Chapter 31 Yan Zhaodi
After telling her baby a story to sleep at night, Huo Qingqing felt a little complicated. She didn't know whether she should continue what she did during the day. Anyway, she was in a bad mood after being disturbed by the afternoon.
When coaxing the two kids to sleep, they sleep in the middle and they sleep on both sides, just like before.
On summer nights, the moon is bright and the stars are high, and you can see each other clearly through the moonlight without turning on a light. Huo Qingqing lay there like a corpse for a while, then secretly opened her eyes to look at the person on the other side, and found that the person had turned his back to sleep.
Is she being overly sentimental again?
Forget it, let’s not talk about this shit anymore! She didn't really want to do it anyway.
It seems like he really can't get over this hurdle, so let's just leave it this way for now! It would be nice to raise a baby together. Anyway, she can't leave now. No matter how capable her parents and brothers are, she has to get a divorce first if she wants to go back to the city. This is the real situation facing her.
The next day, Han Jianwu got up earlier than usual, and Huo Qingqing also woke up and pretended to continue sleeping. Han Jianwu washed up and made some dumpling soup. After eating, he went into the house and found that Huo Qingqing had woken up, but the two kids were still sleeping.
"I'm going into town today. What do I need to buy for my family?" Han Jianwu said.
Huo Qingqing said, "There's nothing to buy. We have everything."
Han Jianwu, "Aren't your mother and eldest brother coming? Prepare some vegetables and meat in advance."
Huo Qingqing said, "They only said before the Dragon Boat Festival, but didn't say the exact time. If you buy it and leave it there, it will go bad. Let's buy it in a few days! By the way, what business do you have in the county today?"
Han Jianwu said, "The team leader contacted a builder in the county, and they bought tiles from our team. I went to deliver the tiles and informed my comrades that what happened yesterday was not that simple."
Huo Qingqing, "Then be careful."
Han Jianwu said "hmm". The two kids had already woken up and opened their eyes wide. Han Jianwu kissed them and said, "Listen to your mother at home."
Zhuangzhuang said, "Dad, bring me some delicious food!"
Han Jianwu said, "Okay!"
Niuniu said, "Dad bought me a beautiful skirt~"
Han Jianwu said to his daughter, "Okay!" Then he asked Huo Qingqing, "Buy her some fabric to make a skirt?"
Huo Qingqing said: "No need to buy, she has so many clothes."
Niuniu cried, "I want a skirt like my mother's!"
Han Jianwu said, "Okay, then let's get a few feet of fabric and make a little skirt for Niuniu!"
Huo Qingqing, "You don't know how to judge fabrics. I'll buy them for her another day."
Han Jianwu said, "The captain's wife and her daughter Zhaodi should also go and ask them to help choose the fabric! Just tell them what color and pattern you want."
Zhaodi from the captain’s family? This name made Huo Qingqing's alarm bells ring.
Yan Zhaodi is a star figure in Hanjiagou. The captain's family has four daughters, each one more beautiful than the other. Yan Zhaodi is the oldest and most beautiful girl in Hanjiagou who is not engaged yet. It is said that she is overwhelmed by the choices. There are rumors that she and Li Lianhua once had a quarrel in the village because of Han Jianwu, and the two of them still don't speak to each other when they meet.
But in Huo Qingqing's memory, it seemed that some people in the village often made fun of Han Jianwu and Li Lianhua, but no one had ever gossiped about Han Jianwu and Yan Zhaodi! Even if it was a joke, no one dared to say it. There was a reason for this. It was not because Yan Zhaodi was the captain's daughter, but because it was said that Han Jianwu had dated Yan Zhaodi, and he even had correspondence with Yan Zhaodi during the years he was in the army. It was said that the captain said that if Han Laosi was promoted, he would consider marrying his daughter to him, otherwise there was no point in talking.
Later, Han Jianwu retired and returned to the village to farm, and there was no follow-up between him and Yan Zhaodi.
In the end, no one expected that Han Laosi would dare to have feelings for the educated youth? Everyone said behind his back that it was impossible. Even if Han Jianwu was good-looking and had been a soldier, he was still a farmer! How could Huo Zhiqing look down on him? Isn't this just wishful thinking?
But what the people of Hanjiagou didn't expect was that Han Laosi actually married Huo Zhiqing and brought her home. Huo Qingqing was in a difficult situation at that time, and she married Han Jianwu only to protect herself. She was quite respectful to him before she married him. However, Zhang Guohua and Gao Yunxia analyzed that Han Jianwu had deliberately set up a trap for Huo Qingqing. The more she looked at Han Jianwu, the more he looked like a treacherous villain. She hated him even more and didn't care about the gossip about him!
In fact, Han Jianwu's marriage to Huo Qingqing was a big blow to Yan Zhaodi. She thought she could try to get her parents to agree, but she didn't expect that they would marry the educated youth without saying a word.
Yan Zhaodi has been picky over the years just to prove herself. She wanted to find someone who is good in every way but couldn't find one, so she has become an old maid now.
Seeing Huo Qingqing staring at him strangely, Han Jianwu laughed and said, "Why are you staring at me when I'm asking you a question? There's no cloth on my face."
Huo Qingqing blinked and said, "Is Yan Zhaodi going too?"
Han Jianwu nodded, "Yes! I heard that we are going to prepare the dowry for the wedding at the end of May."
Huo Qingqing sneered and said, "So that's how it is!"
Han Jianwu coughed lightly and said, "What do you mean by that look?"
Huo Qingqing, "It's boring, you can go now, no need to pull the fabric."
Han Jianwu sensed that something was wrong with Huo Qingqing and looked down at her. "There is only one large carriage in the brigade. I have no choice but to go. We rely on this for our livelihood. If you mind, I can find an excuse not to go and let the three small carriages go."
Huo Qingqing, "Strange, why should I mind?"
Han Jianwu was stunned. Could it be that he had misunderstood? So what is she angry about?
I really didn’t care about this marriage and the person in front of me before, so I didn’t care about anything related to him, but now it’s different!
Only at this moment did she realize that it was no wonder that the three words "Yan Zhaodi" were like taboo words to her. Once someone mentioned them accidentally, they would give each other a weird look.
Li Lianhua, on the other hand, was carefree and didn't care what others said. Occasionally, when they met them, she would call them "Fourth Brother" and "Fourth Sister-in-law" and play with the children. The captain's home was quite far away and Huo Qingqing didn't go to work, so they only met a few times a year. When they did meet, he would take a detour and leave.
But then she changed her mind and felt that it was not possible. She had to ask Han Jianwu to buy something and bring it back. So Huo Qingqing said, "I almost forgot something important. You have to bring something back for me. I'll write you a list, otherwise you won't be able to remember it."
Han Jianwu: "..." Why doesn't this woman go act?
Huo Qingqing wrote on a piece of paper: one foot of white Dacron, two feet of moon-white Dacron, threads of various colors and embroidery needles, and an embroidery frame. Then came the things for Han Jianwu, men's underwear, vests, Dacron shirts, Deca fabric, work cloth, etc.
Han Jianwu, "Buy so much?"
Huo Qingqing handed over a large-denomination general-purpose ticket, "Here! Not a single one can be missing. Let Zhaodi help you with the advice, oh!"
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