Chapter 194 I Must Go Home for the New Year
Stay for dinner?
Xiao Li really wanted to agree, after all, everyone in the group knew that his sister-in-law had good cooking skills.
The sauces she makes are so delicious, I wonder how delicious these freshly made meals will be.
But he was still embarrassed, so he waved his hand and backed away, "No, I'll go back to the team first."
Gu Qiuyan grabbed his sleeve and said, "Yes, yes, Comrade Li, please don't be polite."
Comrade Li is very polite. When he was in his hometown, he had to be called upon to pick up food.
"Brother, come in and sit down." Gu Dong took Xiao Li's hand and invited him into the house.
"this……"
Comrade Xiao Li, who was unable to refuse, was forcibly dragged into the house.
Yu Hui put Beibei in the cradle and asked Gu Dong and the others to talk to Comrade Xiao Li while she went to boil some water.
Most of the things Gu Qiuyan brought back were food, and Yu Hui and she took the things into the kitchen together.
Then she skillfully kneaded the dough for the glutinous rice balls, rolled them into glutinous rice balls, and boiled water for the glutinous rice balls with fermented glutinous rice wine and eggs.
I also asked Gu Dong and the others if they wanted to eat. The little ones had eaten fried fish in the afternoon and hadn't digested it yet. They only wanted to drink sugar water and didn't want eggs or dumplings.
Yu Hui cooked four eggs, two each for Gu Qiuyan and Xiao Li.
Gu Huai came back early today, at half past five.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw Xiao Li playing with a spinning top with a few children in the yard.
"Deputy Regiment Commander." As soon as he saw Gu Huai, Xiao Li immediately stood up and saluted.
Gu Huai: "I'm back."
Xiao Li nodded, "Everything is done. My sister-in-law insisted on keeping me for dinner before leaving."
Gu Huai smiled and said, "You've worked hard these past few days. It's time I invited you to dinner."
Xiao Li stood straight, with his palms pressed against his trouser seams, and said loudly, "It's not hard."
Gu Huai patted his shoulder and went into the house.
He took off his military uniform and cap and went into the kitchen wearing only his vest.
"Dad." Gu Qiuyan called with a smile.
"How was it going back this time? Are your grandparents and parents-in-law okay?" Gu Huai asked.
Gu Qiuyan said, "They are all fine. Last time, my mother-in-law and the others brought back something, and everyone likes it very much. Especially Sister Qiuyu, she can't wait to wear the skirts my mother made to work every day."
According to Qiu Ye, as soon as Sister Qiuyu got home from get off work, she took a quick shower, took off her skirt and washed it. The next morning, after it was dry, she continued to wear it to work.
People who often went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things saw that she wore the same skirt every day and asked her how she did it and why her clothes didn’t smell even though she didn’t change or wash them.
This made Sister Qiuyu very embarrassed, so she stopped wearing it every day.
Gu Huai glanced at Yu Hui, nodded, and said, "As long as everyone likes it."
"Oh, right." Gu Qiuyan remembered something. "Grandma has been thinking about you all the time. Before I left, she told me to tell you that I must go home for the New Year this year. She really wants to see Dongdong and the others, and she's afraid that if she doesn't see them for the past two years, she won't be able to see them again in the future."
Although she thought it was unlucky for Zuzu to say these words, she still relayed them.
A hint of guilt flashed in Gu Huai's eyes. It was all because of his poor performance as a grandson that his mother-in-law had not yet met her great-grandsons and great-granddaughters.
"Yes, I will definitely bring a few children home to celebrate the New Year this year, so that the elderly and relatives at home can meet them, and also let Gu Dong and the others recognize them."
Yu Hui was cutting vegetables and thought of the old Gu family in the original owner's memory.
The old Gu family has a large population. Because Gu Pingshan is the village chief and has some authority, and Zhao Changying is capable and powerful, there are not many conflicts in the big family.
The family is quite lively and harmonious.
Yu Hui has no family and has never experienced the lively atmosphere of celebrating the New Year with a large family.
