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

Lin Xiaomeng rushed back after her morning class to help her.

Gu Qinghuan prepared several rich dishes today.

There are braised pork elbow, pork stewed with vermicelli, stir-fried liver and kidney, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and mutton and radish soup.

Since there was no extra pot to prepare the staple food, he simply took the money and asked Lin Xiaomeng for help, and went to the canteen to get two baskets of steamed buns.

Finally, I managed to prepare the dishes before the get out of class ended at noon.

Gu Qinghuan borrowed the table, chairs and benches from Lin Xiaomeng's room and put them together with her own table, chairs and benches to make a large square table that was just the right size.

Dabao and Beibei ran back and saw a table full of sumptuous lunch.

"Mom, what day is today? Doesn't it mean that tomorrow is Qingming Festival?" Dabao asked puzzled.

“Can’t we do something good when we have nothing to do? I’ve wronged you two during this period of time. Just bear with it for another two months. When these older brothers and sisters that I take care of finish their exams, I’ll be much more relaxed. I’ll then give you some good care.” Gu Qinghuan rubbed the two little ones’ heads.

After a while, Lin Muyang came over with four students. He also brought a bag of fruit candies and a bag of tiaozi cakes.

"Teacher Gu, the meal is too sumptuous! This is so embarrassing." Lin Muyang said as he looked at the table full of dishes.

The table was mostly filled with meat dishes, without any adulteration, and he suddenly felt that what he brought was not good enough.

"It's a home-cooked meal. It's rare that we have time to prepare it. Don't be polite. Please sit down. It won't taste good if it gets cold." Gu Qinghuan greeted.

Gu Qinghuan's three daughters, Lin Xiaomeng's daughter and two, plus five other people, a total of ten people, filled the room. No one complained about the environment, and they all stared eagerly at the food on the table.

Wang Qingchuan took a deep breath of saliva. He had never had such a sumptuous banquet in his life. Not only did it look delicious, but just by smelling the aroma he felt he could eat a few black steamed buns.

The other children were just like him, they were stunned. In their minds, it was not an exaggeration to call this table a Manchu Han banquet.

It's all meat! Big elbow, pork, mutton, and pig liver.

"Don't just stand there, eat quickly!" Gu Qinghuan took the steamed buns from the basket and distributed them to everyone, one for each person.

"Eat all, eat all. We are having a good meal today. Teacher Gu's family has no shortage of meat, so we should all benefit from it."

Lin Xiaomeng didn't bother to be polite with her and started eating right away, and everyone started to eat.

Then the only sound in the whole room was the sound of chewing.

However, the children deliberately slowed down their eating speed, as they were embarrassed to make loud noises as usual.

Gu Qinghuan ate while greeting everyone.

"Today, I want to thank you guys for helping me turn the soil. You've worked so hard! But you have a lot of study to do now, so don't do these things anymore. Just focus on your studies."

She tactfully reminded the children not to do this again in the future. Of course, there were some other things that Gu Qinghuan did not say, but Lin Xiaomeng and Lin Muyang understood.

In fact, these children have good intentions. They just want to be grateful to Gu Qinghuan and want to help her in any way they can. However, in the eyes of other teachers, this is capitalist behavior and an evil trend.

It is very bad for Gu Qinghuan's reputation and reputation.

This morning, Lin Xiaomeng heard a teacher talking about this matter in the office, and there was a sour taste in his words.

Wang Qingchuan is good at observing people's words and expressions, and he may have realized that what he did was not good for Teacher Gu.

He asked cautiously, "Did anyone say anything? Teacher Gu, we just want to help you."

Gu Qinghuan smiled brightly.

"No, I just don't want you to be distracted. Studying hard is what you should do."

"Teacher Gu is right. Children should not worry too much about adult matters. Your task now is to study hard." Lin Muyang also said seriously.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

Especially a few children.

We were still discussing it on the way back.

"Teacher Gu is so kind. We just did some work for her, and she treated us to such a sumptuous meal. It's better than what my family cooks during the Chinese New Year!"

"I've never had such a delicious meal, so rich and tasty."

"Do you think we can have this kind of feast next time?"

Wang Qingchuan thought for a moment and said seriously, "Don't mention this to other students when you go back, so as not to cause trouble for Teacher Gu."

What is worrying is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth. Even at a young age, he has already seen through the evil of human nature.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and people are gossipy. Everyone knew that Gu Qinghuan had invited everyone to dinner that day, because the food she cooked was so delicious that everyone in the neighborhood knew about it.

Everyone was paying attention. They saw several students coming in and out, and they heard from somewhere that some students had helped Gu Qinghuan turn the soil. So they made the connection.

Gossip changes its meaning as it spreads.

It turned out that Gu Qinghuan hired students to do private work for him, which was a capitalist practice! Unhealthy trends!

Especially when her number one enemy Wan Rong knew about this, what would happen?

But this time he learned his lesson and did not confront her head-on. Instead, he took advantage of the Qingming Festival holiday to investigate Gu Qinghuan's situation.

After knowing that Gu Qinghuan had a mother who was labeled as the "stinking ninth grader", Wan Rong felt that she had a sure win. She had caught Gu Qinghuan's handle and could kick her out of the school in one fell swoop.

