Chapter 43 Gu Le Eats Raw Sweet Potato
After dinner, around 8 p.m., Gu Qingming and Gu Qinglang walked in.
Everyone stood up: "Why didn't you call back? We could have picked you up by bike. Why did you walk back?" Li Xiang stepped forward and took her lover's luggage.
Gu Qingming shook his head: "We took a motorcycle taxi back, and it cost eight yuan for the two of us at night! It usually only costs three yuan during the day! We went straight back after we finished our work. Is there any food left? We're starving!"
The old lady and Li Mengxin brought the food out of the kitchen: "We thought you would be back later, so we kept the food on the stove to give you a late-night snack. It's perfect that you haven't eaten yet! Come and eat!"
The two washed their hands, then went to the fire and ate while warming themselves by the fire.
After the two finished eating, Gu Yin poured them some water. After they drank a few sips, Gu Qingming looked at the old lady and said, "Mom, the three of us have discussed what you mentioned over there. We can do it. Grandpa is still working there until before the New Year. When Qinglang and I come back, we can make a fortune during the New Year period!"
Gu Qinglang also looked at his daughter: "Are you sure the place that boss mentioned really exists?"
Gu Yin nodded: "It's true. It doesn't matter if we don't know each other. We can just take the bus there and then take a taxi directly from the exit to our destination!"
Gu Qinglang looked at the old lady and said, "Now let's talk about the most important thing: how much money do we have in total, and how much should we bring?"
Everyone looked at the old lady. She held most of the money in the house. Her two daughters-in-law didn't have much money, but they did. Whenever the family needed to buy something or had a big expense, the old lady would pay for it.
The old lady got up, went inside, and brought out a cloth bag. She opened the bag and found ten, twenty, fifty, and even a hundred yuan notes inside, though not many.
"The total here is only 5,000 yuan. You can decide what to buy!" After saying that, he handed the money to the boss.
Gu Qingming took the wallet and put it away, then looked at Gu Qinglang: "After you buy the items, put the money here with Mom. It's our own money. Do you want to buy anything yourself?"
Gu Qinglang nodded: "I'll take him there, and we'll see what we can buy."
With the money they had on them and the money they earned from their jobs, each of them probably had around a thousand yuan. How much they bought depended on their own courage.
Gu Yin originally wanted to ask her mother for money, but when she saw that they also wanted to buy something, she decided against it. She had a total of 800 yuan from her writing fees, so she would see what she could buy.
Seeing that they had already agreed, Gu Shu moved her chair and looked at Gu Qingming: "Dad, I'll go too! I'll help you carry your things! Even if you don't need me to carry them, I can watch over my sister while you're busy! I want to go!"
Seeing his reaction, Gu Qingming looked at Gu Qinglang and asked, "Should we give it to him?"
Gu Shu immediately looked at her uncle expectantly.
Gu Qinglang nodded with a smile: "You can go, but you have to be obedient. You can't wander off or leave our side! If you can't do that, then don't even think about it."
Gu Shu immediately jumped up: "I'll definitely listen, as long as you and Dad don't let me take a single extra step! It'll be my fault if I lift a foot!"
"Flattery!" Gu Hua hummed softly as she ate a roasted sweet potato.
Gu Le, who was happily munching on a sweet potato, chimed in, "That's right!"
Everyone laughed. Gu Yin noticed that Gu Le's mouth was covered in ash from eating, so she took a towel and wiped it clean for him. But when she saw that the sweet potato he was eating was half-cooked, she said helplessly, "It's not cooked yet. Can't you bake it a little longer?"
Gu Le shook his head: "It feels like it has more juice and is quite sweet, like eating fruit!"
Gu Yin was speechless: "Eating something half-cooked like this will make you fart easily. Are you sure you still want to eat it?"
Gu Le's eyes widened: "Bullshit? Really?"
"Really? So how many did you eat?"
Gu Le held up her fingers: "Not many, just three, so..."
Before he could finish speaking, his expression changed, and he immediately got up and ran into the house.
Thinking of something, Gu Yin immediately got up and walked away.
Before the old lady sitting next to Gu Le could react, a foul odor spread out.
"You brat, you ate too many uncooked sweet potatoes! Your farts smelled so bad! You ran away right after you farted! You didn't even say anything!" After saying that, she got up and left as well.
"It wasn't me, it was my older sister who put it there!"
Gu Yin had just stepped into the yard to breathe in the fresh air when she heard Gu Le's accusation: "Come out! What are you doing hiding in the house? Come out and tell me who put it there!"
"It's my older sister!" Gu Le sat in the room, his face flushed. Didn't he have any pride?
Gu Yin: "...Then let's see if it's Big Brother or Ah Hua who gets woken up by the smell of farts in the middle of the night!"
Gu Shu: "...If Ah Le wants to fart in the middle of the night, remember to open the door and fart towards the door! Do you hear me?!"
The old lady was afraid that her grandson was secretly crying in the room, so she interrupted them: "Alright, go wash up and go to bed early. You have to travel to buy train tickets tomorrow afternoon!"
Hearing her say that, and seeing that it was getting late, those who hadn't washed went to wash, and those who had gone to sleep went to bed.
Gu Shu washed her hands and went inside. Before she could say anything, Gu Le ran out and said, "I'm going to wash my hands."
Gu Shuzheng was excited about tomorrow's events, even with his eyes closed, he was imagining what G City would be like afterward.
When Gu Le returned after washing up, she was relieved to find her brother already asleep.
As soon as it was light, Gu Shu got dressed and got up. Before the rest of the family had gotten up, he lit a charcoal fire, pulled over a recliner, covered himself with a blanket, and fell asleep by the fire.
The old lady was startled when she saw him. She frowned and went over to pat him, saying, "Wake up? Wake up! How did you fall asleep here? What if you catch a cold! Go back to your room to sleep!"
Gu Shu turned over: "A-Le kept farting in the middle of the night, I couldn't sleep, and I had to get up to breathe. I'm so sleepy, let me sleep a little longer."
The old lady couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't I tell him to get up and wait at the door? Why are you the one going?"
Gu Shu buried her head in the blanket and muttered, "Who told him to be the younger brother? We have to give in to him."
Seeing him like this, the old lady stopped bothering him, stirred the charcoal fire to make it hotter, and then went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the old lady killed a chicken and also cooked fish. Every time a family member went on a long trip or came back from out of town, she would cook a delicious meal.
After dinner, the four of them rode off on their bicycles, which they could leave in town for safekeeping.
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