Chapter 71 The Balance Point of the Two Families

The two boxes of fruit were to be sent to Brother Su He and his wife, so they came to the county directly after leaving Qingshan Brigade. Without any delay, they went directly to the post office and mailed the fruits that day.

After leaving the post office, they went to Su He's mother's home. It happened to be lunch time, so they ate together. After the meal, they gave the prepared fruit to Su's father and mother.

Gu Jianhua prepared a big bag of pears, small apples, dates, and sand apples.

"Give me a little, just taste it, you won't need so much, keep it for yourselves."

Su's mother took two pears, some sand apples, a handful of dates, and put the rest back.

Gu Jianhua wanted to give it to them, "Mom and Dad, keep it for yourself!"

Father Su waved his hand and said, "Jianhua, stop taking it. Your mother and I can't eat that much. Just a few will do. Taste it. It will go bad if it's left for too long."

Gu Jianhua felt that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were reluctant to eat it, so he wanted to save it for them. Su He felt the same way, so he said, "Mom and Dad, your son-in-law is filial to you, so you can take it."

Su's father and mother were helpless. "Alright, alright, we don't like pears very much. Let's keep the little apple."

Pear, they are not very proud of it.

After coming out, the two of them went to Pei's house again to see her second brother and his wife, who also gave her a big bag of fruit. Su He said to Pei Chuwei:

"Sister-in-law, you should eat more fruits during pregnancy. Not only will it replenish vitamins, but it will also help your baby have fair and tender skin when he is born."

Pei Chu smiled and said, "I ate a lot of watermelons and cantaloupes in the summer. Your second brother bought me one every other day."

Su He: "It's good. It's always good to eat more fruits and vegetables."

While they were chatting, Pei's mother came into the house and took out something. It was clothes. She smiled and said to Su He, "Xiao He, take a look at the clothes I made for the two babies. They are for autumn. I wonder if they are suitable."

Su He took it and took a look. It was a pair of overalls made of corduroy material, which was quite precious.

She smiled and thanked him, "It definitely fits me. It doesn't matter if it's a little too big. I can wear it next year. Thank you, auntie."

Pei's mother waved her hands and said, "Why thank you? We are all family. Your uncle and his family have to go to work. I have to take care of Chu Wei here. Otherwise, I will go with your mother to see the two babies."

They hadn't seen the two children yet, so Su Ho said, "When they are older and can walk, I will take them to my aunt's house. They are still a little young now."

Pei's mother said yes, but he was not small. He was not even one year old and could not even walk. He could only stand by holding on to the wall, and he could not stand for too long.

In addition to these two pieces of clothing, Pei's mother also gave her a few milk powder tickets, and she would never let her go out empty-handed every time she went to Pei's mother's house.

Last time I went there, I brought her a watermelon, and the time before that, I brought her some small fish pickled in sauce, the kind that were thinner than a finger. She said she pickled them herself and asked her to take them to try. Anyway, they tasted pretty good.

This time it’s both clothes and milk powder tickets.

After leaving Pei's house, Gu Jianhua was about to go back, so Su He asked, "Are you not going to visit Third Sister? Why not give them some as well?"

Third Sister Gu is very good to the two babies, and besides, let’s give it to her to balance it out with Gu Jianhua.

Gu Jianhua, "Then give some sand apples and apples, but don't take the pears."

Su He disagreed, "If you really want to pick the pears, take two at least."

She gave such a big bag of gifts to her parents, her second brother and his wife, so how could she give so little to her third sister Gu? All her salary was used to buy milk powder for the two babies.

"Listen to your wife."

Gu Jianhua took two pears and put them in. Su He put two more in, muttering, "No matter how much or how little the gift is, we can't leave out the third sister. The eldest and second sisters can be left out, but the third sister needs to move around more now. It's not easy for her to get married for the second time."

Team leader Wang is a nice person, but the girl’s family also needs to support her!

Gu Jianhua nodded, "Okay, daughter-in-law, I'll listen to you."

As the saying goes, a prime minister has a big heart, and he thinks his wife has the same kind of heart. His wife has a really broad mind.

When Su He and Gu Jianhua went there, Gu's third sister, Team Leader Wang, and her family of four were taking a nap, and it was a little after one o'clock, which was the time for a nap.

It was Wang Hongxing who opened the door. He rubbed his eyes and asked, "Uncle, Teacher Su, why are you here?"

Gu Jianhua, "I'll bring you something delicious."

Su He tapped him on the head, "Can't you just call me aunt?"

Broken kid.

Wang Hongxing touched his forehead and said, "Uncle...Aunt."

How terrible! The teacher became his aunt. What a terrible thing! This means that he has to see the teacher not only in school but also during holidays.

This also means that if there is any trouble at school, his parents and all the relatives will know about it.

Isn't it scary?

