Gu Chenghuai did not express his opinion and just acted as a patient listener.
After Meng Jiusi finished speaking, he looked at his fourth uncle and asked, "If the two children don't live well, what do you plan to do, fourth brother?"
Meng Jiusi paused slightly and began to search his mind for the people close to him.
After going around in circles, he realized that only the people on his biological parents' side were trustworthy. He felt at ease only after handing Jing Mo Guang Bai over to them.
He gave a wry smile.
But the child is his responsibility, why should his family help him take care of him?
After a moment.
His expression became firm.
"I will find a way to bring them to my side." There was an indestructible light in Meng Jiusi's eyes.
"My situation is a little difficult and I don't know what the future holds, but it's not bad at the moment. I can take good care of my two children."
If he and his grandfather were sent to a more difficult place to receive labor education in the future, he would find a way to send his two children out.
Not to mention others, the Lin family is his backing.
This made him believe it without a doubt.
It's strange, since we've only known each other for a short time.
The power of blood ties is so great!
Gu Chenghuai nodded.
"Okay, I'll figure it out."
Meng Jiusi raised his arm and placed it on his brother-in-law's shoulder, patting him gently a few times, and said solemnly, "Thank you."
"We are family, you don't have to be polite, fourth brother." Gu Chenghuai didn't think it was a bother, Zhaozhao's business was his business.
"Brother, go to bed early. I'll be back first."
After saying this, the tall and straight young man left. Although he was not moving fast, he soon disappeared at the foot of the mountain.
Meng Jiusi smiled, turned into the yard and locked the door.
In the yard, I met Mr. Qiao coming out of the toilet.
"Mr. Qiao." He greeted politely.
Mr. Qiao smiled, "Your brother-in-law is here to give you something again."
We all live in the same yard, so there are no secrets.
Just as the Meng family's grandfather and grandson knew that Mr. Qiao and Gu's father were old acquaintances, Mr. Qiao also knew their relationship with the Lin family.
"My parents gave it to me." Meng Jiusi was smiling. He didn't even notice that there was a kind of proud expression on his face, like a child showing off.
The things his parents gave him were so warm and touching that they made his heart feel like a sip of hot water in the middle of winter, and his limbs began to warm up.
Mr. Qiao is an experienced man and can easily understand the emotions of young people.
He said, "Your family members are all good, cherish them well."
The Lin family is great, as they are willing to recognize their son who had been missing for more than 20 years at such a dangerous time.
Meng Jiusi was very happy and proud of his family being praised. "I know."
After saying goodbye to Mr. Qiao, they went back to their rooms.
Mr. Meng was already lying on the bed.
This is the good thing about living in the countryside: you can go to bed early and get up early. With the help of the Lin and Gu families, the food they eat is not bad either, not much different from what they eat in the city.
It’s much better than those who are in the same unfortunate situation!
Seeing his grandson coming in with something, Mr. Meng casually asked, "Is this another gift from your sister?"
Meng Jiusi said calmly, "Zhao Zhao went to the recycling station to look for books. He happened to find a few medical books and asked Cheng Huai to deliver them. The rest of the things were given by my parents."
Try to be reserved in front of grandpa.
Grandpa Meng pointed at his grandson and said, "If you are happy, then be happy. It's not tiring to hold it."
The fact that he calls them dad and mom so easily shows that he truly loves his family. There’s no need to pretend.
Meng Jiusi grinned, "I am indeed happy."
Mr. Meng was pleased, "Grandpa is happy for you too."
Although he decided to let his son recognize Jiusi, a son adopted halfway through life is naturally inferior to a biological child. His son and daughter-in-law did not care about Jiusi. Even if he was biased towards them, Jiusi must have suffered a lot of grievances when he was not seeing.
Now that his grandson has recognized his biological parents, he can only be happy for Jiusi.
Meng Jiusi opened the bundle that his parents had asked his sister and brother-in-law to send him. Inside were several sets of clothes, food, and meat. The eggs were packed in a square bamboo box with bamboo strips crisscrossed horizontally and vertically in the box. Each egg was held in place individually, and none of them were broken.
"Your parents are really resourceful." Old Master Meng sighed.
Sure enough, people who have a mind can always find a way.
