Two generations of military wives compete for time

Grandpa Lu Kaipu was pacing back and forth holding Junhua, while grandma was washing diapers absent-mindedly. Qian Yizheng saw that the two elders were uneasy and had to think of a way to boost their spirits: "Grandma, what dishes and meals did my mom like to eat the most? Think about it quickly. I will go out to buy ingredients to welcome mom. Grandpa, you have to cook for her yourself!" After hearing this, the two elders immediately perked up.

Yuanyuan likes to eat apples, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, cucumbers with mashed garlic, dumplings stuffed with leeks, braised eggplant, and stewed lotus root with spareribs. The two elders thought about it and racked their brains. Qian Yizhen wrote it down in detail.

The roads from the provincial capital to Lijia Village were all dirt and gravel. After five or six hours of bumpy ride, the three of them finally arrived at Qian Zuhui's home in Lijia Village. Qian Yiyun pushed open the door, but there was no one there.

Qian Yiyun trotted all the way to Qian Ma's kang. Qian Ma was lying on her back with her eyes closed, not moving at all. The sunlight shone obliquely on her disheveled hair, making her look lifeless and giving people a bad feeling.

Qian Yiyun was a little scared, so she quickly grabbed Qian Ma's hand, shook it vigorously and said, "Mom, I'm here, the beautiful baby is here." Qian Ma opened her eyes, glanced at Qian Yizhen, tilted her head and stared for a while: "Beautiful baby, I miss the beautiful baby."

Qian Yiyun hurried out of the house, dragged the suitcase into the house, opened it, found the clothes she brought for her mother, took out a towel and soap, went to the yard to get a basin of water, washed Qian's mother's face and hands, and took a piece of bread for Qian's mother to eat first. Then she ran out to instruct Ming Yuanhui and Shi Jiayang to fetch and boil water. She cut Qian's mother's hair, washed her hair, bathed her, and changed her clothes.

Around noon, Grandpa Qian, Dad Qian, and Brother Qian came back down the hill carrying farm tools and firewood. They saw a car parked in front of the house and thought it might be Qian Yizhen. When they entered the house, they saw Mom Qian sitting on a stone bench eating bread in a clean and refreshing manner. They were also surprised to see two strange men cleaning the yard.

Qian Yiyun introduced Grandpa Qian, Dad Qian and Brother Qian to Ming Yuanhui and Shi Jiayang.

After saying hello, Dad Qian hurried to light the fire and cook, Grandpa Qian held some grass to feed the pigs, sheep and rabbits, and Brother Qian sat lazily on the stone bench in a daze.

Half an hour later, Dad Qian brought lunch to the table: shiny black sweet potato flour steamed bread, a big bowl of pickled radish, green onions, garlic, and corn porridge. Qian Yiyun cut up a roast chicken and two pounds of braised pork that she brought from the provincial capital and put them in the bowl.

Qian Yiyun asked Qian Zuhui: "Where are my sister-in-law and the children? It's time for dinner, why isn't my sister-in-law at home cooking? Aren't you afraid that the children will be hungry?" Qian Zuhui replied slowly: "Don't worry about them. When they have enough fun, they can buy some pork heads outside. They won't be hungry."

Halfway through the meal, Mrs. Qian, Gao Cuihua, came over slowly. Her weight of over 200 pounds did not allow her to walk fast. Behind her were two chubby little boys, laughing and playing as they walked.

Gao Cuihua saw someone coming home and scratched her head: "Sister Yiyun is here." Ming Yuanhui, Shi Jiayang, and Qian Yiyun stood up and greeted Mrs. Qian. Goudan and Gouhuan grabbed the chicken and braised pork in their bowls and gobbled them up.

Ming Yuanhui only knew that Qian Yizhen grew up in a poor family, but he didn't expect that she grew up in such an environment. He was touched. Shi Jiayang was also surprised. This family was too lazy, and everything was dirty and messy.

Qian Yiyun explained her purpose to Grandpa Qian, Dad Qian, Brother Qian, and Sister Qian, saying that she wanted to take Mom Qian to the provincial capital for medical treatment, and she hoped that Dad Qian would go with them.

Mrs. Qian agreed very much. She didn't want to see Qian's mother's crazy face, and she didn't want to face Qian's father's expressionless face every day.

Ever since Grandma Qian passed away, the financial power of the Qian family has been in the hands of Qian's wife Gao Cuihua. She is a frequent customer of the pork head shop at the west end of Lijia Village. Every time she buys two pounds of pork head, the three of them eat while walking. They will eat it all before they reach the Qian family's front door.

Mr. and Brother Qian can't do anything about her, but Mrs. Qian and her two daughters like her that way.

Qian Yizhen was afraid that the honest and kind-hearted mute Grandpa Qian would have no one to take care of him, so she asked Qian Yiyun to take a bag of flour, ten pounds of pork, and thirty yuan to visit her eldest aunt's house, and ask her eldest aunt to go back to her mother's house more often to take care of Grandpa Qian, her biological father, when Qian's father was not around.

Because my elder sister-in-law and Gao Cuihua didn't get along well, I decided not to visit my mother's family since Grandma Qian passed away.

After a long journey, we returned to the Chen family's old house on the ancient street. It was already eight o'clock in the evening. After a round of greetings, grandma, grandpa, and Qian Yizheng put the carefully prepared delicacies on the table. However, no one's mind was on the food and the food. They ate very little and the atmosphere was not lively.

Chen Haoyu touched Yuanyuan with heartache: "Yuanyuan, it would have been great if I had found your mother and you earlier, but it's not too late now. Tomorrow I will make a long-distance call to your cousin in Hong Kong and ask her to find the best psychiatrist to see you." Yuanyuan held her mother Chen Yalu's hand tightly, looking at the strange man in front of her with a dull expression.

Lu Kaipu said with a choked voice: "Brother Haoyu, thank you, let's work together to cure Yuanyuan's illness."

"Curing my mother's illness has been my childhood dream. I hope that one day I will have a normal mother like everyone else." Qian Yizheng and Qian Yiyun rushed to express their long-buried thoughts.

At this time, Yuanyuan saw Junhua in Qian Yizhen's arms: "Beautiful baby, mommy hug you." Her eyes sparkled and she opened her arms. Junhua smiled like a flower, raised her little hand, leaned forward to signal Yuanyuan to hug her, and Qian Yizhen quickly put Junhua in Qian's arms.

"Junhua, this is grandma, call her grandma." Mother Qian hugged Junhua and smiled silly, and Junhua giggled. Seeing this heartwarming scene, everyone present couldn't help but let smiles climb onto their faces.