Chapter 42 Where is my knife?
There were not many people taking the bus into the city at this time, so Yu Hui and her children got on the bus smoothly.
The car has two rows of two seats and there are still a few empty seats.
Yu Hui held Beibei and sat next to an older sister, and asked Gu Dong and Gu Nan to take Gu Xixi to sit opposite. Gu Xixi was young and didn't need to buy a ticket, and he couldn't take up someone else's seat, so Gu Dong held him and sat.
Gu Dong and Gu Nan need to buy half-price tickets.
"Are you the female comrade who was wrongly accused of being a thief by several people from the art troupe on the bus last time?" The ticket seller recognized Yu Hui when he collected the money.
Yu Hui took out the money and nodded with a smile, saying, "Yes."
"You've changed after not seeing you for a few days. If you had worn it like this last time, those people wouldn't have suspected you."
Yu Hui handed her the ticket money and said, "No matter what I wear, they can't suspect me without any evidence."
The salesperson took the money and tore up the ticket and handed it to Yu Hui. "That's right. You can't doubt someone without any evidence."
"Are these all your children?" The ticket seller pointed at Gu Dong and the others.
Yu Hui nodded. Everyone sitting next to her and the ticket seller looked at her in shock, as if they couldn't believe it.
Eldest sister: "I can't believe you're already a mother of four children at such a young age. You're really amazing."
Yu Hui smiled and did not explain that she was not the biological mother but the stepmother.
In the past, brothers Gu Dong and Gu Nan would have explained it long ago, but today they didn't say anything.
"You really are like this. You gave birth to so many children at such a young age, and you raised four children so well." The ticket seller has seen too many people raising children on this line, but there are really not many who can raise several children as well and cleanly as Yu Hui.
"Sister, where did you buy the clothes for these children?" the elder sister asked Yu Hui.
In a few days, it will be her nephew's birthday, and she wants to buy some clothes for the child.
Her brother-in-law is very picky. If the products don't sell well, they will definitely have something to say, complaining about this and that.
She thought the clothes on these children were very nice, with small shirts and shorts, and embroidery on the chests. They looked very high-end and energetic.
Yu Hui: “I made this myself.”
"You made it yourself?"
"You are really skillful then."
"Did you also make the girl doll and the ones on you yourself?"
Yu Hui nodded.
The ticket seller and the older woman were amazed. "Sister, you have such good skills. It's a shame not to work in a state-owned tailor shop."
They also wanted to ask where to buy the skirt she was wearing, but they didn't expect that she made it herself.
They don't like colorful dresses, they just like this kind of dress that looks simple but fashionable.
Yu Hui had no plans to work in a tailor shop. She preferred cooking to tailoring.
The conductor stood there and chatted with Yu Hui for a while. When the bus arrived at the station and some people got on, he went to collect the money.
When the car arrived at the State-owned Store Station, Yu Hui got off with a few children.
At this moment, the children's stomachs were growling with hunger.
Next to the state-owned store was a state-owned restaurant, and Yu Hui walked straight in with the children.
Wei Jingfen came out of the store carrying a stack of cloth. At a glance, she saw that the children who walked into the state-owned restaurant looked a bit like those from her aunt's family.
I wanted to walk to the door of the state-owned restaurant to take a look, but then I thought, the battalion commander's brother-in-law is not at home, who can take those children into the city to eat at the state-owned restaurant?
Their stepmother was so stingy that she wouldn't even give them meat to eat, and she certainly wouldn't take them to the city or to a state-owned restaurant.
Moreover, their stepmother is so unsophisticated that she probably doesn't even know where the door of the state-owned restaurant opens.
Wei Jingfen has met Yu Hui.
Gu Huai and Lin Siyu divorced, but Lin Zhongbao didn't want to break off relations with his brother-in-law. When Gu Huai and Yu Hui got married, Lin Zhongbao took Wei Jingfen to the wedding and gave a fifty-cent gift.
