Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Dig dig dig eat a bear heart leopard courage continue......
Zhao Xiaoxing packed up and followed Sun Xiufen.
These days everyone is saying that Zhao Xiaoxing is a good daughter-in-law who values affection.
Qingmei, who knew the inside story, sat on the kang, mixing shepherd's purse stuffing and listening to Zhao Wuhe learn what the villagers said.
Grandma didn't know the whole story, but she was better than the onlookers in the village. She felt sorry for Zhao Xiaoxing's life experience: "It's a pity that such a good girl has to serve two paralyzed people in their family. If she has children in the future, she will have hope. If not, she will serve others for the rest of her life. What will she do when she gets old?"
Mix the green plums with shepherd's purse filling and sell it at the market tomorrow.
She held the basin and said, "It's better not to serve someone for a lifetime. Look, I'm doing well now. If I hadn't split up, wouldn't I have to go and serve him?"
Qingmei knew that Sun Xiufen was frightened by Zhou Wu's harassment, and Sun Xiufen didn't dare to let her get involved again.
No one knew how Zhou Wu beat Li Xianjin. After Li Xianjin woke up and knew he was paralyzed, he refused to let Li Xiufen call the police.
Grandma thought carefully and said, "Yes, it would be better if she could get a share of the family property. They were unkind to her, so they deserve to be treated unfairly."
Zhao Wuhe agreed and said, "What the old lady said makes sense. There is no bad guy who does not get his comeuppance. It's just a matter of time."
When Qingmei came back after putting the shepherd's purse stuffing in it, Zhao Wuhe asked her, "Good girl, tell me what kind of man you like. I think my son is really good. If you like him, it would be a blessing for him. He has a hard life, you know that without me telling you. If you really don't like him, I won't mention it again."
Qingmei didn't want to lie when faced with Zhao Wuhe's questioning.
She lowered her head and tugged at her worn cotton jacket, still remembering the stunning glimpse she had that day.
Zhao Wuhe looked at her carefully, feeling that something was wrong, and asked in a low voice: "Good girl, tell me."
Qingmei pursed her lips and said, "There is someone in my heart."
Zhao Wuhe hurriedly asked, "What kind of person?"
Grandma stopped sewing her shoe soles and asked, "Are you in love with someone? Have I ever seen her?"
Qingmei blushed and explained, "It's not love, I've only met her once."
Zhao Wuhe thought, it's over, it's over. He's obsessed with her after just one meeting, isn't that love at first sight? It seems her son is doomed.
Zhao Wuhe didn't want to give up, so she asked Qingmei, "How can you think she's good after only meeting her once? It's better for a woman to marry someone she knows well. Who knows if she's a human or an animal in human skin? There's a saying in the countryside: before you marry a woman, the whole family begs for her, but after you marry her, the whole family bullies her. You've encountered this once, and you won't encounter it again."
"It hasn't come to that. He doesn't even know me." Qingmei felt embarrassed and put her forehead on her knees and said sullenly, "We didn't talk much, but he still gave me a cotton jacket."
Speaking of this, my grandmother remembered. She slapped her thigh and said, "So it was him! That young man is so handsome. He looked like a real character sitting in the car. I'm not bad at all. He asked the soldiers to send us cotton-padded jackets. What a kind person he is. I have a good eye for people. People like him will become heroes in the future."
Zhao Wuhe listened and caught the word "soldier". She asked doubtfully, "Are you talking about officers as well? Otherwise, why would they be sitting in a car?"
Grandma said, "Yes, the officer with four pockets, a very handsome young man."
Zhao Wuhe is incomparable to others. As military officers, who can be as successful and ambitious as her son at a young age?
Seeing Qingmei's blushing face, she turned around and asked her grandmother, "Who is more handsome, him or my son?"
Grandma said with a smile: "I haven't seen your son, so for now I think he is handsome."
