Chapter 48
Lin Yao complained as she pleased, muttering to herself, but she didn’t want to say it out loud in front of someone. She rolled over and fell asleep with the quilt rolled up as if she had been run over by a wheel.
——She still had to go to work tomorrow, and she didn’t want to make Zhou Xiaoxue laugh at her for not being able to get up.
Zhou Xiaoxue looked carefree, but she was actually very thoughtful. She was also a representative of playing the role of a pig to eat the tiger. She was indeed the daughter of the old fox, Deputy Factory Director Zhou. Like father, like daughter.
Zhou Xiaoxue was a lively person, and sometimes Lin Yao couldn’t catch up with the new and strange topics she brought up.
The young couple spent the whole night in a mess, and the bed was a mess. It was all thanks to Deputy Director Gu who fetched water to clean everything up. He then soaked the dirty sheets in a wooden tub, went to the shower room to take a simple shower, came back refreshed and changed into pajamas. He looked up and saw that the clock in the room pointed to half past three, so he hugged the little girl and fell asleep.
At half past five the next morning, the streets of Yunshui County were filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, and the morning light was long in the courtyard. Gu Shidong was sleeping in a daze and asked his eldest brother to pull him out of the quilt. He went to the alley to run exercises with a confused look on his face.
Running exercises on a happy day?
The little boy was so sleepy that he got confused about the date and thought that his second sister was getting married today.
After he ran around the alley for a while, he saw the firecracker debris at the gate of the big compound and then realized, "Oh my god, he remembered it wrong. My second sister got married yesterday."
After running two laps, Gu Shidong was panting and panting like a puppy. He was exhausted, but his elder brother was just like nothing happened, fetching water and firewood as usual without even breathing hard.
It was already cold in the autumn morning. Zhang Cuilan combed her hair, brushed off the dust on her body and went out of the house. The old son, who had just finished running, was panting with his butt sticking out. The little boy was wearing a thin sweater and trousers. The cold wind was blowing outside, but the little boy was not afraid of catching a cold.
When his mother swung the broom over him, Gu Shidong covered his butt and ran away.
"You bastard, you're really fast."
Zhang Cuilan dropped the broom in her hand. Gu Shian chuckled, went back to the house, bolted the door, wiped his sweat with a towel, and changed his clothes with his bare arms.
At seven o'clock in the morning, there was movement in each household in the compound. Some got up, some emptied their spittoons, and the sound of bells and water broke the tranquility of the autumn.
Yesterday, the lady got married, and Gu Mancang had a wish come true. He slept very well last night and drank a lot of wine. He snored all night. This morning, he got up late.
Lin Yao, who felt limp all over, slept until dawn. When she opened her eyes, the sun was already high in the sky outside the window. She felt around the bedside, but her watch was not under the pillow. She probably left it somewhere else last night. She quickly got up from the bed, put on her slippers and looked at the clock on the table. It was just past seven o'clock.
The textile factory didn't start work until 8:30, so it wouldn't be too late to leave after breakfast.
Lin Yao was no longer in a hurry. She went back to change into work clothes and comb her hair. Gu Shian came over with some hot water, mixed some cold water into the basin, and when the water temperature was just right, he squeezed some toothpaste and handed it to the girl.
Lin Yao was not grateful for the courtesy and rolled her eyes artistically, asking Deputy Director Gu to move aside so as not to delay her from brushing her teeth.
"......."
The breakfast of the old Gu family this morning was sorghum cakes and thin rice porridge. The rice porridge was indeed thick rice porridge, but it was too thin. You could see a mirror in the water.
Zhang Cuilan also cooked a pot of sweet potatoes and ate them with homemade pickled cucumbers. The family finally had a full meal.
People are in high spirits when they are happy. Gu Mancang and his wife thought about the return of their daughter in three days. They couldn't stop smiling. The old couple whispered in the house.
"Old lady, I am relieved that our daughter is at Old Xu's house."
Gu Mancang washed his face and put on his work shoes with a smile.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm also relieved. It's good for a girl to marry close to home."
Zhang Cuilan took out a bag of brown sugar from the chest of drawers and weighed it in her hand. It weighed about half a pound. Brown sugar is a treasure these days. Many young wives in confinement want to get it but can't.
Yaoyao will be born in a few days. This child has a cold body, so it's just right to make some brown sugar water.
Zhang Cuilan put the brown sugar into the chest of drawers and took out two red bracelets from the innermost. One of them contained two old gold bars and a pair of jade bracelets. The other contained two gold bracelets inlaid with rubies and a white jade ring. The gold bracelets were beautifully carved with patterns, but they were so old that the rubies on them were a little dull.
If Lin Yao saw the old stuff in her mother-in-law's hand, she would be amazed. It turns out that there are good things in the family!
In fact, these gold bars and gold bracelets are not passed down from the ancestors of the old Gu family.
The old Gu family has been poor for five generations. Grandpa Gu went to herd sheep for the landlords. These old stuff were dug out by Grandpa Gu in a trench. At that time, it happened to be a chaotic world. There were many military leaders fighting for wealth. It was not uncommon for ordinary soldiers to count valuables on the battlefield. Grandpa Gu risked his life to bring them back and left them to the family as a life-saving money for future generations.
When Grandma Gu passed away, she gave these to her son and daughter-in-law.
Gu Mancang and his wife knew that family wealth should not be exposed. They hid the gold and silver in their hands in secret places for many years and would not take them out easily.
