Chapter 91 I'm Not a Scammer
The next day, Yu Hui asked Gu Dong to read a book while keeping his younger siblings from running around, and went to the market with Qian Lan.
I bought ready-made cotton quilts, mats, and palm leaf mattresses.
If Qian Lan hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have been able to get these things back.
When Gu Huai came back in the afternoon, he saw that the room was tidy and the bed was made. He only praised Yu Hui for her efficiency.
The weather was hot and the children had no appetite, so Yu Hui made noodle dumpling soup with tomatoes and eggs. The sour tomatoes were very appetizing.
On Monday, when Gu Dong returned home after taking the exam in the morning, his grandmother Zhao Changying set the departure date and called Gu Huai. The train on the morning of July 1st should arrive at around four or five in the afternoon.
After the date was set, Zhao Changying started to get busy with her grandchildren.
Go to the mountains to pick hickory nuts, wood ear mushrooms, mountain sorrel, plums, and peaches. I also took two hundred kilograms of the newly harvested wheat this year to grind it into flour and bring it into the city.
He also picked out the two fattest roosters and the two fattest mallards and raised them separately.
"Mom, can these chickens and ducks get on the train?" Wang Mei frowned and said to her mother-in-law who was feeding the two chickens and two ducks alone.
We started raising these chickens and ducks last year, and we only ate two of them during the Chinese New Year. Now my mother-in-law is going to visit her uncle, so she wants to take four with her. Wang Mei feels a little uncomfortable.
"Yes, I can. The last time I took Xiaohui there, I was on the train and saw someone tie the legs and wings of chickens and ducks and put them in nylon bags, leaving only their heads sticking out."
"When the ducks get off the train, they are all alive and kicking." It was this train experience that inspired her to bring some living things with her this time.
"I heard that no one in the city raises chickens and ducks. If we bring so many, will Gu Huai and the others be able to eat them all?" Bringing two will be enough. If we bring four, they definitely won't be able to finish them in a short time.
Zhao Changying heard it and said to her second daughter-in-law in a bad mood, "I won't eat it, but your daughter and nephews and nieces won't eat it either?"
"This is the first time for the children to go to the city. Gu Huai and Xiao Hui will definitely treat them to delicious food and drinks. In the city, everything requires tickets and money, and it's very expensive."
"If we bring it to them, they won't have to spend so much money to buy it."
The second son's wife is the most cunning and calculative.
She didn't even think about how much the youngest had helped the family. If it weren't for the youngest, would the family be able to live in such a nice brick and tile house? Would her son be able to join such a good army?
The blue brick and tile house at home was rebuilt by demolishing the old house. The money was used from Gu Huai’s allowance when he was a soldier in his early years.
Her daughter is going to the city this time and is asking the youngest son to find a good partner for her.
When I gave the youngest one four chickens and ducks, she started complaining.
"Mom, the flour is back." The eldest brother Gu Jiang walked into the yard carrying two bags of flour.
Wang Mei: "Don't we still have flour at home?"
I just took it last month and haven’t finished it yet.
Gu Jiang carried the flour into the house. Zhao Changying said, "We're going to take this to the city to feed Gu Huai and the others. We'll also let them have some of this year's new wheat."
Two more bags of flour?
Wang Mei's eyes twitched. This mother-in-law of hers was still as worried about her youngest son as ever. She was reluctant to let him suffer any loss, so she even took the food rations for herself and the children.
"Just you and a few kids, can you carry so many things?"
"That's no big deal. Just let the eldest and second brother take him to the train, and then ask someone to help get the car off. Gu Huai drove to pick him up and took him back directly in the car." Zhao Changying's tone was somewhat boastful.
The last time she took Xiaoyu there, she called Yaoer only after the car arrived at the station. Not long after, Yaoer came to pick them up in a military green jeep.
It was her first time to ride in a military vehicle, and also her first time to see her son driving. The way her son drove was really amazing, and could be described in two words: "cool".
"Grandma, we picked a lot of pecans today." Gu Qiuyan came back from the mountain with her younger sisters and brothers, carrying a basket on her back.
"There are also mushrooms." Gu Qiuye raised the basket in his hand.
"Put them on a winnowing basket to dry. The sun is shining brightly now, and they'll be dry in a day or two." Zhao Changying smiled and instructed her granddaughter and grandson to put the pecans in the sun. "When we get to the city, ask your mother to stew chicken with mushrooms for you."
"Okay." Nine-year-old Gu Bin and four-year-old Gu Yang responded in unison.
After her daughter finished drying the pecans, Wang Mei called her aside and whispered, "When we get to your father's house, tell him how difficult life is at home and how hard we work taking care of your father-in-law, mother-in-law, and grandma."
Knowing how difficult it is, the youngest child sends more money home.
The Gu family has not yet split up, and the whole family still eats and uses things together. Gu Qiuyu and the third child from the eldest branch of the family have formal jobs, and they keep a few dollars for pocket money from their monthly salary, and give the rest to their family.
The money that the youngest child sent home was divided among the family when the family split up later.
Gu Qiuyan looked at her mother in confusion?
It wasn't difficult at home. They were the best-off family in the brigade, earned the most work points, and had surplus food every year.
Besides, haven’t they ever taken care of their father-in-law and mother-in-law?
Gong is a man who cannot sit still. As the team leader, he goes to the fields every day to earn work points.
Although my mother-in-law doesn't work in the fields very often, she still cooks three meals a day and takes care of my great-grandfather.
How come it becomes that how hard it is for them to take care of their father-in-law, mother-in-law and grandparents in their hometown?
Yangyang from my third uncle's family is always taken care of by my mother-in-law when my third aunt goes to the fields.
"If your parents take you shopping, don't be silly and refuse everything. If you see something you like, ask them to buy it for you. Ask them to buy more for you."
Gu Qiuyan frowned when she heard this. "What have I done? Come here to beg for money? If I dare to do that, my mother-in-law will beat me to death."
This time they followed their mother-in-law to visit their father's house to get acquainted with the family and to see their younger brothers, not to ask for money.
"What do you mean by 'extortion'?" Wang Mei slapped her daughter's arm in anger. "Your father is rich, earning over a hundred yuan. This little money is nothing to him."
"Also..." Wang Mei saw her daughter wanted to leave and grabbed her, "If you see a guy your own age or a few years older than you in the compound, talk to him and smile at him more."
People who can give birth to a child as big as Qiuyan are generally in their early forties. Those who have served in the army until their early forties must have held a high military rank.
Who knows, she might even become a relative of some high-ranking military officer like a regimental commander or political commissar.
"Why should I talk more to others or smile more at them? I have a lot of smiles." After saying this, Gu Qiuyan pulled down her mother's hand that was holding her arm and went to find her mother-in-law.
"Grandma, I saw it on the mountain today..."
Wang Mei looked at her daughter's back and stamped her feet in anger. "This damn girl, how come she doesn't understand anything?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
