Chen Xingling took a bag of hot pot base, a few pounds of beef, and some vegetables from the supermarket.
Pour the base sauce on the beef and simmer it in water for more than an hour, then throw potatoes, vegetables and mushrooms into the pot and cook.
Zhao Xiaoxing steamed a big pot of white rice, gave each person a bowl, and everyone gathered around the big pot to eat.
Although the lunch was simple, everyone praised it for being delicious. The soup was thick and the beef was fragrant, and the side dishes were even more delicious with the thick soup.
Chen Jixing and Zhu Siya eat seafood every day. Occasionally they have the chance to try something else and they enjoy it very much.
Even Gu Xuan, who was never picky about food, had a mouth full of oil and ate two large bowls of white rice.
Gu Qi and Gu Yi couldn't help but feel distressed when they saw their sister eating so fast and so much.
The old lady's mind was full of mahjong, and she was not at home all day. Gu Xuan was too bothered to eat alone, so he just made something to eat. It was unknown how long it had been since the family had cooked a hot meal.
After lunch, Gu Qi took Chen Jixing and his wife to the yard for a walk and chat.
Chen Jixing couldn't help asking, "I heard that you still want to go to class to draw pictures. Aren't you afraid of being disturbed by us?"
"No worries." Gu Qi smiled. "There are always people coming and going in the office, so it's hard to be quiet. I'm used to concentrating on my work, so I can concentrate no matter how noisy the outside world is."
"It's not easy!" Chen Jixing explained to his wife: "Aqi has to take care of a dozen students and has to go on business trips from time to time. He is very busy."
Zhu Siya laughed softly: "The more capable you are, the more work you should do!"
Little Tiger jumped over and interrupted, "Aunt Four, my dad can make a lot of machinery! There's a big ship in the shipyard, as tall as a mountain, and my dad said it will take at least another ten minutes to finish building it!"
Zhu Siya rubbed the little guy's head and smiled: "You look so much like your father! But your personality is more like your mother's."
Chen Jixing agreed: "Yes! Her personality is more like that of my younger sister! But you better not look like my younger sister, she's not pretty enough."
"Hush!" Zhu Siya said coquettishly, "What nonsense are you talking about! Be careful or Lingling might scold you if she hears you!"
Chen Jixing laughed loudly: "What are you afraid of? I'm telling the truth! Aqi is so good-looking, it would be a pity if he doesn't look like him! Fortunately, my little tiger is very good at growing up, and he always looks like the best of his parents! He is good-looking, smart, and has a good personality! He has the best of both families!"
Gu Qi was amused by him and looked at his son with soft eyes.
"His personality is indeed more like Xing'er, confident and cheerful, good at making friends... much better than me."
Ever since Xing'er and his son came to live with him, his students and apprentices all said that he was much more warm-hearted than before, no longer rigid and dull like before, working from home and leading a monotonous life.
In fact, he has very few friends around him, and the only ones he is close to are a few apprentices and Brother Liu.
Xing'er's personality is completely opposite to his. She is confident, sunny, generous and magnanimous. She can get along well with both her relatives and friends.
He really felt inferior to me in this regard.
He felt very relieved that his son was as good-tempered as her.
He is a cold and aloof person, and he has a sister at home who has a cold face all day long. He can't have another son with a cold face, not another one.
Chen Xingling asked Gu Yi and his wife to clean up and wash the dishes, and he took Gu Xuanxuan to the study.
"These are the review points I wrote down over time. When you have time, take a look at them and memorize the most important ones. I believe it will be helpful to you."
Gu Xuan took it and opened it. He was quickly attracted by what was on the paper and read it page by page.
Chen Xingling also took out his unused notebook and two pens and gave them to her.
Gu Xuan didn't dare to take it, and explained: "Sister-in-law, these review materials are all compiled by you with great effort, I like them very much. I can't take these pens and ink. You are also in school, you need them too."
"I bought a big box." Chen Xingling said with great wealth. "Aqi and Ma Dali both have them. These two are specially reserved for you."
Gu Xuan rolled his eyes in disbelief, then reached out to take it.
"Okay then...thank you, sister-in-law."
