Chapter 7: Silly and Sweet
Even though Chu Yan was only ten years old and Chu Chu was only eight years old, they still had to work when they came to the countryside.
Even though I couldn't hold a hoe yet, I still had to help pull weeds, cut grass, shell beans, etc.
Most of the children in the village who are about their age go to school in Lingzhong Village, but children under the age of eight are still staying at home.
They are young and when they hear adults say that these people have made mistakes, they naturally bully and exclude them.
When Chu Hong saw this, she didn't beat or scold them. Instead, she spoke nicely to them and tricked them into taking care of Chu Chu and the others.
Of course, we didn’t forget to give the children a treat they couldn’t refuse: hard candy.
The children are so willing to listen to Chu Hong because she brought them some candy when she came back from Shencheng last month.
Therefore, Chu Hong definitely has a lot of support from the children.
After Master Chu and the others learned the reason from the brother and sister, they also breathed a sigh of relief: "If you and her are really destined to be together, you must keep it in mind. If you have the ability in the future, you can repay her."
Chuchu nodded vigorously, very happy: "Sister is so nice, she even said I am her little ancestor?"
Like her parents, when she gets into trouble, they won’t beat or scold her, but will complain helplessly: You are really my little ancestor.
Therefore, in her heart, Chu Hong loves her like a father or mother.
Even Mr. Chu and the others thought so.
But they don’t know that to Chu Hong, Chu Chu is her grandmother.
She felt that if she called the little girl "grandma", people would doubt her own insanity, so she simply called her "little ancestor" in private.
She also didn't expect that she would experience the joy of raising a little ancestor.
Gu Ci felt a little embarrassed, thinking that he had looked down on the person by looking at him through the crack in the door.
Chu Hong is obviously a good person who silently gives without asking for anything in return, but she believed what outsiders said and became wary.
On the way back, Gu Ci was already worried about Chu Hong, thinking that she would easily suffer losses because of her good temper.
Thinking back to the time when he met her in Shencheng, she almost got into trouble because she was not on guard enough and thought too well of outsiders.
But I am also glad that she is kind-hearted and can help her family openly and secretly.
Chu Hong didn't know that in Gu Ci's eyes, she was just a naive and sweet-hearted person.
She just wanted to raise the little ancestor well, and the Chu family was just a by-product.
She was nice to Dr. Jia because he was her family's personal doctor, the kind who was always available upon call.
In the past, we couldn’t afford to hire a doctor, but now all we need is some food and clothes.
The main thing about Old Jin's grandson is that he is open-minded and has good sense, and he just thinks of it as a good deed.
Now she is still cooking delicious food.
Gu Ci was a very scheming guy. He got familiar with the black market in town so quickly and bought a pig's trotter and more than two kilograms of ribs, which was enough for them to have several meals.
Considering that there were many people and little meat, she soaked three handfuls of soybeans and slowly stewed them with the blanched pig's feet.
It’s freezing cold now, so just rub the ribs with salt and marinate them first.
Chu Dan took a deep breath and looked very happy: "It smells like meat. It smells really good."
He was thankful again: "Fortunately we live in a remote place, otherwise everyone would smell the fragrance and scold us for being wasteful, eating such delicious food before the New Year."
Chu Hong felt a little sad. Life was really difficult nowadays.
It's too far away from the days when I want to enjoy the good life.
After stewing the pig’s trotters and soybeans, I added more water and now there is a big pot.
She asked her sister to deliver a bowl of pig's trotter and soybean soup with more broth and less meat to Song Aiguo, her husband.
The two houses are close to each other, so you might smell something.
Another thing is that my uncle and cousin are kind. Whenever they see a lot of pine needles somewhere, they ask their aunt and cousin's wife to go and rake up the pine needles.
Pine needles are the dead needles that fall from pine trees. They are especially abundant in autumn and are good for burning firewood. They are not as dusty as straw.
Of course, rice straw is also indispensable in rural areas, mainly because rice straw ash can fertilize the fields.
Everyone felt that there was not enough straw ash, so they would go out of their way to cut grass, dry it, and burn it to produce ash.
Chu Hong dug out this incident from her memory and felt that her cousin's family could get along.
Of course you can't bring too much, otherwise people will feel embarrassed to accept it.
Chu Hong thought of what Old Chu and the others had eaten together, so she just brought a large plate and said, "Grandma, finish these tonight, and I'll bring them to you tomorrow."
"You can eat aspic tomorrow. It would be bad if someone finds out about this."
Grandma Chu responded repeatedly: "Sorry for the trouble. I'll ask Chuchu to send the bowl back later."
They were also afraid of bringing trouble to the Song family and wished they could become invisible, so they rarely went to the Song family.
"Okay," Chu Hong reminded them, "Bring back the bones too."
It’s not easy for people to have meat nowadays. If the villagers knew that Old Chu and the others had eaten meat, they might have bad thoughts.
Grandpa Chu praised her: "You are really thoughtful."
Back at the Song family, Chu Dan had another delicious meal. Without even needing her sister to urge her, she diligently went to boil water and wash the dishes.
"Today, there is oil in the dishwater." Chu Dan said, and took a handful of ash from the stove to wash the dishes. He was particularly resentful and reluctant: "If I had known earlier, I would not have washed the pot. Tomorrow, I won't need to add oil when cooking noodles."
Chu Hong's mouth twitched, and she was speechless: "After cooking the pig's feet, the vegetables have already been cooked, where does the oil come from?"
Chu Tong also added charcoal to the brazier, and put her daughter's cotton-padded jacket on the bamboo basket to dry it, but her eyes were fixed on the door: "Why hasn't Dad come back yet? I heard it's raining again. Did Dad leave without an umbrella when he went out?"
After eating, Secretary Song went to his second uncle's place.
Chu Hong yawned and stretched: "He hasn't come back yet, he must be in the hospital."
He asked her back: "Dad said before that he is going to town tomorrow. Do I need to go to the Su family?"
According to Secretary Song, he wanted to go to his son-in-law's house and say a few words to him.
Chu Tong lowered her eyes, not wanting her sister to see the gloom in her eyes, and said softly: "My foot is not healed yet, let's talk about it in two days?"
Then he pretended to be dissatisfied and asked, "Are you dissatisfied with the fact that we two mothers are sharing the same bed with you?"
Chu Hong picked up Xiao Yu'er beside her and smiled: "I wish you were always here. Our Xiao Yu'er is so sweet and soft in my arms. Auntie loves him so much."
Xiao Yuer also hugged her neck and giggled: "I like Auntie too, Mom, can we not go back? I like this home."
Chu Tong smiled reluctantly and answered irrelevantly: "We can stay a few more days."
At this moment, the Su family in Lingtou Village was also talking about Chu Tong.
"How can someone be so lazy as her?" Aunt Su complained to her eldest son with a dissatisfied look on her face: "She didn't even come back after visiting her mother's house. If she had the ability, she shouldn't have come back."
"You are such a loser that you can't even take care of your own wife."
Su Jinxiang also added fuel to the fire: "That's right, big brother, just dump her and marry a good one who can give birth to a son."
She has been dissatisfied with her eldest sister-in-law for a long time and is eager for her eldest brother to change his wife.
Uncle Su frowned and said, "Come on, what are you talking about? It will be embarrassing if it gets out."
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