Su Xue smiled a little awkwardly. It seemed that she had not discussed the matter of using shoes to pay for her salary with her two younger brothers, but Mengmeng said that the two brothers were secretly saving money. Before she figured out what they were going to do, she couldn't give them too much money for fear of something happening.
"Sister Xue, you were the one who asked my brother and me to help out because you were too busy. You said we should work during the winter break to earn some pocket money. You can't go back on your word!"
Gu Guodong looked at Su Xue seriously.
Su Xue pulled Gu Guodong to a deserted place and whispered, "Guodong, tell me the truth, why do you want money? If there is anything, please tell the adults. Don't let your sister and I worry!"
Now that the two brothers are in adolescence, we can no longer treat them as children but must treat them equally.
"Sister Xue, what are you thinking about? My brother and I just want to save money to buy gifts for our two nephews."
Gu Guodong was speechless. What the hell was going on? Their money was only for their sister to spend, so no one else could touch it. Who would get angry if someone touched it?
"Hey! You should have told us earlier! You made us worry for nothing. The shoes are my New Year's gift to you. Take your wages for this."
Su Xue readily took out two big unity notes from her pocket and handed them to Gu Guodong.
Gu Guodong received the money and chuckled, "Sister Xue, you're so polite! I don't have any change with me, so I can't find the change. Do you need help someday? My brother and I will definitely be there! Just think of the extra money as an advance on your salary."
There is no such thing as change. Once the money is in the hands of these brothers, they will never give it back. There are many places at home where money is needed, so he and his brother have to work hard to make money.
They will graduate from high school in July, and if they find a job they will be able to help their sister support the family.
Did Gu Qingmeng not know that his two younger brothers were worried about money? Did Gu Huaian and Gu Jun never mention the family assets? Now he was pregnant with two children, and Han Qiongyin was waiting to get her salary.
The two brothers thought that the entire family depended on Gu Qingmeng for support, so they naturally wanted to make money to subsidize the family and reduce the burden on their sister.
Gu Guodong turned to Su Xue and said, "Sister Xue, I'm going back first."
Su Xue nodded, and Gu Guodong left and headed towards the supply and marketing cooperative. He wanted to go and meet his younger brother, and they also had to discuss what gift to buy for their nephew.
Seeing his brother, he walked up and said, "Why are you so slow? I've got my wages, but sister should know about our saving. Think about what gift to buy?"
Gu Guoliang scratched his head and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from my sister. Forget about clothes. We can't buy them well. I think we can buy silver locks or something. Let's go to the black market and have a look."
Gu Guodong thought it made sense. He also wanted to buy something like jewelry, whether it was a silver lock or a silver bracelet. When his nephew wore it in the future, he would remember that it was a gift from his uncle.
They must deliver it before Fu Yu!
When the two returned home, the sky was already dyed red, and Dad Gu Jun had already returned from get off work.
"Where have you two brats been instead of helping your sister with work at home?"
Gu Jun didn't speak to his two sons in the same gentle voice as he did to Gu Qingmeng.
"We went to deliver something. How do you know we didn't help sister with the work? It's all thanks to us that you can eat delicious tofu and braised meat today."
Gu Guoliang was not convinced. His father was the one who did the least work in the family. How could he have the nerve to criticize them?
"That's because your sister feels sorry for me and your grandfather, so she made delicious food to reward us. What does it have to do with you?"
Gu Jun looked at his two sons and said some impolite words, but he was thinking in his heart what would happen to them after graduation?
He called a friend and wanted them to go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University for another two years. They were only fifteen after the Chinese New Year, and it was too early for them to work at that age, but he was also a little worried about sending them to the army.
"Dad, it's time to call grandpa to eat. Why are you guys mumbling outside instead of coming into the house?"
Gu Qingmeng opened the door and shouted to the few people.
In the evening, several people had braised pork rice. The braised pork was salty and fragrant, and the fried tofu absorbed the soup and was a little salty, but it was just right to eat with rice. Then take a bite of the braised egg, the taste was amazing.
After the meal, Gu Jun rubbed his stomach and asked Gu Guodong to bring him lunch tomorrow at noon, as he also wanted to have a braised pork rice at noon.
While Aunt Han was freezing the tofu, Gu Qingmeng took a large bowl and filled it with braised pork rice for Pei Xinghe and put it in the space to serve as a midnight snack for him later.
Before going to bed, Gu Qingmeng lay down on the kang after washing up. She placed a plate of fruit, some beef jerky and a cup of water on the table at the end of the kang. This was her midnight snack for the night.
She didn't plan to enter the space. Pei Xinghe had been particularly clingy lately, wanting to be with her all the time. She was fed up with it.
It just so happened that Pei Xinghe returned to Peijiagou today, and she wanted to have a good night alone.
In the space, Pei Xinghe was waiting for Gu Qingmeng after finishing his braised pork rice. He was getting sleepy after waiting for so long, and his beloved wife didn't come in. He was scratching his hair to death!
There was no choice but to leave the space to drink with my great-grandfather and plan to go home early the next day.
At dawn, Pei Xinghe took the New Year gifts and delivered them to every household, then waited by the tractor to return to town.
"Uncle, so you are here! Uncle, can I ask you a favor? My father wants to give my sister away, can you help her?" Pei Zhaodi asked cautiously.
She didn't dare look directly into Pei Xinghe's eyes. She knew it was wrong, but she wanted to take a chance.
"Zhao Di, you're very smart, but I can't help you with this matter. You can go find your grandparents. They won't let your father send the child away."
Pei Xinghe could guess what this niece meant. She wanted to adopt her sister herself. With another child in the family, she would naturally need someone to take care of her. When the time came, she could go to town to help and also go to school.
"Zhao Di, your grandparents won't ignore your schooling. Your main task now is to study hard. Only if you get good grades can you continue to go to school. There's no point in thinking about those messy things."
Pei Xinghe sighed. In a few months he would become a father. Now he felt much softer-hearted. In the past he would not have said these words to Pei Zhaodi.
If you dare to draw a circle for him, he'd be lucky if he didn't catch you and beat you up.
But, after all, she was the little girl who grew up under her care! She had no choice but to deal with parents like her eldest brother and sister-in-law.
"Uncle, my sister can't be raised by them. They want to exchange Pei Honglian as a child bride. I don't want to stay in the mountains for the rest of my life. Uncle, can you help me?"
Pei Zhaodi hated Pei Fugui and Qian Shufen. They were willing to sacrifice their three brothers-in-law in order to have a son. She thought that if they could exchange their three brothers-in-law for a son, her parents would definitely do it without hesitation!
"Take me to see it!"
Pei Xinghe didn't want to get involved at first, but he remembered what his wife had told him about Zhaodi, saying that she was a good student. In just over a year, she had completed the fourth-grade curriculum and her grades were comparable to Li Changnian's.
But Li Changnian had been educated before, and if Zhaodi continued to study, Pei Xinghe was sure that she would have a bright future!
My elder brother and his wife must be regretting treating Zhaodi so harshly now!
Pei Xinghe returned to the old house and looked at the scene in front of him. He felt his eyes go dark. How dare Pei Fugui do this? He wanted to kill the Pei family!
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