In the afternoon, Gu Aiguo finally returned in time for dinner.
Today was the day when their team leaders went to the commune for a meeting. The only bicycle in the family was for the youngest son to ride to his second aunt's house, so Gu Aiguo asked his fifth uncle Gu to drive the ox cart to deliver the child.
Gu Aiguo glanced at everyone and felt that there was something strange about the house; it was too quiet.
When Liu Jinhua saw Wang Zhaodi was about to open her mouth to complain, she quickly rushed forward and said, "Dad, Xiaowu has suffered a lot today." After saying that, she glared at Gu Laoer and Wang Zhaodi.
This gossipy woman just can't stand Xiaowu getting any better. Gu Laoer is also a coward who can't even control his own woman.
Gu Aiguo glanced at his youngest son and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Dad is fine, he just fell down, but a piece of paint was scratched off the bicycle." Gu Anyang touched his nose. The bicycle was the only big item in the house, and his father treated it very preciously.
After hearing this, Liu Jinhua hastily added: "How can you be okay? In order to let your father eat meat, you fell heavily and caught a cold." After saying that, she secretly glared at her precious child. This kid, how come he doesn't know how to adapt at all.
Gu Aiguo paused for a moment, looked his youngest son up and down, then hurried to look at the bicycle.
Last year, their brigade was rated as an advanced brigade, and the commune rewarded him with a bicycle ticket. He spent 120 yuan and waited for three months to buy the ticket.
The eldest son and his wife worked in the commune's cannery, which was a bit far from the house they rented, so he was reluctant to give up his bicycle.
Gu Aiguo wiped his bicycle with a cloth every day and knew it like the back of his hand, so he noticed the fingernail-sized spot in the middle of the frame at a glance.
After checking the bicycle, he glanced at his youngest son again and said, "Successful, have you gone to get the medicine?"
Gu Aiguo and Liu Jinhua had five sons and one daughter in total. Gu Xiaowu and Gu Linger were twins, a boy and a girl.
The eldest son and grandson are the lifeblood of the old lady. This statement is only half true in the Gu family.
As the dragon among the twins, a symbol of good luck and fortune, and the eldest son, Gu Xiaowu is not only the lifeblood of the old lady, but also the treasure of Liu Jinhua and Gu Aiguo.
As for the eldest grandson, although Gu Aiguo and others also like him, there are too many grandsons to pay much attention to him.
"Dad, I'm fine. I'm not hurt or have a cold. I just sneezed a few times. Mom is making such a fuss."
It was just that his knee hurt a little when it hit the ground, but he didn't say it. If he had said it, his mother might have asked his third brother to carry him to see a barefoot doctor.
Wang Zhaodi and Gu Linger: ...That’s it?
Especially Wang Zhaodi, who wanted to ride a bicycle when she went back to her parents' home for the New Year this year, but the old couple were reluctant to let her go. Now the bicycle was broken by Xiaowu, but Gu Aiguo not only did not feel sorry for her, but also cared about Gu Xiaowu who was fine.
Life was unbearable with the old couple being so partial to each other. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she pinched Gu Laoer's waist hard.
Wang Zhaodi didn’t think about the fact that she was not the only daughter-in-law of the Gu family, and she was not the only one who would return to her parents’ home during the Chinese New Year.
Among the three daughters-in-law, Wang Zhaodi's family home is not the farthest away, and given her family's greedy nature, they might even confiscate the bicycle and give it to her useless brother.
Liu Jinhua would be crazy to let her ride the bicycle back to her parents' home.
Gu Annan gasped when Wang Zhaodi pinched him, and slapped her hand away: "Hiss, what are you doing, are you crazy?"
When Liu Jinhua saw her second son being bullied, she immediately shouted, "Second son, what are you doing? You are so rebellious! You even dare to bully your own man. If you don't want to eat, go outside and squat guarding the gate."
Wang Zhaodi smiled at Liu Jinhua shamelessly. It was a rare opportunity to eat meat, and only a fool would go outside to get some fresh air.
