CHAPTER 24

“Why are you here for Xie Jingming’s family?” Lin Qiu Shuang looked at the man in front of her with her eyes, as if doubting his identity, “Xie Jingming from our village is a soldier, you can’t deceive us.”

The comrade who was mistaken for a liar by the villager quickly waved his hand, “I am not a liar, I just came to investigate about Xie Jingming’s spouse.”

His spouse…

Lin Qiu Shuang’s eyes were full of suspicion, and she was thinking ferociously, isn’t this so-called comrade here to inform about Xie Jingming’s heroic death ? Did this person from the army came to check whether Lin Chuxia is qualified to receive Xie Jingming’s pension.

Yes, it must be this. Lin Qiu Shuang suddenly thought of this. She felt suffocated in her heart. Could it be that back then… someone came to investigate her, but she didn’t know about it.

“Oh, you’re looking for Lin Chuxia, right? Xie Jingming’s spouse is Lin Chuxia, my cousin.” When Lin Qiu Shuang mentioned Lin Chuxia, she sighed pitifully, without giving any reaction to the comrade in front of her and kept talking.

“You don’t know, my cousin is a bit narrow-minded, and she doesn’t like the children left by Xie Jingming’s ex-wife. She just abused them…”

Lin Qiushuang described Lin Chuxia as “She always beats and scolds her children, and often doesn’t feed them. Oh, those children are so pitiful. They can only go to the mountains to dig weeds and roots to eat.”

As Lin Qiu Shuang said this her heartache showed on her face, and her heartache for those children was genuine. However, she was right. Lin Chuxia had really treated those children this way.

However, Lin Qiu Shuang did not even mention the culprit herself.

“Really, is this really like this?” The comrade felt very sad for the children. Not many people in the army knew the identities of those children, just for the sake of the children.

Xie Jingming will tell them about his parents’ existence in the future, but not now.

Whether it is biological or not, it has a huge psychological impact on the child, and it will also make the child feel weak and does not belong here. Only a few comrades know about it, and even their family members have not mentioned it.

“Damn it!” The Comrade was very angry. Such a vicious stepmother, why didn’t Jing Ming pay attention when marrying his wife? However, he suddenly remembered that Xie Jingming received an urgent mission and left in a hurry, and now he is still suffering and was seriously injured, and as a comrade, he should help.

“Of course it’s true. If you don’t believe it, you can also ask other people in the village, Aunt Luo Tang, Aunt Luo Tang, come here, come here…” Lin Qiu Shuang said very seriously that everything she said was true.

Because of the disbelief of this comrades, Lin Qiu Shuang specially found another person.

In fact, Lin Qiu Shuang saw Aunt Luo Tang walking by, so she said this because she knew that the relationship between Aunt Luo Tang and Lin Chuxia was very difficult.

Last time, Aunt Luo Tang was tied to the open space in the square for questioning because of Lin Chuxia’s involvement. If the captain hadn’t wanted to make the matter a big deal, she would have been arrested long ago.

When Aunt Luo Tang heard someone calling her, she glared over with an unpleasant look. When she saw that it was Lin Qiu Shuang standing with a man, she immediately raised her voice with disdain, “Isn’t this Sun Xiangxue’s wife? Why are you still with a man now? ” Could it be that they are doing something they shouldn’t do together?

When Lin Qiu Shuang heard Aunt Luo Tang’s words, her heart was full of complaints about Aunt Luo Tang, damn Aunt Luo Tang, not everyone in the village is like her?

Seeing how bad her words were, Lin Qiu Shuang wouldn’t have wanted to say a word to Aunt Luo Tang if she hadn’t wanted to embarrass Lin Chuxia with her manuscript.

“Aunt Luo Tang, don’t talk nonsense. This is Xie Jingming’s comrade-in-arms. He is here to ask about Lin Chuxia’s situation and see if she is taking good care of the children at home.” Lin Qiu Shuang also specifically mentioned something to Aunt Luo Tang, knowing that she would definitely say in her favour.

After hearing Lin Qiu Shuang’s words, Aunt Luo Tang walked over and looked at the ‘comrade-in-arms’ in front of her with bright eyes to investigate Lin Chuxia.

