It had just rained two days ago, and the temperature was not as hot as before. Qu Zhitao and Liao Jilin were talking and walking on the road to the family courtyard.
Before coming out, Qu Zhitao had already applied cooling oil on the exposed skin of her legs and arms. It felt refreshing, but she had not been bitten by mosquitoes.
The evening breeze blows gently, and the atmosphere is warm and beautiful.
But soon, the atmosphere was broken. Qu Zhitao and Liao Jilin met many family members walking around, and people greeted them from time to time.
It was nothing at first, but suddenly a few children came out, holding a cat pillow, running and meowing, looking back with arrogant looks on their faces, not looking at the road at all.
Behind the children, Ruirui pursed her lips and ran after them, shouting: "Give it back to me! Give it back to me!" With tears in his eyes, he looked like he was about to cry, but he never cried.
Qu Zhitao and Liao Jilin suddenly met these children at a corner. Before they could react, the children bumped into them.
They are all half-grown children, and with the momentum of running, even ordinary people would have to hit the ground and be unable to get up for a long time, let alone a pregnant woman like Qu Zhitao.
She was so frightened that she held her stomach and backed away, but it was obvious that she couldn't escape.
Qu Zhitao closed her eyes, too scared to open her eyes, her feet were getting weak.
Fortunately, Liao Jilin was by her side to protect her, and he intercepted the children one by one and put them on the grass nearby.
The crisis was gone. Qu Zhitao breathed out, held Liao Jilin's arm and said, "I...my legs are weak."
Liao Jilin picked her up and was about to take her to the infirmary, but Qu Zhitao stopped her: "I'm fine, I'm just scared. Just go back and rest."
The children who were thrown out over there were also bullies. When they saw Liao Jilin's black face, they didn't dare to say a word or apologize. They got up and ran away quickly.
Ruirui ran over, knowing that he was in trouble. Seeing Qu Zhitao and Liao Jilin's uneasy faces, they didn't even bother to pick up the thrown cat pillow.
"Aunt Tao, I'm sorry."
Qu Zhitao asked Liao Jilin to put her down. She took a few deep breaths to relieve the weakness in her legs. She walked over and knelt down to pick up the pillow, handed it to Ruirui, touched his head and said, "I don't blame you. Ruirui, can you?" Tell Aunt Tao what happened just now?"
Although Ruirui was only five years old, he was articulate and clear in thinking. He quickly explained the ins and outs of the matter to Qu Zhitao. Liang Ning taught him well.
In fact, it was those children who bullied the younger ones with their big ones, and when they saw that Ruirui had a toy in his hand that none of the children in the family home had, they felt itchy and snatched it from him.
When Rui Rui chased them, they teased Rui Rui and chased them, which resulted in trouble.
Qu Zhitao understood, raised her hand and touched Ruirui's hair again, and said to him: "It's okay. Ruirui is not to blame for this. Just hug the pillow and go home. Your mother will be worried if it's too late."
Ruirui still felt uneasy: "Aunt Tao, are you okay?"
"Aunt Tao is fine, go back."
Ruirui turned around and left holding the pillow in three steps. When Qu Zhitao was about to stand up, Liao Jilin reached out to help her up, with worry in his eyes.
"Is your body really okay?"
"It's okay." Qu Zhitao patted his arm comfortingly: "The supplements Mother Liu has made for me these days are not for nothing. But those children are really annoying."
There was disgust in Qu Zhitao's eyes. Those children just now are all famous in the family home. They play with cats and dogs, bully the weak and fear the strong. They often bully other children to tears, and steal other people's things. They are annoying to everyone. bad boy.
My good mood was ruined when I met them. And when they make a mistake, they don't come over to apologize, but just get up and run away. This shows how poorly the adults at home educate them.
Liao Jilin was relieved when he was sure that Qu Zhitao was fine. As for the children. If the child doesn't apologize, isn't there an adult? They all belong to the same family home, so they can't run away.
The next day, when Liao Jilin went to the army, he took Liao Shaoping with him.
Now that his mother and Liu's mother are at home, Liao Shaoping is of no use staying at home.
The first thing he did when he arrived at the army was that Liao Jilin called over the fathers of the children who almost bumped into Qu Zhitao yesterday.
A few of them were not from his regiment, but that didn't matter. They weren't training soldiers he called over.
Those people looked at each other in Liao Jilin's office, wondering why the big devil called them here.
