In the first head-on confrontation, Gu Qi and Chen Xingling were very tough in their attitudes. Guo Jiayue was completely humiliated, but she couldn't do anything about them for the time being, so she stayed calm for a while.
If she didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, Chen Xingling would naturally ignore her.
Every day I go to work, go to school, go to kindergarten, and the warm and happy days are simply repeated.
"Aqi, didn't Ayi call back these days?" Chen Xingling asked Gu Qi, who was sweeping the floor in the living room, while washing the dishes. "He's been gone for almost a month, right?"
"Yeah." Gu Qi frowned and replied, "More than three weeks."
Chen Xingling picked up his scarf to wipe his hands, and asked suspiciously: "I wonder if something has happened? Why don't you send a telegram back home to ask."
Gu Qi nodded: "I take an hour off every day to go to the telegraph office. The day before yesterday, Director Guo asked why Gu Yi hadn't come to report for work. I said that the materials were almost ready and should arrive in the near future. There is no news at all, and I don't know what's going on. A Yi did a terrible job on this matter. I don't know what to say to him."
"Don't worry." Chen Xingling whispered, "Let's stabilize this place first and wait patiently for a few more days."
Gu Qi said: "It's been a few days since the last remittance, and I don't know if he received it. I don't know what he is doing. He doesn't contact us and doesn't come back - it's terrible!"
Chen Xingling had a hunch that there wouldn't be any good news, and he was secretly worried.
"Wait and see, maybe he will come the day after tomorrow."
At this time, Xiao Huzi came running over with sweat all over his forehead, looking at the sweater vest on his body with disgust.
"Mom! I don't want this! It's so hot!"
Spring comes early and fast in Chongqing. In the second month of the lunar calendar, people usually only need a thin shirt and a thin coat, and children only need a thick shirt and a thin sweater at most.
Little Tiger is at an active age. He loves to move, sweat and make trouble. He always complains of heat even if he is only wearing a small vest.
Chen Xingling shook his head: "No, sit down for a while, or go to the balcony to get some fresh air, it will cool down soon."
You must not be careless in this kind of weather. Once you take off your clothes, you will quickly feel cold and may catch a cold and get sick if you are not careful.
She is a native of Chongqing and knows the weather here very well, so she can control it more accurately when taking care of the children. In such weather, children must wear an extra vest, otherwise they will catch a cold and have a runny nose in a short time.
Little Tiger was very depressed and kept shouting that he wanted to go downstairs to play.
Chen Xingling looked at the sky and found that it was already getting late.
"It's getting dark. You can't go downstairs alone."
Gu Qi smiled and said, "You can accompany him downstairs to play for a while, and then go upstairs to take a shower. Go ahead, I'll mop the floor, there's nothing else to do."
"Okay." Chen Xingling said happily, "If I come across something delicious, I will definitely buy it to reward you."
Gu Qi chuckled and continued sweeping the floor.
The footsteps of the mother and son faded away. He carried the swept garbage out of the door and poured it into the small trash can outside the door.
"Archie! Archie!"
——It was Chen Xingling’s anxious call!
Gu Qi was startled and dropped the iron dustpan in his hand and rushed to the stairs to look around.
“Dad! Dad!”
——Little Tiger also shouted nervously!
Gu Qi didn't care about anything else. He ran downstairs with his long legs, quickly reached the first floor, and rushed out of the stairwell and the door.
Suddenly, he stopped!
Gu Yi was seen to be dirty all over, with messy hair, a wooden crutch under his arm, his left foot raised and his right foot standing, his face pale and haggard, but the moment he understood him, he showed a happy smile.
“Brother!”
Chen Xingling supported Gu Yi, while Xiao Huzi raised his little face as if looking at something.
"Dad! Look! There's an auntie!"
Gu Qi raised his eyebrows in surprise and found that there was a shy young girl standing behind his brother. She was wearing a flowered dress, had two long black braids, and her face and body were dirty. He couldn't help but be surprised.
Could it be that this is my brother’s sweetheart?
He actually brought that mountain girl with him? ?
Seeing him stunned, Chen Xingling quickly called out, "Aqi, Ayi said he sprained his ankle and it seems to be serious. It's already dark, and I don't know if there's anyone on duty in the infirmary. Why don't we help him upstairs and settle him down first to see how serious the injury is, and then rush him to the hospital."
Gu Qi quickly calmed down and stepped forward to help support his brother.
Gu Yi smiled awkwardly and gestured to the girl behind him.
"Brother, sister-in-law, she is Xiao Xing. Xiao Xing's last name is 'Zhao', you can call her 'Xiao Zhao' or 'Xiao Xing'."
Zhao Xiaoxing poked her head out and timidly called out, "Brother Gu...Sister-in-law Gu..."
Gu Qi frowned slightly and nodded indifferently.
Chen Xingling enthusiastically held Zhao Xiaoxing's hand and said with a smile, "Don't be restrained. Now that you're here, go upstairs and settle down first."
Zhao Xiaoxing was still very restrained and uttered a low "hmm".
Gu Qi helped his brother upstairs.
Chen Xingling and Zhao Xiaoxing followed closely behind.
Little Tiger was very excited and jumped up and down to catch up.
"Hello, Auntie! Auntie, my name is 'Gu Yinmo', I am three years old! My nickname is 'Little Tiger', you can call me 'Little Tiger'."
The little guy enthusiastically circled around the guests, and his joyful and sweet voice made Zhao Xiaoxing smile. She was no longer as embarrassed as before, and followed Chen Xingling and the others upstairs into the house.
Gu Qi poured hot water and asked them to wash their faces and hands first.
Although his mind was full of questions, he still did not ask in a hurry. He turned around and poured two glasses of water.
Chen Xingling immediately ran to the kitchen to prepare something. He heated up the leftover shrimp from dinner, fried a plate of vegetables, quietly took out half a braised duck from the supermarket, and took out the leftover rice from the rice cooker.
Gu Qi would help with sweeping and mopping the floor, but since he couldn't cook, he usually stayed away from the kitchen and seldom went into it.
Fortunately, she took out food from the supermarket every day and made up stories that some of it was bought from outside and some of it was cooked by herself. Gu Qi would only praise her for the delicious food and never doubted anything.
Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing had obviously suffered a lot on the way, and they were so hungry that they buried their heads in the food and ate all the duck meat and shrimps, even the last grain of rice. They smiled awkwardly and asked Chen Xingling if there was anything else to eat.
Chen Xingling: “…”
So she hurried into the kitchen and cooked four packets of instant noodles that had been stored in the wooden cupboard.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing were able to eat the whole pot of instant noodles, not even leaving out the last bit of soup, and ate it all up.
Gu Qi: “…”
Chen Xingling: “…”
"There's nothing we can do." Gu Yi gave an embarrassed smile and explained, "We don't have enough money, we only have one steamed bun a day, and we can only drink water desperately on the train. We've been starving for a long time."
Zhao Xiaoxing buried her head in shame, too shy to speak.
Little Tiger was sitting in the corner playing with building blocks. He was concentrating on the game and was having a lot of fun playing by himself.
Gu Qi secretly gave Chen Xingling a look.
Chen Xingling immediately understood and gently patted the back of Zhao Xiaoxing's hand.
"Xiao Xing, you are tired too, right? We have an empty room here with a small bed. I'll take you over there and find some bedding for you to rest on."
Zhao Xiaoxing hummed softly and followed Chen Xingling to the small room next door.
Gu Qi closed the door and looked at his brother with cold eyes.
"What's going on? Tell me."
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