Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

Yang Qingqing left the family quarters and headed for the nearest town.

He first came to the hospital entrance to check if her name was on the admission list.

When you see Yang Qingqing's name, remember that the reporting time is from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm three days later and the reporting materials you need to bring

Yang Qingqing walked to the post office

"Hello, comrade, I'm looking for the commander of the Second Battalion, Yang Qinghe."

"Hello, comrade. Who are you?" a young voice said on the phone.

"My name is Yang Qingqing, and I'm Yang Qinghe's sister. I have something important to talk to him about. Is it convenient for him to answer the phone now?"

"Okay, I'll go inform Comrade Yang Qinghe right away, and I'll have him call you back. Can you hang up first and wait by the side?"

Yang Qingqing replied, "Okay, I'll wait for him to call back. This number will do. Thank you, comrade."

After a while, the phone rang. Yang Qingqing picked up the phone immediately and heard

"Is this Qingqing? I'm your second brother. What's the matter? You seldom call your second brother!" A happy voice came.

"Second brother... Second brother... Eldest brother and his wife... They..." Yang Qingqing was choking with sobs and couldn't speak.

"What happened to my eldest brother? Don't cry. They bullied you. Don't worry, I'm here. Tell me quickly. Don't scare me." The second brother hurriedly comforted him.

"No, no, no, they didn't bully me, it was my elder brother, my elder brother and his wife who sacrificed themselves."

There was silence on the other end, and then I heard the phone fall to the ground.

"Is it true? How is it possible? How could it be possible?" the second brother murmured.

"Brother, did you hear it? I found out yesterday evening. Uncle Chen came to our house today to officially inform us."

"I, I, I, I...I know, I know, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, take care of yourself and the children. I will take leave and come to find you right away. Take care of yourself," the second brother said tremblingly.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it. We'll be waiting for you, brother. Be safe on the road, bye."

"Goodbye, I'll be there soon"

After hanging up the phone, Yang Qingqing wiped her tears and walked back. It was already late, and she had spent a lot of time on the road.

It was almost dark when I got home

"Wenjing, Wenxuan, Wenyuan, Wenqian, I'm back," Yang Qingqing said as she entered the room.

Several children were standing at the door of the main room, and it was obvious that they had been crying again.

"It's okay, aunt is back, everything will be fine, tell me what you want to eat and I'll make it for you," Yang Qingqing said with all her might.

"No need, auntie. Aunt Guihua from next door came to our house this afternoon and brought a bowl of dumplings. Aunt Guo, Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Li also came in the afternoon and brought steamed buns and vegetables. We can just eat these in the evening. There is no need to cook anymore," Wen Jing said.

Yang Qingqing: "I see. Let's heat up the food and eat first."

As he said this, he walked towards the kitchen and saw several large bowls on the stove, containing steamed buns, dumplings, 6 eggs, and a bowl of mixed vegetables.

Of course, the steamed buns and dumplings are not made of pure white flour. You can't tell what kind of flour they are mixed with, but you can see that there is white flour. There is no meat in the dishes, but there is meat residue. It should be that several families specially made it and sent it over.

Yang Qingqing kept this kindness in her heart.

"Wenjing, let's heat up the food and eat."

Yang Qingqing thought to herself, "I can't do anything about it. Wen Jing, please bear with me. When I learn how to do it, you won't have to start the fire. The main thing is that I can't be exposed now."

Wenjing lit a fire and boiled water, and put the meal on the table. Yang Wenjing took advantage of the fire on the stove to add a pot of water so that they could wash after eating. In summer, adults can use cold water, but children still need to use hot water to take a bath. Yang Qingqing is not an adult now, so one pot of hot water should be enough for the whole family.

Everyone at the table had a poor appetite and didn't eat much, so Yang Qingqing asked the children to at least eat the eggs. Wen Yuan and Wen Qian ate two dumplings, but the rest were basically untouched.

After finishing the meal and resting for a while, Yang Qingqing began to prepare to give the children a bath and bed.

Wen Jing: "Aunt, don't worry about me, I can do it myself. I can help you give Wen Yuan and the others a bath."

Yang Wenyuan: "Aunt, aunt, aunt, I don't want to wash, I'm not dirty yet, okay~ aunt~ okay~ aunt"

"No, it's hot in the summer. We must love cleanliness to avoid getting sick. Be obedient and you'll be well soon. Wenxuan, Wenyuan, and Wenqian are all good children, and they are all good babies who love cleanliness."

"Okay~"

Wen Yuan looked a little aggrieved, but seeing that his brother and sister had no objection, he could only agree.

After taking a bath, they put the children on the bed. Because the room was not big, the bed could not accommodate five people, so Wenyuan and Wenxuan went back to their own small room, and Wenjing carried Wenqian to their room.

It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, so Yang Qingqing closed the door and asked everyone to rest early.

On the third day, before dawn, I heard someone knocking on the door.

"Qingqing, Qingqing, Qingqing, open the door, my second brother is here"

"Here I come, here I come, wait a minute," Yang Qingqing said

When I opened the door, I found my second brother and his wife standing at the door without their children.

"Brother and sister-in-law, you are all here. What should we do with the child? You must be tired from traveling. Come in and have a rest."

Second sister-in-law: "Qingqing, don't be afraid of what happened to Wenxuan and the others. Second brother and sister-in-law are here. Everything will be fine. Don't worry, we are here for you."