When Lin Chuxia was mentioned, Aunt Luo Tang’s whole body and mind were full of disgust and resentment. If it weren’t for Lin Chuxia, she wouldn’t have been criticized and disliked in the village.

In front of Xie Jingming’s comrades-in-arms, Aunt Luo Tang still had some sense and did not complain about Xie Jingming, because they had been in contact with one or two of them, and their relationship was very good.

“When it comes to Jingming’s wife, there’s nothing to be said.” Aunt Luo Tang’s face was still full of anger, “She is so bad at treating the children. People in our village all see it. If they don’t listen, she’ll beat and scold if something doesn’t go your way…”

Comrades-in-arms looked slightly calm as he listened to Lin Qiu Shuang and Aunt Luo Tang adding words to each other. He really didn’t expect that these children would live such a miserable life.

“I understand. Thank you two comrades for informing me.” The comrade-in-arms thanked them, and then asked the two of them if they could take him over to have a look.

When Aunt Luo Tang and Lin Qiu Shuang heard this, they realized that what they were talking about was what happened in the past. Lin Chuxia had just changed recently and was very kind to those little white-eyed wolves.

“Work is off in the village today. Maybe they went to the mountains or a market town.” Lin Qiu Shuang explained quickly, hoping to drive this comrade away. “Comrade, what are you doing here to investigate this?”

Is Xie Jingming dead? She looked expectantly at the comrade-in-arms in front of her, hoping that this comrade-in-arms could give her good news.

But it was a pity that the comrade-in-arms did not answer her next words. Instead, he asked her to take him to the door of Xie Jingming’s house. It was no problem for him to stand there and wait.

No matter what, he still have to see how those children are doing before he can leave with peace of mind.

At the same time, he have to warn Xie Jingming’s spouse, Comrade Lin Chuxia, that she must treat her children well, he can even give her his own allowance and salary.

Lin Qiu Shuang actually wanted to refuse the request, but she also wanted to get the news she wanted to know so that the news of Xie Jingming’s sacrifice could be publicized in the village.

She didn’t believe that Lin Chuxia still dared to be so arrogant without Xie Jingming. She was relying on her qualifications as a military family member, but she forgot that the widows of martyrs also needed to be taken care of.

“Why did this comrade come to see Lin Chuxia for? Just to investigate?” Lin Qiu Shuang still refused to give up and insisted on letting the comrade in front of her tell her.

However, the comrade-in-arms in front of her was a boring gourd, the kind who could stay silent for a whole day. No matter how much Lin Qiu Shuang talked, she could not get the news she wanted.

She just pointed at Xie Jingming’s house with her finger, then turned around and left. She didn’t want to serve him anymore.

Aunt Luo Tang seemed to have realized that there was a profit to be made. Seeing that Lin Qiu Shuang was gone, her heart became brighter and she entertained the comrade in arms very politely.

“I am Jingming’s aunt, and I also want to help th3 children, but our family is really poor and we are simply powerless.” Aunt Luo Tang first revealed her identity, and then mentioned her good heart in wanting to help.

Then, she asked him if he wanted to sit at her house, “Lin Chuxia may not go home that early, and it’s not an option for you to stand here. Come sit at my house. It’s hot, and you can drink herbal tea there. ”

“No, thank you, aunt.” He felt that going to a villager’s house would be like taking advantage of others, and he was too embarrassed to go. Moreover, it was just a little bit of sunshine, and he was in a military, which had training twenty times heavier than this.

Aunt Luo Tang :……….

Damn, she didn’t believe that Xie Jingming’s comrades were as difficult to deal with as Xie Jingming. If this comrade came she would occasionally talked about Xie Jingming’s past, and how they treated Xie Jingming. Either way, she would have said bad things about Lin Chuxia to the children…

However, she was so speechless that the comrade-in-arms didn’t show any expression, as if she couldn’t have enough food, rice, food and salt, and Aunt Luo Tang was so angry.

The sun was shining brightly, and Aunt Luo Tang actually felt uncomfortable in the sun. She had to go out to bask in the sun on days off from work. She was simply sick.

