Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 2 Turning Your Face Is Like Turning A Book

After Gu Yu's little stomach growled three times, dinner was finally ushered in.

The low dining table in the two chapters can no longer see its original color, it is dark and shiny, and there are some stains in the middle, and the small wooden stools in the few chapters are placed on the ground. Grandpa Li Jiahou took his sons Li Dehai and Li Dequan Sitting at a table, here is grandma Li He, daughter-in-law Zhang, Gu Yuniang Wang, plus a few younger ones, it looks much more lively.

A big pot of rice, a plate of fried eggs on the table, a little black, a small plate of bacon with garlic sprouts, the oil is shining, in the middle is a rough porcelain pot containing the just stewed radish, still steaming white In the mist, the men's table also served wine and a plate of peanuts.

As soon as he sat down at the table, Li Qiu said in a shrill voice: "Mother, it's a pity that brother and the others went out after eating such good food today."

After speaking, he glared at Gu Yu again, the anger just now hadn't passed yet, Gu Yu was so hungry that he didn't bother to argue with her, so he picked up the egg and ate it, who knew it was so crunchy, and it wasn't easy to spit it out, so he had to take the eggshell Swallowing it together, I muttered in my heart, this aunt's craftsmanship is really not very good.

Gu Yu swallowed a few mouthfuls of rice, and finally regained some energy. He stretched out his chopsticks towards the bacon, and when he ate it, it was so salty that his tongue was numb. It was Xiaoman who saw her and scooped up some radish soup for her. She whispered in her ear: "The bacon is very salty, eat it slowly, or they would have eaten it up long ago if it wasn't salty."

Gu Yushun looked over, and watched the aunt's chopsticks stretch out and pull, the action was so fast that a quarter of the eggs on the plate were gone, and she put another chopstick in her own bowl for Li Qiu.Seemingly wanting to eat the share of the absent son, seeing Gu Yu staring at her with a smiley face, "Gu Yu eats too."

Seeing her sticking out her chopsticks, Gu Yu hurriedly said, "You eat, Auntie, I like carrots." He quickly lowered his head to eat.

After that, while the adults were talking there, Gu Yu, who was already short, simply moved the stool away, took two pieces of bacon, tore them apart with his hands, soaked them in carrot soup, and tasted it. Okay, tear another piece of bacon and throw it in.

After finishing this, she stood up and pretended to serve rice, poured half of it into Xiaoman's rice bowl, turned her head to see that her brother and mother's eyes were not on her side, and went to fill the rice to eat by herself.

Listen to the adults in silence.

The eldest aunt Zhang praised Gu Yu's mother for her good waist and looks good in everything, her fingers are thin and long so that embroiderers don't need to do rough work, and she looks like the fate of a scholar when she sees Jingzhe. , Gu Yu is sensible...

There is nothing to be courteous about, and I don't know what kind of things the family members should do. Gu Yu is a little disgusted with this kind of thing, but she can only listen to her mother's soft answer.With this momentum going on, Gu Yu was a little worried why her father proposed to live at home for a long time?

Amidst Gu Yu's worries and listening to the chattering voices around, the family's dinner was over, old man Li started to smoke pipes, and the aunt quickly cleaned up the dishes. Gu Yuniang wanted to help but was stopped by Li He: " If you have a big belly, you should be more careful, besides, the day-to-day rotation will not keep you busy for a few days."

Listening to the voice, I still thought they were just coming back for the New Year.

Gu Yu looked up at his father, only to see him smoking a cigarette with his head lowered, such a good opportunity to answer the conversation was so missed.

Li Heshi looked at old man Li, winking, but saw that old man Li was just smoking a cigarette, in a daze, she cursed inwardly, so she had to speak to herself, "There is really no way to get through this life. Oil and salt are all money."

It's coming, Gu Yu secretly complained, so he had to take advantage of the fake child and asked with a smile: "Grandma, you can grow this rice by yourself. There are firewood everywhere, just some oil and salt. We are in Yunzhou. At that time, everything costs money, firewood is also very expensive, and I fell ill a while ago, so life is hard."

Li He scolded with a smile: "How old are you girl, life is hard, you don't know grandma is worried now, this house is only covered with tiles on the side that sees people, it's a joke for no reason, your fourth uncle is going to die soon I'm going to get married, but I can't afford to build a house, no, it's really hard for me to go out to do errands with others in such a cold day."

