Chapter 60 Guan Haifu Asks for Trouble (1)
Guan Haishan was almost annoyed to death by Guan Haifu.
Guan Haifu came to her in tears early in the morning, "Sister, that toilet is terrible, dirty and smelly, can you accompany me to the toilet?"
Guan Haishan was not a person with a good temper to begin with, and now that her father was not around, she didn't even have the heart to act, and just yelled, "Get lost! If you don't want to poop, just hold it in!"
Guan Haifu was very angry and grumbled, "How can you still stay in such a hellish place?"
Kwan Hoi-shan wanted to say: If you don’t want to stay, just get out. Who asked you to come?
He swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
She suddenly remembered Taotao's teachings and said, "The environment in the countryside is like this. We're only staying here for a few days anyway, so just bear with it!"
Guan Haifu: ...
She felt a little confused.
——Kwan Hoi-Shan has always had a bad temper, how could you speak to her in a nice tone?
"Hey, yesterday you said you didn't want to go back and wanted to stay here and paint?" Guan Haifu asked.
Guan Haishan hummed and replied, "Isn't it because you came to pick me up in person? I have to give you some face."
Guan Haifu gritted her teeth and said: That’s not necessary!
For a moment, Guan Haifu was speechless. She couldn't say that she didn't come here to pick up Guan Haishan, but just wanted to see with her own eyes how Guan Haishan was having a hard time, right?
So I had to hold my nose and go to the toilet.
Kwan Hoi-shan has been fighting with her stepmother and Kwan Hoi-fu for more than ten years. How could she not understand the frustrated expression on Kwan Hoi-fu's face?
She found it a little funny and thought Taotao's method was really useful. She also thought: The toilet in Sixth Grandma's house is indeed a bit terrible. Why don't she learn from Taotao's family and find a way to build a washroom? Even if you put a toilet in the bathroom and empty and clean it every day, it is better than going to the toilet in the middle of the night...
However, this can only be done after Guan Haifu leaves.
Guan Haishan went to wash up first, then carried Sixth Grandma out of the house, helped her go to the toilet, then carried Sixth Grandma to the yard, let her sit on a recliner, then fetched some water, brought a cup, toothbrush, and face towel for Sixth Grandma to wash up.
Guan Haifu looked at Guan Haishan and said, "Hey, you are quite filial! But she is just an old lady from the countryside. What do you want to achieve by doing this?"
Guan Haishan ignored her.
After a while, Hongdou came to bring breakfast to Guan Haishan.
As soon as Hongdou left, a daughter-in-law from the village came to bring breakfast to Grandma Liu...
After a while, the soldier came back with the breakfast he received from the educated youth.
Guan Haishan sat next to Sixth Grandma's recliner, put two breakfasts on a bench, and ate together with Sixth Grandma.
Today, Guan Haishan's breakfast was noodle soup.
A large bowl of vegetarian noodles with soup. The soup base is clear and the noodles are white, plump and soft. The noodles are neatly arranged with fried white sesame seeds, green chives, a handful of pickled vegetables, a few fresh green leaves, and the soup also exudes a rich aroma of lard.
The red beans are growing fast, and now the big bowl is still boiling hot and steaming.
Grandma Liu’s breakfast consisted of a boiled sweet potato half the size of a palm, a boiled duck egg in the shell and a bowl of bean porridge. The daughter-in-law who prepared the meal for the elderly today is quite good at housekeeping. I think the red beans were soaked in advance. The bean porridge looks distinct and is soft in the mouth.
However, it's already lukewarm.
Guan Haishan went to get the bowl and chopsticks, and distributed half a bowl of hot noodle soup to Sixth Grandma - Guan Haishan knew very well that every time Taotao's family sent food over, the portion was always sufficient, because Taotao hoped that she could share some of the food with Sixth Grandma.
Guan Haishan didn't mind sharing food with Sixth Grandma at all.
The Sixth Grandmother smiled and said, "Shanshan is so kind!"