Aunt Luo Tang didn’t want to talk to this comrade anymore. He was as disgusting as Xie Jingming and couldn’t understand human speech.

After going back, Aunt Luo Tang was always paying attention to the situation outside. She wanted to see when Lin Chuxia would come back and what would happen after she came back.

However, Lin Chuxia, who was still on the way to the market town, sneezed. The three kids all thought that Lin Chuxia was sick.

“It’s okay, someone must be talking about me.” Lin Chuxia raised her hands worriedly and asked the three little ones to sit down. If they wanted to stand up, they should hold on to the iron railing.

Once they reached. They all got out of the car like a swarm. Lin Chuxia and the three cubs got out of the car slowly after the crowd. She jumped out of the car first, and then hugged the three cubs out one by one.

After picking them up, she took out a rope from the sack and tied it a little bit around the waists of the three little boys, and then held on tight, lest they run away excitedly after seeing some novelty, and she couldn’t even chase them.

“Let’s go to the supply and marketing cooperative!” There are three places they will go today. First, go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things; second, go to the butcher stall to buy pork; third, go to the state-owned restaurant for lunch.

“Okay.” Although being tied up was a little uncomfortable, this discomfort could be overcome. The three cubs all knew that Lin Chuxia was doing this to prevent them from getting lost.

Following the direction pointed by Lin Chuxia’s finger, she ran towards the supply and marketing cooperative. Along the way, everyone looked at Lin Chuxia’s figure curiously, “Hey, this woman, what are you doing?”

Some people thought that Lin Chuxia was abusing the children, or these children were abducted, otherwise why would they treat the children like this?

“Aren’t the children still young? I am afraid that they will run away and get lost. Now that I have them tied up, so i  don’t have to worry about them getting lost.” Lin Chuxia explained to them with a smile and gave them new method.

“Oh, that’s a good idea. I’ll do the same next time.” Their children were always crying and clamoring to come out together, but she was still worried that the children would get lost or clamor to be carried, so she refused to take them out, which was very difficult.

Soon, they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. First, she went to buy some pieces of cloth. In addition to making two sets of clothes for her three children, she also wanted to make some underwear.

After buying cloth, the three little boys looked in a certain direction with their bright eyes. Lin Chuxia followed their gaze and looked over to the place where they sell red bean cakes and mung bean cakes.

In fact, it was just a small pastry. However, the three little ones ate the candy. They had never eaten this before and found it novel.

Lin Chuxia took them over, “Each person can buy half a catty, and you can carry it back yourself.”

Lin Chuxia gave each of the three children a small bag, and so that they can carry their cloth and pastries, on their own small sack. The three little children kept scanning several kinds of pastries with their eyes.

It depends on which one tastes better, but they all look good.

“Comrade, the price of these pastries should be the same. Can we order all together?” Lin Chuxia saw that they had not chosen for a long time, so she raised her head and asked the salesperson.

The salesperson glanced over with a faint look, and said disdainfully in a nonchalant tone, “No, you can only get one kind, which one do you want?”

In fact, the prices are the same, but the salesperson finds it troublesome, and now she has an iron rice bowl. She has the idea that I am nobler than these country bumpkins and hence want to take advantage.

“Why can the prices be the same but I  can’t choose some from all kinds? Is this your attitude of serving the people?” Lin Chuxia confronted the salesperson with a cold face, not timid at all.

These salesmen lacked a market economy and were beaten severely. “I want to complain to your manager!”

The salesperson was a bully to weak and afraid of the strong. Hearing Lin Chuxia’s stubbornness, she backed down first and looked at the children with some annoyance. “Take what you want.”

“Children, tell the one you want to take.” Lin Chuxia asked the eldest cub to choose first, then weighed the second cub’s half a pound, and then the third cub’s.

They were all packed in paper bags, and the salesperson felt that she was exhausted from just such a short period of time.

Lin Chuxia also bought a bottle of cream on the way, and then she remembered that it was time to buy vegetables seeds and grow vegetables. Oh… By the way, there were also sanitary napkins. Then, each of them put a sack on their backs, and the little ones staggered a little. The cloth of the two sets of clothes is a bit heavy.

