"Xiaoying, you're already very good at giving me fifty cents a day. I, Liu Heimei, am not the kind of person who gets ungrateful. I can't do such a shameless thing."
Du Xiaoying didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Hei Mei, from today on, our daily workload will double. I'm only paying you this salary because you're efficient and tight-lipped."
"No, no, every time there's leftover egg cake at home, you still want me to take it back for the children to eat—"
"Okay, I'll exchange the rest for something of equal value."
Liu Da Jiao hesitated and said awkwardly, "Then I'm thinking of exchanging some daily necessities, or cloth and cotton. My son Shanzi is getting married soon, so if it's a problem, forget it."
Du Xiaoying thought about it and readily agreed.
"Really?!" Seeing this, Liu Dajiao became more motivated.
Due to the increased supply of egg cakes, the two adults and three children are busy every day.
Wu Ya watched her mother and brothers busy themselves, and except for getting off the kang to go to the toilet, they all played by themselves.
Even lunch was prepared by Daya and her sisters after school.
Song Guoliang cooked dinner, and even Liu Dajiao couldn't help but envy her and often teased her about it.
At dinner
Song Guoliang suddenly said, "Tomorrow is a day off, I plan to go visit my second sister."
Du Xiaoying frowned and said angrily, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have prepared things earlier."
Song Guoliang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm ready."
After dinner, Du Xiaoying anxiously checked the things her husband had prepared, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets in a bad mood, "My second sister just became a grandmother, and our family is in need of fabric..."
Daya and her sisters looked curiously at the cloth, cotton, brown sugar and grain on the kang.
"Mom, is Dad going to visit Second Aunt?"
"Yes, your father has been closest to your second aunt since he was a child."
Song Guoliang looked at his wife with a smile, raised his hand and gently pulled his wife who was busy cleaning up, "Wife, I'll do it, you go to the kang and rest."
"Then remember to pack up the cloth and cotton, don't forget."
.....
"I'm freezing to death~ I'm freezing to death~"
The 14-year-old Xiaolong hurriedly ran out of the toilet with his pants pulled up, touched his butt that was almost frozen into an ice cube, and looked at the tall man standing at the door, stunned for a moment.
"Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
Seeing the other party staring at him without saying a word, Xiaolong hurriedly ran into the house, shouting as he ran.
"Mom and Dad, there's a weirdo at our door!"
Zhao Minghe and Song Chuncao ran out in a hurry and protected their youngest son.
"Hey, who are you looking for?"
Song Guoliang stared at the familiar figure, his throat choked with sobs.
The more Song Chuncao looked at him, the more familiar he felt. He couldn't help but step forward and tentatively asked, "Guo Liang? Is it Guo Liang?"
Song Guoliang took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Second sister, it's me."
Song Chuncao lay on her brother's body, crying like a tearful person, unable to utter a word due to her choked sobs.
Zhao Minghe sighed and supported his wife, "Chuncao, let's go inside and talk."
"Yes, yes, come in, come in."
The brother and sister talked to each other about what had happened over the years, and their eyes couldn't help but become red.
"By the way, Guoliang, how did you know about my family?"
After she was sold by her biological parents, she was completely heartbroken and afraid of being dependent on that family, so she never went back.
The only person she has been thinking about these years is her younger brother. Fortunately, her younger brother is capable and motivated, so she can feel at ease.
Song Guoliang simply said that he had asked his comrades to find out and rushed over during his leave.
"Brother-in-law, these are what Xiaoying and I brought for you. Adding a new baby to the family is a happy occasion." Song Guoliang took out the things in the backpack one by one.
The whole family was shocked by this generous gesture and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Song Chuncao quickly refused, fearing that it would cause quarrels and discord among her brother's family.
"Sister, don't worry. If your sister-in-law wasn't worried about the children, and her nephew from her mother's side was here, she would have wanted to come and see her brother-in-law and the children this time."
....
Song Guoliang looked at his skinny little nephew, who was clutching his fingers with his little hands, blinking his big black eyes and blowing bubbles from his mouth.
I couldn't help but think that his daughters must have been like this when they were young. My heart was so soft and I felt more guilty and distressed for missing out on their growth.
"Look, Doudou loves his uncle so much." Song Chuncao handed her grandson to her brother with a smile, "Let your uncle hold him."
Song Guoliang held the chubby little one with a silly grin in his arms, his whole body stiff, and tried to call out softly.
"Doudou?"
The little guy blew a bubble.
.....
After having dinner at his second sister's house, Song Guoliang was worried about his family, so he rode his bicycle back home at night.
Heavy snow began to fall from the sky, and soon a layer of white snow accumulated on the ground.
As the sky was getting light, Song Guoliang rushed back covered in snow.
Not far from my home, I saw a black object on the ground from afar. I rode my bike closer and saw a person lying on the ground.
"Comrade Comrade?"
Song Guoliang looked at the unconscious and pale man with some anxiety in his eyes.
"Here I come~"
Du Xiaoying heard the noise outside the house and ran out in a hurry. She saw the man carrying someone on his back, but she couldn't see the person's face clearly.
"What's going on?"
"When I came back, the man had fainted outside," Song Guoliang said hurriedly. "The bicycle was still outside."
"Hurry up and bring people in."
Du Xiaoying hurriedly pushed the bicycle back.
....
"Daya, go to the yard and get a basin of snow."
Du Xiaoying helped move the man to the end of the kang. Only then did she see the man's face clearly and stood there in shock.
Isn't this the man from the couple in the bullpen?
Just as he was thinking, Song Guoliang scooped up some snow and rubbed it vigorously on the man's arms and legs.
Several children peeked in curiously, and Du Xiaoying hurriedly said, "Hurry up and go to school. Don't be late."
Erya and Siya were reluctantly pulled away by Da Ya and San Ya.
The three Niu Niu brothers were already preparing the ingredients for the egg cake in the main room.
After a while, the man woke up slowly and looked around the strange room with a dazed look.
His pupils flickered, and he sat up in shock, feeling weak all over, before falling back heavily.
“Be careful!”
He Hong's eyes were full of vigilance, and his voice was hoarse, "Why am I here?"
"You fainted outside and my husband found you and carried you back." Du Xiaoying said hurriedly.
Song Guoliang curled up the corners of his mouth, feeling secretly happy. He met his wife's eyes and coughed lightly.
"Um."
"Fortunately, we found it in time. Otherwise, when the snow gets thick, no one will see you and no one will notice you even if you freeze to death." Du Xiaoying said, and suddenly something came to her mind.
In my previous life, it seemed like someone had frozen to death in the cowshed in winter. At that time, the villagers were privately speculating whether the person had secretly gone up the mountain to hunt and accidentally fell down and froze to death.
“Cough cough cough…”
"Wait a minute, I'll get you some ginger soup." Du Xiaoying came back to her senses and swiftly picked up the aluminum kettle and poured a teacup of ginger soup.
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