1970s: Hot wife accompanies the army, cold-faced rough man is not easy to tease

Chapter 124: Covering his stomach and falling to the ground

When talking about Gu Qingye, Xiaodong was more excited than anyone else, and he talked to Qiu Tian about the egg pancakes he had eaten last time.

Although he still loves his biological father the most, Gu Qingye's position in his heart is infinitely close to Shen Xianling.

Being tall and mighty and being able to cook so many delicious dishes, he is a very powerful figure in the children's hearts. Even though Gu Qingye is serious, it does not affect the children's yearning for him.

"Thank you, Auntie." Qiu said in a soft voice and smiled shyly.

Lu Youyou has always liked pretty and sensible children. Qiu inherited Wang Manzhi's oval face and double eyelids. Because she is thin, her eyes look bigger and darker than grapes.

Lu Youyou smiled and said, "Eat more if you like it."

Qiu ate the food in small bites, cherishing it very much. She thought of her mother who had to vomit every day, and she was reluctant to eat the two in her hand.

She put it into her pocket carefully and shifted her position so as not to squash the cake.

This is the happiest sea-hunting experience I have had since my childhood in autumn.

My clothes and pants were not wet, I ate some delicious little cakes, and the bamboo basket was almost full. There were no shells, only fat fish.

"Autumn, can you talk to your family about coming out to play for a while every evening?"

There was a little boy looking at Autumn hesitantly, but Autumn hesitated for a few seconds and shook his head.

Xiaodong leaned in closer and whispered, "When your grandma is not at home one day, come find us. Zhuifeng can help keep watch and won't let your grandma find out."

Lu Youyou smiled. Xiaodong just has a lot of clever ideas. Zhuifeng, a fighting hero, not only has to play with him but also has to keep watch. His retirement life is extremely colorful.

Zhuifeng listened without moving his ears. He was used to it. His trainer had told him since he was young that he should take on as much responsibility as he has the ability, and that this is what happens when you are too outstanding.

Xiao Huihui stood on Lu Youyou's shoulder and curled his lips in disdain. Who could be better than him when it came to keeping watch? He simply disdained to participate in such childish activities, otherwise it would never have been his turn to chase the wind.

In the autumn, he brought back fish and his clothes and shoes were clean. Old Mrs. Wu glared at him for a long time but finally stopped scolding him.

Autumn took a handkerchief, wrapped the small cake and quietly stuffed it into the gap between the pillow and the quilt.

She also drank the cold porridge on the table carefully. There was still a hint of sweetness in her mouth. Today's porridge was as sweet as honey water.

Autumn waited all day and finally waited for her mother to come home from get off work.

Wang Manzhi walked over slowly, holding her belly. Old Mrs. Wu went over to help her, cursing at her. Sometimes she told her not to go to work because the child was more important. Sometimes she said that whoever hurt her precious grandson would be the sinner of the Wu family.

Wang Manzhi acted as if she didn't hear anything, held the door open, and pulled her arm out of Old Lady Wu's hand.

Old Mrs. Wu gnashed her teeth in hatred, but there was nothing she could do so she could only turn around and vent her anger on her granddaughter.

"Autumn, Autumn, where has that damn girl been hiding again? Don't you know how to pour water for your mother?!"

Qiu trotted over to pour a cup of warm water, and Old Mrs. Wu slapped her on the shoulder but the water didn't spill.

After finally waiting for Old Mrs. Wu to go to the kitchen, Qiu Qiu tiptoed back to the room and took out the small cake she had hidden for a day.

"Mom, you eat."

Autumn raised her little hands high, and the cake wrapped in a handkerchief was still fluffy and sweet, just like when she ate it in the morning.

Wang Manzhi's cold and indifferent eyes fell on the pair of small hands, with some fluctuations in her eyes, but she didn't respond for half a minute.

"Where did it come from?"

Qiu Tiannan said, "Auntie Lu gave it to me when we were fishing at the beach."