Guan Haishan blushed slightly, "Please eat quickly! It won't taste good if it gets cold..."
The breakfast of Dabing and Guan Haifu was much worse - it was just a big bowl of mixed bean porridge with wild vegetables, nothing more.
Guan Haifu stared at the soldier.
The soldier was also helpless. "I asked the people at the Youth League Station, and the food here is like this! Three meals a day, wild vegetable and bean porridge in the morning, bean rice with pickled vegetables at noon, and watery food in the evening..."
Guan Haifu was extremely shocked - this village is so poor? !
Then she looked at Guan Haishan and Liu Taipo - why were they eating so well?
"Sister!" Guan Haifu looked at Guan Haishan with tears in her eyes, "Is this the life you usually lead, neither human nor ghost?"
Guan Haishan looked at Guan Haifu's breakfast and said, "I'm not sure about this. I'll ask the people at the Youth Educator Station for you later to see how they live this kind of life that is neither human nor ghost."
Guan Haifu almost choked up and said hurriedly, "Don't! Don't..."
Guan Haishan ignored her and slurped her noodle soup.
Although it is vegetarian noodles, the soup is fragrant and tastes very delicious because lard is added to it. Plus, on this cold morning in early winter, being able to eat a bowl of hot noodles with soup is really comfortable!
Guan Haishan ate with big mouthfuls.
Guan Haifu also smelled the strong aroma of lard in the noodle soup, mixed with the aroma of sesame and chives. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva hungrily, "Hey, you..."
Can't you give me some of your noodle soup?
But Guan Haishan ignored her and ate up all the noodles in the bowl like a whirlwind. Then she asked her, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Guan Haifu looked at the empty bowl in Guan Haishan's hand, which couldn't even pour out a drop of soup, and rolled her eyes, "It's okay, thank you!"
However, although Guan Haishan had finished her noodle soup, Liu Taipo had not yet finished it!
The old man likes to slurp noodles and makes a lot of noise.
"Hiss--Bah--Bah! Hiss--Bah--Bah..."
Coupled with the aroma of lard noodle soup filling the air...
Guan Haifu couldn't help it any longer. "Can you eat less noisily?"
After a terrible toilet experience early in the morning, she can only watch others eat delicious food while she has to eat a nasty and throat-cutting breakfast...
Guan Haifu's mentality is a little broken.
Guan Haishan's face turned cold, "Guan Haifu, apologize to the Sixth Grandmother!"
Guan Haifu was almost annoyed to death. She had no intention of pretending at all. She sneered, "Are you addicted to making me apologize? Why are you pretending to be a caring big sister..."
Guan Haishan interrupted her, "This is the home of the Sixth Grandma! She can eat whatever she wants in her own home! But you, have you ever reflected on what your status is here? You haven't even paid the rent, you don't even have the qualifications of a tenant, what qualifications do you have to blame the owner here?"
Guan Haifu opened her mouth in daze.
The soldier couldn't stand it, "Haifu, apologize to your mother-in-law!"
Guan Haifu bit her lip.
She didn't want to apologize to this ugly, smelly old country woman who smacked her lips while eating!
"You! You all bully me!" Guan Haifu ran out of the yard crying.
But she had nowhere to go.
Finally, she went to Taotao's house for some unknown reason.
——I hope Taotao’s family hasn’t finished breakfast yet.
Maybe I can even have a free meal?
Guan Haifu went to Taotao's house.
Unfortunately, Taotao's family had already finished breakfast, and everyone had gone to work or went out, even Liu Xuexu had gone out, leaving Bai Zhenggan alone at home. But it seemed like Bai Zhenggan was about to go out.
Guan Haifu left the Bai family in extreme disappointment.
It is early winter now, and it is colder in the mountains than outside. At this moment, Guan Haifu missed Guan Haishan's cotton jacket with big red flowers very much. She touched it and found the fabric to be thick and soft, the cotton very thick.
It must be warm and comfortable to wear.
