"I knew you were planning to take advantage of these few cents again." Zhang Cuifen scooped a few bowls of rice into the iron pot, then turned around and started peeling sweet potatoes.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in two days. The third brother and his wife will be back home. Let them take these eggs back to the city so they don't have to spend money to buy them."
"Hey, Mom, I forgot that my third brother and his wife are coming back. Time flies so fast, and it's Mid-Autumn Festival in the blink of an eye. Don't worry, I'll pick up the eggs these days and give them back to the city. I won't sell them." Han Lianxin had a hearty smile on her face. She had no opinion on Gu Cai and his wife Zhang Yuqing.
To be honest, there aren't many bad people in the Gu family, and there isn't much dirtiness between the sisters-in-law. The third brother's wife often goes to the city to buy cloth to make clothes for her and the eldest sister-in-law!
Gu Qingqing left ten eggs for her second aunt to make cakes, and placed the rest on the floor next to the rice jar in the inner room. She counted the eggs left in the mortar bucket again, and there were thirty-five eggs in total including the eggs this time.
"I'll feed the chickens more food these few days, and it won't be a problem for Uncle San and Aunt San to bring back fifty or so eggs." Gu Qingqing sat on the small stool in front of the stove and went back to her old job.
Chop wood and make a fire.
"The third brother is coming back?" Shi Rushuang came in from the yard outside, holding a jar of pickled vegetables. She was stunned for a moment when she heard the lady's words. She put the clay jar on the stove and took out bowls and chopsticks from the cupboard behind her to pick up the pickled radishes.
It seems like the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I have been so busy these days that I haven’t torn out my calendar for half a month.
"The third son's wife sent back a letter a few days ago. I think she wants to find wives for Weiguo and Yuanchao." Zhang Cuifen cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces, threw them into the pot, added water and rice to cook.
"Oh, mom, should I hurry up and ask Xiongwa for the letter?" Han Lianxin put down the kitchen knife and became anxious when she heard that her two nephews, who were younger than her eldest son, were about to start looking for girls.
She and Zhang Yuqing gave birth to four sons for the Gu family. Gu Xiong was the eldest, followed by two nephews, Yuanchao and Weiguo. Zhang Yuqing was very ambitious and had two children just three years after she married into the Gu family.
Her family consists of Gu Xiong, Gu Jianguo, Gu Guoqing, and the youngest son Gu Heping.
The eldest brother in the third brother’s family is Gu Yuanchao, the second brother is Gu Weiguo, the third brother is Gu Weidong, and the fourth brother is Gu Weixing.
Canyang and Qinglie from my eldest sister-in-law's family are about the same age as Yuanchao Weiguo, just a few months apart.
It is said that Gu Qingqing is the sweetheart of the old man and the old lady. From Gu Tiezhu to Gu Jin to Gu Xiong, there has never been a girl in the family. For example, her uncle Gu Tiezhu and other uncles all have boys in their families.
If you really count, she has more than ten or twenty cousins, let alone younger cousins.
Gu Xiong is the oldest, so his name was given to him. Gu Tiezhu originally meant that he hoped his eldest grandson would grow up to be a responsible person and take care of the entire Gu family.
When they were young, there were six brothers. He and his four younger brothers were all raised by their eldest brother, Gu Tiechui, and they are still very close.
"It's time for snacks." Zhang Cuifen thought of her youngest son whenever she mentioned her eldest grandson. She had a bigger headache than her second daughter-in-law.
Abao, this eccentric boy, is two or three years older than Xiongwazi. Last time he said he had a girl he liked, he never mentioned her again afterwards. She couldn't find anyone to ask about the girl's situation.
She is not bragging, her Gu family is a family that lives a good life, the brothers and sisters-in-law are harmonious and friendly, and marrying into the family may not make her rich, but she will definitely have enough food and a stable life, and the heavy work at home is done by men.
The Gu family does not rely on their daughter-in-law to earn work points, so it is enough for her to do some light work on weekdays.
Zhang Cuifen couldn't help but sigh. This old man really made them worry a lot.
