Chapter 219: A Man's Face
In the evening, my wife would bring back some cooked meat and a few handfuls of greens, occasionally grilled pork belly or roast chicken, and occasionally roast duck or braised goose.
He can eat such good meat once a day, and he doesn't have to worry about his younger brother or sister-in-law being undernourished.
They are now starting a small family and their income is not yet stable. My own brother, if you can help pull a hand, you can help it.
"The rice is cooked, and the dishes are washed." Gu Qi explained: "When they come back to stir-fry, they can eat." β
He doesn't know how to cook, only steaming rice and washing vegetables.
Gu Yi didn't eat much food or vegetables at noon, and he was already hungry.
"Brother, why don't I stir-fry. When my sister-in-law and Xiaoxing come back, we will be able to eat immediately. β
Gu Qi asked suspiciously: "Do you still stir-fry?" β
"Of course." Gu Yi smiled and explained: "When I went to the countryside, I was in charge of the food of our team of educated youths for two or three years, and I learned a little about frying and cooking. β
"Y-why didn't you cook before?" Gu Qi couldn't help but ask.
Gu Yi shrugged: "Xiao Xing, she will do it!" It's enough for me to help with the work, and the housework has to be done by the woman. Brother, don't say brother, I didn't remind you! Housework, once you do it, you will have to do it all in the future. There are some principles that we men must adhere to, and we can't just give up casually. β
"Principles?" Gu Qi frowned slightly: "What principle?" β
Gu Yi replied confidently: "Housework has to be done by women, we can help some if we can, but we can't do it all." If you take them all, you'll be miserable in the future! β
Gu Qi tugged at the corners of his mouth and asked rhetorically: "The home belongs to you and Xiao Xing, right?" She wants to earn money to help support the family, and you have to earn money to support the family. Why does she have to do all the chores when she comes home, and you're helping her? β
Gu Yi was speechless for a while.
Brother Dang didn't give him face at all, and reprimanded: "The ancients said that the male protagonist is outside, and the female protagonist is inside." If you can make money to support your family by yourself and take care of everything, Xiaoxing is supported by you, and she takes care of more housework, then it makes sense. Turns out you can? Relying on you alone to make money, the small family is tight, so Xiaoxing has to help make money. Isn't it right for you to share the housework? The work of the family, need to take care of yours and mine? What words! β
Gu Yi shrunk his neck and whispered aggrievedly: "Brother, I'm ...... Aren't most men like that? I'm not the first. β
"If others can do this, you can do this?" Gu Qi said with a cold face: "The daughter-in-law is yours?" Or is it someone else's? Your own daughter-in-law is not distressed, but others will help you feel distressed? When one day when there is a problem in your family and your daughter-in-law is resentful of you, others will take care of you and help you? Yes? β
Gu Yi nodded again and again after being taught a lesson, hurriedly brought a cutting board to scrub it clean, and began to chop vegetables.
Little Tiger was eating and snickering on the side.
Gu Yi secretly glared at him and buried himself in his work.
Gu Qi picked up the broom and cleaned up the water stains just now.
"Even if you don't need Xiaoxing to help make money to support your family in the future, you can't have such thoughts. There is housework every day, three meals must be eaten every day, and there is really a lot of work. If you do more, Xiaoxing will be able to do less, and if you have one more person to help, it will take half of the time. Would you like it if you were asked to stay at home every day and just do the housework? β
ββ¦β¦ No. Gu Yi smiled bitterly haha: "I will probably collapse." β
Gu Qi said in a deep voice: "Put yourself in her shoes, don't hurt your daughter-in-law for a little so-called man's face." β
In his opinion, those men who don't even feel sorry for their daughters-in-law either don't love their wives or have brain diseases.
A good daughter-in-law like Xing'er and Xiaoxing, who is diligent and kind, helps to make money to support their family outside, and has to do all kinds of things when they go home, how can such a virtuous and diligent wife not cherish it!
Gu Yi didn't dare to refute, and buried himself in silently stir-frying.
The little tiger thief on the side added a sentence: "What is face?" Is it noodles? Can you eat it? How much is it worth? β
Forehead?
Gu Yi's face was flushed, and he secretly glared at Xiaohuzi.
"The stinky boy understands hair! Who taught you to speak that? β
Xiaohuzi laughed: "That's what Wang Qin and Senior Brother Li said!" I thought it was so interesting, so I'll quote it! β
"Go, go!" Gu Yi scolded with a smile: "Little children learn to talk to adults!" β
Gu Qi picked up his son from the stool, took the rag and threw it to him.
