The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 45 The Ownership of Eggs

Chapter 45 The Belonging of Eggs
As the sun went down, every household in Shangling Village smoked from cooking. It was time to cook dinner. People working in the fields were carrying farm tools and preparing to go home.

The men working in the fields of the Gu family returned home early today, and Mrs. Lu was directing the girls at home to set the table and serve the dishes.

On the dining table are still black batter and miscellaneous grains, a plate of fried spinach, and some pickled radish strips.There were two boiled eggs on the main table, and Mrs. Lu gave one of them to the injured Gu Chengchi, and gave the other one to Gu Chengyu without hesitation.

"Mom, I don't want to eat eggs, let daddy eat it! Dad is going to pick honeysuckle too! After tomorrow's money is sold, mom will buy me steamed stuffed buns, okay?" With so many eyes staring at the dinner table, Gu Chengyu is embarrassed to add extra meals blatantly. As for who to eat, it's just this one egg. It's not good to give it to anyone. If it's given to Papa Gu, everyone should have no objection.

Old man Gu laughed so hard he couldn't see his teeth, "Little Treasure is filial, you should eat it! You'll grow taller if you eat it."

Mrs. Lu gave Papa Gu a blank look, but her son didn't miss her at all.

As for the other people at the dinner table, they didn't care, anyway, they wouldn't have their share of eggs.

Gu Chengyu thought that if his father really didn't want it, he would give it to his mother to eat. He held up the egg and was about to talk when he heard the little baby's shrill cry. attract attention.

Gu Chengyu looked in the direction of the voice, and found that it was Gu Xing, the sister-in-law's little girl. When Fang heard Gu Xing shouting, she quickly covered her mouth.

Gu Xing has been counting for almost eleven months now, and has been staying in the East Wing without coming out. This is the second time she has come out.Sister-in-law Fang actually had no milk for a long time, and she ate a few eggs. She only ate a few eggs during the confinement period, and did housework before the full moon. When she was tired, she lost milk. When Gu Xing was six months old Just rely on drinking.

His mother watched him closely, so he could only sneak to the East Wing to feed him some milk powder secretly, and he had to take advantage of the time when Da Ya and the others were away from work. He had only been there three times in total, the last time he went It was still more than nine months old.

An eleven-month-old baby should be able to eat eggs, right?Gu Chengyu came down from the edge of the kang with the eggs and walked to another table.

"Sister-in-law, give the eggs to my little niece! My little niece is growing tall." Gu Chengyu looked at the little baby in Fang's arms, and was startled when he looked at it so carefully.

It is not too much to describe this body with bean sprouts. There is a big head on the small body, and the eyes are a bit abnormally big on the face without meat. The whole body is skinny and bone-like. Like chicken feet, it is completely different from the small hands with small meat nests that Gu Chengyu has seen.

Why are you so skinny?It is comparable to those orphans who lost their relatives and lacked food and clothing two years after the end of the world.Hearing that Gu Xing was born very thin, Fang locked her in the house and didn't let her come out, so no one would pay attention to her.

"You can't do it. You can eat it. She only eats mushy stuff, and she doesn't know if she will eat it. You eat it, you eat it." Fang shrank back hurriedly holding Gu Xing, with a flustered expression.The big girl didn't even eat a piece of egg, so she was almost beaten. How could the little girl dare to eat any more eggs?If she eats it, can mother-in-law spare her?

The big girl sitting opposite raised her head and glanced blankly, then lowered her head and drank the mush in front of her.

"His uncle? Your sister-in-law doesn't want this egg, so give it to me! It's been a long time since Erlang and Sanlang have eaten eggs, so give them a taste and tell them to remember you!" Her saliva was flooding, and she thought that her son hadn't eaten eggs for more than ten days, and last night Saburo was clamoring for her to buy them secretly.

Gu Chengyu ignored Mr. He, and knew that it would not make sense to Mrs. Fang, so she would definitely not dare to ask for it.He picked up the egg, cracked the shell on the dining table, and peeled it off.Seeing the white and runny egg white emerge from the red eggshell, Gu Xing stared curiously at the egg in Gu Chengyu's hand from Fang's arms.