Zhao Wuhe couldn't help but say, "No one more handsome than my son has been born yet. Besides, there are only a few young officers in the 014th Army, and few of them are unmarried. I've seen all of them, and none of them are as handsome as my son."
Qingmei muttered softly: "Even if not, the little mole on his nose is handsome and playful, his skin is good, and his heart is kind-" The key is not the male protagonist.
Qingmei knew her identity and was afraid that it would be impossible for her to be with the other person. She might have already had a family. She just thought about it and kept it in her heart.
Zhao Wuhe had to force her to speak out before she would bring it up.
"Wait." Zhao Wuhe's eyes almost popped out of her head. She suddenly asked Qingmei, "There's a small mole on the bridge of your nose? How could there be a mole?"
"There's a mole, there's a mole, a small one..." Qingmei smiled and said, "The flaws don't outweigh the merits."
Zhao Wuhe immediately got down to put on her shoes, grinning and saying, "I knew you two were destined to be together. It must be him."
Qingmei didn't hear her mumbling clearly, and didn't know what Zhao Wuhe was going to do in such a hurry. She thought she was angry and wanted to go home after hearing the truth.
"Don't be angry, I won't say it anymore."
Zhao Wuhe was anxious. She shook off Qingmei's hand and said, "Wait."
Qingmei saw her trotting out of the yard and hurriedly shouted, "Slow down, it's still frozen."
Zhao Wuhe didn't answer and disappeared out the door.
Grandma said anxiously, "What should we do? Have we offended someone? If I knew that was the case, I would have said that her son was the most handsome young man in the world."
"Auntie Gu isn't a stingy person. It's probably not because of this." Qingmei said this, feeling a little uneasy. After all, she had agreed to marry into the Gu family, but she also said she thought the other man was a good officer. Qingmei would also feel uncomfortable if it were him.
Qingmei went downstairs and drank two sips of cold water to calm down. She told her grandmother, "I'll go find Aunt Gu and explain. I didn't mean any harm, and I didn't mean to compare her son to anyone. I just thought that officer was pretty good."
Grandma said: "That's right, for us poor people, it's better to keep our feet on the ground and stop dreaming."
Qingmei nodded, took down the big cotton hat hanging on the wall and put it on, then wrapped the scarf around her neck twice.
She put on her shoes and just walked out the door when Zhao Wuhe came back.
As soon as she entered the yard, she shouted excitedly, "Photos, come and see the photos."
Qingmei walked over and her grandmother also came out of the house after hearing the news.
Zhao Wuhe handed the photo to Qingmei and said excitedly, "Is this the handsome officer who gave you the cotton-padded jacket?"
Qingmei lowered her head, her breathing suddenly stagnating. The hand holding the photo began to tremble. She said in disbelief, "Who is this?"
Zhao Wuhe patted her chest and said, "He is my son Gu Qingzhou! If it is him, please give me a definite answer!"
Zhao Wuhe grabbed Qingmei's hand, and it finally stopped shaking.
In the photo, Gu Qingzhou was dressed in a solemn green military uniform, his handsome face facing the camera with a firm and resolute expression. Beneath the shoulders of his high-ranking military rank were two rows of military medals with a distinct metallic sheen.
His posture was upright and dignified, his eyes looking forward, and he was surrounded by the majesty and momentum of a soldier.
Qingmei almost forgot to breathe because she clearly saw a tiny mole on the left side of the other person's nose.
Zhao Wuhe clapped her hands excitedly. It was really a relief to finally find what she had been looking for so long.
She kept talking about her son taking this photo, praising him highly. But Qingmei didn't hear anything, only thinking about the fact that "he is Gu Qingzhou".
This is too shocking and unbelievable.
Two people who had no connection at all met each other by chance.
He is the legendary male protagonist!
Qingmei almost forgot to breathe. This fact was so shocking to her.
Zhao Wuhe continued, "Zhou Wu won't give up easily. Before that, you can definitely meet my son. Even if it's to intimidate Zhou Wu or for a genuine blind date, it won't hurt to meet him."
