Chapter 209 Snowing
When Gu Jiandong was crocheting a sweater for Shen Shuyu, he was more serious than when he was training in the army.
He was sitting on the kang crocheting a sweater, Shen Shuyu was lying beside him reading a picture book, and Bai Luobo's dog head was resting on his legs. This picture was so heartwarming no matter how you looked at it.
Shen Qiu wanted to come over and lie on the kang with her elder sister to read comic books. She walked to her elder sister's door.
Seeing such a harmonious atmosphere in the house, I couldn't bear to go in and destroy it. I turned a corner and went to Old Lady Shen's room to bother Old Lady Shen.
Gu Jiandong was crocheting wool in his hands, and his eyes were always on Shen Shuyu. If Shen Shuyu looked up, she would definitely find that there was an indelible tenderness hidden in his deep eyes.
Shen Shuyu collected a lot of picture books at the scrap yard and read them one after another. It turned out that the stories in the picture books were quite interesting.
She read for most of the day. Gu Jiandong was worried that her eyes were tired, so he took the picture book from her and said, "Shu Yu, I want to eat roasted chestnuts."
Shen Shuyu stood up and said, "Then I'll bake it for you."
There are several bags of chestnuts at home. Chestnuts are also a good food for filling up. Every year when the chestnuts are ripe,
Her grandmother would go up the mountain to pick them, and this year her second aunt picked up quite a lot. She and Gu Jiandong would also pick them up when they saw them in the mountains, so there was no shortage of chestnuts at home.
Shen Shuyu went to the kitchen, put a wire net on the stove, and spread the chestnuts on the net. She was about to light a fire. Gu Jiandong came over and pulled her to sit down. "Shuyu, I know how to light a fire. I'll do it."
Gu Jiandong lit the fire in no time. Shen Shuyu went to the cellar and got out several sweet potatoes and potatoes, which she placed on the net and slowly roasted together with the chestnuts.
Shen Jiabao, Jiaguo, Jiawei, Shen Qiu and Yang Fangfang saw them roasting sweet potatoes and chestnuts in the kitchen.
They each brought some sweet potatoes and chestnuts and sat together to chat and relieve their boredom.
Gu Jiandong had just returned to the house to get some honey, and when he came in, he found that his seat was occupied by Shen Jiaguo.
There was no sign of unhappiness on his face. He sat down and slowly pushed Shen Jiaguo out bit by bit.
Shen Jiaguo, who was squeezed out for no reason, hadn't reacted yet. Shen Qiu leaned over to her brother's ear and said,
"Third brother, you're sitting in the wrong seat. The seat next to the eldest sister can only be occupied by brother Jiandong. If you sit next to the eldest sister, brother Jiandong will be very narrow-minded."
Shen Jiaguo: “…”Forget it, he won’t bother with the child.
Pushing Shen Jiaguo out, Gu Jiandong couldn't hide his proud expression. Shen Shuyu looked at him and spoiled him. She took out several pieces of jerky from her pocket and gave them to him.
"Gu Jiandong, the chestnuts can't be eaten so quickly. Eat the jerky first. When you finish the jerky, I'll go back to the house and get you some canned food."
There were only a few pieces of dried meat left, and Shen Shuyu gave them all to Gu Jiandong. She took out the melon seeds she had prepared and shared them with Shen Jiabao and the others.
There is a reason why Gu Jiandong gained weight after going to the countryside, and it was because Shen Shuyu fed her all the time.
Gu Jiandong's expression was like a happy puppy. He happily took the jerky and said, "Shu Yu, eat it too."
He had too much dried meat in his hand, so Gu Jiandong generously gave one to each of Shen Jiabao and the others.
Several people were in the kitchen chewing dried meat, cracking melon seeds, and listening to Shen Qiu talking about village gossip.
Liu Pandi walked for most of the day after returning from the county town. He finally got home. When he entered the yard, he heard Gu Jiandong's laughter.
She looked towards the kitchen and saw that the children in the family were all roasting sweet potatoes and chestnuts in her mother-in-law's kitchen. They were living a very happy life.