Chen Xingling whispered, "Ah Xuan, your mother won't be here for at least several months. It's not safe for a girl like you to live alone. Your eldest brother and his wife are worried about you. So your brother and his wife are planning to move back home to take care of you. What do you think?"
Gu Xuan frowned slightly and shook his head: "No, I will take care of my own safety."
Chen Xingling couldn't help but persuade her: "You have to study, wash clothes, cook and clean the house, your brother is worried that you will be too tired. When grandma was here, she could go to the cafeteria to get food and go upstairs. There are many people in the cafeteria, and you don't like to squeeze in crowded places. If Xiaoxing is upstairs, you can have breakfast and lunch. You can still come here to eat together for dinner, just come over after school."
"...No need." Gu Xuan still shook his head: "I'm not familiar with my sister-in-law."
She doesn't like strangers, especially people she's not familiar with in her life. Her brother is okay, but her sister-in-law is not.
She rarely spoke to her sister-in-law from beginning to end. She didn't want to live under the same roof with her and see her every day unless she had to.
The young couple lived well outside and there was no need for them to move back.
Chen Xingling smiled bitterly to himself: "It doesn't matter if we are not familiar with each other. With more contact, we will naturally become familiar with each other."
Gu Xuan still refused: "No, I like to live alone. I love quietness and don't like others to disturb me."
Forehead?
Chen Xingling felt a little overwhelmed and couldn't help asking, "How about you move in and live with Xiao Huzi?"
"No." Gu Xuan refused again: "I like the room I have now. Looking out the window is the vast river. Looking at it, I feel very peaceful."
Chen Xingling: “…”
She is too quiet, okay? The little girl, who is only a few years old, has a dull face every day and will not speak unless she has to.
If this is the case at home, you can imagine what the situation is like at school.
Yesterday, she and Ma Dali went to visit Teacher Lin Ming. Teacher Lin smiled bitterly and said that it was the first time she met a girl with such a dull personality.
She is not shy or timid, but extremely indifferent. She goes to and from school on her own, reads books on her own, and even ignores the teacher's inquiries or questions.
At first, many teachers suspected that she was mute, until she started speaking, and then they finally put aside such doubts.
Her grades weren't outstanding and her personality was weird, which made all her classmates stay away from her. But she didn't care, she just did what she had to do and could turn the collective life in school into a one-man show.
Chen Xingling explained that she was born like this and it was not caused by any accident.
Teacher Lin reminded her with a wry smile that with her extremely dull personality, she should be very cautious when applying for a major in the future, otherwise she might not be able to find a job smoothly after graduation.
Chen Xingling had no choice but to back down: "Forget it, we have to get up early in the morning anyway, you come to eat every morning, and then bring lunch to school. Come over after school in the afternoon, and then go back to the first floor of Linjiang after eating. That's the factory over there, and there are security guards guarding the door, so it's safer than renting a house outside. In addition, there are neighbors upstairs and downstairs, if there is anything, just shout."
The person who moved in next door was Guo Jiayue, but in fact it was a room allocated by the factory to the deputy director Liu Xiaoye.
Later, they divorced smoothly, and Guo Jiayue was demoted to an ordinary worker because of serious violations of discipline and law by snatching and abusing the child. With her current position and length of service, she could not live in the best suite on the first floor facing the river.
After she was demoted, Director Guo ordered her to move out of the staff dormitory.
Later, considering that she had a bad temper and would easily quarrel with others if she lived in a dormitory with many people, affecting other colleagues, Director Guo quietly asked her to move to his old dormitory.
In the past, the factory prepared family housing for a group of old leaders in the dormitory area. It had a living room, a room and a small balcony. It was not very big, but it was enough for Guo Jiayue to live in alone.
After Guo Jiayue moved out, Liu Yuqi and a few of his friends cleaned the house and then moved back.
As a bachelor, he usually goes out in the morning and comes home at night, and eats all three meals in the cafeteria.
"Brother Liu is a very good friend of your brother." Chen Xingling reminded: "If there is any trouble at home, or if there is anything urgent, just go to the opposite side and knock on the door immediately."
Gu Xuan nodded: "Okay."
Chen Xingling knew that she was not close to anyone, and it was difficult to force her to accept Xiao Xing and the others moving back to Dong, so he had to give up.
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