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

What a divine way of eating!

Ming Ruxue didn't have time to praise him this time. She just scooped the food into her own bowl one by one, eating it with pancakes. It was so delicious.

Zhong Zijun smiled and said, "You are really adapting to local customs. You made this famous Northeastern dish very authentically."

She didn't know that Gu Qinghuan was from Northeast China in her previous life.

"If it's delicious, eat more. It's enough."

After lunch, Gu Qinghuan found a fishing net (a second-hand fishing net bought from a vending machine), and pieced together a simple sled out of wood. He placed a large wooden basin and two buckets on it, and asked Gu Lanting to pull it.

"Sister, you brought so many things with you, aren't you trying to catch fish?" Gu Lanting looked at the big guys in front of him and seemed a little speechless.

Gu Qinghuan turned around: "Any questions?"

"Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you. We've brought so many people with us. It would be embarrassing if we don't catch any fish."

Gu Qinghuan glanced at him and said, "How do we make the bet?"

Gu Lanting said excitedly: "I'm going to bet with you. I bet you can only fill one bucket at most."

"What if I fill them all up?" Gu Qinghuan pointed to several containers on the ground.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Gu Lanting looked confident.

Ming Ruxue looked at him as if he were an idiot. Mainly because Lin Xiaomeng's fishing just now had left her with a stereotype, and she thought this fish was very easy to catch.

Isn't Gu Lanting seeking his own death? But she won't remind him.

"I won't do anything to you. If I fill them all up, you will be responsible for the killing! How about that?"

Gu Qinghuan was worried. She could cook, but it was too difficult for her to kill chickens, ducks and fish. This was free labor.

Gu Lanting nodded in agreement: "Okay, then if you lose, you will agree to let me go up the mountain to take a look? I..."

This guy is still upset about going up the mountain to hunt.

"Okay, no problem!" Gu Qinghuan agreed readily.

Cheng Shuying pushed Zhong Zijun and asked her to speak carefully. If they lost, it would be very dangerous to let Lan Ting go up the mountain.

Zhong Zijun whispered in her ear: "As for you, don't worry! Sun Wukong can't climb over the Five Finger Mountain of Tathagata Buddha. Huan Huan never brags. This kid will only end up killing fish in the end!"

During the more than one month she had lived here, she had witnessed her daughter's abilities and she had never returned empty-handed.

Cheng Shuying snickered: "These two in your family are really more difficult than the other."

Gu Lanting set off pulling the sled and let the three children sit in his big wooden tub and pull it. It was so much fun.

Ming Ruxue was very excited when she saw it, but she was too embarrassed to say that she wanted to sit there too.

Gu Qinghuan met many villagers along the way and stopped to greet them one by one.

"Huai'an family, when did you come back? Hey, who is this guy? He looks quite bright."

Qian Caihua was carrying a bag full of things and was walking home with his daughter-in-law Qiu Shuxia. They happened to meet Gu Qinghuan and his group, and his gossip urge came back.

When Qiu Shuxia saw Gu Qinghuan and his group, she felt a little embarrassed and raised her hand to greet them.

"Aunt Caihua, I just came back yesterday. This is my younger brother from my mother's family. He came to spend the New Year with me.

You guys are carrying so many things, are you back from the commune? Are you buying New Year's goods?" Gu Qinghuan changed the subject.

Qian Caihua immediately listed all the places in detail: "It's not a commune, it's the big market in Sanlitun. You don't know that there are big markets in Sanlitun for a few days before the Chinese New Year. You can bring things there to exchange with others. It's economical and cost-effective."

Gu Qinghuan understood.

"I carried 10 kilograms of black flour, 20 kilograms of cabbage and 20 kilograms of radish this morning and exchanged them with the mountain people for a roe deer leg and a wild rabbit. They can't grow much food there, but they are not short of meat.

My daughter Shuxia is pregnant, so she needs to take good care of herself."

Gu Qinghuan could tell that Qian Caihua wanted to show off the fact that his daughter-in-law was pregnant.

"Then congratulations on becoming a grandmother. You will have a big fat grandson next year."

Qiu Shuxia turned away blushing and said nothing.

She actually had a good vision and found a down-to-earth person who lived a down-to-earth life. Qian Caihua, her mother-in-law, loved her and was more tolerant of her.

Although Qian Caihua is a nagging person, she is not like other mothers-in-law who say bad things about their daughters-in-law in public. She only says good things.

She doesn't beat or scold her daughter-in-law, and is considered a good mother-in-law in the village.

Looking at Qiu Shuxia's appearance, you can tell that she is living a good life.

"Haha, thank you for your kind words."

Qian Caihua put down the backpack and took out a bag of fried fruit from it: "This is for you and the children."

"Thank you, auntie."

It was rare that such a stingy person would consider giving something away, so Gu Qinghuan accepted it without hesitation.

Qian Caihua is not a bad person. In fact, she also wants to thank Gu Qinghuan for helping her several times before.

The few of them chatted for a while, and Gu Qinghuan learned from Qiu Shuxia that Zhu Chunlin had brought his wife back to his hometown to visit relatives, after all, it was their first year of marriage.

Jiang Xue also went back to the city to visit relatives.

Chen Jianghe was surprised because he would go back to visit his relatives every year in previous years, but he didn't go back this year.

I guess you don't want your family to know that you're getting married?

But it was none of her business.

After separating from Qian Caihua, he happened to meet Erdan's family, who were preparing to go fishing after dinner.

The two families simply traveled together.

Erdan's father is the captain of Xujiatun, named Xu Huaian. He is of the same generation as Xu Huaian, but is just a dozen years older.

His eldest son is already of marriageable age and is currently looking for a partner, while his youngest son, Erdan, is only about the same age as Dabao, so there is a big gap between them.

