Two generations of military wives compete for time

The hot summer has arrived. Grandpa Lu Kaipu and grandma Chen Yalu put their luggage outside the door, waiting for driver Shi Jiayang to pick them up to go to the provincial capital. At nine o'clock in the morning, Shi Jiayang parked the car outside the gate and loaded the luggage into the car.

Rukaipu gave a bunch of keys to his neighbor and asked him to help look after the yard.

We set off at 9:30, with happy smiles on their faces. They never thought they could live to this age.

They experienced the gunfire of the Anti-Japanese War and witnessed the bullets and shells of the War of Liberation. During that period, they lost their loved ones and were left alone and helpless, relying on each other for survival.

After liberation, they carefully avoided various political movements such as land reform, the Four Cleanups, and the Cultural Revolution. The family of three had just spent a few years of stable and comfortable life. Who would have thought that when they were middle-aged, they would lose their beloved daughter, and then find her again.

After that, he did everything he could to help his beloved daughter and support the healthy growth of his four grandchildren. Although he went through a lot of hardships, he felt very satisfied when he thought that he could still contribute to his old age.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Qian Yizhen welcomed grandma and grandpa home. Qian Yiyun was busy putting the prepared food on the table. Lu Kaipu and Chen Yalu washed up and went to the table to eat. After not seeing grandma and grandpa for half a year, they were much more energetic.

Qian Yizhen raised his glass and said, "Welcome grandma and grandpa to my home. I wish you, who are still strong in their old age, will live younger and younger." Everyone echoed in unison, "Good! Good! Good!"

After dinner and chatting, Qian Yiyun made the beds for her grandparents and told them to go to bed and rest.

Grandpa Lu Kaipu said to grandma Chen Yalu: "Yizhen is a person who can do great things. We must help Yizhen take care of the children and not hold her back."

Chen Yalu nodded and said, "Let's go to bed quickly. Let's go around tomorrow and get familiar with the environment and adapt to it as soon as possible. If we have to fight, we have to fight a prepared battle." After a while, a low snoring sound was heard.

The old man slept little, so early the next morning, Lu Kaipu and Chen Yalu went downstairs for a walk. Taking a walk in the morning and evening every day is their fitness habit. By the way, they also scouted the situation in the Jinyu Academy community and its surroundings.

After the walk, grandpa bought fried buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk for breakfast. Yizhen and Yiyun happily ate until they were full. Yiyun left for school and said, "Grandma and grandpa, if I keep eating like this, I'll be a fat pig." Grandpa smiled but didn't answer.

Qian Yizheng said, "Grandpa and grandma, there is an ancient street not far to the south of our Jinyu Academy. Do you want me to accompany you for a walk?" Grandma looked at Qian Yizheng's big belly and said, "Okay. Pregnant women should walk more so that they can give birth faster." After that, the three of them went downstairs and went shopping.

In fact, Lu Kaipu Chen Yalu has a deep impression of this ancient street, because they lived here when they were young. Although some ancient buildings no longer exist after vicissitudes and wars, 60 to 70 percent of the ancient buildings still stand in their original state on the ancient street, and are protected there as national cultural relics.

The three of them walked and looked around. Lu Kaipu was surprised to find that the old medicine shop where he worked as an apprentice when he was a teenager was still in business. It was now renamed: State-owned Medicinal Materials Company. In my impression, the ancient street was in the shape of a cross, and the intersection was the most prosperous. There were shops on both sides of the road, and behind the shops were the deep courtyards of the wealthy businessmen.

The more Chen Yalu walked around Lukaipu, the more familiar she became. Memories from her childhood and youth came to her mind one after another.

It would take too long to walk around the ancient street, so Lu Kaipu looked at the position of the sun and said, "Let's go back so as not to tire Yizhen out." The group of three turned around and went back.

With the arrival of their grandparents, Qian Yizhen and Qian Yiyun felt much more relaxed, just like an underage child snuggling up to his parents, feeling warm and at ease. Facing their grandparents' kind faces every day, they felt full of happiness.

The due date was just a few days away. Qian Yizhen felt that her body was getting heavier and heavier. She could only sleep half lying and half sitting at night. Sometimes she had difficulty breathing and had to keep changing her sleeping position. Her appetite was also getting worse. She deeply felt the difficulty of being a mother.

Over the weekend, Qian Yiyun brought bad news. Her eldest brother Qian Zuhui wrote to her and said, "Grandma Qian is dying. Please let Qian Yizhen, Qian Yiyun, and Qian Zuhua go back to our hometown to see Grandma Qian for the last time."

Without waiting for Qian Yizheng to speak, Qian Yiyun said, "Sister, you are not in good health to travel now, so I can go back to my hometown alone. Who knows what trouble our grandma, dad, and brother will cause." After that, Qian Yiyun got up and went to the bedroom to pack her luggage.

Qian Yizheng stuffed a thousand yuan into Qian Yiyun's pocket and said, "A poor family can be a rich road, so it's better to be prepared. Be careful on the road. Pay more attention to your parents' health. They are both in their fifties. If they get sick and can't bear it, tell me in time." Qian Yiyun took the money, put it in her underwear pocket, and nodded to her sister.

Qian Yizhen planned to work harder to earn money within three years, buy a big house, bring Qian Ma to live with him, and love her well.