Chapter 438 Gu Yuehuai's Instructions
"Borrow food?" Gu Yuehuai paused and frowned slightly.
Borrowing grain is not a trivial matter. Just ask, when others are drinking cabbage and radish soup and eating dried sweet potatoes every day, will their family eating fine grains every day cause any unnecessary unrest?
This is also something she is very cautious about. It seems that building a house at home is too high-profile.
"Yes, it's Wang Meihua, the one at the cotton mill. She didn't mention the matter of borrowing grain at first, but she did mention that she wanted to marry her daughter to me. Haha, everyone knows what Sima Zhao is thinking." Gu Xihuai shrugged with a slightly sarcastic tone.
Gu Yuehuai looked at him in surprise. Gu Xihuai was devoted to studying and indeed had never had any interaction with women. She originally thought that he was born without this talent in his brain, but later she realized that he just hadn't met the right person.
Thinking of his third sister-in-law who had suffered all kinds of misfortunes in the previous life and jumped from a tall building while pregnant, Gu Yuehuai's eyes darkened. He just hoped that time would go faster and faster so that they could be together sooner.
"Brother was originally thinking about his fellow villagers and lending some food to Wang Meihua. I think he is a fool. At this time, he still cares about this? If he lends it out today, my family will probably be surrounded by the team tomorrow."
Gu Xihuai was full of regret. In his opinion, if there was only one "brainless" Gu Tinghuai in the family, the family would definitely not be able to support it. Fortunately, he was there and could prevent those unnecessary troubles in advance.
Gu Yuehuai nodded: "Well, the grain cannot be borrowed."
Gu Xihuai breathed a sigh of relief. He was also afraid that Gu Yuehuai would be soft-hearted and would quickly borrow grain just because others came to ask for help. Things are different now. Borrowing grain now would be asking for trouble. But after all, she was the one who brought the grain back, so he couldn't say anything.
Fortunately, she is no longer the stupid Gu Yuehuai and now knows her limits.
Gu Xihuai said: "Brother, I will listen to you. You have to talk to him properly when you get back."
Gu Yuehuai hummed lightly and pinched his sore wrist. He had a heavy workload today and had been busy until now.
When I got home, there was an uninvited guest in his teens sitting at the table. It was Shi Tou from the Fangen Brigade.
As soon as he saw Gu Yuehuai, he jumped up excitedly and swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth without even chewing it. His tone was both excited and respectful: "Sister Gu, you're back."
Gu Yuehuai was a little surprised: "Shi Tou? Why are you here so late?"
"Hehe." Shitou scratched the back of his head. At this time, Baimei came out from the inner room with two eggs in her hand. She smiled with an unprecedented sense of ease: "Shitou came here to find me."
Gu Yuehuai looked at her and said, "Am I right?"
Bai Mei was surprised at first, then she admired him: "You can't hide anything from your eyes. Well, Shitou said that as soon as Xu Dongmei returned at noon today, the Bai family started to pack their luggage and hired a bullock cart to load the quilts and pots and pans and leave."
She pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Now that they have left the Fangen Brigade, it will be difficult for them to come back."
The departure of the Bai family was a relief for her. From now on, she could finally live her life in peace.
"Sister Xiaobai, I have to go back, otherwise my mother will be worried." Shitou blinked, carefully picked up half a steamed bun on the table, and stuffed it into his pocket without wanting to eat it.
Bai Mei smiled and shook her head, then handed him the two eggs in her hand: "Take them, and be careful on your way back."
Shitou's eyes turned red. He looked at Bai Mei, then at Gu Yuehuai, nodded heavily, turned around and rushed into the night. The half-grown boy had been shuttling back and forth between several teams since he was a child. He was not afraid at all and ran very fast.
Gu Xihuai's mouth twitched: "This kid, I said I would go and see him off, but he ran faster than a rabbit."
Gu Yuehuai picked up a boiled egg and asked, "Where's my brother?"
Bai Mei smiled bitterly, took out the steaming buns from the pot, and said, "In the back, my father is here too. The workers went home, but they felt that they were wasting time, so they went back to work. They are really busy at all."
She turned to Gu Xihuai and said, "Xihuai, go call your eldest brother and our father back to eat something."
"I'll go." After eating the eggs, Gu Yuehuai clapped his hands, turned around and walked out the door, going to the back of the house.
The kerosene lamp emitted a dim light in the lampshade. Gu Zhifeng and Gu Tinghuai took a shovel and carefully leveled the soil on the foundation. The originally deserted back room had changed a lot. It was clean and tidy, and could be used to build a decent house.
Gu Yuehuai looked at him for a few seconds and shouted, "Dad, big brother, let's go back and eat."
Gu Zhifeng smiled and wiped the sweat off her face with the towel on her shoulder: "Nannan is back."
Gu Yuehuai shook his head: "Alright, go back quickly. You've only been healthy for a few days, why are you so exhausted? Do you still think you are a young man? Don't tire yourself out by building a house. It's not worth it."
Seeing that she was unhappy, Gu Zhifeng smiled awkwardly and didn't say much.
Several people returned to the house carrying kerosene lamps, and the aroma of steamed buns wafted into the air.
Bai Mei made some egg soup and said, "Wash your hands and eat."
The family members sat around the table, and there was a strong smell of daily life.
Gu Yuehuai drank the rice porridge and thought about what Gu Xihuai said when he came back, so he said: "Everyone is here, so I have something to tell you. You all know the current situation. Every family is short of food. My family can only eat enough because I bought a lot of food in advance, but no one knows whether the situation will get better this year, so these grains cannot be moved."
"And I don't need to say much about robberies and murders caused by kindness during famine years, right? Yes, we haven't experienced it, but it's always right to be on guard. I don't want the Gu family to become the target of public criticism."
After Gu Yuehuai finished speaking, Gu Tinghuai lowered his head, obviously thinking about his actions today.
"Brother, our father is old. Third brother and Shaoyang and Shaoli have all been through something, not to mention Shaotang. You will have to take care of the family more in the future. Remember, there is nothing wrong with being kind, but you have to learn to judge the situation."
Gu Tinghuai was a little surprised, his eyes full of emotion, he nodded: "I know, don't worry, Nannan."
After finishing the business, several people started discussing the marriage of Gu Ruihuai and Guan Tong. But after all, the decision-making power of this matter lies with Gu Ruihuai, and whether he wants to get married or not is not something they can influence.
Gu Zhifeng sighed and said, "Anyway, we've already gone too far, so let's just leave it at that."
Gu Xihuai raised his hand: "I agree. If he wants to get married, then we can go over and have a drink. If he doesn't want to get married, then everyone will be happy. It has nothing to do with us anyway. It's his own decision, good or bad."
Gu Yuehuai had no interest in this matter and never expressed any opinion.
She supported her chin, seemingly absent-minded, but in fact she was thinking secretly in her heart. She didn't know what was going on at the front line, when Yan Shaoyu would be able to come back, and as for Feng City, Xing Jian should have set up the black market by now, right?
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