Because Gu Aiguo was not at home for the morning meal, Liu Jinhua only cut two taels of meat, one for Old Lady Gu, one for Gu Xiaowu, and the other for a bunch of small radishes.
The portions for Old Lady Gu and Gu Xiaowu were cut into pieces as wide as a finger, so each of them only got three pieces of meat. There were too many little radishes, so Liu Jinhua chopped their portions into minced meat, and the little radishes all tasted the meat.
I cooked 8 taels of meat tonight, and each slice of meat was one finger wide.
Liu Jinhua first put a few pieces of meat into the bowls of Gu Laotai, Gu Aiguo, and Gu Xiaowu, then glanced at the others who were holding their chopsticks and ready to eat and said, "Let's eat."
As soon as the words fell, everyone tried their best. The table was full of swords and sabers. In the blink of an eye, only potatoes were left, and no meat was left.
Liu Jinhua was furious. "You're all reincarnated ghosts who died of starvation. Haven't you ever eaten meat in your eight lifetimes?"
Gu Laoer, Wang Zhaodi, and Gu Linger seemed to have not heard Liu Jinhua's words. Didn't they have never eaten meat in their entire lives? They were not Gu Xiaowu, who could go to his second aunt's house every now and then to improve his diet.
The third son, Gu Anxi, and his wife Xie Dani hesitated when looking at the meat in the bowl. The couple took five pieces of meat in total, one piece each for their three daughters and themselves.
Gu Xiaowu glanced at Liu Jinhua's bowl and took three pieces of meat from the bowl and gave them to Liu Jinhua. "Mom, these pieces of meat are for you. You have worked hard."
Liu Jinhua looked at the big piece of fat meat in the bowl and said with emotion, "My Xiaowu is really considerate. He always picks the fattest ones for me. Mom doesn't want to eat them, so you eat more." She just picked out the fattest pieces and gave them to Gu Xiaowu.
Liu Jinhua glanced at the others with pride, "Look at you, look at Xiaowu. You always say I'm partial to Xiaowu, but it's because Xiaowu thinks of me when he gets any benefits, while you guys just stuff all the delicious food into your mouths."
Wang Zhaodi: If I had the same treatment as Gu Xiaowu, I would not only think of you when I have delicious food, but also provide you with three meals a day.
Gu Laosan picked up the meat in the bowl and gave it to Liu Jinhua, "Mom, this piece of meat is for you."
Xie Dani looked at her husband's actions, feeling a little sad. She picked up the meat like her husband did and said, "Mom, the meat is for you."
Liu Jinhua said disdainfully, "Go away, go away! Who wants to eat your meat? You're so skinny and drooling all over."
Wang Zhaodi grabbed three pieces of meat and was eating them with gusto. "Mom, it's not that I'm unfilial, but your little grandson is breastfeeding. I need more nutrition, otherwise I won't have enough milk."
After saying that, Wang Zhaodi looked at Xie Dani with pride. She was the great contributor who gave birth to two big fat boys for the Gu family. Unlike some people, who gave birth to only girls and wasted food.
Xie Dani felt a bitter taste in her heart when Wang Zhaodi looked at her. The meat in her mouth didn't taste good anymore. Of the four daughters-in-law in the Gu family, she was the only one who hadn't given birth to a son, so she was usually the most short of breath.
At home, the three daughters are just like their mother: they get up the earliest, go to bed the latest, do the most, and eat the least, but they are still not valued.
Gu Laosan gave Xie Dani a reassuring look. What's wrong with his daughter? His daughter is both filial and considerate. They're not that old. If they can try hard to have a boy, then the older sister can take care of the younger brother, and their lives will be harmonious.
Old Lady Gu ate her meat seriously, taking everyone's reactions in. She rarely spoke unless it involved Gu Xiaowu.
Gu Aiguo said, "Okay, let's eat. We still have to go to work tomorrow."
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