Chapter 47: Third Sister Gu Didn’t Come
For example, the seven children from the second branch of the Gu family lined up to wish their parents a happy new year. When the children wished them a happy new year, they had to give them money as a gift.
Gu's mother reluctantly took out seven dimes from her pocket and gave them to them one by one.
Seven cents is gone.
Gu's mother felt very distressed because they had few children and it was a loss!
After paying New Year's greetings and chatting for a while, Uncle Gu took his family back home.
Nowadays, unless you are a very close relative, you won’t stay at home for dinner, let alone when there are so many people, you will bankrupt the family.
The first day of the new year just passed like this.
When the second room returned home, the children obediently handed over the new year money they received to their parents. Gu Li's three brothers had no objection to their parents collecting the new year money.
However, the three brothers Gu Zhuang, Gu Gang and Gu Biao, the eldest sons of the family, were very dissatisfied with this. It was not that they were unwilling to give the New Year's Eve money to their mother, but they were unwilling to see their mother take their New Year's Eve money and then double it and give it to her nephew from her mother's side.
Grandma gave them 20 cents each, plus the 30 cents given by great-grandma, a total of 90 cents for the three brothers. Then her mother added 40 cents on top of that and gave it to her nephew from her mother's side as a New Year's gift.
The three brothers were so upset that they reluctantly handed the money to Li Jinhua, "Mom, here's the New Year's money for you."
Li Jinhua glanced at them and said no, "You guys take it."
"The three brothers were shocked.
Gu Tiezhu, who was lying on the kang, was also shocked. Li Jinhua put away the clothes she was wearing and said to Gu Tiezhu,
"I'm not going to the Li family tomorrow."
Gu Tiezhu was confused, "Ah?"
Li Jinhua said again, "I won't go tomorrow."
Gu Tiezhu was a little confused, "Isn't this bad?"
Li Jinhua said indifferently, "What's wrong with that? I just don't want to go. If you want to go, go ahead. I'm not going."
He added, "You will go every year from now on."
Whenever she went to see her mother, she would complain to her about all the difficulties, as if she had an easy life. When she came back that night, she thought about it carefully and decided that from now on she would just treat her mother's family as ordinary relatives. If they wanted to, they could, and if they didn't, then forget it.
Just like Wu Sanfeng has three sons, she also gave birth to sons, what is she afraid of? Even if she quarrels with Gu Tiezhu, he can't kick her out. Is it so easy to marry a daughter-in-law?
She was really driven into a dead end by her mother's words!
Not understanding the ins and outs here, she was afraid that Gu Tiezhu would kick her out if they had an argument. The fact was that even if they had an argument, Gu Tiezhu never told her to get out or anything like that.
From then on, Li Jinhua seemed to have opened up her Ren and Du meridians, and her expression became more and more like that of her sister-in-law Wu Sanfeng.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, the girl and her husband return to her parents' home.
But Su He hadn't finished her confinement period, so she couldn't go. Besides, she had a child, and it was not convenient to travel back and forth in such cold weather.
Gu's mother let Gu Jianhua go alone, bringing a generous gift with him.
The lamb legs, beef ribs, milk tofu chews, and canned food bought from the brigade.
In the Su family, the second son Su Xiao is not here, he is in the Pei family.
The rest of the people were there. Seeing Gu Jianhua coming over alone, Su's father and mother also guessed it. When Gu Jianhua mentioned it, Su's mother said, "That's right. What is Xiao Si doing here when she hasn't finished her confinement?"
"It's cold today. It's not good to catch a cold."
He also said of Gu Jianhua, "You always carry so many things with you, which is very expensive."
Gu Jianhua smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, this sheep was just killed the day before yesterday. I asked for a lamb leg. You and Dad can stew it with radishes to warm your stomach."
"This beef ribs stewed with radish is also very delicious."
Su's father and mother laughed, thinking that the son-in-law their daughter had found was indeed a good one.
As twins, Su Che and Su He are very similar in some ways, such as being very naughty. "Hey, brother-in-law, can my brother and I eat this mutton and beef?"
Su's mother said, "I won't give it to you."
Su Che, "Hey, give me a bite, I've never eaten lamb leg before~"
It amused several people.
As the eldest brother, Su Yue was very calm. He went over and greeted his brother-in-law Gu Jianhua.
The Su Fu and Su Mu meal was ready in the morning, and there were still six dishes.
Father Su’s specialties include braised spare ribs, deep-fried hairtail, stewed sauerkraut with large bones, stir-fried pork lungs, a roast chicken, and a cold dish.
They are all good dishes, all meat dishes.
Gu Jianhua came out after dinner and had a drink with his eldest brother, third brother and father-in-law.
Before leaving, Su's mother stuffed five red envelopes and a New Year's gift into her pocket.
They didn't go there. If they went there, they would have to entertain their parents for a long time.
"Grandma, this is the New Year's gift from the three uncles to the two babies."
This could not be refused, so Gu Jianhua took it and thanked Su's mother.
Su's mother waved her hand and said, "When the baby is one month old, your father and I will go to see them."
Gu's here.
Gu's second sister and brother-in-law were the first to come, bringing with them four children, followed by Gu's eldest sister and brother-in-law and their three children.
A few people wanted to wait for Third Sister Gu to come and have dinner together, but they waited and waited but she didn't show up.
Sister Gu said, "The third child might be thinking of bringing the two babies here together for the full moon."
Gu's mother and father nodded and said, "Let's eat."
But I was thinking, would the third brother start a quarrel again? The two families were far apart, and it would take a while for them to get back together.
well !
Girls shouldn't marry too far away.
Gu Jianhua came back around 2:00 p.m., when both the eldest and second sisters Gu had left.
He handed the five red envelopes in his arms to Su He, "These are New Year's gifts from grandma, grandpa and uncles to the two babies."
Su He opened them and took a look. Each one contained ten dollars.
That adds up to fifty.
Her parents and brothers were really generous in giving her so much.
In just these two days, both of her children earned more than 80 yuan.
The two aunts gave each of the two treasures fifty cents.
Gu's mother, as the grandmother, gave each of her grandchildren 2 cents.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Jianhua brought gifts to visit his two sisters' homes and his uncle's home. In the past, Gu Jianhua had joined the army and could not come back during the New Year and other holidays, so his father and mother did not go.
Things are different when Gu Jianhua comes back. As his brother-in-law, he has to move around.
As for my third sister’s home, it’s too far away. It’s okay in the summer, but in the winter I have to stay there for one night and come back the next day.
I discussed with my parents whether I should go there.
Gu's mother told Gu Jianhua about the beating of Gu's third sister this summer. She said, "The third sister didn't come yesterday. Did they quarrel again?"
Hearing that his sister was beaten, Gu Jianhua clenched his fists and said coldly, "How dare you hit me? It seems that I didn't hit him lightly last time!"
Nowadays, quarrels between people are settled with fists. As long as no one is killed, the county police will not care much about you.
After all, there are so many people in each village, and if there is a fight, the police will be called. Then the police will not have to deal with other things and just deal with the villagers' trivial matters.