She said this because she really treated her childhood sweetheart as her own daughter. Now that she has the right time, place and people, why can't she meet her?
Qingmei's hands trembled as she looked up at the sky, which didn't seem to react. She swallowed and said, "Can I think about it? This is so sudden."
Seeing the usually calm Qingmei stutter, Zhao Wuhe suppressed his laughter, handed the photo to Qingmei and said, "I'll give it to you. Think about it, but don't spend too much time on it. I'm worried and can't sleep."
Qingmei looked down and saw the male protagonist Gu Qingzhou in the photo, and her heart was throbbing. He was indeed the male protagonist that everyone had been waiting for. At that time, she had wondered why she hadn't remembered such a character in the book. It turned out to be him.
Zhao Wuhe knew that pushing too hard would backfire, so she made an excuse, saying she had something to do and had to leave. Before leaving, she glanced at the hoe in the corner.
Qingmei nodded tacitly, and her little hands began to tremble again.
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That night, the north wind died down and the snow stopped falling.
The old man is in poor health and sleeps deeply.
Qingmei got up quietly, put on three layers of warm clothes on the left and three layers on the right, and went downstairs.
The moon in the sky seemed to have rough edges and was foggy.
At three o'clock in the morning, Qingmei was about to make an appointment with Zhao Wuhe to dig a grave, and she felt uneasy.
In order to give herself courage, she put Gu Qingzhou's soldier photo in her pocket to... ward off evil spirits.
His righteous look is the best way to ward off evil... I guess.
Who knew that when Qingmei was standing at the foot of the mountain waiting for Zhao Wuhe to take out the photo, a flock of crows flew by... She felt a sudden wind around her, and it seemed like thunder was about to happen.
Heaven will not allow the female supporting character to be with the male lead.
Even a photo.
Qingmei quickly picked up the photo with a handkerchief, and the gathered dark clouds circled over her head and dissipated.
Qingmei felt strange because when Zhao Wuhe showed her the photos in the afternoon, everything was fine.
Before going out, Qingmei couldn't sleep at night and was actually thinking about it.
Zhao Wuhe was right. Zhou Wu would never give up. Even if he was caught, his two brothers wouldn't let her go. Instead of waiting for death, it would be better to go on a blind date with Gu Qingzhou.
After all, Gu Qingzhou has the absolute strength to crush this group of thugs.
Besides, Gu Qingzhou was really attractive. Whether it was the sexy little mole on the bridge of his nose or the discipline buckle against his Adam's apple, it made her heart surge.
Even if he just sits in front of the camera, it is difficult to hide his sturdy and beautiful body curves.
The problem is that he is too attractive. Under his dignified appearance, his eyes reveal a wildness.
Qingmei thought hopefully, it was just a blind date and they didn't have to be together. Just having a cup of tea and making friends together wouldn't kill her, right?
The night was deep and foggy.
Qingmei covered her hot pocket and became very brave.
"Hello!"
Qingmei shuddered with fear and turned around to see Zhao Wuhe walking towards her carrying a hoe.
Zhao Wuhe was frightened when she saw her standing in the distance and giggling, not knowing that the girl was thinking about her son.
The two of them walked towards the cemetery together. The further they walked, the more hideous and terrifying the trees around them became.
Qingmei listened to her own anxious breathing. Seeing that they were about to dig up someone's ancestral grave at the cemetery, she couldn't help but say to Zhao Wuhe, "Can I see your son's photo again?"
Zhao Wuhe didn't know she was using it to ward off evil spirits, and was quite happy: "Look, if you want to look."
Qingmei took out the photo from her pocket, uncovered the handkerchief, and glanced at the righteous Gu Qingzhou.
Very good, I have become brave enough and I am not afraid anymore for the time being.
She quickly took out the photo and put it back before Zhao Wuhe could even see it clearly.
