Chapter 18
As the old saying goes, even dogs will abandon kids of 11 or 12 years old.
There was one in front of Lin Yao, the naughty kid was outspoken. She put down her bowl and gave Gu Shidong a slap on the head.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat your butt."
Gu Shidong yelled and ran away holding his head.
Alas, what's wrong with this world? People are not allowed to speak the truth. Once they tell the truth, the sister-in-law turns into a female demon and beats him.
Do beautiful girls become tigresses after getting married?
The boy thought that it was not his sister-in-law's fault, but his brother's fault. He shook his head and sighed. People who didn't know him would think that this boy had encountered a big problem. When
Gu Chunmei came back from work at noon, Gu Shidong was squatting on a stone pier, with a face full of bitterness and hatred, "Sister, I plan not to marry in this life."
Gu Chunmei sneered, the little brat was acting crazy every other day, and the more she paid attention to him, the more he got angry.
As a sister, she was too lazy to care about it, so she pushed the bicycle and parked it in the carport. After thinking about it, she felt that it was not very safe, so she added a big iron lock to the wheel.
Recently, the outside world is not peaceful, and the robber is hiding in some corner, and he might run out at any time.
The bicycle of the old Gu family is very expensive, comparable to the Mercedes-Benz of later generations. Gu Mancang used plastic bags to wrap the bicycle frame, and Zhang Cuilan used the scraps of home to sew a cover on the bicycle seat, and also put black plastic bags on the pedals, which looked colorful and funny. When going out, lock it tightly, so that thieves can't carry it away.
Now everyone is like this, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Gu Shidong's eyes widened, "Sister, why do you lock the bicycle at home?"
There was a straw basket hanging in front of the 28-inch bicycle, shaking, and Gu Chunmei took it off and put it under her feet.
Gu Shidong came over and stretched out his claws to grab, "Second sister, what good things did you buy..."
Gu Chunmei slapped him, "Go away."
Gu Shidong covered his hands and snorted twice.
His sister is a tigress before she gets married!
If Gu Chunmei knew what was in her little brother's head, she would definitely give him a hand.
There were a lot of things in the straw basket, including a can of unopened milk powder, two packs of hot sugar-coated peanuts, three rolls of wool, and small things like needles and threads. Gu Chunmei sorted them out and threw a pack of sugar-coated peanuts to Gu Shidong.
The brat hopped over with a "wow wow" sound, "Sugar-coated peanuts!"
Sugar-coated peanuts are a traditional snack at Wufangzhai in the county, and they cost one dime a pack. The peanuts are coated with a thin layer of peanut sugar, and they are sweet and crispy when eaten, with a sweet honey aroma.
"Second sister, did you give them to me?"
"Otherwise, I'll give them to the dog."
"Hey, second sister, I took them outside to eat."
The brat raised his head, saying that he took them outside to eat, but in fact he ran to the entrance of the alley to show off.
*
The big courtyard was hot in the summer. Lin Yao had brunch and soaked some stupid green beans in a basin, intending to cook a pot of green bean soup.
The big iron pot in the old customer's house can be used for cooking and stewing porridge. It can't be used now, so it's just sitting there. She cleaned the pot, washed the dishes, and wiped the cupboard with a rag. There was also a small half pound of glutinous rice flour in the cupboard, which was the glutinous rice left over from making rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Lin Yao smacked her lips. It was hot this day, and she wanted to eat something sweet. She might as well make the best use of it - steam a bun of white sugar cake as a snack.
Lin Yao curled her eyes, rolled up her sleeves to wash her hands, tied a small scarf around her neck and started to work. There was not enough glutinous rice flour in the cupboard, so she quietly added some glutinous rice flour from the space, put the white sugar cake in the pot, and cooked a pot of cold green bean soup, added sweet and crunchy old rock sugar, and hung it in the well to float.
In the broad daylight, most of the neighbors in the big compound went to work, and only the old couple Sun Daye and Sun Dama in the front yard were at home.
The old couple liked to take a nap, and it was common for them to sleep until three or four o'clock.
Gu Chunmei came back under the hot sun and fanned herself with heat. She felt that her room was not cool enough, so she ran to the east room to cool off.
Lin Yao was tidying up in the house. She hadn't had time to tidy up in the morning. The house was in a mess. The pink quilt on the wooden bed was piled crookedly, the white leather shoes on the floor tiles were kicked aside, and the rattan box on the chest of drawers was also in a mess.
Gu Chunmei used soap and washed a plate of juicy peaches. She and Lin Yao each held one and ate it.
The small pot in the kitchen was bubbling with sweet fragrance. Gu Chunmei sniffed and said, "Yaoyao, what are you steaming in the pot? It smells so good."
