Chapter 7 Chapter 7 I really miss you these days, every moment...
After Hongguo started, she couldn't control what happened next. She wasn't as strong as him, and she couldn't bear to hear his careful pleading. How could she feel pity for such a powerful man?
She couldn't bear to refuse, but it was daytime now and someone might come to visit at any time, to talk, or to borrow things. If people knew that she was staying at home in broad daylight, the news would spread quickly throughout the village. She still had to behave herself, so she was frightened and had to beg him pitifully, coaxing him to close the door and go to bed early at night.
Gu Changzong then let go of the person in his arms and kissed him reluctantly: "Guoguo, I really missed you these days, every moment."
Jiang Hongguo was very touched. She missed him, too. Thinking of the potential anxiety, she begged, "You'd better not go out to work. When you're not at home, I sleep at Aunt Liu's house."
Gu Changzong kissed her again and said that he didn’t have to go now, but even if he had to go, he must take Hongguo with him.
"By the way, Auntie Wang's family has collected enough money to build a house in just a few days. Isn't it enough to just dig ginseng?"
He thought Meng Qingdai was not that stupid.
He just came back and didn't know yet. Jiang Hongguo said that Meng Qingdai picked up a piece of gold and sold it for one thousand yuan. The woodshed was really not habitable, and Aunt Wang wanted to build a house to save face.
"We are from the same village. You should go over and help out starting tomorrow."
It’s better not to go out and avoid trouble.
"Is gold so easy to cash in?" Gu Changzong was surprised and felt that the wild ginseng he had just sold was worthless.
What does he want to do? Does he want to pick up gold? That's impossible. Ginseng and gold are both good things. How can you avoid disaster?
Jiang Hong was really afraid that he would follow closely and pick up a piece of it, so she asked Chang Zong to promise: "You are not allowed to secretly pick up and sell things without telling me. If you promise, I will give you a reward."
Gu Changzong nodded quickly: "Okay, I won't pick up things randomly. I'll tell you first if I see anything. Guoguo, what's the reward?"
Jiang Hongguo blushed: "Let's talk about it tonight."
Gu Changzong began to look forward to it and felt a different feeling at night. He and Hongguo took the initiative, but they were different, one in heaven and one on earth. However, Hongguo was too weak and she kept asking to go to bed after a while, and he felt unsatisfied.
Jiang Hongguo didn't want to get up late in the morning, because Aunt Wang's family was doing foundation work today and they wanted to have a banquet and invite those who helped to eat, and invited Aunt Liu and Jiang Hongguo to help in the kitchen. She didn't want to be urged, and people would always tease her if they were urged.
Jiang Hongguo saw Changzong put on the new cloth shoes she made for him. He wore new shoes to work, wasn't he afraid of getting them dirty? Shoes are made to be worn, and Changzong bought her small leather shoes, so Jiang Hongguo put them on.
Gu Changzong was delighted: "Hongguo, put on your skirt."
Just for this pair of new leather shoes, she had to spend a long time explaining the source of the money, let alone the money for the skirt. Isn't that enviable?
Jiang Hongguo pushed him out and said, "I'm afraid of the cold. I'll wear the skirt when it's warmer."
Hongguo and Changzong went to Auntie Wang's house one after the other. Sister Liu was sharp-eyed and was the first to notice the new shoes on Jiang Hongguo's feet. They were made of real leather and cost at least 10 or 20 yuan a pair. Jiang Hongguo was one of the best in the village, so she had to show off to her: "Hongguo, your leather shoes are so beautiful. Did Changzong buy them for you?"
Jiang Hongguo nodded shyly and complained deliberately, "He said he was going to the city to find a job, but he didn't make any money. Instead, he spent all the money he earned from odd jobs. I thought he would buy some clothes to make him happy."
Aunt Liu kept praising him: "I bought it for you, why are you still talking about him? You two young couples don't have any place to spend money for the time being, and besides, he earned it all. Such a good man, don't talk about him."
