The dinner was very sumptuous, with steamed fish, shrimps and crabs, plus a large plate of stir-fried Chinese cabbage.
Gu Qi had been drifting on the sea for more than half a month and was tired of eating seafood. He just kept eating vegetable hearts.
Seeing that he was enjoying his meal, Chen Xingling helped him get more food.
"This is the vegetable my mother grew behind the house. She gave us a few large bundles. If you like it, I'll fry it for you tomorrow while it's still fresh."
Gu Qi nodded repeatedly.
Chen Xingling thought for a moment and reminded, "I bought a few new aluminum lunch boxes. The smallest one is for little Huzi. Remember to bring it with you when you take him to the cafeteria at noon tomorrow. The cup he drinks from is the enamel cup with a 'South China tiger' on it. Don't forget it."
"...Oh." Gu Qi took a glance and quickly remembered it.
Chen Xingling continued, "Last month, you lived alone for a while. The water and electricity bills at home were not much, only a few cents in total. I went to the logistics department to pay it the afternoon before yesterday. From now on, you can go any day before or after the first day of each month."
"Okay." Gu Qi nodded.
Chen Xingling vaguely remembered something else and reminded him, "Yesterday I told my third brother that I didn't know where to buy honeycomb coal here, so I asked him to make some for me and send them over. He made more than a hundred of them early this morning using mud from the pond and black coal, and placed them on the side of the house to dry. The sun is good today, so they should be dried tomorrow. My brothers will send them over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow when they go to the city to sell fish."
"Okay." Gu Qiyu: "I won't go far sooner or later. I'll go home after picking up Yinmo."
Chen Xingling looked around the living room with a smile and said, "As long as the stove is turned on, the living room and kitchen will have everything. By the way, I ordered a small square table for Ayi, and it will be delivered in a few days."
Gu Yi stared in surprise and shook his head quickly.
"Sister-in-law, no, no! I will buy it myself when I earn money and get a salary. My uncles sent two beds over, but you and my eldest brother didn't have any, so you just gave them to me. You have already arranged everything so carefully, including the bedding and curtains, so I can buy the remaining small table myself."
Chen Xingling glanced at him with amusement and whispered, "I reminded you earlier that you must save money, and now you want to buy furniture yourself? I have already ordered it. I will send it to you in two days after I have painted it with a layer of transparent paint."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Gu Yi smiled gratefully, "When I make a lot of money in the future, I will definitely repay you!"
Chen Xingling laughed: "Okay! Then I'll wait!"
Seeing that his wife had arranged everything in the new home, including their son and her own affairs, in an orderly manner, Gu Qi couldn't help but admire her secretly, and even felt a little unbelievable.
It was not until he finished his work and returned to the master bedroom that Gu Qi had the opportunity to talk to her in more detail.
"You must have been very busy in the past half month, right?"
She had to register for exams, go to school, settle down in the new home, take care of her son and brother-in-law, and keep everything in order. She had everything she needed at home, and everything was in order inside and out.
If it were him, he would definitely not be able to do it. Otherwise, he had lived there for more than ten days before, and except for moving the bed in, there was almost no change in the whole house.
Chen Xingling wiped his wet hair and smiled softly.
"It's OK. I'm finally able to keep busy."
Gu Qi asked something even more surprising, "You really got... first place?"
"What?" Chen Xingling glanced at him with amusement and asked, "Do you suspect that the examiner gave me the wrong score? Or do you suspect that your wife lied to you before?"
Gu Qi shook his head and smiled softly.
"I don't doubt it. It's just that you couldn't help dozing off while reading before, so I thought you needed to stay up a little longer."
She said that she had read all the high school textbooks on the desk in her hometown and had mastered them thoroughly, and even did the homework several times. He was stunned at the time, thinking that one should look at someone with new eyes after three days of absence.
I thought that after he came back, I would find out about her transfer situation at Chongwen Middle School, and look for an opportunity to have her enrolled in the first or second grade of high school. I hoped that she could continue her studies at the only middle school nearby and strive for greater progress.
Unexpectedly, she managed everything perfectly and even scored first place in the exam, and was the first in her class in her third year of high school!
He was truly amazed by his wife, and no words could describe his feelings at the moment.
He has such a capable and excellent wife who, while he is busy traveling outside, provides him with a stable rear area, manages the household and takes care of the elderly and children, while also not forgetting to work hard to make progress.
Happy, happy for her, and more importantly, proud of her!
Chen Xingling told him about taking out two hundred yuan from the piggy bank shell and made up the same excuse.
"My parents wanted to give us some furniture, but they didn't know what we liked, so they just stuffed a hundred dollars in my pocket and told me to buy it myself. I bought the bedding, curtains, and some other things with that hundred dollars and some money I had. I still have more than a hundred dollars left, so I'll save it for the bicycle."
When Gu Qi heard her say that she couldn't apply for a bicycle ticket, he nodded calmly.
"Don't worry, just give it to me."
Chen Xingling felt sweet in her heart and leaned on his shoulder.
"Now that you're back, I can finally rest assured."
Gu Qi's ears turned red and he gently reached out to hug her.
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The next morning, Chen Xingling turned on the kerosene stove in the kitchen to cook millet porridge, and quickly took out two bags of barbecued pork buns from the supermarket and neatly arranged them in three small steamers. Millet porridge in the pot, steamer on top, one thing, two purposes.
Then, she took two newly bought aluminum lunch boxes into the space, scooped two bowls of rice from the thermos, and then ran to the vegetable area to get two large apples and stuffed them into her schoolbag.
Thinking that I would be most likely to get hungry at school, I simply took two fried chicken legs and a large bowl of seaweed salad and stuffed them into another aluminum lunch box.
At this time, little Huzi woke up, ran into the master bedroom with sleepy eyes and called for his mother.
Chen Xingling hurried out of the space and continued to stay in the kitchen.
Gu Qi is indeed a good father. He quickly put on his coat, got out of bed, and took his son to wash his face.
After a while, Gu Yi folded the quilt and came out.
Chen Xingling brought the millet porridge to the table, along with three steamers.
At this time, the old clock on the wall was almost seven o'clock.
Chen Xingling was secretly anxious. He hurriedly filled the kettle with hot water, ate two barbecued pork buns in a hurry, and held one in his hand.
"Archie! I'm going to school after eating! Come out and have breakfast!"
After saying this, she hurriedly put on her shoes, opened the door and ran downstairs.
Gu Qi led his son out and found that she had already run away, but the millet porridge on the table was still motionless.
Little Tiger yawned and asked confusedly: "Dad, doesn't Mom want to eat?"
Gu Qi opened the steamer and looked at the delicious barbecued pork buns surrounded by fragrant steam. He couldn't help but feel sorry for his wife.
"Mom got up early in the morning to make dumplings and rice porridge for us. She had to travel a long way to go to school. She was too late to eat the rice porridge and only ate the dumplings on the way."
Gu Yi, who was brushing his teeth, poked his head out and muttered, "Brother, my sister-in-law spends too much time going to and from school every day! Before you were not at home, she ran back and forth four times a day. It seems that the journey took more than half an hour."
Gu Qi frowned slightly and explained, "We are in the north of the city, and Chongwen Middle School is in the south. We have to go around most of the city. If we don't hurry up, it may take about an hour."
"Wow! That's so far..."
Gu Qi seemed to be thinking about something, and said calmly: "Hurry up and eat breakfast, I have to go do some work later."
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