Chapter 38 Chapter 38 (Catching Bugs) Mingming
Ye Yulian kept in mind what happened with Zhao Zirui.
She and her husband are both employees, and they usually send their children to their parents' house after school for dinner and then take them home.
I said it casually when I went to pick up my child after get off work in the evening.
After hearing this, Ye's mother sighed, stood up and wiped a black and white photo hanging on the table.
It was a photo of a boy of about three or four years old. He looked chubby and very cute, but the more he looked at the photo, the more he looked like the little boy named Zhao Zirui during the day, especially his eyebrows and eyes.
"If I hadn't seen the child's father coming to pick him up later, I would have thought he was my second brother's child." Ye Yulian sighed.
Father Ye sighed and shook his head: "That incident was my fault. If I hadn't been so careless when I was riding the train, Mingming wouldn't have been abducted by human traffickers."
"Alright, alright."
Ye's mother hung the erased photo back on the wall and walked over. "We tried so hard back then but couldn't find him. How could you have found him just by working a shift at the hospital? It was just a coincidence. Your father wouldn't be able to sleep all night if I told him about it, so don't even talk about it."
"Mom and Dad, I'm back. You're here too, sister. Oh, and you even brought me some braised chicken legs. That's great!"
The door was pushed open and Ye Baojin walked in hurriedly.
He is the youngest son of the Ye family. He is thin and very tall. He looks somewhat similar to the boy in the photo. However, if you look closely, the boy in the photo looks more like Ye's father, and Ye Baojin looks more like Ye's mother.
Ye Yulian's brows unconsciously knitted together. "You only know how to eat, drink and have fun. I brought that for my parents, and you put it in your mouth. Your brother-in-law had to use his connections to get you to work in the boiler room. It's been two months, and I haven't seen you buy anything for the house. Earlier, I had only been working for a month when I started paying the water bill."
"Okay, okay, sister, you're the best, you're the most powerful, you're simply my role model, is this okay? I can eat the chicken leg now, I've already put it in my mouth. I'm going into the house, don't call me if there's nothing else..."
Ye Yulian frowned, watching Ye Baojin close the door, and sighed, "Mom and Dad, look at how you've spoiled Baojin to the point of making him lose all his dignity."
Mother Ye glanced sideways and shook her head helplessly, "After your second brother was lost, we worked so hard to give birth to Baojin. It's inevitable that we spoiled him a bit. Alas, we are old now and can't control him anymore. Xiaolian, you have to take better care of Baojin from now on."
"snort!"
Father Ye snorted coldly and slammed his palm on the table. "Isn't that enough care? I've helped find him several jobs. He couldn't learn electricianship, and learning bricklaying was too tiring. Now he's been sent to the boiler room. A few days ago, they came to me and said that this kid was late every day. If this continues, he will be completely useless!"
"But doesn't he go to work every day?"
As Ye's mother spoke, she also felt that it was not very good. She shook her head and stopped defending her son.
Ye Yulian also knew that it had been like this for so long and it couldn't be changed in a short time, so she complained a few more times and took her child home.
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The school of the Military Family College just started and it was already on vacation again.
It's not because of the weather, it's because of this highly contagious flu virus.
Not to mention the four children of the Lu family, few people in the entire school could escape.
After returning from the hospital, Lu Qinghe received news that the school was on holiday, so he simply kept the children at home and did not even allow them to go out to play.
"Yaoyao is already well, Yaoyao is completely fine, the injection in Yaoyao's butt doesn't hurt at all, Mom, Yaoyao's good mom, can you please go out for an hour, no no no, just half an hour, okay? Yaoyao really wants to smell the air outside~"
On the way from the kitchen to the living room, Lu Yao rubbed Lu Qinghe's way like a servile idiot.
Even when they were on the sofa, Lu Yao was still rubbing Lu Qinghe's arm with a pitiful look on her face. Seeing that Lu Qinghe was completely unmoved, she climbed up again and kissed Lu Qinghe's face fiercely.
"My dear mother, Yaoyao's best mother, is this okay?"
