Chapter 179: The First Day of Hankow
Xiao Ju Niang and Zhuang Zhuang, after Liu Zhu visited this house, he immediately fell into the hot hygiene, the fatigue of running along the way has long been gone, except for Xiao Ju, the other three people are like chicken blood, busy in this house, even forgetting that they didn't eat dinner, just thinking about cleaning up this house that belongs to themselves.
Xiao Ju looked at the three people who were busy around like bees in the house, looked at the happy smiles on their faces, and the happy tone when they spoke, and their hearts were full of emotion and happiness that suddenly came up, and suddenly there were not so many worries about the future, as long as the family was together, the family worked together, and then carefully planned, what hurdles could not be overcome?
She saw that all the enthusiasm of the three people was invested in the hygiene of this house, and she hadn't seen her family for a long time, and she didn't want to break it, so she went to the kitchen by herself and took the kitchen casually
After cleaning up, I took some ingredients out of the small space and started cooking dinner.
Waiting for Xiaoju to bring the three dishes, one soup and a large pot of pancakes from the kitchen to the dining table in the dining room, the three of them had already finished the sanitation on the second and third floors, and were working on the first floor. The strong stomach has long been hungry! ”
Xiao Ju looked at the first floor, which was already more than half clean, and shouted with a smile: "Mother, uncle, eat first, fill your stomach and then do hygiene, anyway, this house is ours, and we can't run away!" ”
Xiao Ju Niang and Liu Zhu were shouted by Zhuang Zhuang. Immediately felt hungry, and now when I heard Xiaoju say this, I was not polite, I put down the cloth on my hand, went to the bathroom to wash my hands, and the family happily started the first meal after coming to Hankou around the table.
When Xiaoju's family finished dinner, they finished the rest of the hygiene, and then boiled hot water, and everyone washed themselves from head to toe, and it was already the middle of the night. Xiao Ju bought it when he was in Hankow. Take out a clean fine quilt that has been stored in a small space. Let a few people in the family make their own beds to sleep in, and then relax back to the third floor, nest in their own clean and smelly bed, wrapped in the quilt. Fell into a dream.
Xiao Ju's sleep was heavy and solid. No matter what. At present, Lao Chiang and the Communist Party have not torn their faces, and Hankow is under the jurisdiction of the Nationalist Government and **, which is still safe.
Early the next morning. Xiao Ju got up refreshed, cleaned herself up in the bathroom on the third floor, changed into a set of pink and blue dresses she bought when she lived in Wuhan, and ran to the second floor. Unexpectedly, I didn't see these two people in the mother's room and the strong room on the second floor, could it be that the mother and the strong got up earlier than themselves?
Xiao Ju, who was full of doubts, came to the first floor, and really heard the sound of pots and bowls colliding from the kitchen, as well as the sound of Zhuang Zhuang talking to his mother, at this time, Xiao Ju's heart was full of family feelings, it was so good!
Xiao Ju pushed open the kitchen door with joy and called happily, "Mother!" Strong! But I didn't expect to see a big and a small smiling face with panda eyes.
"What's going on? Didn't you sleep last night? Xiaoju asked puzzled.
"Hehe, Xiaoju, your mother is so big, she has never lived in such a good room, she has never used such a beautiful and delicate thing, and she has never covered such a thin, soft and slippery quilt, no, I just care about being happy, I didn't expect this happiness to be bright!" Xiao Ju Niang looked at Xiao Ju with some embarrassment, although the black panda eyes were bright on her face, but there was no sense of haggard on her face, and the smile went straight to the bottom of her eyes.
"Sister, so am I! That bed was so comfortable! The quilt is so comfortable! I love it! But, Sister! I was worried that I was dreaming, and I was worried that when I woke up, these things would be gone, so I didn't dare to sleep! Zhuang Zhuang's voice became lower and lower, and his eyes were a little afraid to look at Xiao Ju, it was too embarrassing!
Xiaoju listened to the words of her mother and Zhuangzhuang, and her heart was very sour, yes, a few people in the family were people living at the lowest level of society in this era, they used to be not full of food and clothing, and later, they fled from the famine, always beware that their lives could not be saved, and it was everyone's greatest wish to survive.
And not long ago, they were almost starved to death, and now they suddenly got out of the previous environment of fighting for food and clothing, and were in a living environment that they had never thought of and dared not hope for, and naturally their hearts could not be solid and believe.
"Mother, Zhuangzhuang, don't worry, we will get better and better!" Xiao Ju said with a little choked up.
"Well, my mother believes it! My daughter is so capable, my mother has always enjoyed the blessings of her daughter! Also, Xiaoju, you are so beautiful in this dress, even more beautiful than the daughter of the rich man Hu in Hujia Village! Xiao Ju Niang opened her panda eyes again, and looked at Xiao Ju with a smile and a little smugness.
