When the two of them came back with steamed buns and fried dough sticks, Su Qinghu had already cooked porridge.
Seeing the two people coming back, he waved and asked, "We don't have any electrical appliances at home?"
"There's a light bulb." Erdan walked up to her and handed her the fried dough sticks and buns with a smile.
His brother didn't let him eat first, but he endured it all the way.
"You and your brother eat, and I'll drink porridge." It's true that Su Qinghu didn't crave these things, and it's also true that he wanted to protect his stomach. He emphasized, "Remember to wash your hands," and then thought about other things.
With Chen Lie’s wealth, he shouldn’t even have a TV, right?
In the first half of this year, my country's first practical communications satellite was successfully launched, making it much more convenient to watch TV and listen to the radio, and ending the era of renting communications satellites from other countries.
No TV at this time?
When the two came back after washing their hands, Su Qinghu suddenly thought of something and said, "Have you ever taken anthelmintic medicine?"
If memory serves me correctly, children in the 1980s and 1990s, who were prone to roundworms, would eat a sweet pill shaped a bit like a pagoda, hence the nickname "pagoda candy."
"Pagoda candy?" Erdan tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I think so, but I also think so. I can't remember."
Dadan said, "We haven't eaten last year's and this year's yet."
They never had a stomachache. The woman only gave them food at the beginning and never bought it for them again.
Su Qinghu nodded without saying anything. He just served the porridge, put a tray with the food for the three people, asked the two children to take their chopsticks, and went into the living room together.
This yard was a returned property, and the easily movable furniture in it had long been gone. Now the only square table in the living room was a new one.
If my guess is correct, Chen Lie moved in after his divorce and bought the house out of helplessness.
"Let me ask you something. Where you lived before, did you have a TV? Or was there any furniture? Like a table or chairs?"
Erdan answered bluntly, "Don't even think about it. There's nothing! No TV, no tables or chairs, and not even a grain of rice left."
Su Qinghu was silent.
Dadan: "That woman sold them all. She had already started selling these things when she telegraphed my dad to ask him to come back."
She said that these were all owed to her by her father. She had spent four years of her youth and raised two children like a widow. These were what belonged to her.
After my father came back, he didn't pursue these matters, so he must have tacitly agreed.
Thinking of Chen Lie, Dadan suddenly lost his appetite. His eyes became increasingly sharp as he looked at Su Qinghu, as if he was examining something, or weighing the pros and cons of something.
Su Qinghu nodded, indicating that he understood. He understood, meaning that if this family wanted to put some furniture in it, they had to pay for it themselves.
After dinner, Su Qinghu asked the two children to wash the dishes and boil a pot of hot water.
After the water boiled, she added some cold water and made sure the temperature was right before pointing to the slightly larger basin. "There's no bathtub at home, so forget it today. You two brothers should rub each other's backs and wash yourselves clean. Then change into clean clothes and either play in the yard or go rest."
In the 1980s and 1990s, bathtubs were rare. Children would usually be bathed in a large red laundry basin filled with water. Summer was much more convenient, with children simply showering in a basin. Unless it was to cool children down from the summer heat, they were generally not allowed to bathe in a large red laundry basin.
It’s not that I’m afraid something will happen to anyone, but I’m afraid the big red basin will be cracked by the children.
The big red basin is precious, and men are not that careful. There is no other basin in the yard except a washbasin.
The original body washes his feet or directly fills the basin with water and pours it on his feet...
This fucking world!
Dadan was very curious about Su Qinghu, even asking them to take a bath with warm water.
In summer, most families use cold water to bathe their children. Otherwise, they dry a basin of water in the morning, and then whoever wants to take a shower in the afternoon or evening scoops a basin of water.
She was more sophisticated than he had expected, even more sophisticated than the woman from the city.
"Brother? What are you thinking about? Come on, give me a back rub!" Erdan handed Dadan a wet towel, "Use harder, or you won't be able to rub off the dust."
The family was in turmoil during this period, so he and his brother just took a quick shower to wipe off the sweat and go to sleep. There was nothing more they could do.
Dadan came back to his senses and saw Su Qinghu went to the living room. He suddenly asked his brother in a low voice, "Do you think she's weird?"
"What's so weird?" Erdan's eyes widened. "Brother, don't scare me!"
It's no wonder Erdan immediately thought of the supernatural. Who told him to run around and hang out in crowded places? What wouldn't those old men talk about? The supernatural was the most appealing!
He likes it most when old men talk about this!
Something like a resurrection from the dead, something like a yellow fox repaying a favor, something like a temple being very effective...
Anyway, we have everything!
Dadan lowered his voice and rubbed the back of his neck as he said, "When she and Dad first got married, she didn't like to talk. It was like she couldn't lift her head. She always liked to lower her head when talking and doing things, as if... as if she was out of breath and couldn't hold it up."
Dadan was satisfied with his description before continuing, "It's different now. She's like a completely different person. She speaks and acts with great energy, like the sun in the sky, but...not too hot."
I have to say that Dadan's description was very accurate, so much so that Erdan's mind diverged. He blinked and said shockingly, "Brother, are you saying that our new mother has been switched?"
Dadan was furious: "...Do you think such a living person could be swapped in broad daylight? And they look exactly the same!"
Are you stupid?
"So what you mean is—" Erdan scratched his head, "resurrection from the dead?"
Before Dadan could bash his head in, he said, "Brother, feudal superstitions are untrustworthy. Isn't that what our teacher always tells us? Why do you still believe in this? We must believe in science!"
Dadan: "Just shut up!"
He was just expressing his opinion of this woman to confirm whether what he saw and thought was true. But what kind of talk was this? He was using all sorts of supernatural powers, which made him unable to help but think in that direction.
"What are you talking about?"
A faint voice was heard, scaring Dadan and Erdan so much that they turned around quickly.
When I turned around, I saw a pale face.
The two men screamed and immediately ran away with their heads in their hands.
Su Qinghu took off the flashlight that was resting on his chin, put his hands on his hips and laughed happily, "You little bastard, you must have been scared by me!"
Don't think that she doesn't know they are talking about her just because she can't hear clearly!
Dadan and Erdan were so scared that they opened the door and rushed out. As soon as they got out of the door, they were picked up by people one by one. They were about to scream, but stopped abruptly in the next second. Then they let out another "wow" and wrapped themselves around the tall and straight body of the passerby like koalas.
"dad!"
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