When Ruan Biao heard this, he quickly parked the car on the side of the road. Tang Wenhao asked in confusion, "Brother Ruan, what's wrong? Why did you stop again? What did Yumei say?". [&]
"Brother Wenhao, Yumei said she wanted to explain our doubts to both of us," Ruan Biao said with a smile.
"Oh! Then let her talk quickly!" Tang Wenhao smiled happily.
"Okay, why don't we go below and find a big tree to sit under the tree and chat. The car is too hot," Ruan Biao said, signaling Tang Wenhao and Yumei to get off the car.
After the three got out of the car, they found a big tree in the bushes by the roadside and sat on the grass. Yumei began to tell Ruan Biao and Tang Wenhao why she was still a girl until last night.
She said that according to the customs of the mountainous areas here, she should give her first time to her first love boyfriend before getting married. However, she has never had a first love boyfriend, and Li Qiang is her first love. After she and Li Qiang confirmed their relationship, Li Qiang recruited troops to Hanoi and was later selected to the Lang Son National Special Forces to become a special force under Ruan Jingxiong.
Although he is close to home, because he is a special forces soldier, there are very few opportunities to come back. Therefore, before she married Li Qiang, she was still a poor girl and could only get rid of this matter on the day of the wedding. However, it was so coincidental that on the afternoon of the wedding night, when the two of them entered the bridal chamber, her health was in trouble again. My aunt visited her inappropriately, which made Li Qiang so depressed.
In this way, although Li Qiang had a three or four-day wedding date, the two did not really have sex because of her physical problems. After Li Qiang returned to the team, he came back once every six months. He passed by his house on a mission. It was a coincidence that Li Qiang was a figure at home. There were many brothers in the village. When he went home to see his parents, these brothers got him drunk at night and did not return to the town to look for Yumei.
When they arrived at the town to look for her during the day, although the two of them closed the door and couldn't wait to do it, because Li Qiang was too anxious and too urgent, they would get out of the fire without actually entering. Li Qiang originally wanted to stay with her for a while, but the call came from the team and asked him to go to another place to perform the mission immediately. He was a soldier and could only obey orders and left the town in disappointment.
After nearly a year, she never waited for Li Qiang to come back. Every time she called him, she was on a mission. Later, she couldn't find him at all. She called the army, and the person who answered the phone only told her that Lieutenant Li had gone on a secret mission and could not tell her anything.
Who knew that this was the result that Li Qiang died in the jungle of Laos.
When Ruan Biao heard this, he translated the situation to Tang Wenhao. Tang Wenhao couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Li Qiang, don't worry, I will love Yumei well for you, and will not let her down or treat her badly."
"Yes! Brother, in fact, in this way, Yumei was a girl before last night, not a real woman. It was you who made her a real woman, so you really have to treat her kindly," said Ruan Biao.
"Well, this matter is clear, and I have no doubts. I will definitely be kind to Yumei. Brother Ruan, let's go!" As he said that, he took Yumei's jade hand and stood up.
The three of them got back in the car and drove towards Li Qiang's hometown.
Li Qiang's hometown is indeed very poor, and it should be said that it is even poorer than Amei's hometown. There is no decent building in the entire village, all of which are wooden houses and very simple. Most of the men and women in the village are idle, and most of them are women. Yumei said that the ratio of men and women in the Li Qiang's village is between 1:1.5, and the overall ratio of men and women is also very unbalanced.
Therefore, when Ruan Biao drove an off-road military vehicle to the village, the men, women, and young people in the village thought that it was Li Qiang who had returned and rushed to his house to watch the fun. How could they know that A Qiang, the most proud in their village, had already been left in Laos.
When the car was parked at Li Qiang's door, the men, women and young people in the village were pulling a truck of goods in the car, and they joked that Yumei was whether Aqiang had become an official again and sent gifts to the villagers when she came back.
Yumei felt very uncomfortable when she heard this, but because she was already Tang Wenhao's woman, she no longer had the kind of grief that was about to die, and she just felt uncomfortable.
Ruan Biao could understand these villagers' words, so he asked Yumei in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, if you don't mind, give these things to the villagers for the sake of Brother Li Qiang! Anyway, brother Wen Hao is rich. If the old man and the old lady don't follow us, then we will leave more money for the two elders. How about it?"
"Well, let me ask my parents first! Since I am already Wen Hao's woman, everything in the car should belong to the Li family. In addition, tell Wen Hao, tell him not to get too close to me, so as not to misunderstand the villagers, especially if my parents misunderstand, they will be sad," Yumei reminded.
"Yes, brother and sister, you are very thoughtful. I will remind Brother Wenhao, then let's get off the car!" As he said that, Ruan Biao pushed open the car door, and Yumei and Tang Wenhao got out of the car as well.
Seeing that Li Qiang was not in the car, the onlookers asked Yumei why Li Qiang hadn't come back? Yumei didn't say much, but just smiled helplessly, said nothing, and led Ruan Biao and Tang Wenhao to the house.
