Gu Yunzhou felt something was wrong. Peng Zhihua passed away the day before yesterday? I met him the day before he left.
At that time, he was holding a calendar and asking me to help choose a date, so how come he went on a mission the next day?
Didn't you hear any news?
Is it a temporary assignment? If it is a highly important task to protect tons, it should not be Peng Zhihua's turn.
Gu Yunzhou calmly asked, "Are you in such a hurry?"
Liu Xinyan nodded, "Yes, he was in a hurry. He didn't even have time to say hello to me. He asked Comrade Xu to bring the passbook to me."
As she spoke, Liu Xinyan looked at Gu Yunzhou expectantly, "Brother Gu, you are also from the military camp, has anyone asked about..."
At this point, she felt something was wrong.
"I'm overthinking it. Since it's not a secret mission, it must be protected. By the way, do you have anything to do with Brother Peng?"
Gu Yunzhou shook his head. "It's nothing important. Since he's not here, I'll leave first."
Liu Xinyan said, "Wouldn't you like to come in and sit for a while?"
Gu Yunzhou hummed, "Zhihua is not here, it's not convenient."
Liu Xinyan was stunned for a moment, and soon understood what Gu Yunzhou meant, "Okay, wait for Brother Peng to come, I'll ask him to find you."
After leaving the military hospital dormitory, Gu Yunzhou went straight to the train station.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the train station was much quieter than usual.
It was easy to buy the ticket and board the train to Ning County.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Yunzhou appeared in the Qiao family's shop.
"Boss, you don't even take a break on New Year's Day?"
Qiao Jiangxin looked up, "Good luck in the new year, how can I do business... Hey, Brother Gu?"
Gu Yunzhou smiled widely, his eyes full of nostalgia, "Jiang Xin, long time no see."
Qiao Jiangxin was also very happy and quickly walked out from the counter, "Brother Gu, why are you here? Aren't you in Jeju?"
Gu Yunzhou hummed, "I was passing by Ning County and came in to see you. I will be back in the team tomorrow and will leave later."
Qiao Jiangxin glanced at the sky outside. "Didn't the buses all stop today? Why are you here? How are you going to get there later?"
Gu Yunzhou pointed to the car parked outside and said, "I borrowed the car from your Aunt Liu."
Qiao Jiangxin gave Gu Yunzhou a thumbs up and said, "This is Aunt Liu's treasure. You are awesome."
Gu Yunzhou lowered his voice and joked, "That's not the case. I almost knelt down to her and asked Vice President Wang to guarantee me before she let me drive away. I will return it to her tonight."
"Hey, Comrade Gu?"
Qiao Youcai, who walked in from outside, also sounded surprised.
Gu Yunzhou greeted him politely, "Second Uncle Qiao, it's the New Year and business is booming. I was just passing by here and thought I'd stop by to wish you a happy new year."
Qiao Jiangxin turned to Qiao Youcai and said, "Dad, just watch over there. I'll take Brother Gu upstairs to have some tea and warm up."
"Okay, okay, it's freezing cold, and your grandmother Liao is cooking. We have some food at home, so let Comrade Gu stay and eat with us."
Without waiting for Qiao Jiangxin to speak, Gu Yunzhou responded, "Okay, okay, thank you for troubling Uncle Qiao. By the way, I brought a pair of wine for you and Uncle Qiao, and also bought some snacks for the children. They are still in the car. I'll go get them."
Qiao Youcai smiled and said, "We are old acquaintances, why are you being so polite? We are happy that you are here."
Qiao Jiangxin followed Gu Yunzhou to the car to get something.
"So many? Did you buy them in wholesale?" Qiao Jiangxin said, looking at the things in the car.
Gu Yunzhou smiled and said, "How much? It was only when Uncle went to Aunt Liu's place to get it."
Qiao Jiangxin said speechlessly, "We went to Aunt Liu's place to purchase goods, and you are here to pay New Year's greetings."
"Dad, come and move the things." Qiao Jiangxin turned and shouted to Qiao Youcai.
Qiao Youcai came out and watched Qiao Jiangxin carry out bottled wine, bulk wine, cakes, snacks, even pork, live chickens with legs tied, large silver carp with their mouths pierced with hay, and so on from the car.
"Hey, what are you doing? Are you putting it in our store for consignment?"
Gu Yunzhou smiled and said, "I didn't know what to buy, so I just bought some randomly."
Qiao Youfu heard the noise and came out, greeted them and helped carry things into the house.
Gu Yunzhou held a bundle of oversized firecrackers and spread them out at the gate, and did not forget to call out to the inside considerately, "Go up and say hello to Aunt and the others. I'm setting off firecrackers. Hold the children tight to avoid startling them."
After hearing this, Qiao Youfu hurried upstairs.
Soon he shouted from the upstairs window to the downstairs, "Alright."
The crackling sound of firecrackers was loud and long. After it stopped, Gu Yunzhou followed Qiao Jiangxin upstairs with scraps of paper on his head.
Liu Afang and Qin Xue already knew that Gu Yunzhou had arrived, and they quickly invited him to sit around the stove and drink tea.
Gu Yunzhou took out four red envelopes from his pocket and gave one each to Jiang Mu, Shuanzi, Huahua and Zhuzi.
Liu Afang and Qin Xue kept shouting, "You are too polite, Comrade Gu, you are too polite."
The once depressed teenager inexplicably gained the skill of being versatile, and he could make everyone in the Qiao family happy with just a few words.
Liu Afang handed Jiang Mu to Qiao Jiangxin and said, "I'm going to the kitchen to take a look. You guys sit for a while."
While Qin Xue was holding Huahua to change her diaper, Gu Yunzhou secretly stuffed a large envelope into Qiao Jiangxin's pocket and said in a low voice, "Comrade Jiangxin, this is the special New Year's money your partner gave you."
Qiao Jiangxin subconsciously reached into her bag and touched something hard that didn't feel like money. "What is this? New Year's money?"
She sounded doubtful.
Gu Yunzhou smiled and said, "Just take a look for yourself. It must be something you like."
Qiao Jiangxin grinned, "It doesn't look like a gold brick to me."
Gu Yunzhou glanced at her without any anger, "Do you have anything else in your heart besides gold bricks?"
Qiao Jiangxin looked up and saw Liu Afang was still talking to Liao Fuzhen in the kitchen, and Qin Xue was changing diapers in the room. No one noticed him.
She quickly moved towards Gu Yunzhou and said, "I still have you in my heart."
Gu Yunzhou was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows curved and the corners of his mouth raised, completely unable to control the secret joy on his face.
It was worth it that he braved the snow for nearly thirteen hours on New Year's Day just to see her.
Just this sentence is enough.
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