Chapter 133
At 7pm, Gao Wenbin made a reservation at a western restaurant in the provincial capital, and the old customer's family of four arrived on time.
Most western restaurants these days used to be overseas Chinese hotels, which were used to entertain foreign guests.
Later, overseas Chinese hotels were preserved and changed into western restaurants. The three main signature dishes are nothing more than the old three things - pasta, steak and borscht.
A fashionable urban girl can order a bottle of red wine, and this is the top western food.
Zhang Cuilan and her husband had a western meal with their daughter-in-law once, but Zhang Cuilan was really not used to it. It was expensive and unpalatable. How could it be as affordable as home-cooked dishes?
When she came back at night, she secretly complained to Lin Yao, "Yaoyao, isn't that steak the beef that we ordinary people eat? That steak is so small that even a cow would cry when it sees it!"
The old lady couldn't help but mention beef.
How could Lin Yao not hear the hidden meaning of her mother-in-law's words? She couldn't help laughing, "Well, I'll buy beef from Gu Shi'an tomorrow and make beef dumplings for my mother when I come back."
Zhang Cuilan clapped her hands happily, "Yaoyao is still considerate. The eldest brother, that wooden stick, didn't understand what I said after talking to him for a long time. He's as stupid as his father!"
Mutou, who bought beef for his old mother silently, said: "........"
Gu Shi'an and Lin Yao went to the provincial capital for meetings every year. When the couple was romantic, they would also go to a western restaurant for a meal.
As for Doudou and Yuanyuan, the year before last, Gu Shian went to Beijing on business, and the siblings accompanied him. They went to Beijing with their father, visited the Forbidden City, Yihe Garden, climbed the Great Wall, and experienced the feeling of "If you haven't been to the Great Wall, you are not a true man."
The siblings also arranged for Gu Shian to go to a Western restaurant to broaden his horizons.
There was a foreigner in the Western restaurant who spoke English. The waiter was a layman. The blond-haired and blue-eyed foreigner chattered in front of them, but they couldn't understand anything. They were sweating profusely.
The foreigner explained with gestures that the steak should be medium rare.
Yuanyuan understood and ran over in a few seconds. Doudou followed behind to protect his sister. The brother and sister used fluent English to help both sides out of the dilemma. The waiter and the foreigner breathed a sigh of relief. The waiter patted his forehead, looked at Yuanyuan gratefully, and hurried to the kitchen to arrange a medium-rare steak.
The foreigner raised his thumb and praised the brother and sister repeatedly, "Smart, so smart!"
The brother and sister waved their hands and went back to eat Western food.
Gu Shian was busy, and the brother and sister finished their meal and went back to the guesthouse where they were staying.
When they returned to Yunshui County, Yuanyuan whispered to Lin Yao, "Mom, I really can't get used to Western food. That steak is not as delicious as my dad's braised pork."
Doudou also said, "One time of Western food is enough."
Well, my two children are just like grandma, they really have authentic Chinese stomachs.
Gao Wenbin booked a Western restaurant this time. Yuanyuan muttered all the way and decided to give Uncle Gao a face and try to eat a few more bites of the steak even if it was not delicious.
When the family of four arrived at the Western restaurant, they suddenly realized it.
The Western restaurant Gao Wenbin booked was unique. It not only had Western food, but also Chinese food. The most classic ones were the most fashionable roast duck and lotus leaf cakes.
The bright red roast duck was cut into even-sized slices and rolled in a lotus leaf cake as thin as a cicada's wing. When you put it into your mouth while it's still hot, the taste is so delicious that it can make your tongue fall off.
After dinner, Gao Wenbin sincerely invited the Gu family of four to visit his home tomorrow. After
the Gao family moved to the provincial capital, they now live in a garden house. The garden house used to be the dowry of Grandma Gao. During the ten years of turmoil, the Gao family's garden house was confiscated. Later, the government returned the Gao family's properties, including this garden house.
Grandpa Gao and Grandma Gao are now happy after all the hardships and have no worries.
After breakfast the next morning, Gu Shian and Lin Yao brought gifts and took the children to the garden house to visit the old couple of the Gao family.
The villa area where the Gao family is located is a rare good location in the provincial capital. It has a quiet environment and every inch of land is valuable.
