After a while, a dozen large steamed buns and a plate of black cabbage were served on the table.
Gu Miao poked the cabbage on the plate with chopsticks and asked disdainfully: "Mom, what are you cooking?"
Li Ying didn't bother to glare at her, and whispered, "Even eating can't stop you from making a fuss. Stop yelling. I haven't cooked for a few days, and I can't even hold the spatula for a while. It's good enough that it's cooked."
Gu Xuan took a bite of cabbage, frowned coldly, put down his chopsticks, broke open a big steamed bun, and handed it to Xiaohuzi beside him.
Little Tiger took it and started chewing it in big mouthfuls.
Li Ying wiped her hands with her dirty apron and urged impatiently: "Eat quickly! It's getting dark!"
It’s all because of that country fisherwoman who pretended to be sick and refused to come to the hospital!
If she hadn't been lazy, her eldest son, who had been running around for two days, would have been able to come home for dinner right away, and she and her daughters wouldn't have had to run around and almost missed dinner.
Gu Miao took a bite of the steamed bun and muttered, "The dough is not well made, not as good as the one made by the country woman!"
"Don't mention her to me!" Li Ying said gruffly, "Tiantian came here earlier with red eyes and cried, saying that the fisherman's daughter had complained to your brother in the hospital and had pestered him and wouldn't let go! She was like a vixen!"
Gu Miao rolled her eyes and asked, "Mom, what are you going to do?"
"Of course we should chase her away!" Li Ying snorted coldly, "I've told her a long time ago that our family is not something she can afford! Your brother has studied abroad and has a high position and salary, so his future is bright. He is still young, how can he let a country woman drag him down for the rest of his life!"
Gu Miao laughed proudly, shaking her two pigtails.
"My eldest brother is the only one in the whole city who can study abroad - he is unique! Every time I go to school with the beautiful schoolbag my eldest brother bought from abroad, the students will gather around to look at him, and some even ask me to let them touch the fabric. They are all so envious! Oh, by the way! Mom, during the meeting last week, the principal praised my eldest brother as a genius student. At that time, everyone turned their heads to look at me and my sister, which made us feel very embarrassed!"
Gu Xuan chewed the bun without even raising his head: "I don't have any."
His usual cold tone, as plain as boiled water.
Gu Miao rolled her eyes at her and hugged Li Ying's arm coquettishly.
"Anyway, everyone envies us for having such a powerful and awesome big brother!"
"That's right!" Li Ying raised her chin with pride and smiled, "When your eldest brother was in school, he skipped three grades in a row. He was only ten years old when he went to the county middle school. All the teachers were shocked! The principal kept praising Aqi and wanted to teach him in person, but who knew that Aqi had to teach him some questions! Hahaha! When the higher authorities came to recruit genius students, the principal immediately ran to the Education Bureau to recommend your eldest brother."
Gu Miao nodded and asked, "So later my eldest brother was recommended to work as a mechanic in the shipyard, right?"
Li Ying shook her head: "It's not 'Master', it's that... that 'Mechanical Designer'. He was assigned by the higher-ups. The principal can't recommend him for such a far-flung job. He doesn't have the talent yet."
Gu Miao laughed and asked curiously, "Mom, how much salary does my eldest brother make per month now?"
Li Ying snapped her fingertips a few times, and a flamboyant smile spread across Fat Xiaoxiao's face.
"At least seventy or eighty. Last month he telegraphed me that the factory was distributing houses, and according to his rank he could get a house as wide as the deputy director's. I was in such a hurry this morning that I didn't even have time to ask if he had been allocated one."
"Really?!" Gu Miao's eyes lit up: "We can even get a big house - what the hell! When he came back this morning, my sister and I had gone to take the exam. Mom, when will big brother come home? Did big brother bring meat coupons and cloth coupons? I want to make two sets of clothes after lunch!"
Li Ying glanced at her lovingly and smiled, "As you say! Aqi has not been home for a few days. I plan to sell the pig in the backyard so that we can have some fun later."
"Wow! It's too fat!" Gu Miao pouted coquettishly: "Mom, I want to eat lard rice every day in the future!"
Li Ying always doted on her youngest daughter and agreed readily.
"All the lard must be used for frying, and your favorite lard rice is a must."
Gu Miao broke the steamed bun and asked, "Mom, can I go to work in my eldest brother's shipyard in the future? Like Sister Tiantian?"
Being able to work in an enterprise or factory is a first-class place to go, with good benefits, stable salary, and during festivals you can also receive some meat coupons, grain coupons, cloth coupons, etc.
But whether it is a company or a factory, not everyone can go there if they want to. Either the parents retire and their children take over, or the couple or spouse can be arranged to work together.
"Let's talk about it after you graduate from high school." Li Ying urged Xiao Huzi to eat faster and whispered, "When your elder brother comes this time, your aunt Cai and I plan to let him take Tiantian to Yucheng. Once her job is settled, we can take care of the rest."
When the two of them worked together, in and out every day, and spent every day together, everything fell into place.
Gu Miao held her cheek and smiled: "Sister Tiantian has been waiting for big brother for a long time, and finally her wish has come true!"
Li Ying chuckled: "Tiantian is well-educated, pretty and considerate. With your big brother's support, her salary will definitely not be low in the future. At the same time, our family will have an extra income."
The mother and daughter looked at each other and laughed so hard that their eyes could not be seen.
Gu Xuan, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any longer and asked in a cold voice, "Will the sister-in-law be satisfied? She even gave the baby to my brother, and little Tiger will be three years old next week. Even if the sister-in-law doesn't dare to nod, are you sure the brother will be satisfied?"
Li Ying almost choked on the steamed bun she made and frowned in disgust.
"If she hadn't been pregnant with a little tiger, I would have chased her out of Yucheng long ago. She refused to leave these few days, and the little tiger was still young, so I had to endure it. Doesn't she think about her own weight? She has no education, no job, and is still a country fisherman! At the time, Aqi was too young to see that she was determined to marry into the city. The two of them have been separated for more than three years. Even if she was a little reluctant at the beginning, it would have been worn out after so many years."
Gu Xuan looked at her coldly and asked, "What about little Tiger? He is Big Brother's biological son, Big Brother's eldest son, and the eldest grandson in the family. He is only three years old now, how can he be without his biological mother to take care of him? Usually Big Sister-in-law feeds him and takes care of him. Are you sure you can take care of him?"
Li Ying hesitated, picked up the cabbage with chopsticks and stuffed it into the steamed bun.
"Well... don't worry about that. Tiantian will be his mother in the future. Tiantian has the softest and kindest heart, she will love Xiao Huzi very much."
Gu Xuan sneered and asked, "How many stepmothers in the world will love other people's children? Even if she loves them now, will she continue to love Little Tiger when she has her own child in the future?"
Li Ying avoided his gaze and was unable to answer while chewing on a steamed bun.
Gu Miao glanced at the little tiger who was lying next to a large porcelain bowl and gulping down rice soup, and whispered, "Mom, he's three years old now. He can eat and drink by himself and go to the toilet. He can go to the nursery tomorrow and go to school in two days."
"That's right." Li Ying suddenly smiled and said, "When Tiantian has a child, he can go to school and help with housework and take care of his younger brothers and sisters."
Gu Xuan finished the last mouthful of rice soup, pushed the bowl and chopsticks forward, and placed them in front of his old mother and sister.
"In the past few days, all the housework has been done by my sister-in-law. If you drive her away, who will do these jobs in the future? You?"
Li Ying was stunned: "..."
Gu Miao's face was full of worry: "..."
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