Su Shuoci knew what the Gu family was thinking. He had also felt that he was disabled and couldn't help his family, so he used indifference to cover it up.
"Grandpa, Mom, and Big Brother, you should take care of your health first and work second. Once you are healthy, you can do anything."
When Grandpa Gu heard his grandson-in-law say this, he also felt that he was a little narrow-minded: "Haha... We will do things within our capabilities in the future."
His thumb and index finger actually hurt from peeling peanuts, but his body wasn't yet strong enough to go out for a walk.
"Grandpa, you and big brother can sit in the yard and read a book, and Mom can also enjoy the scenery. Jiaojiao's home is your home."
Su Shuoci said this sincerely, and the seriousness in his words convinced the three members of the Gu family.
"Then I'll go cook, Mom, do you want to go to the kitchen and help light the fire?"
Gu Jiaojiao had not yet learned how to make a fire, so she asked her mother to help her.
The Su family rarely used honeycomb coal, and the coal stove only started burning after she came.
But now that there are so many people, the coal stove can only be used to boil water for scalding chicken feathers and making soup. We still have to use a wood stove for cooking.
"Go, go." Gu's mother said immediately.
It was almost lunchtime, and Su Qinchun hadn't come back yet, so it wasn't convenient for her to enter the Su family's kitchen alone.
Gu Jiaojiao scooped more than a dozen cups of rice with great care, which made her mother tremble with fear. "Jiaojiao, that's enough, that's enough..."
"My second brother, Qinchun, and I are all growing up, so we need to eat enough. Mom, we have plenty of rice at home."
Mother Gu helped to light the fire, Su Shuoci killed chickens and fish by the well, and Grandpa Gu and Big Brother Gu helped to pick vegetables.
After washing the pot and cooking the rice, Gu Jiaojiao prepared to cut vegetables and fillet the fish. She wanted to eat boiled fish fillets.
It was too late to make chicken soup, so she made it in the evening. At noon, Gu Jiaojiao made some stir-fried chicken with black fungus.
I had finished stir-frying the black fungus and chicken and was in the middle of frying the twice-cooked pork when I heard Su Qinchun's hurried voice.
"Sister-in-law, what delicious food have you made? I can smell the fragrance at the gate of the yard. The children next door are crying for meat."
"Today's lunch is boiled fish fillet, stir-fried chicken with black fungus, twice-cooked pork with green peppers, beans and eggplant, and stir-fried lean meat with tender pumpkin. Qinchun is back, but are my parents back yet?"
"Business is booming right now. We have to wait until everyone goes to work before my parents come back."
Su Qinchun came back for lunch at noon, but there were no cafeterias in any of the schools in the compound.
Although the compound is large, the school is located in the center, so everyone goes home at about the same time.
There is a restaurant across the street from the school. The rich kids who are too lazy to walk go to the restaurant to eat, but most of them go home to eat.
Adults who work in factories and units also go home to eat, but they can also eat in restaurants.
Starting in 1980, some rural areas began to distribute land to households, let alone cities.
Therefore, stalls selling fried snacks are allowed in front of factories, and young people who are not married or are in love choose to eat outside.
"Then you eat first and go to class. By the time I'm done, they should be back."
As Gu Jiaojiao spoke, she served the food in a small bowl to Su Qinchun.
Su Qinchun was pressed for time, so she didn't refuse and started eating in the kitchen, all the while flattering her sister-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, this fried chicken is so delicious, no wonder the kids are drooling.
In the past, I was the one who had to stand in the yard and smell the aroma of other people's meat. Now, I can finally hold my head high and feel proud."
"Then you can take your bowl to the yard and eat. The aroma will spread farther." Gu Jiaojiao said with a smile.
"No, that won't do. If the bitch next door sees me, she'll beat me up. She's glaring at me right now!"
Su Qinchun is only one year younger than Gu Jiaojiao. He is seventeen years old this year and is only in the first year of high school.
Her clothes now are no longer the red and yellow combination as before. She has a pretty face and looks quite good.
It’s just that most people in rural areas have dark skin, which hides her delicate facial features.
In addition, her eldest brother was injured and needed medicine, and the Su family did not have the financial resources to dress her up.
It’s different now. Gu Jiaojiao’s space is full of whitening and protective products, and the Su family eats meat every day.
So there are many classmates who are jealous of Su Qinchun, especially her neighbor Zhou Ling. The shrew she mentioned is Zhou Ling's mother.
Gu Jiaojiao teased her with a smile: "Qinchun is quite strong, can the shrew next door beat you?"
"She couldn't beat me, but her daughter was so annoying, saying bad things about my family at school all day long.
Sister-in-law, let me tell you, her sister Zhou Mei wanted to marry my brother before.
Mother Gu looked at her daughter worriedly: "Then we have to stay away from the Zhou family."
"Isn't this because you didn't get married? What are you afraid of? Your brother is sober now. No one can seduce him away now."
Gu Jiaojiao absolutely believed that Su Shuoci could not have any second thoughts now, because he was not well yet, and who could say for sure what would happen in the future.
She would not worry about anything that might happen, but would calmly cook, wash the pot and then heat it up again.
Add oil and stir-fry ginger, garlic and chopped green onion, then add the fish fillets. Gu Jiaojiao took out the fish fillets and put them in a large bowl, then added the bean sprouts and stir-fried them.
At the same time, boil water in a small pot on the coal stove to blanch the lettuce. After it is cooked, remove it and put it into a stainless steel basin.
She had taken out two large stainless steel basins from the space before. Since there were good things there, the Su family also thought that the couple bought them at the Overseas Chinese Store.
Place bean sprouts and lettuce on the bottom, pour in the soup, and pile the fish meat on top.
The next step is the most important one. Pour oil into the pan, add Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour it on the fish fillets while it is still hot.
With a "sizzling" sound, the aroma of pepper and numbing wafted out, and Gu Jiaojiao's mouth was watering.
Su Qinchun even yelled: "I'm already full. If I had known the fish was so delicious, I would have eaten slower."
Gu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes at her and served her a small bowl of fish: "This fish is easy to digest, you can eat more."
Gu's mother also swallowed her saliva, and Gu Jiaojiao scooped a bowl of food with her rice bowl for her mother to taste.
"Jiaojiao, just scoop a piece to taste it." Mother Gu said, holding back her saliva.
"Hehe~ I didn't control the water well, this basin isn't big enough to hold it all."
Mother Gu looked at her naughty daughter helplessly, with countless sweet bubbles welling up in her heart.
She had such a warm relationship with Gu Xinglian before, but Gu Xinglian was not as lively and cute as her Jiaojiao.
"Sister-in-law, what did you cook? I can smell the fragrance outside your yard."
Dong Qihua's loud voice rang out in the living room.
"The boiled fish made by my sister-in-law is delicious." After Su Qinchun finished his meal, he put down his bowl and went to set the table and chairs.
Father Su and the others also packed up their stalls and came back. "Jiaojiao, the fish you cooked is really delicious. I've eaten fish before, and it wasn't delicious at all."
Second Brother Gu had already washed his hands by the well and came in to serve the dishes. He did not forget to grab a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth.
Seeing her second son being so familiar with her, Mother Gu smiled knowingly, "Your brother has been very naughty since he was a child."
"My second brother is doing very well."
After finishing their meal, Dong Qihua and his son stopped by to see his sister (aunt) and then planned to go to work.
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