Before the liberation, it was used by dignitaries. After the liberation, the situation was not good in 1962. Most of the owners of this villa went abroad, and some of them moved their families to Hong Kong City. The remaining families each had their own circumstances.
After ten years of turmoil, the government returned the garden house. Speaking of which, Grandpa Gao and Grandma Gao are among the few elderly people in the villa area who are still alive today.
The bus stopped under a row of blooming osmanthus trees, and Lin Yao and his family got off the bus.
There were a lot of people at the bus stop. Gu Shian was protecting Lin Yao and the children. When the passers-by saw the tall and stern man, they couldn't help but give way.
Doudou and Yuanyuan were walking in front, and Yuanyuan looked curiously at the environment of the villa area.
"Mom, it's so beautiful here."
Yuanyuan looked at the white Western-style buildings on both sides of the road, and felt that her eyes were not enough.
Suddenly, a little girl of three or four years old ran out from the side of the road. The little girl was wearing red leather shoes, flying like a little butterfly, holding a spinning wooden windmill in her hand.
Although the villa area is quiet, there are cars shuttling back and forth.
A car turned the corner and saw the little girl running to the middle of the road. Gu Shian quickly carried the little girl to the side of the road. The little girl saw the uncle with a slightly cold face, and perhaps she was scared, and she was about to cry.
Lin Yao squatted down to coax the little girl, Yuanyuan gave her little sister candy, and Doudou helped her turn the windmill. The little girl stopped crying. Lin Yao reminded her, "Little girl, your mother is here. You can't run around on the street. It's too dangerous." The
little girl blinked, and before she could say anything, a nanny ran over from behind. The nanny looked flustered, and only when she saw that the little girl was safe and sound did she feel relieved.
Hearing that it was the Gu family who saved their little master, they hurried to thank them.
"Thank you so much, I was making milk for Niu Niu on the second floor, and I couldn't find the child when I turned around. If something happened to Niu Niu, I would not live."
The nanny wiped her tears, and it was obvious that she was really kind to the little girl.
"It's okay, just be more careful in the future."
It's not convenient for outsiders to interfere in other people's family affairs.
The nanny nodded repeatedly, thanked her again and again, and led the little girl away.
The little girl held the nanny's hand obediently and said in a baby voice.
"Thank you, beautiful auntie."
Lin Yao couldn't help laughing. She was already this age, but the little girl was so sweet.
Gu Shian saw his wife's thoughts and said in a gentle voice.
"In my heart, Yaoyao will always be the youngest."
Doudou and Yuanyuan laughed secretly when they heard this.
"Haha, what did our dad say just now?"
"I don't know, I didn't hear anything."
"I didn't hear anything either, but our parents have a really good relationship."
"Haha."
The brother and sister laughed at each other.
Gu Shian & Lin Yao: "………"
You two naughty kids, go away!
The Gu family of four walked in the villa area for five or six minutes and stopped in front of a brick-red building with carved railings. The outer wall of the red building was separated by a black iron gate. The red roses planted in the yard bloomed like a waterfall, and the fragrance of the flowers could be smelled across the yard.
The fragrance of the flowers made Yuanyuan sneeze.
Gu Shian took his daughter to a place farther away.
Grandma Gao had been waiting on the balcony on the second floor. When she saw the children downstairs, she was so happy that she sat up from the sofa with a staggering step and insisted on coming downstairs to greet them.
Nanny Sister Qin held the old lady down and said with a smile, "I walk fast, please wait."
Sister Qin is the old nanny of the Gao family. She used to be a nanny in the Gao family. Now that life is better, she has been away for several years and couldn't bear to leave the old couple of the Gao family, so she came back.
Gao Wenbin was not at home. Lin Yao had been to the Gao family before and greeted Sister Qin. She also went to Shi Anhe to introduce Sister Qin to the children.
Gu Shian and Lin Yao both politely addressed Sister Qin, and the children also sweetly called her "Grandma Qin."
Sister Qin was overjoyed to hear that, and quickly agreed, "Good boy, you are all good children."
"Come home quickly, it's hot outside, have a cup of soda."
The Gao family's garden house has a history of several decades, and has been through many hardships. Grandma Gao is older.
Before Gao Wenbin and his family moved back, they asked someone to renovate the garden house, otherwise it would be uninhabitable.
Now the garden house is decorated in a simple style, completely different from the grandeur of the family's past glory. Only the European-style spiral staircase and the blooming roses in the garden complement each other.
