Chapter 66: When Grandpa Su heard what his daughter-in-law said, he quickly waved his hand and refused: "I am in good health, just give it to your mother!"
Darling, it's enough for the old lady to eat two a day. How will she live at home if she eats two more?
Su Xiaotian almost wanted to praise her own mother. She was so thoughtful that she even thought that her grandfather also needed to replenish his health.
"Grandpa, eat it. Xiaotian, don't let grandpa faint when you see him." Su Xiaotian stepped forward, took Grandpa Su's hand, and said gently shaking it.
The body is deficient. It is not just grandma who is deficient. Grandpa is probably even more deficient.
Grandpa is holding on with one breath to keep him from falling. This is the most terrifying thing. If he falls, it will be a landslide.
In her previous life, she still remembered the pain of leaving her grandfather forever when he became ill and she didn't want to make the same mistake again in this life.
Grandpa Su didn't expect that his little granddaughter would say this, and he was stunned.
But he saw the panic in Su Xiaotian's eyes.
The baby was too young and was frightened because the old woman fainted.
He held his little granddaughter in his arms lovingly.
"Don't be afraid, my dear, I will be fine, my milk will be fine, and I will protect our dear dear.
In the end, the old couple ate all the eggs with sugar water sent by Liang Xiu.
While eating, the old couple still felt distressed and always wanted to save one for their grandchildren.
But Su Xiaotian stood guard and insisted that they finish the meal and drink the soup, leaving nothing behind.
Liang Xiu was extremely impressed by her little daughter's performance.
This kid is really smart and not greedy, which is really rare.
Liang Xiu packed up the dishes and went to wash them in the kitchen. When Grandpa Su heard the sound of his grandchildren coming back, he also went out to help.
In the hall.
Su Xiaotian came to Grandma Su's side and talked with Grandma Su.
"Xiao Tian, I gave you the eggs and milk just now, why don't you eat it?" Grandma Su said, touching her granddaughter's braid.
She still felt bad that she had eaten two eggs in one go.
"Milk, you eat first. We are eating well now and are in good health." Su Xiaotian said with a smile.
"What are you eating so well! Look at the gold and silver treasures at your second master's house, how good they look?" Grandma Su said with emotion as she looked at the skinny Su Xiaotian.
"They are obese and not good-looking." Su Xiaotian said disdainfully.
Grandma Su couldn't help but laugh. However, what her granddaughter said was true. The two boys in the second bedroom were indeed too fat and unattractive.
My babies are still good-looking, all of them are good-looking, both boys and girls are good-looking.
"Nai, let me tell you secretly, I got a lot of votes again."
"What ticket?" Grandma Su put her head closer to her granddaughter and asked quietly.
"There are not only meat tickets, but also candy tickets and egg tickets." Su Xiaotian said in a low voice.
After saying that, he smiled at Grandma Su, as if he was very proud of having a little secret between the two of them.
Su Xiaotian jumped off the kang with her short legs and ran to her cubicle.
When she came back, she had a pile of money notes in her hand, and she handed them all to Grandma Su.
"Put it away and ask my father to go to the city to buy it later. You and I will make up for it."
Grandma Su felt distressed when she mentioned the words "BuYiBu". How could she not feel distressed?
"Milk, let me tell you, our family can afford eggs now, and you and I will have two eggs a day from now on. This is not negotiable."
Grandma Su held a thick pile of money notes and couldn't believe her eyes. She didn't even pay attention to her granddaughter's words.
Why did this kid get such a pile of money notes again?
She flipped through it carefully and identified the different patterns on it. Sure enough, there were all kinds of tickets.
The money wasn't much, but it was more than the previous times, it was more than twenty yuan.
Grandma Su wrapped the money notes in a handkerchief and carefully placed them under the pillow.
During this time, because of the money tickets Xiaotian brought, life at home was much better.
Grandma Su couldn't help but sigh: "Sweet, you are really our family's lucky star."
"Nai, Xiaotian is a lucky star. If she doesn't follow us up the mountain, we won't be able to find anything good except pigweed." Xiaojiu came in with a pouted mouth. He happened to hear this sentence and said hurriedly.
"Brother Ninth, what have you got today?" Su Xiaotian asked with a smile.
"There is nothing but pigweed, not even mushrooms." Xiao Jiu said very dissatisfied: "Nai, please get well soon, Xiao Tian can follow us up the mountain."
"Hey, my breasts will definitely get better soon." After listening to her grandson's words, Grandma Su felt much better.
Brother Ninth, there are not many mushrooms at this time, but our family is not short of mushrooms either."
In the past few months, the brother and sister have been going up the mountain, and they have stored two big bags of dried mushrooms at home, weighing dozens of kilograms, which is enough for winter.
