Chapter 105 Meeting the In-Laws for the First Time
Seeing the room full of things that Gu Qijiao bought, Xie Jinxiang and Gu Dagan couldn't help but shed tears.
They knew that this was the life that Gu Qijiao had arranged for them after she left.
This means that Gu Qijiao is about to leave.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, dripping and dripping, and the raindrops formed a bead curtain on the eaves. The hot earth was watered with the fragrance of earth.
The sound of water dripping from the eaves inexplicably gave off a scent of parting.
It made my heart sour uncontrollably.
After sending all the things to Gu Qijiao's parents' home, the young wife also stayed in the yard to eat.
Xie Jinxiang, who was reluctant to cook in the past, prepared several large bowls of dishes today.
At that time, there were no plates, pots, pans, or bowls in the countryside. Most families used wooden ladles, gourd ladles, wooden basins, and bamboo chopsticks, all of which were made by themselves.
Things like pots and pans, I can't make them myself, but if I replace them once, they can be used for several years.
Pots and bowls with chips don't necessarily have to be thrown away. You can find a pot repairman or bowl mender on the street to fix them, and they can usually be used again.
There was a pot in the room for steaming rice and another for frying vegetables. Xie Jinxiang was cooking and Gu Qijiao was holding her hand.
There was also a fire burning in the thatched shed in the yard. A tripod was placed above the fire, and a pair of tongs was placed horizontally on top of the tripod. The tripod pot was placed on the tongs.
There was chicken soup in a pot with soybeans, and it was steaming hot.
The mother and daughter were cooking in the kitchen, while Gu Dagan and Zheng Yunsheng were sitting in the thatched shed drinking tea and chatting casually.
Soon, the meal was ready.
Because of the heavy rain, it was not convenient to sit in the yard, and the house was leaking everywhere, so we had to use basins and pots all over the floor to collect the water.
Zheng Yunsheng asked Gu Dagan to carry a table and put it in the thatched shed for dinner.
The thatched hut is actually the only place in the yard that doesn't leak.
At the beginning of the year, when Gu Qijiao had just confirmed her wedding date, her parents hired craftsmen to renovate Lao Wu's house.
Their own yard was not taken care of at all.
Last year, when Gu Qijiao was still at home and had not yet married, the house was fine. I didn't expect that the leaking has become so serious now.
At this time, it would cost two to three thousand yuan to complete the construction of a house. Gu Qijiao thought that after she went to the volunteer society, she would write more manuscripts so that she could build a new house for her parents after the New Year.
Although she planned to bring her parents to live with her in the future, she still had to clean up the mess in the village.
Her mother's family was all in her hometown, and she had to find a place to stay when she came back to visit during the holidays.
The whole family sat together to eat. Although the table was full of dishes, this meal was more sumptuous than what they had eaten during the Chinese New Year.
The mood of the few people was obviously not very good. The sadness of parting was pulling them, making their faces and eyes full of reluctance.
After finishing the meal, Gu Qijiao helped Xie Jinxiang clean up the dishes, and when she saw that the rain had stopped, she left with Zheng Yunsheng.
The two did not go home directly, but contacted several craftsmen in the village to repair the house for Gu Qijiao's parents.
Although Gu Qijiao planned to build a house for her parents when she returned home for the Spring Festival, their house was not windproof and rainproof, so they couldn't just live there.
It took two days to repair the house.
Having forgotten about the house renovation, Gu Qijiao had even arranged everything for her parents.
Now that everything has been arranged, Gu Qijiao can really leave.
On the day Gu Qi left, Gu Dagan was very generous and hired the village's ox cart. He and Xie Jinxiang went to send his daughter and son-in-law to the town.
On the ox cart, Xie Jinxiang, who had basically never taught Gu Qijiao any etiquette since she was a child, actually taught Gu Qijiao the tricks of meeting her mother-in-law for the first time.
Although Gu Qijiao didn't think she could use these skills, she still listened to her mother patiently, smiling and nodding in response from time to time.
Soon, the ox cart arrived in the town.
Gu Dagan and Xie Jinxiang were waiting for the bus with their daughter and son-in-law at the bus stop.
They sent Gu Qijiao to the bus, and the bus was about to leave, but they were still reluctant to leave.
Finally the car started moving. Gu Dagan and Xie Jinxiang waved goodbye to Gu Qijiao, and Gu Qijiao and Zheng Yunsheng also waved towards the car.
The car went farther and farther away, and the figures of my parents in the distance became smaller and smaller, until they could no longer be seen.
The distance between us is getting farther and farther. The reluctance and longing create a strong wind in my heart, blowing up dust all over the ground.
Before she knew it, Gu Qijiao's face was covered with tears.
She thought that her parents, who had watched her walk away, must have burst into tears by now.
Zheng Yunsheng hugged Gu Qijiao, caressing her soft curly hair with heartache, and said:
"Don't cry. When life gets better, we will bring our parents out of the mountains."
This time, Zheng Yunsheng planned to take Gu Qijiao to his hometown, Suzhou. After settling in Suzhou and stamping Gu Qijiao's transfer letter, the two would go directly to Yanjing.
There is still no direct train from the small county to Suzhou. You have to take a bus to Kunming first, and then transfer to Suzhou in Kunming.
It took Gu Qijiao and Zheng Yunsheng more than 20 hours to get to Suzhou.
When the two arrived in Suzhou, Zheng Yunsheng's parents were already waiting for them at the Suzhou Railway Station.
1976 Suzhou Station
When in town, Zheng Yunsheng called his father's factory at the post office in advance, so his parents took half a day off in advance to pick up Gu Qijiao and Zheng Yunsheng.
This was the first time that Gu Qijiao met her parents-in-law after her rebirth, but she was not nervous at all, because she knew that her parents-in-law were kind, calm, simple and easy to get along with.
The fact was just as Gu Qijiao thought. As soon as she and Zheng Yunsheng walked out of the train station, her mother-in-law Li Xiangmei came up and snatched the package from Gu Qijiao, saying:
"Good boy, come and give it to me. You must be exhausted from the journey!"
Father-in-law Zheng Weidang was also standing aside, looking at Gu Qijiao with a smile.
Standing behind Gu Qijiao, Zheng Yunsheng, who was carrying more large and small bags, looked at his parents standing in front of him and couldn't help feeling extremely guilty.
He left in such an extreme way in his previous life, and the people he felt most sorry for were his parents. However, he suppressed the emotion in his heart and shouted excitedly:
"Dad, Mom."
Gu Qijiao, who saw her father-in-law and mother-in-law again, had mixed feelings in her heart. She raised her voice and shouted loudly along with Zheng Yunsheng:
"Dad, Mom!"
Li Xiangmei and Zheng Weidang looked at each other after seeing Gu Qijiao shouting so cheerfully, and then they happily responded to Gu Qijiao's request.
A family of four was walking on the street on their way home.
The streets are full of heavy gray buildings, and there is a sense of history everywhere. Suzhou is a city where romance and simplicity coexist.
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