Song Jingzhou and Su Qingci boarded the bus and stuck their heads out of the window to wave to the people seeing them off.
Wang Gang rushed over and handed a large bag of fruit through the window. "Brother Song, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Once you get there, write to your brothers when you have time. Take these things with you for the journey, and come back to visit often."
Song Jingzhou leaned halfway out of the window and took the bag from the outstretched hand with a smile.
"It's so kind of you to think of that."
Just as the two were talking, Old Wei, holding Congcong's hand, hurriedly squeezed through.
He awkwardly handed Su Qingci an oil paper bag.
"Congcong? What brings you here?"
Old Wei smiled sheepishly, "You came by this morning, and I've been taken care of by you for so long, so I came to see you off."
She pointed to the oil paper bag in Su Qingci's hand and said, "I don't have anything to offer, this is a gift from you, so I'm just passing it on. Please don't take offense."
Su Qingci opened it and a fragrant aroma wafted out; it contained six boiled tea eggs.
"It smells so good! I love tea eggs the most. Thank you!"
In the morning, Su Qingci delivered the last batch of supplies to Old Wei and told him that she was going back.
I never expected him to come and see me off.
Under the guise of her handbag, Su Qingci took out a few candies from her bag and handed them to Congcong.
"Study hard and listen to Grandpa."
The shuttle bus slowly started moving, and the people seeing it off raised their hands and shouted that they had a safe journey.
Watching the figures gradually blur, Su Qingci felt a pang of melancholy...
**
General Hospital of the Military Region.
Guo Wenjing placed a basin of water on a stool, wrung out a towel, and carefully wiped her grandmother's body.
Li Yueniang sat on the edge of the bed, holding Grandma Guo's hand and patiently chatting with her.
"Old hag, you're so useless! I can get out of bed and walk around, how come you're still paralyzed?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to learn about health preservation with me, to live to be a hundred years old together, and outlive those people who look down on us?"
"See? You talk a good game, but when I asked you to get up and practice the Five Animal Frolics with me, you wouldn't come."
"Otherwise, you could run and jump now."
"Let me tell you, you've had enough sleep, okay? Wenjing is so tired from taking care of us old folks, she's lost all the fat on her face."
"I'll wait until you wake up and see if you feel sorry for me. Your eyes are sunken, and you're always hiding and crying."
"Sigh, it's my fault. I didn't call for help at first because I was afraid it would implicate you two. I didn't expect it to cause such a commotion and get you hurt."
"It's my fault. The older I get, the less guarded I become. I never expected that heartless bastard to be so honest all these years and then suddenly turn on me like this. I blame myself for being too soft-hearted in the past."
"You're telling me, this happened once before, but I didn't care because I didn't suffer any losses and let her off so easily. Now I've suffered such a big loss and even dragged you into it."
"If anything happens to you, I'm telling you, I'll never have a peaceful life again."
"Please wake up soon!"
Li Yueniang leaned close to her ear and kept babbling, "Let me tell you, I'm not going to hold back this time."
“I risked injuring the enemy a thousand while destroying myself eight hundred, even rupturing my almost healed wound, managing to ruin her job, and sending her to the police station.”
“The first two times they said there was insufficient evidence, but this time many people witnessed it firsthand. In order to definitively accuse her, I even brought out the banner and certificate that my Su family received for donating our family property to support national construction back then.”
"Unfortunately, my injuries weren't serious, so she was only sentenced to six months."
"But don't worry, I'll eat well and take good care of myself. By the time she comes out, I'll be as fast as lightning. I'll definitely kill her with my own hands."
"You need to wake up quickly. I'll take you with me, and the two of us will go together."
"You wouldn't be so useless as to go to see the King of Hell without even avenging your family, would you? If it were me, I wouldn't be able to rest in peace either. You're so pathetic, I would look down on you. Wake up quickly, we still want to go to Qin Xiangxiang's grave to celebrate!"
Seeing that Grandma Guo remained unresponsive, Li Yueniang's face also showed dejection.
Guo Wenjing had already taken the basin of water out. Looking at her thin figure, Li Yueniang felt a pang of heartache.
"Sigh, what kind of unfortunate fate has Wenjing encountered? What kind of trouble has she gotten herself into?"
Just as she was talking about Guo Wenjing, Li Yueniang suddenly felt her fingers trembling slightly in her palm.
She quickly opened her palm and stared intently at Guo Xiaomao's thin, bony fingers.
There was no movement.
Just when she thought she was seeing things, the other person's ring finger trembled slightly in her hand again.
Li Yueniang's eyes instantly reddened.
That old hag, she really can hear what she's saying.
She usually looks down on her granddaughter with disdain, but now she gets all worked up when Wenjing is mentioned as having a hard life.
She really is a woman with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
Li Yueniang instantly perked up and whispered something in Guo Xiaomao's ear.
"Old Mrs. Guo, you are so pitiful. You raised her to be weak and timid, and now she has no relatives in this world to protect her."
"The neighbors in the alley are all talking about her, saying she has a hard life, that she brings bad luck to her family, that she caused her mother's death at birth, and now she's caused your death too. Everyone is pointing fingers at her and bullying her."
“Yesterday someone came to propose marriage to her. The man is 56 years old, with four sons and 16 grandchildren. Wenjing is going to marry him, and soon she will have a house full of children and grandchildren.”
"In a few years, we might be fourth-generation relatives, and I could become a great-grandmother."
"People say your family can't have a son. You don't have a son, and your short-lived daughter didn't have one either. This is hereditary, so she should hurry up and get married now. Then she won't have to worry about anything in the future. I think what they say makes sense, but Wenjing just can't accept it. She's been crying for days now, and I'm still trying to persuade her to get married. She doesn't have any relatives here. Once she gets married, not to mention relatives, she'll suddenly have nearly thirty people—sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters, and men..."
Li Yueniang's mouth was like a machine gun, rattling off one sentence after another.
Grandma Guo's fingers trembled more and more violently in front of Li Yueniang's eyes, and even her tightly closed eyes were rolling around. It looked like she was about to wake up or be so angry that she would die.
Li Yueniang added fuel to the fire, "I think they're all wrong. It's not that Wenjing has a tough life, it's clearly yours. What do you mean she killed her mother and then you? I bet it's because you, old woman, have done too many wicked things. Look at you, you lost your husband early and your daughter in middle age. Oh, right, last time I heard you say that your parents also passed away early when you were young, right?"
"My God, are you some kind of 'Demon Star'?"
Li Yueniang disgustedly flung the hand she was holding onto the bed, saying, "Go away, stay away from me. You're such a jinx, I can't touch you. Don't pass on your bad luck to me."
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