Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Jiang Hongguo blurted out: "I want you to stay...
Now the aunts really didn't avoid talking about Jiang Hongguo. Hongguo said she wanted the fermented bean curd from Aunt Liu's house. Aunt Liu picked two pieces for her and put them in the bowl, then continued the topic with Aunt Wang.
"It's the first day the new daughter-in-law comes home, so she got up a little late, right? You can't let her make breakfast for the whole family on the first day. You're not that evil mother-in-law."
This is not what Aunt Wang is dissatisfied with.
"You don't know, the young couple quarreled last night until late at night. Are you going to take care of my son's health? If they continue to quarrel like this, his health will collapse in less than a month."
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "We are all experienced people. We can't wrongly accuse the new daughter-in-law. It must be that your son is not making enough trouble. It's like this when you just get married. If you don't believe me, ask Hong Guo. She has been married to Gu Zhiqing for a year and is still like this."
Aunt Wang didn't believe it. How could someone have such good physical strength? It was impossible for him to last for a whole year. Even if he did, it was because the man's body was damaged. There is always a ox that gets damaged by plowing, but there is no land that gets damaged by pears.
Aunt Wang assigned Jiang Hongguo a task: "Hongguo, you and Qingdai are both young wives. Come to my house and have a personal chat with her. There are many things to do at home. Don't pester your husband all day long."
Jiang Hongguo blushed. How could she say this?
What's more, Meng Qingdai and Gu Zhiqing used to be in the same literacy class. Gu Zhiqing was the teacher and Meng Qingdai was a student. Jiang Hongguo would not go looking for Meng Qingdai.
Aunt Liu also said it was inappropriate: "Hongguo is too shy, how can she say it out loud? I'll ask my daughter to tell me when she's done with the confinement and when she returns to her parents' home."
"My son's health won't allow him to wait until then. Never mind. If he's still like this in two days, I'll say it myself."
Jiang Hongguo didn't hear what she wanted to hear, but heard a lot of embarrassing words. She only ate a little bit of the two pieces of fermented tofu and left the whole piece for Changzong.
"The fermented bean curd made by Aunt Liu is delicious. I have also tried it, but it's not as good as hers."
Pickling vegetables and making fermented bean curd each have their own unique flavor and it is impossible to learn how to do it. Jiang Hongguo believes that the fermented bean curd made by Aunt Liu is better than hers. In the past, Gu Zhiqing was so reserved that he shamelessly asked Aunt Liu to exchange with him twice.
Gu Changzong couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the small piece of rotten tofu on the thick porridge that gave off a strange smell.
"Try it." Jiang Hongguo only shared the good things with him.
Gu Changzong wrapped the fermented bean curd with white porridge and swallowed it in one gulp.
Jiang Hongguo's eyelids twitched, and he lowered his head, biting the fermented bean curd in small bites, thinking to himself, Changzong's taste has changed. He likes to eat all kinds of meat, vegetables, and pickles the most. I haven't seen him eat them anymore. So should we pickle the bacon this year? Jiang Hongguo was at a loss.
"Hongguo, you just went over to ask for two pieces of fermented tofu. Why did it take so long? Did you say anything?" Gu Changzong asked.
"Auntie Wang came and said that her new daughter-in-law got up late and that it was bad for her son's health."
Jiang Hongguo also felt that it was bad for her health, so she hinted at it, hoping that Changzong would listen to her.
Gu Changzong looked up at Jiang Hongguo and said seriously, "Her son's body can't handle it. Aunt Wang is right to worry."
Jiang Hongguo didn't understand. He knew that others were not capable of this, so why didn't he exercise restraint?
"Auntie Wang's youngest son is two years younger than you."
Gu Changzong smiled: "Guoguo, are you concerned about me? It's okay, he is not even one tenth as good as me, don't worry."
Jiang Hongguo ignored him and there was no way she could reason with him. There was a quarrel at Aunt Wang's house, so Jiang Hongguo put down his bowl and chopsticks and went to mediate with Aunt Liu.
