Chapter 157 Huo Linyuan's Performance
After An Lan distributed the candies, the children ran away.
Only the little girl looked at An Lan: "Sister, if you need me next time, you can find me. My name is Niu Xiaohua."
An Lan patted Niu Xiaohua's head: "Okay, thank you Xiaohua."
Niu Xiaohua felt very comfortable when An Lan touched her head. She looked intoxicated. She wanted to say a few more words to her sister, but then she thought of her greedy brother at home, so she said goodbye to An Lan and left.
An Zhong opened the door.
People walked in.
The room was tidy. Although there was no floor and it was just sand, Xu Yunniang swept it clean.
It is much cleaner than other cow sheds.
There is usually a strange smell in the cowshed, but An Lan can't smell it at all.
This cowshed was not originally a place for people to live, so there were no partitions. There was only a wooden bed inside, and next to it was a stove made temporarily with mud.
It can be as simple as you want.
An Lan took a look and found that apart from the quilt she had taken out to use, she didn't see anything else she had sent.
"Mom, didn't I send you a lot of things? Why don't you use them?"
"Lanlan, this is an extraordinary period. If we use such a good thing and get discovered, there will definitely be a bloody storm." Xu Yunniang knew that her daughter was filial, but if they took out that thing and used or ate it openly, they would definitely be reported if they were seen by others.
"Mom, I'm sorry. Have I caused you any trouble? I just want you to live a better life." An Lan felt a lump in her throat and tears fell like raindrops when she heard her parents' explanation.
"It's no trouble, it's no trouble, Lanlan, don't cry. Although we can't take out the things you sent to eat or use during the day, but at night, once we close the door, who will know who is who?"
“Yes, Lanlan, thanks to the things you sent, not only have our illnesses recovered, but we’ve also gained a lot of weight. If you don’t believe me, feel daddy’s big belly, haven’t you grown a lot?” Seeing his daughter crying, An Zhong coaxed her while patting his slightly bulging beer belly.
An Lan saw that her father looked a little haggard, but the fat on his belly hadn't gone down at all, and he still had the beer belly he remembered. She knew what they said was true, and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Dad, after all these years, your belly still hasn't gotten any smaller."
An Lan had seen An Zhong's photos before. He was a handsome young man. No wonder he was able to win over such a beautiful mother.
However, since An Lan started to record his life, An Zhong started to gain weight and became fatter and fatter.
It was not until Xu Yunniang ordered him to lose weight that he reduced his slightly oversized belly a little.
"Lanlan, you guys must be hungry after the journey, right? Let's eat dumplings today. I made these dumplings last night." Xu Yunniang saw that it was almost dark and no one should come to the cowshed at this time.
"Okay, I'll eat five." After saying that, he pushed Huo Linyuan, who was standing like a wooden stake.
Huo Linyuan was pushed by An Lan and immediately replied: "30."
Xu Yunniang and An Zhong looked at Huo Linyuan in surprise. How could he eat so much?
But looking at Huo Linyuan's physique, he understood.
Xu Yunniang walked to the stove, opened the pot lid, and scooped a large ladle of water into the pot, and was about to give birth, but An Lan snatched it away: "Mom, let me help you."
Seeing that there was not much firewood left, An Lan planned to ask Huo Linyuan to chop some, but he did not expect that he had already chopped a lot of firewood as thick as thighs. Most of it was chopped by him in just two or three strokes.
While Huo Linyuan and the others were talking, he had already observed the situation in the room.
There is not enough firewood, and people will surely freeze to death if they enter.
The roof is made of straw and is not solid at all. It may collapse at any time in strong winds, heavy rain or heavy snow.
The window was also tattered, the paper on the window frame had been torn, and a cold wind was blowing fiercely. How could it be warm?
Also, the door was shaky and could not be defended at all. It could be kicked open with just one foot.
He planned to go to the mountains to chop firewood starting tomorrow, enough for a year, and then go to the city to buy some tiles and glass to make a new door.
The wooden bed was no good either, as he had heard that people in the north used to heat the kang every day.
When the time comes, he will find out what to do.
Well, maybe we can look for that Yang Fan.
An Lan didn't know that in just a few minutes, Huo Linyuan had already made such a detailed plan for her parents.
Isn’t that auspicious?
He is going to marry someone's precious daughter, so he has to behave better, right?
Seeing that the dumplings had all popped out of the water, each with a bulging round belly floating up, Xu Yunniang said to the burning An Lan, "Lan Lan, don't burn them anymore. Wait, the dumplings are cooked."
"Okay." An Lan quickly put out the firewood. The firewood now was precious to her parents, so she wanted to use it as little as possible.
She planned to discuss with Huo Linyuan tomorrow and cut some grass from the mountain.
"Lanlan, where is Lin Yuan going?" Xu Yunniang scooped the dumplings into five large bowls. Why five?
Because Huo Linyuan wanted to eat 30 of them, and one bowl couldn't hold them all.
Only then did An Lan realize that Huo Linyuan didn't know where to go?
"Lanlan, don't look at me. Your boyfriend went to fetch water. He is quite sensible." An Zhong finally nodded with some satisfaction.
As soon as the kid came in, he started helping with this and that, and he didn't need to remind anyone at all.
Just as self-conscious as he was when he was young.
"Hey, why don't you stop them from doing this and that?" Xu Yunniang really admired this man.
How can you ask others to work on the first day you enter the company?
"Why stop him? He wants to marry our precious daughter, so why not do some work? When I first came to your house, wasn't I just chopping wood and carrying water?" An Zhong disagreed.
"Haha, were you chopping wood and carrying water back then? The axe didn't split the wood, but it hurt your hand, and you asked me to give you medicine."
"And then there's the water fetching. You carry half a bucket of water and it's shaky, and when you get home, only a third is left."
"Yun Niang, can we not mention what happened in front of the child?" An Zhong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"I just want you to see the gap between you and others back then."
"..."An Zhong.
As expected, he couldn’t mention the past. As soon as he mentioned it, Xu Yunniang would start to criticize him.
She must still be resentful of him for tearing up her senior brother's letter.
An Lan watched her parents bickering, and suddenly her eyes felt hot. She sniffed and raised her head to avoid looking at them, otherwise she would really cry.
After a while, Huo Linyuan came back with two full buckets of water and filled the tank.
Seeing this, Xu Yunniang hurried over to greet him, "Lin Yuan, come and eat the dumplings, or they will get cold soon."
Huo Linyuan nodded and put the bucket and the shoulder pole back to their original places.
The dumplings Xu Yunniang made were very big, one dumpling was equivalent to two dumplings.
After An Lan finished the third one, he couldn't eat any more. He felt very full.
Seeing that Huo Linyuan had finished a bowl of rice, she scooped some rice into Huo Linyuan's bowl and said, "Help me eat it. I can't eat any more."
Huo Linyuan took it and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
Xu Yunniang and An Zhong, who were standing by, saw their daughter giving the remaining food to Huo Linyuan so naturally, and Huo Linyuan didn't seem disgusted at all, and they nodded secretly with satisfaction.
An Lan thought that the firewood just now was not enough for the whole day, so he discussed with Huo Linyuan: "Brother Huo, let's go chop some firewood tomorrow."
Huo Linyuan finished eating and put down his bowl and chopsticks: "Even if you don't tell me, I have plans. I need to get firewood, install windows, make a new door, build a kang for the bed, and cover the roof with tiles."
The three of them widened their eyes in astonishment. They didn't expect Huo Linyuan to be so thoughtful!
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