Time Travel Article: My parents divorced at the beginning

Li Dahua exchanged a few words with her daughter-in-law before hanging up the phone. She then asked the young man at the counter, "Miss, how much is it?"

"Auntie, your call lasted five minutes and twenty-eight seconds, so the total cost was five dollars and thirty cents."

What! Five-plus yuan! Li Dahua tremblingly pulled out a floral handkerchief from her chest pocket, opened it tremblingly, counted out a little over five yuan, and handed it over.

"Mom! It's so expensive!" Gu Ping, who had been standing nearby, immediately jumped up. This was the family's monthly income. Gu Ping felt like his heart was bleeding.

"What did the sister-in-law say on the phone? Did the second brother say when he would bring his sister-in-law back? I haven't seen the second brother in over ten years. I don't know what he's like now?"

"Okay, shut up! What are you chattering about?" Although Li Dahua was heartbroken, she was so angry that she hit her eldest son several times when she saw his unstable look.

After thanking the young woman at the counter, the mother and daughter hurried back to Gujia Village. Li Dahua wanted to hurry home to discuss with her father what to do. Her granddaughter was so young, so she wondered if she should first find a good-luck ewe to raise. The thought of this overwhelmed Li Dahua, and she ignored her eldest son, who was nagging beside her, and hurried back home.

"Mom, wait for me!" Seeing that his mother was walking faster and faster, Boss Gu ran and shouted.

Li Dahua ignored Gu Laoda's calls from behind and just kept rushing home. The two of them walked farther and farther away into the sunshine.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

In the staff dormitory of the Beijing Field Hospital, Duan Xuezhi stared at Gu Qingyu, who was sleeping soundly in her crib. No one knew why she insisted on going to the battlefield and sending her one-month-old daughter back to Gu An's hometown.

The full moon Gu Qingyu was white and round. The weather in Beijing in October was already a bit cold. Gu Qingyu was wrapped in a red blanket, like a large glutinous rice dumpling. Occasionally, she would spit out milk bubbles with her breathing, which made Duan Xuezhi's heart melt.

But when she thought of the name she saw on the list of people who had applied to fight, Duan Xuezhi's heart began to beat violently. At that moment, she could not think of anything else but knew that she had to go, she had to go...

She held the child in her arms, hummed a soft tune, and rocked her gently, "Lili, I'm sorry, you must grow up healthy! I love you!" As she spoke, tears unconsciously flowed down her face.

In fact, Gu Qingyu was already awake at this time, but she was too young now. A baby who had just turned one month old spent most of her time eating and sleeping. Even though she knew that there were many things wrong with her mother in this life, there was nothing she could do.

Over the next two days, Duan Xuezhi completed the handover procedures at the hospital and packed everything the child needed. After thinking about leaving the child in the care of a neighbor, she grabbed her wallet and left.

"Hello, comrade. Do you have baby formula?" Duan Xuezhi went straight to the formula counter after arriving at the department store.

"Yes, 5 yuan a bag."

"Then can you give me 10 or 20 bags?" Duan Xuezhi decided to use most of the money she had to buy milk powder.

"Ah!" The cashier was a little surprised that the other party bought so much milk powder at once, but what can he say? Beijing is the capital after all, and there are many rich people. Although he was surprised, he quickly packed it up and gave it to Duan Xuezhi.

After returning home, Duan Xuezhi put most of the milk powder and the things she had packed earlier together, found a rickshaw at the door, and went to the post office to send the things back to Gujia Village.

Gu Qingyu slept through the afternoon and had just woken up. She'd observed Duan Xuezhi's actions over the past two days, and she'd seen how she'd considered every aspect of her life, from food and clothing to shelter and transportation. It seemed this mother still cared deeply about her. She'd leave everything else to chance.