Wang Manzhi thought of the confrontation between Lu Youyou and the Wu family that morning and lowered her eyes: "Eat it yourself."

Qiu Tian was anxious and stood on tiptoe to hand the cake to Wang Manzhi: "I ate it this morning. This is for mom. It's delicious!" Wang Manzhi's clenched hands were like the high wall in her heart.

She didn't know how to face Autumn. She had never liked girls, not even herself.

She grew up in neglect. The food, supplies and care her parents received were all left over by her younger brother, who was even unwilling to give them to her.

The elder sister is the eldest, and the younger sister and brother are twins, a boy and a girl. She is the only one stuck in the middle and no one cares about her.

She tried her best to prove that she was no worse than anyone else, but the first thing her parents said after she was admitted to the radio station was, "Can you give your job to your younger brother?"

She tried her best to find a husband-in-law family that her parents could not ignore, but her husband-in-law family was no different.

When she was born in the autumn, what she faced was the scolding from her mother-in-law outside the delivery room and the silence from her husband.

Wang Manzhi was unwilling to accept the fact that no one cared about her taking over the prime-time program and why Qiu Qiu was not a boy.

She thought that all her suffering would end as long as she gave birth to a son, but she failed because she was injured during childbirth. Perhaps autumn is her only chance in this life.

Without a son, the only thing Wang Manzhi could hold on to was her job.

She has grown up without anyone paying attention to her, so what's wrong with autumn?

However, no matter how much she ignored him, Qiu's admiration for her never diminished. But the more she did so, the more Wang Manzhi could not face the daughter she had ignored since she was born.

The tug of war between guilt and obsession forced her to arm herself with indifference day after day.

"Eat it yourself."

Wang Manzhi stood up with the help of the table and no longer looked at Qiu Tian’s anxious face.

"Mom?" Qiu's hands trembled. The two small cakes seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. "Mom..."

"You damned girl, where did you steal again? Tell me, where did this come from?!"

Old Mrs. Wu rushed in with a spatula in hand and snatched the handkerchief away. The soft cake turned into a shapeless dough in a second.

Qiu was so frightened that he stood there stunned. Two red marks appeared on the palms of his hands, which were scratched by Old Lady Wu's fingernails.

Wang Manzhi's hands tightened for a moment, and her heart felt a pang.

Old Mrs. Wu glanced at Wang Manzhi and said, "The older one is shameless, and the younger one she gave birth to is also shameless!"
Everyone said that this daughter-in-law was a good wife, but Old Mrs. Wu never liked her. She couldn't give birth to grandchildren and always had a dead look on her face.

Every time she started to scold, Wu Weimin would stop her, saying that it was all for the sake of the baby in her belly. But who was she trying to fool? The son she had raised with so much effort was completely bewitched by Wang Manzhi!

He insisted on marrying a skinny woman who didn't even have two pounds of flesh on her body. Who knows if Mr. Wang used some despicable tricks. They have been married for six or seven years and only got pregnant in one autumn. After a lot of effort, she got pregnant again, but she is sick all day long. Who knows who she is trying to show off to!

In other families, it is the mother-in-law who sets the rules for the daughter-in-law, but in their family, it is the opposite, with the mother-in-law serving the whole family.

The aroma of the small cakes did not diminish even after they turned into lumps. The smell of eggs and milk continued to stimulate Mrs. Wu's nerves.

"You haven't learned your lesson since childhood. You didn't know how to respect your elders when you got something good. What are you trying to do by hiding it secretly?!"

She glanced at Wang Manzhi with a forced smile.

"Don't tell me your mom gave it to you. You made so much money and only bought two snacks. I'm going to go out and ask who has such an unfilial daughter-in-law!"

Qiu Qiu cried, "No, no, mom, no..."

Wang Manzhi clenched her fists, her expression becoming increasingly grim. "Mom, don't be so harsh. I... well..."

Her facial features suddenly twisted, and she fell to the ground, holding her stomach.

(End of this chapter)