Marrying a childless superior, she became pregnant and lived a carefree life in the 1970s.

Chapter 65 After an eight-year wait, someone has to sacrifice their personal love for the greater good.

The two children were stunned for a moment, somewhat incredulous, but they quickly realized what was happening, their eyes reddening as they repeatedly bowed to Gu Jianing in gratitude.

With long-term cooperation, they no longer need to travel to the distant county town for traditional Chinese medicine, and the prices will not be driven down too much.

Moreover, the woman in front of me is from the military region and is a military spouse. Everyone has a very good impression of soldiers and their spouses.

"By the way, do you need tickets? Should we convert some of the money into tickets?" Gu Jianing asked.

These days, you only have money but no tickets, yet there are many things you can't buy.

"Yes, yes."

So Gu Jianing gave them the calculated money and tickets.

Qin Tian and Qin Qing had never handled so much money and tickets before. Looking at the abundance of money and tickets, they figured they wouldn't be too upset about the upcoming heavy snow that would close the mountain pass.

"Sister, let's go back now."

"and many more."

Just as the two were about to say goodbye to Gu Jianing and go to buy food, Gu Jianing called them back.

The two little ones stopped abruptly, looking somewhat nervous, fearing that something bad might happen.

Gu Jianing turned to the uncle selling mutton soup and said, "Uncle, please pack three more portions for me."

The uncle looked at Gu Jianing as if she were a god of wealth, "Okay."

They packed it up quickly and efficiently.

Then, Gu Jianing handed two of the portions to Qin Tian and Qin Qing, saying, "Here, these are for you."

She had just noticed that while the two little ones were talking to her, they couldn't help but glance at the fragrant, steaming hot mutton stall out of the corner of their eyes, and their little noses were also sniffing it intensely.

Give it to them?
Two servings of mutton soup, and they're so expensive!

"No, no, we can't have it."

As he spoke, Qin Tian pulled his sister away, saying that the gift was too valuable for them to accept.

Those around Gu Jianing gasped when they saw her actions. This girl is really rich; she just gave away two bowls of mutton soup like that.

How could Gu Jianing allow anyone to refuse what she wanted to give?

He insisted on stuffing it into their arms, saying, "Take it, consider it as us making friends, and we'll be cooperating for a long time to come."

"Alright, that's all for now. See you next time."

As she spoke, Gu Jianing picked up another portion of mutton soup that she intended to give to Sheng Zexi, and asked the person pushing the cart to put several bags of herbs on the cart as well. Then she left and headed to the place she had arranged to meet Zhang Shuwan and Sister-in-law Yu.

It's almost time.

So, here, Grandma Qin, who had finished taking her medicine at home and was waiting, saw her two children come in with red eyes.

I thought they were being bullied.

Then we saw them take out the grain they had bought, the remaining money and coupons, and the two bowls of mutton soup.

Only after listening to them did I realize that the two bowls of mutton soup were actually a gift from the kind girl who bought their herbs.

Not only that, she also planned to cooperate with them long-term, and that they could send her herbs to the Northwest Military Region once a week whenever they had them.

"Okay, okay, this way you won't have to go all the way to the county town in this freezing weather." Grandma Qin nodded repeatedly. It was too far and too cold there, and the two children were still so young. She would worry about them if she stayed at home.

The Northwest Military Region is different; it's close and safe.

After learning that Gu Jianing had insisted on giving them the mutton soup, Granny Qin's impression of her improved even more.

She was a very kind-hearted girl.

"When you have the chance in the future, you must repay that sister properly, understand?" Grandma Qin instructed. "Yes, Grandma, we understand."

"Grandma, let's eat mutton together."

"No, you can eat it, Grandma doesn't like it."

She hadn't been able to afford meat for her two children all year round, and when a kind person finally gave them some mutton soup, how could she accept it?

She's old, so these things won't help her. It's more important to feed the children so they can grow up healthy.

"No, Grandma, if you don't eat, Xiaotian won't eat either."

"Yes, Grandma wants to eat, and Grandma eats before Qingqing eats."

"Yes, Grandma is not in good health, she is sick, and she needs to eat meat to get better."

The two children were very stubborn. They knew that the old woman didn't dislike eating meat; she just wanted to give it to them.

But how can they eat it with a clear conscience?

Grandma Qin knew the two children's tempers, so she sighed and said, "Alright, then the three of us will eat together."

So, in this dilapidated and cold little house, the three of them, grandfather, grandmother, and grandson, ate warm mutton and drank mutton soup together, and the winter of that year didn't seem so cold after all.

Meanwhile, children's voices could be heard chattering about what food they had bought, how long it would last, and how they planned to go up the mountain to find medicinal herbs before the heavy snow blocked the way...

As Grandma Qin ate her mutton soup and listened to her grandson's rambling, she felt much better, both physically and mentally.

Let's just wait it out a bit longer.

At least, at least we have to wait until the parents of the two children come back.

That's right, we've already waited for 8 years, and we don't know how much longer we'll have to wait.

She didn't even know if her son and daughter-in-law were alive or dead.

Meanwhile, in a remote mountainous area to the southeast, no one knew that a state-owned weapons research base was located there.

At this moment, a couple and their team have just perfectly completed a project they were working on, and everyone is very happy.

The space program, which had been under research for several years, finally made progress. This progress took them several years, but with this step forward, subsequent progress was much faster.

During their rest break, the couple's eyes welled up with tears as they thought of their elderly mother and two children back in their hometown in the Northwest.

The man hugged his wife and comforted her, "Just wait a little longer, it'll be soon. At most two years, at least one year, we'll be able to go back."

"Ah."

Having not seen each other for eight years, they had no way to send any messages back, nor could any messages come in.

Eight years is neither a long nor a short time.

I wonder how the person they're thinking about is doing.

What they didn't know was that eight years was enough time to change a lot.

It is enough to make a healthy mother old and frail, and enough to make a child who could only walk unsteadily and speak poorly become self-reliant, able to take care of himself, and even help take care of a sick grandmother.

However, even if he knew, he would probably still make the same choice.

Choosing between the greater good and the individual family, between universal love and personal love, is always a difficult decision.

But someone always has to sacrifice their personal love for the greater good. Only when everyone is doing well can the countless small families that are protected by everyone be even better.
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"You actually bought so much stuff?"

When Gu Jianing led the people pushing the cart to the agreed location, Zhang Shuwan and Aunt Yu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they saw the cart full of things.

Gu Jianing smiled somewhat embarrassedly. She knew that she seemed to have lost control and bought too much.

(End of this chapter)