I, strive for the prosperity of the motherland! 【system】

The "House of Glory" sign can be hung by active military families, retired military families, and families of survivors of martyrs.

Su Xing and He Xu didn't want to speculate on the bad side, so they didn't ask any questions.

The old lady Qiao opened the door and greeted the young couple, "Xiao Su, Xiao He, come in quickly."

The two followed Mrs. Qiao to the door, and Mrs. Qiao gave them two pairs of slippers from the shoe rack.

Several people changed their shoes and entered the house.

"Sit down, rest, warm up, I'll get you some hot water."

The old lady Qiao smiled and walked towards the kitchen.

Su Xing and He Xu went to the sofa and sat down.

They looked at the environment inside the house without any trace. This is a two-bedroom apartment with very old decoration, and the furniture and objects placed there also have a sense of age.

But it was cleaned and spotless.

They took a rough look around the room, and finally their eyes fell on an old-fashioned chest of drawers at the same time.

There are two photo frames on it. The photos in the photo frames are black and white. The people in the photos are all men in military uniforms.

The older man was probably in his 50s, wearing an old military uniform from the 80s.

The younger man looked like he was 28 or nine years old, and his military uniform was in the 90s.

Su Xing and He Xu's mood suddenly became a little heavy...

At this time, Mrs. Qiao came out of the kitchen with a tall body and a low body, holding a thermos pot in one hand and several porcelain cups with handles in the other.

He Xu got up quickly and went to pick up the things from the old lady Qiao, "Grandma Qiao, let me get it."

The old lady Qiao handed the thermos pot to He Xu's hand, "Then get this for you."

He Xu took the thermos and returned to the sofa.

Mrs. Qiao put the cups on the coffee table and reached for the kettle to pour water for them.

He Xu said, "I'll do it myself."

He poured more than half a cup of hot water into several cups.

Mrs. Qiao went to dig out another bag of apples and went to wash the fruit.

Su Xing said, "Grandma Qiao, please stop busy."

Mrs. Qiao, "It's not busy, it's just a little more work. The apples I bought yesterday are sweet. I'll give you two to wash and taste."

She insisted on washing, so Su Xing and He Xu could only follow her.

Mrs. Qiao washed some apples and kept telling them to eat them.

Su Xing and He Xu each took one and ate slowly.

The old lady Qiao noticed that Su Xing glanced at the photo on the chest of drawers several times, and couldn't help saying: "Did I scare you? Then I will take the photo away."

Su Xing reached out and grabbed the old lady Qiao's sleeve, "Grandma Qiao, no need, we are not afraid."

He Xu also said, "We are not afraid."

The old lady Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, and laughed again, "They are my wife and son, they are good people, even if they really have souls, they won't scare people..."

When she spoke the last half sentence, her voice dropped a little.

She really hoped that there were ghosts in this world, and that the old man and his son could come back to see her...

Su Xing and He Xu felt very uncomfortable when they saw the disappointed expression flashing across Qiao Laotian's face.

Su Xing opened his mouth and shouted, "Grandma Qiao..."

After shouting, she didn't know what to say.

She wanted to ask Grandma Qiao about the situation at home, but she was afraid of offending the old man...

He Xu handed the water glass to Su Xing, and patted the back of her hand reassuringly.

The old lady Qiao naturally saw what the two children were thinking. With a kind smile on her face, she took the initiative to say, "My old man, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He was injured and had some problems. In those years, life was difficult, and his health became worse and worse. Later, when we returned to the city, life became better, and he also lived a comfortable life for a few years, but his body suffered too much, and he passed away in 86. ..."

"Oh..." She sighed softly, and then said, "My son, he is also a soldier... During the flood in 98, he didn't participate in flood rescue..."

In just a few words, the old man summed up the life of his husband and son.

Her tone was calm, and her emotions didn't fluctuate too much, but Su Xing and He Xu's words felt very sad and desolate in the ears of Su Xing...

He Xu said, "Grandma Qiao, your other family members..."

Mrs. Qiao said: "My old man's family was gone during the war, and my mother's family didn't survive the reform and opening up..."

She paused, and then said, "I also have a grandson. Her mother took her away when she remarried. I haven't seen him for some years."

Mrs. Qiao took out a photo album from under the coffee table.

She opened the photo album, and the first page was a family portrait.

Sitting in front was a middle-aged woman in her 60s and 26s, who was holding a two- to three-year-old boy in her arms. Behind her stood a young couple in their [-]s and [-]s.

Obviously, this is a photo taken by Grandma Qiao with her son, daughter-in-law and grandson.

Calculated by time, Grandma Qiao's wife was already gone by then.

Grandma Qiao pointed to the little boy in the photo, "This is my grandson, probably a year or two older than Xiao Su."

Waking up, the two of them looked down at the photo, not knowing what to say for a while.

The old lady Qiao said with a smile: "Look at me, what are you doing talking about with you, are you going to celebrate the festival with your family at night?"

Su Xing said: "I go to school in the capital, I'm not from the capital, so I can't go back."

She sent messages to her parents, grandparents, grandparents and other family members in the morning.

Students studying abroad can only call or send messages to send blessings to everyone.

He Xu looked at Su Xing: "I've been with the elderly at home in the morning, and my girlfriend in the afternoon."

Su Xing glanced at He Xu when he heard the words, it turned out that he didn't come back from the laboratory.

The old lady Qiao suddenly invited: "Then...you stay here for dinner, right? I'll make dumplings for you to eat, and I'm pretty good at making stuffing!"

Su Xing met the hopeful eyes of the old man, she couldn't say what she was determined to say, so she nodded subconsciously, "Okay, okay..."

The promised words had already been spoken, and she remembered that she hadn't asked He Xu's opinion yet, so she looked at He Xu apologetically.

With a gentle smile and a sincere tone, He Xu nodded and said, "Okay, let's make dumplings together. I also really want to try the dumpling stuffing made by Grandma Qiao."

After hearing that the two young people agreed to her invitation, Mrs. Qiao immediately smiled happily, "Then what kind of stuffing do you want to eat? Celery meat? Cabbage meat? Or three delicacies stuffing?"

Su Xing said, "I'm not picky about food."

He Xu, "I can do it."

"Then let's eat cabbage meat? I just bought a cabbage this morning, and it's so juicy."

"Okay!"

"it is good."

The old lady is ready to get up and get busy.

She wanted to put the photo album away, but when the photo album was picked up, a photo fell out and landed right at Su Xing's feet.