Guan Haifu rubbed her arms - when she came here, she didn't expect that the small mountain village in the south would be colder than Kyoto in the north, and she didn't bring many clothes with her.
She was shivering with cold.
The small square of the village committee was filled with women and old people who were basking in the sun, chatting, and doing their work. Some were knitting sweaters, some were mending clothes, and some were rubbing corn cobs...
But everyone was talking about the movie that would be shown in the village tomorrow.
"In previous years, people from our village would go to other villages to watch movies. This time, it's finally our turn to have a movie shown in our village!"
"That's because our village has the best harvest this year!"
"This year we are all thanks to Taotao! After thinking about it, I feel that this year we are no different from previous years. The key is that Taotao set up this library to help us identify rice diseases and prevent various pests..."
"Then there are the days of autumn harvest. Taotao's meals are so delicious that the whole village, young and old, will come out together! I've been married to this village for more than ten years and I've never seen such a scene! So the grain is harvested quickly! I heard that in Baihua Village, a lot of millet has gone moldy before the grain is harvested. Oh, next year, they will have to eat moldy rice for a whole year!"
Guan Haifu felt annoyed when she heard it.
——Bai Taotao is no longer an eyesore here, why are these people still talking about Bai Taotao!
So annoying!
Suddenly I heard someone say——
"By the way, this time people from three or five nearby villages are gathering in our village to watch a movie. You can keep your eyes open then! Pay attention to all the handsome young men and girls so that you can arrange to meet them later!"
"Speaking of which, in our village, the girls in Uncle Zhenggan's family are the prettiest! Now that Lili is not at home, it's time for Taotao to meet him, right?"
"Oh, Taotao looks like a fairy. She will never have trouble finding a husband!"
"That's true. There is no girl prettier than Taotao in this area..."
"Oh, you don't know, many young men outside are saying that they want to come to our village to take a look at Taotao!"
Guan Haifu basked in the sun for a while and finally felt her body warmed up, then she walked towards Sixth Grandma's yard.
As she walked, she suddenly thought: Bai Taotao is the most beautiful girl in the village? ? ?
Then think about the food Sister Bai Taotao gave her yesterday...
Guan Haifu sneered and made up her mind - let's go to the movies tomorrow, right? Will many young men from other villages take the opportunity to come and see Bai Taotao's beauty?
Well, then she must fight for it tomorrow!
She wants to outshine Bai Taotao!
The next day came in a blink of an eye.
Guan Haifu became a little hesitant.
This time she came, she had not planned to stay too long, and she only brought two sets of clothes with her.
But Song Zhi spilled oil on the set, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't wash off the oil stains...
[Song Zhi: Blame me?] 】
The other set was dirty and had not been dried yet after washing.
There was still one set left, which she saw when she was browsing the black market while changing trains on the way here.
This dress is quite unique - a solid pink double-breasted dress with ruffles with small red flowers on a white background on the collar and cuffs. The hems of the dress extend to below the hips and are matched with a cloth belt with small red flowers on a white background.
The most thoughtful thing is that the buttons on this dress are very unique.
Guan Haifu grew up in Kyoto since she was a child. She has a broad vision, but she rarely sees such beautiful clothes.
So she spent twenty yuan to buy the dress, intending to take it back to Kyoto to wear it and make the girls in the compound jealous...
In order to outshine Bai Taotao, Guan Haifu took out the dress and put it on. Then I suddenly realized a very important question: What about her hairstyle?
In the past, when she was in Kyoto, whenever she had to attend an important occasion, her mother would comb her hair according to her clothes and dress her up beautifully...
Now?
Guan Haifu glanced at Guan Haishan who was sitting in the yard painting.
——When Guan Haishan first arrived in Ruyi Village, he shaved his head, which caused a sensation in the whole village. But she has been here for almost two months, and has grown about two inches of hair on her head, but she doesn't take care of it at all, letting it grow wildly.
Kwan Hoi-fu: No, no, Kwan Hoi-shan can’t even take care of herself. I can’t rely on her.