Gu Chengyu smiled at her, which made her shrink back in fright.

"Little Treasure, what are you doing? Why don't you come over to eat soon? Not everyone can eat eggs." Mrs. Lu squinted at Mrs. Fang, assuming she knew her.

Gu Chengyu didn't speak, broke the egg in half, quickly put half into Fang's bowl, and put the other half in front of Gu Mei who was watching eagerly.

Everyone was stunned. Although the Gu family didn't abuse the girls, they didn't seem to love them very much. In most families in the village, the girls' life is not as good as the Gu family's. It's good to give them food and drink. It's a must to help the family Yes, the expensive food is naturally not their share.Of course, Gu Wan is an exception.

"I'll just feed it to my little niece, who is the youngest, and Sanya will play with me tomorrow." Mrs. He usually doesn't care about Gu Mei, and the little girl doesn't have much sense of presence in Gu's house, and usually follows the big girl.

After Gu Chengyu finished speaking, he stood aside and watched. Although Gu Mei was timid, she couldn't resist the charm of the egg. She picked up the egg with chopsticks and ate it in small bites, squinting her eyes happily. The last time she ate an egg was given by her uncle of it!I still have eggs to eat with my uncle.

When Fang saw that Gu Mei had eaten, she no longer refused, and put the egg into Gu Xing's mouth in small pieces.

Seeing that they had eaten, Gu Chengyu went back to the dining table above. When they reached their stomachs, they were not afraid of being snatched by others, especially He Shi, whose eyes seemed to spit fire when looking at Gu Mei and Gu Xing.

As soon as she sat down, Gu Wan threw her chopsticks on the table and said "I'm full!" and went back to the back room angrily.After entering the back room, he lay down on the bed aggrieved, mother gave her no share in the eggs, mother was partial, Xiaobao would rather give it to his elder brother's niece than give it to her.Isn't she closer to Xiaobao than they are?

Gu Chengyu frowned and looked at the back room, Gu Wan usually ate eggs, such a temperament is not good, people can't always be self-centered, if they don't like it, they will get angry, and they will always suffer big losses in the future.Let her hang out for two days first, and when no one pays attention to her, she will be unable to bear it.

Papa Gu was quite relieved to see that Gu Chengyu knew how to love the younger generation since he was a child.Unexpectedly, Gu Wan was so unruly, she was a little angry.

"Who is she throwing face at? Where did she learn the rules? She is a big girl, why don't you care about her? I think you are usually too indulgent with her, and you dare to throw face at your elders. Hmph!"

"Then why don't you care? Aren't you her father? Are you relying on me?" Lu's face also darkened, this girl needs to be taken care of.

Gu Chengchi squeezed the egg, "How about giving it to my sister, my legs are much better."

As for Gu Chenglian who was at the side, he was already a rough-headed person. He considered himself an adult, and the boiled eggs were usually added to the baby's meal, so he didn't have any ideas.

"You eat yours, don't care about her, she's used to it." Shi Lu waved his hand impatiently.

"Hurry up and eat, I'm going to pick the honeysuckle flowers. The boss and the second child take their baskets and leave first. If anyone asks, they will say that they need to go up the mountain to hold more firewood." Father Gu is impatient to care about the thoughts of these little children, It would be better to pick the honeysuckle earlier and sell it for money.

"Don't move this basket of grass, wait for me to come back and feed it." Gu Laopa thought of the baby in the basket. Now that there are so many people, it is too late to take it out. He is afraid that he will pick the flowers and be dumped into the pigsty. Just got kicked by that pig in the pen?

"It's just a basket of grass, why is it so precious? It's still hidden in the house?" Mrs. Lu spat at Old Gu, a little incomprehensible.

"Anyway, if I say don't move, don't move. If anyone moves, I will be in a hurry with him." Old Gu shouted, winking at Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu suddenly became furious, and opened her mouth to scold, but when she saw Father Gu blinking at her, she suddenly realized, could it be that the baby is in this basket?He glanced to the side, afraid that others would see something unusual.

"You can't move if you say you can't move! Old stubborn."

(End of this chapter)