"If I'm not your best mother, who will you find to be your mother?" Lu Qinghe glared at her angrily and amusedly.
Lu Yao rolled her eyes and cleverly hugged Lu Qinghe's neck. "I don't want anyone else. Even if mommy beats me up, I will always be Yaoyao's best mommy."
“…”
Lu Qinghe hardened her heart and untied Lu Yao's hands. "Okay, even if mom doesn't agree to you going out, I'll still be your good mom."
"Ah? But..."
"What's wrong? What you just said doesn't count anymore?"
"Of course not, but dear mother, can't I really go out for half an hour? I've been staying at home for two days!"
Lu Qinghe looked at the two fingers her daughter pointed out, and smiled as she pressed them back.
Lu Yang was sniffling beside him, "Lu Yao, give up. You can't possibly win over your mother."
Zhao Zirui walked out weakly, holding the stewed eggs brought by Lu Qinghe and eating them weakly in small bites, saying, "Sister is really energetic. I'm still so tired. I want to go back to sleep after eating."
Lu Yang nodded: "Although I'm not that tired, I'm not completely well either."
"Hmph." Lu Yao pinched her waist. "If you two hadn't held me back, Mom would have let us go! How come I'm fine? It must be because you two haven't been exercising enough."
"Everyone's physique is different, and Zirui is still young."
Lu Qinghe patted Lu Yao's head, signaling her to eat her stewed eggs quickly, and continued, "Even if you're all well, I won't let you go out. A cold will take at least three days, at most seven. You can only go out when you're completely well. Besides, there are adults and children infected everywhere outside. What if you get infected again after you've recovered?"
Zhao Zirui was the most obedient. After finishing his meal, he nodded obediently: "I listen to my mother!"
Lu Yang did the same and took the medicine without being urged: "I will listen to Mom. Mom has worked hard to take care of us this time. I don't want to make Mom worry anymore."
At this point, Lu Yao also remembered and suddenly threw herself on Lu Qinghe again.
"I'm sorry, Mom. Yaoyao, please stop making a fuss and go out. You've worked so hard."
"That's more like it."
Zhao Zimo was quietly eating stewed eggs beside the children and did not interrupt them when they were talking.
After the children finished eating the stewed eggs, he stood up obediently, collected the dishes and chopsticks, and took them to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
When Lu Qinghe turned around to get the medicine, he saw this scene and was a little surprised.
When Zhao Zimo came back, Lu Qinghe couldn't help but say, "The water is cold. Don't go there next time."
Zhao Zimo lowered his head awkwardly: "I, I'm happy with it, don't worry about it."
Lu Qinghe was confused for a moment, "But you're not fully recovered yet. You can brush as much as you want after you're fully recovered."
She originally just wanted to shut Zhao Zimo up, but she didn't expect that as soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Zimo actually said "hmm" in a low voice.
Lu Qinghe was even more surprised, "Will you really come to wash the dishes from now on?"
Zhao Zimo nodded vigorously, his face still slightly flushed. "I said yes, and it means yes. Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back. I will do what I say. Auntie, please don't stop me."
Lu Qinghe laughed, "Who stopped you? I'm happy. Well, I have a deal with you. From now on, I won't take care of the dishes. The prerequisite is that you stay here honestly for the next two days."
"I'd behave myself even without you telling me to." Zhao Zimo said, glancing at Lu Yao. "I'm not as noisy as she is."
Lu Yao was unhappy now, "You are the one making trouble."
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble and take the medicine first."
Lu Qinghe yawned. She had been taking care of four patients by herself for the past two days and was really tired. Seeing that the children were in much better condition today, she couldn't help feeling sleepy at noon.
"Auntie, go and have a rest."
Lu Qinghe: "...Hmm?"
Zhao Zimo said as he took the pills from Lu Qinghe's hand, "I'll watch over them. If anyone doesn't take the medicine obediently, I won't be polite."
Lu Yao stood up quickly and hid behind Lu Qinghe, "Help! Brother Zimo is going to hit someone!"
"I'm not hitting anyone, I just want to..."
Zhao Zimo, who was always awkward, suddenly raised his head, his eyes sparkling. "I just want your mother to have a rest. She's been really... working hard these past few days."
