Chapter 188 189. Little Year
On the day of the Little New Year, all the brothers of the Gu family gathered in front of the big stone kang.
"Did Old Seven have these things delivered over?" Liu Liu and Li Xiaohua looked at the items placed on the corner of the kang with shining eyes.
There are not only white flour and rice here, but also half a side of pork and various pastries.
"This Old Seven has really made a fortune. He has so many things, and he just asks Captain Li to run errands for him with just one sentence." Li Xiaohua's tone was full of sourness.
"Mom! Look at all the stuff here. Why don't you give us some?" Liu Liu rubbed his hands. He really wanted to take action, carry all the stuff and run back.
Li Cuicui didn't even raise her head and continued sewing the uppers in her hands. "No matter how much, it's all my son's filial piety to me. Today is the Little New Year. What are your filial gifts?"
Li Xiaohua, "Mom, our life is nothing like Old Seven's. We can barely make ends meet, so how can we afford to do anything for you?
You see, you don’t need this now, why don’t you let your grandchildren take some advantage of it and have something good to eat.”
Gu Dashi sat up from the kang at this time, "What an unfilial bunch, it's a festival and you still want to eat me with empty hands, get out of here."
Seeing the old man's gloomy face, Li Xiaohua almost retreated, but Liu Liu was unwilling to give up.
"Dad, I don't like what you said. The fathers of our children all came to serve you. Even if they have no credit, they have worked hard. Look at your beloved youngest child, who has caused you to suffer from all these diseases. You haven't even seen the shadow of the seventh child until now.
If you have a headache or a fever, you can give it to us here to take care of it.
Besides, look at your grandchildren. How long has it been since they had these cakes? As an elder, can you bear to watch these children drooling over these cakes? "
"Wouldn't they go to their parents if they were greedy?" Gu Dashi didn't want to argue with his daughter-in-law, so he turned to look at Gu Yuanshui, "Old Four, do you also think what your daughter-in-law said makes sense?"
Gu Yuanshui smiled and said, "Dad, the child's mother can't speak. Don't be angry. She is just worried about your grandson. Look at her eyes shining with hunger. It's all my fault as a father. I have no choice but to let them have something good to eat during the festival."
"Grandpa, let's just eat a little bit and taste it." Gu Lekai received the look in his mother's eyes and could only bite the bullet and walk over and say.
Gu Lehua also followed behind her brother. Although she didn't say anything, she looked at Gu Dashi with expectation.
Xiao Leshun also wanted to speak, but was held in Hong Daya's arms, who shook her head slightly at him.
Gu Dashi was impatient and was about to scold them, but Li Cuicui spoke first, "Okay, you kids, come over to grandma."
As she spoke, Li Cuicui bent down and picked up a pack of cakes from the pile. "This was sent by your seventh uncle. You must remember his kindness."
"But this is what grandma gave us to eat?" Gu Lehua said with pursed lips. If we distinguish between close relatives, there is still a difference between eating grandma's food and eating uncle's food.
Li Cuicui didn't know about her little thoughts, "If your seventh uncle didn't buy it, no one would have anything to eat.
And this was bought by your seventh uncle for me and your grandfather. Since you ate it, you should remember your seventh uncle’s kindness.”
Gu Lehua curled her lips and dared not say anything for a while, because the old lady had already opened the package, revealing the mung bean cake inside.
"Ah! This is sold in my sister-in-law's shop. I ate it last time." Li Xiaohua showed off, "Don't mention our seventh sister-in-law. She is really good at hiding things. She can keep it secret even with so many secret recipes and dowry in her hands.
Don't underestimate this small package of cakes, it costs a lot of money."
Xie Ruyi pushed Gu Ledi beside him and whispered, "You are also your grandparents' grandson, go over and get two pieces too."
Ledi was so dull in the past that Xie Ruyi inevitably neglected some of them. Now that the eldest and third sons are not around her, the only one she can hold on to is her second son.
But seeing that her son was so clumsy, Xie Ruyi could only push him herself.
"As long as there are cakes and pastries for the grandchildren, but only this time. The other cakes and pastries have to be distributed to some elders in the village." Li Cuicui had already made up her mind. Now everyone knew that the things that the seventh brother had sent back to them, she didn't want to be criticized for the proper etiquette.
"He's really generous despite being poor," Liu Liu muttered softly, "His own family can't even afford to eat, but he still spends a lot of money. It's really not that he doesn't feel bad about spending the money himself."
Hong Daya, who had been sitting quietly by the side, couldn't help but retort, "This didn't cost any of our money, and our children even benefited from it."
"Fifth brother's wife, aren't you tempted by these things?" Liu Liu's eyes sparkled, "We either eat coarse grains and wild vegetables or stay on the kang to save food all day.
Now we have so many things, enough for our whole family to live a good life for many days. Now that mother is going to give gifts, I don’t believe you won’t feel sad. "
Hong Daya saw that the old lady had already distributed the cakes to the older children in front and was waving at the little one in her arms, so she put the person on the ground.
"I didn't buy them with real money, so why should I feel sad?" Hong Daya rolled her eyes at her. "Besides, with these things, we can save a lot of trouble this New Year. Otherwise, can we just watch our parents starve and do nothing?"
If it weren't for these things, wouldn't these brothers save some from their own mouths and give them to the two elders?
"There's no point in trying to reason with someone as stubborn as you," Liu Liu felt that if he continued the conversation, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood, so he simply turned around and walked over to stand with Xie Ruyi.
"Sister-in-law, the old couple are too stingy. We work hard to take care of our parents at home, but they don't even know how to show some appreciation during the New Year and other festivals."
Xie Ruyi's eyes flashed, "Alas, after all, we are just brothers who have separated from each other, it is enough for them to be filial to their parents."
"Hey, sister-in-law, how much did the seventh wife hide? She bought a house and started a business, and now the couple has traveled so far away. They can't survive without some family assets."
Xie Ruyi pursed her lips, "Why don't you go and ask?"
Liu Liu turned his head away in dismay. "Aren't we just talking in private? You don't have to get to the bottom of it."
Even if I want to ask, I need the cooperation of the couple.
Every child here was given a piece of cake. Gu Yuanfeng also stretched out his hand in front of Li Cuicui, "Mom, don't forget that I have your little grandson in my belly. Give me two pieces too."
Li Cuicui glared at her and finally put a piece of cake in her hand. "Just say you are greedy. Why are you bringing up the baby in your belly?"
Several daughters-in-law looked at Li Cuicui expectantly, but they didn't expect that she would wrap the remaining pastries back and turn around to stuff them into the kang cabinet behind her.
(End of this chapter)
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