Chapter 10: Newbie in Housekeeping

"180 Days to Escape" instantly turned into "180 Days to Accompany a Child".

Of course, we can't be so rigid about the time, after all, it is an uncontrollable production date, so it's fine as long as the intention is there.

The change in the name of the plan is intended to show that Gu Yunsu admitted defeat, gave in, and agreed from the bottom of his heart to classify this accident as a happy event.

Adults must have the courage to accept defeat, which means admitting defeat and obeying. If you must change your will and behavior, then first correct your attitude.

You can choose not to agree with the other person's point of view and work hard to win the next confrontation, but at the same time you should also face reality and settle the bets that need to be paid; instead of crying and complaining: "I don't want to do this at all, he forced me to do it."

Being willing to accept defeat is a good quality. The point is not to let go of others, but to let go of yourself.

Gu Yunsu thought about it again. The difficulties in the family now mainly focus on two aspects. One is that Wu Limei has to give birth to a child, and the other is that Li Yan has to take the college entrance examination. Among the remaining two people, Li Jianxiong is always the economic pillar of the family. It is reasonable that Gu Yunsu should take on the responsibility of logistics supervisor and life committee of the family.

If this is the case, then her living off her parents will not be considered living off her parents, but rather she is using her labor to exchange for food and lodging, which is pretty good.

As for whether the dream will come true...

Of course it had to be achieved, but she now understood that no matter how well the plan was made, it would be useless if something unexpected happened.

So the current strategy is to go with the flow.

I have already discussed with Wu Limei that the regular housework is just mopping the floor, washing dishes and preparing three meals a day. Since Gu Yunsu can't get up for breakfast, Ms. Wu will be in charge. At noon, it's just the mother and daughter, so there's no need to make a big fuss. After all, Gu Yunsu's most difficult task is to cook dinner.

But it is easier said than done. Thinking it through is a huge undertaking.

Buying vegetables, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, cooking, which one doesn’t take time and effort? It takes an hour to go out to buy vegetables, and another hour to come back to prepare. As a novice, she has to explore various recipes and pick up a large iron pot to cook enough for four people. A meal will take at least four hours. And this is the case when everything goes well and she doesn’t accidentally break three plates or burn two pots.

Wu Limei and her husband were considerate of her because she had never been under such great pressure, so they decided that the three of them would take turns: Gu Yunsu on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Wu Limei on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Li Jianxiong on weekends. But even so, the housework was endless. On days when she didn't have to cook, there were still piles of clothes to wash and floors to mop. The flowers on the balcony had to be watered, and the fish tank had to be cleaned.

Gu Yunsu used to like staying up late. His biological clock was irregular, but it was basically stuck in the cycle of 3:00/11:00. Even if he had a leisurely lunch after getting up, he still had the whole afternoon to waste. But now, he gets up and goes to battle every day. When everything is done, he is completely paralyzed in bed and becomes a useless person.

It's so painful, and I feel bitter inside. I don't want to be a housekeeping queen. Why should I waste my best youth on housework?

Gu Yunsu lived alone at first, and relied on takeout for all three meals a day. He worked overtime until 8 or 9 o'clock, and when he got home, he was exhausted and could just find a bed to sleep in. He threw his clothes into the washing machine on weekends, and he only used the mop a few times a year.

But why do the requirements for hygiene increase drastically when the whole family lives together?

Housework is a mountain of burden! Time is not enough!

Even when her editor friend Meng Meng sent her a WeChat message asking her what stage her creative career had reached, she could only reply sadly: "It's impossible for me to create anymore! I've already embarked on a more promising career as a housekeeper! If the boss needs a cleaner, please contact me!"

Wu Limei joked to her, "You are just getting started. Wait until you have your own family."

Gu Yunsu was so frightened that he trembled with fear, thinking that this was a vivid lesson in fear of marriage.

But compared to fear of marriage, fear of childbearing education is more successful.

Wu Limei felt weak and dizzy, and her morning sickness became increasingly severe. It had reached the point where Li Jianxiong felt uneasy unless he took his wife to see a doctor.

Wu Limei also laughed at Li Jianxiong for making a big deal out of nothing, saying that he was like this when he missed Yunsu, and it was no big deal.

Gu Yunsu was listening on the side. He was not a sinner, but worse than a sinner. The lackey handed his mother a glass of lemonade and advised, "You should go and have a look. Seek peace of mind."

"What's there to be uneasy about? Don't I know my own body well?" Wu Limei was enjoying this good day of being the center of attention, and gave her daughter a pretentious smile and a glare.

"I didn't say I wanted to make you feel at ease," Gu Yunsu said, "I wanted to make Uncle Li feel at ease."

When the word "husband" was mentioned, Wu Limei felt sweet in her heart and agreed reluctantly.

Gu Yunsu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had cheated on another meal - yes, she was such a selfish and cunning person, all she did was to avoid cooking.

But being a chef is really difficult, and cooking for a pregnant woman is even more difficult.

One day, Wu Limei suddenly thought of something and said she wanted to eat beggar's chicken.

When Gu Yunsu heard this, he was also intrigued. He immediately looked up the recipe online, went to the vegetable market to buy ingredients, and even ran to the flower, bird, fish and insect market, where he managed to find a few lotus leaves.