The second brother said, "Yes, yes, yes, don't worry, I'm here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

As he was talking, he saw several children getting up and opening the door to come out.

"Hello, Uncle and Aunt."

"Hello, Uncle and Aunt."

"Hello, Uncle and Aunt."

"Hello, Uncle and Aunt." Wen Qian hid behind Wen Jing and whispered hello, looking a little scared.

The other children are all good, they all remember their uncle and aunt. Only Wen Qian is too young to remember them, but she knows how to talk to her older brothers and sisters, which is also good.

Yang Qinghe looked at the children, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, all good."

Ma Liyue also nodded and smiled

"Brother and sister-in-law, you haven't eaten yet. I'll go heat up some food. Yesterday, the aunties and sisters-in-law from the compound sent me a lot of food. We haven't finished eating yet. Let's make do with this to fill our stomachs. I'll make something else for you. Is that okay?"

Before the second brother could say anything, the second sister-in-law spoke up, "What's wrong with that? We have one family and we can just make do with it. You don't have to worry about it. We are a family and we don't care if there is anything left."

"Okay, you guys sit down and wait, it will be ready soon." Yang Qingqing said and went to the kitchen

Liu Wenjing also followed. She knew that her aunt was not very good at making a fire, so she wanted to help.

"Wenjing, boil some water to heat up the rice first. I'll make some egg soup. It won't be good to have nothing to drink. Your second uncle and his men came here overnight."

"Okay, I understand, Auntie, do we have any eggs?"

"Ah~ Yes, how can there be no eggs? I see there are still a lot of eggs in the basket, don't worry."

"Brother and sister-in-law, please make do with what you have. I'll make something else right away." Yang Qingqing brought out the hot rice and egg soup.

"Don't worry, these are enough," said the second sister-in-law, and the second brother nodded immediately.

"It's okay, we have to eat too, so we won't do anything else, just something simple."

"What you heated up is enough. Stop busying yourself. Come and eat. Let's eat together." The second brother stood up and tried to pull Yang Qingqing to stop busying himself.

"Okay, okay, I'll bring out the rest and we can eat together. Wenxuan will help his brothers and sisters finish cooking."

"Okay, auntie."

"Wenjing, go out and have some food. I'll take the rest out."

"Aunt, do you need my help? I can help you," Wen Jing said

"No, no, just go out and sit down."

Yang Qingqing thought to herself, "It's okay for you to help me, but I still have to cheat, otherwise there won't be enough left over from yesterday." She took out 6 more black rice buns, which looked easier to fool than white flour buns.

No one at the table asked why there were so many more steamed buns. My second brother and his wife had just arrived and didn't know, and the children were still young and didn't care much. Only Wen Jing was puzzled for a moment, but she didn't take it to heart.

After dinner, the second brother asked Wen Jing to take Wen Xuan and the others to play in the yard, leaving Yang Qingqing to talk.

The children were obedient and went out, but they were not in the mood to play, so they just squatted and dug the soil.

"Qingqing, my elder brother and his wife really...really..." The second brother couldn't continue.

"Well, the day before yesterday afternoon, I went to the hospital to see my sister-in-law for the last time." Yang Qingqing lowered her head, tears flowing uncontrollably.

The second sister-in-law sighed and said, "Hey, how could this happen? What should we do with the children? They are still so young, what should we do?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. This is how soldiers are. Back then, my mother left behind such a young child, Qingqing. Now my elder brother and his wife have left behind several more children. This is fate," said the second brother, with red eyes.

"Qingqing, what are your plans? Does the organization have any opinions? Talk to me about it."

"I don't know. I just took the job recruitment exam and passed. I can report to the hospital tomorrow, but now my family is like this. I don't know what to do.

At least Uncle Chen came to our house to inform us, but he didn’t say anything else, just that the organization would not ignore us.”

"Brother, what do you think I should do? And what about Wenxuan and the other kids? Wenqian and Wenyuan don't quite understand what's going on."

"I'm really confused. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to tell them how my elder brother and sister-in-law died. I haven't mentioned this in the past two days," Yang Qingqing said.

Second brother: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, second brother knows, I know, don't panic, you have second brother and second sister-in-law. Don't tell them about the children for now, wait until they are older, it's a good thing that you can work, you still have to go, and then we will wait and see how the organization arranges it, and then see what to do next."

Second sister-in-law: "Qingqing, relax, we are here, things will eventually pass"

Everyone was silent for a while

"Ding~Ding~Ding" the door was knocked

"Who is it? You are here!" Yang Qingqing returned

"I'm Uncle Chen, I'm coming in." He pushed the door open and came in, followed by the two guards from last time and the political commissar of the Second Regiment.

"Hello Uncle Chen, Hello Uncle Xu, Hello Uncle Security Guard"

The children all stood up and said hello

Yang Qinghe and Ma Liyue followed out of the house after hearing who was coming.

"Hello, Uncle Chen, please come in," Yang Qingqing said

"Why do you call him Uncle Chen? Isn't there a generation gap?" The second brother glanced at Yang Qingqing.

Chen Shuangying waved his hands and said gently, "It's okay. I asked you to call me that. Comrade Qingqing is not an adult either. To me, she is the same as Qingshan's child. Don't worry about it. Let's talk about business."