Thinking of this, I just did it.
Gu Qinghuan took out a black chicken from the refrigerator and stewed it in a clay pot over low heat, adding astragalus, longan, red dates, American ginseng, and wolfberry, all of which are warm and tonic herbs that can replenish qi and blood and are nutritious.
This is for Mother Gu.
Then I steamed two baskets of frozen buns, ate two of them with milk, and brought the rest to the madman's room.
Seeing her come in, the madman looked at her fiercely without realizing it.
Gu Qinghuan gritted his teeth and placed the two buns on the kang next to the madman.
“Find a way to eat it yourself.” No matter whether he could understand or not, it was impossible to just feed him. What if he bit people?
Although the body is tied up, the head can move, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to eat a bun, right?
There were still six buns left, so Gu Qinghuan put them in an aluminum lunch box and placed them on the table by the door. The two children could have them for lunch when they came back at noon, as she had to go out soon and couldn't take care of them.
After Gu Qinghuan left, the man on the bed stared at Baozi who was right in front of him, his eyes slowly becoming out of focus.
He leaned his head over, took one in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and swallowed it.
A tear fell from the corner of my eye.
Even though he lived worse than a dog, he still wanted to try to spend more time with his children.
Occasionally when he was clear-headed, he looked at his own situation and, as proud as he was, he wished he could die quickly, but he couldn't bear to leave his two poor children behind.
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Gu Qinghuan found the madman's father, Party Secretary Xu Mingshan.
"Gu Zhiqing, are you feeling well? What's the matter?"
After Xu Mingshan finished speaking, he remembered that this educated youth had once been his second daughter-in-law. Thinking of this, he felt a little embarrassed. After all, he had done something against his conscience.
Such a beautiful girl, with a crazy man, and two burdens, her life is ruined.
He really couldn't take care of his son, and the old woman was unwilling to take care of him, so he could come up with this plan to find a long-term meal ticket for his son.
This girl has a good heart. Just seeing her selling herself to treat her mother's illness, you can tell she is a real person.
"Can I ask you a favor?" Gu Qinghuan spoke without hesitation, with an expression that made her look like she was about to speak but tears were already flowing, which instantly captured Xu Mingshan's attention.
Even though this old man is a bad guy, just like Liu Guifang, he still has the attitude of asking for help.
Gu Qinghuan had been in the workplace for a long time, and no matter where he went, he could not do without human relationships and observing people's words and expressions.
Commonly known as, speak the truth to people and lies to ghosts.
"What's going on? Just say what you want to say." Xu Mingshan thought she wanted to go back on her word, and his face suddenly turned grim.
"The old house has been vacant for too long, and there are holes everywhere. It's really uninhabitable. I don't think the roof will last long. If it falls, it will kill people. You have many connections. Can you move us to another house? A smaller one will be fine."
It turns out that if you don't regret this matter, everything will be easy to deal with.
Although Xu Mingshan did not go to see it in person, he knew the condition of his old house. Gu Qinghuan's concern was not unreasonable. If someone was killed, it would be a big trouble.
The village party secretary's son was crushed to death in a dilapidated old house. This incident will definitely be talked about by the villagers for the rest of their lives.
The reason why Liu Guifang was in a hurry to move them over yesterday was that she wanted to make everything settled, fearing that Gu Qinghuan would deny it.
If the two of them had to live in the same room, Gu Qinghuan couldn't blackmail her, unless she gave up her reputation and never married again.
Xu Mingshan was a man who cared a lot about face, and Gu Qinghuan's words gave him enough face, which made him feel very comfortable.
Originally, if my son and daughter-in-law behaved too badly, people would gossip about them.
He waved his hand and said, "What you said makes sense. I just remembered that Mr. Wang who lived at the foot of the mountain died last year. His bank account was closed and the house has been empty and no one dared to live in it.
If you don't mind, I'll let the village know, give you some money, and move the house to Huai'anming."
Mr. Wang?
Gu Qinghuan searched through his original body's memory. Twenty years ago, this old rich man Wang was a big landlord in Xujiatun. No, this place was not Xujiatun twenty years ago.
