Chapter 354 It’s Really You
"Mom, why did you come back just now? I've already cooked the dish!"
Xie Yi reached out from the kitchen window with a spatula in his hand.
"Hey kid, is it your turn to cook today? It must be that something happened on the way and you were delayed."
Gao Xiulan left her vegetable basket at the door. Food coupons, non-staple food books and grain books are still in use, but the supply of materials in the city is much better than in the 1970s.
"Here's another piece of meat. Do you want to fry it for lunch?"
Xie Da Jiao came over and picked up the meat in the oil paper bag, weighed it, and estimated that it was about two pounds.
"Put a little in the soup, and put the rest in the steamed egg. Then give it to Xiaotong."
"Grandma, you're back."
Chengzi happily handed Gao Xiulan a freshly roasted sweet potato in both hands.
She baked it herself, and of course gave the first half-cooked one to her father.
"You're such a sweetheart, Xiaotong. How's your cold now? Are you feeling better?"
I knocked on the door of the inner room and was greeted by a breeze of warm air. I opened a small gap and went in.
There was a person lying in the quilt, his face a little red. He had just woken up and was lying looking at the ceiling.
"Hmm? Mom, I'm feeling better now. My nose is just stuffy and my throat is still a little dry."
Lin Xiaotong hadn't caught a cold in winter for several years, but she didn't expect that this time she caught a cold so fiercely that she was hit directly.
I went to the hospital yesterday and was diagnosed with a cold. I was given intravenous fluids for three days, but fortunately the high fever has subsided.
After I came back, my nose started to feel stuffy again, but today my left nostril was unblocked.
But he speaks with a very nasal tone, which sounds weird.
I am still a little cold, my joints ache, I feel lazy and have no energy.
I took a few days off to rest at home. I lost a lot of weight due to the cold.
Gao Xiulan felt heartbroken watching this. She had worked so hard to gain some weight on her face in the fall, but now after the illness, all the flesh on her face was gone.
"Drink some warm water to moisten your throat, and have some steamed eggs with minced meat for lunch.
I even exchanged some mugwort with someone today and brought it back to soak my feet tonight."
She nodded obediently.
"It's time to eat."
Xie Yi was shouting outside, Chengzi was also helping to get the bowls, and Xie Da Jiao brought the dishes to the table.
"Can't you keep your voice down, kid? Today's dishes look pretty good."
Gao Xiulan closed the door again. With more practice, Haodaer's skills became better and better.
Xie Yi boiled a bowl of rice, put some vegetables on a plate, and took half of the steamed egg into the house first.
"Xiaotong, eat it while it's hot. My daughter tried it and she said it was good."
There is a small table next to the bed, which was given to Orange by his uncle when he was five years old. It is now useful again.
With a pillow against my waist, a thick coat on, and the small table propped up, it was perfect for eating.
After taking a bite of the egg, he said, "Delicious."
Today I can finally taste something delicious in my mouth. I am so happy.
Xie Yi raised his head proudly: "Of course."
He was so flattered by the praise that he walked out with his feet turned outward.
I felt sleepy again after lunch, so I lay in the warm bed and closed my eyes to rest.
The door was opened a little again, and someone sneaked in.
Orange, wearing a bright orange woolen hat and a mask on his face, tiptoed to the bedside.
I heard the rustling sound of someone groping at the sheets, and quietly watched what Orange was doing with one eye open.
Orange lowered his head and took something out of his pocket.
He stretched out his little hand and carefully put it under the pillow, and after he was done, he sneaked out the door again.
After the people left, he took out a red peace knot from under his pillow.
Although the braiding is not perfect and looks a little wrinkled, you can tell at a glance that it was braided by Orange himself.
It is filled with love in my hands.
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Shao Xinming doesn't like to go out because it's cold today. He follows other people's winter habits and stays in his room every day.
He only comes out when it's time to eat. He sits on the bed wrapped in a quilt, sneezing constantly.
"What the hell is this weather? Why is it so cold? If it gets any colder, won't people freeze to death?"
He has always lived in the port city. In winter, he would just put on a coat and go out. There was no market for cotton-padded jackets there.
"Where is Vivian?"
He sneezed and asked Qin Wei, who had been fine recently and whose face had grown a lot bigger because of all the food he had eaten.
This man's comfortable life made him wonder, who is the boss?
"I don't know. I went out early in the morning."
Then she took a bite of the braised pork trotters, which were stewed until they were soft and tender. She could show off three of them in one meal!
Shao Xinming said unhappily, "All you do is eat all day. When you're done, go downstairs and buy me some medicine."
Last time I went to the police station for a drink, but after a lot of fuss there was no result.
In the end, Xu Ma and Qin Weihong started fighting again, and during the argument they broke two thermoses, a chair, and four teacups.
Public property was damaged, and in the end both parties paid half of the compensation.
Xu Ma failed to extort money from others and had to pay it out of her own pocket.
It was like rubbing salt into her wounds.
On the way back, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started fighting again.
Qin Weihong went out to buy medicine and tightened the dad hat on his forehead.
If you have short hair in winter, no matter how tightly you wrap yourself up, you still feel the wind blowing through.
He muttered, "Did she go back to the compound? She's even more lazy than me."
No, I have to find time to visit my uncle. I don’t know how my brother is doing.”
…
Vivian wrapped herself tightly in a long black down jacket and wore a hat on her face.
As he walked hurriedly, his shoes slipped when he passed the alley, and his shoulder accidentally bumped into two people walking towards him.
The other party spoke first, in a gentle tone: "I'm so sorry."
She looked up and saw that it was the pregnant Xu Huiping, and next to her was the tall and fierce Song Yuanchao.
I didn't expect to run into an acquaintance again.
"fine."
She gathered her hair, lowered her head and prepared to move forward.
Xu Huiping looked at her carefully and called out tentatively.
"Chen Lan, is that you? You're back?"
"I'm sorry, you got the wrong person."
His tone was cold, as if he had simulated it countless times in his mind.
When Xu Huiping heard the man's voice, she was sure that she was right.
"I didn't expect it was really you? If you have nothing to do, don't go to the compound. It's too noisy over there."
Chen Lan used to only keep her head down and chest hunched when speaking, but now she has really changed.
"I'd be crazy to go back! You're smarter than you used to be."
This sentence is equivalent to indirectly acknowledging her identity.
The former Chen Lan is now Vivian.
In the past, she always felt that Xu Huiping had a hole in her brain and was willing to be sucked dry by the entire Xu family.
A room full of ungrateful people finally sold her to a fool for a high bride price.
If it were her, she would have blown the roof off long ago.
Looking at Xu Huiping's current complexion, you can tell that she is living a good life. At least her face has some flesh on it.
"Are you pregnant?"
"yes."
Xu Huiping touched her belly which was gradually becoming more prominent, while Song Yuanchao supported her waist with his big hands from behind.
When we first got together, the Xu family came to our house and made a fuss.
In front of the Xu family, Song Yuanchao almost broke Xu Laosi's legs with a bench. Xu Laosi was so scared that he wet his pants and trembled all over.
After this incident, even Xu Ma didn't dare to enter her house again.
Both of them had been in poor health and it took them several years of treatment before they got pregnant.
There are neither parents-in-law nor father-in-law and mother-in-law above me, so I can really live my life behind closed doors.
However, the family of two will soon become a family of three.
Xu Huiping thought: Whether it is a boy or a girl, they will definitely live a happier life than when she was a child.
After listening to this, Chen Lan said congratulations awkwardly.
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