Chapter 34 Guilty Feelings (Typo corrected)
Only Li Mengxin and her youngest son were at home. After they finished washing up at nine o'clock, Li Mengxin watched her son go into the house, then went back to check the yard, propped a carrying pole behind the gate, turned off the light in the living room, and returned to her bedroom.
She tossed and turned, unable to sleep because of the thought of going out alone in the morning. But when she thought about the several hundred yuan she would earn the next day, she gritted her teeth and forced herself to sleep, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get up the next day.
She tossed and turned until dawn when she suddenly heard a noise outside the door. Li Mengxin took a few deep breaths, then got up, picked up a pair of scissors from the bedside, covered them with her sleeve, and took a wooden stick for pounding clothes from the living room before going out into the courtyard.
After stopping, he shouted, "Who is it?! What are you doing in the middle of the night! Can't a person get some sleep?!"
Hearing the noise, Gu Le quickly got up and went to her mother's side.
He walked silently to Li Mengxin's side. Li Mengxin was startled when she suddenly saw a shadow behind her. After seeing it was him, she whispered, "You walk so quietly, you scared me! What are you doing out here? Go back inside quickly!" If something were to happen, the child would be in danger here!
Gu Le raised the kitchen knife in her hand: "Mom, let me help you."
Li Mengxin: "...I don't need your help! Never mind, you just sit there obediently!" When did the big and small ones become so violent?
The two people talking outside paused for a moment when they heard Li Mengxin's words.
Gu Yin looked at Gu Shu, who was knocking on the door: "Weren't you still talking? Why are you knocking?"
Gu Shu chuckled awkwardly, "I just didn't realize it! Oh well, just remember it!" She then continued knocking on the door, "Auntie, it's me! Shu!"
Li Mengxin, who was in the courtyard, was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses, put away the scissors and wooden stick, and quickly moved the carrying pole aside: "I said it's raining so late at night, why did you come back? It's so cold! You..." The door opened, and before she could finish speaking, she saw Gu Shu and Gu Yin outside the door.
Li Mengxin frowned: "Why are you back too?" Gu Shu pushed the door open and went in. Gu Yin closed the door and looked at Li Mengxin: "I was worried you wouldn't dare to go out tomorrow, so I came back. I'll go with you tomorrow morning, then we'll have breakfast on the street, and then go back to school! Come on in, you didn't wear enough clothes!"
"I don't need you to accompany me! I'm a grown woman, I..." Li Mengxin blushed, feeling embarrassed!
Gu Yin put down the umbrella, then took off her water boots, and poured out more than a pound of water from the two boots: "Yes, yes, you are the bravest, the bravest mother, could you boil some water for your lovely nephew and daughter? We are all soaked."
Li Mengxin stopped her nagging: "You guys go change your clothes first, wait for me to boil the water! Otherwise you'll catch a cold!" After saying that, she quickly went to the kitchen to start a fire.
Gu Le took out two towels: "Wipe your face and hair, don't catch a cold."
Gu Shu took off her shoes and reached out to pinch Gu Le's chubby cheek: "Lele is such a good girl!"
Gu Le frowned and backed away: "Dirty! It smells awful! You just took off your shoes and touched my face again, brother, you're so annoying!" Then she took his towel and vigorously wiped her face, finally moving away from him in disgust.
Gu Shu, a grown man, blushed when he was told that: "It doesn't smell bad, that's manly smell! It's a sign of adulthood, what would a child like you understand!"
Gu Yin moved the stool away: "This manly smell is almost making our chickens and ducks dizzy, it's like a nuclear weapon!"
Gu Shu picked up the socks and smelled them. They did smell a bit strong. He had made these socks back in the dorm and didn't know how long they hadn't been washed. After thinking for a moment, he got up and put the shoes and socks under the rain to let the rain wash them.
Gu Yin was speechless. She looked at Gu Le and said, "Don't be like your older brother. It's much better for boys to be clean and tidy!"
Gu Le nodded: "I won't learn."
After the water was heated, the two finished washing up. Li Mengxin had also cooked noodles, and since they were both hungry, they each ate a large bowl.
Li Mengxin looked at the two of them. Although she kept saying that the two were being inconsiderate by coming back in the middle of the night, she was very touched. Only Gu Qinglang knew that she was timid and always went out with her. She didn't expect her daughter to be so thoughtful. Her nephew must have been worried that she would get into trouble if she went out alone, so he rushed back in the heavy rain. In this family, from the adults to the children, everyone had family in their hearts.
"By the way, A-Shu usually gets home around 10 PM, why is he so late tonight? He didn't get home until after midnight?" Li Mengxin noticed the clock on the wall and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.
Gu Shu was eating noodles when his aunt looked at him like that, and he was so startled that he choked: "Cough cough cough! Cough cough!" Then he got up to pour water, leaving the problem to Gu Yin.
Gu Yin said guiltily, "...The teacher kept us after class tonight, and it was raining, so it was hard to carry an umbrella. That's why it took me so long to get back. You can ask my brother if you don't believe me."
Gu Shu, who had just sat down, said, "...Yes! And Brother Long's car broke down. Xiao Ming and I brought him and his car back. He also rode my car home. I'll go pick it up tomorrow morning, so it's been much later!"
Li Mengxin, who had just been wondering what was strange, suddenly remembered what he said. She hadn't seen the child's car; it turned out it had been given to Li Dalong. No wonder.
Li Mengxin didn't think too much about it. Seeing that they had finished eating, she got up and cleared away the dishes and chopsticks: "You guys go back to sleep quickly. I'll put the dishes and chopsticks in the basin and wash them when we come back tomorrow."
After turning off the lights and returning to their rooms, Gu Yin turned around and went back into the system library to continue studying.
Li Mengxin woke up around 3 a.m. She got up, boiled water, buried a few sweet potatoes in the stove, and then took handfuls of pea shoots, each weighing half a pound, from the basin and put them in a bamboo basket. The roots were soaked in water to prevent them from getting too hot and spoiling, and to prevent them from losing weight.
When we were halfway through, all the kids in the house had gotten up.
After Gu Yin quickly finished washing up, she helped pack another bamboo basket, while Gu Shu ran to the old village chief's house to ride his bicycle back.
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