Chapter 186 A Letter from Lu's Mother
January 23, 1972 (Gregorian calendar)
December 18th of the lunar calendar
Grandma Gu is cooking Laba porridge in the kitchen.
Gu Yihan was amused by the little guy on the bed and kept laughing.
When he was five months old, he could still flip the ball with a little help, but the little guy was too lazy. He would get angry after only a few attempts.
Now he tried to roll over, but wearing a thick cotton coat, his face turned red from the effort, and he kicked his short legs with all his might, but he still couldn't roll over.
"Xiao Han".
Hearing Grandma Gu's shouts, Gu Yihan smiled and looked up at her.
Grandma Gu handed the letter in her hand to her little granddaughter.
He began, "The soldier who delivered the letter said it was for you."
Her letter?
Gu Yihan reached out and took the letter. Her name was written on the envelope, and it was sent from Beijing.
After opening the letter and reading its contents, Gu Yihan sneered and threw it onto the bed.
It's really laughable.
Lu's mother said that everyone should be treated equally, since the family had given 1,000 yuan when Miaomiao was born.
She shouldn't give that much to Hao Hao; she should return the extra money.
The remittance address given was not the Beijing compound address, but Brother Lu's residential address.
Grandma Gu carefully observed her granddaughter's expression, assuming it was a letter from Gu Family Village.
She asked timidly, "Did your grandfather do something strange?"
Gu Yihan looked at Grandma Gu's tightly clenched hands, smiled and shook her head: "It was sent from Beijing, looking for Lu Huailin."
Want her to return the money? Just wait. Do you really think she's some kind of perfect daughter-in-law?
Grandma Gu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. When she saw her granddaughter's pale face, she thought something had happened in Gu Family Village.
He smiled and said, "Let's tidy up and get ready to eat. I've cooked Laba porridge and made your favorite deep-fried daylily buds."
Gu Yihan smiled and nodded at Grandma Gu: "Okay."
The breakfast on Laba Festival was indeed plentiful. Grandma Gu usually wouldn't eat fried food, always worried that the family wouldn't have enough oil coupons.
She ate while holding the little one, and seeing him anxiously trying to grab the eggs on the table, she smiled and patted his head.
Grandma Gu quickly finished her meal, reached out and picked up the little one, and said with a smile, "Come on, let's go for a walk."
On the other side
Lu's mother sat on the sofa, looking at her eldest son's haggard and tired face, and felt extremely distressed.
Brother Lu rubbed his temples and asked in a low voice, "Mom, what did your wife say?"
Lu's mother was also in a dilemma. The letter had been sent several days ago, and the remittance should have arrived within the next few days.
Seeing that his mother remained silent, Brother Lu realized that if he couldn't raise the 5,000 yuan, the woman would accuse him of indecent assault.
Unable to contain herself, she shouted, "Mom, why did you lend so much money to Auntie?!"
When Lu's mother heard Lu's elder brother's questioning voice, she couldn't help but change her expression.
A slap landed.
Lu's mother sneered at Lu's eldest brother: "What right do you have to blame me?"
Even if she made a mistake, so what? She's an elder, and Brother Lu doesn't think he can control her.
Brother Lu was stunned by his mother's slap and realized that his attitude had angered her.
He immediately stood up and knelt down in front of Lu's mother with a thud, placing his hands on her knees and apologizing while crying.
He said he was under a lot of pressure and in a bad mood, but he didn't mean he wanted to get angry with her.
Although Lu's mother felt uncomfortable, she couldn't help but soften when she saw the dark circles under Lu's eyes.
Thinking of the Fang family, she cursed, "There's not a single good person in the Fang family, they're all robbers."
Brother Lu watched as his mother uttered a string of profanities, her face filled with anger.
He knew perfectly well that he had been tricked by Brother Fang. The two of them were drinking together when he suddenly lost consciousness.
When he woke up, a woman was lying in his arms, completely naked.
Before he could react...
Brother Fang suddenly appeared and took photos as evidence of the two being together.
They threatened him that he had to give them 5,000 yuan, or they would put up a big-character poster at the factory and accuse him of being a hooligan.
He is currently at the most critical moment in the factory, and he cannot afford to have any stain on his record, otherwise his life will be ruined.
After scolding him enough, Lu's mother held Lu's older brother's hand tightly on her knee and said, "Don't worry, Mom will think of a way."
Brother Lu nodded, his voice choked with emotion. His only hope at the moment was his mother.
...
Family compound
"Milk."
Gu Yihan had just parked her bicycle when she started shouting at the top of her lungs.
Grandma Gu carried the chubby little guy out of the living room and saw the bicycle full of things.
She said with concern, "Why did you buy so much stuff?"
Gu Yihan knew that Grandma was stingy with money, so she deliberately said, "Grandma, tomorrow is the Little New Year. We've worked hard all year, so we should treat ourselves."
Grandma Gu followed behind her granddaughter, holding the child in her arms, watching her go to the kitchen several times before finally unloading the things from the bicycle.
Back in the living room, Gu Yihan picked up the water glass on the dining table and drank it all in one gulp.
"Drink slowly, no one's going to take it from you."
Gu Yihan turned to look at the little one in Grandma Gu's arms and clapped her hands: "Come here, Mommy will hold you."
Grandma Gu handed Hao Hao to her granddaughter and instructed, "Hao Hao just finished eating carrot puree, so you don't need to feed him milk."
Gu Yihan has no intention of breastfeeding anymore; she's planning to discuss weaning the little one with her grandmother.
"Grandma, Hao Hao is seven months old now, and I plan to wean him."
"What?" Grandma Gu exclaimed in surprise, thinking she had misheard.
He looked at his granddaughter: "What did you say?"
Gu Yihan smiled and repeated, "Grandma, I want to wean Hao Hao off breast milk."
"no."
Grandma Gu sat down next to her granddaughter and said anxiously, "Who weans their child so early? In our hometown, children are usually weaned at five or six years old!"
Gu Yihan wasn't angry. She said pitifully, "Grandma, Hao Hao has two teeth now. She bites me when I drink milk, and my skin is all raw."
"What's broken?"
Gu Yihan and her grandmother were startled by the sudden voice of Lu Huailin, who was disheveled and had a stubble beard.
Hao Hao was even more direct
She burst into tears with a "waaaah," her little face scrunched up like a little steamed bun.
When Lu Huailin heard his son crying, his heart ached, and he reached out and called out, "Come here, let Daddy hug you."
The little one cried even harder, twisting his little body and burying his head in Gu Yihan's arms, refusing to come out no matter how much she called.
Grandma Gu was stunned by Hao Hao's actions; the child was usually so easy to take care of.
She doesn't cry or make a fuss when she encounters strangers while strolling around the residential compound.
When Gu Yihan saw Lu Huailin standing helplessly to the side, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"You made your son cry because he looks so ugly."
Upon hearing this, Grandma Gu quickly glanced at Lu Huailin's expression and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he wasn't angry.
He then glared at his granddaughter and said irritably, "Don't talk nonsense."
Gu Yihan suppressed a laugh and looked at Lu Huailin, saying, "Go to the bathhouse and wash up, and tidy up your beard."
"real?"
Lu Huailin looked at the little guy in his wife's arms. He had stopped crying, but he wouldn't turn his head.
Gu Yihan smiled and nodded.
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