Xiao Shan, who was playing with a toy car nearby, heard the conversation between his mother and Huo Qiqi and said with a somewhat unhappy face, "Mom, I don't want to call Sister Huo "Auntie". I want to call her Sister Huo forever."
In Xiaoshan's mind, if he called her aunt, Huo Qiqi would control him in the future and not let him do this or that. If she called her sister, she would always buy him delicious food and fun things.
When Sister Liu was about to teach Xiaoshan a lesson, Huo Qiqi rubbed Xiaoshan's head and said softly, "Xiaoshan, don't be sad. From now on, you can still call me Sister Huo. Let's talk about our own things. Is that okay?"
Five-year-old Xiaoshan blinked his big eyes. Although he didn't understand what Huo Qiqi said, he heard the answer he wanted.
He tugged at the corner of his mother's clothes and said in a baby voice, "Mom, can I? Can I really keep calling you Sister Huo?"
Seeing her son's eager look, Sister Liu couldn't help but smile bitterly. She said, "Since your sister Huo said so, then make your decision. You must study hard in the future and become a capable person like your sister Huo when you grow up."
Huo Qiqi didn't want to say much about the children's education. She believed that Sister Liu and Brigade Commander Liu would educate their children well.
At this time, Brigade Commander Liu was also very happy. After all, he had been thinking along the way about how to repay Huo Qiqi's kindness to his whole family.
Now that his wife has recognized Huo Qiqi as her sister, Huo Qiqi will be considered a family member from now on, and he just needs to take good care of her.
Brigadier General Liu took out 200 yuan from his pocket and said, "Qiqi, since you are now my wife's sister, you are also my sister. I, your brother-in-law, didn't bring you any gifts. This 200 yuan is my gift for meeting you. You must accept it."
Huo Qiqi looked at the 200 yuan in Brigade Commander Liu's hand but did not take it. Sister Liu next to her took the money and stuffed it directly into the package Huo Qiqi was carrying.
Seeing Sister Liu and her husband doing this, Huo Qiqi was quite moved. She understood that Sister Liu wanted to recognize her as her sister just to increase her capital to make a living. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, a little orphan like her could easily be manipulated.
No matter what happens in the future, as long as outsiders know that she has a sister who is the wife of a brigade commander, they will be somewhat wary. Although her parents had many comrades-in-arms when they were alive, Huo Qiqi did not want to disturb their normal life.
Even if it was Sister Liu and Brigade Commander Liu, Huo Qiqi would not take the initiative to ask them to do anything for her. However, if she did business in the mainland in the future, the identities of Brigade Commander Liu and his wife would invisibly help her avoid many detours.
All in all, this is a good thing. After all, she did feel the kindness of Sister Liu and her husband.
Since they had this sisterly relationship, Sister Liu was even more reluctant to let Huo Qiqi leave immediately. After Sister Liu's strong persuasion, and considering that the guards would easily get tired after driving for a long time, Huo Qiqi decided to set off the next day.
Under the arrangement of Brigadier Commander Liu, Huo Qiqi and Xiao Li came to the guesthouse in the military compound. Looking at the clean and tidy environment of the guesthouse, Huo Qiqi stretched and sighed that too many things happened that day.
After Xiao Li put the package away, he hurried outside and got a pot of hot water.
Huo Qiqi looked at Xiao Li's busy appearance and said with pity, "Xiao Li, you haven't had a good rest in the car these past few days. Go wash up first. I'll go out to buy some food. Let's have a good rest today. We have to leave early tomorrow morning."
Xiao Li nodded, yawned, and said to Huo Qiqi, "Qiqi, you don't need to buy a lot of food. I don't have much appetite right now. You're right, I feel very sleepy now. I need to have a good sleep."
Huo Qiqi smiled, turned around and left the guesthouse. Under the guidance of others, Huo Qiqi came to the local state-owned restaurant and packed a lot of food and some big buns.
Since she recognized Sister Liu as her elder sister, Huo Qiqi also had to prepare something for Xiaoshan. She found the largest supply and marketing cooperative here and bought a lot of delicious food and fun things. She even bought two sets of children's clothes and shoes.
After scanning the system, Huo Qiqi found out that Brigadier General Liu had many old injuries and needed to be properly nursed back to health, so she took out two jars of prepared medicinal wine from the system space.
The medicinal wine in the system space was brewed by Huo Qiqi in the system space not long ago when she was bored. The wine was brewed using ancient methods using wheat harvested from the space. In addition, two ginseng roots of thirty or forty years old were placed in each jar of the wine, so the value of the wine was very high.
The military compound at this time.
When Xiaoshan saw the small yard prepared by his father, he fell in love with it at once. It was much better than the mud house in his hometown. The yard had a lot of space and many fruits and vegetables were planted in the yard. His father also raised two laying hens.
Seeing Xiaoshan's happy expression, Brigade Commander Liu put his things away, came to his wife, and said gently, "Meizi, thank you and Xiaoshan for your hard work this time. You can live here with peace of mind from now on. We will not separate."
Liu Meizi nodded. Seeing how considerate her husband was, she gradually let go of the sadness and grievances she had felt over the years. After all, she was a military wife.
"Old Liu, we need to prepare some more things for Qiqi to take on the road. We are separated this time and we don't know when we will meet again." Liu Meizi said as she came to the kitchen.
The kitchen was very clean, with rice, flour, grain, and oil all available. Liu Meizi knew Huo Qiqi loved eating big meat buns, so she said to Brigade Commander Liu, "Old Liu, go get some fresh pork, the kind with both fat and lean meat. I'll make some big meat buns for Qiqi and Xiaoshan."
Upon hearing his wife's arrangement, Brigadier General Liu said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go now." Looking at his wife busy, Brigadier General Liu joked, "Meizi, you really care about Huo Qiqi."
Liu Meizi knew her husband was joking, so she smiled and then said seriously, "Old Liu, do you believe me? I can guarantee that Qiqi will achieve great things in the future. Isn't it a very proud thing to have such a capable sister?"
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