Liao Jilin did not say what happened, but only told them: "You are in the army, don't just focus on the training in the camp, you must also pay attention to the education of your children at home. Don't look back and something happens. It's too late to regret."
After saying this, he let these people go out, and the doubts in their minds became more serious.
"Commander Liao, what do you mean?"
"What's the point? I guess the kids at home have offended him. We'll find out if we go back and ask."
Someone frowned: "Captain Liao is an adult, but he still cares about children? He is too stingy."
"Perhaps it was not Captain Liao who was offended, but his wife. He loves his wife so much, and it is normal for him to vent his anger on her."
"Don't think about it, I'll find out when I go back tonight and ask."
In the evening, Qu Zhitao and Liao Jilin were sitting and talking at home. Liao Jilin heard her say that her hands hurt from writing the manuscript today, so he sat next to her and massaged her hands.
There was no TV at home. Xu Gehong and Liu's mother had nothing to do and went out for a walk. Liao Shaoping trained for a day and was so tired that he lay in bed and couldn't get up.
Qu Zhitao was asking about Liao Jilin's training when she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Qu Zhitao was about to ask who it was when Liao Jilin spoke up.
Qu Zhitao looked at him, and Liao Jilin continued to rub her wrist, asking her to wait patiently.
Several battalion commanders brought their children over.
The children must have been taught a lesson at home. They were all dejected, and some even had a bit of swelling on their faces.
"Captain Liao, sister-in-law, the child at home is not sensible and almost caused a big disaster. We specially brought him here to apologize to you."
These battalion commanders went home and asked their children if they had gotten into any trouble. The children didn't say anything at first, but their wives turned on them again.
But Liao Jilin couldn't come to them for no reason, so he started questioning them directly. As soon as the child was beaten, he started crying and talking.
After listening to the child's explanation, their wife didn't take it seriously. Wasn't it just that he almost hit someone? Then didn't he miss it? What's the fuss and he hit the child?
The daughter-in-law stopped her from being beaten, but the battalion commanders directly scolded her: "You are used to it. Who doesn't know that Captain Liao's wife is pregnant? If she gets hit, ten of you won't be enough to compensate him! Let alone him." At such a big age, you still snatch toys from the political commissar's baby, you don't understand anything! If you don't fight me today, I'm afraid I'll go to heaven in the future!"
"Crack!", none of these children escaped a beating.
In fact, neither of them had publicized Qu Zhitao's pregnancy, but the family home was somewhere. They had both given birth to children, and it was obvious by looking at Qu Zhitao's condition.
Not to mention that my mother-in-law came with everyone, everyone could guess it.
After knowing about it, they will naturally discuss it at home, and these big men also know about it.
That's why they were so scared after knowing that the child almost hit Qu Zhitao. If something happens to Commander Liao's wife, Commander Liao will never let it go.
Judging from the ferocity with which he trained his soldiers, no one could please them.
So after beating the child, he immediately took the child with him and apologized. Now that he is a battalion commander, there are not many stupid people. Even if he has any thoughts in his heart, he will not express them at this time.
Qu Zhitao looked at the children and adults and tried to take her hand out of Liao Jilin's hand, but failed. She was a little uncomfortable, but she could only pretend as if nothing had happened.
Regardless of whether these people are really apologizing or fake, Qu Zhitao will not hold on to them if they have an attitude. Otherwise, if you hear her fussing over everything and not tolerating even a child, she will have a reputation.
So after apologizing, Qu Zhitao just asked the children to be careful when walking in the future, and then looked at Liao Jilin. Liao Jilin didn't say anything more and let them go back.
But since then, Liao Jilin's reputation for loving his wife has become even stronger.
The next day, while Qu Zhitao was holding the tonic that Liu's mother had made for her and slowly drinking it, Liang Ning came over with Ruirui.
"Mama Liu, help get Ruirui some biscuits and make a cup of malted milk."
"No, no, he won't eat."
Liang Ning refused.
"It's okay. I have a lot of these things at home and I can't finish them."
Liang Ning came here with apology.
"If I hadn't heard what those family members said yesterday, I wouldn't have known that Ruirui almost got into trouble. This is milk powder. I asked Uncle Ruirui to buy it specifically. I heard it's good for your health."
Liang Ning handed over the thing she was carrying, but Qu Zhitao didn't want it: "You or I know better about this matter? It's not Rui Rui's fault in the first place, why did you bring such a valuable thing here? Those culprits, I didn't say anything about bringing these things over."
