Chapter 19 Brown Sugar Ginger Water
The people from the production team didn't return until after ten o'clock in the evening, and they were all very cold when they came back.
Nie Laosan was dug out of the snow. He was badly injured, with a broken leg, and probably wouldn't be able to work for a while. The others had some injuries from bumps and slips, but they weren't serious and would probably heal in a few days.
When the people in the production team saw this, they felt relieved and went home.
The women of the Gu family had already prepared hot water to help soak their feet and warm their bodies. Miao Xiujiu also took out an iron can. The iron can was square and rusty, but it still had patterns on all four sides, such as Chang'e flying to the moon and the Eight Immortals crossing the sea.
She took the iron can into the kitchen, took out the brown sugar lumps that had formed lumps due to moisture, broke them up with chopsticks, and put them into the boiling ginger soup.
"This is brown sugar ginger water, to keep the cold away. Give them each a bowl. It's so cold out here, and you've caught a severe cold outside. You need to warm yourself up, or you'll develop serious illnesses later."
The wives understood this was a good idea and quickly filled a bowl each, bringing it into the house to serve their husbands. Miao Xiuju saw there was still a little left in the pot, so she filled a small bowl, covered it, and placed it in a corner of the kitchen, thinking she'd secretly give it to Fubao tomorrow.
Fubao is a lucky child. This time, it was thanks to her that her family avoided trouble. She deserves some benefits.
When Liu Guizhi brought the bowl of brown sugar ginger water into the room, the children had already fallen asleep. Liu Guizhi served Gu Weidong the brown sugar ginger water.
After drinking half a bowl of steaming brown sugar ginger water, Gu Weidong felt much better.
It was really cold outside. I was digging in the snow in such a cold day. When the snow melted, my feet were frozen.
Gu Weidong's stomach felt warm, and sweat began to form on his forehead. He felt much better. He took the bowl of ginger soup and handed it directly to Liu Guizhi: "It's sweet and delicious. You can drink the rest."
Liu Guizhi saw that there was still half a bowl left, and the red sugar in the bowl looked delicious. She pushed it aside and let him drink it.
Gu Weidong insisted on not drinking any more: "I've had enough. You can try the rest. It's so cold, it makes my stomach feel good."
Liu Guizhi couldn't refuse, so she took two sips from the edge of the porcelain bowl. It was indeed delicious, hot and sweet, and it warmed her stomach.
She pursed her lips and chuckled, then handed the bowl to Gu Weidong and asked him to continue drinking.
Gu Weidong took a few sips and handed it to Liu Guizhi.
The couple drank the remaining brown sugar ginger water, taking turns to drink it.
After drinking, Liu Guizhi poured some warm water from the thermos and rinsed her and Gu Weidong's mouths before getting on the kang and into bed.
Gu Weidong hugged her, and the couple snuggled into the quilt, talking in low voices.
In fact, it was mainly Gu Weidong who said it.
He married a mute wife, and over the years he got used to talking to her alone.
"Is it delicious?" He whispered in her ear under the quilt.
"Yeah, yeah." Liu Guizhi nodded slightly.
Because of her nodding action, her hair rubbed against Gu Weidong's neck, and Gu Weidong felt itchy all over his body.
He hugged her waist tightly: "Our family is not well off. I remember the last time you drank brown sugar water was when you were in confinement after giving birth to Shengtian."
Liu Guizhi didn't care about this. She was an adult, not a child. How could she be greedy for brown sugar water?
Although brown sugar water is indeed delicious.
Liu Guizhi savored the taste of the brown sugar water she had just drunk, pursed her lips and smiled, and she rubbed her face gently against Gu Weidong's strong chest.
Her movements were like a kitten, which made Gu Weidong, as a man, feel even more itchy.
He couldn't help it, lowered his head and gently touched her face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Do you know what I was thinking when I went to dig snow to save people today?"
Of course Liu Guizhi didn’t know and shook her head slightly.
Her movements were gentle and soft, which made Gu Weidong, a man who had just walked out of the cold wind and snow, feel particularly warm.
After experiencing the thrill of being almost buried by heavy snow, what in this world can be better than holding your soft and charming wife in your arms and drinking a bowl of brown sugar ginger water?
He sighed softly, resting his chin gently on Liu Guizhi's hair, and whispered, "When I went there, Nie Laosan was trapped in the snow. There were old men and women beside him. Their faces were red, their hands were stiff, and some were injured. It was really hard for them. I thought, it's a good thing you didn't go. You are honest and stupid. If you had gone, you wouldn't have known how to hide. Who knows what would have happened! If something happened, you can't speak and can't call out, and people won't know where to look for you!"
Thinking of this, he closed his eyes: "I didn't think about it carefully when I left. If I had known, I shouldn't have agreed to let you go."
What two work points a day? If there is a snowfall, it will be fatal!
It was all thanks to Fubao, who somehow stopped Liu Guizhi and prevented her from taking the risk.