Meng Jiusi smiled and said, "Let's boil eggs for dinner tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Grandpa Meng gladly accepted his grandson's filial piety. "There are a lot of medicinal herbs on the mountain. Let's pick some and prepare them. We'll give them to your sister and see if we can exchange them for money."
You can't always ask for things.
Hurtful feelings.
Meng Jiusi hid the good stuff, "My sister said the county hospital was collecting medicinal materials, and asked me to dry them as much as possible, and she would go to change them."
"This is a good thing!" Grandpa Meng decided, "Starting tomorrow, after we finish the work, we will go back to pick herbs."
Lin Zhao was a very thoughtful girl. You have to know that what completely knocks a person down is never material things, but spiritual collapse. Medical books are Jiusi's spiritual support.
It's still early.
Meng Jiusi was not in a hurry to sleep. He leaned against the head of the bed, and read the medical book his sister gave him under the dim kerosene lamp.
The third branch of the Gu family.
All four cubs have fallen asleep, with a mosquito repellent sachet next to each of their pillows. The warm yellow light shines on them, bringing a special kind of warmth.
The moonlight was so bright that it shone through the window lattice and onto the table.
Lin Zhao felt hot and let go of Gu Chenghuai's arm.
Lying on the mat.
"It's so annoying. When can we get electricity? I want an electric fan and a refrigerator."
Gu Chenghuai was not angry at being despised, and worked hard to fan his wife, "Be patient, wait until the house in the county is renovated, and you can live in the city. There will be electricity in the city, and you will have a fan by then."
Lin Zhao became happy again. She moved closer and hugged the man's strong arms, her eyebrows curved, "That's true."
Gu Chenghuai is happy when his wife is happy. His phoenix eyes, which always look cold when he is not smiling, are filled with a warm smile. "What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"
Lin Zhao got tired of eating egg custard and noodles after several days in a row.
If the villagers knew about this, everyone would scold her. Who in the village would eat breakfast? There are eggs and white noodles, but she still despises them. Isn't that just being pretentious?
Lin Zhao leaned her head against Gu Chenghuai's chest, rubbed it, and found a comfortable position.
"I want to eat fresh meat wontons, but I didn't buy any meat."
It's a pity.
"I'll go buy it tomorrow morning. How do I do it?" Gu Chenghuai spent little time at home and felt he owed Zhaozhao a lot. He wanted to present everything she thought of to her.
Lin Zhao stood up slightly and pecked her husband on the lips with a smile.
The voice is sweet.
"I'll make it myself, and you can buy the meat."
Gu Chenghuai smiled and said, "I'll help you."
"Okay." Lin Zhao yawned.
"Are you sleepy? Go to sleep." Gu Chenghuai lowered his voice.
Lin Zhao did not forget to remind him, "Remember to call me tomorrow morning."
"It's fine if I don't buy any meat."
Gu Chenghuai smiled, "Okay."
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The next morning.
Maybe it was because she was hurt by eating noodles, or maybe the delicious wontons were calling her, but Lin Zhao woke up before Gu Chenghuai got home.
Since she was awake, she didn't waste any time and got dressed.
The twins have finished exercising with their dad and are now writing in the yard.
While weaving bamboo baskets, Gu's father listened to the radio. A deep male voice came from the radio, playing the morning news.
Yu Bao heard the sound of the door curtain being lifted and then falling. He turned around and saw Lin Zhao leaving the room. He put down his pencil, trotted over, his voice full of worry.
"Mom, why are you up so early?"
As he spoke, he stood on tiptoe and tried to touch Lin Zhao's forehead.
Afraid that my mother would get sick.
There's no way. In the children's memory, their mother would only get up so early when she was not feeling well.
"..."
Lin Zhao was helpless.
The fact that she loves to stay in bed is so deeply rooted in people's minds.
Fortunately, the embarrassment did not last long. Gu Chenghuai walked into the yard with a piece of pork in his hand.
"I bought the meat!" Lin Zhao's happy voice rang out.
She rubbed Yubao's face and said with a smile, "Are you happy to have wontons this morning, son?"
Yubao remembers the taste of the wontons. The skin was very thin and there was meat inside. It was very delicious.
He nodded rapidly, "Happy~!"
