Chapter 70 Chapter 70 People who will die sooner or later
After the Lantern Festival, the entire north was covered in heavy snow that lasted for two days.
"You're going back tomorrow. It's snowed so heavily for two days and two nights. How can the cars outside still move? The roads are icy and the wheels will slip. I heard that trains run on tracks. What if the tracks freeze?"
After dinner, Xue Lanhua pulled Lu Qinghe into the house and first expressed her concerns with a nervous look on her face.
Lu Qinghe explained with a smile, "Mom, the train tracks are cleaned regularly. Besides, the snow has stopped now, so the tracks won't freeze. The roads are also being cleaned. Don't worry. I'll write to you when we get back."
Xue Lanhua held Lu Qinghe's hand and said, "Alas, no matter where you go, your parents will always worry about you along the way. Remember to live a good life over there. Don't worry if you encounter any problems. Don't forget that I, your father, and your two brothers are still at home."
Lu Qinghe nodded: "Yes, I know, my family is my confidence."
Xue Lanhua sighed: "Speaking of confidence, our family's conditions are not that good, but if anyone dares to bully you, our family will not tolerate it, but..."
Xue Lanhua said this, and smiled with relief. "After spending these days together, I've seen that Captain Zhao is a considerate and caring man who knows how to manage life. He also cares about you and is good to the children. I'm relieved that you two are together."
"Just take care of yourself. I see you're reluctant to use the leather I brought you. If you don't use it tomorrow, it'll be put away in the bottom of the box again."
"That's a good thing. Our mountains are poor and there are no hunters. It's been many years since we've seen a good piece of skin."
"No matter how good a thing is, it's a waste if you don't use it. Take it out and make a coat so you can wear it again this year. Don't wait for my second sister-in-law to see it and give it to her again."
Xue Lanhua smiled and said, "Okay, I got it. I'll do it tomorrow."
"That's right. If you have any problems, please write to me. If it's urgent, please ask the brigade if you can send a telegram."
"My family's business all year round is about crops, but you."
As Xue Lanhua spoke, she glanced at the door and saw that there was still a gap, so she walked over and locked it again.
"What's wrong, Mom?"
Xue Lanhua mysteriously pulled Lu Qinghe to the camphorwood box that came with her as a dowry, rummaged around inside for a long time, and finally pulled out a package wrapped in oil paper.
Lu Qinghe: "...What is this?"
"medicine."
“…”
Lu Qinghe had already guessed something, but she still said stubbornly, "I'm in good health, and so are Zhao Zhanming and the children. Who is this medicine for?"
"Still being stubborn?"
Xue Lanhua glanced at her daughter and said, "Why are you so shy about telling me? I heard everything from your sister-in-law. She was the same. She didn't tell me clearly before we got married. For a while, I was worried that you didn't have children yet, so she told me about the rumors."
"mom!"
Xue Lanhua glared at Lu Qinghe. "What's the mother? Only your biological mother would tell you this. Don't be so shy. I know you young people are shy and can't open your mouth or ask. So Zhou Feng and I went to find the doctor and told him about your situation."
"Because we haven't seen the real person, the medicine here isn't particularly strong. You two should take it. It's a warm tonic and slowly regulates your body. There will definitely be hope for the child in the future. Whether this man can do it or not is actually not important. What's important is that as long as he can do it this time, and he can take the child back, that's enough."
Lu Qinghe blushed when he heard this.
She knew very well what was enough and what was not.
Zhao Zhanming has more than enough to use. If he didn't have tasks to do on weekdays, he would have used it beyond the limit!
But no matter how hard Lu Qinghe tried, he couldn't say this.
It's not that she treated Xue Lanhua as an outsider, but because she was her biological mother, she felt embarrassed and couldn't speak.
Choosing her words carefully, Lu Qinghe said, "Mom, actually, the rumors outside are all false. Zhao Zhanming... ahem, Old Zhao is quite good. Actually, there's nothing wrong with him."
