Li Qiulan followed her parents into a thatched hut, and when she saw that it was leaking air everywhere, tears started to fall again.
"Why are you crying? It's nothing. It doesn't matter if you're all here." Li Mosheng smiled and said to Lin Xiujuan, "Old woman, go boil some hot water for your daughter."
Gu Changqing stood outside and felt that it was not much warmer inside than outside, and the clothes the old people were wearing were not thick.
It seems I need to get some cotton jackets.
Li Qiulan was talking about this to her parents and brother when Li Xiuming and a middle-aged woman came in from outside. Li Xiuming was stunned when he saw Gu Xiaoli, then he pursed his lips and went into the house with the woman.
After a while, Li Qiulan also came out, her eyes were obviously swollen, and she said to Gu Changqing, "Let's go back first."
Li Mosheng and his wife, as well as Li Qiuxuan and his wife, were in the back, all with smiles on their faces like family reunions. Li Mosheng glanced at Gu Changqing and said, "Hello, young man."
"Hello, Grandpa." Gu Changqing shouted.
Li Mosheng smiled and said, "Okay, good boy."
Li Mosheng and the others had to continue working in the afternoon, and Gu Changqing and others could not stay long. Gu Xiaoli followed Gu Changqing, looked back at Li Xiuming, pursed her lips and said nothing, then quickly followed Gu Changqing out.
"Alas." After everyone left, Li Mosheng sighed, "It would have been better if I hadn't come. What if Qiulan got involved too?"
"No." Li Xiuming said.
Li Mosheng didn't hear clearly, "What?"
Li Xiuming looked up at his grandfather and said, "The Gu family knows a lot of people in Yancheng. Auntie just came to see us and it's okay. Besides," he paused and lowered his voice, "Brother Gu said that such a day won't be too far away. We should wait patiently and take good care of our health. We will get better one day."
"What about that just now?" Li Mosheng asked in surprise.
Li Xiuming nodded, "Well, now I should say he is my cousin's husband."
"Then what are you going to do with that girl..." Li Qiuxuan said, "your cousin's husband's sister?"
Li Xiuming felt a little lonely. "I don't know. While our family is still like this, I won't get along with her and bring trouble to her. If she finds someone who treats her well, I will bless her. If she still finds someone like Wang Qiang, I will still destroy her."
"Why bother?" Li Qiuxuan shook his head.
Li Xiuming looked at his father seriously and said, "It is very necessary."
Li Qiuxuan was stunned, as if he saw the situation more than 20 years ago when his sister insisted on marrying a small worker, and she was also so serious and stubborn.
The three people who left did not speak all the way. Li Qiulan was still immersed in the scene of her parents meeting each other, and Gu Xiaoli's mind was still lingering about the day when Li Xiuming asked her when they came to Penglai whether she would be willing to marry if their family was rehabilitated.
After arriving in town, the three of them took a bus to Penglai County. Gu Xiaoli had to go to work, so Gu Changqing and Li Qiulan took a bus back to Yancheng. Gu Changqing said to Li Qiulan, "It will be easy once we find it, Mom, don't worry."
"Ah?" Li Qiulan was stunned.
Gu Changqing said, "I've never mentioned this before, but I know a director of the Revolutionary Committee."
Li Qiulan looked at him in surprise.
"Mom, let's talk about it when we get back." Gu Changqing smiled soothingly.
Li Qiulan finally smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Li Qiulan was extremely anxious and asked Gu Changqing as soon as she got home.
The two entered the house, and Bai Ruozhen looked at them, "Did you see it?"
Li Qiulan anxiously asked about what they had talked about on the way, and responded with a prompting, "Xiao Gu, tell me."
Gu Changqing took a sip of water from his teacup and said, "I know the director of the Revolutionary Committee. Although it's difficult to remove the hat on my head, I think I can provide some help."
That's not bad, Li Qiulan said with a happy face, "I know it's not easy to take off the hat, but it's so cold and they don't even have a cotton jacket or trousers in such a house. They are old, so it would be nice if you could send them some cotton clothes."
Gu Changqing hummed, "I'll go ask tomorrow."
Money makes the world go round these days. He has plenty of good stuff in his hands, and even the director of the Revolutionary Committee must have needs for it.
Now not only Li Qiulan was urging him, but Bai Ruozhen and Qiu Lanying were also urging him.
That night, Gu Changqing took some ginseng, deer antlers and other things, put a watch in his arms, and went to the home of the director of the Revolutionary Committee.
When he came back, he said, "In a few days, the director will use the school's lack of intellectuals as an excuse to let those old guys teach there. Although they won't be paid or given any other subsidies and it's voluntary labor, at least it's indoors, which is better than going out and carrying manure. He also told me that there's news from the province that some people who were labeled as the "five black categories" have been reinstated. As the director of the Revolutionary Committee, he doesn't want to fall out with these people, so he will find a way to improve their living conditions. But we can send some cotton clothes in advance, so it should be no problem."
The news that Gu Changqing brought back was so precious that Li Qiulan was filled with excitement. She planned to go to the department store the next day to buy cotton and cloth to make cotton-padded clothes and trousers for the old man.
Bai Ruozhen sighed and took out all the cotton and cloth stored at home, saying, "Use these. Cotton is hard to buy right now, but just in case, I think it would be best to put some patches on it after it's done. The more worn, the better."
Li Qiulan thought so too and didn't feel pretentious with her daughter. She immediately accepted the cotton and cloth and started making it that night.
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