"Uncle, Aunt!" Xue'er also came over and hugged Su He.

She is different from Wang Hongxing. No matter who Su He is, she feels close to him. Apart from her mother, Xueer thinks she likes her aunt the most.

It was time to wake up, and Team Leader Wang and Third Sister Gu also woke up, or rather, they were woken up by the sound of their talking.

"I went to the orchard in Qingshan Brigade and picked some fruits. I brought them over for you to taste." said Gu Jianhua.

Team leader Wang smiled and said, "I'm so sorry." He opened the bag, took out a chicken heart fruit and tasted it, and finally commented, "This tastes really good."

Third Sister Gu poured two glasses of water and said, "You two went to the orchard today. The four of us slept until this hour after breakfast. It's okay anyway."

Team leader Wang gave Third Sister Gu a chicken heart fruit to try, but Wang Hongxing and Xue'er had already eaten it.

"It's delicious." said Sister Gu.

Team leader Wang: "Then let's go pick some tomorrow."

Sister Gu said, "No need. We can go buy some from the supply and marketing cooperative in a few days."

A few people chatted for a while, Gu Jianhua talked to Team Leader Wang, and Su He talked to Third Sister Gu. She said, "Third Sister, I feel that you are getting better and better now."

The feeling given by Sister Gu now is that she is very happy, relaxed and comfortable. It seems that Team Leader Wang is very much to her liking.

Sister Gu smiled and said, "It's better than before."

"Xiao He, you don't know, when I was in the village, those ladies would come over every day to ask about you and gossip about you when I was working in the fields."

They said it behind her back and in public, they felt sorry for her, but they kept using her scars as a bargaining chip and making comparisons, which was so annoying.

"I'm actually annoyed with them. I don't want to talk to them, but I have to."

It’s not that the city is so good, but at least the people here won’t ask about you or discuss your affairs over and over again. Everyone lives their own life and doesn’t care about others.

Su He, "It's all over, Third Sister, just look forward to it."

She would not say to Sister Gu San, "Just ignore those people and it will be fine. Just ignore them and it will be fine. If it were me, I would just ignore them."

People have different personalities. She and Sister Gu grew up in different environments. Su He never imagined what kind of person she would become if she were in Sister Gu's position.

This is unimaginable, because her family environment is different, which also determines her growth environment, and creates a different personality when she grows up.

You are different from this person, so what else are you imagining?

So I can’t imagine.

After all, every decision you make is based on your personality and the family behind you.

What women of their generation think about is whether their parents will support what they do.

Just like Sister Gu was very afraid of getting divorced before, she was afraid that she would have nowhere to go after the divorce.

Because the surrounding environment has conveyed to her the idea that divorce is shameful, and that a divorced woman will have nowhere to go and her brother's wife and sister-in-law will not welcome her.

Her parents won't stand behind her either. It's just like what the books say: she has no backing and no confidence.

Gu Sanjie, "Oh, I'm sorry, Xiaohe, you may have noticed that Sanjie was like that every day during that period of time. I don't know what happened to her."

Half dead.

She found the Li family scary, and the gossips of the villagers were equally scary.

"No need to say more, Third Sister. I understand." Su He said.

Sister Gu smiled, stood up, took out two pairs of shoes from the drawer of the cabinet, and said, "I made a pair of small shoes for the two babies during lunch time these few days. You can take them back later."

Su He took it and looked at it. "Third sister, you made it very beautiful. I would like to thank their third aunt on behalf of our two treasures."

Sister Gu waved her hands and said, "What's the big deal? It's as it should be."

After chatting for a while, Gu Jianhua and Su He came out. Su He said to Gu Jianhua, "Third sister is doing well now."

Gu Jianhua nodded, "Team Leader Wang is a good person."

Husbands and wives can influence each other. If you live with someone who is unhappy with you and belittles you every day, even if you are cheerful and sunny, you will inevitably be influenced by him/her and doubt yourself.

Su He also thinks so, so when looking for a marriage partner, one must be careful when choosing one.

It was already two o'clock when I got home. My father had gone to the fields. National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival had nothing to do with farmers, they still had to go to the fields to work.

The two children were sleeping, and Gu's mother wanted to heat up some food for them, but Su He said he had already eaten. Then Gu's mother understood and realized that they had eaten at their in-laws' house.

There were still two-thirds of the pears in the box, as well as the apples and dates. Su He took out some and gave them to Second Sister Gu. The rest was divided in half, half in the back room and half for Mother Gu.

"Mom, you and Dad eat."

Like Su's mother, Gu took a few dates and apples. "No, no, we just want to taste them. How can we eat so much? Take them back quickly."

After the final tug of war, Li Gu's mother kept two, Little Apple kept half, and the rest were given to Su He.

The elders love them in their own way.

