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Li Wanqing was originally a freshly graduated student from a university of Chinese Medicine, specializing in pharmacology. Just...
Chapter 105 Give the original fur coat to the fourth brother
"Third sister-in-law, the bear skin on your kang is bear skin, right? Isn't bear skin very expensive? Why did you just spread it out yourself?" Cuifang looked at the whole piece of bear skin on the kang and felt so envious.
"Well, the bear skin is quite warm, otherwise the kang will get cold in the second half of the night." Li Wanqing explained lightly.
Li Wanqing discovered that her sister-in-law was very short-sighted and wanted everything she saw to be her own.
Even if such a person is not a bad person, she does not intend to make close friends with him.
Cuifang probably realized that Li Wanqing was unwilling, so she stopped talking awkwardly.
Although Li Wanqing didn't want to listen to her envy, jealousy and hatred, she couldn't let the conversation go cold, so she took out the mountain products she had fried and let Cuifang eat them.
"I fried this myself, Cuifang, please try it." Li Wanqing said with a smile.
"This...are you eating all these mountain products in this basket? You can sell them for a lot of money." Cuifang was surprised.
Although Cuifang's home is at the foot of the mountain, they usually go to the mountain to pick up mountain products. However, every autumn there are many people picking up mountain products, and they dare not go deep into the mountains.
Moreover, the little mountain products had to be saved to sell for money and to be kept for entertaining guests during the New Year, so there was not much that I could eat.
"Well, how can we live in the mountains without these? There are not many other things in the mountains. Walnuts, pine nuts and other things you want to eat are everywhere." Li Wanqing said indifferently.
Cuifang thought about it and realized that she was being stingy, so she said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Third Sister-in-law, I'm just used to it."
The two chatted casually in the house, while outside Gu Chuan was sweeping the snow with his third brother Gu Yan.
While sweeping the snow, Gu Chuan was also telling Gu Yan about his troubles.
"Third brother, after today we will be living on our own, and I don't know how much food my parents will give me.
I'm worried that it won't be enough for us to eat in the winter. And the same goes for meat. This autumn I was busy preparing for my wedding and didn't have time to prepare meat for the winter.
I'm really afraid that Cuifang will go hungry." Gu Chuan said worriedly.
"No, my parents must have prepared it a long time ago." Gu Yan said.
“Third brother, you don’t know that Gu Bei’s grocery store business is not doing well now. I heard that his brother-in-law still goes to the casino.
When he lost money, he would go to the shop to eat and take things. Li Yingdi would also secretly give his brother some silver.
The grocery store was originally a small business and didn't make much money, but Li Yingdi kept secretly giving money to her brother.
I heard that we lost money after the month-end accounting, and we don’t have the money to buy goods for next month. I’m worried that my parents will give food and other things to Gu Bei and his family.” Gu Chuan frowned.
Gu Yan had no good solution for this matter. His parents were partial to each other, and what Gu Chuan was worried about might really happen.
"Let's see what they say today. Try to ask for as many things as possible and try to move back everything you need for the winter." Gu Yan gave him advice.
Gu Chuan nodded. He would have done the same even if his third brother hadn't told him.
As the two of them were talking, they finished sweeping the snow and returned to the house.
Seeing the two people come in, Li Wanqing also poured them each a bowl of hot water: "Drink some hot water first to warm yourself up."
It was so cold outside. Gu Yan was fine as he wore plenty of thick clothes, but Gu Chuan was not so lucky. His cotton-padded jacket was made two years ago and it was not warm at all.
He gave his only fur coat to Zhao Cuifang. The main reason was that he had to give it to her. So Zhao Cuifang married him wearing only an old cotton coat and trousers.
Those who have never lived in the mountains will never know how cold it is. It is really cold to the bone, and if you don't take good measures to keep warm, you can freeze to death.
Gu Yan also noticed that Gu Chuan was wearing thin clothes, and thought that his old leather jacket should not have been thrown away yet, but he didn't know where his wife had put it.
So he asked Li Wanqing, "Wife, where is my old fur coat? Where did you put it?"
"It's in the box outside. Why are you looking for it?" Li Wanqing asked.
"I made a new leather coat this year, so I'll give the old one to Gu Chuan." Gu Yan said.
Li Wanqing also saw that Gu Chuan was not wearing a fur coat, and then looked at Zhao Cuifang. What else was there to not understand?
This is like giving your fur coat to your wife.
When Gu Chuan heard that his third brother wanted to put a coat on him, he quickly refused: "No, third brother, I'm not cold."
"What do you mean by not cold? Just look at your face. How cold is it outside now? If you catch a cold, it could kill you.
I've worn this fur coat for a few years now, and some of the fur has fallen off, so you can just make do with it for now." Gu Yan said as he went to the outer room and brought in the fur coat from the box.
"Thank you, third brother." Gu Chuan finally took the fur coat.
"What are you thanking me for? When you go back later, ask your parents for some furs so you can make a new fur coat for each of you two.
We are hunters. What else can we lack than furs? After selling other good furs, we will definitely have rabbit furs. "Gu Yan reminded Gu Chuan.
Gu Chuan nodded: "Well, I'll tell you when I get home today."
After chatting for a while, they set off for their parents' home.
Gu Chongshan's home is particularly lively today. His four sons, four daughters-in-law, a little daughter, and grandchildren are all here.
The most active among them are Gu Bei and Li Yingdi.
And it seems that they have set their sights on Gu Yan and Li Wanqing today.
While Gu Bei was pestering Gu Yan in the house, Li Yingdi kept moving closer to Li Wanqing in the kitchen, trying to get close to her.
"Third sister-in-law, I will call you Wanqing from now on. We are so close. We both have the surname Li. Maybe we were one family five hundred years ago." Li Yingdi came close to Li Wanqing with a bulging belly.
"Second sister-in-law, you'd better find a place to rest. It would be bad if you get touched with such a big belly." Li Wanqing moved to the side, away from Li Yingdi, the pregnant woman.
"Oh, it's okay, we country folk are not that delicate.
Wanqing, I heard from my aunt that you and the third brother bought a large farm? You are really capable. Your life will be better from now on.
The third brother is also a good hunter. Now he has bought a farm and has his own land, so he will never lack food in the future.
Come, tell my sister-in-law, you guys made a lot of money this year, didn't you?" Li Yingdi said in a feigned warmth.
Li Wanqing was not surprised at all that Li Yingdi knew that they had bought the farm.
After all, Aunt Gu and Uncle Gu already knew about it, so how could they not tell Gu Chongshan and the others?
But Li Wanqing didn't care. She didn't want her family to know because she was simply afraid of trouble.
Just like now, knowing that they bought the farm, Li Yingdi was like a puppy seeing a bone.
Not only Li Yingdi, but even Zhang Cuihua became much closer to her.
Seeing Li Yingdi's burning eyes waiting for her answer, even Zhang Dahua and Zhang Cuihua, the aunt and niece, stopped what they were doing.
Li Wanqing knew they were all waiting for her answer, so she said, "Not much. This is our first year, and we have to buy seeds and farm tools."