[Chapter 179 Chapter 179 Arrange work]
After dinner, the couple rode their bikes to Old Man Gu’s house together.
Because they come here so often, the young couple has become familiar with the children adopted by Old Man Gu.
Seeing them coming, the two boys who were standing outside the house sorting waste immediately stood up and walked forward to greet them.
The two boys were surnamed Chen and were brothers. One was called Chen Xing and the other was called Chen Bing. They were twelve and eight years old respectively and were the second and third oldest among the children adopted by Old Man Gu.
Their father was a student of Old Man Gu. Because he was too upright and said a few words that were inconsistent with the times, he was labeled an active counter-revolutionary.
Their mother's background was not good to begin with.
Due to these two reasons, the couple was sent to a labor camp together.
When the two were taken away, Chen Xing was just ten years old, and Chen Bing was even younger, not even six years old.
They couldn't go to the labor camp, and their relatives were unwilling to support them, so Old Man Gu had no choice but to take them to live with him.
We went through life together with ups and downs like this, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the two of them, Shen Yuyao took out two pieces of fruit candy from her pocket and put one in each of their hands.
Chen Bing laughed immediately, but Chen Xing was unwilling to answer anyway: “Aunt Shen, you keep it.”
As he said this, he stuffed it back into Shen Yuyao's hand and turned around and walked into the house.
As he walked, he said, “Grandpa, Uncle Cheng is here, and Aunt Shen is here too.”
Shen Yuyao did not try to stop him, but instead stuffed the candy into Chen Bing's pocket.
The two walked into the house and found Old Man Gu cooking for the children.
It is autumn now, and it is a little cool in the mornings and evenings.
But because the house was too small and there were so many things inside, it was hot and stuffy to cook in such a house. As soon as you entered the house, a wave of heat hit you in the face.
Seeing them, Old Man Gu was not polite. He stirred the pot with a spoon and said, "Wait a moment. The eldest brother and his three friends came back late today. But the porridge will be ready soon."
Shen Yuyao looked into the pot and found a pot of corn grits and sweet potatoes.
That corn grits should be the one they sent earlier.
Shen Yuyao took out a can from her bag, which contained a bottle of pickles.
She put the bottle on the table and said, "Doctor Gu, please try this. This is the kimchi I learned to make from my neighbor. See how it tastes."
Old Man Gu took a look and saw that the food contained common vegetables such as pickled radishes, celery, and beans, so he did not refuse.
While Shen Yuyao was talking to Old Man Gu, Cheng Liyan had already gone out again.
He squatted beside the two brothers who were busy collecting the waste again, helping them with their work and talking to them.
They didn't come back together until Old Man Gu finished cooking the porridge.
After entering the room, Cheng Liyan and Shen Yuyao sat on the bed on one side, leaving space for the seven people in the family, big and small, to eat.
This was the first time Shen Yuyao met Siqin, the eldest child in the family.
Siqin is sixteen years old this year, and both his parents are doctors at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital.
My father couldn't bear the humiliation during the criticism and struggle session, so he hanged himself with a belt in the reflection room.
My mother's health was not good to begin with, and her husband's death made her condition worse, so she passed away soon after.
Siqin has an older sister, but she went to the countryside two years ago and can't take care of him at all.
And the Chinese medicine hospital wanted to take back their house.
It can be said that Siqin understood clearly the meaning of the four words "family broken up" and "personal death" in just half a month.
Siqin is the first child adopted by Old Man Gu. He and Siqin's father were colleagues and were also criticized in the same batch.
He watched with his own eyes as a happy family was broken up.
After he was kicked out of the hospital, he took Siqin away with him.
At first, he and Siqin were the only ones living in this shack.
Maybe it's due to genetics. Although Siqin is only sixteen years old, he is already 1.75 meters tall. Although he is thin, he looks like an adult.
He was a quiet person. After entering the house and seeing the couple, he just nodded but did not take the initiative to greet them.
When Shen Yuyao was looking at the children, Cheng Liyan came over and said to her, "I just asked Chen Xing, he said that the library of the Animal Husbandry College needs to be renovated and the books inside need to be dealt with. The Animal Husbandry College has been quietly opening up to the public these days, allowing insiders to purchase books in advance.
It is said that it takes five days to process the books, and today is the second day. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we can choose two more days. On the day after tomorrow, all the books that no one wants will be taken to the waste station for processing.”
He looked at Shen Yuyao: "I told Chen Xing to take you with him tomorrow."
"Is it okay?" Shen Yuyao's heart was pounding with excitement.
She knew that the Animal Husbandry College that Cheng Liyan was talking about was the Animal Husbandry College, the only university in Binhai.
There must be a lot of books in the library of that school!
Although Shen Yuyao didn't know what kind of books they would be dealing with there, she hoped there would be books related to animal husbandry.
If such a professional book could be found, it would be a treasure for Wushuang Country.
Old Man Gu and the children ate very quickly and finished their meal in just over ten minutes.
After the meal, the eldest brother Siqin quickly put all the bowls and chopsticks into a large basin, and then took it out to wash.
The other little ones divided the work and quickly tidied up the house.
Because the room was too small, so many people standing inside couldn't even turn around.
When Siqin came back after washing the dishes, Old Man Gu waved his hand, and he took his three younger brothers to say goodbye to the couple and prepared to return to their residence.
Before leaving, Chen Xing made an appointment with Shen Yuyao, saying that he would wait for her at the entrance of the department store in the afternoon, and then they would go to the Animal Husbandry College together.
As soon as the four boys left, the room suddenly became more spacious.
Old Man Gu took out his needle box and prepared to start giving Cheng Liyan an acupuncture.
While he was sterilizing the needles, Cheng Liyan asked, "Doctor Gu, are you still working at the Chinese Medicine Hospital?"
Old man Gu paused while wiping the needle, looked up at him, but said nothing.
Cheng Liyan shook his head at him and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm asking this because I want to know if your relationship is still in Binhai? If so, have you considered changing jobs?"
After hearing what he said, not only Old Man Gu was surprised, but Shen Yuyao was also very surprised.
She felt that this person was keeping the secret too secret.
What kind of work was he going to assign to Dr. Gu? Why didn't even he hear any news about it?
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