Chapter 25: Brother-in-law
After Chen Xingling returned to the room, he closed the wooden door.
Then, she quickly hid in the space, poured a little warm water from the water boiler to wash her face, and found that the frostbite was almost healed, and her face looked better than the previous two days.
The chilblains on his hands are mostly healed, and the chapped and broken skin are also healed.
It's just that beauty depends on perseverance, and the care of the face depends on good physical fitness, and it can't be rushed or fast.
She found a moisturizing mask in the makeup section and soaked it in warm water.
Subsequently, she found two ejiao and more than a dozen red dates in the tonic area, washed them and put them in a health pot to stew.
Thinking that there was no meat foam in the kitchen outside, and there was little soup and water all day long, it was too much for this seriously deficient body, so he simply turned around and went to the cooked food area to get a roast chicken.
There are three freezers for roast and roast chicken in the deli area, and a rough calculation shows that there must be at least a hundred.
Anyway, the things in the space have been in the fresh period, and she doesn't have to worry about them going bad, so she can pick them up whenever she wants.
Looking at the dazzling array of cooked food, there are all kinds of flavors, especially the sour and hot cold dishes, the fiery red peppers are gorgeous and dazzling, and she can't help but salivate.
Considering that the stomach and intestines of this body are too weak and cold, they can't eat cold food, and many of them are rare ingredients that can't be found in the capital in winter, so I can't find an excuse to deal with them, so I can only feel distressed.
After leaving the space, she wrapped the roast chicken in clean oiled paper and put it in a shabby vegetable basket.
At this time, plastic bags were very expensive and rare, and they were almost regarded as "luxury", and it was impossible to use them in the daily life of ordinary people.
Most food is wrapped in a net bag or oiled paper, and cooked food is generally oiled paper.
In the vegetable market or the grocery market, some old paper or old newspapers are used, and those that can be tied with hay or straw rope are all dealt with with hay.
The food-grade plastic bag has not yet appeared, Chen Xingling did not dare to keep the fresh-keeping bag, and quietly threw it into the trash can at the door of the supermarket to ensure that it was correct before coming out.
Then, she lazily lay on the bed and applied the mask.
After a while, Gu Miao's excited chirp came from the aisle outside the door!
"Sister! Last time, the second brother came back and brought us a few large bundles of corn on the cob, so I don't know what to bring. He said that there was a lot of game in the mountains, and that they had to be caught with big iron forks or digging traps. When they didn't have enough to eat, they used to go up to the mountains to dig birds' nests and pheasants' nests. By the way, the second brother said that he would find an opportunity to catch a few hares and come back, so that he could eat them during the New Year. If you can hit the roe deer, you have to make bacon and eat it slowly......"
Chen Xingling enjoyed the slimy moisturizing feeling of the mask, and his thoughts drifted away unconsciously, thinking of the little male partner in the original book, Gu Yi.
Gu Yi is two years younger than Gu Qi, twenty-one this year, and his appearance is not as handsome as Gu Qi, but he is also a handsome guy.
He was originally a tall and thin scholar who was weak and literate, but after going to the countryside to Pingshuo Mountain, more than 50 kilometers away, he worked hard and exercised, and became a strong and thin little man in a few years.
After he went to the countryside, Chen Xingling was taken home by Li Ying, so there were not many opportunities to contact him.
Pingshuo Mountain is not very far, but the road is rugged and difficult to walk, Gu Yi can only go home a few times a year, and he usually comes back during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival.
He is more optimistic than Gu Qiyang, although he is not a cheerful and cheerful person, but he is also polite and polite, and treats people gently and politely.
Unlike Gu Xuan's indifference, let alone Gu Miao's targeting everywhere, Gu Yi is the only person Chen Xingling has a good impression of in this family except for her husband.
Gu Yi didn't stay idle every time he went home, tinkering up and down, doing housework when he saw it, never caring about anything, and never being lazy, he was a very diligent young man.
Every time he saw Chen Xingling busy coming in and out, he would always kindly step forward to help.
Moreover, he loves Xiaohuzi very much, and every time he comes back, he will bring him interesting gadgets, some of which he buys, and some of which he makes with his own hands.
Every time he came back, Xiaohuzi had to stick to him, and even slept on him at night.
Gu Yi stayed at home for a few days during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, and deliberately took Xiaohuzi to swim by the stream, and taught him to swim.
When he came back from the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gu Yi took the little guy to the outskirts of the city to play for several days, and made him a small wooden horse and a slingshot, which are still Xiaohuzi's favorite toys.
Xiaohuzi didn't have the concept of "father" before, and thanks to the love of this uncle, he more or less yearned for the word "father".
Although Gu has a good temperament and is diligent in his hands and feet, he can't get a good ending in the original book.
The place where he went to the countryside was a small mountain village at the foot of Pingshuo Mountain, and there were several young men who passed with him.
Later, other young men returned to the city one after another, but Gu Yi refused to apply for return, and always shirked and said that he would wait a little longer.
It turned out that he was in love with a beautiful little girl in a small mountain village, and he was reluctant to leave the beautiful mountain scenery over there, and he was reluctant to let go of his beloved girl, so he never wanted to come back.
After Li Ying learned of the situation, she was very angry and forced her youngest son to return to the city immediately, otherwise she would not recognize him as a son.
Gu Yi couldn't resist the old mother, so he could only pack his luggage and come back.
He promised that the pretty girl would marry her, and that when he had settled down in the city, he would go back to her father and mother to ask for her father.
The world is unpredictable, Gu Yi underestimated the ruthlessness and viciousness of his old mother, and he couldn't imagine that his right to choose was almost completely lost after returning to the city.
Later, Li Ying forced him to marry a city girl, but his sweetheart married another man and left the country, never heard from him.
Gu Yi was depressed and unhappy, and spent the rest of his life alone and miserable.
Thinking of the tragic fate of his brother-in-law, Chen Xingling couldn't help but sigh to himself, and secretly scolded the best mother-in-law.
She found that she was a little hungry, so she tore a roast chicken drumstick, quickly gnawed down her stomach, and then took the books on the shelf, looking leisurely.
……
When it was almost noon, Gu Qi came back with his bouncing son.
Before I reached the door, I saw the eldest sister and the younger sister walking across the street, one walking with a calm face, and the other crying and wiping tears.
Xiaohuzi stopped, his eyes widening in surprise.
"Daddy! The little aunt is crying! ”
Gu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, and before he could speak, Gu Miao said, "Wow!" The ground cried out with grievance and threw herself at him.
"Big brother! Eldest brother! Woooooooooooooooo ”
Gu Qi reached out in time to hold her shoulder, stopping Gu Miao a foot away.
"What's wrong? What are you crying about? ”
Gu Miao opened her mouth wide and scolded: "That bastard Wang Balamb - hmm!" ”
I saw Gu Xuanteng rushing up and covering her mouth, and then rudely pulled her sister to the door of her house.
Gu Qi frowned slightly, hurriedly led his son into the door, and turned around to close the door.
"Woooooooooooo Mother! Mother! Gu Miao shouted aggrievedly and flew to the backyard.
Gu Qi looked at Gu Xuan suspiciously, and asked, "What's wrong with her?" ”
Gu Xuan replied expressionlessly: "When I met a second-rate son of the Chen family at the city gate, he laughed at Gu Miao for being too fat, and said that the city gate would be broken by her." Then she cried. ”
"What's there to cry about?" Gu Qi said suspiciously: "She is not a second-rate son of the Chen family who met her on the first day, what to do with him." ”
Gu Xuan said lightly: "I don't know either." ”
So, the brother and sister walked away.