Gu Jinnian is about 1.8 meters tall, but is extremely thin. A strong gust of wind could blow him down. Can't she be more nervous?
She helped the man outside and asked him to sit down in front of the stove to warm himself while she went to fetch him water to wash himself.
"Xiaoyu, I'll do it myself."
Gu Jinnian was reluctant to let Zhao Meiyu work for him and wanted to do it himself.
"Don't be stubborn and I'm not tired of doing things that are easy for me. Just sit down." Although Zhao Meiyu is young, she has a very good character. Compared with the sisters-in-law of the Gu family, Zhao Meiyu is simply a fairy from heaven.
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Looking at the girl who was busy working for him, Gu Jinnian secretly vowed in his heart that he would make her live a good life.
Zhao Meiyu didn't know that she thought so highly of Gu Jinnian.
At this moment, she wanted to take good care of him and help him recover as soon as possible so that he would have a great body and never get sick again.
Zhao Meiyu fetched water for Gu Jinnian to wash up, then took out the eggs from the pot and handed them to him to eat first.
"I won't eat it, Xiaoyu, you eat it." Gu Jinnian refused to eat the eggs himself and insisted on giving them to Zhao Meiyu. Zhao Meiyu deliberately cooked them for him to replenish his body, how could he eat them?
"I won't eat it. You are a patient and you eat it."
Zhao Meiyu's attitude was very firm.
"Xiaoyu..." Gu Jinnian couldn't laugh or cry. The egg in his hand had a slight warmth, but the temperature was like a small sun. His whole body, from head to toe, became extremely warm from the inside out.
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In the end, the egg fell into Zhao Meiyu's belly.
While she was being pushed away, Gu Jinnian crushed the eggs and put them into her porridge, and stirred them twice quickly with chopsticks to completely integrate the eggs into the porridge in her bowl.
"You..." Zhao Meiyu was stunned by Gu Jinnian's actions. How could...how could there be such a rogue person? Eggs are for him to replenish his body. How could he take the opportunity to distract himself and get the eggs?
In your own bowl?
She is as strong as an ox, so she doesn’t need to eat eggs at all, okay?
"Jinnian..."
Gu Jinnian took a quick sip from the bowl and turned away, not daring to look at her.
Zhao Meiyu chuckled, "You are really..."
She no longer knew what to say.
The young couple had just finished eating, and Zhao Meiyu asked Gu Jinnian to go back to the house to rest. She was going to clean up the yard and then go up the mountain to collect some firewood. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and the spring at home would have to be planted.
Already.
After all, there are so many things.
But for the sake of their little family, she didn't think it mattered no matter how much work she was asked to do.
"Meiyu, Meiyu?" Zhao Meiyu's mother's voice came from outside. Zhao Meiyu quickly walked out of the door. She saw her mother walking in carefully guarding a basket.
"Mom, why are you here? It's so cold, why don't you come at home? If anything happens, just ask someone to call me back. Why did you come here in person?"
Zhao Meiyu quickly welcomed her mother into the house.
"If I don't come, how will I know what your life is like?"
Wang Zhaodi was so sad that she burst into tears when she saw this house that was leaking from all directions and was about to collapse.
"I promised well when we proposed our kiss before. The Gu family is not a good person. Is this a place for people to live? Our pigsty is better than the one you live in!"
"Mom!" Zhao Meiyu pulled Wang Zhaodi's hand with some embarrassment, "I'm fine, it's good to live here."
"What's good..." Wang Zhaodi stepped inside the house and looked at the cracks in the walls of the house. The wind was blowing in from the outside. She felt no different from living outside.
Her tears fell even harder.
"My miserable daughter, mother should never have agreed to the Gu family's marriage in the first place!"
"mother……"
Gu Jinnian stood up helplessly. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to do.
Their current conditions are indeed very poor. It is normal for their mother-in-law to be dissatisfied when they suddenly visit.
If it were his daughter living like this...
Gu Jinnian didn't dare to think further.
Wang Zhaodi glanced at her sick son-in-law, and wondered how she felt about it now. She regretted it. She should not have agreed to the marriage after considering that Gu Jinnian was a scholar and a gentleman.
Now that her daughter is suffering endless hardships, what should she do in the future?
The more Wang Zhaodi thought about it, the less he cared about Gu Jinnian.
So when Gu Jinnian said hello to her, she made a snort from her nostrils and looked downcast.
Zhao Meiyu walked over quickly, took the basket from Wang Zhaodi's hand and put it aside. She helped Wang Zhaodi to sit down in a leeward place, "Mom, don't be like this. Aren't I living a good life?"
"What's good? You're calling me good like this? When I was at home, although I couldn't let you eat and dress well every day, I still had enough to eat, wear warm clothes, and live in an airtight place. Look at you.
…Look at where you live now…”
Wang Zhaodi sighed heavily and wiped away tears, "What is this?"
"Oh mother..." Zhao Meiyu was embarrassed. Jinnian was still here, so her mother had to be more careful about what she said! "Stop talking, I think life like this is quite good."
Zhao Meiyu glanced at Gu Jinnian, showed a faint smile to him who was a little worried, and continued to comfort Wang Zhaodi, "Mom, look, although Jinnian and I were separated, it's okay! From now on.
How great is it that our life is ours alone, and we no longer have to be mixed up with dozens of people in that big family?"
"What's good? What's good is living in this dilapidated house that's going to fall down at any time?"
Wang Zhaodi fought back, but in fact she was somewhat persuaded by Zhao Meiyu.
Zhao Meiyu naturally knew her mother well, so she did not give up and kept on saying, "Mom, the house and everything else are all external possessions. And although this house is a little dilapidated, it is only me and Jinnian after all! And, wait.
Jinnian will take the college entrance examination next year. If he passes the exam and we go to the city, are you still worried that I won't have a new house to live in?"
"Jinnian is so knowledgeable. We will not farm in the countryside or live in this place our whole lives."
"Really?" Wang Zhaodi snorted and glanced at Gu Jinnian. Gu Jinnian standing aside was visibly restrained. Wang Zhaodi snorted heavily again.
This person only has knowledge that he can use.
I hope he doesn't betray Meiyu's trust.
Wang Zhaodi sat for a while and stood up to leave. The basket she brought was left behind. In the basket were five kilograms of rice, five kilograms of corn, one kilogram of meat and half a kilogram of oil. At the bottom, there was also a bottle of malted milk.
And the thirty eggs that Wang Zhaodi kept for herself for more than half a month.
Most of these were given by her son who was a teacher in the commune to honor the couple. Wang Zhaodi thought of her daughter's situation and was reluctant to eat and drink, so she brought all the things over.
Nothing was left.
When Zhao Meiyu saw the basket of food, her eyes were a little sour, and she said with a choked voice, "Mom... we can actually live a good life, Jinnian also gave me money..."
"How much money can he give you? Besides, doesn't he have to prepare for the college entrance examination next year? If he doesn't spend any money then, your parents won't starve to death if they take one less bite of these things."
Although they were daughters, Wang Zhaodi and his wife still had Zhao Meiyu in their hearts.
How can any parent see his daughter living a hard life and still be able to enjoy the good food and drink? If others don't tell her, Wang Zhaodi will definitely not be able to do it.
After knowing that her in-laws passed away and her daughter and son-in-law were driven to the Gu family's old house, Wang Zhaodi no longer had a good life and even slept peacefully. She kept thinking about how to support the newly married couple...
By chance, her son came back from the commune, and she didn't even unpack the things he brought, but delivered them all.