Chapter 243 Let’s Help Xixi
Gu Huai stood in front of the sink and splashed cold water on his face. He couldn't even remember how he carefully pulled his arm out of Yu Hui's arms, put Beibei in her arms, and got out of bed.
All he could think about was the feeling of her softness, squeezing and wrapping his arm around him.
No matter how much cold water was poured on his face, this man could not calm down.
"Youngest."
The sudden sound startled Gu Huai, whose mind was still full of sparks. His body froze, and he calmed down a little.
"Second brother." Gu Huai's breathing was a little rapid.
Gu He put on his clothes while walking towards Gu Huai. He reached out and punched his arm. "You're still the same as before. You always like to wash your face with cold water."
Gu Huai gave an awkward laugh, "Second brother, why are you up so early? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Gu He buttoned his shirt and said, "I'm used to it. I get up around this time in the countryside too."
"Then go wash up. I'll go to the noodle shop to pick up the meat from the meat processing plant. I'll also take you out for a walk and teach you the ropes."
"OK."
After Gu He finished washing up, Gu Huai took him out.
It was still dimly lit, and the wind in the late autumn morning was a little cold. When blown by the autumn wind, Gu Huai's body completely calmed down.
There were not many people on the road at this time. I didn’t notice it when I was sitting here yesterday, but after walking here today, Gu He felt that this family compound was quite large.
When I walked to the door of the grocery store, there was already a car parked there unloading goods.
"This is the grocery store in our residential area. It's similar to the supply and marketing cooperative in my hometown. It sells everything, including vegetables and meat." Gu Huai introduced it to his second brother.
Gu He nodded, "Then it's quite convenient for you to buy things."
"This is the meat processing plant's truck. After it unloads the meat from the grocery store, it will unload the one for our noodle shop."
Gu He looked at the pork being unloaded from the truck and sighed, "You guys who eat the government's food must be rich. A grocery store in a family compound has to stock so much meat. Unlike our supply and marketing cooperative, we can't even sell all the meat even if we slaughter a pig at the market."
Gu Huai frowned, "People from nearby villages also come to buy meat."
"I see."
Gu Huai said nothing, although he added that people from nearby villages also came back to buy meat, and the meat was not only sold to people living in the family compound, but he knew very well that the gap between their lives and those of the farmers was really huge.
They can eat meat once or twice a week, but fellow farmers may only be able to eat meat once every ten days or half a month. Those with worse conditions may only be able to eat meat once a month.
After the meat from the grocery store was delivered, the driver from the meat processing plant took the meat from the noodle shop.
"Deputy Captain Gu is here to help his wife get the meat again?" the driver joked.
Gu Huai took the beef from the driver and handed it to his second brother to help hold it, then reached out to take the pork and pig intestines, "What are you talking about helping? This noodle shop originally belongs to us, and I am also working for my family."
"Who is this?" the driver looked at Gu He and asked.
Gu Huai smiled and said, "This is my second brother."
"It turns out to be Deputy Captain Gu's brother. I said they looked a bit alike." The driver said with a smile.
"I still have to deliver meat to other places, so I'll leave first. See you later." After saying that, the driver got in the car and drove away.
Gu He and Gu Huai were carrying meat to the noodle shop. When they saw the bun shop, they said, "You have a bun shop here?"
Gu Huai hummed, said nothing more, and walked past the bun shop carrying the meat.
Wen Zhaodi was sitting in the bun shop, watching Gu Huai come to help Yu Hui get the meat again. She was extremely envious and then yawned several times.
Zheng Xiulan was not in the bun shop. After making the buns, she went back to catch up on her sleep. Wen Zhaodi was responsible for steaming the buns and looking after the bun shop.
Because of long-term lack of sleep, Wen Zhaodi has heavy dark circles under her eyes, and her eye bags are almost falling to the corners of her mouth. Her complexion is also an unhealthy dark yellow, and she looks several years older.
The business of the bun shop is average. They steam six baskets of buns every day, and there are some left over.
As for this business, Wen Zhaodi and her colleagues don't dare to do more. Now they can recover the cost and make about 70 or 80 cents a day.
If I can earn this much every day, it will be about 20 yuan a month, which is still some profit.
After putting the meat away, Gu Huai took Gu He back home. It was still early, so he trotted him around the staff quarters.
When I got home, Yu Hui and Gu Hongmei were already busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
Gu Dong also got up, washed up, and sat in the yard to recite his lessons.
In the morning, Yu Hui cooked century egg and lean meat porridge, made scallion pancakes, mixed an eggplant with some cold salad, and mixed it with pickled radish she had made herself. Her simple breakfast was ready.
Seeing the meat porridge, scallion pancakes, and cold dishes on the table, Gu He said, "No need to prepare such a rich meal in the morning just because we're here. Just make some noodle porridge and cut some kimchi. No need to go to all that trouble."
He felt that he had not yet digested the goose meat he had eaten last night, and now he had eaten meat again in the morning.
Yu Hui smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. We usually eat like this in the morning. Children are growing up and need nutrition. They need to eat well in the morning."
Gu He didn't believe her and was sure that she would say that the breakfast was so sumptuous because they were coming.
Children need to eat well in the morning to grow, but it is definitely not so good in the morning on other days.
There is a big market today. Gu Huai went to work, and Gu Dong went to school. After a while, he went to the big market with Gu He, Gu Hongmei and several other children.
Qian Lan had to go to the noodle shop first, so Yu Hui asked her if she wanted her to bring anything.
Qian Lan asked her to help buy two kilograms of cabbage and carrots, and two kilograms of pork belly, and also gave her two kilograms of meat coupons.
Although the noodle shop hasn't divided the profits yet, Qian Lan has become much more generous with her food after seeing how much revenue the shop brings in every day.
Yu Hui bought ten pounds of vine vegetables, three pounds of onions, five pounds of garlic, and five pounds of old ginger.
Seeing her buy so much garlic and ginger, which was half the price of what they paid back home, Gu He said, "If I had known you needed so much garlic and ginger, I would have brought you two sacks. We have plenty at home."
Yu Hui smiled and said, "Then next time you come, please bring some for me."
"Okay." Gu He agreed readily.
Yu Hui bought meat and vegetables for Qian Lan, and bought some bean sprouts, lettuce, tofu skin and oyster mushrooms for herself. She also chose a big silver carp at the fish stall.
Gu Huai: "Why buy fish?"
Yu Hui said: "We'll have noodles at the noodle shop for lunch and boiled fish for dinner."
"Why eat boiled fish? Just have some noodles and porridge at night." Gu He quickly stopped her from buying fish.
The fishmonger held the fish in his hand and looked at Yu Hui without weighing it. "Do you still want this fish?"
"don't want."
"Yes." Yu Hui looked at the stall owner and said, "Please weigh it for me."
Gu He: “…”
Yu Hui smiled and said to him, "I promised the children a long time ago that I would boil fish for them tonight."
After saying that, he winked at Gu Nan and Gu Xixi.
"Yes." Gu Xixi nodded and said, "Xixi has been wanting to eat boiled fish for a long time. Second Dad, please make Xixi's wish come true."
After saying that, she held her little face in her hands and looked at her second father pitifully.
Gu He: “…”
The child wants to eat boiled fish. As the second father, can he stop the mother from buying fish for the child?
Of course not.
Gu Nan looked at his brother in annoyance. Damn, he was one step too late again.
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