Jiang Hongguo nodded accordingly.
Aunt Wang saw her daughter-in-law staring at the new shoes on Jiang Hongguo's feet and thought that all the money earned by Gu Zhiqing in Hongguo's family was spent on Hongguo. The only new cloth shoes on Gu Zhiqing's feet were handmade. The money in her family was brought by her daughter-in-law's luck, so she should really spend some on her daughter-in-law.
Aunt Wang smiled and assured Meng Qingdai: "Next time, I will definitely ask the third brother to buy it for you as well."
Meng Qingdai shyly declined: "Mom, I don't care about these."
Jiang Hongguo was concerned that Kong Laosan only said nice things and had never bought anything for Qingdai. Instead, he boasted about Meng Qingdai's good luck, saying that maybe she could pick up an antique next time and sell it for more money.
Jiang Hongguo heard Gu Changzong boasting about the cloth shoes on his feet: "Hongguo made them for me. She only made shoes for her father before. Now she makes them for me, so they are different. There are many people here today, so I put them on to show you. Otherwise, I would not be willing to wear them while working."
Jiang Hongguo blushed with shame. What kind of man wears on his feet if it is not made by his wife? What is there to brag about? But she was happy in her heart. She must be good to Changzong.
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Aunt Wang's house was built quickly and the beams were put up soon. They planned to hold a beam-raising banquet and invited several tables. Jiang Hongguo was still helping in the kitchen.
She saw that Kong Laosan looked thinner than last month, with bruises under his eyes, and he couldn't even carry a load of 100 kilograms. With this strength, could he still farm?
Looking at Meng Qingdai again, her face was rosy and her expression was happy. She was shy and inseparable from Kong Laosan. Everyone praised the young couple as having the best relationship in the village. The second best was Jiang Hongguo and Gu Changzong.
Hongguo didn't care about this. She was thinking about Changzong's health. At night, he asked for excessive requests again, but Jiang Hongguo refused to allow it.
"Chang Zong, you saw how healthy Kong Lao San was today. He looked so good on the wedding day. Now he looks like he has just recovered from a serious illness. He must be as unrestrained as you are. Don't rely on your better health. In a few more months, I'm afraid you will end up like him."
Gu Changzong felt so aggrieved. How could Kong Laosan be on the same level as him? Fortunately, men and women are different. Fortunately, Guoguo did not look haggard.
He told her: "If you want me to be tired, then you have to stay in bed all day. You don't have the energy for that."
Jiang Hongguo was annoyed: "Don't brag about your own stuff in public, or people will laugh at you."
Gu Changzong wanted to give it a try, but Jiang Hongguo was already tired and scolded him: "If you make trouble again, go to the next room and sleep."
That definitely wouldn't work, Changzong didn't insist and just held her quietly.
After the new house was built, Aunt Wang and her son and daughter-in-law moved in. Not only her eldest son and second son, but also the villagers were very envious.
What made him even more envious was that not long after, Kong Laosan brought back a 14-inch black-and-white TV from the county supply and marketing cooperative!
This was the first TV in the village. On the day the antenna was installed and the channels were tuned in, the TV station happened to be rerunning "Huo Yuanjia". It was the first time for almost everyone in the village, including Jiang Hongguo, to watch TV. More than a hundred adults, children and the elderly gathered inside and outside the spacious courtyard of Aunt Wang's new home. The crowd dispersed only when snowflakes started to fall on the TV station.
Because Jiang Hongguo was familiar with Aunt Wang's family, he was able to squeeze to the front and see the fighting scene clearly. The people at the back could only hear the noise, and no one was willing to leave.
Jiang Hongguo was so excited when she saw it, it was so good. No wonder city people, once they had the means, would grit their teeth and buy a TV. No wonder TV sets were so expensive, but TV tickets were still hard to come by. If she had the money, she would have bought one too, the TV series was so good.