Then she looked at the Sixth Grandmother who was sitting on a recliner, squinting her eyes in the sun and humming a little song; and the soldier who moved a stool to sit next to Guan Haishan and tried his best to persuade Guan Haishan to return to Beijing...
It seems that none of these people can be relied upon.
Guan Haifu thought about it again, and suddenly remembered someone - Jia Xiaohong from the Youth League Station!
What kind of aesthetic sense can rural people have!
But the people in the educated youth village are different. After all, they are all educated young women from the city. They have vision and their fingers should be nimble.
So Guan Haifu went to the Youth League Station.
Jia Xiaohong is quite enthusiastic, but she is not very good at combing other people's hair. In the end, it took four or five female educated youths to help Guan Haifu comb the hairstyle she wanted...
The price was: Guan Haifu had countless hair pulled out and felt like her scalp was about to be exposed. All the female educated youth were annoyed to death by Guan Haifu - this delicate little girl was like a capitalist, treating them like servants, saying one thing was not right and asking them to take it off and start over, the next thing she said another thing was not right and asking them to do it again!
Finally, everyone was annoyed and Guan Haifu stopped making trouble. She returned to Sixth Grandma's yard with a complicated braid on her head.
She was stunned.
——There was a long queue in front of the Sixth Grandma’s yard door? ? ?
And those lining up are all beautiful girls and young wives in the village? Everyone was holding something in their hands. Some were holding a potato, a sweet potato, and some were holding a bulging bag of something that looked like peanuts wrapped in a handkerchief?
Most importantly, these women are still chattering:
"What kind of braid will Sixth Lady make for my hair?"
"It doesn't matter. Grandma will look good in any braid she makes!"
"I'm still a little worried. My face is a bit square. Will it look bad in braids?"
"Don't worry! Before liberation, my grandmother was a famous bridesmaid. She was a specialist in combing the hair of brides. She knew how to dress a woman to look her best!"
"That's right, even though she's old, she's still very skillful."
"In our village, all the girls who get married are dressed up by their grandmothers. Everyone out there says that our Ruyi Village is famous for producing beauties!"
Guan Haifu:? ? ?
So I went to the Youth League Station to find someone to comb my hair, but ended up combing my hair in vain? !
However, the people queuing outside the courtyard saw Guan Haifu's new clothes, and many of them praised her in a low voice, saying that her clothes were really beautiful...
Guan Haifu finally regained her position and walked into the yard with her head held high.
Just then, a girl ran out of the yard with a red face and asked the people in line, "Sister, do I look good?"
Guan Haifu stared at the girl closely.
——She had met this girl yesterday. She looked average. Out of a total of ten, she could only score five at most. Her hairline is relatively far back, which makes her forehead particularly broad and makes her look older.
But now, the girl has a newly cut, slanted bangs on her forehead. In order to fix the disobedient bangs, she also put a thin braid at the hairline, which makes her look playful and cute.
The girl's forehead was covered, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes.
The ordinary appearance that used to only get a score of five can now get at least a score of seven!
Guan Haifu fell in love with this hairstyle at once.
The older girls and younger wives around also praised her.
"This is so beautiful! Qiufang, you should have come to ask Sixth Granny to give you a haircut a long time ago!"
"Qiufang is so beautiful!"
“This hairstyle suits you so well!”
“It’s so pretty!”
After receiving the praise, Qiufang ran away shyly with a red face.
Guan Haifu walked into the yard and saw Sixth Grandma sitting on a lounge chair in the yard combing a girl's hair.
Next to the recliner there was a wooden barrel and a bamboo basket. The wooden barrel contained rice and various beans, while the bamboo basket contained potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, gourds, and so on...
Guan Haifu thought: Are these all thank you gifts? Anyone who comes to the old lady to comb her hair has to bring a thank-you gift? But she didn't bring any gifts for the people at the Youth League Station just now. Forget it, I won’t give it to you. Those women are like losers. They are so clumsy that they almost pulled all her hair out!