Hearing this, Lu Yao was also stunned for a moment. After she reacted, she ran over, grabbed the pill, put it in her mouth, and swallowed it with a sip of water.
"I'll be good too!"
It would be a lie to say that he felt unhappy. Lu Qinghe blinked and smiled with relief.
Seeing that the children were sensible and Zhao Zimo was obedient and helped take care of his younger siblings, she felt relieved. After instructing them to take a nap later, she yawned and went into the bedroom.
It was rare that she didn't hear the children making any more noise after that, and she had a peaceful and comfortable nap.
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After two or three days, Lu Qinghe saw that they were almost recovered, so he opened the cage and let them out for some fresh air.
It was almost evening, and Lu Qinghe braised some pig offal, thinking of sending some to the families who helped him that day as a thank you. But after running around, Xiaohua was not there, and Yu Xuexue's door could not be knocked open. In the end, he only met Political Commissar Guo who was returning from get off work on his way home.
Guo Yingshi: "We are neighbors, and Lao Zhao and I have a long-standing friendship. It's just a small favor. There is really no need for my sister-in-law to give us these gifts."
"Just think of it as a token of your appreciation. Take it home and try it. My children love it, but Old Zhao doesn't like it very much. There's usually a lot left over. If you don't accept it, I'll be embarrassed to ask you for more in the future."
"...Okay, I won't be polite then. But if something really happens in the future, I don't know if I can still help."
Unconsciously, Guo Yingshi said a few more words.
He usually has no one at home and has few friends in the military region. He can still talk to Zhao Zhanming when he is around. After a few visits, he caught someone and couldn't help but find a topic to talk about.
Lu Qinghe was also curious and asked, "I heard from Old Zhao that Political Commissar Guo applied for demobilization before the New Year, right?"
Guo Yingshi nodded. "Well, I originally planned to leave after the New Year, but the new political commissar who replaced me hasn't arrived yet, so it's been delayed until now. When he arrives, I might have to move out."
As they were talking, they arrived at the door of the house. Yu Lili was outside with the children, eating melon seeds and chatting with some sisters-in-law. When she saw the two of them coming back together, her gossipy eyes were so hot that they almost burned Lu Qinghe.
Guo Yingshi didn't pay attention to these things and continued to talk to Lu Qinghe: "Maybe he will go to the third-line factory when the time comes, which is also a good place to go."
"yes."
"What……"
Lu Qinghe then remembered that Guo Yingshi was deaf in one ear, so he turned around and said it again. Guo Yingshi then smiled embarrassedly and went home.
As soon as the person left, Yu Lili called out to Lu Qinghe.
"Qinghe, what's going on? Captain Zhao isn't home, so why did you run into Political Commissar Guo? He's on his way home from get off work, so you two aren't going the same way."
Lu Qinghe glanced at Yu Lili and said, "You must be saying something."
"...Hehehe, no no, just asking out of curiosity."
"Last time, when my child was sick, someone helped take him to the hospital. I was delivering some pig offal door to door, and who would have thought I'd run into Political Commissar Guo? What's wrong? You're even involved in this?"
"No." Yu Lili smiled awkwardly.
Han Xueqin spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells: "Ignore her, Qinghe, do you know why you didn't find anyone?"
"What's wrong?"
"Today I saw Yu Xuexue and Wen Xiaohua from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative walking together at the intersection."
Lu Qinghe also became curious when he heard it, "Oh, this can't be..."
"They're dating!" Yu Lili nodded affirmatively. "They must be dating! He's unmarried, and she's unmarried. Yu Xuexue has a stable job, and Wen Xiaohua is a local and not bad. We just happened to have the opportunity to meet when I took you to the hospital last time. Yu Xuexue told me last time that she had no such thoughts, but who knew she actually wanted to find a partner on her own? Pretty fashionable, not using a matchmaker."
Wang Ningyu teased Xiaowu in her arms and sighed, "If I had known that Yu Xuexue would be interested in Wen Xiaohua, I would have been the matchmaker between them earlier. This way, I could have received a bonus."
