Chapter 31: Family Care

These days, country folk are allowed to raise pigs, but each pig-raising family must hand over at least one pig to the collective.

The collective will also provide corresponding money and meat coupons.

That is to say, if your family only has one pig, you must hand it over.

But if you raise two or more pigs, you can keep the extra pigs for yourself or exchange them for other things with villagers.

A lot of pigs did die in the village during the previous swine plague.

The Liu family only has one pig left, which must be handed over.

But... there were some lucky ones, such as her cousin Liu Hongmei's family, where both pigs survived.

One pig is handed over, and no one knows what her family will do with the other one. Will it be sold in the village?

I'll have to ask later, and if I can buy it, I'll buy more pork then.

This is what she thought and she told Gu Cheng the same thing.

"That's right. The price of pork will definitely go up by then."

There are too many people and too little meat, so price increases are inevitable.

"If you have, buy more." Gu Cheng said, looking like he didn't mind spending money at all.

Liu Yinyin was very happy when she heard this. It was good that Gu Cheng didn't restrict her from spending money.

The next day, Gu Cheng left after breakfast.

Liu Yinyin was not idle at home either. She went to the county town last time and brought back a lot of cloth and cotton.

During this time, Liu Yinyin made two thick cotton coats, a small cotton jacket, a small quilt and a small mattress for the child, and even more diapers, more than a dozen in total.

Children's clothes don't cost much cloth, and Liu Yinyin smuggled some cloth and cotton out of the system.

Finally, there was some fabric left. Liu Yinyin thought that Gu Cheng would go to work in two days, so she planned to make two new shirts for him.

After all, he is a leader and should dress nicely. After all, they are husband and wife now. If Gu Cheng loses face in public, others will only say behind his back that she, as a wife, does not know how to live.

......

Take care of the family.

Gu Cheng bought a box of red date cakes and two kilograms of apples in the county town. When he finished his shopping and rushed back to Gu's house, it was not yet time to get off work.

But Gu's mother is resting at home today and didn't go to work.

"Mom, I'm back." Gu Cheng walked in and put the things on the table in the main room.

Seeing her son coming back, Gu's mother sat in the recliner calmly, raised her eyelids, and said with a dull face: "You still remember to come back? I thought you were reluctant to leave the Liu family."

He has been gone for so many days and has never come back. Her son was born in vain and has become a luxury for the Liu family.

Gu Cheng said helplessly: "You and Dad are both here, how can I not come back?"

Mother Gu snorted, and then said with a gentle look: "If you really have your parents in your heart, you should break up with Liu Yinyin as soon as possible."

Gu Cheng sighed and said, "Mom, Yinyin and I can't break up, and...she's already pregnant."

"Pregnant? She got pregnant so quickly? Is the child yours?" Gu's mother became anxious when she heard this, fearing that her son was being plotted against.

Could it be that Liu Yinyin had an affair with some wild man and gave birth to a child, and she is putting the blame on her stupid son?

Gu Cheng frowned when he heard this: "Mom, of course the child is mine. It's already eight months old."

I don't know why his mother has such a deep prejudice against Yin Yin. They seemed fine when they just got married.

"What?" Gu's mother said with her eyes wide open, "No way, why didn't she say it at the beginning? There must be something fishy here. Son, don't be fooled by this family, who knows, they might be plotting against you deliberately."

His mother was determined not to believe that the baby in Liu Yinyin's belly was his. The more Gu Cheng listened, the uglier his expression became.

I didn't want to talk to her anymore, so I just said, "I'm going to help my dad in the fields."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Gu's mother said so much, but Gu Chengdu remained indifferent. She rolled her eyes in anger, pointed at him from behind and scolded him: "You ungrateful bastard, how can I harm you when I am your own mother? You don't trust me, but trust a group of outsiders. Be careful that you will be made a fool and raise someone else's son..."

At noon, the family came back from work. Gu's mother still looked unhappy, but at least she didn't say anything unpleasant.

The food was served and the family started to eat lunch.

The food at the Gu family was obviously better than at the Liu family, and it was the busy farming season, so everyone in the family had to eat better.

Braised pork with garlic sprouts, green pepper and eggs, mushrooms and vegetables, stir-fried eggplant and beans, cold cucumber salad, and winter melon soup.

The staple food is mixed noodle wowotou, which is made of white flour, corn flour and buckwheat flour. In the countryside, this kind of meal is definitely one of the best.

While eating, Gu Cheng said, "Mom and Dad, I'll be back in the afternoon."

Gu's mother's face darkened and she asked, "Go back? Go back to the Liu family? Are you planning to be a live-in son-in-law?"

What's the point of not going back to your home and going to live at Liu's?

Gu Cheng said helplessly: "Yin Yin and I moved out."

Gu's mother scolded him: "You were deceived by that vixen, and now you can't tell the difference between good and bad."

"That's right..." Mrs. Gu couldn't help but interrupt, "Gu Cheng, I'm not being nosy, but our family hasn't split up yet. If you just stay in Liujia Village like this, how will the people in the village think of our family and our parents?"

"What can you think?" Gu Cheng had endured for so long, and he was not without anger, "When I was away, Yinyin had been living at her parents' house, and you didn't say anything."

"Oh my God, are you blaming me?" Gu's mother slammed the table in anger, complaining, "I knew they would tell you that I was the one who kicked Liu Yinyin out, right? Then why don't you think about why I kicked her out instead of the eldest brother's wife? If she was a good person, would I have kicked her out?"

Mrs. Gu was happy to add fuel to the fire and said, "Gu Cheng, mother didn't do this for no reason. You don't know that Yinyin is restless at home and flirts with other men when she goes out."

"Flirting?" Gu Cheng laughed, "Sister-in-law, tell me, why is Yinyin flirting with other people outside?"

Mrs. Gu glanced at him and counted on her fingers, "Don't disbelieve me, I saw it with my own eyes. When she was at work, she had sex with the soldiers in the village, Da Meng, Gou Zi...

She has already talked to him, and he is helping her with work. If there is no reason, why would he help her with work?"

"So...it turns out that it was you, sister-in-law, who complained." Gu Cheng suddenly realized.

No wonder his mother has become like this now. I guess Mrs. Gu has said a lot of bad things about Liu Yinyin in front of her.

Mrs. Gu immediately became angry: "I'm not talking nonsense, I saw it with my own eyes, and I didn't wrongly accuse her!"

"Sister-in-law, you never say a word to other men outside? Then why are you telling me so much now? Are you trying to seduce me too?" Gu Cheng asked her back.

"You idiot, what nonsense are you talking about!" Seeing that he didn't say a single nice word, Gu's mother was so angry that she threw the chopsticks at him.