Therefore, she had no objection to Gu Huai's statement that he must go home for the New Year this year.
Knowing that Gu Qiuyan would be coming back today, Yu Hui specially bought three pounds of pork belly and two pounds of tofu.
For dinner, we had braised pork, pan-fried tofu, braised eggplant, steamed egg, stir-fried cucumber with perilla, and a cucumber and preserved egg soup.
As usual, the dining table was placed in the yard, and Xiao Li even helped carry the table.
Looking at the braised pork on the table with rich red sauce and tempting color, I kept swallowing my saliva.
This is too sumptuous. If the people in the group knew that he was eating five dishes and one soup made by his sister-in-law, they would definitely envy her to death.
Yu Hui brought the meal to the table and asked Xiao Li to sit down and eat.
Xiao Li was very reserved at first. He would take two bites of food before picking up a piece of food with chopsticks, and was too embarrassed to pick up meat. Gu Huai couldn't stand it and picked up two pieces of braised pork for him with chopsticks.
As soon as the braised pork entered his mouth, he let go.
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"Walk slowly." Gu Qiuyan sent Comrade Li, who had a full stomach, to the door.
Xiao Li waved at her and left with a burp.
After returning to the camp, people in the same dormitory with Xiao Li learned that he had dinner at the deputy commander's house, which was cooked by his sister-in-law and included braised pork. They were all envious.
I thought, it would be great if I could have a meal like my sister-in-law eats one day.
Two days later, Gu Qiuyan reported for work with her luggage. Gu Huai moved his rest time to that day and wore casual clothes to send her off.
As soon as Gu Qiuyan left, Yu Hui felt that the house became much quieter and she was not used to it.
Not only was she not used to it, but even the children were not used to it.
Beibei is always looking for someone at home.
"There's no such thing as a knot..." Beibei stood in the room where sister Yanyan lived, spreading out his little hands and speaking in a baby voice.
Yu Hui bent down and picked her up. "Didn't Mom say that Sister Qiuyan is going to the army and won't be back until she's on leave?"
Beibei hugged her mother's neck and pouted, "Jiejie..."
"Beibei misses her sister, right?"
"Yeah." Beibei nodded vigorously.
"Wait a little longer, and my sister will be back."
The training time for the recruit company is one month, and then they will be assigned to other companies. At that time, there should be two days of vacation to allow the recruits who have just completed a month of intensive training to rest.
"Gu Dong, Gu Nan, Gu Xi, we are back!" Yu Lixin's shouting voice was heard outside the yard.
Yu Hui walked out of the room carrying Beibei and saw Gu Dong and Yu Lixin hugging each other.
"Brother Lixin, you are finally back." Gu Dong hugged Yu Lixin tightly. He hadn't seen him for almost a month and he missed Brother Lixin very much.
"I also want to come back early, but my mother-in-law won't let me. She wants my mother to stay at home and take her job working in the fields. She won't let us come back until school is about to start." Yu Lixin let go of Gu Dong and complained.
This time back in the countryside he was not happy at all. His mother worked very hard, helping his mother-in-law work in the fields and even asking her to pay for groceries.
He and his brother wanted to take their mother's place, but their mother-in-law wouldn't let them.
When Yu Hui heard this, she knew that Qian Lan must have suffered a lot during her time back in the countryside.
"Have your mother-in-law and the others gone home?" Yu Lixin asked when he didn't see anyone.
"I went back a long time ago. Oh, and my sister Yanyan even became a female soldier."
"Your cousin is really awesome." Yu Lixin gave a thumbs up.
As he said this, he took out the three August firecrackers he had carried with him all the way.
"This is the August fried food I brought back for you. I picked it in the mountains. It's so sweet."
After saying that, he divided it among the three brothers, and the three brothers also took the August bombs to express their gratitude.
"Yu Lixin, where have you been again?" Qian Lan's voice calling Yu Lixin was heard from next door.
Yu Lixin replied in a hoarse voice: "I'm at my Aunt Yu's house."
Then, there was no sound.
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