Chapter 23: Follow the Light
Gu Lin subconsciously looked at Zhang Guixiang.
Zhang Guixiang looked fine on the surface, but Gu Lin caught the sadness that flashed in her eyes.
Gu Lin's heart hurt all of a sudden.
She knew that this thin woman had been bullied since she had no man.
Just for the sake of four children, she gritted her teeth and swallowed all the grievances into her stomach.
Her suffering was never spoken.
No one knows how tired she is.
Gu Lin guessed that the happiest time for Zhang Guixiang was when several children were around, and the family worked and ate together.
Even though she may be busy walking off the ground, as long as she can talk to the children, she is happy.
These children of the Zhou family seem to be sensible at present.
But they may not understand Zhang Guixiang's motherhood.
She guessed.
Zhang Guixiang must be pitiful and lonely in her heart.
She longed for someone to talk to her.
When something happens at home, someone can support her.
Zhou Lai Qian is still talking about it.
Gu Lin slapped her on the back of the head: "Stop!" I didn't see how tired my mother and I were, and you kept talking. ”
"Why are you hitting me!" Zhou Laiqian touched the back of his head and glared at Gu Lin angrily.
didn't notice his mother's sadness and loneliness at all.
Gu Lin only knew what a straight man meant now.
She angrily kicked the kid again: "Just because I'm your sister-in-law!" I haven't heard of the phrase that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother! ”
"You're so big that you're blind, hurry up and serve your mother rice, and after eating, I'll go and pick up the corn roots in the field!"
"I don't pick it up, I call your sister-in-law to give you face in front of your family, and you still kick your nose in the face!"
"Say it again!" Gu Lin followed Zhou Xiaojuan's example and shook his fist at him.
Zhou Laiqian sighed, his mind turned, and he pouted: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid you won't be able to!" What did I do in my last life, I met you and Xiaojuan, two wild women! ”
Gu Lin let go of his hand, thinking that this kid still has eyes.
Gu Lin thought that Zhou Laiqian was a young man, so he should be able to cook some simple meals.
For example, porridge, rice, or something.
Zhou Laiqian did cook, but it was ......
"Come on, what are you doing to stir up a dough?" Gu Lin wasn't sure.
She used to like to eat this, but when she went to college, she never ate it again because there was basically no food for sale in the place where she went to school.
Seeing the stirring again, Gu Lin was a little ecstatic.
This thing, people who don't like it don't like it.
People who like it don't get tired of eating every day.
Zhou Laiqian looked at Gu Lin like a big fool: "Isn't it just a stirred ball, what are you excited about, as if you haven't eaten it!" ””
"Get out!" Gu Lin looked for something on the stove again: "The dough should be served with vinegar peppers and salted leeks to be delicious, have you prepared it?" ”
"You're going to eat a lot!"
Zhou Laiqian took out the ingredients covered with a basin.
Gu Lin's eyes were almost glued to them.
She rubbed her hands: This is a good meal, mother, I will go to fetch water, let's wash our hands and eat, and you can sleep for a while after dinner, and then go to the field. ”
Zhang Guixiang was originally quite sad and sad, but when Gu Lin and Lai Qian made a fuss, that sadness was quickly thrown to the back of her head.
Gu Lin fetched water, they washed their hands, and Zhou Lai Qian had already prepared the meal.
The people here use big bowls with blue edges and white backgrounds.
Gu Lin saw that Zhang Guixiang was moving his chopsticks, so he added ingredients to the bowl.
Zhou Laiqian looked at this woman who had never eaten it, spoonful by spoonful of ingredients, and her mouth kept making slurping sounds.
Gu Lin added all the ingredients, and after stirring, he took a large piece and ate it in his mouth.
In an instant, her eyes lit up.
"Come on, your craftsmanship is so good? Did you make this meal? ”
It was the first time that Zhou Lai Qian was praised for being good at cooking.
My heart is full of joy.
It's just that the corners of the mouth haven't been fully curled yet.
Hearing someone's words, it quickly fell again.
"Sister-in-law Zhou!" He gritted his teeth and shouted: "There are only three of us in this family, you and your mother went to the field, I didn't make this meal, did you make it?" I stole it! ”
Gu Lin was taken aback.
Holding the bowl and constantly moving to Zhang Guixiang's side: "It's not too delicious, I don't believe you can make it, so I asked, why are you so angry!" ”
"It's so delicious that it can't stop your mouth!"
Zhou Lai Qian snorted and poked his bowl, eager to poke a hole in the bowl.
Zhang Guixiang said to Gu Lin funny: "Ah Lin, don't worry about this kid, he has been like this since he was a child, and he has cramps if he doesn't know which sentence is wrong!" ”
"When he was a child, because of this, he was beaten by your father and Laiyun a lot, and he was beaten by Laiyun a few times and couldn't get off the kang!"
Gu Lin peeked at Zhou Laiqian while eating.
This kid should be embarrassed.
I don't need to poke the bowl with chopsticks, and I can't wait to bury my head in the bowl.
"Mother, how many years have passed, don't say it, I'm also a face-saving person!" He muttered.
Zhang Guixiang gave Gu Lin a look and said no more.
Gu Lin asked Zhou Xiaojuan about her situation while eating.
Zhou Laiqian said that although Zhou Xiaojuan went a few days late, the principal and the teacher didn't say anything, and they were very happy that Zhou Xiaojuan could continue to attend classes.
Zhou Laiqian also said that there are a few fewer people in the school this semester, and the school considers that everyone has a long way to go to school, so it is inconvenient to come back for dinner at noon, and some people are inconvenient to go home at night.
I wanted everyone to eat at school at noon, and if everyone agreed, we would set aside a classroom for students who didn't want to run every day.
There is no charge for food and accommodation, but students are required to bring their own food and bedding.
When Zhang Guixiang heard this, he looked at Gu Lin: "Ah Lin, what do you think?" ”
Zhou Laiqian also took care of Lin.
After Gu Lin finished eating the last bite of the dough, she said slowly: "Since the principal has proposed it, I think it's a good thing!" ”
"First, our house is indeed too far away from the school, if the weather is good, it is fine, if it is windy and rainy, it is not easy to pick up the money, it is better to live!"
"Mother, it's not a matter to let Xiaojuan bring food every day, the rice is cold when it's cold, and the meal will be rancid when it's hot, it's better to bring some food and let Xiaojuan have a hot meal at school!"
"But money ......" Zhang Guixiang was embarrassed again.
Xiaojuan had already spent a lot of money on studying, and her family had no money.
Before Gu Lin could speak, Zhou Laiqian said: "Mother, let's send Xiaojuan to study, this is to spend a lot of money, and a small amount of money has to be spent!" ”
"If you are wronged, you can do it, but you can't wronged our juan, the principal said that we have the potential to study, maybe Xiaojuan will become the first college student in our village or even our town in the future, and I, who is an elder brother, can still follow the light!"
"When I go out in the future, whoever talks about Juan, I can pat my chest and say, Zhou Xiaojuan is my sister of Zhou Laiqian, and she has a credit for being admitted to college students!"
Ha ha......
Gu Lin couldn't help but laugh.
Zhang Guixiang also laughed: "Look at your unpromising appearance!"
"Xiaojuan is only in the first grade, you just think about what will happen in ten years, and you are not afraid of others laughing off your big teeth!"