Chapter 97 Do You Still Remember Him?

On the second night of the Chinese New Year, Su Qingliu stayed at Lu's house to accompany her.

The two sisters and Yaya lay on the same bed and talked all night. They talked about the shop, Ma's wife, and their husbands who were unknown whether they were alive or dead.

"My brother-in-law has been gone for half a year. Do you miss him?"

"I think so. As a husband and wife, I hope he can live. Even if his arms and legs are broken and his body is incomplete, I still hope he can live."

"Yes, it's better to be alive than dead. My brother-in-law still has some skills and knows a few kung fu, but Yaya's father has nothing except a handful of strength... It's been almost three years, and I don't know if he is dead or alive..."

Su Qingmei was silent after listening.

The battlefield has always been cruel. In the era of cold weapons, it was a human sea tactic filled with heads. Behind every victory, there were countless dead bones piled up.

"Sister, do you still remember your brother-in-law?"

"Of course I remember. Although your brother-in-law is dull, he is a very good person and protects me at home. His uncle and aunt don't like him, so he often tells me that only he and I are a family, and we should live a good life together. When my uncle and aunt scold me, he always protects me... He left before Yaya gave birth. I don't know if they can meet in the future."

"If you think it can, it will definitely work. Thinking about it will definitely have a response, sister, as long as you believe it, your brother-in-law will definitely come back."

"Thinking about it will definitely have a response..." Su Qingliu murmured and repeated this sentence, nodding heavily in the dark.

The next day, after Yaya woke up, the two sisters took Yaya to Yangwei Martial Arts Hall again.

Ma Shi Niang was very happy to see Yaya. She played with Yaya for a long time and fed her personally. Every move of her hands and feet showed her tenderness and pampering. If someone who didn't know the situation saw it, they would definitely think it was a mother and daughter.

In the afternoon, Su Dahu also returned to the town and brought two large cages of old hens to Su Qing'an.

The three of them sat in the shop and chatted for a while, and Su Qingliu sent her back to Lu's house. Lu Shengcai and his family came back, and Su Qingliu slept in the shop with Yaya.

"Your grandparents kept praising you, saying that you are sensible."

Lu Shengcai sat on a chair in the main room, watching Wu pack up the local products brought from home, and talked to Su Qing'an with a smile.

"Is everything fine at home? Are your grandparents in good health?"

"They are fine. They are in good health, so you don't have to worry about them. Your grandparents wore the clothes you made for them during the New Year. They praised their newly married granddaughter-in-law for being sensible. Many people in the village praised you, saying that you bought their fruits, vegetables, eggs, chickens, ducks and other things last year, and every family is much richer than in previous years. When I left, they stuffed a lot of local products for me to bring back to you."

"The villagers are too polite. It's a mutually beneficial thing."

"That's right. People who don't know would think you have done them a great favor." Lu Yuzhu said with a sullen face and a pout.

Su Qing'an glanced at her when she heard it. When she came in, she saw that she looked unhappy. People who didn't know would think she suffered a lot in her hometown during the New Year.

"Lv Yuzhu, are you unable to learn to speak or what? You speak to your family in this tone? How old are you? You are sixteen this year. Look at you like this. Who dares to come to your house to propose marriage?"

Lv Shengcai frowned tightly.

Su Qing'an turned her eyes away indifferently, not taking it to heart at all.

A long time ago, she did not expect to be respected as the eldest sister-in-law by Wu's children. I will treat him the way he treats me. I will avoid him if I can. If I can't avoid him, I will think he is venting his anger.

Lv Yuzhu was still very afraid of Lu Shengcai. Seeing Lu Shengcai scolding her, she turned around and said to Wu: "Mom, go and boil water. I want to take a bath. I have to go to play with Yueru later."

As she said that, she pulled her sleeve and sniffed it, with a look of disgust.

Lv Shengcai frowned so hard that he could kill a fly: "Lv Yuzhu, I'm wronging you by going back to your hometown? Your roots are there! Your old father will be buried there in the future! Are you so disgusted that you don't plan to burn paper for me?"

Lv Yuzhu opened her mouth and pursed it again.

Mrs. Wu glared at him: "It's New Year's Day, why are you arguing with the child? She is used to sleeping in her bed, so what's wrong with complaining? The dishes cooked at home are not to her taste, and she can't even mention it?"

"For us to go back, our family also has fish and meat for every meal, and the dishes are all on the table, so why can't you eat it?" Lv Shengcai was provoked by Mrs. Wu, and he was about to stand up and slam the table.

Mrs. Wu hurriedly winked at Lv Yuzhu, and she got the hint and ran out in a flash.

Lu Shengcai was very angry: "Look at her like this, which matchmaker dares to come to propose marriage!"

"The pockmarked face in North Street who doesn't eat all year round can be married, so Yuzhu can't get married? In the future, when Bozu has a good reputation, many people will come to propose marriage." Wu was not worried about Lu Yuzhu's marriage at all.

Since Lu Bozu found a high-ranking match, Wu straightened her back and visited more often. She held her head high and enjoyed everyone's compliments happily.

Lu Shengcai was so angry that he turned his sleeves away. Lu Bozu and Lu Bozong also ran away, and Su Qing'an was stopped by Wu and took the local products from the countryside to the kitchen to put them away.

Wu also told her to boil hot water for Lu Yuzhu.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Su Qing'an did not go out, Su Dahu ran to the countryside, and Su Qingliu was cleaning up the shop.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, after welcoming the God of Wealth and setting off a string of firecrackers at the door of the shop, Su Qing'an's convenience store opened for business.

Grandma Zhou and her grandchildren also arrived at the store early to help put fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and eggs on the shelves.

Today, the customer flow is not large, all of them are residents of the town. Although there are few people, because only Su Qing's store is open among the three stores, the business is still good.

Old man Xie brought the old servant and Xie Qiyou here early in the morning, and both sides exchanged New Year greetings. Old man Xie teased Su Qing's as usual, complaining that there were few people in the store, and asked her to work hard and not be unable to pay his rent.

Xie Qiyou played with Yaya for a while, and soon lost interest when he saw that Qingxing and Qingyang had not returned. The grandparents and grandchildren followed the old servant who had selected vegetables and went back together.

Because it was still the first month of the year, the business only came from the town, the demand was not large, and there were not many people in the store. Father Su did not bring Qingyang and Qingxing to the town until the Lantern Festival and the private school started.

When the two little things returned to the town, they jumped happily like Yaya, holding Su Qing's hand and refused to let go. Although they had only been separated for half a month, it was as if they had not seen each other for a long time.

The two little ones were afraid of being scolded in the countryside, and the eldest wife was an honest family, so they all lived a quiet life. The two little ones only became lively when they arrived in the town.

Father Su began to run to the countryside. Qingyang began to go to school early and return late, while Qingxing took Yaya with him and helped in the store. After school every day, Qingxing ran to the gate of the private school to wait for her two brothers. The three of them played together until sunset before returning home.

On days when they were not in the private school, the three of them took Yaya to the Yangwei Martial Arts Hall to accompany Ma's wife and watch a group of disciples practicing martial arts in the martial arts hall.

The days passed like this until the end of the first month of the year, when bad news came.