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
At the intersection, Yu Xuexi and Wen Xiaohua walked over here as if they were taking a walk and stopped. They stood face to face. Yu Xuexi seemed to say something, and then Wen Xiaohua laughed, and then the two parted ways.
Seeing Yu Xuexi coming over, the group of people immediately lowered their heads and pretended not to see him.
Lu Qinghe also felt embarrassed and thought about delivering the things later, so he turned his head and looked away.
"Xiaohua!"
After Yu Xuexi left, Yu Lili immediately shouted towards the distance.
Wen Xiaohua was stunned and looked at Yu Xuexue's place somewhat helplessly before walking over.
"Why are all the sisters-in-law here?"
"Yeah, hey, we saw you and Yu Gong coming here together just now, are you two..."
Yu Lili said this, looking at Wen Xiaohua with an auntie smile on her face.
Wen Xiaohua blushed a bit and quickly shook her head: "What are you thinking? No, no, really not."
"I haven't said anything yet." Yu Lili laughed.
Wang Ningyu saw Wen Xiaohua was shy and comforted her, "We are all family, it doesn't matter if you talk about it. You two are of the same age, and neither of you has a partner or family. If you really want to be together, then so be it. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."
"Oh." Wen Xiaohua's face turned even redder. He rubbed the corner of his clothes and spoke after a long while: "We didn't say whether we were together or not. We just ran into each other again after we met last time. At that time, the telephone line in the telephone booth next to our supply and marketing cooperative was broken, so I called Yu Gong to help fix it. After that..."
"Are you more familiar with each other after that?" Wang Ningyu asked tentatively.
Wen Xiaohua hummed softly, "Today, he came to me to ask if my phone was okay, and also to ask if I had a partner."
Yu Lili instantly perked up, "Look at my eyes, there's no mistake!"
This time Yu Lili was right. Yu Xuexi didn't know what clicked in his mind. After Wen Xiaohua asked clearly, he found a matchmaker to come to her house and formally arranged a blind date.
Coincidentally, a week later, Yu Xuexue's younger brother came to live with him. After this happened, Yu's parents came to meet Wen Xiaohua's parents under the pretext of sending his younger brother over.
The two of them were attracted to each other, and their families were also compatible, so after discussion, they set a date for the wedding and quickly got it done.
On the day of the ceremony, Yu Xuexue also introduced his younger brother Yu Hongxing to the people in the military families' home.
Yu Hongxing, like Yu Xuexi, is an intellectual. He graduated from university, wears glasses, and is fair and thin. You can tell at first glance that he is a literary youth.
Yu Hongxing studied engineering technology, and I heard that he was hired to work in the engineering department of a steel plant a few days later. Many people who knew about it wanted to propose marriage to Yu Hongxing, but Yu Hongxing didn't have such an idea, so they gave up for the time being.
"Qinghe—hurry up, there's a line outside to take the children for vaccinations."
That weekend, when Lu Qinghe heard Han Xueqin calling her outside, she took her four children and went to line up at the gate of the military family compound.
When they arrived, Lu Qinghe stood behind Han Xueqin.
"Sister-in-law Han, what kind of vaccine did you get this time?"
"It's called the 'DPT' triple vaccine. I heard it's specifically targeted at the flu virus that was circulating recently. It's especially effective against respiratory diseases like whooping cough, diphtheria, and tetanus."
The two wanted to continue chatting, but were interrupted by the crying sounds around them. They could only smile at each other and take care of their own children.
There was a row of people in white coats standing in front. Since it was the weekend, many officers from the military families' home came over to help organize and pack things.
When it was Lu Qinghe's team's turn, the person leading the team happened to be Political Commissar Guo.
After a simple greeting, Lu Qinghe held Lu Yao and sat in the front.
"Mom, you don't have to hold me so tight, I'm not afraid!" Lu Yao raised her little face, rolled up her sleeves and extended her arm.
"Okay, Yaoyao is the bravest!"
"Sister, we meet again."
Lu Qinghe had just finished praising her daughter when she looked up and saw the nurse she had met in the hospital last time.
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