Gu Qinghuan fed Xu Huai'an with one hand and ate a cake with the other.

Not to mention, the cakes made with the spiritual spring water are all very fragrant. She usually eats one cake at most, but today she ate two.

Not to mention Xu Huai'an, she originally took 5 tickets, and after finishing her meal, she still felt a little unsatisfied.

Gu Qinghuan brought in a few cakes that were left over by the children outside and fed them.

My stomach is like a bottomless pit. I won't feel satisfied until I finish all the cakes. Well, I don't need to pick up leftovers.

After feeding the biscuits, Gu Qinghuan asked the baby to raise his head and nodded, then poured the spiritual spring water directly into his mouth, and he drank it in a few gulps.

The water tasted sweet, and Xu Huaian had no doubts.

Although it is a good medicine for you, it is not a product of this era after all. It is better not to let you know about it. Less trouble is worse than more.

Just as she was about to go out, Xu Huaian suddenly called her.

"Comrade Gu, please wait a moment."

"Anything else?"

"When I retired from the army, the leaders above helped me get disability benefits. From then on, I could receive 15 yuan in pension every month. I haven't collected it in the past two years. I'm sorry to bother you to go to the county government and collect it for me.

I am not in my right mind, please keep this money and use it for household expenses."

Xu Huaian used to be a filial son and sent most of his monthly allowance back home. After he was discharged from the army, Liu Guifang cheated him out of his savings of more than 1,000 yuan using various excuses.

In the first six months after I came back, when I was still able to move freely, I thought I could live on my own and not trouble the organization, so I never went to collect the money.

After she lost her freedom and was abandoned by her family, she realized that she must not let Liu Guifang know about the money. Her greed was endless, and she could not spend a penny on her and her two children.

The two children were still young, so I couldn’t go to the county to help pick them up, and the matter was put on hold.

Fortunately, the old leader insisted on helping me to obtain a pension, which has helped me get out of my urgent need.

Comrade Gu married me in order to earn money for her mother's medical treatment. She had taken advantage of me, and I couldn't let my family support me and our two children at all costs.

With this money as a foundation, we can receive 15 yuan every month in the future. At least we don't have to worry about our livelihood. Gu Qinghuan is good. I believe he will treat the two children well for the sake of the money.

Gu Qinghuan had not expected such a good thing to happen. She was worrying about how to explain the sudden appearance of something at home in the future. The meals were too exquisite, and she fell asleep on the pillow.

The two-year pension is three hundred and sixty yuan, which is enough for her to spend for a while.

It seems that this money was kept secret from Liu Guifang and Xu Mingxiao, which is quite smart.

"Also, I know you've been wronged by taking care of the three of us. When I get better, I'll set you free and dissolve our marriage.

If anything happens to me, please take good care of the two children."

Listening to 놛's heavy tone, which sounded as if he was giving instructions for his last wishes, Gu Qinghuan felt inexplicably unmotivated. In the book, 놛 was indeed dead, and Liu Guifang had found him and carried him away, leaving his body in the wilderness.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, you crow beak, it will definitely heal, you said it yourself, we'll get divorced when you recover, you're so thin, like a skeleton, it's so ugly.

To be honest, I don't want to remarry with the reputation of a widow. It's so ugly. You must get better. "

Gu Qinghuan's words successfully helped Xu Huai'an to get out of his sad mood.

Staring at his thighs again and again.

Is it ugly? I remember that there were many girls who liked you in the art troupe before, why is it different here with Gu Qinghuan?

It's because I haven't looked in the mirror for a long time and can't see what I look like, otherwise I would be scared.

With his long hair, thick beard and skinny body, it is no exaggeration to say that he is ugly.

When Gu Qinghuan came out, she found that Dabao had already washed all the dishes, except for the ones on her hands.

Beibei was sweeping the weeds in the yard with a broken broom that she had gotten from somewhere.

While she was cooking in the morning, the two children had already finished weeding the yard.

These two kids have work to do, so they are very worry-free.

"Dabao, stop working and take your sister to talk to dad. It's rare for you to be awake for a while."

"Dad is awake?" Dabao stood up, wiped his hands, and asked happily.

"Well, remember to talk to you about happy things. It will help your condition."

"Okay, I understand."

"Dad, are you awake?" Dabao walked to the edge of the kang with red eyes.

