Kang Kang was still shouting at the cake: "Cake, cake."
"They ate a lot of cake just now, so don't let them eat these." Qi Mengmeng asked Qi Huilan to put the cake away.
Qi Huilan stood up to collect the cake, and An An in Qi Mengmeng's arms suddenly said, "Dad, Dad..."
The muscles on Gu Guizhi's face moved, he turned his head to look at An An, then looked at Qi Mengmeng: "Just now, was it An An who called me daddy?"
"Yes, it's An An calling daddy."
Qi Mengmeng carefully exchanged the child in her hands with Gu Guizhi.
Gu Guizhi held An An in his arms and whispered, "An An, call me daddy."
An An called out politely, "Dad."
Gu Guizhi was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. He held An An in his arms, his voice choking with sobs: "Alas, Daddy's good child, Daddy is here."
An An called out twice again, and Gu Guizhi carefully put the cake in his hand into An An's mouth. An An ate it bit by bit, and after eating, he did not forget to call Gu Guizhi "Dad".
When Kang Kang saw that his cake was eaten by An An, he was stunned for a moment, then pointed at An An and said, "Gao, Gao."
An An didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, she shouted at Gu Guizhi: "Dad, Dad..."
"Hey, hey,"
Gu Guizhi had an obvious smile on his face. He hugged An An tightly and said to Kang Kang, "Kang Kang, look, your brother called you daddy and ate the cake. You also called me daddy and daddy will give you cake."
The cake on the table had been put away by Qi Huilan. The last bit of cake was in An An's mouth. Kang Kang couldn't understand what Gu Guizhi said. He only knew that the cake was gone.
"Gao, Gao, Mom, Gao..." Kang Kang lay in Qi Mengmeng's arms and burst into tears.
Qi Mengmeng patted his little butt in an angry and amused manner: "You have already eaten a lot of cake. You can't eat it today. Eat it tomorrow."
Kang Kang shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand and still wanted to eat cake.
Kang Kang’s cries were so piercing that Qi Mengmeng’s ears hurt, so she stuffed Kang Kang into Gu Guizhi’s arms.
"Take Kang Kang out to play for a while, and bring her back when she stops crying."
Gu Guizhi knew what Kang Kang liked and just lifted him up.
Kang Kang, who was crying, stopped and Gu Guizhi carried him outside.
Qi Mengmeng shook her head, fed An An some water, and coaxed him to play for a while, and An An fell asleep.
After a while, Gu Guizhi came back with the sleeping Kang Kang, put him on the bed, and let the two children sleep together.
"Wife, the cake you made is so delicious. I think this cake will definitely sell well." Gu Guizhi encouraged Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng knew that no matter what she did, Gu Guizhi would support her.
"But wife, if you are tired, do less. I don't want you to be too tired."
This is also the truth. Although Gu Guizhi is attending military school, he also receives an allowance. Qi Mengmeng also receives subsidies for attending college. In other words, they have earned less in the past two years, but the family has savings. After Qi Mengmeng graduates from college, she will be assigned to a good unit, so she doesn't need to be so anxious to make money.
Qi Mengmeng couldn't tell Gu Guizhi that what she wanted was not the little money she earned from making cakes, but the favorable climate of reform and opening up.
As long as we catch this east wind, even a pig can climb a tree, not to mention that the cake made by Qi Mengmeng is already very good.
"Guizhi, what do you think of those people who are running small businesses now? For example, the people we saw taking photos of people in the square today?"
Qi Mengmeng suddenly asked this question.
"These people probably don't have jobs, so they come out to support themselves. I think that's great." Gu Guizhi said sincerely, "These people don't have jobs, so they run small businesses to support their families."
"Aren't you ashamed?"
"It's shameful not to have enough food."
Gu Guizhi answered quickly. He joined the army and went to the battlefield to make his family live a better life. The substance is more important than appearance.
If those people could have enough food and drink, how could they possibly come out to do small business?
"I see there are quite a lot of people running small businesses out there, and I guess they won't be regulated very strictly in the future." Gu Guizhi expressed his own thoughts, but they happened to be in line with the progress of the times.
Qi Mengmeng knew that there was no shortage of smart people in every era. She knew the development of the times, and Gu Guizhi really saw the essence from the phenomenon.
"Mengmeng, I'm not worried that you'll be embarrassed selling cakes, I'm worried that you'll be too tired." Gu Guizhi explained: "You have to go to work, take care of two children when you get home, and then make cakes and sell them. It's really too hard."
Such days are certainly hard, but Qi Mengmeng likes to bake cakes. She started learning to bake cakes for a living, but after making cakes for so many years, she has become accustomed to and adapted to it. In her opinion, making cakes is not a very tiring thing.
"I will arrange my time well. There is only one oven now. Even if I want to be tired, I can't be too tired." Qi Mengmeng felt that looking after an oven was too easy.
Seeing that Qi Mengmeng really liked making cakes and didn’t feel tired, Gu Guizhi didn’t say anything else.
After dinner, when Qi Mengmeng and her family were getting ready to go to bed, there was a knock on the door.
Qi Huilan was a little puzzled: "Who is knocking on the door at this time?"
Gu Guizhi went to open the door, and outside were Du Heng and his wife.
Du Heng looked at Gu Guizhi embarrassedly: "Brother Gu, are you asleep? Are we here too late?"
"You're not asleep yet, come in." Gu Guizhi let the two in, having already guessed what they were here for.
"Sister-in-law, I'm Ding Xiang. The cakes that Du Heng brought back today were all made by you, right? They tasted so good, better than the ones I had at foreigners' homes. I heard from Du Heng that you were going to take these cakes out to sell, what do you think of me?"
As soon as Du Heng's wife Ding Xiang entered the house, she rushed towards Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng didn't expect Ding Xiang to be so anxious. She started thinking about this before she even sat down.
"Dingxiang, don't be anxious, talk to your sister-in-law slowly." Du Heng pulled Dingxiang.
Ding Xiang took a deep breath and softened her tone: "I'm sorry to have made fun of you, sister-in-law. I just think your cake is so delicious."
"What was the cake like when you ate it at foreigners' homes?" Qi Mengmeng wanted to know more.
"Actually, I haven't eaten many pieces. I've only seen foreigners make them. But I think the cakes you make are better than theirs." Ding Xiang was not being polite. She really thought the cakes Qi Mengmeng made were delicious.
"Sister-in-law, I used to work as a maid in a foreigner's home. I know where to sell these cakes." Dingxiang knew that some people liked to eat these foreign things the most.
"Oh?" Qi Mengmeng didn't expect that Dingxiang had channels to sell these cakes.
"Sister-in-law, I can help you. I can beat eggs and knead dough. I can do everything." Dingxiang couldn't wait to show herself.
Her family is in a very difficult situation now. If she can help sell cakes, even if Qi Mengmeng only gives a small amount of money, at least her family can have a full meal.
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