Meng Qingdai got up late today, and her two sisters-in-law were already unhappy, so they only left her with pickles for breakfast.
Meng Qingdai disliked the strange taste of the pickles and refused to eat them. After being scolded by her sisters-in-law, the quarrel became more and more fierce.
Aunt Wang thought that there were some leftover vegetables from yesterday, so the family started to play tricks on her. The young daughter-in-law knew that her two sisters-in-law were unhappy with her for getting up late, so they deliberately gave her pickles, which caused her to get angry.
It was understandable that the new daughter-in-law got up a day late, but giving her pickles was an obvious way of making things difficult for her. Aunt Wang helped the younger daughter-in-law to scold the older and second daughters-in-law.
The two daughters-in-law and their mother-in-law had been holding grudges against each other for a long time, and finally the grudge exploded. They accused the mother-in-law of being partial and demanded a separation.
Everyone advised that it was difficult to treat everyone equally and that Aunt Wang was indeed biased.
Aunt Wang still feels aggrieved, saying that the eldest and second daughter-in-law both asked for dowries, but the youngest daughter-in-law's family did not ask for a dowry. How can she be partial?
What everyone said seemed to make sense, and after a whole morning of persuasion, we finally managed to persuade Aunt Wang's family to settle.
Jiang Hongguo was secretly delighted. She didn't have parents-in-law, sisters-in-law, or younger brothers-in-law. She and Changzong lived like a young couple. Although they didn't have the help of elders or the support of brothers and sisters, they also had fewer troubles.
It had only been half a day since they last saw each other and she missed Changzong a little. After coming out of Aunt Wang's house, Jiang Hongguo went to the field to pick up Changzong and take them home together. When they reached the ridge of the field, the production team leader said that Changzong had gone to the village office to make a phone call.
"He received a call from home, asking him to call back urgently, and he did."
Jiang Hongguo felt disappointed. She had just been glad that she didn't have to worry about her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. But Changzong did have parents and brothers, he just didn't have them in the countryside.
He is a city dweller, and now that his parents have been rehabilitated, would anyone not want to return to the city?
Jiang Hongguo was walking on the ridge of the field in a depressed mood, and Gu Changzong, who had just finished his phone call, caught up with her halfway.
"Guoguo, the sun is so strong, walk under the shade of the tree." Gu Changzong pulled Jiang Hongguo under the big willow tree.
Jiang Hongguo simply decided not to leave. Looking at the field ridges overgrown with weeds, he felt uneasy.
"What's the matter with your family? Are they urging you to go back?"
"Well, Guoguo, do you want me to stay or go back?"
When they were separated from Gu Zhiqing before, she always hoped that he would stay. Now that they are real husband and wife, is there any need to ask?
Jiang Hongguo said in a bad tone, and walked away: "If you want to go back, go back. Why ask me? Just decide for yourself."
Gu Changzong pulled her back: "I don't want to go back. I refused. What about you? Do you not care whether I go back or not, or do you hope that I will stay?"
Jiang Hongguo was surprised and looked up at him. Before, when he heard that his family had been rehabilitated, he couldn't wait to go back and didn't wait even for a day. But now that his family was urging him to go back, he didn't want to go back. He was really different now.
Jiang Hongguo blurted out: "I want you to stay."
Gu Changzong smiled and held her in his arms: "Okay, this is what you said, you can't chase me away in the future."
This is in the fields, and it's time to go home for dinner. He actually dared to do such an intimate thing. How embarrassing.
Jiang Hongguo quickly pushed him away, trotted a few steps, her face flushed, and then looked at the endless crops and laughed again. It was not that she didn't want Changzong to go back, as long as he still remembered to go home, it was not impossible.
At this moment, no one really noticed the young couple. Jiang Hongguo quietly hooked Chang Zong's big hand, which was very strong and warm. She was looking forward to winter, as it would definitely be warm to hug him.
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In the past few days, Jiang Hongguo no longer thought about the confusing question of whether Changzong was Changzong or Gu Zhiqing.
