Chapter 1,076: Gratitude and Enemy, Gratitude and Enmity
"Is this enough?"
Seeing that Yang Guizhi was full from just one bowl of noodles, Ni Yinghong was in disbelief. It was not like she had never seen her relatives in the countryside eat very much. A man with a big belly could eat three kilograms of noodles with soup and water in one meal!
Even if Yang Guizhi is a woman and smaller, she can't be full with just one bowl, right?
She was smart and knew what was going on after a second thought. She couldn't help but smile for a while, picked up the empty bowl with a smile, put noodles in it, and said: "Sister Guizhi, haven't you already said it?
Don't worry about this, just feel free to eat, our family is not short of food and drink."
"I...I'm really full." Yang Guizhi, whose thoughts were revealed, pinched the corner of her clothes in embarrassment, and a blush appeared on her dark face, but it was not very obvious.
"Haha, eat quickly, Sister Guizhi, you are here to help me with the work. How can you have the strength to work if you are not full?" Chu Heng took the noodle bowl from his wife's hand and put it in front of her.
"This...then I ate it."
Yang Guizhi looked at the fragrant noodles in the bowl, and her throat moved uncontrollably. She smiled awkwardly, picked up the kuaizi again with some embarrassment, and took a big bite.
At this moment, she only felt that the noodles were very hot, burning directly from her stomach to her heart.
After hearing Chu Heng's words, Yang Guizhi also completely let go. After eating a bowl of noodles in a few mouthfuls, he ate two large bowls in succession, and even drank all the soup in the basin.
She also poured hot water into the basin, drank the oil stars stuck to the basin, and rinsed them twice in succession...
This is really not a waste at all.
When Chu Heng and his wife saw this, they felt funny and sad at the same time.
"belch!"
After drinking the last sip of the shabu water with difficulty, Yang Guizhi burped with satisfaction, glanced at Chu Heng who looked tired, stood up quickly, and said: "I'll go and boil some hot water for you, and you guys can wash up.
Just go to bed quickly, where is the basin?"
Xiao Ni quickly grabbed her: "Oh, you don't need to do this, Sister Guizhi, we have water in the house, we can do it ourselves. You have been tired for a day, so you can go to bed after washing the dishes."
"Okay, I'm going to wash the dishes."
Yang Guizhi kept in mind the advice of the old man in the village who had worked as a maid in the house, so he turned around and quickly picked up the bowl on the table, stepping on his cheerful footsteps.
Went to the kitchen.
Immediately, Chu Heng and his wife went back to the house, poured some hot water, washed their faces, brushed their teeth, and heated their feet.
"Wow!"
Stepping in front of the bed, Chu Heng squatted on the ground and washed his wife's feet as usual. Looking at those white and delicate feet, he couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.
It would be great if there were a pair of red stockings...
"I never dreamed that one day I would have a servant at home." Xiao Ni didn't know what the grandson was thinking, and was chattering: "Hey, do you think we are capitalists?"
"Where are the capitalists? I have no parents, you are pregnant, and there is no one to take care of you. Sister Guizhi is our distant cousin, so it makes sense for her to help take care of her, right?" Chu Heng raised his head and said with a smile: "What's more?
It’s just that Sister Guizhi came to help and delayed earning work points. Is it reasonable for us to give you some money to compensate?”
"It's reasonable, but I'm... just awkward!" Ni Yinghong frowned and muttered, "Watching Sister Guizhi working, I feel a little uncomfortable."
"Hey, by the way, do you have time tomorrow? Come with me to Tianqiao Department Store. I want to buy some cloth and make two new sets of clothes for Sister Guizhi. It doesn't feel right to let her wear the ones I wore.
."
"Just take a rest!"
Chu Heng looked at her with great compassion speechlessly, thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you a story."
"Tell me." Xiao Ni tilted his head curiously.
Chu Heng lowered his head and continued to wash her feet, mumbling: "By the way, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a chef named Zhang San in the west of the city. After work every day, he would follow a fixed route.
After returning home, one day suddenly, when he was leaving work, he noticed a beggar on the roadside. He was half-clothed, skinny as a stick, and covered with frostbite. He felt pity for a moment and gave him two copper coins. He had not eaten for a day.
The beggar who was eating immediately became grateful and kowtowed, wishing he could go home and set up a memorial tablet for immortality."
"And from this day on, whenever Zhang San meets a beggar after work, he will give him two copper coins."
"Just two years later, Zhang San's son was about to get married. The three matchmakers and six hires paid him thirteen dollars at a time, almost wiping out his savings. So after meeting a beggar again, he lost much money.
So I only gave him one copper coin."
"The beggar looked at the solitary copper coin in the bowl and was surprised. He quickly asked Zhang San: Why are you only given one today? Wasn't there two before?"
"Zhang San also has a good temper, so he explained the reason to him. The beggar immediately became furious after hearing this. He waved his hand and gave him a big mouth, asking: Why do you use my money to marry your son?"
Hearing this, Ni Yinghong blinked and came back to her senses. She curled her lips and said, "I've been talking for a long time. Isn't it just a matter of rising rice and grudges versus rice enmity? You just have to say no. Why are you talking about this?"
"I'm not afraid that you won't be able to pull it apart." Chu Heng smiled and grabbed her other foot.
"What don't I understand about this? Don't forget that I graduated from high school! You're a junior high school student!" Xiao Ni gave him a light look: "You think I am a fool."
"You are not stupid, but your heart is too kind."
Chu Heng scratched her soles with his fingers and said with a smile: "Just listen to me. You can do whatever you want. You have to let Sister Guizhi figure out what you do first. If you really can't bear it,
Well, just give me some benefits and sweetness from time to time, which can not only satisfy your compassionate heart, but also make her feel grateful, and get the best of both worlds."
"There are so many clever ideas every day." Xiao Ni rolled her eyes at him and said nothing more. Then she raised her white and tender little feet and urged: "Okay, don't wash it now, it's all bare."
Now, go to bed quickly, I want to be up there today!"
"Ah, the market is going up!" Chu Heng raised his brows, picked up the basin and walked out.
In the west room on the other side.
Yang Guizhi was already lying on the bed. She touched her round belly and felt that her throat was clogged. She patted the thick cotton cloth covering her body. It was much warmer than the quilt at home made of cotton and straw.
.
"Master, you don't have to worry about me anymore. I've come to the city now to enjoy the blessings. I live in a brick house, sleep on a big bed, have quilts, and have enough to eat. My life is much better than when you were alive."
"The master also gave me two pairs of old clothes, without any patches, which are more beautiful than the ones I wore on the day I got married. It's a pity that my mother is gone, otherwise I would give her one. She has suffered for most of her life and has nothing to do until she dies.
Wearing a new dress..."
She squinted at the darkness in front of her, murmuring in her mouth, and soon fell asleep with a satisfied look on her face.