Li Dequan heard what Li He said, "Mother, where's the second brother?"

Mentioning this incident, Li He pursed his lips and turned his face away: "Your second brother is capable, don't take me as a mother seriously, the second daughter-in-law has not had a son and a half without your second brother for so many years. Don't say a word, no, it's cold winter, people say that people who buy new year's goods are busy, and the two of them have gone to work for their mother's family. I can't make decisions about them—"

It just so happened that the eldest aunt came in at this time, "Mother, what are you talking about to the third child now, the third child has helped the family a lot, and the fourth child is his own younger brother, not an outsider."

One complained and the other led Li Dequan to that. Li Dequan was a little embarrassed, and suddenly knelt down in front of Li He: "Mother, my son has not respected you all these years, and I will be in front of you from now on."

Such a sudden kneeling caught Li Heshi off guard, and said with a dry smile, "I... I didn't say I wanted you back, either."

Gu Yu was also taken aback by his father's kneeling, "Dad, the old lady is clearly asking you to take the money, so you are too kind."

After getting up, Li Dequan sat on the stool with his head down, as if he was ashamed of his incompetence.

Li He talked so much, but he didn't say a word to ask how the third son of his family dragged his family outside the sun and the moon, did he have any grievances, and couldn't live on.

Naturally, Gu Yuniang couldn't say anything, but Xiao Man was a bit older after all, and twitched the corners of his mouth, "Grandma, the world is too chaotic outside, Dad lost his job, and Mom has a big belly, so I'd better go home and live in Taiping."

Li He straightened his body and stood up. The original dry smile disappeared, and he was very serious, "What? Have you been back?! Third child, is this true?"

Li Dequan nodded: "Mother, there is a lot of chaos outside, but you can always live at home with hands and feet."

Li He's face turned green, and he patted his thigh and began to cry. It was nothing more than that he had worked hard all his life and had not lived a good life. In the end, he was still sad about his children, and he came back without discussing such a big matter.

Gu Yu was really dissatisfied with the behavior of the old lady, she patted her thigh and cried out in a long voice, there was not even a drop of tears, looking at her mother's face was very embarrassing, probably she had never been through such a battle, she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed, in the past six months The family lived in harmony and beauty, and I am grateful, but I have nothing to do with the old lady, it is just my father's mother.

Thinking of this, she said: "Grandma, don't cry. This father said that the family will return home sooner or later. It's good to come back at this time. Grandma will enjoy the blessings of her children and grandchildren in the future."

Li He pushed Gu Yu away: "I don't have that life!"

Old man Li said, "The third child came back as soon as he came back, there is nothing wrong with that, besides, which one is not begging for life in the fields."

This sentence annoyed Li Heshi, and he cursed and cried again.What he was talking about was probably that old man Li didn't care about the house and didn't know the difficulties of the housekeeper.

After all this commotion, Li He's face was hanging, and he said in a strange way: "I can't help my mother when I grow up, and my mother can't decide such a big thing as marrying a wife and having children. If you don't want this good job, you don't want it. This time I see how I can live on, marry a beautiful woman and run away as soon as the light blows, I am really miserable, I will have to raise a house full of children when I am old."

Gu Yu clenched her fists, your old lady returned the ginseng cock, my mother tricked you to provoke you, she felt a little bit sorry for the baby in her mother's womb, and asked her to put a silk flower on her head to divert her attention.

Li Dequan gritted his teeth and raised his head, "Mother, the child's mother can do everything, but now she is a little stupid, I just need to help. You are no longer needed to support us, and Xiaoman and the others are getting older."

Xiao Man hurriedly said, "Yes, Grandma, I can do anything."

At this time, Li He saw that no one responded and lost interest, and said lazily: "Your elder brother and his family live in that room, you can't let Lichun and Lixia go out when you come back, your second brother's It’s not easy to live there, you have to live with me and your father, let’s go to sleep in the woodshed with your father.”

Hypocrisy!
Li Dequan responded with a wry smile: "Look at what my parents said, we are young, so we will just make do in the firewood room for two days, and we can discuss it when the second brother comes back."

(End of this chapter)