Gu Xiaobei felt that even the heavens were on her side — it rained five days after she planted cabbage and radishes.
But when the rain subsided and she went to see her vegetable patch, she was dumbfounded! How could this be? Everyone else's crops were planted about thirty to forty centimeters apart, rows of bright green young shoots, but her patch was a thick carpet of verdant green.
While she was still in a daze, she saw a group of well-dressed soldiers coming around the corner at the far end of the country road. They marched in strict formation, full of grandeur.
Gu Xiaobei instantly spotted the figure that haunted her dreams and, overwhelmed with excitement, dashed towards him like a little firecracker.
As soon as Lu Zhanguo made the turn, he saw his wife standing in the field. He was delighted.
Seeing Gu Xiaobei's animated gestures as she ran towards him, he knew she must be up to something out of the ordinary.
