Zhao Xiaocao and Master Li accompanied Qi Mengmeng for a while. Seeing that Qi Mengmeng insisted on not having them accompany her, they went home together.
When they got home, Zhao Xiaocao took off her shoes and got on the kang. She let out a long sigh and said to Master Li, "Tell me, what's so important about Deputy Commander Gu that he has to go out now? Not to mention that the New Year is coming soon, Mengmeng is pregnant and will give birth in more than a month. Will he be able to come back by then?"
How would Master Li know about these things?
"Okay, don't say these things in front of Mengmeng. Mengmeng said her mother will be back in a few days, so we should take better care of her these days."
"Do you need to tell me all this?" Zhao Xiaocao rolled his eyes at Master Li.
Not to mention the money and notes left by Gu Guizhi, Qi Mengmeng was usually very nice to the old couple. Now that Qi Mengmeng's belly was so big, they must take better care of her.
It was cold and it was easy for people to feel sleepy in bed. The two of them talked for a few words and then fell asleep.
Qi Mengmeng was also lying in the quilt, unable to sleep.
The bed was clearly quite warm, but she just felt cold. She tossed and turned for more than half an hour before falling asleep, and woke up early the next morning.
She couldn't sleep, so she had to get dressed.
There was another layer of snow in the yard, probably from the last night.
Qi Mengmeng wondered whether she should clear a path, otherwise it would be inconvenient for her to go out.
She had just swept twice when she heard the sound of sweeping the floor outside the door. The noise was much louder than the two sweeps she made.
She was a little curious for a moment and Qi Mengmeng didn't want to sweep the floor anymore. She walked to the door to take a look. As soon as she opened the door, she saw a girl with long braids sweeping the floor outside, and she was sweeping the door of her house.
The girl with long braids turned around when she heard the noise and it turned out to be Lu Xiaochun.
"Xiaochun, why are you here?"
Lu Xiaochun tucked the broom under his arm, blew on his hands, and said, "I see that the snow is too heavy today. I'm worried that it will be inconvenient for you to go out, so I came over to help you sweep outside."
Qi Mengmeng saw that her face was red from the cold, and that the snow near her door had been almost cleared, so she asked her to come into the house to drink some hot water.
Lu Xiaochun has been staying at the Shu family these days. If she goes back at this time, there will definitely be no food, so she put her hands back into her sleeves and followed Qi Mengmeng into the yard.
Qi Mengmeng walked into the house and poured a cup of brown sugar water for Lu Xiaochun. When she turned around, there was no one behind her and the sound of sweeping the floor came from the yard again.
She walked to the door and saw Lu Xiaochun sweeping the snow in the yard with her broken broom.
"Xiaochun, have a cup of hot water before sweeping." Qi Mengmeng called her.
Lu Xiaochun was thinking about sweeping the yard clean. Without even turning his head, he shouted, "I'll drink after I finish sweeping."
Qi Mengmeng looked at the broken broom in her hand and pointed to the corner: "There is a new broom over there."
Lu Xiaochun was holding an old broom that the Shu family no longer used. It was very difficult to sweep with it. When she heard Qi Mengmeng mention the new broom, she picked it up and quickly swept the yard clean.
Qi Mengmeng called her to drink some water quickly. Lu Xiaochun went to find some water to wash her hands before picking up the ceramic jar on the table.
"Is this brown sugar water?" She touched the heat from the ceramic jar, and her eyes turned red.
"You've been sweeping snow outside for so long, you should drink some brown sugar water. In fact, brown sugar ginger water is best, but I'm afraid I can't make it right now."
Qi Mengmeng's belly is getting bigger and bigger. It is inconvenient for her to squat now, so she cooks less and less, and mostly eats the food stored in the space.
Lu Xiaochun drank the brown sugar water in one breath, it was so sweet that tears came to her eyes.
"Sister Mengmeng, this water tastes really good."
When her mother was alive, she would drink brown sugar water when she was craving for something, but since her mother passed away, she no longer knows what sweetness feels like.
Although Lu Xiaolan treated her well, she had her own children and was a stepmother, so she was lucky enough to be able to feed her. How could she give her any candy?
Seeing that she liked it, Qi Mengmeng was about to pour her another cup, but Lu Xiaochun quickly waved her hand, poured herself a glass of water, rinsed the brown sugar juice in the cup, and drank it in one gulp.
"Sister Mengmeng, I've already swept the yard clean. Do you have any clothes to wash? Can I help you wash them?"
Lu Xiaochun stood up, looking like he was going to work for Qi Mengmeng.
"My clothes are all clean, you don't have to wash them. But you, have you had breakfast?"
After Qi Mengmeng changed her clothes, Gu Guizhi would wash them immediately, so there were no dirty clothes in her house.
She got up early today and was a little hungry. Judging from Lu Xiaochun's expression, she guessed that he hadn't had breakfast either.
Lu Xiaochun wanted to eat, but her stomach was already rumbling.
Qi Mengmeng smiled. Since someone came to sweep the yard for her early in the morning, she should at least provide him with a meal.
"Can you cook? There's food in my kitchen. Can you make some for us?"
Lu Xiaochun shook his head first, then nodded: "I don't want to eat it, I'll make it for you."
Qi Mengmeng ignored her and took her to the kitchen and asked her to cook dumplings.
This year she had a big belly, so she didn't make sauerkraut, but Zhao Xiaocao made a jar of it for her. She was craving for it a few days ago, so she made some dumplings, ate half of them, and put the other half in the space.
Qi Mengmeng asked Lu Xiaochun to go to the kitchen, and then she pretended to take out a pot of dumplings from outside.
Lu Xiaochun looked at the bowl full of white flour dumplings and asked, "Sister Mengmeng, are all these dumplings cooked?"
Isn’t this too much?
Qi Mengmeng estimated Lu Xiaochun's appetite. Although she didn't look fat, she was young and probably ate a lot.
Qi Mengmeng herself was now more able to eat and often felt hungry, so she nodded confidently, "Let's cook them all."
Lu Xiaochun felt that it was too much, but she knew that Qi Mengmeng was pregnant with twins and thought that Qi Mengmeng ate a lot, so she did not hesitate, took the basin from Qi Mengmeng's hand, and went to cook dumplings.
Qi Mengmeng went to the side to prepare the dipping sauce.
Now she can eat both sour and spicy food, so I prepared a vinegar dish, put chili oil in it, added some minced garlic, poured vinegar on it, took a deep breath, and it tasted great.
She poured an extra dish of vinegar for Lu Xiaochun.
Lu Xiaochun was quick and agile and quickly cooked the dumplings and put them into a large bowl. She then helped Qi Mengmeng bring them into the house.
Qi Mengmeng brought the vinegar dish back to the house. Lu Xiaochun took the vinegar dish from her, then went to serve her a bowl of dumpling soup and put it all on the table.
"Sister Mengmeng, I'm going home."
"Where are you going back to?" Qi Mengmeng stopped her. "I can't finish all these dumplings. Come eat with me. After we finish, we'll go to the factory together. You'll start working for me tomorrow."
Lu Xiaochun stood there in a daze. Qi Mengmeng not only invited her to stay for dinner, but also asked her to take over early.
That means she can earn at least three months’ salary, that much?
Lu Xiaochun's eyes widened.
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