allonlinenovel Chapter 147 Giving Gifts
Chapter 147 Giving Gifts
Gu Zhuangzhuang came with Lu Xiaocao who was pregnant. Even though Lu Xiaocao had heard many times that her elder sister's family had built a brick house, she was still shocked when she actually saw her elder sister's house.
Niu Yuzhu, who happened to be at the door, saw Gu Zhuangzhuang bringing people over, and he quickly waved to Li Xin who was not far away, "Daxin, go to the kitchen and call your aunt, and tell her that Uncle Huaer and Auntie are here."
Almost as soon as Niu Yuzhu finished speaking, Li Xin ran away without a trace.
In the kitchen, Gu Qingqing, Luo Meihua, her mother-in-law, Yang Xing'er, Wang Xiaoxiu, and Wang Baoyu were busy preparing lunch.
Because they needed to cook pork intestines and stew meat with sauerkraut, and no one else knew how to do it, only Gu Qingqing had to do it.
When Li Xin was about to run to the kitchen door, he changed from running to walking. The reason he didn't run was that he was worried about running into someone coming out of the kitchen.
The dish was damaged.
He walked to the kitchen door and called out, "Aunt, Uncle Huaer and Auntie are here."
Gu Qingqing was about to serve the dishes, and when she heard the voice, she immediately replied, "Here it comes."
"Hey, Qingqing, go quickly. This is ready. I'll serve it. We'll cook the rest of the dishes. You've prepared enough ingredients. They'll love it no matter how you cook it." Yuzhu's mother, Niu Li, took the shovel from her hand and urged her to go out and greet the relatives.
"Well, then I'll trouble you all. Just watch me cook. I'll go out first." After Gu Qingqing said this to the people in the kitchen, she turned and left.
Gu Qingqing was very surprised to see Lu Xiaocao with a big belly, and immediately invited her into the new home, "Zhuangzhuang, Xiaocao, you are here, please come in quickly, Xiaocao must be tired after walking all the way, come in and take a rest."
Lu Xiaocao followed her elder sister through the main gate, past the screen wall, through the front yard, through the hanging flower gate into the inner courtyard, and along the corridor into the west wing.
The large house is made of blue bricks and has white walls. As you enter the house you will see an octagonal table and two rocking chairs.
On the right hand side is a wooden wall with a small door on the side. A blue-edged patchwork curtain is hung on the door. On the right hand side is a large window. On the left hand side is a kang. Between the head of the kang and the window is an ordinary table.
There was a new mattress on the kang.
Lu Xiaocao was so excited that she didn't know what to say for a moment. It was not until her sister asked her to lie down on the kang and rest for a while that she quickly asked Gu Zhuangzhuang to bring her the backpack.
She held the backpack in one hand and reached in with the other, finally taking out a small cloth bag, and then happily handed it to Gu Qingqing, "Sister, mother has to stay at home to take care of father and grandmother, and can't leave for the time being. This is a little gift from her, I don't know if you like it."
Gu Qingqing took the cloth bag, opened it and saw that it contained a piece of pinkish-red cotton cloth that was not too thin. It looked like it was big enough to make a set of spring clothes for the three children in the family.
"I like it. How can I not like it? It's such good material. I'm sure you've spent a lot of money on it." Gu Qingqing said as she folded it up again and put it away.
Lu Xiaocao felt embarrassed. She secretly looked at her elder sister's clean bedding, then at her own washed clothes. She just sat on the edge of the kang and smiled.
Gu Qingqing noticed her shyness and had to help her up. "Don't feel constrained when you come to my sister's house. I'm worried about your stomach. You should rest on the kang over here for a while so that I can feel at ease. I'll call you when it's time for dinner. If you want to look around, let Zhuangzhuang take you around."
"Sister, we are all village wives, not so pampered." Xiaocao said, but she still sat on the kang.
As soon as Gu Qingqing finished speaking, Dahua brought over two cups of tea, followed by Erhua.
"Uncle, aunt, drink some water first."
Xiaocao had seen Dahualu, but she had never seen Erhua. When she saw Erhua coming in, she instantly felt very familiar. She didn't know why she knew it was Erhua at first sight.
She looked at Erhua and asked with a smile, "I guess this is Erhua, she has grown so big."
Erhua was the happiest today. She knew they were going to meet her aunt before coming with her sister. When she heard her aunt asking, she immediately ran up and called her aunt sweetly.
Then his eyes fell on her belly. After staring at it for a long time, she asked curiously, "Aunt, when will my little brother come out?"
When Xiaocao saw Erhua asking about the baby in her belly, she smiled gently, with a look of happiness in her eyes, "Soon, she will be born by the end of the year."
Erhua gently placed her small hand on her aunt's belly through her clothes and said, "Brother, come out quickly. When you come out, I'll take you to play."
Gu Qingqing didn't pay much attention to what Erhua said. She noticed that Xiaocao looked a little tired. She said to Dahua and Erhua, "We'll go out first. Your aunt is tired and needs to rest. Xiaocao, if there's anything, ask Zhuangzhuang to call me."
Gu Qingqing's next words were obviously meant for Lu Xiaocao to hear.
"Yeah, I understand, sis. Go ahead and get busy."
Gu Qingqing had just left the west wing when Li Xin came running over again.
"Aunt, there's a carriage outside."
Gu Qingqing was slightly surprised. "Carriage?"
"Ok!"
"Let's go and take a look." Gu Qingqing said as she walked out. After two steps, she stopped immediately, turned her head and looked at him, "Have you told your uncle?"
Li Xin raised his head to look at her, "I met my uncle when I came in just now, and he asked me to call you."
"Ok!"
When Gu Qingqing arrived at her door, she saw that the carriage had not arrived yet. Wen Wuyan, Niu Yuzhu, Zhao Dong and Zhao Bei were chatting at the door.
The last sentence is Wen Wuyan saying to Zhao Bei, "Guess."
Just when Zhao Bei was getting a little anxious, he saw her come out and hurriedly said to Wen Wuyan, "Brother Wuyan, don't say anything first." Then he ran to Gu Qingqing with a look on his face that said, "I know the answer, you come and guess it."
"Sister-in-law, do you know who is in the carriage?" Zhao Bei asked.
"Oh?"
"Brother Wuyan just guessed who it was. Sister-in-law, who do you think it is?"
Gu Qingqing took the opportunity to take a look at the driver, who looked unfamiliar. Then she smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be Mr. Jiang from the Qingfeng Bookstore in town."
Seeing that she had guessed it, Zhao Bei immediately felt that it was no longer fun. He asked in a depressed and curious manner, "How did you all guess that it was Boss Jiang from the town?"
At this time, it was Gu Qingqing who said to Zhao Bei with a smug look on her face, "Guess."
"Brother Dong, Brother Dong, you see, they are worthy of being husband and wife. Even the words they say are exactly the same." At this moment, Zhao Bei couldn't tell whether he was surprised or hurt.
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing smiled at each other.
Boss Jiang was the only guest they invited, how could they not know?
Naturally, there will be some greetings after meeting each other.
After Jiang Qingyan entered the yard, he looked at the main house which was built almost exactly according to the blueprint, and felt quite proud of it.
At the same time, Jiang Qingyan also sent his own gift, which was a set of new books published by the Hanlin Academy, as well as a wolf-hair brush and a piece of Hui ink.
Wen Wuyan had just invited Jiang Qingyan to sit down and serve tea when Daxin came running in again, "Uncle, there's another carriage outside."
"Another one?"