"Why don't you just rest at home for the rest of the day? I'll pick up our mother and little sister at noon."
Gu Xingdong was holding two children in his left and right arms respectively, and there was even a smile on his lips. His energetic look made Chen Lishu feel a little itchy.
Li Xiulan: "Lishu is not feeling well? Are you busy and tired during this period? You need to have a good rest and don't show off."
When she heard the word "tired" and thought of something, Chen Lishu's face burned a little.
"Mom, there's no big problem, it's just that my head feels a little heavy when I wake up in the morning."
Chen Lishu went down the stairs: "I'll call the factory later and I won't go there today."
"Lishu, the new ring you bought? It's so beautiful." Zhao Qiuyue put the breakfast on the table and couldn't help but praise when she saw the ring on Chen Lishu's finger.
"Yeah." She was too embarrassed to elaborate, so Chen Lishu just nodded vaguely.
"Don't talk about gold when I was young. If I had a pair of silver earrings, all the girls in the village would be envious. I remember one year, when I just married Xingdong's father, your great-grandmother left a silver earring at home.
Ring, I heard that there was a silversmith from another village who could make jewelry. In the middle of winter, my aunt and I, Mr. Li from the front yard, chased for more than thirty miles before we found the silversmith. When we finally got a pair of earrings, it was midnight when we both went back.
, your dad thought I was worried because I lost it, and even got scolded."
Although it was painful to think about what happened back then, Li Xiulan could not hide her nostalgia in her eyes.
"Later, when the children grew up, they still had the desire to be beautiful. In addition, during those ten years, no one dared to be beautiful."
Chen Lishu took a sip of porridge and said, "Mom, I happen to be free today, so I'll take you shopping together in the afternoon."
Li Xiulan had some thoughts: "That's okay."
After dinner, Chen Lishu called the factory and told Nan Haitao that she would not be able to go there today.
After playing with her children for a while, Chen Lishu felt a little out of energy, so she told Li Xiulan and went back to her room to sleep.
At noon, Gu Xingdong went directly to the station from the company.
The train station in summer is densely packed with people, and everyone carries a lot of things with them, and some even carry two or three big bags when they leave.
There were many small vendors gathered in front of the station, and they were all shouting hard despite the hot weather.
"Soda, orange and lychee soda~"
"Popsicle, hawthorn cream popsicle~"
"Tea eggs, fragrant tea eggs..."
Gu Xingdong stood by the pillar on the side of the station exit. He raised his hand and looked at the time. It was already past the time for the train to enter the station, and it was probably late again.
He took out the cigarettes in his pocket, took one out and bit it in his mouth, then took out the lighter and clicked it with a click. Just as he was about to light it, he saw a figure out of the corner of his eye and put the lighter in.
With the cigarette in his pocket and his mouth tucked behind his ears, he walked towards the person opposite.
"mom."
Wu Chunmei held Chen Lizi's hand tightly and was looking around for Chen Lishu's figure when suddenly a tall figure stood in front of her.
"Brother-in-law." Chen Lizi said in a crisp voice.
"I thought it would be late, are you tired?" Gu Xingdong naturally took the two bags from Wu Chunmei's hands.
It's very heavy to start with, and it looks like it contains a lot of stuff.
"I'm not tired at all. Knowing that I had the baby with me and Li Fei bought me a sleeper ticket, I almost got a good night's sleep."
The three of them walked out of the station and got into the car on the other side of the road.
"Brother-in-law, why didn't my eldest sister come? Is she taking care of her nephew at home?"
Chen Lizi looked at the receding scenery outside with curiosity, feeling that the city was really big and completely different from the village.
Gu Xingdong smiled: "Your eldest sister is preparing delicious food for you at home."
Chen Lizi pursed her lips and smiled happily.
About ten minutes later, the car stopped.
After Gu Xingdong got off the car, he went to the trunk to get something, while Wu Chunmei took Chen Lizi into the house.
"Sister." When she saw Chen Lishu, Chen Lizi ran over happily.
"It's so hot, you two must be too hot. I boiled mung bean water and added rock sugar to it. I'll serve it to you." Li Xiulan said and entered the kitchen.
Gu Xingdong came in carrying two bags.
Chen Lishu: "Mom, why did you bring so many things?"
Wu Chunmei took the mung bean soup from Li Xiulan. It must have been chilled with cold water. After taking a sip, she felt that the heat all over her body was gone.
"They are all grown in the vegetable garden at home. There are also new melons and sticky corns from the mountains. Li Fei and the others planted them under plastic wrap without using chemical fertilizers. I will bring them over for you to try."
Chen Lishu said to Gu Xingdong: "I made cold noodles. You can finish your lunch at home before leaving."
It was a hot day and no one had much appetite, so Chen Lishu made cold noodles for everyone to eat.
The smooth and delicious soba noodles, specially chilled soup, as well as various side dishes such as shredded cucumbers and tomatoes, and the sweet and sour cold noodles will whet everyone's appetite.
Everyone ate a big bowl.
Xiaobai and Xiaocheng were still too young, so they were afraid they would get upset if it was too cold, so they only made cold noodles at room temperature.
Even so, the two little ones still ate a lot.
These two children have a good appetite since the introduction of complementary foods, and they have never made adults worry about eating.
After dinner, Gu Xingdong went to the company, and Chen Lishu asked Wu Chunmei and Chen Lizi to go back to the house to rest.
In the afternoon, when the heat outside had dissipated a bit, I pushed the stroller and took the two little ones with us to the commercial street.
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"If you are willing to go, just go by yourself. I can't afford to embarrass that person."
Ever since he was laughed at by Liu Yuemin yesterday, Chen Mancang never wanted to embarrass that person again.
Chen Mancang said nothing, poured the rags he had picked up on the ground, squatted down and began to sort them out.
He and Zhang Chunhua are now renting a small house next to the train track. Although the environment is not good and the trains passing by every day are very noisy, it is cheaper.
Zhang Chunhua: "How much is face worth for the place we finally found? If we save more, we can save more money for my grandson's schooling."
"I don't want to eat rotten vegetable leaves. The children all laugh at me. And this broken cake is so hard that it bites the teeth. I want to eat meat and fish!"
A little boy of six or seven years old next to him suddenly threw the cake in his hand on the ground, and even stepped on it as if to vent his anger.
Zhang Chunhua quickly picked up the cake from the ground, but it was already covered with dust, and he felt very distressed.
This was made of thin white flour that the old couple couldn't bear to eat, so they let their grandson ruin it.
But looking at her little grandson who looked very similar to her son, she swallowed back the criticism that came to her lips.
"I'll get some water to drink it later, and I can drink it by soaking it in some boiling water at night."
"I don't want to eat this broken cake, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!" The little boy's voice hadn't changed yet, and he shouted at the top of his lungs in a high-pitched voice.
But after howling for a long time, not a single tear came down.
Zhang Chunhua immediately compromised.
"Grandma will give you five cents. Can you go buy some popsicles? Don't cry. Grandma will go to the vegetable market later and take a look. If the meat is cheap, grandma will buy some."