This is the first time in Gu Xi’s life that she has taken care of someone, and two children at that. When Wang Xu left, he told her that breakfast was heating up in the pot.
But she overslept when she took a nap, and it was almost 9 o'clock when she woke up. Gu Xi hurried out of the house and saw that the two children had already gotten up and were sitting obediently in the yard. Pan Di was tying Nian Di's hair.
"Good morning, Pan Di and Nian Di. Have you had breakfast?"
The two little girls were still a little restrained when they saw her: "We haven't eaten yet. We don't eat breakfast."
Gu Xi waved to Pan Di while brushing her teeth. Pan Di walked over. Gu Xi lifted the lid of the pot, revealing porridge and buns inside.
Gu Xi pointed at the pot and then at the bowls and chopsticks, and Pan Di immediately understood: "Put out the porridge and take it out, right?"
Gu Xi nodded, brushed her teeth and washed her face. When she finished washing, Pan Di had already brought out a bowl of porridge and a plate with two buns on it.
"Why only one bowl? Didn't you guys not eat either? You and your sister can each take a bowl. Wang Xu made enough for the three of us."
Nian Di was still young after all, and couldn't help drooling as she looked at the porridge and buns: "Do I have some too?"
Gu Xi couldn't help but touch her head: "Yes, you and your sister both have it. I don't know if you have it in other places, but here, you can eat whatever I eat, don't be restrained.
I can’t cook either, so when Wang Xu is not around, I’ll go to someone else’s house for meals. You just follow me. Let’s eat at a hundred houses. "
Seeing that Pan Di hadn't moved, she said, "Go and serve yourselves. Take as much as you want to eat. Don't waste food. I don't know how to serve people. You have to do it yourself."
Nian Di stood up immediately and said, "I'll get it myself."
But Pan Di was short and the stove was taller than her, so she could only call Pan Di. Pan Di lowered her head and followed into the kitchen to help. Both of them came out with a bowl of porridge each, and there was a bun in Nian Di's bowl.
Gu Xi took a look and said, "Pandi, don't you want to eat buns? Or are you too embarrassed to eat them?"
Pan Di is a relatively introverted person: "My mother took me to the town once, and the buns were very expensive. I didn't earn work points, so I couldn't eat them."
Gu Xi sighed helplessly and gave one of the buns on the plate on the table to Pan Di: "Didn't I just tell you that you eat whatever I eat, and if I eat buns, you eat buns too.
I tell you, in this world, every life has its own value. Don't have a low sense of self-esteem and don't look down on yourself because of what your family or villagers say.
It's just a bun. Its value is to fill your stomach. How can you not eat it if you don't earn work points? That doesn't make sense. If I don’t give you food when you get home, you can earn money and buy it yourself when you grow up. Now for me, there is no question of whether I can eat it or not, only whether I want to eat it or not. "
This was the first time Pan Di heard this kind of truth. Before, she was always told that because she was a girl, it would be useless to eat and it would be a waste. Only with Gu Zhiqing did she know that she was valuable. She took a bite of the bun with tears in her eyes and said, "This meat bun smells so good."
Seeing that she understood, Gu Xi hummed and took a bite: "Hey, everything Wang Xu cooks is delicious. This meat bun has a thin skin and a big filling."
Pan Di drank a mouthful of porridge and said: "I got up early in the morning and met Brother Xu who was about to go out. He said that you don't know how to take care of yourself, so he asked me to take good care of you and not let you go hungry or get sick from the cold.
If you are good and obedient, he will come back as soon as possible and bring you gifts. "
Gu Xi was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red: "How can this person say this in front of the child? How can I not take care of myself when I am so old? He is destroying my reputation."
Pan Di and Nian Di both laughed secretly, thinking that Gu Zhiqing was indeed similar to themselves, like a child.
After breakfast, there was nothing to do, so Gu Xi accompanied the two of them to read a book. She always felt that she had forgotten something, but couldn't remember it.
It was not until 11:30 that Lin Ling came running over: "Gu Xi, why haven't you come to eat yet? You didn't really forget to eat, did you? Wang Xu came to see Auntie yesterday and said that he was going out, and you had to bring the two children to eat for free."
Gu Xi then remembered that she forgot to say hello to Lin Ling and was going to have a free meal. Luckily Wang Xu went to tell her yesterday, and Wang Xu remembered what she had forgotten. It was so heartwarming, but she also wanted to slap her a few times. She always said that she took good care of the child, but in the end she was forgetful.
"I'm here. I was just reading a book and forgot about time."
Gu Xi went to the kitchen and got half a bag of sugar, and took the child back with Lin Ling. Lin Ling looked at the sugar in her hand and said, "Don't bring anything. Wang Xu brought a lot of meat, eggs, and vegetables yesterday.
Gu Xi could only put the sugar back silently. When she arrived at her aunt's house, the food had just been prepared. Pan Di went over very sensibly to help serve the dishes and distribute the bowls and chopsticks.
Gu Xi chatted with Grandma Chen for a while: "Grandma, how is your health recently? It's winter, please keep warm."
Grandma Chen smiled and replied, "It's just that my eyes and teeth are not in good condition, and I'm not as agile as before, but everything else is fine."
Gu Xi thought she might have cataracts, and didn't know if cataract surgery was possible now. "As long as you're healthy, it's fine. Don't go out in the winter. There's ice and snow on the ground and it's easy to fall. Just move around in the yard."
After Aunt Chen took her seat, everyone started to eat. The staple food was mixed grain rice and corn. Gu Xi really liked to eat corn, so she didn't have any rice.
Aunt Chen looked at the two children and said, "Eat more. You need to eat enough when you are growing up. I made some egg custard for you."
Gu Xi also taught them: "This egg custard can be mixed with rice. When I was a child, I loved eating egg custard mixed with rice."
After that, he used a clean spoon to scoop two spoonfuls of egg custard into the two children's bowls: "You can use chopsticks to mix it yourself and see if it tastes good."
Pan Di and Nian Di mixed the rice and eggs evenly, and scooped a spoonful into their mouths. The rice mixed with the aroma of the eggs had a moist and smooth taste: "It's delicious."
Seeing them say it was delicious, Lin Ling couldn't help but scoop two spoonfuls into her own bowl: "Wow, it's really delicious. I don't even need any other dishes when eating this way. It's comparable to rice with braised pork sauce."
Gu Xi was amused by Lin Ling's naive look: "You haven't eaten like this before, have you? You still don't know enough about eating."
Lin Ling rolled her eyes at her and mixed two spoonfuls of rice for Grandma Chen and her aunt as well. Grandma Chen's teeth were not in good condition, so the rice became softer and easier to eat with this mixture.
"Gu Xi, what else can you do? Teach me everything. You can't eat alone."
Gu Xi was speechless: "I've been craving for eggplant or lotus root boxes lately. They're made by putting minced meat between two slices of eggplant or lotus root, coating them with a thin layer of batter, and frying them in a pan."
Lin Ling's mouth was watering when she heard this, but Aunt Chen was a little embarrassed: "We don't have that much oil for frying at home. We usually use more lard for cooking. Your dish sounds like an eggplant box, but it's more complicated than making dumplings."
Gu Xi made the comparison: "It's true. It's quite troublesome to do this. Let Wang Xu do it when he comes back."
Aunt Chen laughed when she heard this: "Wang Xu is completely defeated by you."
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