Chang Zong was no different from a normal person. She might have been overthinking it before. How could Chang Zong not be a human? Maybe Gu Zhiqing, who had separated from her before, was the one with the problem.
Changzong went to the fields every day, and when it rained he would go to the flooded ditches to catch fish and shrimps. She would stay at home to prepare some fresh food, and wait for Changzong to come back to eat together. She liked to see him frown or smile.
The biggest new thing in the village is still Aunt Wang's house. The youngest daughter-in-law loves to eat fish and shrimp, and the youngest son goes fishing in the river every day. That day, he slipped into the water and was fortunately pulled up by Gu Changzong who passed by.
Aunt Wang no longer allowed her youngest son to go fishing. When chatting at the village entrance, she complained that the man she married without spending any money was just a vase that looked pretty but was actually useless, lazy and gluttonous, and still wanted to eat meat.
Jiang Hongguo put herself in his shoes. Isn't she more lazy than Meng Qingdai? She wanted to do some housework at home, but she had to fight with Changzong for work.
Jiang Hongguo's face turned red with embarrassment. She couldn't respond and could only listen.
I heard that Meng Qingdai's elder sister-in-law and the younger sister-in-law put aside their past grudges and joined forces to target her, and her mother-in-law began to complain. Her life was very difficult. Jiang Hongguo sighed in her heart. Fortunately, Kong Laosan still loved his wife, otherwise life would be difficult.
Jiang Hongguo heard a lot of gossip, but she didn't mention it when she got home. She didn't want to mention Meng Qingdai in front of Gu Changzong.
However, the next day, Meng Qingdai's embarrassing situation took a turn for the better.
What happened was that Meng Qingdai was angry with her two sisters-in-law and went to the mountains to look for mushrooms. They encountered a wild boar weighing more than 300 kilograms. She was lucky enough to be able to climb trees, so the wild boar crashed into the tree and became unconscious. She used a stone to smash the wild boar's head, and got a huge wild boar!
Several young and strong men in the village were called to carry the wild boar, and Gu Changzong was also called.
Aunt Wang was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She knew that if she ate the wild boar alone, she would be hated. So she tried to be gracious and talked to the village chief, giving away half the pig for free and selling the other half, which meant buying half a pound and giving away half a pound for free.
With such a great bargain, the village office was even busier than when the New Year pig was slaughtered. Many people went there, waiting for the butcher to slaughter the pigs and chop the meat.
Jiang Hongguo took the money and trotted over with Aunt Liu, fearing that they would not be able to buy it.
Aunt Liu kept praising Aunt Wang for her good fortune: "Half a pig weighs about 100 kilograms of pork, which is worth at least 60 or 70 yuan. This is unexpected wealth. Your daughter-in-law really brings good luck to your family."
Aunt Wang had completely forgotten what she had said a few days ago under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village that her daughter-in-law was useless as a vase.
"That's right. I said that Qingdai is a good daughter-in-law. She is much more filial than the eldest and second daughters-in-law. She never makes me angry and brings wealth to the family. From now on, I will never let her eat pickles again."
Jiang Hongguo couldn't help but look at Meng Qingdai, who was shyly leaning against Kong Laosan. It was obvious that she really liked Kong Laosan and was lucky enough not to be hurt by the wild boar. But why was her eyes always on Gu Changzong?
Jiang Hongguo was somewhat displeased and stepped forward a few steps, blocking Gu Changzong who was learning how to slaughter a pig, so as not to let Meng Qingdai watch.
Gu Changzong raised his head, smiled at Jiang Hongguo, and said, "Guoguo, the pig is about to be slaughtered, don't look."
The wild boar was just dying, not dead yet. Jiang Hongguo quickly turned his head, covered his ears and ran away.
She did not forget to glance at Meng Qingdai, who also shyly buried her head in Kong Laosan's shoulder, looking very scared. However, Jiang Hongguo thought to herself, Meng Qingdai was quite good at pretending to be scared, as she could hit the wild boar's head with a stone.
I'll go back and talk to Changzong and ask him to go up the mountain less often in the future to avoid encountering things that are hard to explain again.
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