Xue Lanhua didn't believe it. "How could you hide it from me? Zhou Feng told me everything. If it was really good, why did his ex-wife divorce him just like that? Besides, you two have been married for quite a while. In a year, there's no sign of pregnancy. It can't be your fault, right?"
Lu Qinghe: "Mom, we both have no problem. We didn't choose to have the child because it's mainly ours..."
The time doesn't match.
Lu Qinghe had thought about having children and had discussed it with Zhao Zhanming. After the children got along better and better, they both reached a consensus and felt that it would be better to let nature take its course.
Another thing is that the time when Zhao Zhanming carries out his missions often coincides with her ovulation period. After several overlapping periods, the possibility of pregnancy is very low unless something unexpected happens.
"What are you two talking about?" Xue Lanhua asked suspiciously.
Lu Qinghe: "We didn't deliberately plan to have a child, and Zhao Zhanming was busy on missions a lot, so we haven't been able to have one yet. Mom, everything I said is true."
Xue Lanhua was still skeptical: "He... he's okay?"
"It's okay!" Lu Qinghe nodded affirmatively: "Nothing's wrong, on the contrary, I'm in good health..."
Xue Lanhua looked at the blush on Lu Qinghe's face, and after a moment, she smiled.
"That's all right, that's all right. Oh, I was just thinking about you. Plus, with what Zhou Feng said, it's inevitable that you'll think you're embarrassed to speak up. This is for the best. But Qinghe, if he's okay, do you want to take care of him too?"
"No, let things take their own course. We both think this way. The birth of the child is fate."
The times are special now, and may even be filled with turmoil. She has to decide where to go to school next year, so she is not in a hurry at all about her children.
Xue Lanhua persuaded him a few more times, and seeing that Lu Qinghe was really determined, she finally gave in and stopped talking. After giving him some other instructions, she let Lu Qinghe go back to the house.
"What are you talking about? Your face is red."
After returning to the house, Zhao Zhanming asked.
Lu Qinghe looked aside with a flickering look in his eyes. "Nothing, just... hot."
This statement is obviously not credible. It just snowed and it is impossible to get warm in the rural house.
Zhao Zhanming frowned: "What happened?"
Lu Qinghe said helplessly: "It's nothing, it's just... when are we going to have a child? I'll explain it clearly and everything will be fine."
Zhao Zhanming was stunned and laughed: "This matter... is not urgent."
"Well, there's no rush, and there's no rush."
-
The next day came in a flash. Although Lu Qinghe repeatedly said that she had everything she needed, Xue Lanhua still gave her a basket full of things to take away.
It was still the same road out of the mountain. After getting on the mule cart, Lu Qinghe always felt that something was wrong.
“This road…”
"It has been repaired." Zhao Zhanming added affirmatively.
Lu Qinghe nodded: "Yes, I was wondering why it feels different from the last time we came out. There is still snow on the mountain. How can the road be so smooth and clean?"
The old man driving the cart heard them talking and said, "This road out of the mountain was repaired years ago, but it wasn't as obvious as it is now. They chiseled the rocks next to it, and they said they could replace the dirt road with a stone road."
Lu Qinghe looked around.
The mountains in the distance are not steep, but the flatter they are, the more likely they are to have landslides if it rains heavily.
"Uncle, is it easy for rockslides to happen here?"
"You're quite knowledgeable. I remember the expert who came here to inspect the road a few years ago did say something like that. But I heard it needs further repairs to minimize the danger."
After chatting for a few sentences, Lu Yao in Lu Qinghe's arms complained that she was a little sleepy.
In order to save time, the children had to follow their parents early in the morning. Lu Qinghe coaxed Lu Yao to sleep and did not continue talking.
When they arrived in the county town, they changed to a bus to the train station.
While queuing to buy tickets, a pretty woman with a ponytail suddenly stopped in front of me.
