Chapter 199 Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival
The next day.
After a satisfying meal, Gu Yiye went for a morning run, full of energy.
Back in the dormitory, Gu Xiang and Gu Ai'ai were already up. Since it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the cafeteria was offering extra breakfast, so Gu Yiye took the mother and daughter to eat there.
Lin Shanshan was too tired last night and hasn't gotten out of bed yet.
Gu Yiye brought him a bowl of beef noodles from the cafeteria and made him some milk. He waited until the milk was at the perfect temperature before waking Lin Shanshan up.
"Honey, eat something before you go to sleep."
Lin Shanshan pulled the thin blanket over her head and said in a muffled voice, "I don't want to get up, let me sleep a little longer..."
Afraid that she would be hungry, Gu Yiye pulled her out of the blanket, half-held her, fed her some milk, and put a few pieces of beef into Lin Shanshan's mouth.
Lin Shanshan closed her eyes, ate the beef in a daze, and continued to sleep.
When I woke up again, it was already 10:30 in the morning.
Lin Shanshan hurriedly started washing up. Fortunately, she often drank the spiritual spring water, so her skin was supple and didn't need any skincare products.
Ten minutes later, Lin Shanshan was ready.
Gu Xiang was wiping the window, her forehead covered in sweat, while Gu Ai'ai handed her mother a rag.
Lin Shanshan said, "Big sister, it's a holiday today, take a break. Why don't you and Ai Ai come back with us?"
Gu Xiang stopped, wiped her sweat with her sleeve, and said, "It's not appropriate for your family to reunite. It's not suitable for Ai Ai and me to go."
Gu Yiye said, "Big sister, you know that Shanshan and I consider you and Ai'ai as family."
Gu Xiang hurriedly said, "Oh, look at my mouth, I didn't mean that. Well, you guys go ahead, Ai Ai and I will eat at school. The school is having extra food today, there's something delicious."
Gu Ai'ai is quite shy around strangers now, and says, "Uncle, Aunt, my mom and I don't go out."
Seeing this, Lin Shanshan stopped pressuring him. People always need an adaptation period when they enter a new environment.
After all, Gu Xiang and her daughter were just ordinary rural people, and they were rural people from the 1970s who had never traveled far from home.
[Of course, I can't compare to some of those adorable social butterflies sitting in front of their phones. By the way, what are you guys, social anxiety or social butterflies? I'm just a Gemini and a social misfit.]
In the car, Lin Shanshan rummaged through her storage space for some items that fit the era, took some traditional Chinese medicine, and also got her sister-in-law some baby formula that she liked.
Then there's the meat and fish that can be bought at the market. Plus the free-range chickens and eggs that the villagers from Anfeng Brigade brought to barter for wheat—several bags full of them.
At 11:11, we arrived at the office building of Shanghai First People's Hospital.
Gu Yiye carried large and small bags upstairs, taking his young wife back to her parents' home.
In 1975, there was no holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival. As the principal, Lin Shanshan made the decision on her own and allowed the teachers and students of Xinghuo University of Science and Technology to have a day off. Lin's parents took time off and waited at home for their daughter and son-in-law to come to their house.
Lin's parents were cooking in the kitchen when they saw Gu Yiye carrying so many bags and said, "You're here, why did you bring so much stuff?"
Gu Yiye put the things on the coffee table and said, "Dad, Mom, most of them were grown at the school."
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and took out the seafood to prepare the dish.
Lin's mother quickly stopped her: "Xiao Gu, sit down. There's no reason for you to cook."
Gu Yiye smiled and said, "Mom, it's okay. You and Dad go and rest. I'll take care of things here."
Lin's mother insisted, but Gu Yiye said again, "Mom, you should go and rest. Shanshan loves my cheese lobster."
Having said all that, it would be impolite to insist any further.
Lin's parents took off their aprons, washed their hands, and chatted with Lin Shanshan.
"Darling, your belly is showing! Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Lin Shanshan said, "No, I'm eating well and sleeping quite well."
"By the way, is your morning sickness still severe, sister-in-law?"
Lin's mother replied, "It's all good now. We were so grateful for your milk powder before, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to eat anything and wouldn't have gotten enough nutrition. Your sister-in-law can drink the milk powder you gave her."
Speak of the devil, and he appears! Brother Lin and his wife rushed back for lunch after getting off work at noon.
Lin Shanshan took out the milk powder from the coffee table and handed it to her older brother: "Brother, this is for sister-in-law. I figured she should have finished the previous batch."
Brother Lin nodded: "Yes, it's kind of you for thinking of me."
The eldest sister-in-law also said, "Thank you, little girl. I don't have much to give you, but I made some picture books. You can take them back and look at them when the babies are born."
Wenyu can draw, and she personally drew some picture books for infants and toddlers to learn to read.
Lin Shanshan took it: "This is good, sister-in-law is very thoughtful."
Just then, Gu Yiye's voice came from the kitchen: "You can prepare dinner now."
Everyone worked together to clear the table and then serve the food.
After setting out the wine, Lin's father said, "Come on, everyone, let's have a drink together."
Gu Yiye said, "Dad, I still have to drive, so I won't drink."
Lin Ma said, "Yes, safety first. Eat more vegetables." As she spoke, she picked up a large pork knuckle and gave it to Gu Yiye.
The mother-in-law found her son-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye, and with Gu Yiye taking such good care of her daughter, Lin's mother was extremely satisfied with him.
After the family finished their meal happily, Brother Lin and his wife had to go back to work. Lin Shanshan chatted with her parents for a while, and then got up to say goodbye in the afternoon.
I need to have dinner with Grandpa and also tell him about Gu Yiye's decision to return to the army early.
Let Grandpa arrange it.
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