She stood aside and watched quietly as the Sixth Grandma combed someone's hair. She saw that the pair of rough and old hands moved slowly but skillfully, and in just two or three strokes she helped the girl tie her hair.
Look at that girl again...
It's like he's really been reborn!
Guan Haifu was upset, so she hid back in her room and took out her small mirror to look left and right...
Well, although her hairstyle is not as pretty as those country girls out there, it’s not bad either!
However, the yard was noisy and Guan Haifu was unhappy, so she asked the soldier, "Where is Guan Haishan?"
The soldier said that Hussein also thought it was too noisy here, so he carried his drawing board and went out to sketch.
When Guan Haifu heard this, she also went out.
But she was wandering aimlessly and didn't know anyone in the village, so she finally walked towards Bai Taotao.
As a result, at the intersection near Bai Taotao's house, Guan Haifu saw Guan Haishan and Liu Xuexu setting up a stall to sketch at a higher place?
Guan Haifu ran over with a grunt -
"Kwan Hoi Shan, you are here!"
"Shh, don't make noise..." Guan Haishan responded to Guan Haifu without raising her head. Her eyes were fixed on the scenery in the distance. She didn't even look at Guan Haifu, and the paintbrush in her hand kept painting.
Guan Haifu turned to Liu Xuexu and said, "Hey——"
"No one will think you are dumb even if you don't speak!" Liu Xuexu also said.
Although he and Kwan Hoi-Shan were painting together, they were back to back and saw different views.
One was painting the farmland after it had been harvested, with neat and square plots of farmland and neatly stacked haystacks in the harvested fields; the other was painting a small mountain village bathed in the early winter sun, with upturned houses half hidden by the bay and in the mountains, and a small river meandering along the mountain.
Guan Haifu didn't get along with Guan Haishan and Liu Xuexu to begin with. She wanted to talk to them, but as soon as she opened her mouth...
She sat there sullenly and angrily, cursing herself for being crazy. Why are you so desperate that you have to run to this remote mountain village?
Suddenly, Guan Haishan saw two rural girls at the foot of the mountain carrying baskets and hurried up the mountain. They turned at the intersection and walked towards Taotao's house?
After a while, Hongdou and Huangdou came out of the house hand in hand, jumping and skipping away.
After a while, Taotao and Song Zhi came back with Hongdou and Huangdou.
Guan Haifu stood up and didn't want to pay any attention to Guan Haifu and Liu Xuexu. She went straight down the mountain to Bai Taotao's house.
There was a movie showing in the village today. Taotao's cousin Tang Fengxian arrived early as Taotao had asked her a few days ago. Her purpose was to dress up nicely so as to meet her fiancé.
For this purpose, Tang Fengxian also brought a few clothes that she liked very much.
Taotao led her cousin Fengxian into her room, then took her cousin Fengxian's clothes, looked at them one by one, and finally chose a dark blue top that was 70% new.
Cousin Fengxian hesitated, "Doesn't this look too old-fashioned?"
Her sister Tang Moli said, "Sister, just listen to Taotao!"
Cousin Fengxian nodded.
Taotao is opening the box to look for something...
Hongdou shouted in the yard outside, "Fourth Aunt, Fourth Aunt! Someone is looking for you!"
Tao Tao said to her two cousins, "Pick out the pieces of cloth you like from this box. Pick at least five. I'll go out and take a look!"
After saying that, she ran out and saw that the person coming was Guan Haifu?
It wasn't strange to see Guan Haifu, but what surprised Taotao was...
The dress Guan Haifu is wearing? ? ?
——Isn’t this one of the three clothes that she designed, that Cheng Zhujun then had someone sew for her, and that the peddler sold?
The most important thing is that this dress is relatively thin. If you wear it in autumn and winter, it is best to wear an outer coat over it to reveal the lace collar and the small hem.
But Guan Haifu is wearing this one directly?
Isn't she cold?
Guan Haifu rubbed her arm uncomfortably and asked Taotao, "Hey, where's Brother Song Zhi?"
