Chương 12: Chapter 12 Wedding Dress

Su Yunyao had no memory of this incident at all.

Liu Qiao Wen was merely close to Aunt Meng because of her brother's job, to call her a spy was simply ridiculous.

Shen Haoze glared at Su Yunyao, donned his coat, and leisurely said, "Liu Qiao Wen indeed informed Aunt Meng of He Xiuyu's whereabouts over the phone. She not only violated the family rules, but such a phone call is also very dangerous. Can you guarantee that no one was listening? Therefore, Qiao Qingyu was not making false accusations!"

Su Yunyao glared at Shen Haoze resentfully, but was left speechless.

She watched Shen Haoze leave and after thinking for a moment, she followed him.

If they could imprison Qiao Qingyu for false accusations, it would indeed be satisfying. If not, it would at least completely sever Qiao Qingyu's connection with Aunt Meng.

Either way, she wasn't at a loss.

Unexpectedly, she was unable to meet Liu Qiao Wen.

Standing at the entrance of the security office, Su Yunyao looked displeased; the base personnel really showed no respect.

Was it because of her low position?

Once her experiments yielded results, she thought, let's see if these people dare treat her this way again!

The night was too deep, and it seemed Shen Haoze wouldn't be coming out anytime soon, so Su Yunyao had to leave sulkily.

...

The distant eastern horizon began to show pale white, with faint light seeping out like spreading ripples. In just a moment, the entire sky turned clear and bright.

Another morning had arrived.

Qiao Qingyu brushed her teeth, washed her face, and cooked some millet porridge with soybean paste for breakfast.

While cleaning up the house, she noticed a canvas bag containing over six hundred yuan.

Frowning in thought for a moment, Qiao Qingyu's eyes lit up. She pressed her fingers for ten seconds then entered the laboratory, where, as always, air was breathable, but time stood still.

She first checked the corn seeds; one mu of land required about four jin, so she needed to prepare two thousand jin for her uncle.

That meant one hundred large bottles.

The corn seeds, due to their size, were stored on shelves along the edges, along with items like peanuts, potatoes, and ginger.

The corn seeds occupied five shelves, with exactly one hundred on each shelf.

Qiao Qingyu recorded the corn planting methods, precautions, and seed-saving procedures in her manuscript book. Her handwriting was neat and tidy, looking like something a primary school student could write.

The corn had to be planted and seeds saved for continued cultivation since the laboratory had limited seeds.

But Qiao Qingyu didn't know whether the laboratory had this function or how to operate it if it did. Nonetheless, seed saving was a fixed procedure.

Looking at the paper and pen in her hand, Qiao Qingyu left the laboratory with a thought.

After several experiments, she had roughly determined the items that could be brought into the laboratory.

Paper, fountain pens, money, wooden boxes, and cigarettes were allowed.

Clothes, bedding, shoes, socks, and canvas bags were not permitted, nor was food.

Moreover, the laboratory had automatic disinfection and purification functions.

She noticed that the skin on her face had become much smoother in just a few days.

Wrapped six hundred yuan in a piece of kraft paper and placed it in a wooden box that had been cleaned by Qiao Qingyu beforehand, with two large pieces of kraft paper laid at the bottom of the box.

The box was placed in a corner of the laboratory, making it look much tidier.

The three boxes of cigarettes left from entertaining guests were also unapologetically placed in the wooden box by Qiao Qingyu.

At this moment, Qiao Qingyu's gaze fell on a parcel on the kang cabinet, inside was a wedding dress hand-embroidered by Han Xianglan for her most beloved daughter.

After hesitating for a moment, Qiao Qingyu still opened the parcel.

A ray of sunlight hit the fabric just right, the red patterns rippled like water waves, it was actually satin with dragon and phoenix clasps, embroidered with flowers representing wealth.

The stitches were fine and the embroidery exquisite.

Without exaggeration, it could be considered a piece of art.

Han Xianglan was skilled and gentle by nature, and was praised by everyone within ten miles, but in her old age, she was betrayed by her own daughter.

Apart from the new wedding dress, there were also several new polyester shirts and pants, and a pair of new cloth shoes with plush and embroidered flowers. Qiao Qingyu unpacked them one by one; in the next second, she shook a small cloth bag out of the clothes, and upon opening it, found it contained money and coupons.

Qiao Qingyu carefully counted the contents: thirty-eight yuan and five mao eight fen, three jin four liang of food coupons, along with fabric and cotton coupons, which were valid nationwide.

Although she uttered not a word, Qiao Qingyu felt a warm yet somewhat sour feeling in her heart; Han Xianglan and Qiao Zhicai spoke of cutting off relations, but still gave their only savings to their daughter.

She carefully wrapped the wedding dress and placed it in the cabinet.

Afterwards, she took a long sigh, believing that with time, they would soon forgive her, but before that, she needed to do something for them.

There was also her dropout younger brother, and her lonely older brother.

With a clear goal in mind, Qiao Qingyu locked the front door of her house and headed to Sister-in-law Li's house, "Sister-in-law Li, I'm going to the commune to get a letter of introduction."

"Qingyu, where are you planning to go with the letter of introduction?" Sister-in-law Li asked affectionately.

"I'm going to Xichuan City. My uncle and the others are there for some business, and I thought I'd visit them."

"Then you'll have to take the long-distance bus to the city tomorrow, right?"

"If I can get the letter of introduction today, I'll leave today."

"Our residential compound is safe, no thieves around, don't worry, and besides, I'm here," Sister-in-law Li said briskly.

At that moment, Xiao Hu poked his head from behind Sister-in-law Li and added, "Count me in too, I can help protect our home and country."

Qiao Qingyu gave him a thumbs up, praising, "Look at our Xiao Hu, so young and already thinking about protecting our home and country. Aunt Qiao will buy you something tasty when she comes back."

Xiao Hu's eyes sparkled at the mention of treats, and he nodded vigorously, "Aunt Qiao, I'll definitely help keep an eye on the house."

Despite these words, Sister-in-law Li still cautioned Qiao Qingyu to be careful on the road.

From Xiaxi Commune to Yushu County, there was only one bus that left every day at two in the afternoon from the front of the commune, taking about two hours to reach Yushu County. There was a connecting bus to Xichuan City at five o'clock, which could match up timing-wise, but it was quite a journey.

By the time they reached Xichuan City, it would be about seven in the evening.

In fact, the distance was just a few hundred li.

Qiao Qingyu missed the chance for a lift and had to walk back to the commune again; she held her family member ID to find Fang Xiaomei to write the letter of introduction.

Fang Xiaomei was a local who knew Qiao Qingyu. At the start of the year, Fang Xiaomei was introduced to a driver from the base's vehicle team by someone, and in late February, Qiao Qingyu was brought by He Xiuyu to the residential compound.

Fang Xiaomei felt although their romantic relationships were different, they came from similar backgrounds and should have a lot to talk about, so she invited Qiao Qingyu over.

The two got along quite well initially, but Liu Qiao Wen caused a few disruptions, and they fell out.

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