Chapter 190 Returning to My Mother's House to See the Children
Chapter 190 Returning to My Mother's House to See the Children
On that day, Gu Qingqing first steamed a pot of two-layer steamed buns made of sorghum flour and white flour for her family. After Luo Meihua came at noon, she helped steam two pots of white steamed buns, each weighing six taels.
"Sister-in-law, the pork I brought back for you is in the basket. Wait and see if it works. I picked out some fat and asked the boss to pull it. There are also six ribs, but there is no meat on the bones."
Luo Meihua said before leaving.
"No problem, I don't even need to look at what you buy, it's definitely to my liking."
Yesterday, when Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan went to town, they also bought three pounds of meat, but they planned to keep the meat for their own consumption.
She was thinking of going back to her parents' home tomorrow and maybe not going back before the New Year, so she asked Luo Meihua to bring back another six kilograms of meat from the town.
The day passed in a flash.
The next day, when Erhua learned that her parents were going to her grandmother's house without her, the smile on her little face immediately disappeared.
"Mom, didn't you say you would take us to see my brother?" Erhua pulled on the corner of Gu Qingqing's clothes and begged.
Gu Qingqing raised her hand and pointed outside, "Look, it's snowing outside again. Your father and I can go early and come back early. If we take you three sisters on the road, it will take too much time. If we can't get back before dark, we will have to stay at grandma's house. Your grandpa is very fierce and will beat people. Are you willing to live in the same room with him?"
Erhua obviously didn't believe what Gu Qingqing said, and refuted with a serious face, "Mom, you are lying. Grandma and uncle are so nice, how could grandpa hit people?"
Gu Qingqing spread her hands to her, "If you don't believe it, ask your elder sister to see if what mother said is true."
Erhua really turned around to look at Dahua. Dahua had a deep impression of the last time she went to her grandmother's house. She saw with her own eyes her grandfather beating her grandmother and swearing at people.
So Dahua nodded without hesitation. She seemed to be afraid that Erhua would not believe her, so she added, "Grandpa is even more vicious than grandma."
Although Erhua was not frightened, she looked at Gu Qingqing with a timid look in her eyes, and asked reluctantly, "Mom, if I don't go to grandma's house in the future, won't I never see my brother again?"
Gu Qingqing raised her hand to rub her head and coaxed her, "When your brother grows up, your aunt will definitely bring him to you to play with."
Erhua finally became happy when she heard that her aunt was going to bring her younger brother to her house to play.
Before leaving, Gu Qingqing fed Sanhua and squeezed out some milk, then told Dahua to remember to warm it up for Sanhua to drink.
Then he found Old Yang in the front yard, "Uncle Yang, Wuyan and I will definitely not be able to make it back in time for lunch. I rolled some noodles in the kitchen, and I also left some pig intestines in the kitchen this morning. Uncle Yang, please make some for us to share with the children. In addition, Uncle Yang can help take care of the children at home."
Other households in the village usually only have two meals a day in winter, but Gu Qingqing still cooks three meals a day. In her words, the children in the family did not eat well before, and now she has to make up for it slowly.
Besides, Daxin and Dahua also need to grow up. Saving on a meal won’t make a fortune. As long as they grow well, it is better than anything else. These are the words that Gu Qingqing always says.
Old Yang waved his hand at her and said with a smile, "You guys go and do your own things. I'll help you take care of the house. There will be absolutely no mistakes."
"Well, I feel relieved with Uncle Yang here."
Then Gu Qingqing gave some instructions to Daxin and Dahua, and then she and Wen Wuyan each carried a bamboo basket and went out.
It was already early morning when they set out. Normally it would take more than half an hour to reach Shuangxi Village, but because there was snow on the ground and the mountain was difficult to walk on, the couple walked for more than an hour before they could see the village.
Before entering the village, Wen Wuyan, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. Gu Qingqing, who was walking with her head down, was not careful and almost bumped into the bamboo basket. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and raised her head to avoid it, otherwise her nose would have been damaged.
"Qingqing, do you think that man is Zhuangzhuang?" Wen Wuyan said as he turned his body sideways.
"Why don't you leave?" Gu Qingqing asked behind him.
The two of them said it almost at the same time, and as Wen Wuyan moved aside, Gu Qingqing saw a person standing at the entrance of the village.
Almost at the moment when Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan looked over there, the people over there seemed to have noticed them and ran towards them happily.
This time, it seemed that Gu Qingqing didn’t need to answer, Wen Wuyan already knew who it was.
"Brother-in-law, sister, why did you come just now? I have been waiting for you at the entrance of the village for a long time. Sister, give me the basket, I will carry it." Gu Zhuangzhuang, who ran over, saw that both of them were carrying baskets, and hurriedly took Gu Qingqing's.
When Gu Qingqing saw him, the coolie, coming, she naturally let him take the bamboo basket without any hesitation.
At the same time, he asked, "You knew we were coming today, why didn't you just pick us up along the way?"
Gu Zhuangzhuang adjusted the position of the bamboo basket on his shoulder and defended himself by saying, "There are two roads leading into the village. I didn't know which road my sister would take. I just waited at the entrance of the village. Let's go quickly. My mother will wait for you at home."
Gu Qingqing followed her all the way into the yard, until she lifted the curtain of the east room and stepped into the east room. She heard Gu Jia's voice inside the room, "Qingqing is back", and suddenly stopped and turned to look behind her.
She saw Wen Wuyan, who had been following her, stopped three steps away from the door and was looking at her with a smile.
Gu Qingqing first responded with a "hmm" to the person inside the room, and then immediately left the room.
It was not appropriate for Wen Wuyan to enter the east room.
She walked up to Wen Wuyan and reached out to take the bamboo basket from his back, "Give me the bamboo basket first. It's not convenient for you to go into the east room."
As Gu Qingqing spoke, her eyes swept across the three adobe houses in the north hall. The two east ones were where the original owner's grandmother lived, and the west one was where Gu Daquan and his mother lived.
Those two rooms were obviously not suitable for Wen Wuyan to rest. Gu Qingqing suddenly realized that there was no place suitable for Wen Wuyan to stay in her mother's house.
After walking around, her eyes had to fall on the kitchen. Gu Qingqing said to Wen Wuyan apologetically, "Wuyan, I have to inconvenience you today. Besides, the room is not suitable for you to enter. Why don't you go and do something about it first? I'll go take a look and then we can go back early, okay?"
Wen Wuyan saw her urgency and comforted her, "Qingqing, when we first moved out, it wasn't as good as here."
At the same time, Gu Jia, who was in the room, saw her daughter had lifted the door curtain and was about to come in, so she suddenly retreated.
Thinking something had happened, he hurried out and saw his daughter asking her son-in-law to go to the kitchen.
How can this be possible? The son-in-law is also a guest, how can he go to the kitchen?
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