"Xiaojiu, why are you making trouble? Go outside and play with your brothers." Qi Liangying came in and saw Xiaojiu lying next to her mother-in-law's bed, and she hurriedly shouted.
If the boy is noisy, it will not be conducive to the mother-in-law's recovery, so she can just let Xiaotian stay with her.
"It's okay, let Xiaojiu stay here. Listen to the children and I'll feel better!" Grandma Su didn't want her grandson to be wronged, so she spoke in a hurry.
After hearing this, Qi Liangying didn't say much, and asked carefully whether Grandma Su was feeling well. Knowing that her mother-in-law was fine, she felt relieved and went out to do her business again.
Grandma Su and her grandchildren sat on the kang and talked. The grandparents talked very happily, which dispelled a lot of the previous clouds.
The next day, Su Laosan asked for leave and went to the county town.
Because he was afraid of being watched, Su Laosan came back in the dark.
When he came back, the basket on his back was heavy and full, with no gaps at all.
Because the brigade had distributed food, and there were all kinds of food at home, I didn’t buy food this time, only these bits and pieces, the most nutritious meat and eggs that Su Xiaotian said.
Su Laosan took out the oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, eggs, meat, and two packets of sugar from the basket.
The strangest thing was that he finally took out a can of malted milk.
The family looked at the jar of malted milk like a diorama.
The adults have all seen it, but the younger children have never seen it before, and they are all very curious.
Xiaojiu blinked her big eyes and asked, "Third father, what is this?"
"This is malted milk. It's a nutritional supplement, but it's so expensive that only people in the city can eat it." Su Laosan replied proudly.
"Why is there malted milk?" Grandpa Su asked in surprise.
"Dad, I met Minister Chen in the county town today. He talked to me for a few words. He heard that my mother was not in good health, so he stuffed me with two cans of malted milk, saying it was for my mother's health.
"Su Laosan said.
"Why are you accepting other people's things?" After saying this, Grandma Su suddenly felt that what she said was a bit pretentious.
Their family also has a lot of things from Minister Chen, and it seems that they are not short of a jar of malted milk.
"Third brother, there are two cans of malted milk, why did you only take out one?" Boss Su looked at the empty backpack and asked curiously.
"When I came back, I passed by the cowshed and left a can of malted milk for them. I also left eight eggs and a pound of brown sugar for them. I didn't dare to leave the meat for fear of spreading the smell and being smelled."
Grandma Su said with a smile: "You are thoughtful, third brother. We should leave some for them. Although our health is not good, their health is even worse!"
When other people listened, no one thought anything was wrong.
Although most people in the Su family don't know what the relationship between Minister Chen and the Chi family is.
But they are not stupid. They can see that Minister Chen takes good care of their family. In addition to the relationship with the old leader, another important reason is that their family takes care of the two grandfathers and grandchildren in the cowshed.
After all, they took advantage.
"You did the right thing, Third Brother." Grandpa Su was very satisfied with how his son was handled.
"How many kilograms of meat did you buy today? I think it's seven or eight kilograms." Grandma Su said, staring at the pieces of meat on the table.
"Mom, this is ten pounds of meat. You gave me ten pounds of meat coupons. I just happened to buy them in time, so I bought them all. Even if I didn't make it in time to buy pork suet, these meats are also fat."
"Bake meat porridge for grandma. Lean meat is fine, fat meat is not delicious." Su Xiaotian's weak voice came.
Liang Xiu looked at her daughter and said with a smile: "She is a child after all, and she has no fat or water even if she is lean."
Without oil and water, what nutrition can there be?
Su Xiaotian was stunned. The nutrition of lean meat and fat meat is not much different, right?
Then, she remembered that people in this era are generally short of fat and water, and everyone firmly believes that fat is good.
"Mom, you must be right to listen to me. Meat porridge made with fat meat is inedible." Su Xiaotian said: "There is a layer of oil on the porridge, and no one can eat it."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, but isn't that what happened?
"Then boil the fat meat into oil and stir-fry, and the lean meat into meat porridge. Stir-fry some meat dumplings and send them to the Chi family's ancestors and grandchildren."
While the family was talking, Li Zhuzhu arrived.
He was holding a chicken in his hand and looking at the room full of people a little awkwardly.
"Zhuzi, why did you bring the chicken?" Wang Xianghua asked hurriedly.
"I only have one chicken at home, which is difficult to raise, so I just want to take advantage of it and let your family help me raise it. I heard from Xiaosi that your chickens lay a lot of eggs." Li Zhuzhu said slightly awkwardly.
Everyone in the family understood what Li Zhuzhu meant. They refused to kill the chickens, so he sent them over in order to let Grandma Su eat more eggs.
