Chapter 263 Is it your stepmother who won’t let you
In the afternoon, four more children came to Gu Nan to rent books. Two of them had extra pocket money, so they rented the books to read at home. Gu Nan earned another 1.2 cents.
Gu Hongmei returned home at eight o'clock in the evening, and Yu Hui had already prepared bath water for her.
"How's business tonight?" Yu Hui asked as she helped her get water for a bath.
Gu Hongmei nodded and said, "It's pretty good. The noodles and toppings we prepared were sold out before 7 o'clock. Several of Dongdong's classmates also came to eat with their families."
"They also said that they are all Dongdong's good friends and that Dongdong is quite popular."
Yu Hui smiled and said, "This child is generous and can get along with others."
"Aren't you too tired after such long working hours?" Yu Hui frowned and asked Gu Hongmei, who looked tired.
She still felt that the working hours were too long. She had to start working in the store at eight in the morning and could not go home until eight in the evening.
"How is it longer? Didn't I take a three-hour break this afternoon? Compared to working on a sewing machine in a garment factory, where my hands and feet are constantly busy, this is much easier."
After working on a sewing machine in the factory for a whole day, not only my waist, shoulders and buttocks hurt, but my neck also hurts.
Their factory's performance is still very good. When they are in a rush to deliver goods, they even have to work overtime.
Yu Hui looked at her and said, "It's fine if you can handle it. If you can't, tell me and I'll find a way."
If Gu Hongmei couldn't handle it, her idea was to add more staff to the noodle shop and have two shifts, one shift busy at noon and the other shift busy at night, so that everyone could relax.
Gu Hongmei nodded, feeling warm in her heart.
The days passed by like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye it was mid-October.
Saturday was a day off, so Yu Hui asked Gu Huai to help her get cloth coupons and wool coupons. She and Gu Hongmei took a few children to the city to buy cloth and wool to knit sweaters for the children and make winter clothes.
When they arrived at the state-owned store, they went straight to the cloth counter and bought corduroy cloth. They bought corduroy cloth in three colors: brown, light pink, and gray.
The brown one is for the three boys, the light pink one is for Yu Hui, Gu Hongmei and Bei Bei, and the gray one is for Gu Huai.
Yu Hui bought several colors of wool, all of which were bright colors. She liked bright colors. Winter days are gloomy, and people have to wear bright colors, otherwise they will look gray.
Gu Dong and Gu Nan have grown fast recently, and their feet have grown bigger, so their shoes are a bit tight on their feet. Yu Hui took them to choose new shoes.
Gu Dong stood in front of the shoe counter. "Actually, my shoes aren't too tight. I can wear them for now."
"It's still crowded," Yu Hui said, looking down at his feet. "You can even tell your big toe is curled up inside your shoe."
"Hurry up and pick out a pair. Pick a pair with a thicker sole so you won't feel cold in the winter."
So Gu Dong and Gu Nan both picked out a pair of the same thick-soled sneakers.
"Your shoes are still wearable. Mom will buy you new ones during the New Year." Yu Hui said, touching Gu Xixi's little head.
The little guy raised his head, smiled and said, "Okay."
He didn't envy his brothers for buying new shoes. The shoes on his feet were also bought not long ago and were still very new.
The group walked out of the state-owned store. Just a few steps outside the gate, they heard someone calling, "Gu Dong."
Gu Dong turned his head and saw his grandmother holding his snotty cousin Longlong.
Gu Dong's face changed, but his upbringing still made him call out in a muffled voice, "Grandma."
Gu Dong's call of "Grandma" made Yu Hui and Gu Hongmei turn around while holding Beibei.
Qin Shulan's face changed when she saw Yu Hui, and her pupils shrank when she saw the things in her hands.
Compared to the last time I saw her, the country girl looked whiter and rounder now, which showed that she was supporting herself well with Gu Huai's salary.
Qin Shulan felt a pang of pain in her heart when she thought of Gu Huai's salary.
If Gu Huai hadn't known about that dead girl Siyu, she, as the mother-in-law, wouldn't have been left without any enjoyment.
Now, no one dares to get any benefits from it.
Gu Hongmei looked at Qin Shulan curiously. This was her fourth brother's ex-mother-in-law and the grandmother of several children.
"Hey." Qin Shulan responded with a forced smile, then looked at Gu Nan and Gu Xi and said, "Nan Nan, Xi Xi, why didn't you call for help? Don't you recognize your grandma?"
"Grandma." The two brothers called out reluctantly.
"Hey." Qin Shulan responded, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Grandma misses you so much. Why don't you come to my house and play?"
Why go to her house?
Will you be wronged if you go to her house?
Gu Nan rolled his eyes.
If Gu Dong and Gu Nan had heard their grandmother say that she missed them in the past, they would have believed it and would have been very touched, but now when they heard their grandmother say such words, they just felt it was fake.
Now they know exactly what it feels like to truly miss someone and be good to them.
Seeing that the children were silent, Qin Shulan looked at Yu Hui and raised her voice and said, "Is it your stepmother who won't let you go to your grandmother's house to play?"
Qin Shulan's words attracted the attention of passers-by, who stared at Yu Hui for a few more seconds.
She became a stepmother at such a young age and didn't even let her child go to her grandmother's house to play. She's not a very good stepmother.
"No." Gu Xixi quickly retorted, "We were scared by Brother Longlong's beating and we dare not go there again."
“…” Qin Shulan choked.
Yu Hui rubbed Gu Xixi's head. It was not in vain that she loved the child.
Gu Hongmei frowned. Her fourth brother's ex-mother-in-law was really not an easy person to deal with.
Fourth sister-in-law is so good to the children, but she still wants to find fault with Fourth sister-in-law.
"Nonsense," Qin Shulan said with a straight face, "When did your brother Longlong hit you? Even if he did, he's such a little kid, how much pain could he have caused?"
"Xixi isn't talking nonsense." Gu Dong said with a stern face, "Brother Longlong has beaten us several times, and it hurts so much. Before, he scratched Xixi's face until it bled, and he also hit my forehead with a toy car, leaving a bruise. Last time, he also beat Beibei. Grandma, you don't care about Brother Longlong, and you even ask us to let him do what he wants."
Lin Chenglong heard that they were talking about him, and angrily stretched out his hand to hit the air, shouting: "Wash the mud, wash the mud..."
Gu Nan pointed at Lin Chenglong and said, "Look, look, he's still shouting that he wants to beat us to death. How dare we go there?"
Gu Hongmei frowned when she heard about the grievances suffered by her nephews, and glared at Qin Shulan angrily.
She even had the nerve to say that she was the children's grandmother, and that she missed them, so she let her own grandson beat the children of the Gu family.
Qin Shulan hurriedly said, "Your brother Longlong is still young and doesn't understand things. As his older brother, how can you argue with him?"
Gu Nan: "Brother Longlong is still young and naive. Beibei is even younger than Brother Longlong. Last time, Longlong hit Beibei and Beibei fought back. Grandma, why did you hit Beibei and call her a stupid girl?"
"When Brother Longlong beat us, why didn't you beat him back and call him a bastard?" Gu Nan asked pretending to be puzzled.
“…”
Qin Shulan never thought that one day she would be forced to speak without a word by a five-year-old child.
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