Gu Qingmeng went to the police station and the supply and marketing cooperative, then went back to find Zhou Fang and told her that her mother-in-law would be here in two days, and that Pei Zhenxing had taken leave and returned to the village.
After returning home and settling Grandma Pei down, she went next door and told Grandpa about the Xiao family. Grandpa was silent for a long time, and she took her two younger brothers back next door.
It was noon at this time. Knowing that her younger brothers were craving for food after eating in the cafeteria for a week, she took out beef jerky and milk powder and let them eat first.
Afraid that Nanny Pei was hungry, she made a large bowl of milk powder for the old woman.
"Grandma, can I take you to the city tomorrow?" Gu Qingmeng asked with a smile. When they were riding on the ox cart, the old woman said that they would leave in the afternoon. She wanted to let the old woman stay overnight and leave the next day.
"No need for you to send me off. Your third uncle will come over this afternoon to do some work. I'll go with him."
Grandma Pei took the bowl and put it aside with a smile. She held Gu Qingmeng's hand, not knowing what she was thinking. After a while, she spoke: "Mengmeng, I'm sorry that you've been wronged by being with Xinghe. Just live your life well and don't worry about anything else!"
Gu Qingmeng: ...
She always felt that there was something else behind Grandma Pei's words. They didn't want to care about anything and almost didn't care about the family affairs. They gave a lot of filial piety to their parents-in-law every month.
Did the old man know that they were going to the cowshed?
She pretended not to know unless it was told explicitly. This has always been Gu Qingmeng's personality.
"Okay, I understand. Grandma, what do you want to eat for lunch? I'll make it for you."
Gu Qingmeng changed the subject. She only had two meals a day, so she didn't eat lunch? But she was afraid that the old man would be hungry.
"I won't eat lunch, so this bowl of milk powder is enough. I'm used to having two meals a day. I'll go see Xiaobao later, so let your third sister-in-law have a rest." Grandma Pei didn't have much of an appetite. After sitting in the ox cart for the whole morning, she wanted to take a break and go see her great-grandson.
Gu Qing dreamed that the old man had made a decision. After Mr. Pei said something, she supported him and went to Pei Zhenxing's house again.
Gu Qingmeng didn't stay long this time. She had to go back to clean the house. She hadn't cleaned the west room since Su Xue and the others left. She wanted to change the quilt cover when Zhao Weiting came over in the evening.
Dinner also needs to be prepared in advance. There is not much good meat left in the supply and marketing cooperative. When she went there before, she took a look and saw that only pig offal was left.
Since there is no fresh meat, you can only use dried meat to cook. Soak two dried rabbits and stir-fry them with dried chilies. They are very delicious with rice.
Cut the cured fish into small pieces and fry them in oil. It can be eaten for many days. Cured fish has a strong salty taste and is easy to preserve.
My younger brothers can also take some with them when they leave tomorrow afternoon.
"Sister, how do you make so many delicious foods?"
Gu Guoliang was holding dried meat in his hand. When he saw the cured fish his sister had put in the basin, he put the dried meat in his mouth and started to eat it. His sister likes to eat fish, but doesn’t like to clean it?
Since my brother-in-law is not here, they have to do this job.
"Your sister Tingting is coming over tonight and should stay here. You should bring some food with you when you leave tomorrow. Have you finished your chili sauce?"
Last week, Gu Qingmeng brought a jar of meat sauce for the two of them. She had also attended a boarding school and knew that the food in the cafeteria was only edible. It was impossible to expect it to be delicious?
Not to mention high school in the 1970s, you can tell without even thinking about it that there was no money at all.
"We're done eating. Sister, you don't know how envious our classmates are of that jar of hot sauce."
Gu Guoliang's face was full of pride, and the whole class envied him for having a good sister.
"Sister, you don't need to bring us anything this week. We can just eat in the cafeteria." Gu Guodong thought a lot. The things they brought seemed too eye-catching. He found that several classmates were staring at them.
"What's wrong? Did someone ask you for something?"
Gu Qingmeng never thought that her brother would be targeted for bringing food. She didn't know that 70% of the class ate black flour steamed buns, 20% ate corn flour steamed buns, and only 10% could afford white flour steamed buns.
The Gu Guodong brothers sold fried noodles, canned food, and meat sauce, which made them famous in the class. Since they were still young, naturally people would target them.
"No, I just think it might be better to be like everyone else." Gu Guodong said with a smile.
Gu Guoliang was puzzled. Why would they push away the delicious food? No one was trying to steal their food! But he didn't refute what his brother said.
Gu Qingmeng didn't understand but respected them. Her younger brothers were freshmen who had transferred to the class. If they wanted to fit in, it would naturally be better for them to follow the crowd.
"Then bring some beef jerky with you this time. I won't give you anything with a strong smell. If you're hungry, just eat a piece of jerky. You're still growing, so you can't go hungry."
She knew how much her two younger brothers ate. She could still vividly remember them guzzling water in the middle of the night because they were so hungry. She brought them fried noodles because she was afraid they would be hungry.
"Bring some dried fruits too. We have quite a few chestnuts at home. I'll fry them for you tonight. These are common and not noticeable."
Gu Qingmeng didn't know that since Gu Guodong and his friends brought roasted chestnuts, students in the school started bringing chestnuts. This thing is not valuable here, and most importantly, it is very filling.
Of course, this is all in the past.
After washing the dishes to be cooked in the evening, Gu Qingmeng went to the west room to change the quilt cover, and then prepared things for Uncle Pei.
Two pounds of beef jerky and two bags of milk powder. I also packed two pounds of beef jerky and two bags of milk powder for Grandma Pei.
Just after she finished collecting, she saw Pei Xinghe walk into the yard with a dark face. Gu Qingmeng felt that he was emitting a dark aura all over his body, but when the man entered the room and saw her, he immediately put away his cold face and put on a faint smile.
"Is grandma okay?"
When Gu Qingmeng saw that Pei Xinghe had an injury on his hand, she immediately pulled him to get disinfected.
Then I learned from him that my grandmother was almost dying of starvation from my eldest uncle's family. The fine grains that Zhang Shuqin sent before the New Year were divided equally between the two uncles. My grandmother's food was not enough for the two families, so they just let the old woman starve.
When they arrived, the old man was still alive. They hurried out to borrow food and cooked rice porridge, which helped the old man to recover. However, he was old after all, and he would not live for many more days after this incident.
"Zhang Desheng saved grandma's life, but my uncle didn't agree with him coming out to announce the death? My uncle wanted to wait until grandma died, but he was anxious and came to our house first. We went early and saved grandma's life. Qingqing, what's the point of having a child?"
Pei Xinghe suddenly had an idea, but was worried that Gu Qingmeng would not be able to accept it, so the words came to his lips but he did not say them.
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