Well, it smells as good as the sweet rice dumplings eaten on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Lin Yao smiled and clapped her hands and said, "Do you want to try the white sugar cake I just steamed?"
Of course!
Gu Chunmei nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice. She had been standing in the supply and marketing cooperative for most of the day and had only eaten two egg cakes. There was no food in the commune cafeteria. She was hungry now.
Otherwise, why would she eat peaches? Lin Yao gave her a look that said "wait a minute". After a while, she brought a plate of steaming white sugar cake.
Gu Chunmei was eager to try it. She couldn't wait to pick up a piece of white sugar cake with chopsticks. She was amazed as soon as she put it in her mouth. It's not like
she hasn't eaten white sugar cake before. There is a stall specializing in selling white sugar cake on the old street of Yunshui County. It costs one cent a piece and is fried in a big pot. I don't know if there is too much saccharin, but it doesn't taste very fragrant. Instead, it tastes bitter.
It was nothing like the steamed white sugar cakes made by Yaoyao. They were white and crystal-like like white jade, soft and sweet, and had a strong aroma of glutinous rice, which was even more fragrant than sweet rice dumplings!
Gu Chunmei was so happy that she ate several pieces
in one breath. Lin Yao was worried that she would not be able to digest the food, so she held her back and stopped her from eating.
Gu Chunmei also ate half full, holding her stomach and drinking a cup of mung bean soup, her eyes sparkling and she squinted at Lin Yao and smiled.
She looked as if she was going to pounce on Lin Yao and hold her and take a bite.
Lin Yao quickly stepped back a few steps, protecting her face, and said vigilantly: "Sister Chunmei, what are you looking at?"
Gu Chunmei smiled so hard that her teeth were not showing, "Yaoyao, my brother has good taste, we will be blessed in the future. Hey, why do I smell a fragrance in the yard? Look, there are so many white sugar cakes left in the pot, and there are only a few people in our family, we can't finish them all, so leave one plate at home and send the rest to the police station, so that my brother and Datou can taste our Yaoyao's good cooking skills."
Lin Yao: "..."
It's not impossible.
*
In the county public security bureau, a group of young men in big caps were busy running around with documents in one hand and files in the other.
Gu Shian in front looked at the portrait of the robber. The robber's right hand was missing a little finger. He remained silent and asked Xu Xiangqian to retrieve the archived data of the landslide of the old coal factory in Yunshui County in 1955.
Xu Xiangqian was confused. Wasn't the case closed long ago when the coal factory collapsed in 1955?
At that time, the coal factory was dug too hard, and the leaders above did not do a good job in safety work. The ground cracked, and the old people in the county kept saying that the coal factory would have an accident sooner or later.
Many times, when Xu Xiangqian was on his way to school, he could vaguely see the tall black coal piles and cracked sites through the gate of the coal factory.
Later, during a rainstorm, the old coal factory could not withstand the heavy rain and collapsed. The pillars as thick as bowls were washed by the heavy rain and could not support themselves. They tilted greatly and disappeared deep into the ground. This accident cost several lives. An old miner lost a leg, and a middle-aged miner was trapped at the entrance of the kiln. Although he survived, his right hand was trapped. It is said that he lost a finger...
Xu Xiangqian's eyes widened and he went into the file room and did not come out.
The file room of the Public Security Bureau was cleaned only once every half a month. There was dust everywhere, and the file bags were piled up one after another. When you wiped your hands, you would get dust.
Gu Chunmei was waiting at the door of the Public Security Bureau with a white sugar cake in her hand. She almost did not recognize him.
Big Head Brother's face was dark black, even his hair was covered with dust, he looked so dusty and ugly.
Xu Xiangqian went to the yard to wash his face first, revealing his handsome face, then he ran over and showed a mouthful of neat white teeth, "Chunmei, why are you here?"
Gu Chunmei shook the lunch box in her hand, "Yaoyao's steamed white sugar cake, I brought it for you to try."
Xu Xiangqian was very surprised, "Yaoyao can also make snacks?"
Gu Chunmei didn't like this, "Why can't my Yaoyao make snacks? Can she speak?
" Feeling unhappy, Xu Xiangqian touched his nose and changed the subject naturally, "Shi'an has been busy all morning and hasn't had lunch yet, so I sent him some to fill his stomach."
Gu Chunmei sighed, "My brother is just like that, he forgets everything when he's busy. I know you guys are busy, but you can't forget to eat no matter how busy you are."
Xu Xiangqian quickly expressed his loyalty, promising to listen to Comrade Chunmei in the future, and secretly held his wife's hand.
Gu Chunmei ran away with a red face.
Big Head Brother hummed a little song and returned to the office with a smile on his face. He put the lunch box on the table and said casually, "Old Gu, here are the snacks made by your little girl!"
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