A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

Shi Tou timidly took the candy from him.

When I compared my own black hands and dusty clothes with Dabao's clean and white appearance, I suddenly felt ashamed of myself.

"Thank you, thank you."

Several children nearby immediately came over to share the candies, taking one each and everyone else, and they were as happy as if it were New Year’s Day.

"Dabao, I heard that your stepmother took you to Beijing City, why are you back?"

"So sweet."

Dabao said seriously: "She's not a stepmother, she's my mother.

We are going to Beijing to see a doctor for my father. Once he is cured, we will come back naturally."

In his heart, Gu Qinghuan is his mother, the best mother in the world.

Shitou looked incredulous: "Dabao, is your father's illness really cured? Are the doctors in Beijing so good?"

Dabao tilted his head and thought about it, should it be settled?

"That's almost it!"

Several children looked at them with envy. Everyone knew that Crazy Xu from Xujiatun was the most powerful. Now that he was getting better, Dabao's life would be better in the future.

"Beibei, what's that on your head? It's so beautiful." A little girl asked while sucking on a candy and pointing at the beautiful hairpin on Beibei's head.

Beibei touched the hairpin and said arrogantly, "This was bought for me by my aunt. I have many different ones, they are very beautiful."

I still remember that in the past, she was the only one who envied others with drooling mouth. Now she has also become the object of others' envy. She is so happy.

Several children looked at Ming Ruxue, probably knowing that this might be the aunt that Beibei was talking about.

I'm so envious that they have such a nice aunt.

A little girl secretly glanced at Ming Ruxue and whispered, "Beibei, your aunt is so beautiful, like a fairy from heaven." She probably learned this from an adult.

Beibei became even more proud when she heard that: "Of course, my aunt is a beautiful and kind person." She learned this from Ming Ruxue.

Ming Ruxue and You Ran watched them from the side, laughing secretly.

Children can't lie. Although she knew she was pretty, she felt as sweet as honey when the children praised her.

After the two of them had shown off enough, Ming Ruxue took them for a stroll.

Shitou saw them leaving and said, "Dabao, Dacheng's family is digging holes in the ice of the river to catch fish. Do you want to go too?"

Ming Ruxue instantly became interested: "What's the matter with drilling a hole in the ice to catch fish?"

Dabao explained to her, "In winter, the ice here freezes over, and everyone will break the ice to catch fish.

But this depends on luck. Sometimes, as soon as a hole in the ice is opened, fish will jump out.

Sometimes even if you put out bait, you still won’t be able to catch fish.”

Ming Ruxue understood what it meant as soon as she heard it.

The oxygen content in the water is lower in winter. When people chisel holes in the ice to set down nets, the oxygen content in the hole is higher, so the fish gather there.

In addition, the fish are basically in a dormant period, so they are not as active, are relatively stupid, and are easy to be caught.

She was quite interested in this activity, mainly because she had never played it before.

Even she had never walked on a frozen lake before, so she was very interested.

"Can we go too?" Ming Ruxue asked expectantly.

Dabao nodded and said, "Sure, everyone can go. Whoever catches the fish owns it and can take it home.

But we don’t have any tools with us, so we can only watch others fish.”

Ming Ruxue didn't mind either.

I set off with the children excitedly.

"Okay, let's go take a look first. After dinner, ask your mother to take us fishing in the afternoon."

So, the group walked towards the river, followed by a bunch of little ones.

When we got to the river, we saw many people digging holes in the ice and fishing from a distance.

Xu Huaizhi also brought Lin Xiaomeng and his son over to get some fish to eat during the New Year.

Thanks to Lin Xiaomeng's good luck, he caught three or four fish on the first net he cast, which was a good start.

Xu Huaizhi cast the net again, Dacheng helped his father, and Lin Xiaomeng sorted out the catch.

The family was busy and happy when Dabao and his friends came over.

Dabao and his sister called out, "Uncle, Auntie, Brother Dacheng."

During this period of time, under Gu Qinghuan's words and deeds, Dabao has learned the most basic courtesy and will consciously say hello when he sees acquaintances.

As soon as Xu Huaizhi looked up, he saw Dabao. He quickly wiped his hands on his legs and walked over.

"Dabao, when did you come back? Where's your dad? Is he okay? Who is this?"

"Uncle, we arrived yesterday evening. Dad hasn't come back yet. He's still receiving treatment and probably won't be back until after the New Year.

This is my mother's sister, I have to call her aunt.

Auntie, this is my uncle." Dabao helped introduce him.

Ming Ruxue nodded. This child has good language organization skills.