When we arrived at the cemetery, the atmosphere was completely different from the feeling we had going up the mountain.
Zhao Wuhe had died once before, but she still had a natural reverence for cemeteries. She shone her flashlight over each cemetery, swallowed, and said, "Let's start with the northern section and see if there's anything that's been dug up before. We won't dig up the newly deceased. Look here, one, two, three, four... twenty-one. We'll find three a day and try to find them in a week."
"...Okay." Qingmei knew that now was not the time to be afraid. She rubbed her hands and said, "Let's follow their house numbers, from youngest to oldest—"
House number?
Zhao Wuhe wanted to laugh but didn't dare. She suppressed her anger and said, "Then we have to be gentle, so as not to wake them up and force them to open the door for us, haha..."
"......" Qingmei shuddered. How cruel it must be to stand in the middle of a cemetery and tell jokes.
Seeing Qingmei was afraid, Zhao Wuhe couldn't help laughing: "We are already digging graves, be brave."
Qingmei said quietly, "Let's dig separately."
The smile on Zhao Wuhe's face paused and he said, "Why?"
"You were neighbors after all." Qingmei smiled and pointed to the circle of graves in front of them and said, "Now that they see you're back, they might want to come and play with you."
Zhao Wuhe's face froze: "......"
Five minutes later.
The two men reconciled and continued to work hard with hoes.
As dawn approached, they realized they couldn't finish the job in a week. The ground was still frozen, and they dug for half the night, only to find one.
Qingmei and Zhao Wuhe came down the mountain exhausted. Knowing that Qingmei still had shepherd's purse cakes to sell, Zhao Wuhe said distressedly, "Auntie will accompany you. When we get there, we can take turns taking a nap."
Qingmei thought the suggestion was good, otherwise she really couldn't bear it. According to the female supporting role, she went to Captain Jin's house to borrow a bicycle and asked Zhao Wuhe to go back and wash her face first.
But just as I got on the bike, there was a loud rumbling sound in the sky, and it seemed like thunder was about to strike.
Qingmei, who was pushing a bicycle, was stunned. She looked up at the sky, pointed at the bicycle and said, "I'm pushing a bicycle. How can there be thunder when I'm pushing a bicycle?"
Boom!
Qingmei was speechless and choked with emotion, trying to lift the bicycle.
The moment she picked up the bicycle, the thunder stopped.
Pushing doesn’t work anymore?
Must carry it?
Qingmei: "...You idiot! You're just messing with me, right?!"
She pointed at the sky and was about to start cursing when Zhao Wuhe came back from washing up. She looked at Qingmei with surprise as she picked up the bicycle and said, "What are you doing?"
Qingmei said weakly: "I can't explain this to you."
"I understand..." Zhao Wuhe nodded: "It's hard to say."
“…”
You can say it that way if you must.
Qingmei and Zhao Wuhe took turns carrying the bicycles to the market, and passers-by were surprised.
The two of them were exhausted and panting. Zhao Wuhe thought to herself, "Son, your daughter-in-law is really your mother's daughter-in-law. If you don't respect your mother, I will punish you with thunder and lightning."
On their way over, a soldier in plain clothes who was looking for someone saw the man carrying the bicycle and ran over to tell him the news.
Gu Qingzhou was in a meeting and asked Bao Mi to convey the message.
Bao Mi originally wanted to say it quietly, but Gu Qingzhou felt that there was no need to hide it, so he asked Bao Mi to say it in front of everyone.
Bao Mi coughed and scratched his head. "The patrol soldiers said that the woman carrying the bicycle was... a godlike woman. It was none other than... your mother."
"......" Gu Qingzhou stopped writing and said, "Say it again?"
Seeing the leader's stern face, Bao Mi stammered, "It's really your mother. She ran so fast carrying the bicycle that the soldiers almost lost her."
Gu Qingzhou: "..."
I have to go back to this house.
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