Qu Zhitao is really not being sarcastic. Of the children who came to apologize yesterday, except for two who brought something, brown sugar, the others came empty-handed.
Qu Zhitao didn't want to argue with them and didn't care about it at all.
But she didn't expect that Liang Ning would come over with milk powder to apologize.
"Take it, you need it now."
Qu Zhitao still refused: "If you are a friend, bring it back to Ruirui to drink. My family is not short of these things."
Liang Ning felt very sorry, so Qu Zhitao said with a smile: "If you really feel sorry for me, if I give birth to my child later, and you, my aunt, will make up for it, I won't even want you to bleed by then."
Liang Ning smiled: "That's for sure."
Liao Shaoping couldn't stand training with Liao Jilin for a week.
This was much more intense than his previous training, so he considered leaving.
Just when his brother called him and wanted to go to Guangzhou, Liao Shaoping couldn't make up his mind.
Now that Guangzhou Province is supported by its economy, a lot of things there can be transferred to the mainland and make a lot of money.
In fact, the most profitable place is to go to the Northeast, close to the Soviet Union. Not only can you exchange for big things by going there, but the money you can earn is not comparable to that in Guangdong Province.
But relatively speaking, that side is also the most dangerous. If you are not careful, your life will depend on it. The better ones are still alive, but all the goods have been robbed, and there is no loss left.
But no matter how tempted Liao Shaoping was, he didn't dare to go there now.
He had gone there once before and made a lot of money. When he came back, he was beaten back and forth by his brother at home. From then on, whenever his brother asked him to go there, he would not go.
He was not greedy because his brothers earned so much, but when he thought of the lessons his family had taught him, the little flame that had been rising was extinguished.
Even though it's just a few provinces moving things around, you can still make a lot of money.
When Liao Shaoping was about to leave, Liao Jilin didn't stop him. He just carried him into the study. The two talked for two hours. When they came out, the impetuousness in Liao Shaoping's eyes was gone.
Qu Zhitao didn't know what Liao Jilin said to him, but it was always good for him.
Liao Shaoping sat opposite Qu Zhitao, holding a pillow and saying: "Sister-in-law, I think many people will like this thing if you bring it to the capital. You show off, and I sell it. How will we split it then?"
At this time, there are dolls and stuffed toys on the market, but they are not as naive, cute and cute as hers. Not only children like them, but adults also like them.
Qu Zhitao looked at Liao Jilin and asked him if he was reliable.
Liao Jilin said: "Although Shaoping is not stable in other things, he has a good business acumen. Whether you want to cooperate with him or not depends on you."
Qu Zhitao knew that she loved spending money. Although Liao Jilin's allowance and savings were all with her, and she could make money by writing manuscripts, who would think that it was too much money.
This kind of stuffed toy is extremely easy to imitate. If Liao Shaoping wasn't Liao Jilin's younger brother and he had a dark heart, she wouldn't be able to use it directly.
"Okay, but I don't want more. Once it's done, I'll come up with an idea."
Liao Shaoping didn't dare to give Qu Zhitao 10%. Besides, he also felt that Qu Zhitao's idea was more important.
"Fifty-five."
Qu Zhitao wanted so much, which made her feel bad. In the end, she bargained a lot and settled on 40 to 60 points.
Qu Zhitao four, Liao Shaoping six. The two signed a contract under Liao Jilin's appraisal. Qu Zhitao came up with ideas and ideas, while Liao Shaoping ran production and sales, as well as various management chores.
In fact, Qu Zhitao felt guilty for asking for these four, but Liao Shaoping refused to give any less.
And it's not making any money. Who knows if it can be sold, so I've decided on it for the time being.
After signing the contract, Qu Zhitao hugged the pillow and leaned on Liao Jilin. He played with her fingers and pinched her wrist from time to time.
"Shaoping, are you sure you want to go into business in the future?"
Liao Shaoping nodded: "Of course, I don't want to join the army, nor do I want to go to the government. It's too unfree, and I don't like it because of intrigues all day long."
"Doing business is great. You will be a big boss in the future. Now that the country is encouraging the economy, you are just in time for a good time."
Liao Shaoping smiled naively and scratched his head: "Sister-in-law, don't praise me. When you praise me, my tail will be raised."
