Guigui's eyes showed tension and fear.
Ying Xixi continued to comfort her, "Guibao, can you let Daddy take a look? Daddy is going to take Guibao to see a doctor for surgery."
Guigui's hands tightly grasped the strap of her mask, and she said in a soft voice, "Will you say Guigui is a monster?"
The word "monster" made Qi Weidong's pupils tremble. He could hardly believe that such a word came out of the mouth of a two-and-a-half-year-old child.
What on earth happened to his daughter in the Qi family? !
That's what scared her so much? !
"No, precious, if daddy is as bad as grandma, then we won't acknowledge him as our dad, okay?"
Ying Xixi's words finally made Guigui nod her head.
She carefully took off the small mask, revealing her complete little face.
Guigui looked at her father, while Ying Xixi stared into Qi Weidong's eyes.
She wanted to see how Qi Weidong would feel when he saw Guigui, who had a cleft lip and palate.
When Qi Weidong saw Guigui's lips, which were obviously different from those of ordinary people, his pupils constricted, and then his eyes were filled with deep heartache.
He stood up and squatted in front of Guigui, reaching out and touching her hair with eyes full of heartache.
"Guigui, does it hurt?"
Guigui stared blankly at her father who was looking at her with heartache, and tried to smile, "It doesn't hurt."
This father feels sorry for her. He didn’t call her a monster like the evil grandmother did, nor did he dislike her!
She knew her mother would never lie to her!
Qi Weidong tentatively held the little girl in his arms.
The little girl was so thin and small, she felt light and fluttery in my arms.
Ying Xixi is also very slim.
Qi Weidong thought about the fact that the allowance he had sent home over the past three years had not been used on the mother and daughter, and he began to feel resentful towards Qi's parents.
"Guibao was born with cleft lip and palate and needs repair surgery. I met a doctor in town before. She said she used to be a doctor at the military hospital and that there is a doctor in the military hospital who can perform cleft lip and palate repair surgery. She asked me to bring Guibao to see her.
The address of the military hospital she gave is exactly where you are.”
Ying Xixi saw that Qi Weidong's eyes were filled with only heartache for Guigui, so she breathed a sigh of relief and explained the matter to him.
Qi Weidong held the child and sat on the chair. "The military hospital is not far from here. I..."
"Deputy Captain! There's a mission!"
There were shouts from the door.
Qi Weidong immediately stood up and put the child in his arms on a chair. At the same time, he took out a wad of money from his trouser pocket and handed it to Ying Xixi.
"Xixi, I have to go on a mission and I don't know when I'll be back. Take this money and buy whatever you want. Sister Li next door is a nice person. You can ask her if you have any questions. I'm leaving now."
Qi Weidong finished speaking quickly, opened the door and left.
Ying Xixi held the money in her hand and watched Qi Weidong leave. She seemed to understand why Qi Weidong left home on the second day of his wedding and why he had not returned home for more than three years.
The task comes suddenly, without giving people time to prepare in advance, nor telling them the time in advance, and even less knowing how many days the task will take or when it will end.
Soldiers must obey orders at all times and in all places.
Ying Xixi withdrew her gaze and counted the money in her hand, twenty yuan.
It was quite a lot, enough for the mother and daughter to live on until Qi Weidong came back.
Ying Xixi first walked around the house. The house had two bedrooms and a kitchen.
She rummaged through the kitchen and found a brand new bag of rice and a bag of flour, but nothing else.
It seems that Qi Weidong has been eating in the cafeteria in recent years and has not cooked at home.
She also had to buy some pots and pans, some seasonings, as well as meat, vegetables and so on.
I just don’t know where to buy it. It seems I have to ask Ms. Li next door.
When Ying Xixi walked around the house, Guigui followed her closely, never lagging behind.
Now that she was going out, Ying Xixi was worried about leaving the child alone in this empty house.
She changed her and her child's clothes, washed up, put the child's mask back on, and the mother and child went out together.
As soon as Ying Xixi went out, she saw a chubby and enthusiastic-looking woman standing at the gate of the yard.
"Is it from Deputy Captain Qi's family?"
Ying Xixi walked forward holding the child and said with a smile, "Yes, is it Sister Li?"
"Yes, yes, it's me. Deputy Commander Qi said before he left for the mission that his wife and child had come to see him. He was afraid that you might not know something, so he asked me to help take care of you.
You can just call me Sister Li. I live next door to yours. If there's anything you don't know or need help with, just give me a call."
Sister Li has a round face and two dimples when she smiles. She looks very friendly and has a loud and energetic voice.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Li. My name is Ying Xixi, you can just call me Xiao Ying. This is Qi Weidong and I's daughter, Qi Guigui, she's two and a half years old."
Ying Xixi introduced herself while holding Guigui, and then asked about the business.
"Sister Li, I was just about to ask you something. I want to buy some pots and pans, seasonings, vegetables and meat, etc. Where can I buy them?"
"Come on, I'll take you there. I happen to need to buy something too. There's a small grocery store in our military area where you can buy whatever you need. As for vegetables, we mostly grow them ourselves. You have space in your yard and backyard where you can grow some vegetables.
You can buy some meat from the canteen kitchen. Besides that, we can also go to the town to buy things. The town is not too far from here, so we can walk or take the canteen’s car to go there…”
Sister Li introduced them to Ying Xixi one by one.
They inevitably met a few military wives on the way, and Sister Li introduced Ying Xixi and the military wives to each other.
Ying Xixi greeted him with a smile and said that she felt the environment and people in the military district were quite good.
At least for now, there are no military wives who are scheming and scheming like those in the period novels she had read before.
She didn't have any admiration for Qi Weidong, but now that she heard that her legitimate wife had arrived, she jumped out to cause trouble for her.
Hope everything goes smoothly and steadily.
Now she just wants to earn money to cure her child's cleft lip and palate, then develop her career, and then get along with Qi Weidong to see if they can make a living. If so, she can have children... and so on.
Ying Xixi suddenly thought of an important question.
It’s the 1980s and family planning is already being implemented!!
She and Qi Weidong already have a child, Guigui, and it seems they can't have any more children.
If he had another child, Qi Weidong would most likely be criticized and discharged from the army!
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