Wei Jingfen's impression of Yu Hui is that she is a rustic, personality-less, and unpresentable country bumpkin.
There are quite a few people in the state-owned restaurant today, mostly adults with children.
This state-owned restaurant is different from modern restaurants. You go to the counter to order your food, and the dishes available today are written on the blackboard.
"What do you want to eat?" The girl taking orders at the counter had a stern face, as if someone owed her money.
Yu Hui had seen the attitude of Hong Kong's catering service staff and was no longer surprised by this attitude.
There are very few dishes on the blackboard, and they are basically some home-cooked dishes, nothing special.
"I want shredded pork with fish flavor, braised spareribs, steamed egg, and sweet and sour cabbage."
The younger sister glanced at Yu Hui while writing the menu, frowned, and asked, "Can you finish all these dishes by yourself?"
The three Gu brothers: “?”
Why are you alone?
"It's not just one person, there are three more children." Yu Hui pointed her finger downwards. The younger sister looked down and saw that there was also the boy.
They are all wearing the same clothes, and they look pretty good.
"Those four dishes are almost there. We have quite a lot of portions here."
Yu Hui originally wanted to order some soup, but after hearing what she said, she gave up.
Four dishes cost four dollars. The braised spareribs were more expensive, costing two dollars each.
Fish-flavored shredded pork is one yuan, steamed egg is sixty cents, and sweet and sour cabbage is forty cents.
Fish-flavored shredded pork requires two taels of meat coupons, and braised spare ribs require one jin of meat coupons.
A meal cost four dollars, which Gu Dong thought was a bit expensive.
After ordering the food, Yu Hui took the children and found an empty table to sit down.
Yu Hui lowered her head to wipe Beibei's saliva. When she looked up, she saw Gu Dong and the other three, all staring at a certain place. She followed their gaze and saw a little boy holding a glass bottle and drinking soda.
The little boy was enjoying his drink very much. Seeing Gu Dong and the others staring at him, he raised his chin with a bit of pride.
Gu Dong and the others frowned and looked away.
Soda was still relatively expensive at that time, costing 30 cents a bottle and 50 cents for two bottles. It was available on the counters of state-owned restaurants.
Yu Hui took out a dollar from her bag and handed it to Gu Dong, "Go to the counter and buy four bottles of soda."
When Gu Xixi heard this, she got angry and drank the water, her little eyes lit up.
Gu Dong glanced at his stepmother, took the money, stood up and went to the counter to buy soda. Gu Nan and Gu Xi also stood up and followed him.
"Mom will give it to you." Gu Xixi placed the opened orange soda in front of her stepmother.
"Thank you." Yu Hui thanked with a smile.
The taste of this orange soda is okay, not too sweet, but a little lacking in bubbles.
The state-owned restaurant served the dishes quite quickly. In less than fifteen minutes, the fish-flavored shredded pork, steamed egg, and sweet and sour cabbage were all served. The braised spare ribs were served last, and they all looked pretty good.
Yu Hui first scooped some steamed eggs without seasoning, mixed them with rice, and fed them to Beibei.
"Well, Mom, this meat is not as delicious as the one you fried." Gu Xixi said with a frown while chewing the meat in her mouth and pointing at the shredded pork with fish flavor.
Wang Defu had just finished cooking and came out to rest for a while and drink some tea when he heard this.
Hey, he is the heir of the Wang family, but he was actually told by a child that his cooking is not as good as his mother's.
This child must be too young to distinguish between good and bad.
Gu Nan: "Even the sweet and sour cabbage isn't as delicious as the one you stir-fry."
Wang Defu: “…”
Critical +1.
"The braised spareribs aren't as delicious as yours." Gu Dong was very disappointed. He had been looking forward to having dinner at the state-owned restaurant, but he didn't expect the dishes here to be even worse than his stepmother's.
If I had known this earlier, I would have had lunch at home before going into town and not spent so much money.
Critical +2.
Wang Defu: Where is my knife?
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