Aunt Yang was moved and held Grandma Su's hand, not knowing what to say.
Su Mianmian simply took her to the kitchen and let her sit on a small stool.
"Auntie, I'll do it today, you help me."
Aunt Yang nodded, "Okay."
Su Mianmian cut the pork belly into three portions and made a braised pork, stir-fried pork with green peppers, and a pork belly stew that people here often eat.
As soon as the meal was ready, Su Qingqing and the others came back.
Su Qingqing washed her hands and ran into the kitchen to help serve the meal. She was a little surprised to see what was on the plate. "What a feast today! Three meat dishes."
Su Mianmian: "Grandpa and grandma brought the meat, so we ate as much as we wanted. We made a lot today."
"Then I won't be polite."
Su Mianmian looked at her strangely, "When have you ever been polite?"
"Tsk, you can't say that. I'm being polite, okay?"
After saying that, he went out with two plates of meat.
Su Mianmian shook her head helplessly, and she and Aunt Yang took the remaining dishes out.
Qin Huaichuan remembered what Su Mianmian said in the morning, "Aren't we waiting for Big Brother?"
"Don't worry about him, let's eat." Grandpa Su didn't care at all. He picked up a piece of stir-fried pork with green peppers and ate it with relish.
Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan looked at each other and said, "You don't have to worry about it, but he is our brother-in-law. If we don't treat him well, they will be the ones in trouble."
Thinking of this, the two looked at each other again. They were really a pair of brothers in distress.
Grandma Su looked at the two people with deep hatred and bitterness and explained, "Your grandfather is right. The eldest brother just left this morning and must have been busy. It's good that he can come back in the evening."
After understanding the situation, the two of them stopped worrying and focused on eating.
After dinner, Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan went home to sleep.
Su Qingqing and Liu Xu took little Ayan to another room for a nap, while Su Mianmian and the others stayed in this room and chatted.
Grandpa Su felt a little sleepy after listening to everyone talking, so he got up and went back to the Shen family to rest.
"Grandma, don't you want to take a nap?"
"No, no, Grandma, I'm not sleepy. I had a good sleep last night! Let's continue our conversation."
Aunt Yang was the first to agree, "Okay, let's continue chatting."
Aunt Yang and Grandma Su were chatting, and Su Mianmian was listening on the side.
The two talked about the years of famine and how people lived a hard life. Su Mianmian felt uncomfortable listening to it.
Aunt Yang noticed that Su Mianmian's expression was not right and patted her hands.
"This is just the beginning. There are many elderly people who starved to death in order to save some food for their children. Some are so hungry that they eat Guanyin soil."
Grandma Su sighed, "Yes! Compared to those years, life is obviously much better now. We can even have meat every now and then."
The three of them chatted and time passed quickly. Su Qingqing and Liu Xu woke up, came into the room, said hello, and prepared to go out with Xiao Ayan.
Little Ayan looked at his sister who was lying on the kang with a bitter face, "Sister, Ayan doesn't want to go to school anymore."
"Why? Did someone bully you at school?" Su Mianmian frowned. This little guy was always very happy every time he went to school because he could meet Liangliang and Lele.
I suddenly didn’t go to class today. Did something really happen?
Little Ayan pinched his collar and looked at Su Mianmian cautiously.
He took a deep breath and spoke with determination: "Sister, I don't want to go to school today. I also want to stay at home like you to take care of Jiubao and accompany grandpa and grandma."
Su Mianmian understood and raised an eyebrow. It was a common problem among students. They simply didn't want to go to school.
"Okay, then go tell the teacher and come back to accompany us."
Little Ayan immediately rejected it, "No, sister, Ayan is a good kid. If I tell the teacher, the teacher will definitely think I am not a good kid."
"But I can't tell the teacher! How about our good kid, you hold on for the whole afternoon? You have a day off tomorrow anyway."
Little Ayan's face immediately fell, and he said reluctantly, "Okay then."
He held Su Qingqing's hand and said, "Let's go, Sister Qingqing. Ayan will be a good boy and go to school."
In the afternoon, after Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan woke up, they took Grandpa Su for a walk in the village. When they met an old man in the village, Grandpa Su chatted with him.
In just one afternoon, Grandpa Su became almost familiar with the villagers.
"The countryside is still the best! The air is fresh and the people are simple."
Grandpa Su sighed as the three of them were on their way home.
Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan both nodded.
Shen Yuan said: "The people in this brigade are basically all good."
Qin Huaichuan agreed and told Grandpa Su about the previous case.
"Yes, when we were investigating a case, we encountered an old woman who kidnapped children and even ate human flesh. I was shocked at the time."
Grandpa Su nodded, "Yes, cannibalism was common during the famine years.
This is human nature. Some elderly people would rather starve to death to save food for their children, and some elderly people would eat children to live two more years.
Grandpa Su sighed at this point, "I just didn't expect to encounter something like this even though life has been better in recent years."
This topic was a bit sad and no one mentioned it again.
Shen Yuan said: "Grandpa, let's go back quickly! The meal at home is almost ready."
After hearing this, Grandpa Su quickly moved his legs to speed up, muttering to himself as he walked.
"Yes, yes, let's go quickly. I wonder what delicious food Mianmian has made tonight."
Qin Huaichuan and Shen Yuandao smiled at each other and strode to follow Grandpa Su.
After walking a few steps, I heard someone shouting.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!"
Grandpa Su, who was very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, turned around and looked at little Ayan, "Hey! My dear grandson is out of school!"
When little Ayan came back from school, he saw the three people. His eyes lit up and he quickly chased after them.
Little Ayan ran to Grandpa Su, held his hand, looked up and asked, "Yes, Ayan is out of school. Grandpa, why are you here?"
"Your brother-in-law took me out for a walk and a chat."
"So that's how it is." Little Ayan nodded and hurried along, pulling Grandpa Su along. "Grandpa, let's go home quickly. Sister will surely make something delicious for dinner again."
Grandpa Su nodded, saying that this was exactly what he meant, and followed little Ayan and walked quickly home.
The four people left behind smiled helplessly and followed the old man and the young boy.
…
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of November. The little chubby girl is almost four months old.
Ever since Grandpa Su and Grandma Su came, Su Mianmian basically doesn't have to worry about Jiubao's affairs.
Grandpa Su and Grandma moved to the Shen family, and the old couple slept with little Ayan.
During the day, Jiubao is basically taken care of by Grandma Su and Grandpa Su.
Shen Yuandao and Qin Huaichuan have no important cases recently, and they come back on time every day.
Seeing this, Su Mianmian and Aunt Yang took the two of them as laborers, and asked them to take home the firewood they collected and the wild vegetables they dug in the mountains.
It saved Su Mianmian and Aunt Yang a lot of trouble.
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