Chapter 385 Let me stay for you to warm the quilt, okay?
Chapter 385
in the dark.
Mr. Liao was shocked all over and could not restrain himself from shaking.
"What?"
He felt a little bit that he had heard wrongly?
Gu Ning said calmly, "On Saturday, our family will go to pay homage to my grandma."
"As for whether you go or not, it's up to you."
She just told them the news.
Not for the sake of Mr. Liao's face, but for the face of the dead Liao Guqiu.
Mr. Liao's voice was trembling and his eyes were red, "Go, why don't I go!"
He has been in Anzhou City for so long, but he has never paid homage to his sister Liao Guqiu.
It's not that they didn't go, but they didn't know where Liao Guqiu's grave was.
Liao Guqiu's death was so sudden that he did not enter the An family's ancestral grave.
As for where it is buried, perhaps only Mr. An knows.
Gu Ning hummed, then turned around and left and entered the house.
Under the moonlight, her back was slender and cold, indifferent and distant.
Still haven't forgiven them.
Mr. Liao felt extremely bitter, "Pingle?"
He looked at Gu Jianshe.
Gu Jianshe said calmly, "Mr. Liao, take a rest early."
A few short words, but they abruptly widened the distance between the two parties.
He had asked Mr. An to change his name to father, but he was still so alienated from Mr. Liao.
Immediately, the whole family entered the courtyard together.
The closed door became an insurmountable gap between the two sides.
Stay in vain.
Mr. Liao and the three of them stood there in silence.
"Brother Liao, do you regret it?"
Wenxiu looked at the quiet moonlight, her voice erratic.
If only, he had not offended Gu Ning and the others repeatedly because of Gu Yao.
Is it true that things will not come to this point?
Mr. Liao was startled for a moment. He put his hands behind his back and said in a lonely tone, "I don't regret being nice to Gu Yao because she is a descendant of Gu Qiu. The only thing I regret is that I shouldn't be able to misunderstand people."
However, when he checked before, he was more careful.
Their relationship with Heping Le would not be like this.
But, no one in the world knew it earlier.
…
Gu family.
Gu Ning and the others were almost exhausted when they returned home after running around for a day.
Gu Ning and Yang Yang lay down directly on the long wicker chairs and didn't want to move.
Especially Gu Ning, she planned today's recognition party from beginning to end.
Although there was a slight glitch in the middle, it was completed successfully.
The tense nerves completely softened after returning home.
Lying on the long wicker chair covered with a layer of cotton quilt, it was indescribably comfortable.
Liu Shuzhen looked at it, and she was a little funny. While changing her shoes, she said to Gu Ning, "Ning Ning, don't fall asleep. You have to wash your face and feet later!"
This child has no image when he comes home.
However, they all knew that Gu Ning had worked hard during the day, so no one called her up.
Gu Ning let out a cry and looked at Gu Xiangfang carrying a red and hot coal stove and placing it next to the long wicker chair.
Two golden oranges were placed on the side of the coal stove. After a while, there was a piercing sound, and the orange peels burned black, giving off a refreshing sour smell.
At that moment, Gu Ning not only felt warm, but also saliva began to secrete from her mouth.
She stared at the two roasted oranges without blinking and sighed, "A golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as our doghouse."
Although their home is not as spacious and luxurious as Anjia's small white building, it is still very warm.
As soon as Gu Ning said this, everyone around him laughed.
"That's for sure!"
Gu Xiangfang turned the orange over and grilled it, and said without raising his head.
Yangyang lay down for a while, then raised his ears and listened. He seemed to hear hot water boiling in the kitchen.
He jumped up like a carp, quickly went to the kitchen to get a basin of hot water and brought it over.
He said to Gu Ning, "Sister, come and wash your feet."
The steaming smoke dispersed in front of my eyes, making it difficult to see Yangyang's face clearly.
Gu Ning felt indescribably warm in her heart, and she smiled, "I never thought that one day I would be able to soak in the foot-washing water my brother brought me."
Then, she changed the topic and said narrowly, "However, today there are still no less than a hundred big characters!"
As soon as he said this, Yangyang's face, which was originally full of attentiveness and expectation, instantly fell down.
"I thought you would say that my brother has worked hard and I won't practice calligraphy today."
Gu Ning, "What you think is beautiful!"
Gu Jianshe and Gu Xiangfang next to them laughed at the same time.
Along with that, the temperature in the room became warm.
…
Pingxi Village.
Under the silver-white moonlight, Gu Yao stepped on the sticky mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The muddy ground where the snow had just melted left some shoes stained.
