Yang Liu curled her lips downwards, her voice lacking strength as she responded, "Oh, okay."
When Cui Xuezhi arrived at Yard No. 5, Yun Qiao was standing under the apple tree with a big belly, cutting apples with a pair of scissors.
The apples are just about to ripen, sour with a little sweetness, and they are so tender that they make your teeth ache if you eat them directly. But you can cook them in rice until they are sticky. Then you can add some sugar and mix them together. They taste sour and sweet with the aroma of apples, just like the sweet water in canned fruit. The whole family likes it very much.
"Qin Yunqiao." Cui Xuezhi continued to call her name.
Yun Qiao heard the voice and turned to see Cui Xuezhi. He put down the scissors in his hand and asked her, "Why are you here?"
"I have something I want to ask you."
"Come in."
Cui Xuezhi was impatient and had never learned to beat around the bush. She immediately asked, "I heard that Captain Qin wrote home. Did he say when he'd be back?"
Yun Qiao glanced at her strangely: "Why are you asking this?"
"I just wanted to ask." Cui Xuezhi pursed her lips awkwardly. "Dingbang hasn't sent any news back yet. I was thinking that they're not far from each other and wondered if they could come back together. So I asked you so I could have some idea."
"Then it's no use asking me. I don't know when he'll be back. The telegram my brother sent just said he was safe and sound, nothing else."
"Really?" Cui Xuezhi was a little unconvinced.
"Why would I lie to you?" Yun Qiao said angrily. "The telegrams were brief, and he only sent back eight words. Just 'The flood has receded, all is well.' If you don't believe me, I can show you the original."
"Okay, let me take a look."
"Hmm." Yun Qiao glanced at her unhappily, went into the house, took out the telegram, and slapped it on her hand: "Look, is it the same as I said?"
Cui Xuezhi's eyes dimmed, and she silently returned the telegram to Yun Qiao: "Sorry to bother you."
Yun Qiao looked at her pitiful appearance and felt a little complicated, but he couldn't feel any sympathy for her.
Cui Xuezhi's current situation is due to Dong Dingbang's fault, but she herself has also had her share of problems. Neither of them is innocent, and the only one who suffers is the child.
Yun Qiao hadn't seen Cui Xuezhi's child much, but she had heard from her nanny, Yang Liu, that the child, now over three months old, couldn't even lift his head steadily. Compared to other children, he was already significantly developmentally delayed, and she wondered if he could catch up in the future.
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was August.
Qin Zheng finally had the chance to call back in person.
The call was made to the military uniform factory and Yun Qiao answered the call.
He told Yun Qiao the approximate date of his return home on the phone, indicating that the disaster relief work had come to an end, and that the next step was to assist the local authorities in getting the post-disaster reconstruction work back on track to complete the mission.
The time is about two weeks.
Yun Qiao was extremely happy when she learned that Qin Zheng was about to come back. She immediately said that she would prepare a table of delicious food to welcome him when he came back.
Qin Zheng agreed with a smile and said that he would bring someone home later.
"Who are you bringing?" Yun Qiao asked curiously, "Is it your comrade?"
Perhaps there were too many people talking at the place where he was making the call and it was inconvenient to say much, so Qin Zheng just smiled and said nothing.
If you ask again, he will say: "You will know when the time comes."
Yun Qiao had no choice but to give up.
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