One of the people involved in the topic injured his buttocks and had to see a doctor. The onlookers couldn't stand to hang around and left with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.
"This Lu family's play is better than any other played by the educated youth. Come and watch it. There will be more exciting times in the future."
"Neither Mrs. Lu nor Yizhou's sister are easy to get along with. Why is Yuxian so desperate to marry into the family? Oh! Hard times are ahead!"
The village chief's wife was still cracking her pumpkin seeds, with her chin slightly raised, as if she knew everything.
"Why else? She's not young anymore. If she doesn't get married, she'll become an old maid. Although the Lu family kid is married, he still has a little burden. But he's a soldier and gets a monthly allowance. The Su family girl can't find a better partner than Baozhen's father, so of course she'll cling to him."
If she guessed correctly, Su Yuxian was planning to join the army.
If she follows the army, wouldn't she be comfortable there, far away from home? !
"Tsk tsk, Yuxian is becoming more and more like her mother," said the woman in the indigo patched jacket.
"It's right for people to want to live a good life," said another person.
The village chief's wife shook her head, feeling pessimistic.
That’s true, but we’ve entered a wolf’s den.
Everyone said that Lu Yizhou was a good person and an upright young man, just like the third boy of the Gu family. She felt for no reason that the boy from the Lu family was a little hypocritical.
Without evidence, she could just assume that he was not to her liking.
What everyone doesn’t know is that in the original book, after Lin Zhao’s death, Lu Baozhen used the buns and candies she “exchanged” from Black Koi to care for and accompany the eldest and second sons, causing them to treat her as a good friend.
In this way, the black koi got what it wanted.
Lu Baozhen relied on it to get more and more good things, and the Lu family lived better and better. Su Yuxian could live a good life only by pleasing his stepdaughter.
The eldest and second cubs began to have bad luck and gradually lost all the people they could rely on. They barely survived to adulthood by digging wild vegetables and relying on help from villagers.
Now.
The twins' mother was not dead, and she taught them to stay away from the Lu family. Lu Baozhen could not get close to the eldest and second twins, so she could only set her sights on the stepmother.
As soon as Su Yuxian got married, she was branded as an unlucky daughter-in-law. Her hell mode began, and she lay in bed doubting herself.
Lu Yizhou also felt that she was unlucky. He didn't even want to enter the room, didn't even pack his luggage, and went straight back to the army.
Upon learning this, Su Yuxian's eyes rolled up and he fainted.
Before I fainted, a thought popped into my mind: This shouldn’t be happening!
She should be able to live a good life!
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Yuanbao ran to the Gu family's old house, spitting heavily, and told Dazai, Erzai and others about the Lu family.
Lai Mei slapped her thigh with a regretful expression, "It's a pity that I didn't get to eat the hot food. When I arrived, the show was over."
The eldest son generously distributed spicy noodles to everyone and said seriously, "It's better to watch the fun than to enjoy the spicy noodles."
His mother didn't allow them to have any dealings with the Lu family, and he hoped that Bangbang and the others would stay away from that family, but he didn't know how to say it. Then he had an idea and thought of bribing them with delicious food.
"You're right! Thank you, big boy!" Lai Mei took the spicy strips, but was reluctant to eat them in big bites. She took small bites and her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Big one, you and the second one have such a wonderful life. Auntie buys you delicious food every day."
He was tired of saying the word "envy".
And what’s more, he is about to go to school and he hasn’t even seen a schoolbag, but Erzai is running around the village and he has one.
Oh my God, you are really unfair.
"Brother Lai Mei, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Lai Mei was heartbroken, Dazai blinked his big black and white eyes and asked in confusion.
"It's okay." Lai Mei took a bite of the spicy strips as if to vent her anger, and then smiled again.
A piece of candy or a snack can make him very satisfied.
The young boy was getting hungry. His stomach was rumbling, so he asked his brother, "Brother, when can we eat watermelon?"
Tiedan sucked his fingers and turned to look at Dazi: "Aunt bought you watermelons again? Dazi, why do I feel like you two are just like people from the city?"
The eldest and second cubs smiled secretly.
No.
My mother said that they lived better than those in the city.
…
The two brothers found time to go back home and brought watermelons back to the old house.
Bangbang and others were shocked and happy.
"Big cub! Little cub!!" Tiedan couldn't believe the vague guess in his heart, and spoke in a low voice.
"My mother said to share this watermelon with everyone." The eldest son said that he didn't feel bad about sharing it with his brothers and sisters.
Tiedan jumped up three feet high with full of surprise, and shouted excitedly: "Wow! Third Aunt is the best Third Aunt in the whole commune!!"
Huang Xiulan was also happy. She cut the watermelon, let the children take it themselves, and sent a few pieces to the main house.
"Mom, eat watermelon."
Gu's mother couldn't rest. She thought it would be better to kill her if she was left lying there doing nothing. She half sat up and made cloth shoes for the children at home.
Children run all over the mountains and fields, which wears out their shoes the most. Their big toes can pop out in just two days. I'll make a few more pairs while I have time, as I may not have time when we build a three-room brick house.