The pair of precious deerskin boots on Gu Yao's feet had long lost its original appearance and the surroundings of the shoes were no longer visible.
Everything was stained with jet black mud.
Gu Yao finally pulled out her feet and looked at the deserted country road with no one around.
He couldn't help but shudder and asked Xu Maoxue, "Xu Maoxue, how long will your family last?"
She had been walking for two hours since getting off the car.
However, we still haven’t arrived at Xu Maoxue’s home.
Even the Gu family back then had never lived in such a remote place.
Gu Yao felt a little regretful.
But Xu Maoxue saw what Gu Yao was thinking. He supported Gu Yao with one hand and carried the luggage with the other, and said comfortingly, "It's almost here, it will take ten minutes at most."
"You said an hour ago that it would only take ten minutes at most."
But an hour later.
They are still on this deserted road.
In the wild where the air turned into ice, Gu Yao felt that her feet had frozen into lumps of ice, and they no longer looked like her own feet.
Xu Mao learned to have a good temper and said, "Yao Yao, I know you have suffered. Don't worry, I will be there soon. When you get home, I will ask my mother to boil a basin of hot water for you. You can soak your feet to keep them warm."
Hear the beautiful picture painted by Xu Maoxue.
Gu Yao only felt that her frozen feet seemed to be getting warmer.
She could almost imagine how comfortable it would be to soak her feet in a basin of hot water in a warm room.
Gu Yao gritted her teeth and persisted. She had no way out.
When she returned to Anzhou City, she had nowhere to go.
And the school——
Gu Yao didn't dare to think about going to school because once she went to school, she would be laughed at by all the students in the school.
She was praised so highly before, but now she has fallen so hard.
only.
Half an hour later.
The warmth Gu Yao imagined was not there. When she entered the village, it was pitch black everywhere.
The cold air coated her body with a layer of white frost.
I thought that if they went to Xu Maojia, someone would receive them.
But no.
The entire Xu family was quiet, without any sound, and unbearably cold.
It wasn't until Xu Maoxue knocked on the door three times that a woman in her fifties came out.
The woman was wearing a cotton coat and a pair of worn-out cotton shoes on her feet, shivering with a cold voice.
However, when she saw Xu Maoxue, the woman was obviously surprised, "Maoxue, why are you back?"
Her son should be at school.
How could it be that he showed up at their door in the middle of the night?
Xu Maoxue whispered, "Mom, something happened. I'll take my classmates home first."
As soon as she said this, Xu's mother quickly opened the door. The moment she saw Gu Yao, she looked up and down under the moonlight.
That look seemed like he was estimating the value of the pork.
Gu Yao felt uncomfortable all over, and she hid behind Xu Maoxue.
"Mom, please stop scaring my classmates."
A smile appeared on Xu's mother's thin face, "Girl, it's Maoxue's classmate, come in with me!"
Through the moonlight, you can probably see what the other person looks like.
He is a lucky one, but he doesn't seem to be easy to get along with.
However, when she comes to the Xu family, even if she is difficult to get along with, she can make the other person get along better.
Gu Yao hummed and said cautiously, "Sorry to disturb Auntie."
"Hey, the girl in this city has a nice voice."
Xu's mother took Gu Yao's hand and walked inside.
As he walked, he turned around and winked at Xu Maoxue.
Xu Maoxue soon fell one step behind.
Gu Yao, on the other hand, completely fell into the hands of Xu's mother.
She led Gu Yao into the side room. The side room had a small window for ventilation and was surprisingly cold. Gu Yao shivered as soon as she entered.
His teeth also creaked from the cold.
Xu's mother felt distressed and lit the only kerosene lamp.
Looking at Gu Yao carefully, she squinted her eyes and said with a smile, "Girl, you sit here and rest for a while, I will find you a quilt."
before she goes out.
Gu Yao suddenly raised her hand to hold the other party, "How about burning the kang first?"
She touched the kang. It was so cold that she couldn't sleep at all.
Xu's mother paused and said, "Oh, look at my memory. I'll go pick up the firewood and be right back."
As soon as she left, Gu Yao's original action of sitting down suddenly stopped. She raised her hand and touched the Kang mat.
Her fingertips were suddenly covered with a thick layer of ash.
Gu Yao frowned subconsciously and looked at the environment of the room.
The side room is about ten square meters, with nothing else except the kang, a desk and a chair.
The newspapers on the windows had already been torn apart by the wind.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the house has only four walls, and the wind is leaking everywhere.
Gu Yao had never suffered such a serious crime even when she was living with the Gu family in the countryside!