"Mother, and me! I will also work hard to learn my skills, and let my mother enjoy the blessings of being strong! I also want to let Sister Ah also enjoy the blessings of being strong! At that time, I will help my mother and sister buy a lot of beautiful clothes! Zhuang Zhuang jumped on his feet and hurriedly expressed his inner thoughts.
Xiao Ju looked at such a mother and Zhuangzhuang, and only felt soft in her heart, the modern life and relatives seemed to be a previous life, and she was getting farther and farther away, and she thought less and less. The two people in front of her have been integrated into her blood and bones, and unconsciously, they have been truly connected by flesh and blood.
"Mother, where is my uncle? Haven't gotten up yet? Xiao Ju shrugged her nose, which had become congested because of her sadness, and changed the subject.
"Your brother-in-law also didn't sleep all night, and now he's holding a hoe he found from the miscellaneous room, hoeing the grass in the garden behind it! I didn't expect there to be a big garden behind this house, it was too late last night, I didn't notice! Wait for your brother-in-law to clean up those weeds, and let's sort out and plant vegetables! Xiao Ju Niang's whole body was full of relaxation, and even her tone was full of a longing for a better life in the future.
Xiaoju listened to her mother's words, and then remembered that there is indeed a private garden of nearly 300 square meters behind this villa, but it has not been taken care of for so long, and the weeds should grow taller than people, right?
"I'll take a look!" Xiao Ju turned around and wanted to go to the back garden to see what the back garden had become after no one took care of it for so long.
"Xiaoju, it's time for breakfast! You go and ask your brother-in-law to go back to the house for breakfast, and when we have breakfast, we will all go to clear the grass as a family! Xiao Ju Niang shouted at Xiao Ju while shoveling the fried dough in the pot into the basin.
"Got it!" Xiao Ju replied as she walked towards a small door in the living room on the first floor. And Zhuang Zhuang had already followed behind her.
Opening the small door, Xiao Ju saw Liu Zhu bending over to hoe the grass there, and the back garden that used to be full of flowers was covered by half-human-high weeds at this time, except for a few trees that were not affected, those flowers had long been flooded by weeds.
"Uncle, it's time for breakfast! My mother said, come and hoe after breakfast! The strong man who followed Xiao Ju slipped from behind her to the front, and shouted at Liu Zhu, who was busy hoeing grass.
Liu Zhu listened to Zhuangzhuang's words, straightened his waist, wiped the sweat on his forehead, also had a pair of panda eyes, and added a face that was a little muddy because he wiped his sweat with his muddy hands, and said with a smile: "I'll come soon!" Go eat first! Don't wait for me! ”
"Uncle, hurry up! My mother won't let us eat breakfast without waiting for you! Zhuang Zhuang rushed to Liu Zhu without saying anything, grabbed the hoe, and didn't care that Liu Zhu's hands were full of mud, and grabbed it and pulled it into the hall.
Liu Zhu didn't struggle, he let Zhuang Zhuang drag him away with a happy face, and Xiao Ju couldn't help but smile when he looked at the two nephews who had untied their hearts and restored their intimate relationship.
The family happily finished breakfast, Xiao Ju Niang, Zhuang Zhuang and Liu Zhu went to get the grass in the back garden, but Xiao Ju went out, she went shopping, helped the three people in the family buy some clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter, and came back. If a family wants to hide in the market and not attract attention, food, clothing, housing and transportation must be suitable for the environment in front of them!
In order to get the three people in the family accustomed to clothes that are suitable for their current status and do not show luxury, Xiaoju didn't even go home for lunch, and went shopping outside for a whole day, before he reluctantly bought three sets of clothes, shoes and socks for the three of them inside and outside in autumn and winter.
Because it was dark, and it was really difficult to buy clothes, and thinking that everyone had been living in Wuhan in the past few years, and there would be an opportunity to go shopping and buy things, Xiaoju called a rickshaw to go home like a moving hill with a large bag.
When she asked the rickshaw driver to help her stack the things she bought in the door, the rickshaw driver quipped, "Little girl, don't you want to open a shop?" Buying so many things? In the past few years, Xiao Ju, who has been very thick-skinned, couldn't help but blush when she heard this.
When Xiao Ju opened the door and tried to move the things piled up in front of the door to the house, she was sitting in the living room
Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang, who were resting, also came over to help, and when all the results of Xiao Ju's day were moved to the living room and stacked, Xiao Ju breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the sofa in the living room with a sour body and didn't want to move. Alas, the job of shopping, in the past and present life, is a tiring job for Xiaoju.
"Sister, why did you buy so many such beautiful clothes?" Zhuang Zhuang couldn't help it for a long time, and was busy opening the bags one by one to see what was in the bags, so that Sister Ah went out for a day and didn't come home.
"It's all about you, your mother and your uncle's clothes, you guys find out your own clothes, I'm tired and want to take a break! Zhuangzhuang, pour a glass of water for Sister A to drink first, and then go get your new clothes, Sister is tired and thirsty! Xiao Ju leaned into the long chair and shouted at Zhuang Zhuang, who was buried in the bag.