Cheng Xifen sighed: "Without a man, I can only bring my children to live with my relatives. My brother and sister-in-law are not doing well either, and their lives are tight."
Cheng Xifen said and introduced her daughter: "Qiao'e, this is your aunt, please call someone quickly."
Wang Qiao'e half raised her head and called out in a low voice: "Auntie."
"Cousin, I came out early in the morning and didn't eat anything. I'm a little hungry. Do you have anything to eat at home? Whatever it is, get me some first."
"There are still some corn tortillas left at home from the morning. You two should lay some down first and then have a good meal at dinner time in the afternoon."
Soon Li Xiulan put the kang table on the table and brought the food to the couple. When they saw that they were eating thin flour pancakes and even stews, the couple's eyes suddenly lit up, they picked up their chopsticks and started gobbling them down.
Eat it.
"Mom, who's here?"
Gu Xingping came out of the room, and when she saw Cheng Xifen and her daughter looking at each other, she suddenly felt a little unhappy.
Frowning, she walked up to Li Xiulan and whispered, "Mom, just give the beggars some food. Why are you still feeding the family?"
Judging from their clothes and messy hair, they knew they were not hygienic. Who knew if they had lice on their bodies?
"Cousin, is this your daughter? She's really handsome. How old is she?" Cheng Xifen looked up, with soup still staining the corners of her mouth.
"This is my old daughter Xingping, she is twenty after the Chinese New Year."
Cheng Xifen raised her sleeve and wiped her mouth: "I have been with Qiao'e for one year."
Gu Xingping heard the conversation between the two and realized that it was her mother's relative. Although she felt disgusted, she didn't say anything.
When Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong came back, they saw Gu Xingping standing at the door of the courtyard angrily. Gu Xingdong joked: "You can have a bottle of oil hanging from your mouth. Did your mother drive her out?"
"I was angry at two shameless people." Gu Xingping then told what happened.
"... I have never seen a person with such shallow eyelids. Everything he sees is good, and he wants me to give some clothes to that Wang Qiao. Are my clothes blown by the strong wind? How expensive is the fabric?
I only have two cotton-padded clothes in total."
Nowadays, the same clothes can be worn almost all year round. Even if the conditions are good, each person only has three or four pieces of clothes. No wonder Gu Xingping is angry.
Chen Lishu smiled and consoled her: "Well, after all, we are relatives on my mother's side. If you are reluctant to part with clothes, just go to the store to pick something out when you return to the city."
Gu Xingping's face softened a little, and she held her arm: "Sister-in-law, you are still the best to me."
Chen Lishu suddenly felt dumbfounded: "Why do I feel like I've fallen into a trap?"
The three of them walked towards the house together while talking. Cheng Xifen and her daughter were slightly stunned when they saw Gu Xingdong and Chen Lishu coming in.
I saw the man in military uniform, tall and handsome, and the woman also handsome, as if she had stepped out of a pictorial.
The people in the village lacked a language, so the best compliments they could think of came from illustrated newspapers.
Wang Qiao'e couldn't recover from Gu Xingdong's appearance for a long time. She had never seen such a good-looking man before.
Li Xiulan introduced each other to everyone again.
"Third cousin, third cousin." Wang Qiaoxian said softly, and at the same time, he tried his best to push back the shoes with exposed toes on his feet.
Gu Xingdong and Chen Lishu nodded and took Ruirui back to their houses.
In the evening, all the Gu brothers came back, and Li Xiulan introduced mother and daughter to everyone again.
Because she was a relative whom she had not seen for decades, Li Xiulan entertained her with great enthusiasm and even killed a chicken in the family.
Mother and daughter Cheng Xifen stared at the four dishes on the table, their eyes widened. They were somewhat concerned that they were at someone else's house, but they still ate three large bowls of rice each.
Because there were two more people at home, it was a little difficult to arrange a sleeping place at night.
"Isn't Xingping alone in that room? Our parents can just go there and squeeze in." Cheng Xifen suggested on her own initiative.
"No!" Gu Xingping said immediately with an unhappy look on his face. If he let her sleep next to these two people, it would be better to kill her.
Wang Qiao'e sat next to her during the meal, and she could see the lice crawling on her hair. Whenever she thought about what she saw at that time, her scalp felt numb, and she left the table without even taking two bites of dinner.
"My room with a kang is too small to accommodate three people."
Cheng Xifen said angrily: "It's okay to be crowded, otherwise I'll sleep upside down with my head touching my feet. Rural people are not so poor and particular."
Gu Xingping's face turned as ugly as if she had swallowed a fly.
"Mom, there is still a quilt in this room, so you should feel aggrieved first." Li Xiulan called out and persuaded in a low voice.
Even if Gu Xingping didn't want to go there anymore, there was only such a big place at home, especially since Wang Qiao'e was still a big girl, so it was not suitable to go anywhere, so in the end she had to go to Gu Xingping's house.
Not only did Cheng Xifen and her daughter have poor hygiene, they also grinded their teeth and snored while sleeping. Gu Xingping almost didn't sleep with her eyes open all night.
"Mom, let them go today, they must go!" Gu Xingping almost growled. After staying with the two women for one night, she even felt that her body was starting to itch.
"You kid, when relatives come over for a visit, how can you drive them away after just one day?" Li Xiulan advised while cooking: "The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days. They can't celebrate the Chinese New Year here. They must leave.
You just have to endure it for a few more days, and when they leave, Mom will make you new clothes."
Seeing my old daughter being wronged made me feel uncomfortable, but I still have to understand the ways of the world.
Chen Lishu saw that Gu Xingping had a bad look on her face and said, "Xingping, I'm going to town soon, and I just want to visit Ding's family. How about we go together? If you really don't want to live with them, I'll let me
Third sister, I will go to the town with you to stay for two days, so that we can have company."
Chen Lishu and Gu Xingdong both knew about Gu Xingping and Ding Chen. As long as Chen Lifei was with them, no one would say anything, and the Ding family would definitely take more care of them, so there was no need to worry about safety issues.
When Gu Xingping heard her words, she hugged her and said excitedly: "Sister-in-law, your idea is really great. Just wait while I go back to the house to pack my things. I will come back when they leave."
Not only could living in the town avoid those annoying women, but he could also see Ding Chen every day, which made Gu Xingping happy just thinking about it.
Gu Xingping hurriedly returned to the house to pack her things. After thinking about it, she turned around and locked the cabinet in the house. She didn't want anything in the cabinet to be untouched when she came back.
Watching Gu Xingping go out, Wang Qiao'e bit her lips and narrowed her eyes with an ugly expression.
After dinner, Chen Lishu went back to her parents' house to say something, and Chen Lifei quickly packed her things. Originally, Gu Xingdong wanted to accompany her, but Chen Lishu refused.
"I'll come back directly by car in the afternoon, so you don't have to worry about it. It's rare for you to be at home with your children."
Gu Xingdong thought about it and nodded in agreement.