Because today is Erbao’s birthday and there is very little he can eat, Li Qingyun thought of making steamed egg cakes for them.
After working for an entire afternoon, she finally managed to steam a small bowl of egg custard. Although it didn't look as good as the cakes made in ovens in later generations, she had tried her best.
Unexpectedly, it was loved by several children. They didn’t eat much of the three big dishes and only ate a bellyful of egg cake.
The birthday boy, Erbao, ate a lot of egg cakes, one bite after another. He was annoyed that his mother was feeding him too slowly, so he directly snatched the bowl from Li Qingyun's hand, grabbed the cake and stuffed it into his mouth. It was very scary, as they were afraid that he would choke.
The children ate up the whole pot of egg cake.
Li Qingyun felt quite accomplished. It was worth it that she had worked with both hands to beat the egg whites for an entire afternoon. Her arms were still sore.
Jiang Fan and Bai Yu, the couple, have recently become frequent visitors to their home. Even Wanwan and Taotao often come to play, especially Taotao, whose personality is really the same as his mother Bai Yu, and he doesn't treat himself as an outsider.
But Li Qingyun likes it very much.
In the military area, she has made some regular friends.
Bai Yu knew basically nothing about housework, so there was no need to be too cautious in front of her and she felt quite comfortable.
The day after Erbao’s birthday.
Gu Tingzhou received a letter from home.
It’s only been less than half a month since they sent the letter back, how come they got a reply so quickly?
A letter from Gu's father.
He wrote to ask his son for advice.
It turned out that not long after Gu Tingzhou and Li Qingyun left, Gu Tinghua took her daughter, who was not even a month old, back to her parents' home, crying and shouting that Sun Zhiqiang was cheating outside again.
Because she gave birth to a weak daughter, the Sun family never treated the two of them well and never took good care of the mother and child. She endured all of this, but Sun Zhiqiang actually started to have an affair with that woman again.
Father Gu was angry at his daughter for not living up to her expectations, and also angry at Sun Zhiqiang and the Sun family for going too far.
The adults were easy to talk to, but they felt sorry for the frail granddaughter.
No matter what, I can't swallow my anger this time.
In fact, Father Gu already had an idea in his mind, but he just wanted to hear the opinion of his youngest son, who has always been smart.
Gu Tingzhou has always had only one suggestion regarding Gu Tinghua, and that is divorce.
However, since his sister was not doing well, he did not want to say much. One has to walk his own path without regrets, and other people's help is mostly useless.
So he wrote back to Gu's father and told him that the Sun family was going too far and must be taken seriously.
As for my sister's future, it is up to her to decide.
After all, she was still unwilling to stop her behavior even though others treated her like this. If she didn't stop the loss in time, even the gods couldn't save her.
Li Qingyun did not ask about these things. Gu Tingzhou was Gu Tinghua's sister, and he might tolerate her willfulness and bad temper.
But she, as the sister-in-law, couldn't do that, so it was best to just turn a blind eye and ignore it.
About a month later, Gu's father wrote to him again.
The problem is solved.
Gu's father gave Gu Tinghua two choices.
First, divorce Sun Zhiqiang and live on her own, whether she wants to live on her own or live with the couple. With them around, they will never let her and her mother go hungry.
Second, just like last time, give Sun Zhiqiang a good beating, then go home with him and continue living your life. But if anything happens again in the future, don't go back to your parents' home to cry. They are old and can't stand such repeated shocks.
Gu Tinghua was brave for once and chose to divorce.
This was something neither of them had expected.
So, the proud and willful Gu Tinghua, who was so obsessed with face that he suffered in vain, actually chose to divorce.
I guess he has suffered a lot in the past few months.
Gu's father is not one to swallow his anger. Since he has decided to divorce, he will suppress the party at fault, strive for the best outcome for his daughter, and try his best to restore her reputation.
According to Gu Tinghua, the woman who had an affair with Sun Zhiqiang was also a substitute teacher at the commune primary school.
So before the Sun family could react, Gu's father secretly asked someone to write big-character posters and posted them everywhere in the commune primary school and around the commune.
Overnight, this matter became a hot topic and everyone thought of the substitute female teacher who was very close to Sun Zhiqiang.
So everyone started talking about it with details, as if they had seen the two people having an affair with their own eyes.
Sun Zhiqiang and the female teacher were suspended from teaching at the primary school, and if the facts are ascertained, they will be expelled directly.
Mr. Sun’s work in the commune is probably about to end.
After all, work style issues are very serious nowadays.
Because this matter involved a lot of people, the commune and the school sent people to investigate the authenticity of the matter.
Gu's father said that a widow named Tian Meixue testified that she had seen Sun Zhiqiang and the female teacher go to the mountain behind the school several times.
This matter was completely suppressed.
Sun Zhiqiang and the female teacher were dragged to the commune, had their worn-out shoes hung on them, and were paraded through the streets for public display. They were severely beaten.
Naturally, I lost my job.
The Sun family also guessed that the Gu family had something to do with this, but they didn't expect that Gu Tinghua, who was so concerned about his reputation, would dare to go to the point of divorce and make their family so embarrassed.
All I can say is that evil will be punished. It’s not that there will be no retribution, but the time has not come yet.
They underestimated a mother's determination.
As a mother, Gu Tinghua is strong. She can endure grievances herself, but she will not allow others to trample on her children.
Even if a person is a heinous criminal, he still has a piece of pure land in his heart.
Things were almost fermenting, and everyone was watching the Gu family's attitude.
In the end, Gu's father brought his daughter and granddaughter who had just come out of confinement, as well as the leaders of the commune, to the house in person to handle the divorce with Sun Zhiqiang, took away Gu Tinghua's dowry, and received a divorce settlement of 200 yuan.
The Sun family took the initiative to give up their sickly little granddaughter, and let Gu Tinghua take her away, which was exactly what she wanted.
Everyone is happy.
Gu Tinghua used the money he got from the divorce to buy the old house left by Cheng Jie and his wife and moved in with his daughter.
This time, when Gu's father wrote to him, he also mailed the money for buying a house that Gu Tinghua had given him.
Father Gu did not show partiality to his daughter just because it was his own daughter who bought the house. Instead, he fairly asked her to give one hundred yuan.
Cheng Jie and his family's old house was still fully furnished because they left in a hurry, with even a few old beddings. They didn't have to buy new pots and pans, so they could move in directly. There was even a well in the yard. One hundred yuan was not cheap, but it was very reasonable.
In fact, Gu's father gave her two house choices at that time, one was his second brother's old house, and the other was Cheng Jie's family's old house.
Gu Tinghua was too embarrassed to live with them, so he finally chose Cheng Jie's house.
Li Qingyun put the hundred yuan away and planned to return the money to Cheng Jie and Qiu Ju later.
Unexpectedly, Gu Tinghua eventually got divorced, and Tian Meixue also helped.
When did the two of them become so close?
It doesn’t matter. As long as they don’t bother her, anything is fine.
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