"Come here and show me, I've lost weight." It was the first time that her old son had been away from her eyes for such a long time. Li Xiulan thought about it and felt distressed at the same time.
"Where did I lose weight? I weighed myself on the scale before I came back, and I gained two pounds." Gu Xingye said with a smile.
"There must be something wrong with your scale. I've lost weight when I looked at it." Li Xiulan didn't believe there was something wrong with her eyes, so she pulled her son to take a closer look.
"The child must be hungry when he comes back. Let's eat first." Gu Shoufu couldn't bear it anymore and reminded him.
Li Xiulan nodded: "Yes, let's eat first."
On the other side, Chen Lishu and Gu Xingping had already put the food on the table. Everyone sat down and smelled the fish in the basin. They all picked up their chopsticks and started eating eagerly.
After dinner, Gu Xingye went back to the house and took out the things he had brought back: "The south side where I drove with the car this time, there are apples there. I bought them from the local fruit farmers. They are very cheap and fresh."
At this time, supplies were scarce and transportation was inconvenient, and the fruits sold in the store were very expensive. It was definitely a luxury for anyone to be able to eat fruits.
Due to the geographical location, Chen Lishu and her friends only had small fruit trees here, and the children had little to eat. The children often knocked all the trees off before they were even red or green.
At this moment, when they saw the big red apples bigger than their fists that their fourth uncle Gu Xingye took out, everyone looked at them pitifully.
"We can't keep this thing, let's divide it up." Li Xiulan took the bag and said.
Although Gu Xingye bought a lot, Gu had a large family and each person only got one.
The children were so happy to get the apples that they cheered and ran out to play. The adults also went back to their houses to rest.
Chen Lishu thought for a while and got up, picked out two of the remaining fish and sent them to Chen's house.
The Chen family's house had already been built and moved in. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she happened to meet Chen Liyuan pushing open the door and coming out. When the other party saw her, her eyes lit up: "Sister, you are back."
Chen Lishu nodded and looked at the thing in her hand: "What is this?"
When Chen Liyuan heard her ask, she frowned and said with some annoyance: "Pour the urinal for milk!"
Fill the urinal for Mrs. Chen? Chen Lishu was surprised: "The milk is at our house?"
Chen Liyuan nodded: "I've been here for a few days. My uncle and aunt brought it here. My aunt said that she got sick from fright during the half month in the detention center and wanted to come to our house to recuperate."
Chen Liyuan said and looked at Chen Lishu with a hint of excitement: "Sister, did you really send my grandma and eldest brother to the detention center?"
Chen Lishu nodded: "You go ahead and empty the urinal first. I'll go in and take a look."
Chen Liyuan wanted to say something else, but seeing what Chen Lishu said, she had to obey.
As soon as Chen Lishu opened the door, she suddenly heard the sound of breaking dishes coming from the back room through the door panel, followed by the angry voice of Mrs. Chen: "I'm here to recuperate, and you just give me this? Yes?"
Do you want to torture me to death? Your whole family is so evil. The older one abused me, the younger one sent me to a detention center. I really have no way to survive..."
As Mrs. Chen cursed, the door creaked open. Wu Chunmei came out of the back room with red eyes. When she saw Chen Lishu, her eyes became even redder: "Why are you back?"
"I caught two fish today. I'm tired from the autumn work, so I thought I could improve the food at home."
Wu Chunmei nodded and reached out to take it, then went to find a basin to fill with water and put the fish in.
"Mom, where is my dad?" Chen Lishu asked casually without seeing Chen Mandun.
It was okay if she didn't ask, but Wu Chunmei's tears instantly fell down when she asked:
"Your mother said she has no taste in her mouth and asked your father to prepare some game meat."
Wu Chunmei raised her eyes as she spoke and glanced at Chen Lishu: "What's the big deal about your child? Send her to the detention center. She's already so old and can't bear it. I think she's seriously ill this time. She's been sick all day long."
She complained that her body hurt and she couldn't stay away from people at night. I discussed with your father that we should take her to the township health center for a check-up."
When Chen Lishu heard Wu Chunmei's words, she immediately became angry. Even with Mrs. Chen's strong curses, her health was probably better than hers.
This is not to recuperate from illness, it is clearly to find an excuse to torment their family.
"Mantun, where did you die?" Mrs. Chen in the room started shouting again at the top of her lungs: "I want to eat canned food. You go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy me a bottle. Why don't Mantun come back? You want to starve to death."
Me?"
"Mom, I'll go right away." Wu Chunmei wiped her tears and stood up. Just as Chen Liyuan came in with a urinal, Wu Chunmei instructed: "Second brother, you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy bottles and cans for your milk."
When Chen Liyuan heard her order, she immediately threw the basin in her hand: "Mom, Third Sister was just ordered to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy rock candy. Now she said she wanted canned food. Why don't we talk about it together? Do you want to save the whole family?"
Is she willing to go through all the trouble?"
"What are you talking about? She is your nurse. Isn't she sick? You kids can be exhausted from running two steps with your legs diligently?" Wu Chunmei said unhappily.
"Did you hear what I said? You bunch of unfilial people, I will go to the commune to sue you when I get better. The whole family doesn't care whether I live or die. They are not willing to buy a can for me." Old Mrs. Chen
The voice came from the house again.
"What are you doing here? Why don't you go quickly!" Wu Chunmei frowned and urged.
Chen Liyuan turned around reluctantly and went out.
"Mom, let me come in and see my breasts." Chen Lishu said and stepped forward to open the door of the back room.
Old Mrs. Chen was lying on the kang. When she saw her coming in, her eyes suddenly filled with fire. She got up from the kang and pointed at her and cursed: "You still have the nerve to come back? If it weren't for you, would I have gotten sick? You..."
Okay, okay, okay, Mrs. Chen scolded her for several minutes without saying anything different. Chen Lishu also really admired her as a talent.
"Lishu, why don't you go back first? I'm really pissed off. How many people are poking at the back of our family if your condition worsens?" Wu Chunmei couldn't help but persuade her.
Chen Lishu looked at the red-faced Old Mrs. Chen who was not getting angry even when she was cursing, and she was even more sure that there was nothing wrong with her at all, but she just couldn't swallow the breath and came to torment their family. So, Chen Lishu thought for a while and said: "Mom, I'm going to give birth to my baby this time."
It's all because of me that I got sick, and I feel very guilty. It will be too much for your body to take care of my milk while you work during the day and at night. I just happened to be at home due to a layoff, so why don't I move back and stay for two days to take care of my milk myself."
Old Mrs. Chen didn't expect that she would dare to take the initiative to attack her. Originally, she was a married girl who couldn't do anything, so she thought of tossing her second son's family to vent her anger. When she heard what Chen Lishu said, a flash of excitement flashed in her eyes.
Wu Chunmei was also very moved when she heard Chen Lishu's words. She couldn't eat or sleep well for several days, and she and Chen Mandun were a little confused when they went to work.