"Yaoyao, are the little Gu here? Bring some children to sit with grandma."
The silver-haired Grandma Gao sat on the wooden sofa in the living room on the first floor. She waved to the children when she saw them, and did not forget to ask Sister Qin to bring milk and bean curd buns for the children as snacks. The bean
curd buns are a Cantonese-style snack, soft and sweet, with a strong milky flavor.
Grandma Gao is old, and she eats breakfast in the morning and eats less at noon, so she likes to have a few bites of sweets as afternoon tea.
Grandpa Gao has lived in Yunshui County for so many years, but he doesn't like sweets that much. He is still used to eating black-faced steamed buns and millet porridge for breakfast. Grandma
Gao is kind and amiable, and the children in the old Gu family like her.
Doudou and Yuanyuan snuggled up to the old lady on the left and right, and with Lin Yao making fun of them, Grandma Gao was so happy that she couldn't stop laughing.
Grandpa Gao took Doudou, who loved reading, to the study. The child was a book lover and was very interested in the books in Grandpa Gao's room.
Grandpa Gao was well-educated and loved to take good care of his children. When he saw the diligent, studious and naturally smart Gu Doudou, he was very pleased. Suddenly, as if he thought of something, his eyes flashed. He pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and smiled at Gu Doudou, who was reading with his head down, like an old fox:
"Doudou, if you want to read, you can come to Grandpa's place anytime."
Gu Doudou naturally nodded in agreement.
With more children in the family, the originally quiet garden house has become lively.
The bright sunlight outside the window slanted down through the window, and the fragrance of summer and autumn flowers also drifted in.
At noon, Sister Qin prepared a table of dishes. In recent years, Gao Wenbin has been busy outside, and he and his wife live outside. The couple only go back to the old house once a week. Gao's younger brother goes to college, and Gao's parents also have their own things. Gao's house is usually deserted and rarely so lively. Grandma Gao is happy to let Lin Yao's family stay in the provincial capital for a few more days. .
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the evening breeze blew, and Gu Shi'an and the four stood up to say goodbye. Grandma Gao and the others
were reluctant to let them go.
After a day at home, Yuanyuan's sweet head yawned little by little. .
Grandpa Gao and Grandma Gao reluctantly said goodbye to the children.
Grandpa Gao went back to the study as usual.
Sister Qin came to chat with Grandma Tai to relieve her boredom. When talking about Gu Shian, Sister Qin said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that he is an official and looks cold, but he is actually very considerate. Just now when we were having dinner, he knew what Yaoyao and the two children liked to eat. The children also knew the rules and helped me sweep the floor and clean the table. Their little mouths were so sweet."
When talking about the Gu brothers and sisters, Grandma Gao couldn't stop smiling, "Of course, the children are all good children. When our family was in Yunshui County, otherwise the Gu children would have been very good. "My son, my old man and I are probably dead. Wenbin was beaten every day and didn't have enough to eat. It was all thanks to the Gu family."
Then the old lady said meaningfully, "People's hearts are the hardest to see through. Who can tell whether a child raised by a caregiver is a jackal or a wolf?"
After hearing this, Sister Qin thought of the Gao family's nephews and nieces. When the Gao family fell into defeat, those nephews and nieces not only did not help, but also added insult to injury, posting big-character posters and taking the lead in ransacking the family's home...
Aren't they just ungrateful wolves who will jump up and bite people?
If the Gao family hadn't taken care of them, those ungrateful wolves would have starved to death in the old society of cannibalism...
*
In the next few days, the four members of the Gu family wandered around the streets and alleys of the provincial capital.
The holiday was over. Lin Yao and Gu Shianzhou went to the train station to buy tickets for the 9pm train.
Gao Wenbin and his wife went to the department store to prepare farewell gifts for the two children.
At 7:30pm, the Gu family took a bus to the train station
. Before leaving, Grandma Gao mysteriously gave Doudou and Yuanyuan a sandalwood box each.
Lin Yao knew nothing about this until the family got on the train and returned home.
Grandma Gao gave Yuanyuan a piece of Hetian jade carved Guanyin. Lin Yao was shocked and called Gu Shian over.
Gu Shi'an tapped the table with his index fingers and said after a long pause, "Before she left, Grandma Gao left a red envelope for each of the two children. Yuanyuan gets
one, and Doudou probably gets one, too." Gu Shi'an went out for a while and came back in less than five minutes with a sandalwood box in his hand.