The noisy sound outside has already attracted the two elderly people in their family. Li Qiang's parents are both in their sixties, and they look much older than Tang Wenhao's parents. Perhaps the result of long-term work in the sun, their foreheads are shiny, their hair is gray, and their faces are full of wrinkles, which makes people feel sad.
"Dad, mom, I'm back. They are Aqiang's comrades-in-arms," Yumei shouted relatives, then pointed at Ruan Biao and Tang Wenhao and said.
"Oh! Hello! What about Aqiang? Has our Aqiang not come back?" Aqiang's mother asked in confusion, and the old man in her family was also carefully looking at Ruan Biao and Tang Wenhao.
"Oh, I know you, I saw your photo in Aqiang's photo," the old man pointed at Ruan Biao and smiled.
"Haha, uncle, my name is Ruan Biao, I am several years earlier than the Li Qiang brothers, but we are very good brothers. He is Ahao, and also our brother, uncle and aunt, let's go into the house to talk!" Ruan Biao said with a smile.
"Yes, father, mom, Brother Ruan and others have something to tell you," Yumei said.
When the old man and the old lady saw that their son Li Qiang did not come back, but his comrades led his daughter-in-law back, she was very confused. Seeing that their expression was very serious, the old couple looked at each other and felt a sense of ominousness in their hearts.
With a nervous mood, he brought his daughter-in-law and two guests to his home. Some of the onlookers wanted to follow him, but Yumei tactfully stopped him.
When he arrived at the simple wooden house, the old lady finally couldn't help it. She looked at Ruan Biao worriedly and asked, "Child, has something happened to Aqiang?" As she said that, she and her husband looked at Ruan Biao and Tang Wenhao nervously.
Ruan Biao knew that there was nothing to hide in this matter, so he could only face it. So he nodded, took out the pension and martyr's certificate from him, and said sadly, "Uncle, aunt, brother Li Qiang have died. Please mourn the two elders. We are here to express our condolences to you two elders on behalf of the army."
After saying this, the old man and the old lady looked at each other and burst into tears almost at the same time. The old man lost his son, and the grief was beyond words. Yumei hurriedly hugged the two elders and burst into tears. Although she no longer loved Li Qiang anymore, after all, she had fallen in love with his parents and had long become affectionate, treating them as her parents.
Vietnamese women are very filial to their parents-in-law. Like Koreans, their Confucian etiquette is better than what we Chinese keep.
After crying, Li Qiang's father asked Ruan Biao about his body. Ruan Biao regretfully told the two elders that Li Qiang's brothers had no bones and could not be found. The two old men were even more sad. The old lady cried so hard that she fainted twice, which moved Tang Wenhao and Ruan Biao.
"Uncle, aunt, don't be sad anymore. Anyway, people cannot be resurrected. Let's face the reality bravely! This time we come to see you two elders. In addition to telling you this bad news and giving you condolences, there is another thing to communicate with you two elders." Ruan Biao got back to the point.
"Child, tell me!" the old man sighed expressionlessly.
"Uncle, brothers Li Qiang and I have always been very good brothers, and we often carry out missions together. When we went to Laos this time, we both agreed that once one of us sacrificed, the other one would take care of our parents, wife and children for each other, so I want to take you and your younger brother and sister away and let you go to Langshan to live together. How about you see?" Ruan Biao said sincerely.
They discussed on the way. In order not to cause trouble, they returned to Li Qiang and his village this time and said that they were here to pick up the old man and the old lady to Langshan for retirement. Not to mention the matter between Yumei and Tang Wenhao, it would be a problem if the two elders and the people in the village disagreed.
"Ah? Going Lang San? Going so far away? Child, thank you. We are over 100 years old. We have lived in this village for a lifetime and have never left. Even if we go to our town, we don't bother you a few times a year. It's enough to have Yumei at home. She is very capable. With her small shop, our family can't be hungry, so we won't cause trouble for you." The old man said politely.
When Ruan Biao heard the old man's words, he glanced at Yumei. Yumei hurriedly said, "Dad, Mom, why don't we go to Langshan with Brother Ruan! Langshan is a big city and has many opportunities. I have brought all the goods from our small shop home. I can't make much money there. What do you think?"
As soon as he said this, the old man and the old lady were confused, especially the old lady. After wiping her tears, she asked in surprise, "Yumei, have you really closed our shop? Are the goods being brought back?"
Yumei seemed very unhappy when she saw the old lady, but she had already said it, so she had to nod her head honestly and said, "Mom, Brother Ruan said, we have more opportunities to make money when we get there. When I think in our town, I, a widow who has been married to Aqiang for less than two years, will hide from me in the future and will not buy my things anymore. There is no money to make in the store, so it is better to go to Lang San. No one knows our situation. With Brother Ruan and others help, our lives will definitely be better."