This sentence made everyone laugh. Xu Gehong patted Liao Shaoping directly on the shoulder: "You are so grown up, you are really out of shape."
He immediately hugged Xu Gehong's arm: "Hey, hey, aunt, I'm only in my twenties, so I'm still young."
Xu Gehong nodded his forehead: "In his twenties, he already has children, but he is still young."
Liao Shaoping said confidently: "Of course, I'm not thirty yet."
"Shameless."
Everyone laughed again.
After the joke, Qu Zhitao looked at Liao Shaoping and said: "There is still a crime of speculation now. Although the national policy has been relaxed, as long as you have this crime, you are in danger. Shaoping, if you accumulate funds, you will run less to Guangzhou." "
Qu Zhitao remembered that during the August 3rd crackdown, speculation was also a serious crime.
This was what she heard from the elderly at home when she was a child, and she listened to it as a story. Because at that time, many people in their place were arrested and shot for provoking troubles and hooliganism.
But there was no way to remind her about this, so she could only talk to Liao Shaoping sideways.
Liao Jilin also said: "The economy is developing now, but many parts of the country are too chaotic. Sooner or later we will take action to sort it out. Don't be bold and touch everything."
"I know, fourth brother."
Qu Zhitao and Liao Shaoping said: "If you are doing business, I have a few ideas for you to listen to. If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Liao Shaoping immediately sat upright: "Sister-in-law, tell me."
"Now that the situation is improving, the country will definitely get better and better in the future, and people's lives will get better and better, so more and more people will be willing to spend money on themselves. And the best money to make is for women and children. Money. Women's clothes, makeup artists, skin care products, children's milk powder, toys, clothes, maternal and child products. No matter what it is, if you make the whole country smell it too much, it will be bad for your health. Although there is nothing wrong outside, but now she If you're pregnant, it's better to be careful.
Liao Jilin responded.
The next day, Wu Qiang led a group of soldiers and spent the whole morning building a fence. It was half a man tall and made of thorny thorns. If you wanted to get in, you had to see if you had the ability.
There is a gate in the fence facing the road.
In the afternoon, the people who came to install the TV set came over, and they also brought seedlings of mint and seven-leaf peppermint, as well as many branches of roses and roses.
Qu Zhitao was naturally overjoyed when she saw this. Regardless of the sun outside, she got up and was about to go out to plant, but was stopped by Xu Gehong.
"It's okay to leave these seedlings in the house all afternoon. On such a hot day, you won't get sunburned if you go out. And you can't plant things at this time, because it won't be easy for them to survive."
"I'm a little too excited."
Qu Zhitao smiled sheepishly.
Looking at the TV, Xu Gehong said again: "I just said there is something missing at home. I knew it when I saw the TV. Ji Lin did a good job. You are at home alone, how can you stay in the study all day and write After a while, I will write the manuscript and watch TV for a while, so I can balance work and rest."
Qu Zhitao was embarrassed to say that the TV was bought for her and Liu's mother, so she could only nod shyly.
When Liao Jilin came back in the evening, Qu Zhitao heard the door ring and immediately stood up and walked over to greet him.
"You're back."
Qu Zhitao looked excited and wanted to tell him about the things delivered today.
Liao Jilin asked her to stay away.
Qu Zhitao felt aggrieved immediately. Because of her pregnancy, her emotions were always out of her control.
"Are you annoying me? I knew that after a long marriage, men tend to lose interest in their wives. I didn't expect you to do it so quickly. I'm so miserable."
As he talked, Qu Zhi's golden peas fell down one by one, and he couldn't control them.
She actually qualified that what she was saying was wrong and her emotions were wrong, but she just couldn't control herself.
Liao Jilin immediately panicked. He quickly took off his dirty clothes and hugged Qu Zhitao to coax him: "No, I don't. I can't bear to bother you. It's too late to hurt you. I'm dirty and I'm afraid it will get on you. Don't Cry, okay? It's my fault, you can hit me, crying is not good for your health."
"Why should I hit you? My hand hurts."
"I beat myself."
Liao Jilin raised his hand to hit himself, but Qu Zhitao held his hand: "You are not allowed to hit me, I feel bad."
Liao Jilin's heart softened.
Xu Gehong heard the sound and came out of the kitchen to see her son hugging his daughter-in-law and coaxing her.
She grabbed Ma Liu who was about to come out and returned to the kitchen with a happy smile on her face: "Don't go there, the young couple is having a sweet time."