She looked at Zhao Zhanming, with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
Lu Qinghe frowned, "Who is this?"
Only then did Fan Meiyu look at Lu Qinghe.
This is Zhao Zhanming’s new wife. She looks pretty and I heard she joined the army. It’s a pity for her because she will be a widow again in two years.
Lu Qinghe keenly noticed the disdain in Fan Meiyu's eyes when she looked at him. Zhao Zhanming's interpersonal relationships were simple, so it was not difficult to guess who it was.
Just as Zhao Zhanming was about to speak, Lu Qinghe tugged at his sleeve again, "Never mind, let's go buy the tickets. Everyone will be seated soon."
Zhao Zhanming's gaze stayed on Fan Meiyu for only a second, and the next moment he held Lu Qinghe's somewhat cold fingers with his backhand, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Neither of them took the initiative to speak, and Fan Meiyu didn't even plan to say hello from the beginning.
But when Zhao Zhanming and the others left, she subconsciously glanced at the children following the adults.
Although he had grown a lot compared to a few years ago, Fan Meiyu still recognized Zhao Zirui at a glance.
Her son.
The son who abandoned her in her previous life.
It seems that he is now very close to his stepmother.
I just don’t know, if Zhao Zhanming dies in the future, will his stepmother still be kind and smiling to him like she is now.
ridiculous.
Pitiful.
Just thinking about it made Fan Meiyu feel relieved.
"Meiyun."
Dong Dali came back with a ticket to another place in his hand, followed by a boy and a girl, two children about eight or nine years old.
This child is naturally not Fan Meiyu's and his partner's, but the one Dong Dali had with his ex-wife.
Dong Dali's life was not easy. He was married to his ex-wife for three years before she died of illness, leaving behind two children. It was difficult for Dong Dali to find another partner in the city.
Fortunately, the two met again.
"Who are you looking at?"
"No one."
Fan Meiyu smiled and went to meet him. "Have you bought the tickets? Let's take a bus to Chengxiang Jiebu first, and then take a mule cart back to my mother's house."
"I bought it, but..."
Dong Dali is an elementary school teacher. He looks gentle and refined, but his personality is a bit soft. To put it nicely, he has a good temper, but to put it bluntly, he has no opinion.
"Just what?"
Behind Dong Dali, the two children rolled their eyes at the same time.
"We don't want to go to grandma's house."
"That's right, who would want to live in a mountain valley? My grandma said that's where poor people live, and we are not poor people."
Fan Meiyun frowned when she heard this: "Didn't we agree long ago that I would give you double the New Year's money and you would go back to Grandma's house with Dad this year? Why are you breaking your promise?"
"Do you think we're easy to fool? You stole all our New Year's money in the middle of the night and you thought we didn't know!"
"You are a bad woman!"
Many people looked over.
Fan Meiyu looked a little embarrassed.
She took the New Year's money again, but the children didn't know how to spend it. Although it was not much, what if the money was lost in their hands in the future?
"What are you talking about? I'm your elder, your mother. Everything I do is for our family and for your own good."
"Humph, we don't want to go home with a bad woman."
"that is!"
Fan Meiyun was anxious. "Da Li, please speak up! Didn't we already discuss this? How can you regret buying the tickets?"
Dong Dali lowered his head, paused, and then forced a smile and looked over: "Meiyun, the children don't want to go, and I don't want to force them to go. Besides, it's cold in the countryside, and the conditions are poor. The journey is hard. Otherwise...or else you should go out by yourself this year, and I'll accompany you next year."
"Dong Dali!"
Fan Meiyu became anxious. "This is already the next year, and you always say next year. My family back home hasn't seen you yet, and they would laugh at me if they saw me."
"I'm laughing at you, not my dad, huh."
Fan Meiyun was furious and raised her hand to interrupt the boy who was talking, "You bastard, I think you deserve to be punished!"
Dong Dali hurriedly stepped in front of him and said, "Don't hit the child."
