The night was as dark as ink, and one could not see one’s hand in front of one’s face.
There's not much cold wind tonight, but the temperature is only a few degrees at most, and it's chilly wherever you go.
Chen Xingling took the flashlight that was running out of battery, quickly walked around the yard, and hurried to the backyard.
Suddenly, Gu Miao's signature coquettish voice came from her mother-in-law's room: "Mom, are we really not going? Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the black market must be very lively! I want to go, I want to go!"
"How are we going to get there?" Li Ying asked irritably, "Your elder and second brothers don't want to push the unicycles, so how can my mother and I push more than 200 kilograms of pork that far?"
Gu Miao couldn't help but suggest: "How about - let's take my sister with us? With her, we will definitely be able to push it!"
Chen Xingling paused and listened.
No way? I've already advised them, but they still don't respond? !
No one knows a mother better than her daughter. Li Ying knows her eldest daughter quite well.
"How is that possible? She doesn't like going out at all, especially to crowded places. You like places with more people and more noise, but she would rather lock herself in her room and read a book than join in the fun."
Gu Miao became anxious and started to act coquettishly again with a crying voice.
"Mom, even if you don't sell pork, you should go with me. They sell the most things during the Chinese New Year, and there are all kinds of delicious food. I want to buy some to eat tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"
"Eat, eat, eat!" Li Ying scolded angrily, "You only care about eating! How could such a good opportunity to make money be lost? My heart is bleeding! But you only think about eating all day long!"
"It's all the fault of that outsider named Chen!" Gu Miao muttered in dissatisfaction, "He's so talkative! He's meddling in other people's business! He even encouraged the eldest and second brothers not to go. What a shame!"
Li Ying was furious: "The key is to make a lot less money! New Year's items sell the best and are the most expensive! If I sell the pork, I can make at least a few hundred yuan. Whenever I think of this, I feel so unwilling!"
"Hey!" Gu Miao suddenly got excited and asked, "Mom, how about - let's take the pig's head and sell it? We can't carry most of the pork to the black market, but a big pig's head will definitely do!"
"Pig head?" Li Ying hesitated and murmured, "How much can it sell for? I guess not much."
Gu Miao shouted in an inciteful manner: "Someone must want to buy it! The pig's head must weigh more than ten pounds, right? It's sold for two and a half yuan per pound, so it can be sold for at least thirty yuan!"
"Impossible." Li Ying explained: "A pig's head weighs at most 12 or 13 pounds. Pig's head is not as easy to sell as pork. There is not enough meat. Even if the market is good, it can only be sold for two yuan or a little more than one yuan."
Gu Miao reminded with surprise: "That's about twenty yuan. Mom, things on the black market are selling very well during the Chinese New Year, we can't waste such a great opportunity! Twenty yuan is a lot of money, even if it's only a dozen yuan, it's enough for us to buy a lot of delicious food!"
"That's right." Li Ying agreed, "We really can't waste it. We have to earn whatever we can. A dozen dollars is enough to buy a lot of fabric for spring clothes. The two sets of clothes I made last year can no longer fit me—I've gained a lot of weight."
"Mom, let's go secretly, so that our eldest brother won't scold us if he finds out."
"Go! Go early tomorrow morning."
"Should we ask Sister Tiantian to come with us? She has a bicycle and can help us bring back the New Year's goods. It's too far to walk and my arms will get sore from twisting them!"
"She said she was going to buy sunflower seeds and rice cakes. We'll probably meet her tomorrow morning, so there's no need to call her."
"Great! Mom, I want to buy some sunflower seeds too! I also want to buy some candy figures!"
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After hearing a lot of what they said, Chen Xingling didn't bother to pay attention to them and turned around to look for his son.
They never considered themselves a family, she only tried to persuade them for Gu Qi's sake. Since they didn't want to listen, then let them be.
Xiaohuzi and Dahei were squatting in the corner of the back door, saying they were waiting for their uncle to come back.
Chen Xingling reminded him jokingly: "After uncle comes back from the bath, it's impossible for him to take you to take another bath together! Maybe next time, there will always be a chance."
The little guy couldn't hide his desire and made another request
"Uncle is back, so I want to sleep with him."
Chen Xingling agreed without even thinking about it.
Since the beginning of last year, Gu Yi would take the initiative to take his older nephew to sleep together every time he returned home. Even if the little guy peed on him in the middle of the night, he would be happy and not care at all.
When little tiger saw that his mother agreed, he quickly regained his happy smile.
"I don't wet the bed anymore, uncle won't hate me anymore!"
Chen Xingling walked back holding his little hand, smiling, "You peed on uncle before, but he didn't bear to despise you. Uncle loves little tiger, so you should love uncle more in the future, okay?"
"I know!" The little guy replied crisply, tilting his head.
In the book, Gu Yi has a miserable fate and has been decadent and unhappy for many years, but he always smiles lovingly every time he sees his nephew, which shows that he really loves little Huzi.
Chen Xingling didn't know how much the little guy had listened to, but he still had to teach him. It would always be beneficial if he listened more or less.
At around eight o'clock, Gu Yi came back.
The sleepy little tiger finally waited for his uncle to come. He hugged his uncle's neck and would not let go.
Chen Xingling took out his little blanket and explained, "He has been waiting for a long time and has been refusing to go to bed. He said he must sleep with you."
Gu Yi narrowed his eyes and smiled, gently stroking his nephew's chubby back.
"Sister-in-law, this boy belongs to me tonight. Good night!"
Chen Xingling just bowed to him and happily sent them to the next door, and then came back happily.
The happiest thing in the world is to have a reliable person who can help you take care of your children!
Gu Qi, who was sitting in the room, was still concentrating on drawing the blueprint under the lamp and did not notice anything unusual about his young wife.
Chen Xingling felt embarrassed to disturb him, so he took a book and read it on the bed while waiting for him.
After a while, she felt sleepy.
Chen Xingling yawned and called out in a daze: "Aqi, it's time to go to bed."
Gu Qi sat upright, holding a ruler in one hand and a pencil in the other, still busy on a piece of white paper.
"Um... there are still some that I haven't finished drawing yet. You should go to sleep first."
Chen Xingling narrowed his eyes and patted the quilt beside him, whispering: "You can sleep here tonight. Xiaohuzi insisted on sleeping with Ayi, and he has already gone to bed."
After hearing this, Gu Qi turned his handsome face over and looked at the half-empty bed, his eyes as calm and indifferent as ever.
"Okay, I'll sleep here tonight."
Although he spoke calmly, Chen Xingling had very sharp eyesight. He immediately noticed his slightly red ears and secretly hid under the quilt to hold back his laughter.
"How about I wait until you finish painting before we sleep together?"
She deliberately emphasized the word "together". Gu Qi paused with his pen, his handsome face drooped, as if he was thinking about something.
After a moment, he whispered, "It will take a while to finish the design drawings. It's late, let's go to bed first."
He stood up calmly, put away the drawings carefully, slowly pulled out the bamboo tube from the bookshelf, gently put the rolled-up drawings into it, sealed the bamboo tube, and put it back on the bookshelf.
Then he picked up the enamel basin and toothbrush and went out.
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