Seeing this, Lin Chuxia helplessly stretched out her hand to carry it for them. The three cubs were still confused, thinking that Lin Chuxia didn’t want to give these things to them. They stretched out their short hands anxiously, “We, we can do it.” There was an anxious tone in the air, and Lin Chuxia tapped their foreheads, “Be good, let’s buy pork first, and then go to a state-owned restaurant to eat, then you can carry it on the way back.”

Lin Chuxia was afraid that they would be tired now, couldn’t walk for a while. There were three cubs, and she was alone. Even if she was holding one in front and one on her back, wouldn’t there be one left?

If the big cub was left, the big cub would definitely cry to himself, saying that she didn’t like him anymore.

“Buy pork!” When the three little boys heard this, they immediately stopped shouting about carrying sacks. They were all focused on that piece of pork. Really, do you really want to buy pork?
The excited little boys were all excited. They jumped down happily and ran quickly in the direction Lin Chuxia pointed, their whole body filled with excitement.

Soon, they arrived at the pork stall.

It’s the same pork guy as last time, maybe he still has an impression of this girl who generously bought pigs offals and bones.

After all, pork bones feel like a waste of firewood and have no meat. Although pig offals is considered meaty, it has a strong smell. If you have the meat ticket, it is better to buy fat pork.

When they came here, the three little boys saw it for the first time. In the past, the village did cut pork before the Chinese New Year, but these three little boys were not qualified to come forward and see.

So they were curious, wow, it turns out that a big pig looks like this after being killed…the hair is shaved off, and the fat meat is particularly attractive.

“Sister, is it half fat and thin today. Do you want pork offal and pig bones?” Those that no one wants are usually sent back to the slaughterhouse, and the pig bones and offal are taken back by the employees.

But… the employees’ family members don’t know how to cook, and the most important thing is that they are reluctant to put so many seasonings in it, which will give it a fishy smell.

“Yes, I will buy three and a half kilograms of fat and lean pork. The price of the pig will be whatever it is. Brother, this time give pig bones to me for free” Lin Chuxia didn’t know this before, but later she talked to the sisters-in-law in the village. After she bought them, she realized that those things were worthless and could be sold half and half given away.

“Sure.” The eldest brother agreed cheerfully and looked at Lin Chuxia’s three cubs. “These are your children. They are really good-looking. They just need to eat more meat and they look better when they are fat. ”

Lin Chuxia nodded with a smile. At this time, the three little cubs were no longer interested in listening to the conversation between their adults. Their eyes were full of pork. With the butcher’s knife, their eyes blinked subconsciously. Wow… they were about to Drooling!

“Okay, stop drooling. We’ll eat in a while.” Lin Chuxia pinched the cheeks of the three cubs. The eldest brother who was cutting the pork thought they would cook it when she went home soon, so he didn’t think much about it.

Smelling the smelly pig waste, this time, they didn’t dislike it as much as before. They just didn’t understand how Lin Chuxia could fry such smelly pig waste so well.

Lin Chuxia prepared it before going out. The pig was put into the water at the bottom of the sack, and then a layer of hay was placed on top to separate it. Then the bones were placed, followed by the offals.

Then, taking these things and dragging the three little boys, they headed towards the state-owned hotel.

Maybe she was tired and hungry after walking a long way. When she arrived at the state-owned restaurant, Lin Chuxia was still looking at the signature dishes, but there were no fish.

She turned around and glanced at the three little boys who were only three or five years old , she was not so careful to find faults, forget it… “Waiter, I want three bowls of white rice, one plate of braised pork, one steamed fish, and one plate of fried vegetables.”

In the end, Lin Chuxia decided to eat it, wasn’t it just fish bones? Well, there are no thorns in the fish belly. They are all big thorns. Just pick them out slowly, and then eat a few more pieces of braised pork.

As for three bowls of white rice, it’s because the bowls in state-owned restaurants are larger than those at home, which is enough.

Eating the handmade dishes of the master chef of the state-owned restaurant, the three kids even finished mixing the braised pork soup and fish sauce, but they were stopped by Lin Chuxia.

There are also fine broken bones in the sauce, which should not be underestimated.