Zhang Cuilan originally wanted to keep it and pass it on to her children.
However, the external situation has changed suddenly. Because of the class background problem, more and more people have been overthrown and reformed. The old director of the steel mill was suspended because of his daughter-in-law's family background. I heard that the whole family will go to Gansu...
Keeping these things in their hands is like a hot potato. The old couple discussed it and decided to find an opportunity to take them to the countryside. They dug a hole in the mountain behind the old house and hid them in it.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the day for Gu Chunmei to return home arrived.
The whole family works during the day. They usually don't take leave these days and are busy with processing and increasing production. They can only go back to visit their parents in the afternoon.
Zhang Cuilan returned home early and was busy cutting fruits, setting snacks and making tea. Just as the hot water was boiled, Gu Shian came back on his bicycle.
Lin Yao jumped off the bicycle and took a bamboo basket from the handlebars. There was half a basket of eggs in it.
"Yaoyao, where did you get the eggs?"
The rich lady was visiting Gu's house and saw the half basket of eggs and lay down to look at them curiously.
Lin Yao smiled and drank water from the enamel pot, saying what she had prepared in her mind, "I asked my colleague to buy it for me."
She was not talking nonsense. Zhou Xiaoxue's mother was the director of the Chengnan Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which was the largest in Yunshui County. Other supply and marketing cooperatives only had one buyer, but Chengnan Supply and Marketing Cooperative had five!
This showed how strong the Chengnan Supply and Marketing Cooperative was, and Chengnan Supply and Marketing Cooperative had just received a batch of eggs the day before yesterday.
The rich lady also knew this. Yunshui County was so small, and the leaders of several large factories in the county and the old workers in the county also knew about it.
The rich lady nodded, "Oh, it must be the daughter of Deputy Director Zhou who helped. It's good to have connections."
Now the boss only gives a certain amount of eggs every month. If you eat them all, there will be no more. If you want to eat eggs, you either have to have a buyer at home, ask someone for help, or try your luck on the black market.
The eggs that Lin Yao "bought" were bigger than ordinary eggs.
Zhang Cuilan was very happy when she saw them.
In the evening, the daughter and son-in-law came home, and there was only half of the wild boar meat stuffed sausage left at home. After cutting it, it was not enough for half a plate. It was okay to eat it at home, but it would be embarrassing to take it out to entertain the son-in-law.
Now it's good. Yaoyao brought back half a basket of eggs, and there were fifteen or sixteen eggs.
Zhang Cuilan beat four or five eggs, fried them, added home-cooked beans, a portion of spicy cabbage from the canteen, and a shepherd's purse and egg soup, and a good meal was ready.
Gu Mancang took out his treasured Xifeng wine and put it on the table to entertain his son-in-law. Gu
Shidong hadn't eaten eggs for a long time. He drooled at the scrambled eggs on the table and looked at the door.
What time is it? Why haven't my second sister and big-headed brother-in-law come yet?
The scrambled eggs are cold!
The brat jumped up and down anxiously, and Gu Chunmei and Xu Xiangqian finally came home with gifts.
The young couple had a lot of bags, and their net bags were bulging with canned meat, canned fruit, a box of malted milk, and a small bag of pork belly.
These things were all high-end goods from the supply and marketing cooperative, especially the canned fruit and meat, which were not affordable for ordinary people.
People in the big compound knew that the Xu family was well-off, but they didn't expect them to be so rich that they would spend pork belly and canned meat. There were many daughters of the family who married out of the county, and it was good enough to bring two bags of snacks when they returned home three days later. How could the Xu family be so generous?
Aunt Sun kept complaining that when her daughter of the family returned home, she took half a pound of corn flour, saying that it was a pity to have a girl, and she would have given birth to more sons.
Grandpa Zhang glared at her, "Why are you talking about such trivial matters?"
"Why can't I say it? How can a worthless girl be as valuable as a son?"
"What's valuable? You've been trying to give birth to a child all your life, but you can't. What's the point of talking about something that is not in your destiny?"
The old couple argued with each other every day.
Zheng Hao peeked in the doorway and saw the large and small bags in Xu Xiangqian's hands, which contained canned meat. His eyes sparkled like a wolf seeing meat.
There are canned meats in the old Gu family!
He had to find a chance to steal them.
Xu Xiangqian, the new son-in-law, was warmly welcomed by his mother-in-law.
At the dinner table, Zhang Cuilan was eager to pick up food for Big Head Brother, "Xiangqian, eat more. You look so thin. Eat more to replenish your body."
Xu Xiangqian showed his big white teeth, stuffed food into his mouth, and cast a smug look at Gu Shian next to him.
Look, look, our status is not low now!
Gu Shian pretended not to see it, and concentrated on picking up food for Lin Yao to make soup.
Gu Chunmei looked at Xu Xiangqian who was silly opposite, and covered her face in silence.
Lin Yao was smiling at her.
After the meal, the table was full of soup. Deputy Director Gu naturally rolled up his sleeves to clean up the dishes, turning into a good man who was kind and caring to the Gu family.
Lin Yao called her to wash her feet, and Gu Shian immediately went to fetch water.
Big Head Brother laughed so hard that he held his belly. Deputy Director Gu, who was known for his cold face at the County Public Security Bureau, not only washed dishes at home, but also brought water for his wife to wash her feet. It seems that Gu's family status is not high.
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