Chapter 553 We are all family, why differentiate between you and me?
Su Niannian now has the radiance of motherhood.
I was too thin before, but now that I’m pregnant, I look plump, but not bloated.
"Old man Lu didn't even bother to give you a holiday! The girl is about to give birth." Old man Bai sat aside, peeling walnuts for Su Niannian as he spoke.
"Grandpa!" Su Niannian called out.
Su Niannian also knew that Gu Nan had a lot of things to do every day in his current position, and it was good enough for him to stay in Beijing without having to travel far.
Su Niannian is very content.
Su Niannian really wanted Gu Nan to see her baby being born with her own eyes.
"You can't just take a vacation whenever you want. I'm not sending you out on a dangerous mission. I'm using a backdoor!"
As soon as Chief Lu arrived at the door, he heard Mr. Bai making up stories about him.
He has tried his best to keep Gu Nan in the Jing City Army, okay!
Otherwise, someone with strong abilities like Gu Nan should definitely be placed in a more useful position.
For some tasks, Gu Nan was the first choice, and things almost got delayed because I didn't send Gu Nan.
When Chief Lu came in, he glared at Mr. Bai who was sitting nearby peeling walnuts.
"So what? I should thank you, right?" Old Master Bai was not used to Chief Lu's bad habits.
"Not bad!" said Chief Lu, taking a few walnuts that Mr. Bai had peeled with great effort.
Mr. Bai pretended to grab it, but Chief Lu was quick-witted and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
He looked at his old friend with a smug look on his face.
Mr. Bai pointed his finger at Chief Lu.
"At your age, you have no integrity at all, really..."
As Mr. Bai was speaking, Chief Lu came back immediately.
"I just like the look of you being helpless with me!" He said, laughed twice, and sat aside.
Su Niannian and Gu Nan looked at each other and said that they really had no way to deal with these two old men.
However, at this age, it is a good thing to still have such friends around.
This kind of brotherhood is something that many people would love but cannot obtain.
"There are a lot of people here today, so let's set up two tables in the main room and eat together!" Gu's mother came in and spoke to the people in the room.
"Okay!" Su Niannian sat on the bed and replied with a smile.
Mother Gu went out to prepare dinner.
Now, there are two pregnant women in the Gu family, and the eldest sister-in-law Zhao Tian is also three months pregnant, so Gu's mother did not ask her to help make dumplings, steam sticky bean buns and cook.
Zhou Qishan was conscripted again, because he used to be a cook in a restaurant.
Not only Zhou Qishan, Tian Guangzhi, Guo Futian, Gao Wentao, Jiang Fangyuan, but even the driver Xiao Yang, none of them escaped.
Some people were chopping the meat, and some were kneading the dough.
Everyone was busy helping to prepare the food.
When they got to the main house where Gu's mother and father were, the food was on the table, and Gu Ningning came over to call for help.
Originally, there were ordinary beds in the three rooms in this compound, but it was cold in winter.
In order to facilitate heating, Gu Nan asked someone for help and built earthen kangs in the three rooms, which were the kind of kangs used in Northeast China.
There are people in Beijing who have kangs at home, so it doesn't seem that special.
At this time, a low table was placed on the kang in the main room, and the table originally in the yard was placed on the ground.
If you squeeze a little, you can actually sit down.
Everyone went into the house and found a good seat.
On the table were pork belly and large bones stewed with sauerkraut, dumplings with two kinds of fillings, sticky rice dumplings with red bean and white sugar filling, some fried vegetables, kidney beans and pork belly, garlic bacon, cucumbers and eggs, etc.
There were really two large tables filled to the brim.
Mother Gu brought in another bowl of dumplings. "There are many people here today, so we prepared a lot of food. Everyone, eat to your heart's content!"
Mother Gu smiled and said as they passed the dumplings to the kang and placed them there, waiting to finish eating the dumplings on the table before eating the ones in the bowl.
Because Zhao Tian was pregnant, Gu's mother treated Zhao Tian and Su Niannian equally well and did not let Zhao Tian do any work.
Zhao Tian felt like she was about to be bored to death.
"Mom, aren't you done yet? Come up and eat!" Su Niannian saw that Gu's mother was still busy on the floor, and hurriedly spoke.
And patted an empty spot on the kang.
"Enough of your time. There's still a pot of sticky bean curd. I'll come over and eat it when it's ready." Mother Gu said with a smile.
"Come on, mother-in-law, please sit down and eat. I'll let Xiao Zhou go later." Chief Lu said.
"Why do you always call them in-laws? They are my in-laws." Old Master Bai glared at Chief Lu again.
"Aren't they all the same? It's New Year's Day, don't blame me all the time." Chief Lu said, and put a piece of bacon into Mr. Bai's bowl with chopsticks.
"It's okay, it's okay, you can call me whatever you want! We are all family!" Mother Gu said with a smile.
Zhou Qishan also said that he would go to the kitchen to prepare it quickly, and let Mrs. Gu eat first.
"Yes, you have been busy all day. Zhou Qishan and I will go there later." Tian Guangzhi also spoke.
Seeing this, Gu's mother couldn't refuse any longer. She said "OK" and got on the kang.
Over there, Father Gu was holding a glass of white wine, his eyes full of relief.
Days like this are so nice! Better than before!
"Mom, the dumplings are so delicious! A bag of meat!" Gu Ningning ate a dumpling and said with a satisfied look on her face.
Although it is already 1977, the general environment remains the same as last year.
In remote rural areas, there are still people who cannot survive this winter.
There were still many people who died of starvation or freezing.
It is really a very happy thing to be able to gather so many people together and eat such delicious food.
Let’s raise our glasses and celebrate the Happy Little New Year!
"I have to say, these dumplings are really delicious." Jiang Fangyuan began to praise.
After such a long time, Jiang Fangyuan completely came out of the state of being at a loss and waiting for death.
This is Jiang Fangyuan that Mr. Bai had met before.
Be confident, sunny, and look forward to the future!
Su Niannian must have seen the changes in Jiang Fangyuan more intuitively.
If Jiang Fangyuan was still in that filthy little room that was drafty on all sides, he would probably not survive this winter.
But now, I am sitting here confidently and cheerfully, eating delicious food with everyone.
A face filled with a happy smile.
"The bean buns are almost done." Gu's mother reminded.
Over there, Zhou Qishan and Tian Guangzhi went to the kitchen to pick up sticky rice dumplings.
"Don't you want to wear clothes?" Gu Zhendong reminded.
Then he saw Gu Zhendong putting on a piece of clothing and going to change them back.
Seeing this, Gu Nan also stood up and followed.
Gu Nan and Gu Zhendong directly called Tian Guangzhi and Zhou Qishan back.
The two of them went to the kitchen.
Because it was cold, the kitchen was busy cooking, steaming dumplings and tofu, so there was a lot of vapor.
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