At that time, most of the land belonged to his family. During the land reform, he was classified as a landlord and was overthrown.
Wang Laocai's parents and wife both died in the struggle, and later his son was driven to the cowshed at the foot of the mountain to look after cattle.
Mr. Wang's son had been reading poetry since he was young. He was a smart boy. Because of his knowledge, he became a teacher in the town when he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He was able to support his family and even rebuilt a new tiled house for his family, which was bright and splendid.
Unfortunately, he was later wrongly accused of committing adultery with a married woman in the town. Because he was a descendant of a landlord, no one believed him. The young man acted on impulse and in a fit of rage, he jumped into the river and died.
From then on, Wang Laocai disappeared and became a lonely old man with a strange personality.
Last winter, he was alone at home and fell ill without anyone knowing. In the end, he didn't make it and died.
The original body knew all this because this old man with a strange personality had helped her before.
Mr. Wang’s house is quite nice, and it has tiles on it. Why does no one dare to occupy it? There is a reason for this.
At that time, most of the families in Xujiatun were tenants of Mr. Wang, or in other words, they all depended on him for food.
As a result, when they fought against the landlord, they completely forgot the help they had received from the landlord and fought Wang Laocai's family to death.
In the end, the whole family was wiped out.
They were afraid to even approach the place, let alone live there.
Furthermore, they are more worried about the bad feng shui of the house, which will affect the family.
Speaking of which, Xu Mingshan is the most hypocritical one among them. He used to be Wang Laocai's book boy.
People treated him well and allowed him to study culture. Otherwise, he would not have become the Party branch secretary because he could not read and write.
Ironically, I heard that the big-character poster criticizing Wang Laocai and his family was written by Xu Mingshan.
The house that Lao Xu's family lives in now is still the landlord compound of Mr. Wang.
Xu Mingshan, the Zhongshan wolf, is a perfect example of being ungrateful and repaying kindness. He is not a good person.
But since he was still useful to her, Gu Qinghuan suppressed her disgust for the time being.
She looked like she had gotten a great deal: "Don't mind, don't mind, Dad, you're so kind, you even gave us money to buy a house, I don't know what to say! I'm going to go back and tell Huai'an the good news now."
After handing out the nice guy card, Gu Qinghuan disappeared in a flash like a dog.
Xu Mingshan was left standing there in a daze.
So he has to pay for this? What is going on?
But in a blink of an eye, he made up his mind. No one dared to live in the house without a household registration, so he just gave it to them. He didn't believe that the villagers would dare to say anything, because he was the party secretary.
As the Party branch secretary for nearly twenty years, his authority was immense.
On the other side, Gu Qinghuan turned a corner and went directly to the Youth League Home.
Go find Comrade Chen Jianghe, the only rich man with a bicycle, and borrow his bicycle for a day.
You have to pay, 20 cents a day, this is an unwritten rule of the Youth League Home.
After all, other people's bicycles were not blown here by the wind. Everyone wants to use them, so they have to pay a price.
The county town was too far away, and it would take an hour or two to walk there. She didn't want to get too tired, so riding a bike could at least save her most of the time.
Chen Jianghe went to work. His roommate Zhu Chunlin was on duty cooking that day. He came back early and saw Gu Qinghuan coming to borrow a car for the first time. He looked at her curiously.
"Gu Qinghuan, are you okay? If you really have any difficulties, you must tell us and everyone will help you."
He is a good guy in the Youth League Home, so it's not surprising that he said this.
But everything was in the past, and Gu Qinghuan didn't want to exchange pleasantries with him.
Glancing at the female educated youth who had been secretly observing her in the kitchen, Gu Qinghuan deliberately said loudly, "I'm fine. Please give this two cents to Chen the educated youth. I have to go out for something urgent now, so I don't have time to tell him in person."
"Okay, I will definitely pass it on to him." Zhu Chunlin's character is fine.
Gu Qinghuan pushed the 28-meter bicycle parked in the yard out of the door and waited two minutes for him to adjust to the situation before he rode smoothly toward the county town in his memory.
The original body had taken her mother to see a doctor twice before, so she knew the way.