Chapter 21: My stomach is full
"At home!"
Su Jia responded quickly and went out to open the door.
But when she walked around, she realized that although soaking in the spiritual spring water relieved all the aches and fatigue in her body, the pain from the rubbing on that part of her body was not relieved at all!
When Su Qiao walked out, her posture was inevitably a little awkward.
Ruan Xiuying, who was waiting outside the courtyard gate, smiled when she saw Su Qiao's walking posture.
Oh, those gossipy women in the village, who said that her son Zhengrong had injured his vitals and is dying? Look at the way Qiaoqiao walks, how could her son Zhengrong not be dying?
"Auntie, you're here." Su Qiao opened the door and greeted Ruan Xiuying with a smile, "Auntie, please come in and sit down."
After Ruan Xiuying entered the house, Su Qiao poured her a bowl of cold tea that Qin Zhengrong had prepared that morning, and then said, "Auntie, why are you here at this time?"
Now is the time for collective labor in the village. If you ask for leave, your work points will be deducted.
Ruan Xiuying is well-known in the village for her hard work and diligence. Generally, she will not ask for leave unless there is something to do.
After hearing this, Ruan Xiuying looked at Su Qiao with a guilty look. She held Su Qiao's hand with her rough hands from working for a long time, and said, "Qiao Qiao, I'm sorry for you. When you married Zheng Rong, our family couldn't give you a decent wedding banquet."
The Qin family's situation is rather special. Qin Zhengrong's father is a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and his mother is said to be a former lady from a prominent family.
But their father died when they were very young. Not long after that, their mother also passed away, leaving them to depend on each other.
Ruan Xiuying's husband is the older brother of Qin Zhengrong's father. After Qin Zhengrong's parents passed away, Ruan Xiuying and her husband felt sorry for the children, so they took them home and raised them as their own children.
However, when Qin Zhengrong was ten years old, no one knew what happened in their family, but Qin Zhengrong and his sister suddenly moved out of Ruan Xiuying's house and lived in the small courtyard next door.
Su Qiao was only two years old at that time, and she heard all these things from the gossip of the villagers.
In Su Qiao's memory, Qin Zhengrong's sister only lived next door to them for a short time.
Qin Zhengrong's sister is five years older than him. When his sister was eighteen years old, his brother-in-law came and said that it was a marriage arranged for them by their father. Then his sister followed his brother-in-law.
Su Qiao only remembered that before her sister left, she came to their house and asked grandpa to help take care of Qin Zhengrong.
A few years later, Qin Zhengrong was called up to join the army and left the village.
The year Qin Zhengrong left the village, Su Qiaodu was only ten years old.
Now thinking about this...
Ruan Xiuying pushed the basket in front of Su Qiao and said, "Qiao Qiao, you and Zhengrong are getting married, and I don't have much to give you. This is a little token of my appreciation.
Keep it, don't treat me as an outsider."
Su Qiao looked at the twenty or so eggs neatly stacked in the basket. She didn't want to take them at first, but Ruan Xiuying had said so much, so she couldn't refuse anymore. She could only accept them with a smile, "Thank you, Auntie."
She carried the basket into the house, took out the eggs, put a bag of sugar and a handful of noodles in the basket, and covered it with a blue cloth before returning it to Ruan Xiuying. "Auntie, Brother Zhengrong said that we will have a wine party in a few days, and you must come then."
"Sure, sure." Ruan Xiuying responded with a smile and took the basket from Su Qiao's hand.
When she took the basket, she realized that the weight was wrong. She lifted the blue cloth covering it and saw what was inside.
She quickly took out the things and stuffed them back to Su Qiao, looking a little angry, "Qiao Qiao, what are you doing? Auntie will get you some eggs.
You're offering both noodles and sugar, do you think the old lady is taking advantage of you?"
Su Qiao quickly explained with a smile, "Auntie, what are you talking about? These noodles and sugar are my gift to the old lady.
Just take it back!"
Ruan Xiuying wanted to refuse, but Su Qiao also frowned, "Auntie, if you don't help take it back, it means you are not satisfied with me."
"This..." Ruan Xiuying didn't know what to say, so she just said, "Okay, but only this time. If you want to give it to the old lady in the future, you can take it yourself. I won't bring it to you anymore!"
"Okay, okay, thank you for your help, Auntie."
Su Qiao sent Ruan Xiuying to the gate of the courtyard and said, "Take care, Auntie!"
Just as Ruan Xiuying left, Aunt Qin, who was passing by, greeted Su Qiao with a smile, "Qiao Qiao, is Zhengrong's aunt here?"
"Well, Auntie, are you guys off work?"
Su Qiao responded with a smile as beautiful as a flower.
Aunt Qin looked at Su Qiao's smiling face, which was glowing white in the sunlight, and couldn't help but shook her head and sighed in her heart. Qiao Qiao is such a good girl. If Qin Zhengrong hadn't been injured, the two of them would have been a perfect match.
But Qin Zhengrong was injured there, it's such a pity for Qiaoqiao.
Aunt Qin thought about it and looked at Su Qiao with a bit of pity in her eyes, "Qiao Qiao, sugarcane is not sweet at both ends.
Men, no matter how good they are, they always have some flaws. As women, we should just be more open-minded.”
After receiving Aunt Qin's gaze and hearing her words, Su Qiao was somewhat confused.
But before she could ask clearly, Aunt Qin hurried back to make lunch and left in a hurry.
She also went into the kitchen with full of doubts.
The meal the man prepared for her in the morning was put in a lunch box, which was then placed in a large basin in a water tank to cool.
Su Qiao opened the lunch box and found that the man had prepared quite a rich meal, including half a lunch box of braised rabbit, stewed green bean pork ribs, and some stir-fried green vegetables.
The green vegetables and braised rabbit meat were put in the same lunch box with the rice, while the mung bean and pork ribs soup was put in a separate lunch box.
Su Qiao heated up the food and ate it, then cleaned up the kitchen and prepared to take a nap. Then she got up and prepared the food, and the men and children would be back by then.
When Su Qiao was taking a comfortable nap, Chen Guiying was dumbfounded when she saw Su Yanyan's examination report.
She subconsciously wanted to ask the doctor if he had made a mistake, but before she opened her mouth, Su Yanyan pulled her.
Chen Guiying controlled her emotions and walked out of the doctor's office with Su Yanyan. She frowned and looked at Su Yanyan worriedly, "Yanyan, what's going on? Are you really pregnant?"
"Yeah." Su Yanyan lowered her head, nodded lightly, and whispered, "It's Brother Tianyi's."
Chen Guiying heaved a sigh of relief, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? This is such a happy event!"
Chen Guiying took Su Yanyan's hand and patted it with satisfaction, "Our Yanyan has done a great job. Yesterday, your father couldn't sleep because he heard that Director Pei wanted to cancel the engagement with our family.
You have it in your stomach today.
Let's go find Tianyi!"
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