Chapter 106 Selling Eggs

To be like everyone else in the village...

It’s all thanks to my youngest son, otherwise their situation would have been even worse.

Gu Cheng calculated: "Mom, if there is not enough food, you can give us some more money. You two are so old now..."

What's the point of saving so much money? It's better to eat and drink well and enjoy a peaceful life when you are old.

Before Gu Cheng finished speaking, his mother was so angry that she raised her hand to hit him: "You little brat, you only know how to think about my little money!"

Gu Cheng shut up: "Okay, I'll tell you later if you change your mind."

The situation in Shili Village is even worse than that in Liujia Village, and it is unknown how long they can hold on.

Gu Cheng left after saying this.

It was almost ten o'clock when we arrived at Liu's house.

The water level at the end of Liujia Village rose. Gu Cheng was so tall that the water level was almost as high as his thigh.

Hearing that Liu Lai-fu lived at the end of the village, Gu Cheng put down his things and bicycle and prepared to go there to take a look.

Jiang Cuihua quickly said to her son-in-law, "Come over with your father to have lunch at noon?"

"Mom, you don't have to cook for me. It's still early. I'll get the things and go back to the county town directly." Gu Cheng said.

Jiang Cuihua: "......That's fine."

As long as her daughter-in-law and her husband have a good relationship, she will be happy no matter what.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cuihua went to pack her things. Everything you eat in the county town costs money, and besides, it was estimated that vegetables would be hard to buy now.

Jiang Cuihua pulled out some good radishes from the vegetable garden, picked a handful of water spinach, a handful of celery, a few eggplants, and a few cucumbers, and asked her son-in-law to take them to the county town to eat.

The yard is drained several times a day, and except for those damaged by hail, the other vegetables are fine and there is enough to eat if you eat them sparingly.

When Gu Cheng arrived home, Liu Lai Fu was draining the water in the yard. Although the terrain here is high, it had been raining every day during this period, so there was still a lot of water accumulated in the yard.

The water must be drained away in time, otherwise the vegetables in the yard will be soaked.

"father......"

Gu Cheng raised his voice and took the scoop from Liu Laifu, "I'll do it."

"Gu Cheng?" Liu Laifu was surprised and asked, "You're back. How are you doing in the county?"

"Very good, I'll come back and take a look." said Gu Cheng.

Liu Laifu sighed and said, "Everything is fine at home, but in the village..."

After a pause, he asked his son-in-law, "I heard that some villages will receive relief food from the government. Will our village get it?"

Liujia Village has always been frugal with food. The village does have some food reserves, but it will definitely not last until next autumn's harvest.

If the higher authorities do not provide relief rations, the villagers may have to eat leaves and roots of trees in the future.

Gu Cheng was silent for a moment, then said, "There's not much food up there..."

What this means is that there is a high probability that Liujia Village will not receive any relief food. After all, so many places have suffered from disasters, and it is impossible for much food to be distributed from above.

"Forget it if there is nothing. We won't cause trouble for the country." Liu Lai Fu sighed.

After draining the water in the yard, Gu Cheng picked half a basket of vegetables.

Liu Laifu and his wife take good care of their home and there is no place that needs to be taken care of or cleaned.

He caught a fat rabbit, killed it, cleaned it up, and filled half a basket with eggs. Then Gu Cheng prepared to go back.

I hurried back to the county compound. It was already noon and Liu Yinyin was having lunch.

Liu Yinyin was almost scared to death because she didn't expect Gu Cheng to come back so soon.

She thought Gu Cheng would not come back for lunch, so Liu Yinyin was too lazy to cook and just made a pot of vegetable and lean meat porridge.

In addition, I bought two meat buns from the system to have for lunch.

The mother and son were eating happily when Gu Cheng came back unexpectedly.

Liu Yinyin's heart was about to jump out of her chest. She swallowed the meat bun in her mouth and said, "......You, why did you come back so quickly? Have you had lunch?"

"No." Gu Cheng was surprised for a moment, then his expression returned to normal after a moment.

Liu Yinyin said shyly: "Well, Aunt Zhou gave me two meat buns this morning, and I made a pot of porridge at noon. I didn't do anything else. I'll go cook for you..."

Oh my God, luckily she just bought two buns to eat, which was enough to make the matter go away.

As for why she said the buns were sent by Aunt Zhou, it was because she only bought two buns. If she said they were made... Liu Yinyin herself didn't believe it.

Besides, the pots and stoves in the kitchen were cold, and it didn't look like the fire had just been turned on.

Gu Cheng stopped her and said, "You eat first. I can just get something to eat myself."

After saying that, Gu Cheng washed his hands and went to cook without asking any other questions.

Liu Yinyin was feeling very nervous, but if Gu Cheng didn't ask, she certainly wouldn't take the initiative to tell him her secret.

After finishing her meal absentmindedly, Liu Yinyin walked over reluctantly. Gu Cheng was kneading dough to make corn cakes.

There was some porridge left in the pot, which we could eat with the corn cakes.

The man has long slender fingers and he kneads and rubs the dough very skillfully.

To be honest, Gu Cheng is not only good at making money, but he is also not someone who sits back and does not take care of household chores.

If Liu Yinyin cooks, he will help wash the dishes. If he has time, he will also help wash clothes and make breakfast.

Such men are extremely rare, not to mention in this age of gender inequality, even in later generations.

Liu Yinyin hesitated for a moment and asked him, "Is everything okay at home?"

Gu Cheng looked up at her and said, "Everything is fine. If you have nothing else to do, why don't you go and pack the things in the basket? I've brought everything you want. When we left, mother also picked a lot of vegetables for us, fearing that we would have to spend money to buy vegetables in the city."

Liu Yinyin said "oh", and seeing that he really had nothing to ask, she went to pack up.

The basket was filled to the brim, with vegetables at the bottom, two bags of eggs on top, and a cleaned rabbit wrapped in oil paper.

In addition to the things in the basket, Gu Cheng also brought a big watermelon and five cantaloupes, which were put in a net bag.

Jiang Cuihua and Liu Laifu were reluctant to eat the watermelons and cantaloupes at home.

Gu Cheng brought some back and also sent some to the Liu family. If they didn't eat it, it would go bad.

The rabbit is quite fat. After removing the skin and internal organs, it weighs about four or five kilograms. It is a rainy day and the weather is not very hot, so this rabbit is enough to eat for two days.

Liu Yinyin put the rabbit in the vegetable bowl.

There was a bag of eggs in an egg jar. She counted them and found there were thirty-eight eggs.

There was another bag of eggs, with forty in it. I hadn’t finished eating all the eggs I brought last time, so there were fifteen left.

Liu Yinyin planned to sell all these fifty-five eggs to Aunt Zhou.

There are also vegetables. This time, they brought a lot of green vegetables, which don’t last long. Liu Yinyin picked two radishes, a handful of water spinach, a handful of lettuce and a pumpkin.

I'll take it to Aunt Zhou's house later and ask her if she wants it.

After packing up, Liu Yinyin told Gu Cheng about her plan and asked him, "Is it okay for me to do this?"