Gu Qinghuan didn't know that she was about to face the first trouble in her teaching career. She was still enjoying a rare vacation at home.

There are three days of holiday for Qingming Festival.

On the morning of the first day, she took the time to plant the seeds in her own backyard plot. There was no need to turn the soil over. She simply dug a hole, buried the seeds, and then watered it with spiritual spring water. She left it to fate whether the seeds would survive or not.

In fact, she was not in a hurry. She was just afraid that if she stopped working, someone else would volunteer to help.

Whether it was Ji Linhai or Zhong Zijun, they were already busy enough. Gu Qinghuan didn't want to trouble others anymore, so he could only work harder himself.

After lunch, she took her two children to pick wild vegetables in the afternoon, mainly fresh mugwort for making green rice balls. They just needed to pick the branches and leaves, which were the main raw materials for making green rice balls.

After taking the mugwort home, wash it carefully and blanch it in water for two minutes.

After blanching, rinse with cold water, and use a mortar to crush it into juice for later use.

Add glutinous rice flour, white sugar, mugwort juice, and cooking oil together and knead into a smooth dough. Knead it repeatedly several times so that the finished product will be chewy and elastic.

Divide into small balls of roughly the same size and wrap them with various fillings.

Lightly coat the surface with oil and place on the rice dumplings leaves. The rice dumplings leaves need to be blanched in water before use.

Steam the dumplings after the water boils. Since most of the fillings are already cooked, you don’t need to steam them for too long. Ten minutes is enough. The skin will easily break if you steam them for too long.

It is not easy to taste the fragrance of mugwort when it is hot, but the fragrance will come out when it is cooled.

Gu Qinghuan made several flavors of green rice dumplings.

Red bean paste filling, egg yolk and pork floss filling, dried tofu and meat filling, black sesame filling.

Her favorite is the one with salted egg yolk and pork floss filling. As for her two children, Beibei likes the sweet one with red bean paste, while Dabao likes the salty one with dried tofu and meat filling.

They made a lot of green dumplings, especially those with red bean paste and meat fillings. They made so many that they definitely couldn’t eat so much by themselves.

Gu Qinghuan first sent eight to her sister-in-law Lin Xiaomeng, two of each of the four flavors.

The relationship between the two has improved greatly during this period. They are no longer at loggerheads with each other, and sometimes they can even help each other.

They are sisters-in-law and colleagues. They spend every day together and see each other every day. They can always talk to each other, but we can't say that their relationship is particularly close.

Gu Qinghuan never thought that one day she would be able to get along like this with Lin Xiaomeng. She originally thought that her relationship with her would be one of life and death.

Lin Xiaomeng has really changed a lot now. Since she has separated from the family and started her own business, she is now completely different from her previous life in the book.

There is no heavy labor, no mental oppression from Liu Guifang, no hysteria, no suspicion. She is no longer obsessed with relying on anyone, but lives a harmonious and happy life.

It is also different from the world in the book where she can call the wind and rain after rebirth. After all, she no longer has the spiritual spring that allows her to act tyrannically.

In fact, sometimes Gu Qinghuan couldn't tell what day it was, but every day she lived now was real, and knowing this was enough.

Lin Xiaomeng gave her half a pound of caozigao, which Xu Huaizhi had just brought back from the county.

Gu Qinghuan didn't bother to be polite and accepted it.

She rarely took snacks from the space during this period, and the children hadn't had snacks for a long time, so this was just the right time to satisfy their cravings.

Sending gifts to Lin Xiaomeng would definitely not be hidden from Liu Guifang's eyes, so Gu Qinghuan also packed four green dumplings and sent them to her.

Considering that she and Xu Mingshan gave birth to Xu Huaian, it’s enough to show some gratitude. There’s no more. After all, the old couple each has two children.

Liu Guifang is a person who is used to pushing her limits.

"How can you feed only four of them? Meiling is about to give birth, and Lijun is also pregnant, and you didn't even ask for more!"

"Eat it if you like, forget it if you don't want to, I'm saving it.

What you said is funny. Don't Meiling and Lijun have men? They are not my responsibility! Let their men buy them.

I give it to you for Huai'an's sake, to help him show filial piety and accumulate virtue.

There are only four of them, you can give them to whoever you want. I have no objection if you don't want to eat them and give them all to your daughter. Anyway, I have done my best, and God is watching!"

Sometimes Gu Qinghuan would suddenly feel that he had changed a lot.

According to her stubborn temper, it would be good enough for her not to argue or scold someone like Liu Guifang, let alone give her anything.

But now, she often feels that God is watching what you do, so just do good things and don't worry about the future.

She had to accumulate more blessings for Xu Huaian. After all, they were his parents. No matter how bad they did, they gave him a life. Giving them something occasionally was nothing. As long as Xu Huaian was well, that was the best.

Loving someone is like raising flowers. Xu Huaian’s love melted away all her hostility and resentment.

Everything in the past life is just a passing cloud.

Liu Guifang was concerned about Xu Meiling, but as soon as Gu Qinghuan left, Xu Huaiyu took the four green dumplings into his room, ate them one at a time, and quickly finished them, not leaving any for his pregnant wife.

Not only did Liu Guifang's mother not say anything, she also brought water to her son.

"Old Three, eat slowly, don't choke."