After Congbao went back for a while, he came back happily: "Gu Zhiqing, I've talked to my mother, and she's agreed for my sister and I to have dinner here."
Gu Xi couldn't help but ask: "How did your mother agree?"
Congbao touched his head, a little embarrassed: "My mother said that the food at Gu Zhiqing's house is good, and asked me to eat more meat, which I can't eat normally."
Gu Xi was both angry and amused after hearing this: "It's exactly what your mother would say. Then you should all eat more later, and eat until you are full."
Looking at the four people sitting there, Wangdi's clothes were obviously very old. Gu Xi walked up and touched them. The cotton had clumps and hardened, and she didn't feel warm at all. She went into the house and found an old cotton-padded jacket for her to wear.
Now I really want to thank my parents for taking the trouble to send me all the clothes that can be worn and those that can’t be worn at home. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have so many old cotton-padded jackets to give to them.
Gu Xi went to the kitchen and put her arms around Wang Xu's waist, resting her head on his back: "When you were a child, were you also not well clothed and well fed?"
Wang Xu was busy with his work: "The teacher was very good to me, and my mother also left me a lot of money, so I was not an abused child. It's just that after the teacher and his wife passed away, there was no one to communicate with, and I didn't have any awareness of this. I was in good health and felt that I was more resistant to cold, so I only had those two cotton coats in winter.
You think I'm cold, but in fact, many people in rural areas are like this. Cotton is a rare commodity. A family may only have one or two cotton-padded clothes, and whoever goes out wears them. Others at home, sitting on the kang, don't need cotton-padded clothes. You see, Wei Dashu didn't want anything else and only asked Liu Xiuni to return the cotton-padded jacket. Without a ticket, he could only buy it at the black market, and not everyone could enter the black market.
Only the lady from the supply and marketing cooperative has a good relationship with you and can buy you a cotton-padded coat without your ticket or by paying a little more money. "
What surprised Gu Xi was: "A family only has one piece of clothing to wear when going out? It's really hard. No wonder so many people risk their lives to sell things on the black market. This is the only way to improve their lives."
At this point, Gu Xi thought of Bai Tao: "I'm going to go to the educated youth camp to find Bai Tao and tell her about the sale of the house. What do you think about giving her 200 yuan?"
Wang Xu had no opinion on any of Gu Xi's decisions: "You can make the decision on this matter, it's your money anyway. Also, I've put all the passbooks together, I'll tell you where they are later."
"Okay, I'm confident in leaving it to you. Cook well and make more. We have four children to eat together."
Gu Xi took out two hundred yuan and put it in his pocket, then walked all the way to the educated youth center. In all the time he had been in the countryside, he had actually only been to the educated youth center once, which was when he came to check out the environment.
When they arrived at the educated youth center, Duan Shuhua was washing vegetables in the yard. When she saw Gu Xi, she greeted him, "Gu Xi, why are you here?"
Gu Xi smiled and greeted her: "You are still washing vegetables in the yard in such a cold day. Your hands are stiff. At least pour some hot water. Be careful not to get frostbite when it gets colder."
Duan Shuhua looked at her with amusement: "I came earlier than you. I have experienced it more than once in all four seasons. I am more experienced than you. Don't worry, we will not treat ourselves badly. We are too lazy to boil water, so we will just take a shower and be done with it."
Gu Xi thought so too: "What you said makes sense, I can't refute it. I'm here to find Bai Tao, can you help me call her?"
Although Duan Shuhua was curious about when Bai Tao and Gu Xi had any contact, he did not meddle in their affairs. He entered the room and called Bai Tao, but did not make any noise to avoid causing trouble.
Bai Tao was also wondering why Duan Shuhua called her for no apparent reason. She came out and saw Gu Xi standing in the yard, and immediately went over to her: "Why are you here?"
Gu Xi pointed outside, and the two walked out one after the other. After walking for a distance, Gu Xi saw that there was no one around, so he took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to her: "I sold the cream cake recipe to the food factory. I'll give you two hundred yuan as a thank you for your sample. This matter is settled, you can continue to sell cakes without worry. After the food factory sells it, your business should be better, but the profit will be lower."
Bai Tao was not polite: "Then I'll accept it, thank you. After my last conversation with you, I reflected on it and realized that I was indeed a little too eager for quick success. If I expose myself to danger, it would be more trouble than gain."
Gu Xi looked at her and said, "Since you have been reborn, you have the upper hand. You will definitely change your fate and live the life you want."
Bai Tao looked at Gu Xi with an inquiring look again: "Gu Xi, since you know that I was reborn, why don't you ask me what will happen next?"
Gu Xi thought for a while: "Maybe I just want to live in the present, or I am very satisfied with my current life and don't want to change it in advance. What's more, didn't you say that you didn't meet me in your previous life?"
Bai Tao also agreed with her answer: "That's right, you still have Wang Xu by your side, just hold on to him."
Gu Xi raised her hand to protest: "Wrong, I live my own life first, Wang Xu is just the icing on the cake. People should not rely on others, only yourself is the most trustworthy."
Bai Tao seemed to understand the true meaning of rebirth in an instant: "You are right, I just didn't understand it all along."
When Gu Xi returned, Wang Xu had already prepared the meal, a table full of nutritious dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, braised pork, fried shrimps, vegetables and mushrooms.
Each person had a bowl of rice. Wang Xu had replaced all the coarse grains in the house with rice. Gu Xi wanted to mix the coarse grains together at first, but it was too unpalatable and she almost wasted the rice. In the end, Wang Xu also ate the rice and sometimes made steamed buns for herself.
None of the four children had ever eaten rice. Even the most favored child, Congbao, could only eat white flour buns or noodles on his birthday.
The rice had a sweet aroma of grain in the mouth. The children knew how to eat without any instruction. They ate the rice with the soup of the braised pork and finished a bowl of rice quickly. The three girls didn't dare to speak, but Congbao spoke first, "I want to have another bowl of rice." Even the youngest Niandi wanted to add more rice, as she was young and had only half a bowl.
Wang Xu added more rice for the four of them, this time it was scrambled eggs with tomatoes and rice, with meat on the side. Wang Xu saw that they only ate meat and no vegetables: "Eat some vegetables too, two bites per person, and you are not allowed to leave the table until you finish eating."
The four children ate two bites of vegetables each with sad faces. Congbao looked at Gu Xi mischievously: "Gu Zhiqing didn't eat vegetables either, she wasn't well behaved either."
Wang Xu also picked up two chopsticks for her. At this moment, Gu Xi felt the same way and ate two chopsticks of food with a frown: "Don't cook green vegetables next time. I hate eating green vegetables the most."
The four children also nodded, leaving Wang Xu helpless and speechless.
After dinner, the four of them played for a while. Wangdi and Congbao went home to take a nap, while Pandi and Niandi slept in the small room. Gu Chao had cleaned the room the last time he came, and the washed quilts were placed there.
The kang was heated up, and the two little girls lay down on it obediently, snuggling up to each other and fell asleep.
Gu Xi waited for Wang Xu to finish washing the dishes, then dragged him into her room and started kissing him fiercely. Gradually, Wang Xu took over the role of guest, and kissed Gu Xi so much that she was very emotional. When Wang Xu let go, Gu Xi opened her eyes and said, "You learned this kissing technique naturally."
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