After getting up early in the morning, Li Qingyun secretly took a basket to Aunt Jiang's house to pick up the meat that had been ordered last night.

Uncle Gu went to slaughter the pig in the middle of the night and came back in the morning, bringing back the meat and pig liver she wanted.

Aunt Jiang said that the meat she got was second-grade meat, which normally sold for fifty-eight cents a pound. Because she didn't have a ticket, the internal price was eighty cents a pound. Pork liver was cheaper, such a large piece was only thirty cents.

After giving her one yuan and one pound for the meat and two cents for her hard work, Aunt Jiang happily sent her out and said that she would wait for her at the back entrance to go up the mountain together. Only then did Li Qingyun return.

I cooked sweet potato and grits porridge in the morning, served with boiled eggs and pickles sent by Sister Qiuju.

She also baked thirty soft white flour pancakes, which could be used to roll up various meat sauces she made, as well as the chili sauce that Wangdi sent.

Li Qingyun made two rolls with hot sauce, two with mushroom and meat sauce, and two with green pepper and meat sauce, a total of six rolls. She packed them in the aluminum lunch box at home. This was her lunch today.

Then I filled the military water bottle at home with warm water and took it with me to quench my thirst.

My aunt said yesterday that since it is not easy to go into the mountains, they will stay as long as possible and will not have time to come back for lunch.

After revealing the secret of the space to Gu Tingzhou, the two of them started using diapers for their second baby again at night. Li Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief as they finally didn't have to wash diapers covered in golden poop anymore.

She has no problem taking care of children, but washing diapers, especially poopy diapers, is really difficult for her.

She had been taking baths for a few days since Gu Tingzhou came back, and she was on the verge of collapse.

Erbao changed his diaper, drank milk and continued to sleep. Gu Tingzhou repeatedly told him the precautions for going to the mountains, and Li Qingyun's ears were almost callused from listening.

After breakfast, Dabao twisted her and wanted to go with her.

"Dabao, you're too young. I'll take you when you're older. Today we're going deeper into the mountains, which is more dangerous. Mommy can't be distracted taking care of you. If you really want to go, I'll take you to the back of the mountain next time, okay?"

When Dabao heard his mother say this, he felt embarrassed to follow her. He just wanted to help his mother. His second aunt and father were both patients, and the burden of the family fell entirely on his mother. He felt sorry for her.

He heard everything yesterday when Mom talked to Dad about the arrangements at home.

It's too hard for mom to take care of them alone.

"Sister, why don't I go with you? My leg is healed now." Pan Di said and shook her injured leg.

Seeing her sister working hard to support the family, she felt bad and always felt that she was a burden to her.

"You better be careful, I finally got my leg reattached, do you want to be a cripple in the future?

You have ignored my words, right? I'll say this for the last time. Now is not the time for you to do housework. If you don't want to be a burden to me, take good care of your legs.

Dabao, I have a mission for you. Watch your second aunt. If she doesn't cherish her body, tell mom. Oh, and the same goes for your dad's legs."

This was the first time Li Qingyun got angry at home, and also the first time she got angry at Pan Di. She was so scared that she dared not move and looked at the ground with some grievance.

"Okay, I will definitely take good care of my second aunt and dad." Dabao felt that he also had a mission and was very happy.

Gu Tingzhou smiled helplessly and said, "Pandi, why did you bring me along too?" But he felt very touched in his heart.

"Sister, I know I was wrong. Please be careful." Pan Di said in a crying voice.

"Okay, I'm leaving now. It's not nice to keep you waiting. I've put some white bread in the basket. I also have meat sauce and hot sauce. You can help yourself to some wraps at home for lunch. I'll come back to make you something delicious in the evening."

She has put the meat and pork liver into the space to keep them fresh. She used to keep them in the well for fear of being exposed, but now she is not afraid anymore. Even though Pan Di has a leg injury, she will not go to see if there is anything in the well.

Li Qingyun was carrying a backpack, wearing a long coat and trousers suitable for work, with her hair neatly tied up. In the backpack were a basket, a sickle, her lunch and water. She looked like she was going to work, which shocked everyone she met.

After breakfast early in the morning, Gu's mother came over with her crutches. When Dabao opened the door, she realized that the second son's family had gone up the mountain.

She gave Dabao two pieces of malt sugar and sent him to play by himself, then went to the west room first. Seeing Pandi sitting obediently on the kang knitting a sweater while playing with Erbao, she quickly walked over, picked up Erbao and kissed him.

When Pan Di saw her coming, she immediately stood up and greeted people.

"Pandi, this is the crutch your sister asked you to make. Do you think it fits you?"

"Aunt, it's just right. Thank you and uncle." Pan Di said in a low voice.

When facing these elders, she felt a little scared and frightened from the bottom of her heart.

"In that case, as long as it's suitable, I'll go see your brother-in-law." With that, Mother Gu carried Erbao out of the door.

When Gu's mother came in, Gu Tingzhou was reading a book.

"Mom, why are you here? Have you eaten?"

Mother Gu closed the door and whispered, "Second brother, tell me the truth. What are you going to do with Pan Di? Are you going to keep her around forever? In my opinion, she has her parents' home, so why not just send her back?"

Do you know that there are rumors spreading in the village now? I only found out about it yesterday when the eldest brother’s wife came back and told me.

People who are familiar with her and know the inside story feel sorry for her and don’t think too much about it. But do you know what those who don’t know the inside story say?

And Zhaodi even left you two alone at home. That's outrageous! If anyone knew about it, they'd make up all sorts of nasty things about you."

Mother Gu was so worried about this that she couldn't sleep all night. She told Father Gu about it, but he told her that she was just imagining things and that the children would handle it themselves and that she shouldn't worry.

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