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Qin Yao embroidered a little penguin handkerchief for Chen Baozhen. It was a cross-stitched little penguin with a round big belly, which was round and cute.
"So cute! Yaoyao, you are so capable!" Chen Baozhen had never seen a penguin and only knew about Antarctica and some Antarctic species from "100,000 Whys".
Cross stitch is simple, Chen Baozhen shouted that she also wanted to embroider it, "Yaoyao, please teach me, I will embroider a little penguin for you too."
Qin Yao and Chen Baozhen were sitting in the yard doing cross-stitch.
Cross-stitch was all the rage for a while in the early 2000s. There were many cross-stitch shops in shopping malls, and it was rumored that a single set of cross-stitch could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan.
Some of the aunts Qin Yao knew had embroidered cross-stitch, and she also learned some herself. At this time, she slowly recalled several needle techniques and taught them to Chen Baozhen.
The two best friends were in the yard, while Gu Cheng and Gao Jianguo stayed in the house, the two men staring at each other.
"Captain Gu, it's really not easy for me." Gao Jianguo sat on a low stool with a dustpan beside his legs. He held clothes in his hands and threaded the needle to mend his own clothes.
He sighed deliberately: "Baozhen doesn't know how to do anything. She can't even mend her torn clothes. I have to do it."
There was no one else in the room, and Gao Jianguo was very shameless, so he didn't feel ashamed of the matter. Before I had a wife, I had to mend my torn clothes myself, right? Just ask yourself which man has never had sex.
"Your little Qin is good at sewing and is famous in the yard. I am not as lucky as you."
Gao Jianguo shook his head and said in a low voice, "But Zhenzhen said that she was very happy to marry me because I helped her mend her clothes... Tsk, Captain Gu, you may not understand this kind of thinking."
Gu Cheng straightened his sleeves: "..."
He understands.
Gao Jianguo was mending his clothes and humming a war song softly. He has now become more open-minded. As a man, it is okay to suffer some grievances at home. The main thing is to keep his wife Chen Baozhen emotionally stable.
Compared with her best friend Qin Yao, Baozhen should be glad that she married a good husband!
For someone like Gu Cheng, apart from having a good-looking face, a good family background and excellent work ability, what other advantages does he have over women? He has a cold face every day, can't say sweet words, and is not considerate to others.
If Qin Yao chose Dr. He, would he still have a good life?
In the past, Chen Baozhen would either praise Dr. He or Zhao Mingjin, but now it was Captain Gu, and she didn't say a single good word about Gu Cheng.
What man wants to hear his wife praise other men?
The more Gao Jianguo looked at Gu Cheng, the more he liked him, and he wished he could make him his sworn brother and swear an oath of blood alliance with him.
Qin Yao yawned. Too much needlework hurt her eyes. She pushed Chen Baozhen and said, "Stand up and take a rest."
Chen Baozhen put down her needle and thread, smiled and nodded.
The two of them stood in the yard. At this time, Chen Baozhen's yard was very different from before. Flowers and plants were blooming, and the loofah vines and tomato vines grew extremely lush. What made Chen Baozhen most proud was the bitter gourd in the yard.
"I didn't pay much attention to this bitter melon, but it just grew the best."
Chen Baozhen has been growing vegetables and flowers for some time, and she has to admit that some seedlings are naturally strong. No matter how cheaply they are raised, they are better than other seedlings and are resistant to insects and diseases.
"Next time you come to my house, I'll treat you to bitter melon." Chen Baozhen looked at the bitter melon vine in front of her with satisfaction.
Qin Yao: “…”
At first, I asked her to eat Chinese cabbage full of worm holes, and now it’s a pile of bitter gourd.
"Teacher Chen--" a timid voice sounded outside the yard. She was afraid that the two of them couldn't hear her, so she called out again, "Teacher Chen, you are at home, right?"
Qin Yao looked outside and saw a young woman in a floral dress and blue pants standing outside the yard. She had a bamboo basket on her arm, her hands clasped in front of her belly, her chin slightly retracted, her face pointed, and her chest bulging.
The woman had a good figure and a pretty face. She stood there so shyly that I felt even more pitiful.
"It's Sister Wang." When Chen Baozhen saw her, the expression on her face became strange, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or angry.
Wang Chunlan's husband accidentally fell into the sea and died, leaving behind a wife and three children. In addition to the pension, several comrades-in-arms gave her family some money.
Wang Chunlan did not take her child back to her hometown. She continued to live in the house allocated to her family while the child went to school here.
Her family was in financial difficulty. I heard that her husband's mother was ill and had spent a lot of money on her expenses. Her brother-in-law needed money for his wedding, and her family was in trouble. She had to raise three children alone, and her life was very hard.
Gao Jianguo was a very generous person. Knowing that her family was in financial difficulty, he had lent her more than 100 yuan before and gave her several months' allowance, which was equivalent to one month's salary.
Gao Jianguo did not think much about it at first. He and Chen Baozhen had just gotten married, and the couple was living a happy life. Both of them had jobs and received salaries, and they did not have to raise several children like other officers. The burden on their hometown was not heavy, and Chen Baozhen's parents often sent her subsidies.
Compared with other families, the couple's life is too good, so spending a hundred or two hundred dollars won't break the bank.
Chen Baozhen was a girl from the city. She knew the situation of Wang Saozi's family and also knew that her husband Gao Jianguo had lent out a hundred yuan. She did not complain like those petty sisters-in-law, but did not take it seriously.
After that, Mrs. Wang often came to the house and expressed her gratitude.