Tao Tao was even more surprised, "If you want to find him, just go find him, why are you looking for me?"
Guan Haifu, "Didn't he come back with you?"
Taotao looked at Hongdou.
Hongdou said crisply, "When Uncle Song Zhi heard the aunt calling at the door, he said he was going out."
"I, I don't believe it! I came in through this gate and I didn't see him go out! You let him out, I have something to ask him." Guan Haifu said angrily.
Hongdou, "Really? I'm not lying to you! Uncle Songzhi's house has two doors."
Guan Haifu: ...
Tao Tao asked, "So you're going to chase him now? He must not have gone far by now."
Guan Haifu bit her lip.
——She had nothing to do when she came to see Song Zhi, she just wanted to kill time.
Guan Haifu asked hesitantly, "Who are those two women who came to your house just now?"
Taotao understood that Guan Haifu was just looking for trouble!
At this time, Fengxian came out of the house holding some pieces of floral cloth, "Taotao, these pieces of cloth are very beautiful!"
Jasmine also held up the blue dress that Taotao had chosen just now, "Taotao, look, which piece of floral fabric would look best with this dress?"
Taotao chose quickly and finally picked the fabric with small yellow flowers on a white background.
Guan Haifu stretched her neck to take a look and said with disgust, "Humph, it's so rustic!"
Fengxian and Jasmine then looked at Guan Haifu and saw clearly the dress Guan Haifu was wearing...
The two of them immediately revealed envious looks.
Jasmine said, "Oh, it's this dress! This is what Sister Fengxian likes, but it's too expensive..."
Fengxian also said, "This dress is really beautiful, but it's too expensive! The peddler asked for more than ten yuan for one piece! Later I bargained down to eight yuan, but it was snatched away by someone else, so I didn't buy it!"
Speaking of which, Fengxian still had a look of regret on her face.
Guan Haifu was quite proud at first...
Later I heard that Tang Feng bargained down to eight dollars? ? ?
Guan Haifu couldn't laugh anymore - that damn vendor! She spent twenty dollars to buy this dress!
Guan Haifu is not short of money.
But others can buy it for only eight dollars, why does she have to spend twenty?
I'm very angry.
Taotao ignored Guan Haifu at all. She simply sat in the yard, called Hongdou to get her needle and thread basket, then picked up the scissors and started cutting.
Fengxian and Jasmine remained silent, and Guan Haifu also looked at Taotao, wondering what she was doing.
After a while, Guan Haifu understood.
——Bai Taotao is altering clothes and pants?
Watching her sew with such skill, her movements were so quick and swift it was unbelievable! Moreover, she was pretty, with a pair of fair and delicate hands, and her movements were graceful and skillful... Watching her do needlework was a pleasure in itself.
In about half an hour, a piece of clothing was completed.
Taotao smiled and said to Fengxian, "Cousin, try it on. If it doesn't fit, I'll make some changes."
While she was talking, her hands did not stop moving and she had already started to alter a pair of blue pants.
Fengxian put on the blue dress.
——This was originally a very ordinary piece of clothing, but Taotao removed the original buttons and sewed on hidden buttons from the inside, and then sewed double-breasted buttons on the outside, making it look much more upscale.
But the collar still doesn’t look good!
——So Taotao cut a triangular scarf knot out of the piece of white cloth with yellow flowers and pinned it to her collar. Then use floral fabric of the same color to reveal a small section from the cuffs, creating the illusion of two pieces.
As soon as cousin Fengxian put on this dress, she immediately looked very fashionable.
Guan Haifu's face was full of surprise!
Jasmine was very happy, "Sister Fengxian, you look so beautiful in this dress!"
Tao Tao continued to sew while carefully looking at her cousin Feng Xian. She said, "Cousin, take off your clothes. I'll help you get your waist done later..."
Cousin Fengxian was very happy, "Oh, I think it's all right!"
Taotao smiled.
Another half an hour passed and Taotao had finished modifying her pants.