"Go, scrub the table."
The little tiger fart is upside down.
Soon, Gu Yi fried the dish.
Gu Qi served the food to the table and casually ordered: "Brush it clean, and wipe it on the stove." β
"Uh-oh." Gu Yi hurriedly complied.
When Chen Xingling came back tired with Xiao Xing, the dishes had already been fried and the white rice had already been served.
Gu Yi took out the roast chicken hanging in front of the bicycle, chopped it a few times, put it on a plate, and served it on the table.
"Wow!" Chen Xingling praised: "The first time I go home, I can wash my hands and eatβit's good!" β
Zhao Xiaoxing was also moved and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Right...... I think it's really good, too. β
Gu Yi saw that she had a lot of tan, her face was black and red, her eyebrows were full of tiredness from labor, her clothes were covered with dust, and the cloth shoes on her feet were covered with dirt, and her heart couldn't help but twitch.
Big brother scolded right!
If he can make a lot of money and take care of his small family, why would Xiao Xing go out to do such hard work. And he is still worried about the "so-called man's face", and he still thinks about being lazy!
- What a bastard!
He whispered softly: "Xing'er, let's eat quickly." β
"Hey!" Zhao Xiaoxing smiled happily, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
After dinner, someone washed the dishes, someone cleaned up, someone cleaned the floor, and it was quickly cleaned up.
Gu Yi and Zhao Xiaoxing went back, and Gu Qi took his son upstairs to take a bath.
Chen Xingling went to the study with his schoolbag on his back, quickly solved the homework assigned by the teacher today, and carefully registered the purchase list and the salary slip of the daily workers at the construction site today.
There are not many homework in college, and there are more than 60 people in two classes of accounting majors, and they are crowded into one classroom every day, and they are densely packed with people.
Accounting is her old profession, and she glanced at the textbooks sent down and found that they were all basic courses, which were a piece of cake for her.
There was not much homework in the first semester, eighteen classes a week, and most afternoons were absent.
She is not an in-house student, and her degree of freedom is very high, so she often goes to the construction site to be busy, and she doesn't care if the teacher calls her name or not.
In these years, most students love to study, and there are very few cases of late arrivals and early departures, and even more cases of skipping classes are rare.
Because of this, almost all teachers did not name names. In addition, the two classes often attend classes together, dozens of people get together, and the teacher can't find out who is missing.
The construction site is close to Yucheng University, and she often goes to class after the last class, asks her classmates what homework they have today, and then goes to the class the next morning to hand it in, and then finds an opportunity to skip class and slip away.
Compared with her "boldness", Ma Dali is much more cautious.
The courses of the teacher training major are easier, there are fewer classes, and the content of the texts is not difficult. Ma Dali found it easy to learn by herself, and secretly hated wasting time in class, so she also skipped class to go to the construction site like her.
At first, he was trembling, but gradually found that he couldn't keep up with the progress of self-study at night, so he began to skip classes every day.
Chen Xingling did his homework and read books at night, while he kept vigil at the construction site to study, and only put down his hoe and pick up his pen after nightfall, and usually worked for an hour or two in the morning, and then went to school.
On the first day of the construction site, Chen Xingling asked the masters to build three small houses on the side, one as a temporary kitchen, one as a temporary office and Ma Dali's bedroom, and the last one as a bathroom.
There are still thundershowers from time to time during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chongqing, and once the heavy rain hits, everyone will hide in the kitchen or office, and there is no need to worry about having nowhere to hide from the rain.
Ma Dali liked the temporary office very much, and moved in the next day after it was built, and he was there for three meals a day and a vigil, almost treating the construction site as his home.
With him guarding it tightly, she is also keeping an eye on it, the project is currently progressing very smoothly, and Uncle Liao is also very satisfied.
"Xing'er!" Gu Qi walked in with wet hair, a white shirt and five-point shorts, and his temperament was fresh and warm: "Are you done?" Hurry up and take a shower, I've got all the water. β
Chen Xingling replied.
Xiaohuzi followed behind and said with a smile: "Mom, go upstairs quickly." My dad and I are going to play chess tonight! β
Chen Xingling said while packing his schoolbag: "It's just a game of chess, let's move the chessboard upstairs, and turn off the lights downstairs." β
"Nope." Gu Qi explained: "Brother Liu may want to come over as a guest. β
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door!