao Sui's grandmother lives in the next village. If a car comes here, the people in his village will definitely see it. They might come to your house tomorrow. I'm afraid that his grandmother's family will see that he is living a good life now and want to get involved with you."
Shen Sui's maternal grandmother and aunt are not easy to deal with. They are comparable to the old lady and sister-in-law in Shen Ze's family.
Gu Qingqing nodded: "Sister-in-law, thank you."
"It's okay, it's okay. I just saw that you are young and wanted you to be more careful." After making the bed, the woman went to another room and then went to the kitchen to help cook.
Chu Dai and Shen Sui came in carrying the two kids. Gu Qingqing lifted the quilt and asked them to put Tuan Tuan and Nian Nian on the bed. She lowered her voice and said with some shock: "Brother, do you think the people of the He family are so shameless?!"
"Both He Ying and He Gui are dead. They must have used up most of Ah Sui's father's pension in the past two years. There is no able-bodied person in the family to work in the fields and earn work points, so they may set their sights on Ah Sui again." The man said calmly.
Shen Sui stood with his back to the light, a hint of coldness flashing across his narrow eyes, "If they dare to come, I will send them to the police station."
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