1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 233 The Power of a Plate of Melons
Grandma Qiu smiled and accepted the gift: "Xia Qiu, quickly take your sister inside and sit down. They're really benefiting from your kindness."

Grandma Qiu was an open and honest person, and she spoke frankly in front of everyone in the Qiu family.

After saying that, she took the melon Xia Qiu handed her and went into the kitchen. Their farm also grows this kind of melon, but it's not ripe yet. It would be a great honor to serve it to guests now.

Xia Qiu was very proud and pulled Chu Xue into the house: "Is everything ready?"

"Yes, the date is set for the sixth day of the lunar new year. You and your brother-in-law should go there early then."

As she spoke, she took out the apricots produced in her space from her basket: "Sister, I found these in a secluded spot in the back mountain. I overheard the aunties and grandmas in the village chatting, and they said that pregnant women often like to eat these when they have morning sickness. You can keep them as a snack."

Xia Qiu was overjoyed to see the sour things. She had been craving some sour food these past few days: "Oh my, I've been craving this for the past few days. Your brother-in-law went up the mountain to look for some a few days ago. The closer places had already been picked clean by the children. He only found a few at the top of a tree and it took him a lot of effort to bring them back."

Seeing her happy, Chu Xue said, "If I find it again, I'll bring it to you again."

Xia Qiu's smile never faded: "Xue, your nephew is in for a treat."

Today, my brother-in-law is going on a blind date with a girl from a farm in the northern suburbs. They've met a few times before, and she seems to have a nice personality. My brother-in-law is hoping the blind date will work out.

Grandma Qiu carried sliced ​​melons into the main room: "Come, come, what a coincidence! Shaofeng's sister-in-law came to visit her sister and brought some melons. Everyone, have a taste."

The matchmaker was shrewd: "Oh dear, I'm afraid our farm's melons aren't ripe yet?"

Grandma Qiu smiled broadly, "This was brought back from the south by Xia Qiu's sister's boyfriend. Her family was worried about Xia Qiu's pregnancy and wanted her to eat more, so they had her sister send some over. Xia Qiu is a good girl, so they quickly had me cut some and bring it over." The matchmaker took the plate and handed it to the woman's family and the girl, "Come, come, this is a token of Shao Feng's wife's good intentions. Quickly taste it and see if it tastes any different from what we grow on our farm."

The girl's mother accepted the plate first, and then the girl accepted it as well. The matchmaker took a piece for herself and placed the plate in front of the Qiu family's guests: "You should also try some."

After she finished speaking, she took a bite of the melon in her hand. As soon as she took that bite, the eyes of the others lit up.

The matchmaker spoke first: "This melon is so delicious! It's sweet but not cloying, and it's fragrant. It's so crisp when you bite into it. The ones grown in the south and the north are really different. I'm so lucky to have tasted melons grown in the south today. I'll have a lot to talk about with people later."

Thinking of something, the matchmaker asked, "What does Xia Qiu's sister's boyfriend do?"

Grandma Qiu smiled and said, "A soldier."

Upon hearing this, the matchmaker quickly replied, "Being a soldier is great! You'll have comrades from all over the world, and you'll have friends all over the globe."

At this moment, the girl's mother, who had come over to look at the girl, asked, "Is she serving in the army in the south?"

Grandma Qiu handed over another piece of melon: "I heard from my son Shaofeng that he's serving in the Beijing Military Region."

The woman who accompanied her daughter to the matchmaking event smiled even more sincerely and couldn't help but praise the woman: "Xia Qiu is a hardworking person. I would be at ease if my daughter could become her sister-in-law. They both have good personalities and will definitely get along well."

(End of this chapter)