Chapter 458: Coaxing Auntie Liu

"Take it, I won't be here for long, so hurry up!" An Yinan smiled playfully.

So many years have passed, and all of them have grown old.

Yet seeing An Yinan and the others, it seems as if nothing has changed; they are still the same as before.

"On behalf of the village, I thank you." The Captain did not refuse.

Ever since the village started producing soap, many Supply and Marketing Cooperatives have come to negotiate contracts.

Especially after the College Entrance Examination, not only the Supply and Marketing Cooperatives but also some shops from the Provincial Capital came to discuss cooperation.

The road to the village is no longer a dirt road, and the vehicles for transport are no longer ox carts.

And all of this change is because of this person!

"I am, after all, a person from Quanshui Village," An Yinan said.

Quanshui Village was the first place to give her a sense of belonging, and it is also the first place she misses at every moment.

"Good!" The Captain said nothing else, just as he had the last time she returned.

"Then I'll go check on the house first." An Yinan smiled, took Chen Xun by the hand, and went around via the small path; it was closer this way.

"Let's go look at the house first, then go see Auntie Liu," An Yinan suggested.

"Whatever you say!" Chen Xun nodded.

An Yinan was thinking of something else now; she wanted to go to the Back Mountain. She missed the wild rabbits of the Back Mountain, missed the silly roe deer of the Back Mountain, missed the yellow sheep of the Back Mountain, and missed the little deer of the Back Mountain.

Once she arrived in this place, she wanted to set herself free.

What shops, what clothing stores, what factories!

None of them are as cute as the little animals!

An Yinan walked to the house; vegetables were planted in the courtyard, but it was swept very clean.

The bedding had already been laid out in the room, and it even had the scent of the sun.

On the table and on the floor, there was no dust at all. "It seems the villagers have already cleaned it."

An Yinan looked back at Chen Xun and pouted helplessly.

Chen Xun pulled her into his arms. "Don't make that face, I won't be able to help myself from wanting to bully you."

An Yinan raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

Chen Xun lowered his head and kissed her little mouth directly; no matter the time, he never wanted to let go.

A sweet taste, and the scent of medicinal herbs between their noses.

An Yinan pushed him away, and Chen Xun let go immediately.

"We're going to Auntie Liu's house." An Yinan glared at him.

Returning this time, she didn't bring anything for Auntie Liu, because everything had already been prepared in Beijing.

"Alright." Chen Xun used his thumb to wipe the corner of Nan Nan's lips, seeing how she blushed.

They had been married for many years, yet his wife was still so shy.

The two of them held hands and went to Auntie Liu's house.

"You've come." Auntie Liu opened the door, and when she saw the two people outside, she stepped forward and gave Chen Xun a swat.

"You child, you went on a mission and were gone for years."

In truth, Auntie Liu had never spent the living expenses Chen Xun gave her; she saved every penny for him.

How could a parent spend their child's money?

In the future, she wanted to give all this money to Nan Nan.

But two years ago, the monthly remittance that always arrived without fail suddenly stopped.

It used to be rain or shine, but now it had suddenly ceased.

Her heart began to feel uneasy, and sure enough, when she called the Military District, she was told he had gone on a mission.

She knew nothing else.

Every month she made a call, just to ask one thing: "Are you alive?"

As long as the reply from the other end was, "Alive!"

She would feel at ease.

Last month, the remittance arrived, and she knew this child had returned from his mission.

Yet there was no letter, not a single word.

Could she not be angry?

"Auntie, I was at the Camp undergoing psychological testing and writing mission reports; I wasn't allowed to go out."

"Later, the transfer order came down, and I was transferred to the Beijing General District."

He had just arrived at a new place, spending every day getting familiar with the new environment and meeting new people.

Although he had known some before, they had never worked together, so they needed to get to know each other anew.

He had fought ten people in one day.

How else to get familiar? For soldiers, you just get straight to it, have a fight, and then you're familiar.

"A letter would have been nice too!" Auntie Liu still looked displeased.

An Yinan supported Auntie Liu; she knew what those days were like. Let alone writing letters, when he got home, he would lean against the sofa and immediately start snoring.

The living expenses sent to Auntie Liu this month were all sent by her on his behalf.

He was too tired.

"Auntie, let's go inside; we also have something we want to discuss with you," An Yinan said.

This matter had been on her mind for many years.

Times have changed, and finally, it can be realized.

"What is it?" Auntie Liu asked.

"Auntie, you also know that Chen Xun and I are both in Beijing now, and it likely won't change in the future; we want to take you over to provide for your retirement," An Yinan said carefully.

As she spoke, she watched Auntie's expression.

Auntie fell silent and had both of them sit on the kang.

"Auntie knows you are both filial, good children, but I am old and don't want to move; the people in the village take good care of me, so you don't need to worry about me."

What would an old woman like her do in Beijing?

She could only add a burden to the two children and couldn't do anything else.

That the two children had this intention was enough to make her content.

"Auntie, I am your son; back in the Northeast Camp, that environment really wasn't a good place."

"Now that I've gone to Beijing, I want to provide for your retirement in the future," Chen Xun said very sincerely; in his heart, he had always thought this way!

Auntie Liu patted his arm, "You child, it's been so many years, I know it all."

She got off the kang and took an iron box from the cabinet, which contained a stack of money orders.

"I've been saving this money for you; in our Quanshui Village, as long as you're willing to work, you won't starve, so you don't need to keep worrying about me." Auntie Liu placed the iron box on the kang table, smoothed out the money orders one by one, and shoved them directly to An Yinan.

An Yinan hurriedly spoke up, "Auntie, this is what Chen Xun gave you; I cannot take it."

Auntie Liu smiled, "You girl, you can't take your own man's money?"

"That's not what I meant," An Yinan hurriedly explained.

But Auntie Liu shoved the money orders directly to her.

"Alright, I've seen you both, so my heart is at ease." Auntie Liu smiled, and the tension she had been holding inside finally relaxed.

There is nothing better than the children being safe.

An Yinan suddenly pouted, looking pitiful.

"Auntie, Xunge and I have been married for so many years, but we haven't dared to have children," An Yinan said, her soft voice trembling slightly.

Upon hearing this, Auntie Liu asked, "Did you bully Nan Nan?"

Without another word, she went up to hit Chen Xun.

An Yinan hurriedly pulled her back, "Xunge didn't bully me, I'm just afraid..."

Auntie Liu glared at Chen Xun, "Afraid of what? Tell Auntie Liu."

"I'm afraid that if we have a child, there will be no one to look after it!" An Yinan said in a low voice.

"Xunge is in the Military and definitely doesn't have time; it would be good just to see his shadow once a day, and I am in school and have other plans for the future, so I have no time at all. If a child is born, who would take care of it?" She wore a look of distress.

Chen Xun, who hadn't understood what he did wrong just a moment ago, immediately understood now.