At first, Chen Baozhen felt proud of having done a good deed, but later she gradually realized that something was wrong and felt uncomfortable. But she was a widow after all, so how could she argue with a widow?
Today, Mrs. Wang came over again. She entered the yard, took out two pairs of insoles from the basket, and said, "Teacher Chen, is Jianguo at home?"
"He's here." Chen Baozhen looked unhappy, and introduced to Qin Yao: "This is Wang's wife, her husband is gone."
"Hello, Sister Wang, I'm Qin Yao."
Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "Hello, Comrade Xiao Qin. You two are the only ones outside, and Jianguo is in the house? I heard that he is in the family compound today."
Qin Yao looked her up and down. This Mrs. Wang was really frank with her words. Chen Baozhen didn't even call him "Jianguo" or "Jianguo", but just "Lao Gao" and "Comrade Gao". This woman could call him that.
"It's good that Jianguo is here. These are two pairs of insoles I made by hand. I wanted to send them to him. Men use insoles the most. I also made soles and wanted to make two pairs of shoes for Jianguo."
Chen Baozhen's face fell instantly. She was very annoyed after hearing these words. If she hadn't had some rationality left in her body, she would have wanted to spit in Wang Chunlan's face. This woman was sick. She came here to make insoles and soles for her husband.
"My family doesn't need these things from you. You can take them back. I bought a new pair of leather shoes for Lao Gao. He has no use for the shoes you made." Chen Baozhen crossed her arms, looked disdainful, and said rudely.
Wang Chunlan retracted her hand in shock, as if she had heard something horrifying. "Teacher Chen, please don't misunderstand me. I don't mean anything else. Jianguo and my husband's Xu are both from the same village. They just miss these cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles. I was going to make them for Xu, but after I finished them, I remembered him... Now they're done, let Jianguo wear them. Xu will definitely be very happy when he knows about it."
"Just help me. I feel uncomfortable seeing this man's soles left at home."
Chen Baozhen sneered silently. You can throw away or bury this broken sole, but it's uncomfortable to look at it at home. Burn it and give it to your man. Are you happy to let Gao Jianguo wear it? Aren’t you afraid that your man will crawl out of the sea and strangle you to death?
This woman is shameless, isn't she?
The more Chen Baozhen thought about it, the angrier she became. She blurted out, "You feel uncomfortable seeing it, but I feel uncomfortable seeing it too!"
She had a bad temper and was easily irritated and angry. She couldn't help it now, so she reached out and snatched the insole from Wang Chunlan's hand and threw it on the ground.
Chen Baozhen felt that she was right. It was so shameless for a widow to come to a married man and give him insoles!
Wang Chunlan's eyes flickered and she took a step back, looking humiliated.
"Zhenzhen, apologize to Sister Wang." Qin Yao picked up the two pairs of insoles on the ground. "The insoles were sent here, please accept them."
Chen Baozhen looked at her in disbelief.
Qin Yao continued, "Sister Wang, you stay here too. We'll burn it for your husband later."
Chen Baozhen was stunned. She blinked her eyes. Fever?
Wang Chunhua was also stunned.
Qin Yao smiled and said, "This is a token of your love that you made yourself, sister-in-law. You must let your husband know about it. We will be your witnesses and burn it for your husband. When Brother Xu finds out, he will be very happy and want to be your husband and wife in the next life."
Wang Chunlan's face turned pale: "This, this won't work... destroy the four olds——"
"No, no, no, this is not some weird thing, nor is it about destroying the four olds. We are collectively remembering the good comrades who have passed away."
"You're not burning money or paper, and you don't believe in the King of Hell. These insoles are your heart for your man, and your longing for him."
“Some people still live in your heart even if they are gone, so you will think of them when you eat and sleep, and you will never forget them wherever you go.”
"Zhenzhen, you have to be considerate of your sister-in-law."
Wang Chunlan looked flustered. She looked at Qin Yao with horror. Qin Yao kept calling him "he". Old Xu's face swayed in front of her eyes, as if a pair of hands were strangling her neck.
"Yes, yes, Sister Wang, I apologize to you. Yaoyao is right. I misunderstood. It turns out that you came here to let us remember your husband with you."
Wang Chunlan's face was pale, "No, it's not."
At this time, Gu Cheng and Gao Jianguo walked out of the house. They heard the noises of the women in the yard and heard a woman's voice, so they came out to see what was going on.
Gu Cheng and Gao Jianguo both knew Wang Chunlan.
"Sister Wang, why are you here?"
Wang Chunlan said hesitantly: "I'll deliver the soles."
Chen Baozhen immediately said, "She wants us to help her commemorate her late husband. The soles she made for Old Xu are not worn now. We will burn them later to let Old Xu know her feelings."
After hearing this, Gu Cheng and Gao Jianguo bowed their heads and observed silence for three minutes.
Wang Chunlan was speechless upon seeing this.
"It's burnt... isn't it good?"
Gao Jianguo expressed his understanding: "Burn it, sister-in-law, this is your token of appreciation."
Qin Yao glanced at the bamboo basket covered with white cloth in Wang Chunlan's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, are there any other things to burn together?"
After saying that, she walked forward and made a fake move, intending to check Wang Chunlan's bamboo basket.
Wang Chunlan was terrified at this time, "No, it's gone——"
Qin Yao felt that her reaction was not right, so she secretly used her "Perspective" skill. It would have been better if she hadn't looked, but when she looked, she found that there were actually three hundred yuan in the basket, rolled up with scraps of cloth.
Three hundred yuan is already a huge sum of money. Wang Chunhua is very rich! At least he's much richer than her.
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