"Tomorrow I'll go ask Wang Dahua from Dagouzi Village. I've been working with her these past few days." Shi Rushuang picked up a pickled carrot and gave it to the girl who was perking up her ears with great interest. She couldn't help but tap her head with her fingertips: "Don't be so complacent. Wait for your brothers' letters..."
"Mother, mother," Gu Qingqing bit the crisp and tender sour radish and covered her ears with her hands, "I can't hear anything! I'm still a child and you've been thinking about getting rid of me all day. Grandma and aunt, you see, the old Gu family can't tolerate me anymore!"
Shi Rushuang took her hand back with a smile: "You are used to it by your family, and you are just making trouble. Mother is really afraid that the only girl of the Gu family will be in her hands. Then the whole village will laugh at her."
Gu Qingqing was treated like a baby by the Gu family since she was a child. Once when she was a child, she had a quarrel with her friends from Dagouzi Village and they started to fight. They pushed her to the ground, but Gu Qingqing didn't even shake off the hay crumbs and dust on her body. She cried and wiped her tears all the way to find her cousin Gu Xiong.
At that time, the young and strong men of the Gu family were working in the fields. Seeing the little ancestor crying like this, her brothers and cousins from the five brothers of Gu Tiezhu all ran to the village entrance in a hurry carrying hoes.
The director of public security and Xue Jianshan thought something serious had happened in the village, but when they rushed to the village entrance, they found that the group of boys from the Gu family were surrounding the ten-year-old child from the Feng family of Dagouzi village. Both Gu Qingqing and the child from the Feng family were crying loudly.
One feels aggrieved, the other is frightened.
From then on, the bullies in the two villages would avoid Gu Qingqing whenever they saw her, and finally they simply worshipped her as their big brother, which was the safest way.
If the Gu family's precious daughter really can't get married, then it will be a bargaining chip for the two villages.
"We are fine." Han Lianxin knew that her sister-in-law was joking, so she said with a smile: "Qingqing, help your second aunt to call your uncle and brothers back. They have gone to the mountain at the end of the village to chop firewood. If you don't call them, they won't come back until dark."
"Okay." Gu Qingqing ran to the door as fast as she could, fearing that if she was any later, her mother would make fun of her again.
"This girl is so impetuous." Shi Rushuang leaned over to look at the young lady who pushed open the gate and ran out, and shook her head helplessly.
Han Lianxin took out a clay pot of oil and salt from the cupboard and prepared to cook: "Sister-in-law, stop talking about love all the time. By the way, why haven't Canyang and Qinglie sent letters yet? It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, so it's time to send letters home."
"It's not that easy to send a letter in the army." Zhang Cuifen opened the lid of the pot and took a look at the half-cooked rice, then simply sat on the small stool in front of her granddaughter to light a fire.
"That's right, sister-in-law. You must remember to ask Wang Dahua tomorrow if there are any girls in our team that I would like. I don't have any other requirements, just that she should be pretty and kind."
"Okay, leave it to me. You should also pay more attention to yourself. When you have time, go and chat with Qian Guihua."
"Okay."
When Gu Qingqing arrived at the end of the village, she saw her brothers coming down the mountain carrying firewood, and there was a girl next to her uncle.
The end of the village was a youth education center, and the girl was probably a new youth education center. From a distance, the girl in a blue coarse cloth shirt had a round waist and thick arms, and she kept talking to Gu Bao.
Gu Qingqing secretly became more cautious.
My uncle and my brothers are all at the age of getting married. Judging from what Uncle Qin and my father said, this group of educated youth are not easy to get along with.
"Uncle! Brother!" she shouted loudly and ran forward.
"Hey, hey, hey! Slow down, the road here is bumpy, don't fall, Qingqingbao." Gu Bao heard the shouting and turned around. He saw Gu Qingqing running towards him like a phoenix spreading its wings and he couldn't help but hold his forehead with one hand.
There is only one girl in the Gu family. Qingqing has been playing with her brothers since she was a child, and her temperament is almost wilder than that of boys.
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