"Wuwuwuwu... We are not your children, that's why you like to beat us. You are a bad person..."
"Wow, my stepmother is so scary. I want my mother, wow, wow..."
Suddenly, the waiting room became lively.
Lu Qinghe and the others were still waiting for the bus. When they heard the noise, they couldn't help but look over.
"Why is it so lively?"
Zhao Zhanming glanced at her and then looked away, saying indifferently, "Fan Meiyun is just like that. She doesn't like children and gets violent when she gets angry."
Lu Qinghe frowned, "Even his own son is the same?"
"Um."
She looked at Zhao Zirui, who was talking with Lu Yao and Lu Yang, and asked, "Zirui has fought before?"
"I beat him quite a bit, almost as often as my mom did." Zhao Zhanming's tone was filled with heartache. "So I always feel a little indebted to Zirui. Sometimes when he doesn't do things well, I don't blame him too much. From now on, no matter what happens, as long as he's happy, that's all that matters."
Lu Qinghe pinched Zhao Zhanming's fingers and said, "No wonder Zirui had such a bad temper at the beginning, but everything will get better in the future."
"Yes." Zhao Zhanming nodded affirmatively: "Qinghe, everything will be fine after meeting you."
As they talked, the quarrel continued.
Fan Meiyu was so angry that she ignored Dong Dali's attempts to stop her and slapped the child twice.
It wasn't serious, but because of her impulsiveness, both adults and children became increasingly unhappy.
Fan Meiyun also felt wronged, "You guys are crying, who can I cry to?"
Dong Dali was a little impatient and glared at Fan Meiyun. "They didn't want to go from the beginning. I dragged them here. It was because they were arguing so hard just now that I asked them why. I found out that it was you who secretly took the New Year's money away again. Meiyun, I gave you half of my salary so that you could take good care of the two children, but you are too petty."
"Your other salary is given to your parents, Dong Dali. I usually take good care of them at home, okay?"
Perhaps realizing her tone was harsh, Fan Meiyu sighed and grabbed Dong Dali's arm. "How about this? Let's send the child home. You go back with me first. We've been married for several years now, so we should go back at least once."
Dong Dali pushed Fan Meiyun away and said, "I said, I won't go back until the child goes back. Meiyun, you go back first. I'll wait for you at home with the child."
After saying that, Dong Dali turned around and left angrily.
Fan Meiyu chased after him and said something, but was finally thrown back to the spot.
Although her life now is much better than in her previous life in the Zhao family, she still has her own difficulties in the Dong family.
Sometimes when she feels really wronged, Fan Meiyu reminds herself that every family has its own problems.
Even if you marry the emperor and become the queen, you will still have a lot of troubles. After all, it is difficult to have both.
Can……
But sometimes she really felt sad.
She usually has enough time to take care of the two children. She doesn't have a job and cleans the house and cooks for the family every day. But the two children are not sensible at all and have not really accepted them for so long.
Although Dong Dali is a good person and good at his job, he is a spineless person. Although he does not make things difficult for Fan Meiyu after hearing a few words from his mother-in-law, he still can't help but create a gap between them.
never mind.
Fan Meiyu thought, forget it, there is still a long time to live, the child will accept me, and Dong Dali will slowly understand my true feelings.
No matter how many troubles there are in these days, it is better than staying with Zhao Zhanming, a man who you know will die sooner or later.
-
Hua City.
"Finally home."
Returning to the small house in the military family compound, Lu Qinghe felt inexplicably at ease looking at the familiar furnishings inside.
Although she missed the Lu family very much, when it came to home, she felt from the bottom of her heart that this was it.
Here are the furniture she bought herself, the furnishings she likes and is used to, and the familiar smells.
"I'm going to report to the army and should be back in about two hours. Don't rush to pack. We'll be together when you get back. Don't get tired. Rest first. Zimo, take good care of your Aunt Lu and your three younger siblings."
"knew."
