She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

"Hahaha, it's not a rare thing. When the Shen Mansion sent meat before the New Year, they also sent some tangerines. They are rare in this season, so we can have a rare treat during the New Year."

While Gu Qingqing was talking, Dahua and Erhua came in, each holding a few red and yellow oranges in their arms.

Dahua remembered what her mother said, one for each person, so she walked up to Luo Meihua first, grabbed one of the eggs and handed it to her, "Aunt, this is for you."

After saying that, he turned around and gave one to Niu Yuzhu, and then to Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang.

The two little ones had never seen tangerines before. They were just fiddling with them in their hands and didn’t know how to eat them.

Luo Meihua was also looking at the thing in her hand curiously, and then she heard Niu Yuzhu beside her say, "Hey, isn't this just an orange? They used to be sold in the county, and they're quite sour."

Erhua had already shared the oranges in her arms. As she peeled the skin in her hands, the unique fruity fragrance filled the room.

"Uncle, this is not sour, it's sweet."

"Mom, this smells so weird." Niu Xiaoguang said as he shrugged his nose in the direction of Erhua and sniffed the orange scent in the air.

It's just that the unfamiliar taste made him hard to tell whether he liked it or not.

Gu Qingqing was still thinking about what Niu Yuzhu had just said. When Steward Shen delivered the things that day, she said that they were too precious. She remembered that Steward Shen laughed so happily.

That's because I recognize and know that this thing is hard to come by, and I understand the other party's intentions.

If I had followed Yuzhu's example and said, "Isn't this just an orange?", it wouldn't have hurt the relationship between the two families, but it would have given people the impression that I have a limited vision.

Suddenly, she heard Niu Yuzhu talking to himself again, "Hey, this is still very fresh. Brother Wuyan, oranges are harvested in the fall, how did they preserve them until now? How come they haven't gone bad?"

Luo Meihua looked at his silly look and said angrily, "The food your sister-in-law gave you can't stop you from eating."

Niu Yuzhu looked up at the plum blossoms and smiled, "I'm just curious."

Sour! So sour!

Gu Qingqing looked at Niu Yuzhu's silly look with eyes full of plum blossoms, and instantly felt a sour feeling in the back of her teeth.

Then Wen Wuyan told the two of them that they had come from the south by boat, which amazed them.

Seeing that Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang didn't know how to eat, Erhua gave them the peeled fruit she had in her hand, "You eat mine, the flesh is juicy and delicious, but there are hard seeds inside, you have to spit them out, my mother wants to plant trees."

Seeing the child eating, Luo Meihua's eyebrows were about to fly up, and she suddenly felt reluctant to eat the food in her hand. She thought about giving it to the child later, but Erhua's words caught her attention.

"Sister-in-law, are you going to use this seed to plant a tree?"

"Hey, I just want to give it a try. Who knows if it will work. You see, there is empty space in my front and back yards. I'm just worrying about what fruit trees to plant in the yard." Gu Qingqing replied.

Luo Meihua smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, my mother's family has a pomegranate tree. Two thin branches grew on the side last year. My mother promised to make it into thin branches in the spring of this year. If you like it, I will give you one then."

Pomegranate tree?

The pomegranate tree is good. She has eaten the two pomegranates that Meihua sent her last time. Apart from the fact that they have seeds and are difficult to eat, the taste is excellent.

Gu Qingqing nodded ecstatically, "Okay, okay, then I won't be polite to you. You give me the pomegranate seedling, and when I really want to germinate the citrus seeds, I will give you one as well. If it can really bear fruit, at least the children at home will like it. Don't you think so, Xiaoguang?"

"Aunt, does this also grow on a tree?" Niu Xiaoguang asked curiously.

"Yes, where do you think it grew from?" Gu Qingqing asked with a smile.

"I thought it grew in the fields on the mountain." Niu Xiaoguang answered with his head tilted.

When he said on the mountain, he meant on the vines or the flat ground, never on the trees.

"This is just like a pomegranate. It grows on a tree."

"Yeah, I remember it. This grows on a tree. It's really delicious, just like eating bubble grass. They are both yellow, but the bubble grass is not as big as this." Niu Xiaoyang thought of the similarities between citrus and bubble grass in his limited knowledge.

Bubble grass is also known as the red girl fruit, and is also called lantern fruit in some places.

His serious explanation made several adults laugh.

"Our Xiaoguang has grown up and can speak in a proper manner now."

Everyone in the room was talking, but someone outside was shouting, but this time it was not Gu Qingqing, but Dahua.

"Dahua, are you home? We're here to play with you." A childish voice was heard in the yard.

"I'm here." Dahua put down the unpeeled tangerine in her hand and walked out.

Dahei, who was originally sleeping in an open space in the house, stood up suddenly and ran out.

When Erhua heard that someone was looking for her sister to play, she happily followed them out. Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang looked at Luo Meihua hurriedly, and when they saw Luo Meihua nod, they stuffed the oranges into her hands and ran after them.

Suddenly, Daxin was the only one left in the room. Daxin looked around and saw that there was nothing to talk about with the adults, so he said, "Aunt, I'll go check it out."

"Daxin, take some fried peanuts and candy out for the kids to eat," Gu Qingqing instructed.

Daxin said "Oh" and took out some fried peanuts with both hands.

The only people left in the room were Sanhua, who knew nothing, and four adults who were chatting. Then Geng Chunhua also came to visit.

"Hey, why are you here alone? Why didn't you bring your child?" Gu Qingqing heard the voice and asked after she opened the door curtain and saw the person.

"I brought them. I'm playing with them in the front yard. I don't know where Daxin got so many firecrackers from. He wiped the dirt off them and is setting them off for the kids."

Gu Qingqing put down the hand that was lifting the door curtain and said with a smile, "We set off firecrackers at home this morning, and the ones that didn't go off were collected by Daxin. After they went out to pay New Year's greetings, I sent them out to play. I guess I don't know whose house they went to and picked up some."

As soon as Geng Chunhua entered the room, she was enveloped by the warmth in the room. She shook her shoulders and praised, "Wow, your room is really warm."

"Mrs. Geng is here, please come and sit by the kang." Luo Meihua, who was in the room, saw someone coming in and immediately stood up to make way.

"I just said I was outside looking after the kids, but I didn't expect you two were here too." Geng Chunhua greeted her with a smile.

When Wen Wuyan and Niu Yuzhu saw her coming, they greeted her and the two men found an excuse to come out of the east wing, leaving the room for the women to talk.

There were oranges on the table in the house. Gu Qingqing couldn't pretend to be blind and silent, so she took the oranges that the child put down and gave them to Geng Chunhua, asking her to try them.

Geng Chunhua also found it curious, but she peeled it anyway. She only took a bite symbolically and held the rest in her hand.

Later, when they chatted, Geng Chunhua learned that Gu Qingqing was planning to find some fruit trees to plant in the yard. He slapped his thigh and said, "This is just a coincidence."

Gu Qingqing and Luo Meihua looked at each other, and they both understood the confusion in each other's eyes.

Gu Qingqing turned to look at Geng Chunhua and asked curiously, "What do you mean, Sister Geng?"