"Hello, brother. I am Gu Qinghuan's sister. My name is Ming Ruxue. It's our first meeting. Please take care of me." Ming Ruxue said with a generous smile.

Xu Huaizhi smiled awkwardly.

"My name is Xu Huaizhi, Xu Huaian's elder brother, welcome to Xujiatun."

Lin Xiaomeng saw the two people talking and felt a little unhappy.

Where did this woman come from?

"Huaizhi, come quickly, I can't hold you back anymore."

Xu Huaizhi hurried over to pull the net.

As expected, the net yielded quite a lot of catch, and it was so heavy that it was almost impossible to pull it out.

Ming Ruxue and the children watched with great interest. You Ran was particularly interested and his eyes almost fell into it.

After some time, Xu Huaizhi finally caught the fish in the net.

There were four or five big fish, a few half-grown small fish, some shrimps, and even a turtle.

Dacheng cheered: "Dad, you are so awesome!"

From this morning till now, no one has been able to catch so many fish with one net.

Now their family will no longer lack fish to eat.

Xu Huaizhi listened to his son's praise and his lips curled up with joy.

Lin Xiaomeng, on the other hand, kept her achievements and fame to herself.

Xu Huaizhi cast a few more nets. Although they did not catch as many fish as the last one, they were almost all empty-handed, and soon filled the two large buckets they brought with them.

I could have cast a few more nets before going back, but I didn’t want to attract too much attention, so I prepared to close the nets.

Xu Huaizhi saw Ming Ruxue and a few children staring at them and wondered if they wanted to eat fish too.

So he generously put a few fish in the basin and handed it to Ming Ruxue: "We caught a lot of fish today, I'll take a few back for you to try."

Lin Xiaomeng had no objection. After all, there was still more in the two buckets. It was a gift from nature and didn't cost any money.

Ming Ruxue politely refused at first.

“No need, big brother, I’ll ask my sister to bring us over to play later.

By the way, can we use this hole of yours?" Ming Ruxue pointed to the ice hole on the ground.

Xu Huaizhi nodded: "You can use it as you like. This is not mine alone."

The two groups of people said goodbye, each went back to their own homes, and each looked for their own mothers.

The news that Xu Huaian's family had returned to the village spread quickly throughout the village.

When Liu Guifang heard the news, her eyes turned and I don't know what bad idea she was thinking of.

After Ming Ruxue returned home, she pestered Gu Qinghuan to take her fishing in the afternoon.

When Gu Lanting heard that he could fish with a net, his eyes lit up instantly.

Several children also looked at her hopefully, and there was no way Gu Qinghuan would disagree.

However, the task of preparing food for the New Year has to fall on the shoulders of a few elderly people.

Zhong Zijun waved her hand and told them to go without worry, as she and Cheng Shuying would take care of it at home.

"Don't worry about taking the kids there in the afternoon. You've taken care of the big stuff, and the only thing left is wrapping and steaming. Your grandparents and I will take care of that."

"Yeah, I'm used to it. Look how happy these little monkeys are." Cheng Shuying said with a smile while kneading the dough.

Gu Qinghuan had already prepared the fillings for steamed buns and dumplings in the morning, as well as the beans for making tofu that she soaked last night.

Because there are many people in her family, she plans to make more buns, dumplings, bean buns, and large steamed buns and freeze them outside. When she wants to eat them, she can just heat them up or cook them. It is convenient.

There is also a pot of crispy meat. If you want to eat it after frying, take some. It is also delicious when used to make soup.

Get ready today so you can relax during the New Year holidays.

"Yes, Huanhuan, you can take them with you, just be careful.

The wind is strong near the river, and I'm afraid I'll get a headache if I get a cold, so I won't go. I'll stay at home to help, and there's enough manpower." Zhong Luo Ning came out of the kitchen.

I almost forgot, I also have my cousin, so this is more like it.

Gu Qinghuan gritted her teeth and agreed.

Ming Ruxue and a few other children cheered.

"Yeah! That's great!"

For lunch, we all enjoyed a hodgepodge of famous Northeastern dishes.

Hotpot is a common home-cooked dish in Northeast China. It is made by mixing whatever is available at home and looks very sloppy.

Pork belly, beans, cabbage, vermicelli, potatoes, fungus, dried eggplant, pumpkin, corn, etc.

In addition, there are onions, ginger, salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and thirteen spices.

A circle of leavened dough pancakes is placed around the big stew, with the main feature being that it can be cooked in one pot.

I didn't expect that looking at such a sloppy dish would make me dizzy with the aroma.