"Dabao, you've worked hard to take care of Dad during this period. In the future, you must listen to Mom and take good care of your sister and yourself. Do you understand?"

Xu Huai'an originally wanted to say Aunt Gu, but temporarily changed it to Mom. Women are emotional, and he hoped that by calling her Mom, Gu Qinghuan would have more compassion and be nicer to the two children.

"Dad, I get it. Mom is very good to me and my sister, so you can rest assured." When Gu Qinghuan was not around, Dabao said the word "mom" very easily.

In fact, I already recognized Gu Qinghuan in my heart, but I still couldn't say it in front of her.

Beibei climbed onto the kang and sat next to Xu Huai'an, chattering, "Dad, I like this new mother. She is so gentle and can cook a lot of delicious food. She has never been so good to us. I really hope she is my real mother."

Xu Huaian's eyes were dim and he felt helpless.

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Gu Qinghuan washed the remaining pots and bowls, walked around the house, planning what else to buy, and discovered a cellar.

It can be used to store vegetables in winter, which is good.

The most scarce things at home now are firewood for the winter and cotton-padded clothes and quilts.

As for food, there is enough food in the villa to last for a while, and we can buy more after we finish it, so there is no need to rush.

Speaking of clothes, she remembered that the new clothes and shoes she bought for the two children yesterday had not yet been put on. She had just moved in last night and was busy and tired, so she had no time to give them new clothes and shoes.

I'll give you a good bath tonight, and then change you into new clothes and shoes.

In October there was less work to do in the fields, as many people were preparing for the winter, gathering firewood, and picking up various goods to dry in the sun.

Gu Qinghuan doesn't lack food now, and as for earning work points, she plans to just work for three days and rest for two days, and do some work occasionally to earn some food.

If she wasn't afraid of being accused of capitalist hedonism, she wouldn't have wanted to go.

There is no need to go to the hospital today, grandpa has already made arrangements, so let's prepare the firewood at home first.

She went straight to the vending machine, bought an axe, and prepared to go out to chop wood.

Speaking of this axe, what a coincidence, there was actually someone selling this hand-held axe, saying that it was my grandfather's grandfather's axe, and it had been passed down for generations.

The new axe was too eye-catching, so Gu Qinghuan wanted an old axe with a handle covered in pulp.

The other party even helped her sharpen the axe, so that she could hit the target accurately with every strike.

"Dabao, Beibei, take care of the house. I'm going to go out to get some firewood and come back to cook in a little while." Gu Qinghuan picked up his axe and prepared to go out.

"Mom, I want to help." Beibei said quickly.

"I'll go." Dabao followed.

"Have you forgotten the task I assigned you? The most important thing is to spend more time with your dad. You are too young to help with chopping wood. If there are other tasks, you will be asked to do them. Be good."

The main thing is that if you two go, it will delay my use of space to cheat.

Gu Qinghuan knew that the two children were still in a state of unreality and were desperately trying to work harder to prove their worth.

Worrying about gains and losses, afraid that Gu Qinghuan doesn't like them and will abandon them.

She had experienced the feeling of being stranded in a cage before. A happy childhood heals a lifetime, but her childhood needed a lifetime to heal.

Before she was 18, she was a typical people-pleaser.

Afraid of making others unhappy, unconsciously pleasing others, afraid of causing trouble to others. Care about other people's eyes, dare not refuse others, dare not put forward their own requests and ideas, and dare not owe favors.

It took her many years to get rid of the negative influence of her original family and become more confident.

The two children's current situation will only be worse than when she was a child. No wonder they will become perverse and cruel when they grow up.

Thinking of this, she squatted down and comforted me, "I promised your father that I would always take care of you and would not leave.

And you gave me a lot of money, enough for you to spend for a long time, so don’t feel burdened. ”

Gu Qinghuan recalled that when he was a child, at his grandparents' house, the parents of his cousins ​​would send him living expenses on time every month, but it was good enough for his own parents to give him money once a year.

Although grandpa and grandma do not treat her differently, the invisible knife hurts the most, and she is no less sad in her heart.

So she specifically emphasized that Xu Huaian had given her money.

In this way, we may feel better and no longer feel that we are eating for free and always want to work to make up for it.

Sure enough, the two children were obviously relieved and did not force to go up.

"Then mom, you have to come back early." Beibei waved obediently.