Chapter 48: Preparation before departure

The pigs at home were killed the next day.

Mrs. Chen marinated half of the meat and asked Gu Fei to keep the other half.

The next step was to use flour and whole grains to steam buns and make bread. At Gu Fei’s suggestion, Mrs. Chen and Li Chunhua also made some dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage, pork, and chives, while the rest was mainly stuffed with pure wild vegetables. Their family has almost plucked out all the wild vegetables in the back mountains.

The women of the Gu Family worked day and night, and finally made three sheepskin coats.

Mrs. Chen was thinking that she and the old man would each have one coat, and there would be one for Gu Fei to wear.

But then she thought about it, Old Lady Gu had no sheepskin coats, so it would be outrageous if they wore them.

Mrs. Chen looked at Gu Fei and said hesitantly: “I’d like to give this coat to your grandma. Xiao Fei, do you think it’s ok?”

Gu Fei nodded: “Okay, Mom, just send it over.”

Mrs. Chen laughed. The old lady said that Xiao Fei was a white-eyed wolf. Look, isn’t her Xiao Fei so filial?

The money used to buy the sheepskin belongs to Xiao Fei, their family didn’t even spend a penny.

“Okay, I’ll take it over then.”

Mrs. Chen excitedly went out holding her sheepskin coat.

When she walked to the next yard, she raised her voice and shouted: “Mother!”

Old Lady Gu in the room responded impatiently: “What do you want?”

Mrs. Chen quickly walked in and offered the sheepskin coat with a smile, “Xiao Fei is a filial girl. She took out her money and asked her elder brother to buy some sheepskins and make some coats. She said she would give you this.”

“We are going to the south soon. She is afraid that you will get cold on the way.”

Old Lady Gu touched the thick wool in her hand and snorted: “She will be filial to me, an old lady? Do you think I’ll believe it?”

Mrs. Chen said angrily: “Mother, I brought it here. Do you still think it’s fake? If you don’t like it, then I’ll take it back and use it myself.”

Old Lady Gu hugged the coat tightly: “Since you gave it to me, it’s mine, no one can get it.”

She looked at Mrs. Chen and said, “Go back and tell my son that I know his filial piety.”

Such a coat costs several taels of silver. This was filial.

She doesn’t believe what Xiao Fei gave to her. Only her son has this kind of filial piety.

“Okay, I’ll go back and tell him.”

Old Lady Gu suddenly said: “Also, in 2 days, if you want to leave, you can leave. I won’t leave anyway.”

Mrs. Chen frowned, “Mom, how can that be done? Even the eldest sister-in-law is leaving. If you stay alone, who will take care of you?”

Old Lady Gu shook her head desperately: “If I won’t leave. I won’t be able to live for a few days after we leave anyway. And once I leave, I won’t be able to come back. My old bones must be buried next to your father.”

When Mrs. Chen was about to persuade her, she suddenly thought that the old lady would not listen to her, so she just nodded: “Mom, I’ll go back then.”

Mrs. Chen told Gu Zhang when she got home. Gu Zhang waved his hand and said: “Ignore her, there’s no way to talk to her. I’ll just carry her away when the time comes.”

Gu Fei heard a chuckle in the back room.

Her father was good at dealing with their grandmother.

At this time, a woman’s voice suddenly came from the door of the courtyard, “Is Second Sister-in-law Gu at home?”

Mrs. Chen responded, “Yes.”

A woman who had tidied herself up walked in.

Mrs. Chen let her into the room and said: “Shanzi’s mother, come in and sit down.”

Shanzi’s mother was holding a paper bag in her hand. She handed the paper bag to Mrs. Chen, “I heard that Xiao Fei is back and injured. I have been busy packing my things these days and didn’t bother to see Xiao Fei.”

“These two pounds of brown sugar can nourish Xiao Fei’s body.”

Mrs. Chen immediately felt that the paper package was tricky. Two kilograms of brown sugar was not a light gift, especially now that there was a drought and every household was tightening their belts. She remembered what her old man once said: A person giving a gift must have something to ask for.

 


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