After Zhao Zhanming left, Lu Qinghe put out some food she had brought with her, cleaned the beds in the bedroom, and then took the children to sleep at home.
When I woke up, Zhao Zhanming just came back.
In the evening, Lu Qinghe ate the dried beans stewed with vermicelli that she brought back from home, feeling extremely satisfied.
"My mom is the same. She told me not to bring anything, but she still brought me so much."
When I was packing up after dinner, I looked at the dried beans, dried vermicelli, dried mushrooms, dried hawthorns, and dried persimmon slices left in the bamboo basket, and I felt worried.
"We can eat them for a long time, and some of them won't taste as good after being stored for a long time, but I feel bad about giving them to others."
Lu Qinghe squatted beside the bamboo basket and looked at it again and again. "How about this, I'll bring some to the Ye family tomorrow."
"As you say."
After Zhao Zhanming hung up the last piece of clothing, he took off his sweater.
"Be careful of catching a cold."
"I'm going to take a shower. I'm sweating."
Lu Qinghe hummed, and was about to lower her head to sort it out, but was stopped by Zhao Zhanming, "It's not too late to sort it out tomorrow. These are just these, not much. Let's rest today."
"I rested when you went to the military area, so I'm not sleepy yet. I..."
Lu Qinghe was about to say something, but she noticed the man's burning gaze.
The bones of his fingers were clearly visible when he was holding her wrist. The strength was strong and could not be refused, but it was also very gentle.
"Qinghe, you're sweating too. Let's take a shower together. It won't waste time."
Lu Qinghe blushed and pushed him away, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense."
Although Lu Qinghe refused, she was also infected by the warmth coming from the man, especially...
Especially after the man got close to her, she noticed that something hard was pressing against her.
"How long has it been?" Zhao Zhanming's voice was a little hoarse.
"What……"
"How long have we been home?"
The longer they were home, the longer it had been since they had been intimate.
When they returned to their hometown, they had to sleep in a large dormitory bed, and there was a sea of children between them. Not to mention being intimate, they couldn't even exchange glances.
Now it’s good, there is a place to release.
He can't wait.
As some strange coincidence had happened, by the time Lu Qinghe reacted, the person had already entered the bathroom.
In the misty heat, Lu Qinghe looked at Zhao Zhanming's strong muscles and swallowed.
"Try the feel of it?" Zhao Zhanming said with a smile.
“…Let’s give it a try.”
The hot water rushed down, covering up the intimate whispers between the two.
-
"Mother!!"
"Good morning, Mom."
"Mom, mom...Mom, are we back?"
Lu Qinghe had just gotten up, rubbing his sore waist and yawning, "Of course I'm back. What are you thinking about, little brain of yours?"
Lu Yao chuckled, "I'm a little uncomfortable with it."
Zhao Zhanming had already prepared breakfast. Seeing Lu Qinghe get up, he smiled gently and said, "I thought you would be here later. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I went to bed yesterday afternoon and slept all the way on the train back. I woke up because I didn't feel sleepy at all. I'm thinking of catching an early train to go to the Third Line Factory later."
"Alright, just take a break. Let Xiao Li take you there. See if there's anything else you need to buy. We'll go downtown and get it."
"Let's go tomorrow. I've made an appointment with Liu Yanru to go together."
"Um."
After finishing breakfast, there was a knock on the door. Lu Qinghe thought it was Yu Lili or a neighbor friend she knew. She opened the door and lowered her head, only to see that it was Meng Bin.
"Happy New Year, Aunt Lu!"
Lu Qinghe invited Meng Bin in and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
"I've eaten, Aunt Lu, I'm coming to play with Lu Yao and the others!"
"Come in, we just finished eating and are changing clothes and shoes."
The children in the room cheered when they heard Meng Bin coming. Zhao Zirui didn't even bother to change his shoes. As soon as he stepped on the ground barefoot, he shrank back because of the cold. He hurriedly covered his feet and put on socks.
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