"Was it given by the third daughter-in-law?" Mother Gu asked, looking at the piece of watermelon in the eldest daughter-in-law's hand.
"Yes, the eldest and second cubs were brought home and their mother said that they wanted us to eat together." Huang Xiulan explained with a smile.
Knowing that everyone was eating together, Mother Gu wiped her hands, took it, and took a bite. It was sweet and juicy.
"The third son's wife is really good at buying melons. This melon is really good. I don't feel bored after eating a bite."
Huang Xiulan knew why her mother-in-law was depressed and couldn't sit still. She was just like her when she was in confinement after giving birth. She couldn't wait to go out and plow the three acres of land.
"Mom, bear with it for now. Once your injury heals, you can move however you want."
Of course, Mother Gu listened to the advice.
Listening to the children talking and laughing outside the yard, time seems easier to bear.
There was sweet watermelon at home, and the busy Gu family members smelled the scent and appeared.
Sit in a row and eat fruit.
Gu Chan went back to her parents' home today. As soon as she arrived at the village entrance, she heard a few women gossiping while they were enjoying the cool air.
"I don't know how Toyama-san is doing. She lost so much blood yesterday, I don't know when she can recover."
mother?
Mom is hurt!
Gu Chan felt like she was hit by a club, her eardrums exploded, and the bamboo basket in her arm almost fell out of her hand.
Her face suddenly changed and she ran home.
She stumbled over a stone on the road and didn't care about her braid coming undone.
When I arrived at the door of my house, I was gasping for breath and my heart was pounding.
Push the door.
"?"
Look what she saw! ? !
The family members sat in a row, eating melon.
"..." Gu Chan was stunned.
"This...?" She was puzzled.
Erzai stood up quickly, with a bright smile on his face, "Aunt! Aunt, come and eat some watermelon!!"
Gu Chan shifted her gaze to his face, her expression dull.
This is, Er...Erzai?
She had spiky short hair, a pair of black short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts with no patches on them, sandals that she had only seen once at the supply and marketing cooperative, and a military green bag.
The little face has gained some flesh and is now white and tender.
They are even more, how do I put it, Western-style than the city kids. Yes, Western-style!
"Second child?!" She was stunned and stammered in shock: "You, you are the second child!?"
If this wasn't at home, she would never have dared to recognize him.
The Gu family didn’t realize it by seeing each other every day. Gu Chan hadn’t been back to her parents’ home for more than half a month, and the shock she received was extremely great.
"It's me." Erzai looked confused.
He put the melon down, walked to his aunt with his short legs, tilted his head back, pinched his little chubby face, and showed it to Gu Chan from all angles.
Left once, right once.
After repeating several times.
"Aunt, take a closer look at me. I'm Erzai. Don't you recognize me?!"
He couldn't wait to show his round head to his aunt.
Gu Chan held Erzai's face with her hands and held his head still. "I know you, I know you. But why have you changed?"
Thinking of something, his eyes lit up: "Is your father back?"
She looked around anxiously, "Where is he? Where is your father?"
The eldest child came over and said clearly, "My father didn't come back. My mother made us new clothes and bought us new shoes at the supply and marketing cooperative. She also bought us baby cream."
Um?
ah! ?
Did Zhao Zhao buy it for you? !
Gu Chan’s brain was about to burn out.
It took me a long time to come back to my senses, until a piece of juicy watermelon was stuffed into my hand.
She suddenly came to her senses and asked Huang Xiulan, "Sister-in-law, how is mother? I heard at the entrance of the village that mother was injured."
Huang Xiulan was originally wondering how Ah Chan knew that her mother-in-law was injured when they didn't ask anyone to pass the message.
Now I know, it was from what I heard from the villagers.
There are no secrets in the village. Bad news spreads far and wide, and it’s not just talk.
"Yes, she was injured, but the doctor prescribed some medicine and she is in good spirits these past two days."
Gu Chan didn't see her mother, so she was worried and took a watermelon to Gu's father and mother's room.
"Mom, are you okay?" I asked as soon as I entered the door.
Gu's mother was stared at while drinking brown sugar water. Suddenly, the bamboo curtain moved, and the eldest daughter's anxious and worried face appeared.
She immediately gave the bowl to Father Gu and patted the edge of the bed, "It's okay, why are you here? Are you tired? Take a rest."
Gu Chan took three or two steps forward, sat down, and glanced at Gu's mother.
"Mom, where are you hurt?"
Mother Gu said, "They are just superficial injuries. I changed the dressings so often that I almost don't feel anything anymore."
Country people are not that pretentious. Some women go to the fields with big bellies and give birth to their babies directly on the loess. Others go to the fields the next day after giving birth... Her injury is nothing.
After hearing her say this, Gu Chan finally felt relieved and handed the watermelon in her hand over.
Gu's mother refused, "We have all eaten, you eat it, this is sent by your brother and sister-in-law, it is sweet and juicy, it can quench your thirst, you must be very thirsty on the way, eat it quickly."