Li Zhuzhu is actually a grateful person.
Even though I was so kind at the beginning, I still remember it now.
"The pillars are here, just accept them." Grandpa Su said, twirling his beard.
It is not easy for Li Zhuzhu to live alone. If his family has the conditions, he can take more care of him.
At this time, Su Xiaotian also remembered the matter of treating Li Zhuzi's scabies, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhuzi, I asked Dr. Li two days ago, how many medicinal materials can treat the sores on your head?
Do you want to try it?"
After Li Zhuzhu heard what Su Xiaotian said, he touched the sore on his head and said, "Forget it, if there was really a way to cure it, it wouldn't have been delayed until now."
But when Grandma Su heard what her little granddaughter said, she felt that it was most likely true.
"Zhuzi, just listen to Xiaotian and give it a try. It won't cost you a lot of money."
"That's it, Uncle Zhuzhu, just a few herbs, boiling water, washing your hair every day, spending some firewood and time."
"If you find it troublesome, Sister-in-law will make potion for you every day." Liang Xiuye said with a smile.
Li Zhuzhu has been suffering from leprosy on his head since he was a child. He has been teased a lot over the years. He refused just now because he was afraid of being disappointed again after giving up hope.
The people of the Su family persuaded him in this way, and there was no one who was not moved, so they thought, there is nothing wrong with giving it a try, but it is still like this.
"Then I'll give it a try. My third sister-in-law can help me boil the potion, but from now on, I'll go to the mountains to collect the firewood at home."
Li Zhuzhu himself was impatient to do this, so he simply followed Liang Xiu's words.
county seat.
Chen Zian’s home.
Su Manxiu is cooking. The staple food is rice and the vegetable is tofu and minced pork.
She has been a hard-working person since she was a child. In recent years, she has been working non-stop at Lao Wang's house and has never been able to take any time off.
After being taken in by Chen Zian, she was even more busy every day out of repayment.
Chen Zian's yard has changed drastically since Su Manxiu came.
After Su Manxiu cultivated the originally barren vegetable garden, he planted some green onions and easy-to-grow Chinese cabbage. They have sprouted and will be ready to eat in a few days.
Several crooked flowers also glowed with vitality under Su Manxiu's care, and Su Manxiu also carefully set up a shelf for the flowers.
Under the jujube tree where firewood was originally piled, Su Manxiu neatly stacked the firewood in the corner of the yard.
He also moved the stone tables and stone stools that were originally piled in the corner and put them up, wiped them clean, and arranged them so that when the weather is fine, you can sit under the trees to enjoy the coolness and eat.
Chen Zian walked in and smelled the rich aroma of food.
A smile flashed across the corner of his mouth.
No wonder people say that you need a woman in your family to live a decent life.
Isn't this it? How long has it been? He has undergone earth-shaking changes.
"Minister Chen is back. You can eat after washing your hands. Today we will eat minced meat and roasted tofu." Su Manxiu said with a smile.
That day, when she left the hospital, she thought about going to die, but she was chased back by Chen Zian.
After that, Chen Zian never asked her about her situation again, and just took her back to his home.
Externally, Chen Zian said that he was from his hometown, and that his hometown couldn't survive and took refuge with him.
Chen Zian even went through the legal procedures for Su Manxiu and found her a temporary worker job in the county canteen.
"I met an acquaintance on the road today." Chen Zian said to Su Manxiu while washing his hands.
Su Manxiu smiled and said, "Who is he?"
"Hearts men!"
When Chen Zian said this, he stared at Su Manxiu with clear eyes.
Although Su Manxiu has not said where she is from, Chen Zian just feels that Su Manxiu is related to the Su family of the Heart Brigade.
He asked people to inquire and found out that there was a daughter in the old Su family named Su Manxiu. She could not bear the abuse from her husband's family and committed suicide a few days ago. The time coincided with the time he saved her.
Sure enough, as soon as Su Manxiu heard the words "Heart Team", he accidentally cut his finger with the knife.
"Oh, why are you so careless?" Seeing that Su Manxiu was injured, Chen Zian quickly reached out to hold her hand.
Su Manxiu was very uneasy and quickly took her hand out of Chen Zian's hand and said, "I'm fine, I just accidentally cut it."
"I'll go find some gauze to bandage you." Chen Zian also blushed and ran towards the house without looking back.
He didn't know when she had some different thoughts about the woman Su Manxiu, but he also knew that this was wrong.
Even if Su Manxiu threw herself into the river, she would still be the daughter-in-law of the old Wang family and Wang Gouzi's wife before she died.
Su Manxiu is still a married man, so he cannot have other ideas.