While having dinner in the evening, Old Mrs. Chu looked at the food on the table and didn't know what to do.
"My dear grandson, you've wasted such a good thing this time. What are you going to do in the future?"
Chu Tian picked up a large chicken drumstick and placed it in Old Lady Chu's bowl, smiling and saying, "Grandma, didn't I tell you? When we split up, my mother gave us my father's pension, and my third brother compensated me with a thousand, so I'm not short of money now!"
“Just eat it with confidence…”
As he said that, he picked up another chicken drumstick and put it in Chu Lifang's bowl, who was also afraid to pick up any vegetables. "Lifang, eat it. Don't be polite with Brother Xiaoshi."
Although Chu Lifang was quite favored at home, it was never her turn to have good meat like chicken legs. However, she did not feel very happy at this moment, but rather a little panicked, and hurriedly picked up the chicken leg and said anxiously.
"Brother Xiaoshi, I, I don't want to eat it. How about giving it to Sister-in-law Xiaoshi?"
Yao Xiujuan waved her hands when she heard that. "No, I won't eat it. I haven't really wanted to eat meat since I gave birth to Pingping. Besides, there are chili peppers in this meat, so I can't eat it either. So, Sister Lifang, you can eat it by yourself."
Chu Lifang added, "Then, give it to Xinxin."
Upon hearing this, Chu Tian picked up a chicken wing from the basin, placed it in Xinxin's bowl, and chuckled, "Xinxin loves chicken wings."
"Is that so, Xinxin?"
Xinxin nodded obediently and shouted sweetly, "Xinxin loves chicken wings..."
Chu Lifang, "..."
Mrs. Chu was holding a chicken leg, still with a hesitant expression on her face, "But..."
Chu Min also advised, "Grandma, please eat it. This is a gift from your beloved grandson. If you don't eat it, your beloved grandson will be sad..."
Chu Tian nodded in agreement, "Yes, grandma, you can eat it without worry. Your grandson can support the whole family!"
Chu Jie blinked and urged, "Hey, Grandma, please stop wasting time. If you don't eat, we won't be able to eat. Look at how good the food is today. It would be great if we could eat it while it's hot. Why do we have to wait until it's cold?"
"So, let's eat now, right, Dazhu, Daya?"
Dazhu and Daya looked at the table full of delicious food and swallowed their saliva greedily. When they heard Chu Jie's words, they just smiled embarrassedly.
When Dazhu and Daya came to deliver bedding, Chu Tian held them back and refused to let them go. These two children were Chu Tian's favorites among all the children in the old Chu family. As for the remaining two children in the Chu Min family, it was mainly because he had not had any contact with them since he came here, so he did not know their personalities very well...
"You..."
When Grandma Chu heard Chu Jie ruining her plan like this, she was about to scold him, but then she heard Chu Jie say something.
"Grandma, your beloved grandson is at the dinner table today. Are you sure you want to scold me here?"
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The saying "strike the snake at its most vulnerable part" applies to Chu Jie. He always manages to find the sore spot of old lady Chu, making her extremely angry!
Chu Tian couldn't help laughing. Seeing everyone looking at him, he quickly turned around and looked at Old Mrs. Chu with a smile on his face. "Grandma, you're not hungry, but I am hungry. Let's start eating, shall we?"
Mrs. Chu smiled and looked very easy to talk to. "Okay, okay, grandma will eat it right away, and my dear grandson will eat it too!"
Chu Jie saw that Chu Tian, the old lady Chu's favorite, urged her, but the old lady was not angry at all. Instead, she started eating happily, which showed that she was convinced.
After dinner, Chu Min was about to leave with Daya and Dazhu, but Chu Tian stopped them and handed them a pot of untouched stewed meat.
"Second brother, we've all eaten meat, but Mother, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, and the children haven't come yet. Can you take this stewed meat back and feed it to them?"
Seeing this, Old Mrs. Chu was about to ask why they should take it away and give it to them to eat. If they couldn’t finish it today, they could eat it tomorrow, but she was pulled back by Chu Jie. She looked at him with dissatisfaction.
Chu Jie just leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Grandma, Fourth Aunt is Little Tenth Brother's mother after all..."
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Old Mrs. Chu was heartbroken, thinking, "Look, this is her darling grandson, what a good child! That shortsighted Liu Zhaodi is blind and heartless!"
Chu Min took the basin and said, "Well, but I guess I can't eat it tonight. Let's eat it tomorrow morning!"
After saying that, he looked at Mrs. Chu again and said, "Grandma, I will take the children back first and come to see you tomorrow..."
Old Mrs. Chu smiled and waved her hands, "Okay, okay, go back, go back, you are all grandma's good grandsons."
Chu Tian said that he would prepare a dugout for Old Lady Chu and Chu Lifang to live in separately, but they both said that there were two kangs in the dugout, and Yao Xiujuan, her child and her sister would sleep on one, while she and Chu Lifang would sleep on the other, which was just right. They could also help Yao Xiujuan occasionally, so there was no need to bother them.
Chu Tian had no way to force him, so he had to take Chu Jie to the dugout where he slept.
At night, Chu Jie and Chu Tian lay on the kang, one at each end.
"Little Tenth Brother, I heard from Brother Min today that you and Brother Min are both going to build a house?"
Chu Tian opened his eyes in the darkness and said, "Yes, the foundation has been dug, but because of the spring plowing, we haven't started building it yet..."
Chu Jie said "Oh", and after a moment asked, "Is the adobe ready?"
Chu Tian chuckled, "No, I don't plan to build an adobe house. My second brother and I ordered some bricks from the brick kiln and cement from the cement factory. We plan to build a cement brick bungalow."
Chu Jie was stunned. "Cement brick bungalow? I know brick houses, and I've heard of cement, but how can you use the two to build a bungalow? Isn't cement used for plastering the floor? The floor of the waiting hall at the train station in my hometown is plastered with cement, it's so smooth..."
Seeing that Chu Jie didn't understand, Chu Tian had to explain to Chu Jie in detail how a cement brick bungalow was built. Seeing that he was very curious, he finally said, "Brother Jie, just wait until I build the house before you go back."
Chu Jie hesitated. "Well, although I really want to see how a cement brick bungalow is built, but there is still a month before the summer harvest in my hometown..."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Then we'll see when the time comes. No one stipulated that all team members must be present during the summer harvest, right?"
Chu Jie thought, there is no request, but if they don't go back for a month or two, he is afraid that his father and second uncle will go crazy...
After all, Chu Jie had been on the train for nearly ten days, and he was tired, so he slept very soundly. At around six o'clock in the morning, Chu Tian got up, but Chu Jie didn't notice it at all.
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