Chapter 342: Father-in-law's House in Northern Beijing
"Is Minmin back? Is everything okay?"
Lu Miao went into the room to pour water for Chen Guifen and took the opportunity to ask a question.
Chen Guifen shook her head and sighed:
"It's been two days since I brought him home. The swelling has gone down a bit, but he can't open his mouth to eat. It hurts when he opens it too wide, and he cries and gets upset." "Can I make some liquid food... something watery and let him eat with a spoon?"
"It's like this now. If we don't eat, not only the children, but also the adults can't stand it."
Lu Miao nodded and told Chen Guifen not to leave in a hurry.
Logically speaking, in Minmin's situation, Lu Miao, as her aunt, should go and visit her.
But the situation is complicated now, and she has just had a conflict with Zhao Lanxiang.
Zhao Lanxiang had just been sent back to the Zhao family, so it was somewhat inappropriate for her to go there at this time.
Lu Miao gave up the idea of visiting her and went into the house to pack some red dates, snow frog, and rock sugar for Chen Guifen.
After telling Chen Guifen the recipe, I asked her to go back and make it for Minmin.
After hearing about the efficacy and the method of making it, it was so complicated that it didn't sound like something that ordinary people would eat.
Chen Guifen was a little hesitant to answer:
"Isn't this expensive? You should keep it for yourself. She's too small to eat such delicious food."
"It was brought over from the educated youth's hometown, but there's nothing here in the south...it's not that exaggerated."
Lu Miao pushed her hand back.
"The most important thing is that Minmin recovers quickly. The amount of money is secondary."
"Her biological mother...ah! She can't even compare to your non-blood-related aunt!"
Chen Guifen accepted the things and wiped her eyes with red eyes.
"Adults are adults, and children are children. I can still tell the difference."
Lu Miao shook his head.
"But Auntie, please don't say this anymore. It's not good if someone hears it."
Chen Guifen nodded quickly.
After holding Dabao and Erbao for a while, Chen Guifen insisted on leaving twenty eggs here before leaving.
Fu Jingyou went out early the next morning.
He got up early and packed everything that Lu Miao needed when he got up.
When he was about to leave, Lu Miao hadn't gotten up yet. He was reluctant to leave, so he went back to the room and pestered Lu Miao, kissing and touching her for a long time before he was willing to leave.
The train at 2 p.m. on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month was shaking all the way, and Fu Jingyou finally got off at Beijing North Station at 6 p.m. on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month.
The capital's train station is many times larger than the county's train station, and the passenger flow is doubled.
Fu Jingyou followed the road signs out of the station, took out the note that Lu Miao had written earlier from the pocket of his military coat, and followed the instructions to find the bus.
Beijing North Station is not far from the Lu family.
Including the time spent looking for the bus stop, it only took half an hour for Fu Jingyou to get off the bus near the Ming City Wall Ruins Park mentioned on the note.
Using the ruins of the city wall across the street as a reference, Fu Jingyou took a few looks, found an alley intersection and walked in.
It gets dark early in winter, snowflakes are drizzling outside, it is very cold, and there are few pedestrians on the road.
Fu Jingyou walked blindly for a while and came across a house in the alley with the door wide open and the lights on.
He went forward and rang the doorknocker, asking politely.
He was tall and strong, carrying a wicker box in his hand and wearing a clean and stylish military coat.
He doesn't look like a southerner, nor does he look like someone who came from the countryside to live with relatives.
The owner of the courtyard thought he was a child who had returned from the army.
Later, when they heard that he was looking for Principal Lu's house, the host wondered if he was Principal Lu's student, or a blind date arranged for Bao Yatou, and eagerly pointed the way:
"Young comrade, keep going down this road. After about five or six gates, you'll see a house with a five-pointed star sign for military dependents nailed to the corner of its door. That's Principal Lu's home!"
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Come to my house when you have time, haha."
The neighbors in the alley are quite welcoming.
Fu Jingyou politely said "OK" and continued walking forward with his bulging luggage.
After walking past a few doors, I saw a five-pointed star iron plate nailed on the door of a house.
The gate was bolted, and Fu Jingyou knocked on the door.
"Here I come! Who's that?"
In the room, Tang Mei put away her sewing basket, wrapped herself in a cotton coat and walked out.
Lu Yuanzheng has been busy with school matters and has not been back for a while.
Tang Mei thought it was Lu Yuanzheng who came back. She opened the door and saw the person standing at the door. She suddenly started crying and quickly opened the door as wide as possible to invite the person in.
"Xiao Fu! Why are you here?"
"You didn't even call to say hello before coming? Have you made all the arrangements at home?"
Fu Jingyou entered the yard, and Tang Mei was still looking outside.
Fu Jingyou knew what she was looking at.
"The child is too young to ride on the train, so I didn't let Miaomiao and the child come back with us."
Fu Jingyou took the initiative to take responsibility.
"Your arrangements are good. A train ride of twenty or thirty hours is too much for an adult, let alone a child."
Tang Mei felt lost for a moment and quickly bolted the door.
"The stove is lit in the house. Come on, go in and warm up."
"Um."
"Haven't you eaten yet since you got off the bus? Sit for a while, I'll get you something to eat."
"good."
Fu Jingyou didn't hesitate to open the heavy door curtain and entered the main hall.
There was a stove burning in the hall, and the heat from the shop floor soothed his frozen face.
Looking around, there were many water jars on the big table in the hall, but the glass wicker table in front of the sofa on one side was empty.
Fu Jingyou walked over carrying the box.
Take out the things you brought, such as bacon, honey, chrysanthemum tea, pork sausage, etc., and put them away one by one.
Tang Mei came in with a large bowl of fried egg noodles and saw the small table was full of things.
She hadn't forgotten that Fu Jingyou and Lu Miao had sent money back several times before, and couldn't help but nagging a few words:
"What did you bring? Why did you bring so much?"
"You two don't live a stable life and have emptied out all our family assets."
"No... just the two piglets I raised before. I killed one a while ago, and there wasn't anything good at home, so I made some bacon for you and Dad to try."
Fu Jingyou sat at the big table to eat. Tang Mei washed the teacup for him and asked him to make some brown sugar water.
He said quickly:
"Don't bother, Auntie. I don't want to drink sugar water... Just give me the jar. I'll pour it myself when I'm thirsty."
Tang Mei handed him the jar and went to clean up the sofa.
"You worked hard for a year or two to raise two pigs, but you didn't keep any for yourself. What are you doing with all the pigs here? Xiaobao and the child need nutrition right now. What do you think..."
"We still have a pig at home, and we'll slaughter it at the end of the year, so we'll have enough to eat."
"Then there's no need to hand in the quest pig?"
"It's enough to pay."
Fu Jingyou said: "The pigs are fat."
For the pigs raised by other people in the team, it would be a great achievement if they could weigh 180 kilograms.
The pigs they raise are about 100 to 180 kilograms heavier and have more fat than those raised by other people.
The bacon had been exposed to the wind and sun for a while, and it felt hard on the outside.
Tang Mei was initially skeptical, so she casually picked up a piece of oil paper and tore it open. Seeing the fat skin inside that was two or three fingers wide, she was so surprised that she was speechless.
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