Chapter 33 The Story
"Xiao Hui'er, we meet again."
Suning smiled and nodded to the little guy, then impatiently put down the things on his back.
Ignoring the burning pain in his shoulder, he turned around, met the old man's increasingly puzzled eyes, and dropped a bombshell right away.
"Mother-in-law, this is Qu Guangming, Uncle Qu's home, right?"
"Ming Dynasty?!"
The old woman with bound feet moved surprisingly quickly at this time. She ran up to her in a few steps, grabbed her arm and asked her questions repeatedly.
"Yes, this is Qu Guangming's home, his home!"
"Ningning, do you know my Daming? Where is my Daming? Is he okay? Why hasn't he come home after all these years?"
Holding tightly back the pair of calloused, skinny hands, Suning not surprisingly "saw" again the tragic scene of the Qu family in the future.
…
The Qu family, with its vast fields, was once a well-known landlord in the neighborhood for its good deeds. The Qu family was a family of only one person, so in order to accumulate blessings for their only child, the head of the family, generation after generation, never hesitated to do good deeds.
After experiencing the war, the Qu family was still wealthy in Qu Feng's generation. He married the eldest daughter of the Huang family, who made their fortune in Chinese medicinal materials, and gave birth to their only son, Qu Guangming.
Qu Guangming left home at the age of sixteen.
He only met his family three times in more than ten years. After his eldest grandson was born, there was suddenly no news from him. His daughter-in-law couldn't stand it and ran away, and Qu Feng soon fell ill.
From then on, the family lost its pillar and could only rely on Huang Shufen's thin shoulders to support it.
No matter how hard and difficult the situation was, they never gave up. The motivation for them to struggle to survive was to raise their grandson and the expectation in their hearts... the expectation that their son would eventually come back.
It was not until several years later that Qu Feng received the confirmed news of his son's death. The shocked Qu Feng died on the spot.
Huang Shufen, unable to believe the loss of her loved ones, collapsed and has been bedridden ever since.
However, Huang Shufen could not hold on for half a year and passed away, leaving Qu Hui alone.
Many years later, Qu Hui, who has grown up, finally sees his father who returned from a secret mission with both legs broken and was called a hero by everyone.
…
Thinking of Xiao Quhui's painful questions, Suning's heart was shaken and his eyes gradually became moist: This time, he will still protect the people, and I will protect you.
"What...what happened?"
Seeing her eyes suddenly turn red, Huang Shufen's heart skipped a beat. Her hands trembled and her eyes became wet. "It's okay, right? He's fine. It's just... he can't leave, right?"
"right!"
Rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand, Suning answered decisively, "It's just as you said."
"That's good, that's good! If you can't come back, then you can't come back. As long as you can come back one day, that's fine..."
Huang Shufen was so nervous that she felt dizzy after receiving a positive response.
Qu Feng, who heard everything in the room, was already in tears, but he held back his tears and didn't dare to make even a sound.
I just kept murmuring silently: It’s good to be alive, as long as I’m alive.
"Look, I'm getting old and confused. Ningning, please sit down and go get your elder sister a glass of water!"
Huang Shufen wiped away her tears with a smile. When the dizziness passed, she realized that she had not had time to let the person sit down.
"It's okay, I'm not tired."
She responded with a sweet smile, the dimples at the corners of her mouth faintly visible under the not-so-bright kerosene lamp.
Such a pretty girl, who is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, doesn't look like someone in BD. Could it be that someone in her family knew Daming through J?
"I have two older brothers who are J players. They used to be Uncle Qu's BD. Now that they have retired, they come with me to work in Shonan. I specially went home to visit on behalf of Uncle Qu.
It’s just that for some reason they couldn’t come forward, so I volunteered to come!”
As if he could see the doubt in her eyes, Su Ning squatted down, tore open the oil paper cloth covering the backpack, and then took out bag after bag of things from it.
While continuing to explain patiently and gently, "We were all surprised to learn of Xiao Qu Hui's name in the car. It was such a coincidence."
"I see."
Huang Shufen nodded suddenly in understanding. No wonder the girl had to give Hui'er such a big handful of precious candy when she heard his name in the car.
The two people sitting next to her at that time should be her brother and her son's brother, right?
He looks strong, and has exactly the same spirit and energy as my son. It’s true!
"Mother-in-law, please keep these for now. I'll bring them to you after you finish eating."
"ah?"
Huang Shufen was distracted and was stunned for a while before she reacted and casually opened one of the cloth bags that was handed to her.
It is...the bright orange and golden high-quality millet!
"What are these?"
Huang Shufen seemed to be stabbed in the hand. She suddenly put down the bag in her hand, waved her hand and retreated, saying, "No, no, I can't accept these old women."
"Why not? Uncle Qu spent a lot of time buying these things and secretly mailed them to me. How can I not accept them?"
"Did he really bring them all back from Daming?"
"Of course I am. Mother-in-law, I just graduated from high school and I still have to wait a few days before I start working. How can I get these things?"
Although she still had some doubts, Huang Shufen spoke so confidently and with good reasoning that she could only accept it with some trepidation.
There was indeed no food stored at home. We finally went into the mountains to pick some apricots and wild lantern fruits. We went to Star City to sell them, but the money we earned could only exchange for a few kilograms of coarse grains.
She and the old man were discussing whether they should take the risk of selling one of the hidden small yellow croakers in order to find a way to buy more food.
"Ningning, thank you."
"These are what I should do. Mother-in-law is just like this..."
"I understand. We know this, so we don't let others know, right?"
Since they were all secretly asked someone to bring them back, they had to keep it a secret for their son.
Huang Shufen clearly remembered what Daming had said: If you don’t want to allow it, then don’t ask why, because the reason is confidential.
“Hehe~”
The old lady had a mysterious expression on her face that said "I know what I mean by that" and was very cute. Suning smiled and saw that it was getting late, so he stood up and handed her the last two sacks, "These are gifts from me and my brothers."
"Well, mother-in-law, I'll go back first and come back to see you later."
Without giving the other person a chance to open the basket and refuse, Su Ning carried the empty basket on his back and walked out of the house just as he finished speaking. He bumped into Qu Hui, who was walking slowly towards him after pouring the water.
Reacting quickly, Suning supported the man and tapped his forehead lightly with his fingers.
"elder sister?"
"Be good, Xiao Quhui. Sister will come to see you next time."
Everyone should understand that there are some things that cannot be explained in detail, right? There is no other way but to capitalize the first letter.
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(End of this chapter)
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