Dabao was so happy to see Erdan, and the two little guys greeted each other immediately.

Erdan looked at Dabao and the others sitting on the sled with envy.

Lanting simply carried him into the bucket and sat him down.

The group went towards the river.

Erdan's mother Chen Fengqin and Gu Qinghuan chatted as they walked.

"Gu Zhiqing, when did you come back? How is Huai'an?"

"Director Chen, I came back yesterday. Oh, and I also brought you some special cakes from Beijing. I'll send them to you tomorrow."

Gu Qinghuan had specially left some cakes in the space, intending to bring them to her grandparents and some familiar families in the village, but she didn't have time to give them to them yet. It was just right that they could be used as New Year gifts.

Because there was a lot of luggage, they didn't know what exactly Gu Qinghuan brought, so after she came back, she took it out from the space and said that she brought it back from Beijing, and no one suspected anything.

After tasting them, grandparents and Zhong Zijun said that the pastries tasted very authentic, like the flavor of a time-honored brand, and asked her where she bought them.

"Why call me Director Chen? You're so polite. Just call me Sister Fengqin. Haha, these pastries are from Beijing. I must try them. Thank you for thinking of me." Chen Fengqin is a straightforward person.

"Haha, it's nothing, just a little token of my appreciation, don't despise it."

Chen Fengqin glanced at Gu Lanting who was pulling the sled, and Ming Ruxue who was talking and laughing beside him.

"I haven't seen these two young men before. Are they your relatives?"

Gu Qinghuan introduced: "These are my brothers and sisters from my mother's side. They came here specially to send me back and celebrate the New Year together.

Huai'an hasn't come back yet. His illness still needs some time to be treated. I estimate he will be back after the New Year."

She said this to give a reason for the arrival of Gu Lanting and others so that no one would gossip about it.

"I mean, this boy looks somewhat like you. You and your brother are both good-looking. Your parents must be good-looking people."

"Haha, Sister Fengqin, you have good genes, and Erdan is looking very good." Gu Qinghuan said with a smile.

"If you ask me, your Dabao and Beibei have grown a lot in height recently."

Chen Fengqin originally wanted to say that they had good genes, but when the words came to her lips, she suddenly remembered that these two children were not born by Gu Qinghuan, so she changed the subject temporarily.

It was also because Gu Qinghuan was too good to the two children. She didn't seem like a stepmother, but more like their biological mother. Look at how she raised the two children, they were plump and fair, and dressed in new clothes. That's why she almost forgot about it for a moment.

In fact, she really admired this little girl, Gu Qinghuan.

He had a bad hand of cards but played them better and better, unlike Jiang Xue and Chen Jianghe at the educated youth point, who originally had a good hand of cards but played them badly.

Gu Qinghuan married Xu Huaian under such circumstances, but she actually took better and better care of him and was willing to spend money on his treatment.

She will enjoy a happy life in the future. Xu Huaian is a capable man. If he had not been crazy before, all the girls in the surrounding area would have wanted to marry him.

Just look at Yang Fengmei and you will know that she had tried her best to marry her daughter to Xu Huaian, but when she saw that the other man was crazy, she immediately married her daughter off.

It can be said that Xu Huaian's case was a blessing in disguise. If he hadn't gotten sick, how could he have met a good girl like Gu Qinghuan!

Gu Qinghuan was smart and naturally knew what she wanted to say, but she had a clear conscience when it came to taking care of the two children.

"He has grown a lot taller."

As they were talking, they arrived at the river.

There are more people in the afternoon than in the morning.

Every family wants to get some fish before the New Year, whether for eating, giving as gifts, or exchanging for things, they are all good things.

If you don't work during the first month of the lunar year, you will live a comfortable life for the whole year. Besides, you will be too busy visiting relatives to have time to catch fish.

There are a lot of people on the ice.

Ming Ruxue wanted to find the ice cave used by Xu Huaizhi, but it had been occupied, so she had to give up.

After searching for several rounds and failing to find a suitable ice cave, they decided to dig one themselves.

Fortunately, Erdan's family brought tools for digging ice holes, ice drills.

They found a place with fewer people and started to chisel ice.

Erdan's family made their own ice pick. When chiseling ice, they held the handle with both hands and chiseled the ice up and down like a tamping machine.

A circular hole with a diameter of half a meter was chiseled out.

When the thickness of the hole is only about an inch, you can turn the ice drill upside down and smash it hard in the center of the hole, which will create a water-permeable hole as big as a bowl.

Erdan's father was very strong. Once he pierced the hole, a small hole was left, which looked very powerful.

Gu Lanting's eyes lit up as he watched, and he also wanted to try it.

Ming Ruxue had already brought her four children to watch the fun. There was nothing interesting about ice-breaking, but fishing with a net was more fun.

When Xu Huainian felt a little tired from chiseling, he handed the ice drill to his eldest son to continue chiseling.

His eldest son was as tall and strong as he was, and with a few strikes, the small ice surface with a diameter of half a meter had loosened.

Finally, he turned the ice piercer upside down and smashed it hard in the center of the hole, and a hole appeared on the ice surface.

The hole in the ice was already dug, so Gu Lanting took it over and started digging it himself.

My eyes have learned how to do it, but my hands haven't. Most importantly, I'm not as strong as others. Once I pierce the hole, there's only a small white mark. I'm far from that strong as others.

Gu Qinghuan burst out laughing, and Gu Lanting scratched his head in embarrassment. How come other people's face suddenly had a hole, but his face only had a mark?

Xu Huainian’s eldest son walked straight over and took the ice pier from his hand.

"You are a scholar and have never done such hard work. Let me do it!" He still gave face to Gu Lanting.

It goes without saying that Chen Fengqin is good at educating children, both the big and small ones have good emotional intelligence.