Su He didn't force it and just cut a pear with every meal from now on so that everyone could have some.

The two babies were asleep, and Su He didn't want to study at the moment, so he brought his things to visit his second sister.

The fruits she sent to Gu's second sister's family were more than those to Gu's third sister's family, not because she compared the two families in her heart, but because Gu's second sister had a larger family, and second sister Gu's conditions were not as good as Gu's third sister's family.

Not to mention the past, even now that Third Sister Gu is with Team Leader Wang, their children are grown up and they both go back to work.

There is progress every month.

There are six people in Gu's second sister's family. Only her second brother-in-law works in the fields, Gu's second sister takes care of the children at home, and the three daughters have to go to school. So only one person earns money to support several people.

At the beginning of this year, Gu's mother told Gu's second sister to send the baby here so that she could take care of it and let her go to the fields. Gu's second sister said that the child was still young and they would wait until the child was one year old.

In fact, I was also worried that Gu’s mother wouldn’t be able to take care of three kids at once.

Besides, the child is indeed a little young. He was only six months old at the beginning of the year and has not been weaned yet. If he is sent to the nanny and she doesn’t come back to breastfeed him during the period, he will have to be fed with formula, and they cannot afford formula.

I am also afraid that when the mother-in-law feeds the two babies milk powder, she will also feed her son with it. If this happens once or twice, it will not work!

Then it's time to quarrel again.

So for various reasons, it’s better not to let Gu’s mother see it for now.

Second sister Gu took care of it herself, but she was not idle at home. She raised three pigs, more than thirty chickens, and two cows.

Pigs were raised for the brigade and could be exchanged for work points at the end of the year. The eggs laid by the chickens could be exchanged for money and tickets. The milk was sold to the supply and marketing cooperatives for money, and the calves born could also be exchanged for money.

There are ways to make money without working in the fields.

When Su He went there, he happened to see Second Sister Gu feeding the pigs.

"Xiao He, why are you here?" Second Sister Gu smiled.

It was clearly just an ordinary sentence, but Sister Gu's tone and expression gave people the feeling that she welcomed you and liked you very much.

Sister Gu is such an amazing person.

"This morning, Jianhua and I went to the Qingshan Brigade orchard to pick some fruit. Let's bring some over for you, second sister."

Upon hearing this, Second Sister Gu laughed and said, "You can keep it for yourselves, why are you sending it to us?"

Su He, "Feed the children."

Second Sister Gu didn't say anything and showed Su He the three pigs she raised. "Look at what I raised, don't you think?"

Su He said, "Okay, second sister. This fat pig can be exchanged for a lot of work points at the end of the year."

Second sister Gu said, "Next year I will also go to the fields, and the Red Army will be with my mother."

Although she raises chickens, pigs and cows, which are considered income for the family, she can also raise these animals even if she works in the fields.

She has to work in the fields, relying on her husband alone, what a pressure it must be.

Su He nodded, "Okay, second sister, actually, we can send the Red Army to mom's place now, and you can work in the fields."

It takes a while to harvest corn, and in winter you have to peel the corn, and you can earn work points for both.

Sister Gu said, "Not this year, maybe next year, in the spring of next year."

Su He didn't say anything else and followed Second Sister Gu into the house. Second Sister Gu called her girls and said, "Pour some water for your aunt."

Without needing to ask the second sister, the eldest sister Mingyue quickly poured a glass of water for Su He, "Aunt, have some water."

The second sister, Chunqing, is the eldest sister's follower. She is very considerate. When she saw the eldest sister pouring water, she immediately moved a stool over for Su He to sit on.

The third child is rocking his younger brother's cradle.

Su He liked the three daughters of Gu Erjie, who were so popular, so he said, "Come and have some fruit."

I grabbed two fruits for each of the three ladies, 123 small apples, and gave one to Second Sister Gu, "Second sister, try it too, it's crispy and sweet."

Sister Gu took it and took a bite, "It's really good."

"You two went there early this morning?"

The two of them chatted leisurely.

Su He shook his head, "No, I didn't leave until ten o'clock. I slept until nine o'clock today."

Sister Gu asked, "Why are you thinking of going to the orchard?"

"During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the Jianhua Bureau gave us this fruit as a gift. I thought it tasted good, so I wanted to pick some and bring it back to eat."

She would not specifically say that she went to the orchard because she wanted to mail fruit to her eldest brother.

"Changyi and Chang'an are edible now. Peel the skin for them and eat it with your hands."

Sister Gu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Indeed, this fruit is not very big, it is just right for the two of us to hold."

Su He also laughed, "You can just use a spoon to scrape the paste off them."

The two babies are not picky about food and eat everything. After six months, they were given egg custard and rice porridge. Now that they are older, they will eat vegetables and fruits.

Just like what the book says, these two babies are angel babies.