Chapter 237 Subtle Changes
It was already early in the morning when I finished revising the script last night. Even though I went to bed late, I still had to get up early. When the alarm clock rang, Liu Wangxue really wanted to turn it off and continue sleeping.
"No way—" She turned over in bed and buried her face in the pillow, "Workers should have the consciousness of workers, get up—"
As soon as she moved, the other three also stood up. They went to open the door, and Xiaoci and Guagua followed them out.
Liu Wangxue went to the bathroom and quickly washed up, then skillfully put on some light makeup, changed her clothes, and went out with her bag.
She put her bag on the back seat and stretched out against the car door.
At this time, Gu Xuelan came out from the kitchen: "The meal is ready, come and eat quickly, don't be late later."
"Okay." Liu Wangxue walked towards the kitchen, but Pengpeng suddenly ran past her, out of the yard, and within two seconds, followed Xu Qingsong in.
"Good morning." Liu Wangxue waved to him.
"Good morning!" Xu Qingsong greeted her while playing with the dog.
There was a subtle change in the way they looked at each other, as if they were brighter, suppressing a certain joy.
Gu Xuelan had been standing at the kitchen door, smiling: "Qingsong is up too, come and have dinner."
Xu Qingsong then realized that Gu Xuelan was also there, and he actually felt a little embarrassed. He complained to himself that he had lived for more than 30 years in vain. But fortunately, it had been more than 30 years, and he had already trained his thick skin, so it didn't show on his face at all.
"Good morning, Auntie," he said, "You guys eat first, I'll take the three of them for a run."
Pengpeng couldn't wait any longer and started to bite his trouser leg as he headed for the door. Gugua also flew down from the pomegranate tree and stood on Pengpeng's head.
Xiao Ci jumped into Liu Wangxue's arms and said that she didn't want to go running.
In the end, Xu Qingsong took two away.
Gu Xuelan got up early, cooked pumpkin and millet porridge, made scrambled eggs with hot peppers and green vegetables and tofu, and heated up some steamed buns with milk flavor.
Liu Wangxue sat at the dining table holding Xiaoci. The cat also wanted to eat, so she broke off some steamed bread and fed it to it. She took the disposable spoon handed to her by Gu Xuelan, scooped some porridge, blew it cool and gave it to the cat to drink.
After feeding her twice, Xiao Ci stopped making noises and nestled in her lap obediently. When Liu Wangxue looked up, she was met with Gu Xuelan's meaningful smile.
Gu Xuelan noticed the change in the aura and atmosphere between the two of them at a glance. She held the spoon and stirred the porridge in the bowl, and asked Liu Wangxue with a smile: "Any progress?"
Liu Wangxue picked up a piece of green vegetable and ate it with the steamed bun, pretending to be stupid: "What's the progress?"
"Don't play dumb with me." Gu Xuelan drank a mouthful of porridge. "Your mother is old, but she is not blind."
"Oh, no." Liu Wangxue lowered his head and drank porridge to cover it up.
Gu Xuelan didn't ask any more questions. She felt that something must have happened between the time Xu Qingsong went home and before he went to bed last night. Forget it, love also needs a certain amount of space to germinate and grow.
She turned to chat with Liu Wangxue about family matters: "I estimate that in half a month, your uncle's leg will be ready for plaster removal, and your father will be back by then."
Liu Wangxue knew this. He had asked Liu Nanshan when he called him on video, and Gu Xuelan had already asked him many times.
Now it was Liu Wangxue's turn to ask her mother with a meaningful smile: "Mom, have you been counting the days? Are you missing my dad?"
Gu Xuelan glared at her and said, "I was merciful and let you go, but you actually teased me."
Liu Wangxue chuckled.
Gu Xuelan continued, "I was thinking of waiting for your father to come back and see if we can add a second floor to our house and make two bedrooms up there."
Liu Wangxue drank a mouthful of porridge and asked, "Why do we need to build a second floor? Isn't it just right to live like this now?"
Gu Xuelan held a steamed bun in one hand and picked up some food with the other, and said, "When I was chatting with your aunt before, I told her about the video you made. Your uncle also knows about it, and they all watched it. A few days ago, they called me and said they wanted to come over to play during the Chinese New Year."
"During the Chinese New Year?" Liu Wangxue was puzzled. "Winter in the south is colder than in the north. Besides, there is nothing here in winter. It's bare everywhere. What can we do here? There's nothing to see."
"That's what I said," Gu Xuelan said, "but they just wanted to come, and they said they wanted to rent a house in town for a while. Just come, we're all retired anyway, so you can do whatever you want while you can still walk."
"That's fine." Liu Wangxue had no objection and picked up the bowl to drink porridge. "Then I'll help them find a house when the time comes. Why are we still building one?"
Gu Xuelan said, "They are your dear aunt and uncle. How can we ask them to live outside when they are our guests? That doesn't make sense. That's the first point. The second point is that I feel that the space on this floor is indeed a bit insufficient."
She has three pets, and there are so many things for them, some bought by Liu Wangxue herself, some given by Wenxi and others. The cabinet at the entrance of the living room can’t even hold them all, so many of them are piled up next to it, and some are also placed in Liu Wangxue’s small study.
There are also Gu Xuelan's cross-stitch items, which are all placed in the living room. If someone comes to visit in the future, the house will be in a mess and look ugly. Moreover, as time goes by, you have to buy some things and things will increase from time to time.
If the second floor could be built up, it could be divided into two large bedrooms and a bathroom. Things that were not needed on the first floor could be put up there, and her cross-stitch could also be moved up there.
This makes the first floor clean.
And now that the second floor is built, the first floor won’t be too hot in the summer.
Liu Wangxue thought about what Gu Xuelan said and felt that it made sense. There were indeed more and more things at home, so she immediately agreed: "Then when Dad comes back, let's ask Tao Huayu to come and help Lao Li."
This is the finalization for now.
After dinner, Liu Wangxue was ready to leave when Xu Qingsong came back with the two.
The temperature has risen again in the past two days, and the coolness in the early morning does not seem to be so obvious.
Xu Qingsong was sweating from running, and there were wet marks on the chest and back of his blue T-shirt.
Liu Wangxue also saw a drop of sweat slowly sliding down from the left side of his temple, winding from the angle of his jaw to his neck, and then falling into the round collar of his T-shirt.
Gu Xuelan came out of the kitchen, taking off her apron, and said to Xu Qingsong, "Go wash your face and have dinner."
"Oh, okay."
When he came out of the bathroom, Liu Wangxue was squatting at the door of the living room, watching the three cats eat and talking to them.
The morning sun has already filled the courtyard, and there is a gentle breeze blowing. The pomegranate tree in the courtyard is swaying gently, and the grapevines, waterfall roses, and creepers nearby have also grown taller and more luxuriant.
In fact, this was a morning that couldn’t be more ordinary. It seemed that every day started like this, but today it was different in Xu Qingsong’s eyes.
All the colors are brighter and more vivid.
How cute, he thought.
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