The conditions of the Gu family in the village were pretty good before.
And Xu Maoxue’s home——
Gu Yao continued to read, and her heart grew colder as she read.
outside the house.
Xu's mother went to the kitchen to find Xu Maoxue, who was heating hot water on the stove, on the pretext of finding a quilt and firewood.
Xu's mother stepped forward and snatched the firewood from Xu Maoxue's hand, frowning, "How could you, a boy, do this?"
After a pause, he turned around and left, "I'll call the girl you brought back and ask her to boil the water."
only.
Xu's mother's movement was stopped by Xu Maoxue.
He hurriedly stood up, grabbed Xu's mother's arm, and blocked her way.
Xu Maoxue glanced at no one outside the door and then lowered his voice.
"Mom, on the first day my classmate comes here, if you ask him to work like this, you will scare him away."
"She's a city girl."
Xu's mother frowned, "When you come to my Xu family, you are the daughter-in-law of my Xu family. I don't care where the girl is from?"
"Mom, don't ruin my business. I'll keep her for great use."
Xu Maoxue said with a straight face and frown, "Just do as I say, and our family will definitely become rich in the future."
"real?"
in the dark.
Mother Xu's sour face was glowing with brilliance.
Xu Mao hummed, "Otherwise, what do you think I would do with all the effort in bringing him back?"
Xu's mother gave a thumbs up, "My son is still capable. As soon as he comes back, he will bring back a lady from the city."
Then, she rolled her eyes and said, "Listen to mom, mom will let you cook raw rice today!"
"A woman who has been slept with by a man is determined to keep her!"
Xu Maoxue's eyes lit up, but he didn't stop him.
On the other side, Xu's mother hugged a quilt, went to the side room, and said to Gu Yao, "Girl, we don't have much firewood at home. We have to make breakfast for the strong laborers in the family tomorrow morning. It's really difficult."
If you can’t free it, do you think this will work?”
Xu's mother paused and quickly spread the musty-smelling quilt on the cold kang.
"I'll give you a thicker quilt tonight so you don't get cold."
People have talked about it to this extent.
What can Gu Yao do?
She couldn't refuse, after all, this was someone else's home.
Gu Yao was a little unhappy, but she couldn't say anything. She could only bite the bullet and said, "Then I'll trouble Auntie."
After Xu's mother laid out the quilt, she took Gu Yao's wrist and touched it, "I feel sorry for you, my child."
The girls in this city have delicate skin and tender flesh after all.
It feels different to the touch.
This time I feel wronged to you, my child.
Gu Yao almost couldn't tell her tears. Her eyes were red and she whispered to Xu's mother, "I'm disturbing Auntie."
Xu's mother smiled and purred, "Don't bother, don't bother."
Then, she exited and closed the door considerately.
Not long.
Xu Maoxue came in with a basin of half-heated hot water, his face covered with black stains, and whispered to Gu Yao:
"Yao Yao, it's snowing and the firewood at home is all wet and can't be burned. Can you just use this little water for now?"
Once people give in.
Will give in step by step.
And Gu Yao is like this.
From when I was on the road, to having a barbecue, to now, I don’t even have a basin of hot water to wash my feet.
Gu Yao felt extremely uncomfortable.
However, she couldn't make trouble.
Because she is a guest.
Gu Yao squeezed out a smile stiffly, "Let's make do with it first!"
It's just that when the cold feet are put into the footbath with no warmth.
Gu Yao's eyes turned red after all.
"Yao Yao, we came back too suddenly. Don't worry, there will definitely be hot water to wash your feet tomorrow night."
Gu Yao sniffed and hummed.
Don't really want to talk.
After washing my feet, I lay on the cold kang, unable to warm the bed.
Gu Yao could no longer suppress her grievance and began to cry.
Ever since I lived in the Liao family, I have been accustomed to living a life of fine clothes and fine food.
She hadn't suffered like this in a long time.
Hearing Gu Yao's cry, Xu Maoxue carefully opened the quilt and got in.
His action startled Gu Yao, "Why did you come in?"
"go out!"
"Get out!"
Gu Yao yelled and started pushing Xu Maoxue.
Xu Maoxue subconsciously reached out and covered Gu Yao's mouth, winking at her crazily, "Yao Yao, please keep your voice down!"
After a pause, he explained, "This is my bedroom and my bed. If I don't sleep here, where can I sleep?"
Gu Yao didn't believe it.
And Xu Maoxue continued, "There is only one single room in our house, and that is mine. In other rooms, there are five or six people sleeping on the kang."
"Yao Yao, you slept in my bed, I have no place to go."