"Chen Chengyi, come on, we will definitely live a good life." Su Yuehua's voice was clear and soft. She hugged Shen Chengyi's waist with one hand and stretched out the other hand unconsciously. Her two thin legs swayed in the air as the bicycle moved forward.
The grass on both sides of the road in the compound has just sprouted, and the sun is shining brightly, bringing the spring atmosphere.
Su Yuhua sat in the passenger seat, looking at the two people on the bicycle through the rearview mirror, and asked Gu Beichen who was driving on the side: “Beichen, what do you think of Shen Chengyi?”
Gu Beichen gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, glanced at the front and rear view mirrors and said, "This kid is not as simple as he looks. I suspect he was pretending to be drunk last night."
"Aren't you talking nonsense? If he was simple, my father wouldn't have chosen him as his son-in-law."
.......
Shen Chengyi rode his bike with Su Yuehua directly back to the family compound. As soon as he parked his bike, he saw the second battalion commander coming over with a letter in his hand.
"Chengyi, there is a letter from your hometown. I brought it back to you directly." The second battalion commander said, handing over the letter in his hand.
"Thank you." Shen Chengyi took the letter and thanked him.
Su Yuehua came over and asked, "Yes, is mother here?"
Shen Chengyi picked up the envelope, glanced at the handwriting on it and said, “The letter was written by my eldest brother.”
"A letter from my eldest brother? I guess it's about my eldest sister-in-law's pregnancy." After returning, Su Yuehua hadn't received any letter from Li Yumei. She was still worried that she didn't go for the prenatal check-up, so she thought of asking Shen Chengyi to write a letter back to ask.
Shen Chengyi tore open the letter, glanced at it quickly, and then handed it to Su Yuehua, "Brother, the letter said that he took his sister-in-law to the hospital for a check-up after the New Year. His sister-in-law is indeed pregnant, and the due date is in early July, but the baby is developing slowly."
Shen Chengzhong's letter was very short, but Su Yuehua could see from the words how happy he was to be a father again.
After reading the letter, Su Yuehua discovered that Shen Chengzhong's handwriting was very beautiful and it was impossible to tell that it was written by an old farmer.
She couldn't help but ask out of curiosity: "Chengyi, what is your education level, brother?"
"My father died in elementary school, and my mother took the three of us back to our hometown. Life was very difficult, and my eldest brother dropped out of elementary school." Shen Chengyi has always felt particularly guilty towards Shen Chengzhong. Although the two brothers are only two years apart in age, Shen Chengzhong has given so much for this family.
"That's really a pity." It is said that the handwriting reflects the character of the person. Su Yuehua looked at the handwriting on the letter and felt sorry for Shen Chengzhong.
Shen Chengyi couldn't help but sigh heavily and said, "Actually, my eldest brother gave me this opportunity to join the army. When my eldest brother was eighteen years old, my father's comrades-in-arms found us and wanted my eldest brother to join the army, but my eldest brother was worried that if he left, the burden of the whole family would fall on my mother, so he gave me the opportunity to join the army."
"My father's comrades also took my family's actual situation into consideration, but they also felt that I was too young, so they sent me to the army the following year. That same year, my eldest brother married my eldest sister-in-law."
Now Shen Chengyi still can't forget what Shen Chengzhong said at that time, "Uncle Wu, let Chengyi go. He is skinny and can't do much work at home. It's just right for him to go to the army for training. I am the eldest son in the family, and I have the responsibility to stay in this family to take care of my mother and younger sister."
Su Yuehua was somewhat moved by what she heard. She could understand Shen Chengyi's guilt and gratitude towards Shen Chengzhong. "Chengyi, let's go to the department store and buy two bags of milk powder and two bottles of malted milk to mail back to my sister-in-law so that she can replenish her body."
"Yuehua, thank you." Shen Chengyi's voice was a little choked. He didn't expect Su Yuehua to be so considerate, and he was somewhat moved.
"Thank me for what? Thank me for being so considerate? Su Yuehua couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. She has never been a stingy person, and she knows that even if she doesn't say it, Shen Chengyi will do it.
It would be better for her to say it first. She is not as stupid as the original owner.
......
The next day, Su Yuehua came back from get off work and waited at the bus stop for a long time but Shen Chengyi did not come to pick her up.
She knew that Shen Chengyi never broke his promise, and she was a little worried that he might have encountered trouble.
As the weather gradually warmed up, the days grew longer, and by the time she walked back home, it was just getting dark.
She took out the door key from her bag and was about to open the door when the door opposite opened.
Sister Qiuju came out and said, "Yuehua, you're back. Chengyi asked me to tell you that he has a temporary mission, so you should take care of yourself."
"Sister Qiuju, thank you. Did Chengyi say when he will be back?" Su Yuehua thanked politely.
"They left in a hurry this time. My husband also left, and he didn't say when he would be back. Yuehua, I still have some vegetables stewing in the pot. I'll go back first." After saying this, Sister Qiuju turned around and went back into the house.
Su Yuehua saw that Sister Qiuju's door was closed, then she turned around and pushed open the door.
He was still a little uncomfortable looking at the empty house.
Every day when I get home from get off work, I can see Shen Chengyi busy in the kitchen.
......
Shen Chengyi has been gone for more than half a year and there has been no news from him.
At this moment, Su Yuehua felt that if she had not been lying in the house assigned to Shen Chengyi by the army, she would have suspected that Shen Chengyi had never been here, and all this was just her dream.
The next morning, Su Yuehua went to work as usual. As soon as she entered the hospital, she met Lin Yaping who was off work at night.
Lin Yaping felt distressed when she saw the obvious dark circles under Su Yuehua's eyes. "Yuehua, Chengyi hasn't come back yet? I told you a long time ago to go back home, but you are so stubborn."
"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry. I'm going to work and I won't tell you anything." Su Yuehua was really afraid of Lin Yaping's nagging, so she ran upstairs in a hurry after saying that.
Su Yuehua changed into her nurse's uniform and just walked to the nurses' station when she saw Fang Lina whispering something to the head nurse. She didn't take it seriously and walked to the workbench to start preparing today's medicine.
Qian Xiaoyan saw that the head nurse was not there, so she came over and whispered, "In the second half of the night, several injured male soldiers were sent in, and Fang Lina started to act like a peacock again."
"What male soldier?" Su Yuehua's heart skipped a beat when she heard the word "injured". Shen Chengyi had been on a mission and there had been no news, so she felt uneasy.
"That's it..." Qian Xiaoyan was interrupted just as she opened her mouth to speak.
"Excuse me, is Su Yuehua here?"
When Su Yuehua heard the voice of the Second Battalion Commander, she felt a sudden pain in her heart. She put down the medicine she had just prepared and walked over quickly. "Second Battalion Commander, is there anything wrong?"
The second battalion commander looked very tired, and his voice was low and hoarse, "Sister-in-law, Chengyi is injured."
"Chengyi is injured. Where is he injured? Is it serious?" Hearing that Shen Chengyi was injured, Su Yuehua was extremely anxious and asked anxiously before the second battalion commander finished speaking.
Seeing her so excited, the second battalion commander quickly comforted her, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Listen to me, Chengyi is fine. He just suffered a minor injury. He was sent to the hospital late last night. He didn't let me inform you because he was afraid of waking you up."
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