novelaction Chapter 110 Life was tough, but love was sweet.
Chapter 110 Life was tough, but love was sweet.
There are even fewer people like Su Niannian who take the initiative to become friends with you.
Widow Wu was genuinely moved for a moment.
Seeing Su Niannian's firm stance, Widow Wu no longer refused.
"Thank you," said Widow Wu.
"Baozi, come over here and thank your sister Niannian."
Baozi quickly listened to his mother and thanked Su Niannian. Su Niannian patted Baozi's head.
He pulled out another handful of candy from his pocket and handed it to Baozi.
Baozi's eyes lit up when he saw the candy, but he didn't take it. Instead, he looked at his mother.
Widow Wu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up, "Sister Niannian gave this to you, you should keep it."
Baozi accepted the candy from Su Niannian with both hands, her eyes filled with appreciation.
"There's no rush to make the clothes. We can make them whenever we have time," Su Niannian said. Widow Wu nodded, and Su Niannian and Gu Nan left Baozi's house.
Widow Wu thought that she would definitely finish making the clothes as soon as possible and send them to Su Niannian.
My family owes Su Niannian too much.
This little girl is so wonderful, so incredibly wonderful.
"Mom, can I have one of these candies now?" Baozi asked his mother, holding the candy in his hands.
Widow Wu felt a pang of sadness; last year during the Spring Festival, she hadn't even been able to buy Baozi a few pieces of candy.
She was a terrible mother.
The mother patted Baozi's head and said gently, "Eat up."
Baozi carefully peeled open a piece of candy, about to put it in her mouth, but stopped when it was close to her lips.
As if he thought of something.
"Mom, you eat first."
"If Mother doesn't want to eat, you eat it."
“If Mom doesn’t eat, then I won’t eat either.” Although Baozi was young, he knew that his family was not well.
So he never makes any excessive demands, and whenever he has time, he goes to dig for wild vegetables and pick wild fruits.
She also proactively helps with anything around the house that she can.
He knew that although his mother was poor, she had tried her best to give him the best things.
Last winter, his mother would often go hungry but still make sure he was full.
Baozi remembered everything, and secretly vowed in his heart that when he grew up, he would definitely repay his mother's kindness in raising him.
This candy should be delicious. Mom hasn't had anything good to eat in a very long time, so Baozi hopes his mom will eat it too.
Looking at Baozi's serious expression, Baozi's mother couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart.
All his efforts were worthwhile; his son, Baozi, loves his mother very much.
"Okay." Widow Wu opened her mouth, and Baozi put the candy into her mouth.
Widow Wu, with a candy in her mouth and tears welling up in her eyes, said, "It's so sweet."
"I'll eat the steamed bun too," Widow Wu said, peeling open a candy and putting it into the steamed bun's mouth.
Baozi savored the sweetness of the candy in her mouth, her eyes narrowing with happiness.
"Candy is so delicious. When Baozi grows up, I'll give Mom candy every day," Baozi said with a smile.
Widow Wu stroked Baozi's head with satisfaction.
Despite their hardship, the mother and daughter found warmth and support in each other, and life could be sweet in their eyes.
Meanwhile, Su Niannian and Gu Nan went home together.
We were rushing to finish work before the end of the workday, so we didn't encounter many villagers.
When the two returned home, Gu's mother had already prepared dinner.
Once the two people enter the house, the fire under the stove can be extinguished.
Su Niannian went to the kitchen to serve the food to Gu's mother and brought it to the dining table in the yard.
Gu Ningning took the bowl and chopsticks and still served food to her older brother, Gu Zhendong.
At this moment, Gu Zhendong's situation was somewhat better than during the day.
"Big brother, let's eat." Gu Ningning set up the low table and placed the food in front of Gu Zhendong.
"I don't have much of an appetite, you guys eat." Gu Zhendong still had no appetite.
Gu Ningning tried to persuade her, but it had no effect.
Gu Ningning could only lower her head and leave Gu Zhendong's room.
Seeing Gu Ningning like this, Gu's mother knew that Gu Zhendong definitely wasn't planning to eat again.
I got up and wanted to go take a look.
Just then, Gu Nan patted his mother on the shoulder, "I'll go."
Gu Nan got up and went to Gu Zhendong's room.
Upon entering the room, one would see Gu Zhendong lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with his head tilted back, covered with a thin blanket.
"Big brother," Gu Nan called out to Gu Zhendong.
Gu Zhendong then realized that it was Gu Nan who had come in.
She couldn't help but turn her head away and look in the other direction.
Actually, after Gu Zhendong became a cripple, he was somewhat afraid to see Gu Nan.
After all, he would have to rely on his younger brother to support him for the rest of his life.
Gu Zhendong even considered ending it all, but ultimately he didn't have the courage to take that step.
Therefore, he always felt guilty whenever he saw Gu Nan.
If he hadn't become disabled, the responsibility for this family wouldn't have fallen entirely on Gu Nan's shoulders.
"I know what you're thinking. We're brothers, blood brothers, aren't we?" Gu Nan didn't look at Gu Zhendong anymore.
Instead, he sat with his back to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), looking at the photos on the box in the distance.
That was a family photo taken in the past.
Do you truly understand what home is?
"In my view, home is a person's last resort, a place to go no matter what happens outside."
Gu Nan didn't care whether Gu Zhendong could listen or not, and continued talking to himself.
This was also the first time Gu Nan had spoken so much at home.
“When I was in the army, I had a subordinate who was 22 years old and a platoon leader who led his team on missions.”
"As a result, his identity was exposed, and he was tortured by the enemy. By the time I led my men to find him..."
It was a summer when 22-year-old Han Wen led his team on a mission. However, his identity was exposed and he was captured because he tried to save one of his soldiers.
The enemy used many extreme measures against Hanwen, even to the point of cutting off his flesh and bleeding him dry.
Han Wen refused to utter a single word.
Seeing that Han Wen was stubborn, the enemy decided to kill him. Since they couldn't get any information out of him anyway, they might as well torture him to death and see just how stubborn he really was.
Even things like pulling out fingernails while still alive were done. Han Wen fainted several times but didn't say a word.
When Gu Nan and his men arrived, Han Wen was barely clinging to life.
At that time, Han Wen only said one sentence to Gu Nan.
"Kill me, and send my body back to my hometown." As he spoke, blood and foam were still spitting out of his mouth.
At that moment, Gu Nan felt a chill run through his body.
This is a tough guy with an iron will, who can remain silent even under severe torture by the enemy.
All he wants now is to be free.
However, Gu Nan could not; his weapons were meant to kill enemies, not his own compatriots.
What's more, they are comrades-in-arms with whom one spends every day.
"If you're a man, you have to live. You've already suffered so much, is there anything harder than death?"
"Think of your mother waiting for you to come home!"