When she thought about how she asked Gu Jiandong to stop and give her a ride, but Gu Jiandong ignored her and made her walk for most of the day, she became furious.
Gu Jiandong is a fool. His words and actions are always irritating. His parents-in-law and Shen Shuyu protect him.
Liu Pandi did not go to Gu Jiandong to argue, but returned to the room angrily to nag Uncle Shen.
"Gu Jiandong really doesn't treat me as his elder at all. When I saw him in the county town,
I asked him to give me a ride, but he ignored me and just rode his bike past me. "
Uncle Shen was cleaning the house. When she came in, Uncle Shen put down the broom and said, "He rides his bicycle like it's a Hot Wheels. If he gave you a ride, would you dare to ride? Aren't you afraid that he would drag you into a ditch?"
Liu Pan recalled Gu Jiandong riding a bicycle and shook her head. “I don’t dare to sit on it.”
She is now pregnant. If she is led into trouble by Gu Jiandong, her baby son will slip away.
If her precious son was gone, Liu Pandi would have no hope of living.
"How is Shen Xue?" Uncle Shen did not go to the hospital, but he was thinking about Shen Xue at home. After all, they are father and daughter, and Uncle Shen could not be so cold-hearted.
"She just had surgery, and the doctor said she needs to be observed and won't let me see her.
But I don't think it's a big deal. With the doctor here, Shen Xue should be able to run and jump again after lying down for a month or two."
"What about the corn paste you brought?"
"I traveled a long way to see her, and soon after arriving at the hospital I became hungry and drank all the porridge."
Uncle Shen: “…”
Shen Shuyu knows how to eat. Gu Jiandong has honey, sweet potatoes and chestnuts, and Shen Shuyu also brushes a layer of honey on them.
A sweet smell wafted out of the kitchen. Liu Pan had a keen nose. She sniffed and realized that the fragrance was coming from her mother-in-law's kitchen. She tugged at Uncle Shen's sleeve.
"Shen Shuyu and the others are baking in the kitchen. Go ask them for some food and bring it back."
As an uncle, Uncle Shen couldn't ask his nephews and nieces for food.
"There's some rock sugar in the cupboard. If you're greedy, I'll give you two. Don't worry about the kids' food.
What they are roasting are sweet potatoes and chestnuts, we have some in our house, you can take some to the kitchen and roast them.”
How can it be the same? How can something you make at home taste as good as something you get for free? "I want to eat their roasted chestnuts."
"Then I'll take a few pounds of chestnuts over and ask them to help roast them. When they're done, I'll bring back half a pound."
I took several kilograms of chestnuts and brought back half a kilogram? That would be like giving chestnuts to those guys for nothing.
They are the third family's unfortunate ones. She worked very hard to pick chestnuts, and there weren't many chestnuts at home. "Okay, okay, I won't eat them."
This damn man is not on her side at all, and he is not on the same page with her.
In the kitchen, Shen Shuyu and the others were eating steaming hot roasted sweet potatoes, feeling warm in their hearts.
The taste buds were even more satisfied. The sweet potatoes brushed with a layer of honey were really sweet to the heart, fragrant and sweet.
It was the first time for Shen Jiabao and his family to eat such luxurious sweet potatoes. It was really a luxury. Honey was rare, and no one was willing to take it out and eat it like the eldest sister did.
Gu Jiandong didn't eat much and sat next to Shen Shuyu. She wanted to drink water, so Gu Jiandong poured it for her. She wanted to eat chestnuts, so Gu Jiandong peeled the chestnuts for her. She wanted to eat sweet potatoes, so Gu Jiandong peeled the sweet potatoes for her.
It was getting dark quickly now. It was already dark after six o'clock. Shen Shuyu ate a lot of sweet potatoes and chestnuts.
She didn't even have dinner. She took a shower and went back to her room to read a picture book to Gu Jiandong. After she put him to sleep, she also went to bed.
The next day, Shen Shuyu got up and opened the door to see the first snow since the beginning of winter. The roof and the yard were all covered in white. Shen Shuyu stretched out her hand, and a crystal clear snowflake floated into her palm, feeling icy cold.