About two minutes later, footsteps came closer, accompanied by Qi Huilan's uncertain voice: "Mengmeng, is that you?"
"It's me, Mom. I'm back." Qi Mengmeng agreed.
The door suddenly opened from the inside, Qi Huilan held up a flashlight, her eyes full of surprise.
"Mengmeng, you're back. Didn't you say you would arrive in the early morning? How did you get back? Oh, it's too cold. Come in quickly." Qi Huilan asked one question after another, and without waiting for Qi Mengmeng to come back, she pulled her into the house.
Gu Guizhi, who was behind Qi Mengmeng, called out, "Mom."
Qi Huilan only nodded once, then pulled Qi Mengmeng into the house, saying as they walked, "We had dinner early today, thinking we would go to bed early, and pick you up at the train station after twelve o'clock. We didn't expect you to come back so early."
Qi Mengmeng said in between Qi Huilan's words: "Things went smoothly in Beijing, and I took another train back."
Qi Huilan put Qi Mengmeng's hand to her mouth and blew on it, muttering, "Why don't you wear gloves? Your hands are so cold."
Liu Dajiang and Qi Huilan came out together. They hadn't had a chance to talk the whole time. He finally got in a word and said, "I'll go light the fire and prepare some food for Mengmeng and the others."
"Go quickly, go quickly, Mengmeng must not have eaten anything." Qi Huilan urged Liu Dajiang to go to the kitchen, and she pulled Qi Mengmeng into the house.
Meng Lao Si also came out of the house, his eyes full of joy: "Meng Meng is back."
"Fourth uncle." Qi Mengmeng greeted Meng Laosi and said with a smile, "Fourth uncle looks good."
This is not a polite remark. Although Meng Laosi is still thin, he looks much more energetic. Strictly speaking, he is in better shape than when he was in the capital.
Meng Laosi buttoned up the last button on his clothes and looked at Qi Huilan with a smile: "Thanks to Huilan, otherwise I would not be able to survive this winter."
Qi Huilan frowned unhappily: "Fourth brother, why are you saying this again?"
Meng Lao Si said in a good-tempered manner: "Don't say it, I won't say this again in the future. I'm still looking forward to staying with you for a few more years and watching Meng Meng give birth to a child."
Qi Huilan's eyes couldn't help but glance at Qi Mengmeng's belly, with a tentative light in her eyes.
Qi Mengmeng wanted to hold her forehead with her hand. Did her mother forget that Gu Guizhi was injured just after getting married? But now was obviously not the time to talk about this.
She looked around and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."
Qi Huilan immediately threw away other thoughts in her mind. She walked out, saying, "I have prepared noodles for you and cut the pork into shreds. I will make you some shredded pork noodles and add a few meatballs I fried today. It will definitely taste good."
Qi Mengmeng followed Qi Huilan out. What she said just now was just to change the subject. They had eaten shortbread before getting off the bus, so they were not very hungry.
When Qi Huilan walked into the kitchen, Liu Dajiang had already fried the shredded pork and started cooking noodles.
Soon, two large bowls of noodles were cooked. The large bowls contained not only shredded meat and meatballs, but also a fried egg.
Qi Mengmeng looked at the big bowl that was as big as her face, and her stomach, which was not very hungry to begin with, instantly felt full.
Qi Huilan brought the noodles to Qi Mengmeng and handed over the chopsticks: "The noodles are hot, eat slowly."
Qi Mengmeng swallowed her refusal and slowly started to eat the noodles. Qi Huilan watched her with a smile on her face.
Gu Guizhi was really hungry, and since no one was watching him, he naturally ate a lot. After a few chopsticks, half of the noodles were gone. Qi Mengmeng wanted to give him some, but Qi Huilan stopped him: "There's still some in the pot, Mengmeng, eat it yourself, I'll ask your uncle Liu to serve more for Gu Guizhi."
Liu Dajiang tried to take Gu Guizhi's bowl, but Gu Guizhi refused: "Uncle Liu, I'll finish eating first."
Qi Mengmeng said to Qi Huilan coquettishly, "Mom, there are too many things in here. I can't eat it."
This big bowl of noodles must weigh half a pound, plus the shredded meat, meatballs, and fried eggs in it, even Qi Mengmeng, who was hungry, couldn't finish it.
Qi Huilan could see that Qi Mengmeng really couldn't finish it, so she nodded and said, "Then you eat first, and if you can't finish it, let Guizhi eat it."
Gu Guizhi also nodded: "Eat all the meat, and give me the remaining noodles."
Qi Mengmeng stared at the many eyes, ate the shredded pork, meatballs, and fried eggs, and then ate two chopsticks of noodles. She really couldn't eat any more.
Only then did Gu Guizhi eat the noodles left by Qi Mengmeng, and Qi Huilan nodded with satisfaction.
Qi Huilan took Qi Mengmeng's hand and asked about the journey. Qi Mengmeng said a few simple words and went to get her bag to take out some food prepared for everyone.
Mainly sausages, bacon, and dried vegetables such as fungus and mushrooms.
Qi Huilan's eyelids twitched when she saw the things Qi Mengmeng took out. She glanced at Gu Guizhi first, and when she saw nothing unusual, she said, "Why did you bring back so many things, kid? We can't finish them all. Take them back and eat them when you leave."
Qi Mengmeng took out three more pairs of cotton shoes, which she also asked Aunt Xu to make. They were stuffed with cotton and were very warm to wear on the feet, not cold at all.
Qi Huilan secretly patted Qi Mengmeng. So many things were sent back some time ago, and now there are so many things again. Even if there is no one at Gu Guizhi's house, she can't do this.
Gu Guizhi nodded to Qi Huilan and said, "Mom, we can't be with you usually, so it's our duty to make a few pairs of shoes for you."
Gu Guizhi had looked at almost all of these things before coming. He had no objections and even felt that they did not bring enough things.
Seeing that Gu Guizhi really had no objection, Qi Huilan divided the shoes belonging to Liu Dajiang and Meng Laosi between them. She also said that Qi Mengmeng would sleep with her tonight, so Gu Guizhi and Liu Dajiang could squeeze in.
The quilt at home was newly made this year and is very warm. Gu Guizhi is not afraid of the cold, but he just wants to live with his wife.
Qi Mengmeng waved at Gu Guizhi. She hadn't seen Qi Huilan for several months and also wanted to sleep with her biological mother.
Liu Dajiang had already boiled a pot of hot water and asked Qi Mengmeng and Gu Guizhi to soak their feet in it and go to bed early so they could talk tomorrow morning.
After washing up, Qi Huilan and Qi Mengmeng lay down on the bed. Qi Huilan asked in a low voice: "What did the doctor say about your trip to Beijing this time?"
Qi Mengmeng told the truth about Gu Guizhi's situation, mainly because she was worried that Qi Huilan would induce labor.
Qi Huilan sighed, "You are not too old, it is good to have children later. As long as you two are well, it is better than anything else."
Qi Mengmeng: ...My own mother is so advanced in her thinking?
Although Qi Huilan didn't see Qi Mengmeng's expression, she guessed what Qi Mengmeng was thinking. She patted Qi Mengmeng gently and said, "I said it's okay for you to have the baby later, not that you can't have one."
Qi Mengmeng quickly said, "I understand."
In the darkness, Qi Huilan was silent for a while before asking, "Did your father say anything when you came back?"
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