——Taotao trimmed the loose pants to make them fit very closely, and made lapels with lace of the same color on the pockets on both sides of the pants. The trouser legs were also connected with a piece of floral cloth to make the trouser legs thinner and longer.
Next, Taotao asked cousin Fengxian to take off her top and then adjusted the waistline and hems inside her clothes...
Cousin Fengxian went into the house, changed into a complete set of clothes and came out to show Taotao.
Guan Haifu felt her eyes light up!
——She knew exactly how rustic this Fengxian was! But when I put this outfit on... first of all, the clothes and pants didn't match, but now they look like a complete set. Secondly, the color combination is very beautiful, dark blue with small yellow flowers on a white background. Finally, the waistline of the dress was very well trimmed, showing the owner's slender waist, and the corners under the ribs were immediately loosened, showing the plump buttocks...
Fengxian's pants are also a highlight.
The baggy trousers were modified to be close-fitting, and the trouser legs were extended, perfectly outlining the owner's pair of straight and slender long legs.
At the same time, the extended trouser legs covered the surface of the rustic homemade cloth shoes, leaving only the pointed toes exposed. If you don’t look carefully, you would think that the cloth shoes are no worse than leather shoes!
People rely on clothes, Buddha relies on golden ornaments.
Tang Fengxian was just a little country girl, but now she has suddenly turned into a city girl with elegant temperament!
Guan Haifu was very jealous, so she said to Taotao: "You are so good at it, why don't you help me change it..."
Taotao ignored her, called Hongdou to come over and help her put the sewing basket back, and then went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Fengxian went back to the house to change her clothes, and went to the kitchen with Jasmine to help.
Guan Haifu was bored, but didn't want to leave... After all, she was very bored staying in this small village, so she also went to the kitchen door.
Taotao and her two cousins chatted and laughed while preparing ingredients for lunch.
Guan Haifu noticed that Taotao was preparing rice?
She licked her lips.
——She hasn’t even had breakfast yet!
It seems that Bai Taotao's family is well off. The educated youth station has wild vegetables and beans for three meals a day. How can Bai Taotao's family eat rice?
Then I must have a meal here at noon today.
Fengxian and Moli are also good at doing housework. In fact, since they came to Taotao for help this time, they took the initiative to take on most of the work in the kitchen.
Taotao also thought that it would be nice to try out her cousins' cooking skills. So she gave up her seat and went to the vegetable garden to pick a lot of mustard leaves, a handful of beans, a dozen green peppers, and four or five tomatoes.
Looking back, Tao Tao saw Guan Haifu still standing in her house. She frowned and asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"
Guan Haifu's face flushed, "I, I..." She rolled her eyes and finally found an excuse, saying confidently, "I want to wait for my brother Song Zhi, is it your business?"
Tao Tao said with a half-smile: "I think you are here to eat for free!"
Guan Haifu's face suddenly turned red, she was so angry and embarrassed, "You! I, I..." But she couldn't refute it.
When the yard was filled with the aroma of food, Guan Haifu felt even hungrier, and she had no idea how many times she had secretly drooled...
At this time, the Bai family also came back one after another.
Tang Liren and Bai Zhenggan saw Guan Haifu and asked curiously, "Why are you here?" Then they looked around the house and asked, "Are you alone?"
The soldiers didn’t come?
Guan Haifu blushed, "I, I..."
Just at this time, Song Zhi also came back.
Guan Haifu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stretched out her arms and ran towards him, calling out timidly and with infinite grievance, "Brother Song Zhi!"
Seeing that she was still there, Song Zhi was so annoyed, "Don't come over here! If you dare to touch me, I will report you to the police and say you are a hooligan!"
Guan Haifu was stunned and looked at him in shock, "Brother Song Zhi?"
Tang Liren cleared her throat twice and said, "Xiao Guan, it's almost time for dinner. We're going to have dinner soon..."
Guan Haifu's attention was attracted, and she was waiting for Tang Liren to finish saying, "If you don't mind, why don't you come with us and have some simple meals?" Then she nodded quickly.