After the crowd at the back dispersed, Jiang Hongguo and Aunt Liu came out, both with flushed faces and very excited. Huo Yuanjia was so handsome that they made an appointment to come again tomorrow night.
Gu Changzong saw that Hongguo liked watching TV, so he said, "Guoguo, if you like it, let's buy one ourselves."
Auntie Wang bought a TV for 450 yuan. Not many families in the city have TVs, let alone in the countryside. How can she explain where the money came from? Even if she collected enough money, wouldn't she be afraid of being envied?
Jiang Hongguo was actually worried about Meng Qingdai. She couldn't interfere in other people's affairs, but could Changdong not interfere?
She immediately told Changdong to give up the idea: "I don't like watching TV, and you are not allowed to use illegal means to get money to buy a TV. I will be angry."
The next night, Jiang Hongguo did not go to Aunt Wang's house to watch TV, and expressed her determination to Changdong with her actions. However, on the third day, she still couldn't help it and went to Aunt Wang's house with Aunt Liu to watch Huo Yuanjia. She was so satisfied with the show that she didn't want to go back.
After the first broadcast of Huo Yuanjia, Aunt Wang stopped moving the TV into the yard, saying that it disturbed her family's rest. It was true, with so many people watching every day, how could they sleep? But it was visibly that Kong Laosan looked much more energetic.
Her family was the only one in the village that had a TV. Although the adults didn't go, some children still went to watch it. As time went by, the children began to speak frankly, saying that Aunt Wang's kitchen smelled so good and that delicious food was made every day. There were also fragrant and soft cakes made with malted milk and eggs at home.
With such good conditions, everyone guessed that Meng Qingdai might have found a gold mine or some treasure hiding place, otherwise how could her family have so much money?
Even Aunt Liu believed it, and she was no longer as friendly with Aunt Wang as before, and she even whispered to Jiang Hongguo:
"I asked Aunt Wang if her daughter-in-law had found a treasure. I was the one who advised her to keep it a secret. Now she is hiding it from me. If she doesn't want to tell you, then don't tell me. I don't want to take advantage of her. She couldn't even borrow five dollars at the beginning, and I lent it to her from you. Now that she is a little richer, she doesn't care about anyone."
What could Jiang Hongguo say? She could only nod and agree, becoming more worried about Meng Qingdai.
Sure enough, before the autumn harvest was harvested, Meng Qingdai got into trouble. She went to the county town with Kong Laosan, but only Kong Laosan came back alone. He was heartbroken and said that he and Meng Qingdai were kidnapped, and Qingdai held the bad guys and helped him escape. He had already called the police, but he didn't know if the police could rescue Qingdai.
Aunt Wang cried so much that she almost fainted several times. Aunt Liu immediately put aside her past grudges and stayed with Aunt Wang day and night, crying bitterly for several times.
The village chief arranged a team of young and strong people to go to the county town to look for someone, and Gu Changzong was also arranged to go.
To be able to kidnap Kong Laosan and Meng Qingdai at once, there must be several people on the other side, and they must be extremely vicious. Jiang Hongguo gave Changzong the military knife her father had left for her for self-defense, and told him to stay with the others and never be alone.
Gu Changzong put the knife into his pocket and suddenly asked, "Guoguo, do you want Meng Qingdai to live or die?"
What kind of words are these? Meng Qingdai has sacrificed so much for Kong Lao San and incurred so much hatred, why should she die? What does Changzong think?
Jiang Hongguo blurted out: "Of course I hope she is alive."
Gu Changzong did not argue. In his heart, he felt that Meng Qingdai deserved to die for being stupid, but Guoguo said that she hoped she was alive, so he would see what the situation was and talk about it once he could find her.
The villagers had been out for two or three days. Except for Aunt Wang's three sons, Changzong, and Uncle Yang from Aunt Liu's family who did not give up, everyone else came back one after another.
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