The contents of Doudou's sandalwood box were the same as Yuanyuan's, but the gift inside was different. It was a mutton-fat jade peace locket left for him.
Leaving such precious things to two little kids, people who didn't know would definitely think that Grandma Gao was senile.
Zhang Cuilan looked at the Hetian jade Maitreya Buddha from left to right, and asked tentatively, "Yaoyao, how much is this big Buddha worth?"
This question stumped Lin Yao. If it were a top-grade Hetian jade Buddha in the future, it would cost at least hundreds of thousands.
As for now? She scratched her head and said uncertainly, "Mom, this is good jade. It must be at least a few thousand yuan."
The old lady gasped in pain, and hurriedly put the Maitreya Buddha back into the box respectfully.
The enamel pot in Gu Mancang's hand almost flew out.
One piece of jade is several thousand yuan, and two pieces of jade must be tens of thousands?
She can't earn so much money in her lifetime!
The old Gu family unanimously agreed that such precious things should not be accepted, even if they are given by the elders.
Gu Shian will go on a business trip and will not be back for ten days.
The father said that after the business trip, the family will report to the provincial capital, Lin Yao will work at the Gao family's factory, and then go to the Gao family to visit the old couple. Zhang Cuilan sealed the red envelope given by Grandma Gao intact and returned it to the old lady when the time comes.
Gu Shian had lunch. The power was out in the county, so he went to the supply and marketing cooperative, brought back two watermelons and hung them in the well
. He also took some time to go to the Public Security Bureau. Before leaving, he saw Lin Yao lying on the sofa and wilting from the heat. He couldn't help but ask with concern, "Is it very hot?" Lin Yao lay there motionless, too lazy to even lift his eyelids .
Isn't this nonsense? The cicadas on the sycamore trees outside haven't chirped anymore. Why? It's because the weather is too hot!
Gu Shian also felt that he had said something superfluous. He coughed lightly and said, "There are icy watermelons in the well. Remember to eat them later."
Lin Yao said "hmm", turned over and faced Lu Zhou with the back of his head.
Later, Gu Shian came back and told his family, "We will have electricity at home tonight. It rained a few days ago and scattered several power lines."
A heavenly voice came from behind.
Lin Yao almost jumped up, with a pair of bright almond eyes: "Really?"
Gu Shian couldn't help laughing and assured, "Really."
Lin Yao shouted happily, "Old Gu, you are so nice", and went up to hug the man and kissed him.
Then she happily planned, the electricity came back, turned on the TV, ate watermelon and watched TV with the fan on.
When someone went out again, the arc of the corner of his mouth was almost up to the sky.
*
When Yuanyuan and Doudou woke up from their nap, they saw Lin Yao, who was too hot and lazy, change her indifference and happily clean up the house, put things in order, and hum a little tune while rolling wool on the sofa.
Yuanyuan didn't think much of it and moved the small table to do her homework.
Doudou stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Yuanyuan was as heartless as her mother. After doing her homework for a while, she felt that she didn't sleep well and her mouth was dry, so she ran to her mother to ask for watermelon.
"Mom, I want to drink watermelon juice."
Lin Yao finally got happy and said unhappily, "If you want to drink watermelon juice, go find your dad."
I'm your mother, not your nanny!
Yuanyuan blinked her eyes and whispered, "But Daddy is not at home."
"If he is not at home, just wait!"
Doudou came over to persuade his sister, saying that there were sour plum soup and cold tea at home.
Yuanyuan stuck out her tongue and ran to drink the sour plum soup.
In fact, the sour plum soup is also delicious, sour and sweet, but it would be even better with watermelon juice. When
the girl thought of the cold watermelon juice and the grilled skewers, a happy smile appeared on her face.
Lin Yao: "......."
This child is hopeless.
She only knows how to eat. Who did she take after this!!!
In the evening, Gu Shian came back from the Public Security Bureau. Yuanyuan didn't drink the watermelon juice and eat the lamb skewers, so she pouted and sulked.
The old father couldn't bear to see his baby being wronged, so he first educated his daughter appropriately, cut some iced watermelon for her, and promised her that he would buy some mutton for grilled skewers tomorrow.
Well, Yuanyuan is alive and kicking again with her father's guarantee.
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