When I got home, I began to diligently coat the three-yellow chicken with oyster sauce, soy sauce and other seasonings. While it was marinating, I fried shrimp, bamboo shoots, diced meat, mushrooms and spices together to make the fillings and put them into the chicken. Since there was no yellow mud at home, I followed the recipe on the Internet, mixed flour with rice wine and kneaded it into shape, then wrapped the net oil, lotus leaves and kneaded flour on the chicken layer by layer, and put it in the oven.

Afraid of burning or under-baking the food, I literally had to stand in front of the oven and unpack and check every 10 minutes.

Fortunately, hard work paid off in the end. When the chicken was taken out and the hard dough was smashed, the aroma of meat mixed with lotus leaves wafted out and swirled throughout the living room.

The roast chicken was steaming, smooth, tender and shiny, a truly delicious chicken.

The taste is also perfect, the chicken is soaked in moisture, soft and smooth, the filling inside is salty and light, with a little sweetness, which just matches the refreshing temperament of beggar's chicken.

Even Li Jianxiong praised her, saying that she was gifted and a talented cook.

Gu Yunsu complained in his heart, "Have I worked hard to learn scientific knowledge for so many years just to cook?" At the same time, he couldn't help but take pictures happily and posted them on WeChat Moments, feeling that he was indeed a talented person.

But Wu Limei said she had no appetite for this dish that she had put so much effort into. She only took two bites of the food with her chopsticks and then stopped eating.

When Li Jianxiong gave in again, she simply said, "I feel a little disgusted."

Listen, it would be fine if he didn't eat it, but he's making a fuss about it. Which chef can stand this?

After a while, when the novelty wore off, Gu Yunsu lost his enthusiasm for cooking. He would kick the couple out as long as possible. It would be much easier to deal with Li Yan, who was not picky about food, at home.

Although being with each other still feels like some kind of fantasy story, especially when the two of them are eating alone.

There is a fixed process for this.

Gu Yunsu would heat up the food first, then knock on the door and say, "It's time to eat."

Then, getting no response, she would return to the attic and close her bedroom door.

After receiving the signal, the young man downstairs will come out of the bedroom and start eating.

About half an hour later, the bedroom door on the first floor was closed again. Gu Yunsu knew that the other party had finished eating and she could go downstairs to clean up the dishes.

It's very magical, as if the ancients worshipped some kind of invisible and intangible but real mountain beast.

It was the same on this day. After she sent the notice, she returned to the attic to rest for a while.

I wanted to write an article, but I couldn't type a single word on the computer. I simply collapsed on the bed and chatted with Xu Wenbin on my phone.

After that day, the two of them continued to keep in touch.

Xu Wenbin inquired about Wu's mother's condition in detail. Gu Yunsu, in a moment of excitement, told her about Wu Limei's pregnancy without hesitation - this man inexplicably had a temperament that made people want to tell the truth.

Xu Wenbin was probably also shocked by the news. After Gu Yunsu repeatedly emphasized that he was not joking, he cautiously said "congratulations".

"Congratulations?" Gu Yunsu chuckled, and Luo Jingjing grabbed another life-saving straw and began to cry about her miserable life.

Xu Wenbin was amused by her consciencelessly. After laughing, he used his remaining humanity to make a suggestion: "If you really can't stay here, I have a spare bedroom here."

Gu Yunsu's heart moved, not knowing whether the other party's words were false courtesy, but he couldn't help but shrink a little.

After the baptism of the last relationship, her ideological awareness has greatly improved. She has realized that haste makes waste, and she no longer wants to jump into a relationship as soon as the two sides have a little interest in each other.

Therefore, whenever Xu Wenbin took any rash action, she was afraid that she would not be able to grasp the right measure and would send both of them into a vortex of ambiguity.

She hesitated for a while with her phone in her hand, then replied without hesitation: "Boss Xu is the real rich man [fist bow]."

"It's OK," the other party stopped expressing his loyalty and joked with her, "It's mainly because he's a good person and he can't bear to see you living on the street."

As soon as Gu Yunsu sent out the message "I am touched", he received another message from the other party: "It affects the appearance of the city."

Speechless.

The more she met him, the more she realized how wrong her impression of Xu Wenbin was.

I thought he was the legendary excellent but boring "other people's kid", but when I got to know him, I found out that he was actually a bad old man.

Not only that, sometimes this person seems reckless, but he can take a step back and return to the original position just when Gu Yunsu is frightened and his psychological activities are still going on.

Gu Yunsu was a little confused as to whether this man was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid when it came to relationships between men and women, but it was this uncertainty that made her most concerned, causing her to keep thinking about it for no reason.

Tsk tsk, that old guy is really bad.

The two chatted for more than half an hour. Gu Yunsu heard the noise downstairs and estimated that Li Yan should have finished lunch, so he put down his phone and went downstairs to pack up.

The living room was empty. Li Yan had already returned to the bedroom and placed the dishes in the kitchen sink.

When she passed by the bathroom on the first floor, she took a look inside out of habit.

As a result, she saw a small, half-dry, and somewhat sticky dot on the tile that she had just polished to a shiny finish.

Gu Yunsu got angry all of a sudden.