After a while, Gu Changqing came back with a chicken, a fish and a piece of pork belly in his hands.
Li Qiulan couldn't help but scold him when she saw him buying so many things. "Why buy so much? You're only buying two meals a day, and you have to go back to the village early tomorrow morning."
Gu Changqing put the food in the kitchen and said with a smile, "You have to eat and drink well, it's not easy to come here."
"Yeah, it's not easy." Bai Ruoyun's eyes were almost fixed on the chicken. After saying that, she looked at Bai Ruozhen and said, "Second sister, I want to eat spicy chicken."
Bai Ruozhen responded and asked Bai Lishan, "Lishan, can you handle spicy food?"
Bai Lishan was also quite greedy and nodded, "Food."
"Then let's have spicy chicken." Gu Changqing said as he carried the chicken to kill it. Li Qiulan said to Bai Ruozhen, "You can't live like this in the future. It will cost a lot of money."
Bai Ruozhen said, "Don't worry, you can't eat like this every day. You're here now, and you can't let your brothers and sisters eat if you don't eat." In fact, they usually eat very well, especially since she is greedy. Every weekend when she comes over, Gu Changqing always buys a bunch of delicious food, and it really costs a lot of money. But she can't let her mother know about this, otherwise she will nag again.
Li Qiulan felt relieved, but she said, "They don't need to eat so well." But she also knew that their family's life was much better than before, and they had the Gu family to thank. If the second daughter hadn't brought so many things back on those two occasions, and also given Lishan ginseng, deer antlers, and other important things to nourish his body, their life would have been even more difficult. Li Qiulan was very satisfied with this life.
"The younger they are, the better they need to eat. Otherwise, what will happen if they don't grow?" Bai Ruozhen said.
Li Qiulan glanced at Bai Ruozhen, who was a full 1.68 meters tall, and said, "You didn't eat well before, how did you grow so tall?"
Bai Ruozhen choked, "That's what I was born with. God has been kind to me."
"Okay, God is good to you." Li Qiulan also agreed with this view. "If he wasn't good to you, he wouldn't let you find a man like Xiao Gu."
Bai Ruozhen: “…”
"Are you still my biological mother?" Bai Ruozhen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Li Qiulan swiftly picked the leaves and put them aside. "If it weren't for my mother, I wouldn't say that."
She glanced at Gu Changqing, who was washing vegetables at the well, and said, "How many men are willing to help with housework? Just think about your father. How many times has he helped? The most he did was boil a pot of water."
Bai Ruozhen also glanced at Gu Changqing, who happened to look over. The two of them exchanged glances and couldn't help but smile, "Well, he's really good."
Li Qiulan also went to the well with a basin to wash vegetables. Gu Changqing said, "Mom, let me do it."
Li Qiulan paused, "What did you call me?"
"Oh my god." Gu Changqing said with a smile, "Call me in advance."
Li Qiulan was deeply moved by the word "Mom," and said, "Good boy."
Bai Ruozhen made lunch with the help of Li Qiulan. After having lunch together, Bai Ruozhen urged them to rest. They were really tired after sitting on the train all night, so they went to sleep in the house. However, Bai Liqiang was too energetic to sleep, so he ran out to wander around by himself.
At night, Bai Ruozhen simply stayed with Li Qiulan and Bai Ruoyun at Wang Jun's house next door. When Bai Ruoyun fell asleep, Li Qiulan took out a handkerchief from her bag and handed it to her, "This is the dowry your mother gave you."
Bai Ruozhen was surprised, "You gave me money during the Chinese New Year."
Li Qiulan smiled and said, "Open it and take a look."
Bai Ruozhen opened it suspiciously, and inside was an emerald green bracelet. She looked at Li Qiulan in surprise, "Mom..." If it were someone else, they might not see the value of this bracelet, but don't forget, Bai Ruozhen was a queen in her previous life. This bracelet in her hand is very valuable even in the Great Zhou Dynasty, let alone here. Although these things cannot be taken out at this stage, who knows what the years will be like in a few years. In troubled times, gold is precious, and in prosperous times, antiques are precious. This thing will be very valuable in good times.
"Mom, this thing is too valuable. You should take it and use it later." Bai Ruozhen said, "I'm living a good life now. Brother Changqing and I both have salaries, and..." She glanced at the sleeping Bai Ruoyun and lowered her voice, "He secretly makes some things to sell, so we are not short of money."
Li Qiulan didn't answer and smiled, "Mom knows everything, but what you have is yours. This is the dowry Mom gave you. Not only will it be yours, but your eldest sister and Ruoyun will also have it when they get married in the future."
Bai Ruozhen was even more surprised. "Mom...where did you get so many things?"
"Alas, your grandmother gave it to me secretly back then." Li Qiulan's expression darkened as she mentioned her mother's family. "I haven't seen your grandparents in many years."
Bai Ruozhen had never heard Li Qiulan mention these things before. In fact, she only thought about it when Bai Jianhong went to her house and scolded her mother. However, she just thought that her grandmother's family was just a small wealthy family. But when she saw her mother taking out so many things, she was a little bit unbelievable.
If her grandmother's family was so wealthy, why was their family so poor? And why didn't they seek help from her grandmother's family when Lishan was born in poor health?
Seeing her doubts, Li Qiulan sighed again, "Are you wondering why we were so poor before? Why didn't Lishan ask for help from my grandmother's family?"
"Yeah." Bai Ruozhen nodded honestly.
"Because I married your dad after running away from home, your grandparents didn't agree and forced me to divorce and go home. I didn't agree, so I really drew a line between us for a while." Li Qiulan looked a little dazed as she thought of her youth. "Your grandparents were very angry that I was not up to the task and still wanted to marry your dad. They also threatened to cut off all ties with me. At that time, your dad and I thought that we should just be kind and raise him, so we held on and refused to ask your grandmother for help. But because of this, your uncle published an advertisement to draw a line between us, and our family was not implicated."
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