Yu Changle came back from the police station after taking a statement and found that Li Mei and Cuicui had also returned to the store.
Li Mei had a bandage on one hand and was sweeping the floor with a broom in the other hand. Cuicui was meticulously ironing clothes with half her face swollen. Both of them worked seriously, and no one noticed Yu Changle standing at the door.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the two people working silently looked so determined and powerful. Suddenly, it was like a warm current flowed through Yu Changle's heart, telling her that she was not alone in the struggle.
"Sister-in-law Li, Cuicui, why did you come back if you didn't go home to rest after the doctor's visit? Put your things down quickly and I'll clean them up."
A smile appeared on Yu Changle's face again. It was just a small setback, no big deal, not to mention she had comrades who would never leave her.
Li Mei looked at the broken clothes hangers and stools on the ground, her brows furrowed with distress:
"How can I trust you to clean it up alone? If all these good things are broken, how much money will it cost to replace them?"
Cuicui wanted to persuade her aunt, but there was medicine in her mouth, and the wound hurt whenever she moved.
Yu Changle was more concerned about their injuries: "These are small things that don't cost much, but what do you think the doctor will say?"
"There's nothing wrong with my hand. It's just a soft tissue contusion. The doctor prescribed medicine and said it will be fine in a few days."
Thanks to Li Mei's good health, her body has been strengthened by long-term labor. If it had been another person, she would have been injured for a hundred days.
Yu Changle felt a little more at ease: "As long as you didn't hurt any bones, don't do any work these days. Only by taking good care of yourself can you recover quickly. Where is Cuicui?"
Cuicui took the medicine and was temporarily unable to speak. Li Mei answered for her:
"The little girl is thin-skinned and has a gash in her mouth. The doctor gave her medicine and told her not to talk in the past few days until she has grown up. The only thing is that her big teeth have fallen out, which is a bit troublesome. If she loses her teeth at such a young age, will it affect her future? ....."
Halfway through her words, Li Mei stopped abruptly. Her niece was also unlucky, and everything bad happened to her.
No, she had to go to her brother's grave to burn some paper when she had another day of rest, so that he would not be idle in the ground and bless his poor daughter!
Hearing Li Mei talk about the lost teeth, Cuicui's expression darkened. This was probably because her fate was bad. Even her injuries were wounds that could not be healed. She was destined to be with her for the rest of her life.
Yu Changle noticed her depression and comforted her:
"Cui Cui, don't worry. I heard that there is a dental clinic run by foreigners in Yangcheng that can fill your teeth. I'll go find out next time and take you to Yangcheng to have your teeth filled if there's no problem."
Cuicui's eyes suddenly brightened up a bit, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up, nodding at Yu Changle.
A teenage girl is always concerned about her appearance. She already has a deep and long scar on her neck. Now she has lost another big tooth. I heard people say that without big teeth, the remaining teeth will become looser and looser. .
Cuicui couldn't speak, but she couldn't help but fear that one day she would turn into an old woman with a flat mouth.
It wasn't until I heard Yu Changle say that there were doctors in Yangcheng who could fill teeth that I felt a little more at ease.
In fact, in addition to filling teeth, foreign cosmetic and plastic surgery techniques have become popular now. Even if the long scar on Cuicui's neck cannot be completely removed, there is absolutely no problem in fading it to the point where it can't be noticed by the naked eye without looking carefully.
It's a pity that cosmetic plastic surgery will probably not spread to mainland China for another twenty years. Yu Changle does not want to reveal this too distant news to Cuicui, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
However, she secretly kept this matter in mind and would think of a solution for Cuicui if she had the opportunity to go abroad in the future.
With the joint efforts of the three of them, the store was finally tidied up almost as usual.
Yu Changle wanted to give the two of them a week's sick leave, but the two refused to agree to anything.
The reason Li Mei said made it impossible for her to refute: "Although Cuicui and I are wounded soldiers, we can't get out of the firing line even if we are slightly injured. We complement each other."
"I can't move my hands, but I can move my mouth. It's absolutely no problem to receive a customer."
"Although Cuicui can't speak for the time being, her hands and feet are fine, and tidying up, keeping accounts, cashiering, etc. are no problem."
"Although our store was smashed today, it will be open as usual tomorrow, just to let everyone know that the store run by our military wife will never bow to those evil forces."
The matter of opening the business was raised to the level of consciousness by Li Mei, and Yu Changle could only accept it with a wry smile. She was still here these days, so she could just do more.
In fact, Yu Changle knew in his heart that Li Mei and the others insisted on starting work because they felt sorry for the losses suffered by the store and were unwilling to delay the store's business any longer.
Autumn is not long in gold and silk, and it may be difficult to sell these clothes that come back a week later.
With such a reliable "comrade-in-arms", Yu Changle feels that the future development of the clothing store will only get better and better.
After Li Mei and Cuicui left, Yu Changle closed the store as usual and went to the yard to reward Laifu and Wangcai with a large piece of meat. Thanks to their bravery, a disaster was avoided.
After eating, the two dogs happily jumped around Yu Changle, not at all looking like they were about to eat people at noon.
Yu Changle was rarely relaxed. Being with small animals had this relaxing magic. She picked up the pebbles around her and played a game of tossing and catching with the two dogs.
One person and two dogs were having fun when they suddenly heard an unnatural cough coming from the iron gate.
Yu Changle looked up, his eyes suddenly filled with smiles:
"Jiu'an, you're back."
This soft call was so sweet that it was so sweet to Meng Jiuan's heart. This was his and Yu Changle's new home, wasn't he just "back"?
Yu Changle didn't expect that his casual words would eliminate the slight depression in Meng Jiuan's heart.
He got off work and hurried to the small courtyard. Before he entered the door, he heard Yu Changle's happy laughter. He was quite happy at first, but who knew that he opened the door and stood at the door for a long time, his wife and the two dogs couldn't play with each other. I was so happy that I didn't notice his existence.
The two military dogs must have discovered it, but they were so smart. They recognized Meng Jiuan at a glance. With both owners here, they would only have more fun and had no intention of "telling the truth."
At this time, Yu Changle stopped, there was no more fun, and the two military dogs happily surrounded Meng Jiu'an to show their attentiveness.
Meng Jiu'an looked at the two military dogs raising their legs and bowing, and wanted to hold his forehead and smile bitterly. Sure enough, the "capitalists" knew how to engage in "corruption". They had only been sent for two days, and these two military dogs had learned how to bow to people. .
This cannot all be attributed to Yu Changle's "corruption". The military dogs are really too smart. Yu Changle taught him the lesson accidentally, and both military dogs memorized it.
Meng Jiu'an didn't think so. He felt that his wife must be so charming that even military dogs were willing to listen to her!
