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

Gu Qingqing subconsciously asked, "No trouble?"

Gu Jia looked at her daughter and shook her head. "Don't make a fuss. I won't make a fuss again. Let's go to the west hall with the child."

Since the child already lived in the west hall, Gu Qingqing naturally would not go to the east room to get close to him. She carried Sanhua and the child to the west hall.

It had only been twenty days since Gu Qiman died, and he was sleeping soundly on the kang.

Gu Qingqing didn't rush to let the children go to the kang to see Gu Qi, but pulled them into the house to warm themselves by the fire. After the coldness on their bodies subsided, she let the children go over and also put Sanhua on the kang.

The Wen family's children immediately leaned forward, vying to see their sleeping cousin.

The Wen family's children are used to taking care of the three flowers at home. They know that children cannot stand noise, so when the adults and children enter the house, they automatically switch to whispering mode when talking.

"Erhua, look at your cousin's rosy little face. He looks so cute."

"Sister, look at his little mouth, it looks even smaller than Sanhua's. Look, his eyes are narrowed, and his little mouth is still moving."

"Ah."

"Sister, do you think my cousin is hungry?"

"If it's hungry, it will definitely cry. Now it must think it's still breastfeeding!"

"Wow, Sanhua felt so small at home, but now that it's put together with its cousin, Sanhua has suddenly become so big." Erhua said with his arms fully opened, as if only this could describe how much bigger Sanhua is than its cousin.

While the sisters were talking, Daxin leaned over to take a look, concluded that it was quite small, and then stepped back.

Lu Xiaocao noticed how reserved Ajie's family was, and immediately smiled and said in a normal voice, "Ajie, it's okay, he's not afraid of noise."

Gu Qingqing still spoke in a low voice, "It's okay, the children at home are used to it. Sanhua didn't leave the confinement period because that's how the sisters got through it."

"He can't see or hear anything now, so we won't bother him. You take a rest in the room, I'll go get you the steamed glutinous rice cake. You haven't eaten the cake I made in several years." Today, her daughter and son-in-law came to pay New Year's greetings with their children. There was a smile on Gu Jia's face all the time. After she said this to Gu Qingqing, she turned and left.

"Mom, I'll help you."

"Mom, I'll help you."

Two voices sounded at the same time, and Lu Xiaocao and Gu Qingqing smiled at each other.

"Sister, you take a rest in the room. I'll go help mother."

"Xiao Cao, I'll go. You are still in confinement. Don't run around. Be careful of the flash wind."

"Sister, farmers don't have that much money. Everyone has to go back to work after a few days." Lu Xiaocao said indifferently.

"Be obedient." Gu Qingqing said and followed him out.

The space in the west hall was not large, and several children squeezed onto the kang. Wen Wuyan found a bench and sat with Daxin.

Seeing Qingqing going out, he stood up and said hello to Daxin, then followed her out. When he went out, Daxin also followed him out.

Wen Wuyan walked to the door of the kitchen and heard Qingqing saying, "Mom, you finally got me."

"Before, I was too soft-hearted, thinking about doing good for them and the whole family. Later, I really came to my senses. Some things are not right just by trying to please them blindly." Gu Jia said with her head down and she came to the conclusion she had come to.

"It's not too late to understand now."

After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she saw Gu Jia opened the lid of the pot. The white smoke dissipated and the unique aroma of glutinous rice cake wafted out. There were a few bamboo tubes placed on the steamer in the pot.

Gu Qingqing tried to take the bamboo tube out of the steamer, but she screamed in pain from being scalded.

"You don't have to do anything. I'll take these." Gu Jia looked at Gu Qingqing with affectionate eyes.

Wen Wuyan, who had followed to the door, saw that there was nothing for him to do, so he simply waved to Li Xin, and the two of them walked around the yard together.

The bamboo tube was brought into the house. Dahua and Erhua looked at it curiously, "Grandma, what is this?"

"Glutinous rice cake was your mother's favorite when she was a child. You should try it too." Gu Jia said as she untied the hemp rope that bound the bamboo tube. She gently broke the bamboo tube in two, revealing glutinous rice strips with red beans inside.

Seeing that Gu Jia was about to untie the second one, Gu Qingqing said, "Mom, fill your stomach with glutinous rice. The children can share one, and Wuyan and I can have one left."

Gu Jia thought her daughter was trying to save food for her, so she said anxiously, "We still have some at home. This is specially made for you. One for each of you. Eat it all."

Gu Qingqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Mom, let's eat one each. Are you not going to take care of our lunch?"

Gu Jia was a little anxious, and she spoke twice as fast as she could to explain, "How can your mother not care about what you eat? The chicken in the pot is already stewed for you to eat when you come."

Lu Xiaocao watched it clearly from the side. She smiled and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, my sister is joking with you."

Gu Jia finally reacted and glared at Gu Qingqing in reproach.

Gu Qingqing playfully stuck out her tongue at her mother.

"Speaking of this..." Gu Qingqing started talking, then stood up to fiddle with the basket she brought, "Mom, this is a little gift from your son-in-law and me. There's some meat and a fish. I didn't ask about Xiaocao and Xiaonai's condition. Add some red dates and wolfberries to make soup to increase milk production."

Gu Qingqing said as she opened a small cloth bag, "Here are three more pieces of cloth. When spring comes, let Xiaocao, you, and Zhuangzhuang each make a spring outfit. In addition, there is this piece of light blue fine cotton. I will give it to Gu Qi to make one for him later."

She picked up the fine cloth, and found two hundred coins at the bottom of the bag, which Gu Qingqing handed over to Gu Jiashi.

"Here are some things I fried before the New Year. I brought them for you to try."

When Gu Qingqing took out all the things, Gu Jia didn't know whether she should be happy or unhappy.

What makes her happy is that her daughter is capable and can bring back generous New Year gifts for her mother.

What makes me unhappy is that there is no one who can subsidize her parents' home like she does!

"Qingqing, you brought back so many things, and Wuyan didn't say anything?" Gu Jia asked a little uneasily.

She didn't want her daughter to have a good life after all the hard work, but to have conflicts with her son-in-law because of the extra things he brought back.

Gu Qingqing gave her a reassuring look and said, "Some of these were given to me by your son-in-law. Mother, Wuyan is not a stingy person."

......

It was almost noon, so Gu Qingqing asked Gu Zhuangzhuang to take her and Wen Wuyan to the homes of their uncles with the same surname in the village to pay New Year's greetings.

When I came back, Gu Jia had already prepared the meal.

There was chicken, fried cabbage with fatty slices of meat, steamed sorghum flour and white flour buns, and boiled rice porridge. Gu Jia set aside some and sent some to the east hall and the east room, and they ate the rest in the main room.

After dinner, they didn’t dare to stay any longer, fearing it would be dark by the time they got back, so they had to leave early.

Seeing that Dahua, Erhua and Daxin liked the glutinous rice cakes she made, Gu Jia took all the dozen or so cakes she had at home back to Gu Qingqing.

Before leaving, Gu Qingqing said to Xiaocao, "You can make fewer clothes for Gu Qi. Some of Sanhua's clothes are no longer wearable. I won't send old clothes during the first month of the year. I'll bring them to you when I have time after the first month of the year."

"Well, I thank my aunt on behalf of my child!"

Gu Qingqing waved her hand and left with her family.