Marrying a childless superior, she became pregnant and lived a carefree life in the 1970s.

Chapter 104 Tuberculosis
Gu Jianing: "I just think that Xi-ge, you are such a good husband, and you will definitely be a good father in the future."

She was telling the truth. Ever since she found out she was pregnant, Sheng Zexi had been asking Dr. Hao what pregnant women should pay attention to and how to take care of them, and he had been practicing those things very well.

However, Gu Jianing hasn't told her family or her maternal grandparents about her pregnancy yet. She'll wait until things are stable after three months before telling them the good news.

Upon hearing his wife's praise, Sheng Zexi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and smile broadly. "Of course," he said, "I, Sheng Zexi, can guarantee that I am absolutely the best husband in the world."

As for being a father, he has never been one before and doesn't know how to be one.

He didn't have a clear idea in his mind yet, but he thought that if it were his and Ningning's child, he would try his best to be a good father.

Gu Jianing roughly understood the unspoken meaning in Sheng Zexi's words, gave him a light glare, and said nothing more.

Qin Tian, ​​who was sitting in the back seat and watched the whole thing, thought: "Sister Gu and her brother-in-law have such a good relationship."

The jeep slowly drove out of the military region. Kaoshan Village was not far away, and with Qin Tian's directions, they arrived in less than ten minutes.

After getting out of the car, Gu Jianing stood in front of the Qin family's house.

Surprisingly, she had previously thought the Qin family was very poor and might live in a thatched hut or an adobe house, but she never expected it to be a brick and tile house that, while not very big, was not small either.

Seeing Gu Jianing looking at the house, Qin Tian also looked at the house, as if trying to see something through it, and said softly, "Grandma said that my parents paid for the construction of this house..."

Qin Tian had forgotten how long it had been since he had said the words "Dad" and "Mom." Now, even he felt a little unfamiliar with them.

They have been away from home for eight years.

They were suddenly picked up by car and left. At that time, Qin Tian and Qin Qing were only 2 years old.

Qin Qing, the older sister, doesn't have as good a memory as Qin Tian; she doesn't even remember what her parents look like.

Qin Tian, ​​on the other hand, has a long memory; he has remembered his memories from when he was 2 years old all these years.

He remembered that day, his mother was telling him and his sister how to make powerful weapons, and his father was using a knife to carve a small toy gun for him and his sister from a piece of wood.

It was an ordinary, yet heartwarming day.

The arrival of that car shattered the warmth and made the day anything but ordinary.

The car hurriedly picked up Mom and Dad and left without them even having time to pack their clothes.

The parents only had time to say goodbye to Grandma, and only had time to hug him and his sister.

He remembers his mother holding him and telling him to live well with his grandmother and wait for them to come back.

Perhaps it was a child's intuition, but that two-year-old Qin Tian cried and begged his parents not to leave.

He had a bad feeling, a feeling that told him that if his parents were gone, he might never see them again in this lifetime.

Therefore, we should keep Mom and Dad.

In the end, no matter how much Qin Tian cried, his parents still left.

Through their teary eyes, Xiao Qintian and his sister chased after the car, but ended up falling down and could only watch as the car carrying his parents quickly disappeared from sight.

after that……

During the time his parents were gone, he and his sister would cry from time to time whenever they thought about it.

Little Qin Tian also cried and asked his grandmother where his parents had gone.

At that moment, the old woman hugged him and his sister and said, "Your parents are going to do something very, very important for the country and the people."

"Xiaotian, Xiaoqing, don't blame your parents, they are great." Two-year-old Qintian couldn't understand the word "great." He only knew that he and his sister missed their parents, but their parents weren't there.

But children always seem to forget things faster.

One day, when Xiao Qintian thought of his parents, he suddenly realized that his older sister hadn't cried or mentioned them for a while.

Later, even though Qin Tian had a good memory, he was only 2 years old at the time. As he grew older, the scene of that day, including the figures and faces of his parents, seemed to gradually become blurred.

Mom and Dad, if you don't come back soon, my sister and I might forget about you.

In a weapons research institute in the far southeast region, a young woman assembling weapons suddenly felt a pang in her heart, and tears streamed down her face.

"What's wrong?" The husband beside her noticed the situation and asked anxiously.

The woman gently shook her head. "It's nothing. I just suddenly thought of the two children."

The man hugged his wife. "Soon, we'll be able to go back soon. Although we can't send letters back, we do send our wages back every month. Mother and the children should be doing alright."

"Well, I hope so."

The sadness was fleeting; time was of the essence, so the couple composed themselves and continued with their work.

In Kaoshan Village, Gu Jianing had already entered the Qin family home and arrived at Grandma Qin's kang (heated brick bed).

Grandma Qin was awake, and when she saw Gu Jianing and Sheng Zexi, the perfect couple, her eyes were full of kindness.

She coughed and said, "You must be the Sister Gu that Xiaotian mentioned who is so kind to them. Comrade Xiao Gu, thank you for coming over. It's so cold, I shouldn't have bothered you."

"They say life and death are predestined, and I've lived long enough as an old woman. I just can't stop worrying about my two children, cough cough..."

"Grandma..." Qin Tian and Qin Qing's eyes both reddened.

"Grandma, since you're worried about the two children, you should take good care of yourself. You should know that with the Qin family's situation, if you're not around, the two siblings might be bullied in some way."

While comforting her, Gu Jianing had the system bind Qin Apocalypse to the patient, and at the same time, her eyes scanned Qin Apocalypse's physical condition.

The conclusion was quickly reached that it was indeed tuberculosis.

She took Grandma Qin's pulse and finally said, "...it's tuberculosis."

When Granny Qin heard the words "tuberculosis" from her, her already pale and thin face turned ashen once more.

She has lived this long and has seen tuberculosis.

Very few people have been able to cure it.

Grandma Qin seemed to be able to foresee her own death.

She's lived to this age, it doesn't matter if she dies, but what will happen to her two children?

She knew that many people in the village were eyeing the Qin family's brick house with covetous eyes.

My son and daughter-in-law have been gone for eight years now, without even a letter, let alone sending money back. Otherwise, this family, with its old and young members, wouldn't be in such dire straits.

I wonder if she'll be able to see them return before she closes her eyes.

As she thought about it, cloudy tears streamed down Grandma Qin's face.

"Grandma..." Qin Tian and his sister were stunned when they saw their grandmother crying.

"Hey, Grandma, don't cry. Even though it's tuberculosis, I didn't say it was incurable."