Chapter 23: His Daughter Is His Weakness
As a soldier, he only believes in science.
But what happened to Qibao was too mysterious.
He had to admit that there were some things that science could not explain.
This pile of cotton in front of me was, as expected, made by Qibao.
Yesterday I was worried that my three brothers would get cold, so today I conjured up so much cotton for them.
Gu Jianguo was shocked!
He nudged his wife beside him.
Su Mingmei slept late last night and was woken up by her husband. She asked sleepily, "What's wrong?"
Gu Jianguo motioned for her to look to the side.
Su Mingmei looked up and instantly came to her senses.
"Where did you come from?" Su Mingmei's voice rose, she was surprised and happy.
Oh my god, so much cotton!
It was the first time she saw such white cotton, one flower after another, fluffy and noisy.
"When I woke up, the cotton was right here!" Gu Jianguo sighed and looked at Qibao who was sleeping soundly in the cradle.
Su Mingmei understood immediately and her expression became complicated.
Where did her daughter get so much cotton? Will she sleep for two days again this time?
Qibao was different from other babies. She and her husband vaguely guessed that she had some unspeakable secret.
Just like the dragon sore grass that appeared the day before yesterday, after only one application, the chilblains on the third child's feet were miraculously cured...
"I'll go to the team and organize the snow shoveling. You stay home with the kids. I'll come back with you for breakfast later."
There was no time left, so Gu Jianguo hurriedly put on his clothes, said something to his wife and left.
Su Mingmei couldn't sleep at this moment. As soon as Gu Jianguo left, she got up from the bed.
After putting on his clothes, he first found a few sacks and filled them with the cotton that had been piled up like a small mountain. There were three sacks in total, and they were packed very tightly.
The quality of these cottons is particularly good, with uniform color, as white as snow, soft and delicate to the touch, and smelling very fresh.
I was still worried about buying cotton a few days ago. Now it’s all right. Not only can this cotton be used to make cotton-padded jackets, trousers and shoes for everyone in the family, but the remaining cotton can also be used to make two quilts.
Su Mingmei learned needlework from her mother since she was a child, and her skills in making clothes and shoes are among the best in the whole compound.
There is still some cloth left at home, so I will make a pair of cotton shoes for each of the children. As for the rest of the cloth, I can only watch and watch.
Her brother Su Mingyuan works at the city cotton mill, so she could ask him to buy some defective cloth from the factory.
While Su Mingmei was planning in her mind, she went to the drawer of the closet to look for the cloth stored at home.
She has made a lot of soles for the children, as they are growing taller, so she tries to make the shoes one size bigger so that after this year they can wear them again next year.
After the sole is made, you just need to cut the fabric into this shape and fill it with cotton.
When Gu Jinze and his two children woke up, Su Mingmei had already cut out the soles and uppers for the three pairs of shoes.
The bamboo basket next to it was filled with cotton, as white as snow and particularly eye-catching.
"Mom, where did the cotton come from?" Gu Jinan rushed up, looking excited.
Looking at the shoe pattern and upper that his mother had already cut out, the five-year-old Gu Jinan became even more excited.
Wow...he will soon have cotton shoes to wear.
"Children are all like this, so don't worry too much about what the adults are doing!" Su Mingmei stared at the third child and replied perfunctorily.
She couldn't say that the cotton was made by her precious daughter.
Thinking of her daughter, Su Mingmei became worried. She put down the needle and thread in her hands, stood up and walked towards the bedroom.
Qibao was sleeping soundly in the cradle, his slender and soft eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and he looked a little tired...
Normally I should have woken up by this time.
Now he didn't even turn over.
Su Mingmei's face was full of heartache.
Her Qibao must have spent a lot of effort to conjure up those cotton balls...
Today, all the soldiers in the regiment were notified to carry out snow shoveling work.
With strength in numbers, the main road leading to the canteen from the family compound was shoveled clean and the snow in front of the canteen was also cleared away.
Even the roads between the tube-shaped buildings in the staff quarters had been almost cleared.
Gu Jianguo came back with breakfast.
"Dad, is there meat in the morning?" Gu Jinan jumped over like a monkey, looking impatient.
"Three-grain steamed buns and multi-grain porridge, with some pickled vegetables. Forget about meat. From now on, we will only serve meat at noon. If we save it, we can barely eat it for a while." Gu Jianguo said.
Five wild boars, a roe deer, and dozens of pheasants and rabbits. It looks like a lot, but there is not enough food for so many mouths.
The canteen has adjusted the daily supply of meat and vegetables. If you save some, you can eat more for a few days. If you don’t save some, it will be finished soon.
"Ah, the good days are over!" Gu Jinan held his head with his hands and shouted exaggeratedly.
Su Mingmei glared at Gu Jinan in annoyance: "Who did you learn this from? Why are you yelling like that?"
Although there is no meat or vegetables, the three-in-one steamed buns are quite delicious. The multi-grain porridge with some pickles makes the meal very good.
For those with worse conditions, not to mention steamed buns, even the wild vegetable porridge is watery.
"After breakfast, we have to shovel the snow here. I'll shovel our yard later and put some extra red bricks on the ground so that we don't have to dirty our shoes when we go into the kitchen."
Gu Jinze: "Dad, I can help shovel the snow too!"
Gu Jinchen: "I can, too!"
Gu Jinan: "And me, and me!"
"Okay, put on your rubber shoes after dinner. Just follow my instructions on what to do!" Gu Jianguo nodded. The children took the initiative to ask for help, so he certainly couldn't discourage their enthusiasm.
After dinner, Gu Jianguo first went to organize his soldiers to shovel snow in the bungalow area. Gu Jinze and the other two boys tied their legs, put on rubber shoes, and couldn't wait to walk into the yard.
After arranging the work, Gu Jianguo walked in holding a shovel.
He ordered Gu Jinze and the other two to find containers for the snow.
The three of them walked into the kitchen. After a while, Gu Jinze came out with a basin, Gu Jinchen came out with a basket, and Gu Jinan was the funniest. He came out holding a soup bowl.
Gu Jianguo shoveled the snow into a pile, and the three of them shoveled the snow into their basins or bowls, and when they were full, they poured them out into the yard.
Su Mingmei shook her head and let them play while she was busy stuffing cotton into the sewn shoe uppers.
Stuffing cotton is a technical job. It has to be stuffed evenly and not too thick or too thin. If it is too thick, the shoes will look bulky, and if it is too thin, the warmth will not be strong enough. Su Mingmei needs to control this herself.
While Su Mingmei was stuffing the cotton, she also kept checking to see if Qibao in the bedroom had woken up.
In the yard, Gu Jianguo and a few children were busy shoveling snow.
"How about we build a snowman?" Gu Jinan suddenly had an idea, "My sister has never seen a snowman before!"
"I think it's you who wants to see the snowman!" Gu Jianguo said unhappily.
However, his daughter is his weak spot. In order to please his daughter, Gu Jianguo doesn't mind being tricked by this brat.
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