My little country wife whom I haven't seen for eight years has come to join the army

It is a PLA style that is popular among young people and students nowadays, but the ones sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives are made of army green canvas. What makes this one different is that it is made of sky blue cotton, with the bright red words "Serve the People" embroidered on the outer cloth cover, and a lifelike five-pointed star below.

The sky blue military backpack is so unique.

What surprised Zhou Ruoyu was that this schoolbag was extremely similar to an old schoolbag that her mother had kept in the bottom of her box. She once said with a smile that although this schoolbag was neither Chinese nor Western, the workmanship was top-notch.

My mother said that her mother spent three days and three nights sewing it before she went to school, but her mother died less than a month after she started school.

After their father remarried, they had no good life. Their miserable childhood was spent missing their mother. Her mother always blamed herself: If she hadn't rushed to sew this schoolbag, she wouldn't have died.

The schoolbag in front of me was infinitely magnified, overlapping with the one my mother had in my memory, almost the same one!

Is it possible...

"Sister Zhou, which child is this schoolbag for?" Zhou Ruoyu, who appeared calm on the surface, even felt her voice trembling.

Zhou Shufen smiled and pointed at a mischievous child playing in the mud in the yard: "Here, that one."

It turned out to be a boy. Zhou Ruoyu was about to feel relieved when she saw Zhou Shufen frowning again, as if talking to herself: "He is so naughty and mischievous. How will he find a husband in the future?"

The stone in her heart fell to the ground, but it hit her hard: "Sister Zhou..., it's a girl. Oh, so cute. What's her name? When was she born?"

"Oh, I don't understand. Her name is Daya, and she was born in the Year of the Dragon. When she was born, we were farming in our hometown. She was born in the fields, so it's no wonder she likes mud all day long."

Fortunately, one thing finally matched. Her mother's name was Zhu Fangling, but she had never mentioned that she had such a rustic nickname.

No, the surname is Zhu? Is Captain Zhu also surnamed Zhu?

When Daya heard her mother mention her name, she raised her eyelids and looked at the door.

She really missed her mother. Nothing was better than her mother's embrace. Zhou Ruoyu rushed over and picked up Daya. Before she could even say the word "Mom", Daya smeared her face with mud.

Lu Qinchuan, leaning on his crutches, shouted from behind, "Daya! What are you doing?"

He had an unkind face to begin with, and with the cold rebuke, Daya burst into tears with a "wow".

Zhou Shufen put down her schoolbag and ran over. She took Daya from Zhou Ruoyu and held her in her arms, changing her usual shrewish demeanor: "What's wrong, Daya? Auntie likes you."

Zhou Ruoyu then realized that her loss of composure had frightened Daya. She calmed herself down and said, "Yes, I've never seen such a lovely child. I love her so much."

In her heart, her mother is a great beauty. This dark and skinny little girl doesn't look like her mother at all. Maybe it's just a coincidence.

Zhou Shufen touched Daya's head and said, "Don't cry, Daya. Mom promised to get your new schoolbag out before you go to school, okay?"

Daya nodded while sobbing, and Zhou Shufen led her hand to the gate. The moment she saw the schoolbag, she burst into laughter: "It looks good..."

"Let's go." Lu Qinchuan reminded Zhou Ruoyu behind her ear.

"Oh," Zhou Ruoyu came back to her senses and looked at Daya with a smile: "Daya, don't let mom make a schoolbag. It's very harmful to your health to work day and night. Auntie cherishes you for once, so I'll give you one!"

Seeing the little girl's eyes sparkle, she pressed on and said, "The best-looking one in the supply and marketing cooperative, okay?"

"No," Zhou Shufen said to Daya, "Mom taught you not to ask for other people's things. Auntie also has to spend money to buy a schoolbag. We are working people. We have to rely on our own labor and cannot..."

"Sister Zhou," Zhou Ruoyu interrupted Zhou Shufen, "Daya is so lovable. I feel like she and I are meant to be together. And the backpack needs to be made of hard canvas to be sturdy. Don't make it yourself. I'll just give it to her."

Her mother blamed herself for this for the rest of her life, believing that it was because she made schoolbags for several days and nights that her mother fell ill and died. Regardless of whether Daya was her mother or not, she would change as long as she could.

Seeing Zhou Ruoyu's unusual determination, Lu Qinchuan said, "Sister-in-law, don't insist. Xiaoyu has just arrived and you've taken great care of her. We don't have anything good to give her, so just do as she says. You don't have to do anything."

Captain Lu spoke, and Zhou Shufen couldn't hold back anymore. She nodded and said, "Well, I'm sorry."

Zhou Ruoyu took a look at the half-finished schoolbag and asked, "Sister Zhou, please give this to me. This schoolbag looks very friendly."

"Well, I'm glad you don't mind." Zhou Shufen quickly removed the needlework from the bag. "If it's used as a schoolbag, it's definitely unfinished, but it's quite suitable for carrying when you go shopping."

Watching the two leave, Zhou Shufen looked at Daya, whose tears were still lingering, in confusion: "This girl is really strange. If she likes children so much, she should just give birth to one herself."

Zhou Ruoyu's mood was complicated, with surprise, sadness, and more importantly, she had the idea of ​​changing her mother's miserable childhood.

"I feel that Sister Zhou has given so much for this family, for Captain Zhu, and for the children. She has worked so hard."

She was carrying a sky blue schoolbag, her fingers gently stroking the delicate embroidery, as if she was lost in thought.

Lu Qinchuan noticed her strangeness and asked her directly, "Are you feeling sorry for Mrs. Zhou? Have you also noticed that there's something wrong with Old Zhu?"

This sentence seemed to contain some information. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Qinchuan and asked, "Is Brother Zhu with someone else outside? Otherwise, even if his allowance is enough to support a family of four, Sister Zhou wouldn't rush around day and night just for a schoolbag."

"I can't confirm it. But for the past six months, he's been quite close to a nurse named Tan from Su Hongmei's department. I asked him about it, but he didn't admit it, so I can't say anything more."

After all, it involved other people's privacy, so Lu Qinchuan just passed it on in a few words. He was not a military wife in the compound with nothing to do.

"Oh." Zhou Ruoyu responded softly, and went straight into the supply and marketing cooperative, and really bought the best-looking schoolbag in the entire supply and marketing cooperative.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhou Ruoyu saw a mailbox not far away. "Wait for me," she said. "I'll mail the letter."

After throwing the letter into the mailbox, Zhou Ruoyu clapped her hands in relief. The scene of the old couple of the Lu family reading the letter word by word appeared in front of her eyes. She curled the corners of her lips slightly and turned back to find Lu Qinchuan.

Hey, no one was waiting for her there.

She went back into the supply and marketing cooperative and looked around, but couldn't find it. Just as she was getting a little impatient, someone called her, "Big sister, big sister..."