Father Gu nodded.
Gu Chan was indeed thirsty and hadn't tasted anything sweet for half a year, so she started eating immediately.
He quickly finished his watermelon, wiped his hands, and asked, "Mom, what happened to Zhao Zhao?"
"Did she buy the clothes and shoes that the eldest and second sons are wearing?!"
Gu Chan was full of doubts, "Why? I haven't been home for only half a month, why do I feel so strange at home?"
Mother Gu told her about the changes in the family during this period.
Gu Chan was very happy to know that her younger brother and sister-in-law cared about the four children and had become salespersons in the supply and marketing cooperative.
"That's a good thing!" she said cheerfully.
Then he looked at Gu's mother with dissatisfaction: "Mom, you didn't even know to ask someone to pass a message to me. It's fine that you didn't tell me about your injury, but you didn't tell me about the good news that Zhao Zhao became a salesperson."
Gu's mother said, "You come back once every two weeks, so why do you need someone to deliver the message? You will know now."
"..."
Gu Chan went back to her parents' home for important business.
After visiting her mother, she came to the third room of the Gu family with familiarity.
Led by the twins, they entered Lin Zhao's room and found that there were many more clothes for the four children in this room.
"Big one, little one, why are your clothes in this room?"
The eldest boy's ears felt hot. He felt that he was already a five and a half year old boy, but he still clung to his mother. He was not manly at all, so he didn't say anything.
The second child, on the other hand, looked up with great pride and said, "We sleep with mom."
The child's eyes lit up surprisingly: "My mother also told us stories."
"That's good. Aunt can finally rest assured about you." Gu Chan said with a smile.
Then, he quickly changed the bed sheets, put the dirty sheets, dirty clothes and dirty shoes in a basin, filled another basin with water, soaked the rags, wiped the table, wiped the cabinets, and wiped the whole place clean inside and out.
After cleaning up Lin Zhao's room, he cleaned up the room next door. After finishing, he went to the kitchen, washed the pots and pans and put them in order.
Finally, I went to the backyard and saw that the vegetables were growing well. There was even a fence around it. When I asked the two kids, I found out that it was done by their second uncle.
"It looks much better now."
Gu Chan swept the front and back yards, picked up the large wooden basin, and went to the river to wash clothes.
The second child took out the laundry soap and gave it to the eldest aunt: "Aunt, use the laundry soap."
"Ah? Why do you need this? Soap nuts will do. Laundry soap is so expensive. Use it sparingly." said Gu Chan.
"The laundry soap smells good, my mother likes it." Erzai stood on tiptoe and put the laundry soap into the basin.
"..."
Everyone knows that laundry soap smells good, but it’s expensive.
Looking down at the serious faces of her two nephews, Gu Chan compromised.
Okay, use soap nuts first, and then use a little bit of laundry soap to make the clothes smell good.
Gu Chan was about to go out with the wooden basin in her arms when Dahuang and Amber, who had been strolling in the village, came back.
Seeing a stranger, Amber scratched the ground with all four legs, pricked up her little ears, and barked fiercely.
"Amber, this is my aunt, don't be mean to her!" The eldest boy rushed over and picked up Amber.
The little puppy's vision changed, and his face became confused. He could no longer be fierce. He just made a sound and nestled in the arms of his owner.
"Aunt, this is Amber, the name my mother gave to her. Dahuang and Amber are the new members of my family." Erzai said loudly to his aunt.
Gu Chan’s first reaction was that raising a dog would waste a lot of food.
"Do you have enough food at home?"
The eldest child said seriously, "My mother said enough is enough."
"That's enough." Gu Chan was happy to see that Dahuang had gained some weight and was no longer as skinny as before.
Is it a life or the bloodline of a hero?
Soon, the villagers saw this scene.
Gu Chan walked in front holding a large wooden basin, followed by a few children and two dogs, one big and one small, as they headed straight to the river.
"A-chan, you are cleaning the house for your brother and sister again."
"A-Chan is really hardworking. Even though she's married, she still comes back from time to time to help her brother's family. She's really hardworking."
Some expressed their feelings, while others laughed at her.
"You help Cheng Huai's family like this, do your in-laws have any objections? After all, you are married, and your heart should be with your husband's family. If you are always thinking about your natal family, be careful that your mother-in-law and others may have objections." The older aunt said earnestly.
Both my words and my lies are that I am doing this for your own good. If you don't listen, you are ungrateful.
Gu Chan smiled and ignored her, calling her second son who was determined to fight against heaven, earth and people, and went to the river at a brisk pace.
Her third brother is serving in the army and rarely comes back once a year. If she doesn't stay at home for Cheng Huai, what will happen to her brother?
Apart from anything else, she has to treat Zhaozhao well just for the sake of her four nephews and nieces.
In the afternoon, a little after three.
Lin Zhao rode her bicycle back home.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw clothes drying in the yard.
Before I could call the two children, I saw my eldest sister-in-law, who was thin and small with tanned skin, coming out from the backyard.
"Big sister."
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