After all, she endured so much ridicule just to have a good meal!
But Tang Liren said, "...you should also go back to your place and have dinner. Your soldiers are probably looking for you too!"
Guan Haifu: "Okay..."
Wait, that's not right!
Guan Haifu became anxious - No, why don’t the people in your family play by the rules?
At this time, Hongdou had already picked up the heavy lunch box filled with food and was preparing to deliver the meal to Guan Haishan.
Tang Liren said to her granddaughter, "Hongdou, go with Aunt Shanshan's sister!"
Hongdou said crisply, "Okay!"
Then she ran over and held Guan Haifu's hand, "Auntie, let's go!"
Guan Haifu was led away by Hongdou.
She was unwilling to do so, but the host had already ordered them to leave, and Song Zhi didn't like her, so it would be shameful for her to stay. She had no choice but to follow Hongdou sadly.
When I returned to Grandma Liu's yard, it had become quiet. There was only a wooden barrel full of grains and a basket half full of various vegetables, which testified to the crowdedness in the morning.
Guan Haishan had already returned. Seeing Hongdou coming to deliver food, she called her, "Hongdou, don't go. Go and look in the basket and take whatever you want!"
Hongdou squatted beside the basket and rummaged around, then shouted, "Auntie Shanshan, I'll take some peanuts with me. Ask my fifth aunt to cook salted peanuts this afternoon. Let's eat them together while we watch a movie tonight, okay?"
"Take them all!" Guan Haishan said, "Take a few sweet potatoes too... We don't cook here, so let me borrow your stove to roast some sweet potatoes and bring them back for grandma to eat!"
"Hey! All right!"
Hongdou borrowed a small backpack, put the peanuts and sweet potatoes into the basket, and carried it away.
At this time, the Sixth Grandma's meal had arrived. Guan Haishan put the food sent by Hongdou and Sixth Grandma's food together, sat face to face with Sixth Grandma in the yard, and started eating.
Kwan Hoi-shan's lunch was completely vegetarian: a pile of pressed rice, plus four dishes - stir-fried mustard greens with salted egg and shrimp, stir-fried tomatoes with green peppers, stir-fried beans with perilla, and a pickled vegetable.
The Sixth Grandma's meal for the elderly is also completely vegetarian: a bowl of rice mixed with beans, a plate of stir-fried garlic sprouts and dried mushrooms, and a small handful of spicy and sour dried radish.
Although they are all vegetarian dishes, the food smells very good...
This time, Guan Haifu stopped him immediately and said directly: "Guan Haishan! I want to have dinner with you too!"
After a pause, she was afraid that Guan Haishan would refuse her face to face like Tang Liren did, so she said directly: "I want to eat your food! This food looks like it has no oil or water, you definitely don't want to eat it, right?"
Guan Haishan was stunned.
——In the past, if Guan Haifu had said this, Guan Haishan really would not have been able to say no. Most of the time they will sneer and then say something condescending like “I’ll give it to you. I don’t want to eat it anyway.”
but--
Taotao has already reminded her.
Guan Haishan took a bite of the rice with basil and stir-fried beans and found it delicious...
She thought for a while and finally knew what to say:
"You and your mother always told me to see the situation and yourself clearly. Now I'm going to say this to you - look carefully, I bought this meal with my own money, it belongs to me, don't even think about getting a single grain of rice from me!"
"Besides, farmers all cherish food. The soldier has brought you food, so I advise you to eat it all. If you don't eat it because you don't like you did this morning... you will get into big trouble sooner or later!"
Guan Haifu looked at Guan Haishan in shock——
After Guan Haishan said that lightly, she no longer paid attention to Guan Haifu. She gave half of her food to Sixth Grandma, put half of Sixth Grandma's food into her own lunch box, and continued to eat with her grandmother.
At this time, the soldier came back with two meals, "Haifu, come and eat!"
Guan Haifu took a look - the staple food was bean rice, which looked like there were more beans than rice, and there were only two dishes: one was boiled Chinese cabbage, and the other was black
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