Liu Guizhi didn't think anything of it. Besides, wasn't she safe? She just nuzzled lightly into his firm embrace.
Gu Weidong sighed, "Fubao is a lucky star. When you first caught the character for "Fu," I thought it meant good fortune. Look, ever since she came to our house, we've avoided bad things and good things have come our way."
First, they were awarded the title of "Five Good Families" and were given 100 kilograms of sorghum rice. Then, they inexplicably caught a big rabbit and ate its meat, dug up some old mountain ginseng, and now they have escaped this disaster.
Liu Guizhi blinked her eyes. She wanted to tell Gu Weidong that she didn't catch the word "Fu" in the paper ball, but Shen Hongying forced it on her and exchanged hers for hers.
But she can't speak, so she just thinks on her own.
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly laughed.
Shen Hongying wanted to harm herself at that time, but she never expected that Fubao was not a jinx or an unlucky guy. Fubao was a real lucky baby who brought her good luck and was here to help her.
I’m afraid Shen Hongying will regret it to death in the future?
She thought about it, buried her head in Gu Weidong's chest, and smiled sweetly.
Gu Weidong looked at her like that and felt that she was acting like a spoiled child to him. He rubbed her cheek and whispered, "Are the children asleep?"
Liu Guizhi hummed softly, and the sound was like water flowing in the mountains in spring.
Gu Weidong rolled over and fell over.
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At Nie Laosan's house, he was moaning and groaning in pain. He had suffered a great deal, and his leg was broken. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. He would have to stay in bed for at least two or three months.
The Chinese New Year is just a month or two away, but he can only lie on the kang. The thought of it makes him feel depressed and uncomfortable.
Nie Laosan's wife was lying on the kang, wiping her tears and crying. As she cried, she started cursing, first calling Nie Laosan stupid: "How come everyone else was fine, but you were the only one thrown into the snow? Did they bully you?"
Later, thinking of Miao Xiuju and the Gu family, he felt such hatred in his heart: "That's too much! She just helped save someone, pinched my Ren Zhong, is it really that great of a favor? We're all from the same production team. If we're in trouble, isn't it her duty to help us?"
Nie Laosan's wife curled her lips and drooped her face: "What the hell is this! Pah!"
Nie Laosan had a dark face and said nothing, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Seeing him like that, Nie Laosan's wife was unhappy: "You, you are just too dull. You can't even fart with a rolling pin. If you were a little smarter, would I be bullied like this?"
Who knew Nie Lao San would suddenly complain in a low voice: "People say that Fubao is a lucky star, and that our bad luck started because we drove her away. Look, our family was blessed with wealth and silver, but first we were almost bitten by a wolf cub, and now this happened to me. It's only been a few months and we've had two of these incidents. People say it's all because we drove Fubao away. If we hadn't driven her away, none of this would have happened."
Nie Laosan's wife almost jumped up when she heard this: "Bullshit! I've raised her for over four years, providing her with food and drink. So what if I don't want her now? I deserve to raise her. Why does she have to take revenge on me just because I don't want her? Is there such a lucky star? Is this a blessing or a disaster?"
When Nie Laosan thought about it, it seemed to make sense.
Nie Laosan's wife continued, "Did we ever have bad luck before she came to our house? We lived a pretty good life. It's only because of her coming that we've gotten into so much trouble!"
Nie Laosan suddenly felt that what his wife said made sense, too much sense, and nodded: "Yes, it seems that the members of the team have misunderstood. Then Fubao-"
After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "This is really a disaster. He has repaid my kindness with hatred and harmed me!"
But Shengyin next to her was not asleep. She opened her eyes, frowned, and thought about this matter secretly.
She hadn't been very old during the heavy snowfall in her previous life, but she remembered some of it. Later, she heard from the adults that it was the fourth daughter-in-law of the Gu family who had injured her leg and had been bedridden for two months. Her father, Nie Lao San, hadn't been greatly affected by the incident, so she didn't take it seriously and didn't intervene.
I didn't expect that the bad luck that happened to the fourth daughter-in-law of the Gu family in the previous life would happen to my father.
Shengyin frowned and stared wide-eyed in the darkness, thinking carefully. Somehow, the look that Fubao gave him that day emerged in the darkness.
Shengyin gritted her teeth, and a firm idea arose in her mind.
That Fubao is not a simple child. She may have memories of her previous life like herself. She may even have some powers that she cannot understand.
She was trying hard to put the bad luck on herself and to take all the good things that belonged to the Nie family in her previous life and give them to the Gu family.
Shengyin couldn't help but feel resentful when he thought of this.
He hated that his current body was too young and could not be of much use. He hated himself even more for not realizing earlier that Fubao was not a simple Fubao. He underestimated her and let her harm his father.
She clenched her fists, thinking that she had to be extremely careful in the future. She couldn't let Fubao take away the glory that belonged to the Nie family. She had to protect it firmly.
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