Reborn into the 70: Turning Adversity into Her Dazzling Path

”That’s something you don’t know. Our Teacher Gu is really amazing at cooking too.”

A shrill voice came over.

The few of them turned their heads and saw Liu Qiao Lian walking over, holding a little boy in her arms and dragging a little girl by the hand.

The little girl walked along while her eyes were drifting toward the cold dishes placed on the wooden board next to them. Seeing that Liu Qiao Lian wasn’t paying attention, her hand quickly grabbed a handful of peanuts from the table and stuffed them into her own mouth.

Her speed was astonishing.

Gu Lingling suddenly remembered the scene from the first time she met this little girl a few years ago.

Two streaks of yellow snot.

The impression was too deep.

So when she saw the little boy in her arms now, Gu Lingling immediately thought of what had happened back then.

”I say, Liu Qiao Lian, hurry up and wipe those two lines of snot from your Xiao Jun. This is a place where we’re eating.” A woman next to them spoke up directly.

Gu Lingling knew this woman too. She was Captain Ge—no, now she should be called the Camp Commander Ge’s wife.

From the Capital City, her name was Mo Hongying.

A very straightforward woman.

A few years ago, when Mo Hongying had just arrived at the unit, she’d had dealings with Gu Lingling because of the couplets she wrote.

”My Xiao Jun isn’t bothering you, is he?” Liu Qiao Lian said, a bit annoyed. ”Besides, when a kid catches a cold how can he not have a runny nose? Adults get runny noses when they have colds too.”

The problem is, you still need to clean your kid’s nose up properly.

Especially when the child doesn’t know any better and actually sticks out his tongue to lick it—truly disgusting.

”Which is why you’d better hurry up and have a child yourself.” Liu Qiao Lian said proudly. ”Once you have a child, you’ll understand how we mothers feel.”

Mo Hongying and Camp Commander Ge had been married for years and still hadn’t had any children.

All kinds of rumors were flying around in the unit; people said all sorts of things.

Mo Hongying didn’t bother with that gossip at all; let them say whatever they wanted.

She was still young, and she’d long since discussed it with Camp Commander Ge: she’d get pregnant at twenty-six and have the baby at twenty-seven.

By then, they’d have a certain economic foundation, and once the child was born they could at least give him some decent conditions—at the very least, have a place of their own in the Capital City.

A home that belonged to them.

For now, they still had to focus on making money.

Although both their families were from the Capital City, their conditions were just so-so and couldn’t really help them much.

There was a period when Camp Commander Ge was almost overwhelmed by all the gossip and tried to get Mo Hongying to change her mind; every time, Mo Hongying would bring up the situation in Liu Qiao Lian and Wang Dashan’s family.

Every time those two kids of Liu Qiao Lian were mentioned, Camp Commander Ge would immediately firm up his resolve.

They’d talk about having children again after their economic foundation was better.

”Your kid is sick and you still bring him out here to catch cold in the wind. A mother like you, I really can’t say I understand.” Mo Hongying sneered.

The smile on Liu Qiao Lian’s face froze.

”None of your damn business.” She flung that line over her shoulder, then turned her head and saw her own daughter secretly grabbing food to eat. She slapped her right across the face. ”What, were you a starving ghost in your last reincarnation? Eat, eat, eat—what are you eating for? Aren’t you afraid people will laugh at you again?”

The little girl still had some vegetables clutched in her hand. After that slap, she was first scared stiff, then immediately burst into loud wails.

”What are you doing?” Erniu’s mother pulled the child over. ”Don’t take your anger out on the kid. So what if she eats a little? Since Xiao Jun is sick, you just focus on taking care of him. I’ll watch Daniu. When things wrap up here tonight, I’ll bring her back to you.”

”Then thank you, sis-in-law.” Liu Qiao Lian swayed her hips happily as she walked off.