Hengbao licked his lips and said in a voice that sounded like honey, "Mom, I want a big bowl!"
"Eat as much as you want." Lin Zhao said.
After washing up, she went to the backyard to pick some green onions, and then went to the kitchen to start working.
Gu Chenghuai chopped the meat on his own initiative.
He would do any work that required a little effort himself and would not let Lin Zhao interfere.
The man was strong and did everything efficiently and effectively. After chopping the meat, he started to knead the dough.
Lin Zhao prepared the meat filling and added seasonings in a seemingly casual manner, but the food she cooked was delicious.
"Is our house almost ready?"
It’s not that living in an old house is bad, but after all, it’s not as comfortable as going back to your own home.
"Right away. Do you want to paint the room white?" Gu Chenghuai asked.
Lin Zhao nodded several times, "Yes!"
"I don't like gray, I'll just wash it white."
Gu Chenghuai kneaded the noodles, his profile was outstandingly handsome in the morning light, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements, and we can live in the new house when we return from the provincial capital."
It's a pity that he has to go back to the army soon and can't stay for a few days.
Lin Zhao was also aware of this and didn't take it to heart. She thought that tomorrow's worries would come tomorrow and she should be happy today.
"I'll draw some blueprints this afternoon, and you go find a carpenter to make furniture. We need beds for the four kids, a wardrobe, a desk... everything."
Gu Chenghuai agreed one by one, "Okay."
The young couple are both capable and work even faster when they work together.
When they started making wontons, Huang Xiulan, Zhao Liuniang and Gu Lan all came in to help.
When the dumplings were almost done, Lin Zhao gave an order and Yu Bao started to make a fire.
The country kids could do it. They just threw some flammable hay into the stove, tore off a match and threw it into the hay. Then they threw in some dry firewood and the fire started instantly.
"Thank you for your hard work, Yubao. I'll give you a few more wontons later!" Lin Zhao praised.
Yubao's eyebrows and eyes are curved.
The child raised his eyes.
Looking at my tall and powerful father, and then at my softly speaking mother, my heart is filled with bubbles of happiness.
He feels that he is happy and is the happiest child.
Hengbao leaned into the window and looked at his little body. "Mom, what about me? What about me? I'll wash the dishes after dinner. Can you give me a few more?"
He was negotiating.
Thinking of the taste of the wontons, he almost started drooling.
Lin Zhao smiled and said, "Sure."
As he spoke, the water in the iron pot was bubbling.
She started making wontons.
The filling of the small wontons is extremely thin and cooks very well.
soon.
The rich and tempting aroma filled literally every corner of the kitchen.
The twins, a boy and a girl, couldn't help themselves and ran in.
"Mom, I want to eat." His words were slow but clear, and you could tell it was Qianbao.
"Baby wants it~~" The voice was soft and coquettish, it was Yaobao.
Lin Zhao glanced at the little brother and sister and asked Gu Chenghuai, "Didn't they drink milk this morning?"
"I drank it." Gu Chenghuai replied.
He rushed.
Yubao also added, "My younger brother and sister also ate the cookies!"
Hengbao hugged the twins and rubbed his face against theirs. "Qianbao and Yaobao are little pigs. They eat until their bellies are full, but they still want to eat more."
Qianbao remained calm and looked at his second brother quietly without saying a word.
The younger sister was very angry and tried to push her older brother hard, but she couldn't move him. She puffed up her cheeks in anger and opened her little arms towards her father.
He kept calling "Dad".
Gu Chenghuai carried his daughter out of the kitchen, saw Gu's mother, and asked, "Can Yaobao eat wontons?"
"Cook it softer so the two little ones can eat some of the wonton skin." said Gu's mother.
After watching her for so many days, she felt that the third son spoiled Yaobao too much and was afraid that he would spoil his granddaughter. She wanted to say something, but she also thought that Yaobao was the only daughter of the third wife, and she had three older brothers and a bunch of cousins, so it was okay for her to be a little pampered.
The third son’s wife is also very spoiled, but she lives a good life.
Thinking of this, he swallowed his words.
Gu Chenghuai touched his little daughter's head and said softly, "I'll ask your mother to give you two wontons later."
Yaobao understood what was said and leaned forward to leave a wet saliva mark on his father's face.
