Two generations of military wives compete for time

Qian Yiyun hurried back to her hometown. As soon as she entered the house, Qian's mother stood up from the stone bench, waved her hands and shouted, "The beautiful baby is here, I miss the baby." Qian Yiyun ran over and hugged Qian's mother.

The strange smell coming from Qian's mother's body hit her face. There were a lot of grass debris stuck on her messy long hair, and her dark face was covered with sweat. Qian Yiyun couldn't bear to look at it. She stroked her mother quietly, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Qian Yiyun comforted Qian's mother and went to see Qian's grandmother, only to see Qian's grandmother lying quietly on the bed, Qian's father, Qian Zuhui, and Qian Zuhua were sitting on the edge of the kang, Qian's grandfather was sitting on a chair smoking a pipe, and Zuhui's wife and two sons were standing by the door.

Dad Qian looked at Qian Yiyun and said, "Your grandma hasn't eaten or drunk for several days. She's just lying in bed, hanging on to her last breath. It looks like she will die in the next two days." Qian Yiyun nodded to his dad.

Qian's father asked, "Where's your sister? Why didn't she come back with you?" Qian Yiyun said, "My sister is pregnant and it's her due date, so she can't come." Qian's father didn't ask any more questions. At this time, Qian's grandmother moved her hands and then opened her eyes.

Dad Qian leaned over and said, "Mom, you're awake. Are you hungry? I'll bring you some food." Grandma Qian shook her head.

Dad Qian took off his shoes and got on the kang, and helped Grandma Qian sit up. Grandma Qian looked at her children and grandchildren in front of her, pointed to the cloth bag in the corner, and Dad Qian put the cloth bag in Grandma Qian's hand. Grandma Qian's hand was shaking, and she tried to open the cloth bag, but failed.

Qian Yiyun stepped forward to help Qian Nai open the cloth bag. Inside was a silver longevity lock and some money.

Grandma Qian pointed at the longevity lock. Qian Yiyun picked up the lock and took a look. The front of the lock was engraved with the words "Long Life and a Hundred Years" and the back was engraved with "Excellence". She pressed the small button next to it and the lock opened automatically. There was a black-and-white photo inside. It was a pair of cute twin babies with a longevity lock hanging around each neck. In the upper left corner of the photo it was written: "Zhuoran and Excellence, Hundred Days Commemoration".

Grandma Qian looked at Dad Qian, opened her mouth wide, and said with difficulty: "You are the son of my cousin from my mother's side, and you have a twin brother." Grandma Qian took a breath, closed her eyes, and relaxed for a while.

Grandma Qian leaned against Dad Qian and continued with her eyes closed: "Your father was a Kuomintang officer. Not long after you were born, we received the news that he had died in battle. Your father didn't know you existed. After liberation, your cousin lived in hiding and lived a hard life. When you were five months old, she contracted tuberculosis and entrusted her orphans to me. At that time, I had already given birth to five daughters and was in need of sons. I wanted to keep both of them, but my family was too poor, so I had to give the twin brothers to a teacher."

Qian Nai finished her speech in a halting manner and never opened her eyes again. Qian Nai was 81 years old.

After finishing Grandma Qian's funeral, Qian Yiyun and Qian Zuhua washed, dried, and sorted out all the clothes of Grandpa Qian, Dad Qian, and Mom Qian, and cleared out the debris in the yard and put them in order.

Qian Yizhen, Qian Yiyun and Qian Zuhua have all inherited their grandparents' good habit of cleanliness. When they see dirt and mess, they will inevitably clean it up by themselves. However, Qian Zuhui is a different story.

Qian Yiyun was most concerned about her mother. She cut her mother's hair short, bought her two sets of new clothes, and helped her mother take a bath, wash her face, and wash her feet. Looking at her mother who was clean and refreshed, Qian Yiyun hugged her mother and hummed in her heart: "There is only one good mother in the world, and a child with a mother is a treasure."

Father Qian looked at the affectionate mother and daughter, and changed his usual tone to ask in a gentle voice: "How has your sister been these years? I haven't seen her for almost five years. When she needed my help the most, I didn't help her. She must still hate me."

Qian Yiyun looked at Qian's father's face which was full of wrinkles, dark and rough, and felt touched. This was the first time she heard Qian's father express concern for Qian Yizhen.

Qian Yiyun said quietly, "Sister is fine. She asked me to pay attention to you and mom's health. If you have any illness, don't bear it. Good health is the most important thing."

"There's nothing wrong with my body, I just feel a little overwhelmed, and I can't take care of your mother as well as I should." Dad Qian lowered his head, rubbed his calloused hands, and turned his gaze to Mom Qian.

"Dad, do you want to look for your twin brother?"

"Er Nizi, don't bother yourself. He might be dead after all these years! Besides, what can we do if we find him?"

"Grandpa, I want to eat popsicles." Qian Zuhui's two sons ran over, grabbed Qian's father's hand, and pulled him out of the door.

Qian Yiyun looked at his two nephews. The older one was four years old and named Goudan, and the younger one was two years old and named Gouhuan. They were naked, covered in mud, with bulging cheeks and round bodies. They didn't look like Qian Zuhui at all.

Seeing the fat and over 200-pound Zu Hui's sister-in-law, twisting her big buttocks and sticking out her big breasts, walking over with each step and breathing heavily, scolding the two children, Qian Yiyun thought to herself that these two nephews had inherited 90% of Zu Hui's sister-in-law's genes.

Qian Zuhui's wife is named Gao Cuihua, she is lazy and gluttonous. When she was a girl, she looked pretty and married into a relatively wealthy family in the village. However, after three years of marriage, she had no children, so her in-laws thought she was a useless goose and asked her to divorce and leave.

Afterwards, she was introduced by a matchmaker and married Qian Zuhui, who was three years younger than her. No one expected that in the first year after their marriage, Gao Cuihua gave birth to a fat grandson Goudan for the Qian family. In the third year, she gave birth to a second grandson Gouhuan, which made Gao Cuihua very proud for a while. It is said that she and Qian Zuhui took their children and went to her ex-husband's house for a demonstration.

Grandma Qian spoiled Gao Cuihua to the skies because she gave birth to two grandsons for the Qian family. She was honored as a mother by her sons, and she was given good food, good drinks and good entertainment. As a result, her habit of being lazy and gluttonous since childhood was further developed.