Qi Mengmeng sat up suddenly: "It's so late? The wake-up call didn't ring today?"
Gu Guizhi: “…It rang.”
After asking this question, Qi Mengmeng realized that she had asked a stupid question. This is a family compound, how could there be no wake-up call?
"You must be too tired to hear the wake-up call. Don't cook this morning. I'll go to the cafeteria to buy some food."
Gu Guizhi said this, stood up, put on his clothes and went out.
Qi Mengmeng combed her hair with her hands twice, then stood up and changed her clothes.
Forget it, it’s just that I got up late. As long as I’m not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
Qi Mengmeng went to the yard to get some water to brush her teeth and wash her face. Just as she finished applying lotion, Gu Guizhi came back.
"I bought steamed buns, porridge, and eggs, all hot." Gu Guizhi put the two lunch boxes in his hand on the table, turned around and went to wash his face.
He moved very quickly. Gu Guizhi came back almost as Qi Mengmeng had just peeled an egg.
Qi Mengmeng handed him the egg in her hand, and Gu Guizhi waved his hand: "You eat it, I'll peel it myself."
Gu Guizhi quickly peeled the egg and put it into the porridge, then started eating the buns. He ate three buns in one breath and quickly finished the egg and porridge.
Qi Mengmeng had just finished eating eggs.
Gu Guizhi asked her to eat slowly. He got up to sweep the floor, wiped the furniture, and came back to wash the dishes.
Qi Mengmeng just stood by and watched him. People always say that men who work are the most handsome. This is so true.
"Take a look at what's at home. I'll go report first. You can tell me when I come back if you need anything." Gu Guizhi gave Qi Mengmeng a few instructions before leaving.
Qi Mengmeng looked around the house and went to wash the clothes she had taken off yesterday before starting to check the house.
All the big items in the house are complete, and the only things missing are some small miscellaneous items. She has them all in her space, but she has to go to the city to find a reason to take them out.
She would probably have to wait for a while for the large bedding and other items that she had squeezed over from the capital, and she also had to find a way to sell some of the four-piece sets in the space.
This way she can use it with confidence.
She found a pen and paper and listed the things she needed to do during this period one by one. Then, Li Laidie's voice came from outside the door.
"Mengmeng, are you home?"
"Yes, I'm home." Qi Mengmeng put the half-written paper into the space and walked out: "The door is open, come in."
Li Lai Di walked in with a basket in her hand: "Meng Meng, I picked some vegetables at home and brought them to you."
Qi Mengmeng smiled and said, "Sister-in-law brought the food yesterday, and we haven't finished eating yet."
Li Lai Di waved her hand: "That dish can be eaten in one meal. If you want to eat something, go pick it at home."
"Okay, then I won't be polite to my sister-in-law." Qi Mengmeng liked Li Laidie's personality more and was not polite at all, but as soon as she picked up the basket, she felt that the weight was not right.
She opened the cloth on the basket and found half a basket of vegetables, a pair of pillowcases and two canned fruits.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Qi Mengmeng pushed the basket back.
"Mengmeng, you saved my sister, you can't refuse this little thing." Li Laidie insisted on sending the things over.
"Sister Mengmeng, the things here are prepared by my sister. When I make money in the future, I will buy something to thank you." Li Pandi said to Qi Mengmeng with a serious look.
"No one would just stand there and watch in the situation we faced. You two are too polite." Qi Mengmeng took out the canned fruit.
Canned fruits are hard to buy nowadays. Not only do you need money, you also need tickets, and they are not cheap. She has fruits and canned fruits she made herself in her space, so there is no need to buy such expensive things.
"I'll take this dish, and take the canned food back for Weiwei." Qi Mengmeng took out the dish and put the canned fruit in. "I don't like canned food."
Li Lai Di knew that Qi Mengmeng was just being polite. Who wouldn't like to eat canned fruit? But Qi Mengmeng insisted on not taking it and she didn't dare to push it hard for fear of breaking it.
"Then you can't refuse this pillowcase. I embroidered it and it didn't cost much." Li Lai Di took out two pillowcases and showed them to Qi Mengmeng.
There are large peonies embroidered on the two bright red pillowcases, which looks particularly rich and festive.
"Did you embroider this yourself?" Qi Mengmeng was really surprised. A pillowcase like this would not be cheap in the future.
"Well, I embroidered it when I had nothing to do. You and Captain Gu just got married, so this is a wedding gift. You can't refuse it."
While speaking, Li Laidi glanced at Li Pandi. In fact, this pillowcase was embroidered by her for her own sister.
She saved up cloth for a year just for these two pieces of red cloth.
Qi Mengmeng saved Li Pandi. Li Laidi didn't have anything in her hand, only this pair of pillowcases that were festive and beautiful, so she took them.
This is a hand-embroidered pillowcase. Qi Mengmeng really likes it, so she didn't refuse.
She smiled and praised Li Lai Di: "I didn't expect that my sister-in-law has such a skill. The flowers embroidered here look just like the real thing."
"I learned this from an old lady in the village. She used to be an embroiderer for a wealthy family. But such patterns are not popular now. People prefer machine-printed ones."
Li Lai Di smiled as she talked about the past and glanced at Li Pan Di: "My second sister learned better than me."
Li Pandi retracted her hands. She had been working hard for many years and her hands had become rough. She could not do such delicate work at all.
"Sister Mengmeng, I can work and sew clothes. I will take care of all the housework in your house from now on." Li Pandi suddenly spoke and looked around, as if to see what kind of housework there was.
Qi Mengmeng quickly stopped him: "There are only two of us at home, there is not much work to do, we can do it ourselves, we don't need you."
The light in Li Pandi's eyes dimmed a little. She looked at Li Laidi, then at Qi Mengmeng, bit her lip and said, "Sister Mengmeng, I really can do anything."
Qi Mengmeng saw the uneasiness in Li Pandi's eyes. She thought for a moment and said, "My family doesn't have much work to do right now. We're going to host a dinner in the family compound in a few days. Can you come and help then?"
"Okay." Li Pandi immediately nodded with a smile.
"Sister Mengmeng, I see your yard is empty. How about I plant some vegetables in it for you?" Li Pandi, who was sitting next to them and listening to Li Laidi and Qi Mengmeng talking, suddenly spoke up.
Qi Mengmeng looked around the yard. She also wanted to grow vegetables, but winter was coming soon. Could the vegetables still grow?
She expressed her doubts.
"You can plant cabbage. When the frost comes, it will grow to half its size and can be considered a vegetable." Li Lai Di thought for a moment and said, "I still have cabbage seeds at home. I'll go get some for you."
"I'll go get the hoe." Li Pandi followed immediately.
The two sisters worked together and cleaned up the Gu family courtyard in just one morning.
Qi Mengmeng doesn't know how to farm, so she is responsible for the logistics work. She used the vegetables that Li Laidie brought to make three dishes: fried cowpea with bacon, roasted eggplant, and fried cucumber with eggs. She also stewed a pot of multi-grain rice.
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