Children know best who spoils them, and they are always more unruly than their brothers in front of their father.
The wontons are easy to cook. Just rinse them in water for a few times and they will be ready.
There are printed porcelain bowls on the stove, filled with fried shallot oil.
Just smelling the aroma of scallion oil makes people salivate.
“Smells so good!!”
"Mom, can I eat now?"
The twins' voices urged.
"Okay, okay." Lin Zhao was also greedy and had been thinking about it since last night.
Serve the wontons in a bowl on the stove.
The twins wanted to carry the food, but Gu Lan was afraid of scalding their younger brothers, so he carried it out himself, and Xingye helped.
Yubao was not idle either, counting the chopsticks as he went to the yard.
The pots in the countryside are big and can hold a lot of food at once, enough for the whole family to eat.
Early in the morning, most families in the village did not cook, and the fragrance of Gu's family's food spread from far away. Many children ran to the door of Gu's house, sniffing the fragrance and swallowing their saliva.
Yubao noticed that Maodan was also there, so he ran out and pulled him into the house.
"Mao Dan'er, you're here. Please wait for me and Heng Bao. After we finish our meal, we'll go to the mountain together."
Maodaner smelled the fragrance coming from the Gu family and knew they were having dinner. She didn't want to go in, but just wanted to wait for the twins at the door. However, she didn't want to be exposed by Amber.
"Grandpa Gu, Auntie...Auntie Lin."
The child called out to people politely.
Lin Zhao smiled and asked, "Good morning, Maodan, have you eaten?"
"I ate eggs." Maodan answered shyly.
Whenever he saw the twins’ mother, he always thought of his own mother and felt very close to her.
"How can you be full with just eggs? Come eat with us. I'll go get you..." Lin Zhao was about to get up and go to the kitchen, but Gu Chenghuai pressed her shoulder and said, "You sit down. I'll go."
He took a few steps with his long legs and walked into the kitchen.
Before Maodan could say no, the kid was at a loss and said embarrassedly, "No thanks."
"It's okay. There's just some left." Lin Zhao said with a smile, "Besides, you want to learn cooking from me, so try it today and make it another day. I'll ask Yu Bao and Heng Bao to call you."
Yubao ate the wontons with a spoon. He scooped up one, blew it to cool it down, and put it in front of Maodan'er's mouth. "Try it. It's delicious. I want to eat it again after I have eaten it once."
Knowing his good brother's awkward personality, he deliberately touched Maodan'er's lips.
He said proudly: "It has touched your mouth, it has your saliva, you have to eat it."
Hengbao couldn't stop eating and said, "Don't be embarrassed, you still have to lead us to find good things."
It was all thanks to Maodan that we were able to pick so many hawthorns yesterday.
Lin Zhao and others were afraid that Maodan would feel uncomfortable, so they didn't pay much attention to them.
Maodan glanced at the adults secretly, and with his red face and ears, he ate the wontons that Yubao fed him.
Eyes suddenly brightened.
So delicious! So delicious! So delicious!!
Woohoo, it tastes so much better than boiled meat!!!
Short sentences in bold capital letters popped up in the child's mind.
Gu Chenghuai brought out a bowl of new wontons and called out to Mao Daner, "Eat."
Whenever he saw the little guy's eyes, he thought of the new commander Ning.
The eyebrows and eyes are really similar.
Maodaner thanked him politely, "Thank you, uncle."
Gu Chenghuai waved his hand.
That night, Maodaner wrote in his diary:
[Today I had wontons at Gu's house. This was my first time eating wontons. They were as delicious as the dumplings my mother made. While eating the wontons, I felt like peeing. I missed my mother. Uncle Gu doesn't like to talk or laugh. He can make a child cry with one punch, but I know he is a good man and a great soldier. Grandma said that my father was also an excellent and courageous soldier. I miss my father very much. I have never seen my father in my life. It would be great if my father suddenly appeared in front of me...]
The little boy can't recognize all the words, so his diary is half words and half pinyin, and he writes every stroke very carefully.
After breakfast.
Gu Chenghuai drove Lin Zhao to the post office and called the Yun family.
There were a lot of people calling the post office this morning.
There were five people lined up in front.
Lin Zhao was not impatient and waited for the person in front of her to finish fighting.
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