Chapter 32
The mother and the others returned to their home village in a donkey cart.

In order to take care of little Gulou, the master drove the donkey cart very slowly, and Qiao Lianlian bought two candied haws.

The little guy's face was pale from the pain, but his eyes lit up instantly after seeing the candied haws.

Qiao Lianlian was angry and helpless, supporting the third kid's legs with both arms, for fear that he would feel pain again due to the bumps.

"Mother, or I'll do it." Gu Cheng felt guilty because he failed to protect his mother and brothers and sisters, and he didn't want to talk all the time.

But seeing Qiao struggling to hold Gu Lou again and again, his arms not daring to let go, he couldn't help but speak again.

"You're tall too, so you can't be tired." Qiao looked at him again and again, "You were injured just now, too."

The skinny man did it ruthlessly, and Gu Cheng was indeed injured, not to mention bleeding from the skin on his palms, and a dull pain in his knees.

But the younger brother was injured more seriously, Gu Cheng didn't want to say anything, and let the stepmother worry about it.

But let's not talk about it, when the stepmother asked gently, Gu Cheng felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and a sour grievance welled up.

"No, it's okay." He turned his head away to prevent everyone from seeing the sparkle in his eyes.

"He said it's okay." Qiao Lian gave him an angry look, "Now my mother has to take care of the small building first, and I will show you when I get home, and clean up the wound by myself first, don't move around and just bear it, you know."

"Yeah." Gu Cheng nodded slightly.

Qiao Lianlian softly comforted the other frightened children, and the donkey cart finally approached Gu's Village.

Although it is not uncommon for the old three orphans and widows to do business in Xiyang Town, a donkey cart carrying a mighty family, plus some tables, chairs and benches, is quite eye-catching.

Someone greeted Qiao repeatedly, "The third one is back."

Qiao repeatedly smiled and nodded, but she didn't respond aloud, because she was really not familiar with it. She searched all the memories of the original owner, but she couldn't remember who that person was.

As a result, in the eyes of that person, it became "Gu's family is well-developed, so I don't care about them who are from the countryside." Immediately, she broke up with the people next to her.

Coincidentally, Qiao Lianlian was very familiar with the person next to him.

It was Aunt Zhang who had always wanted to adopt Gu Cheng, and was willing to fight with Qiao repeatedly for Gu Cheng's sake.

The two of them muttered to each other like bastard mung beans.

One scolded, "Isn't she just a little widow whose husband died, take care of a few children to earn some money, what a show."

One clapped his hands, "That's right, pretend to show it to someone, I forgot how to beat the child before, you don't know how badly the little girl was beaten, she screamed for mercy, but the woman still beat her like crazy, that's not right something."

"That's right, don't think that you can be a good person if you make some money. In private, she doesn't know how to train a few children. Calling a few children to do heavy work, while sitting and enjoying the blessings by herself, is really bad from the beginning. foot."

"Poor those children, without their father, they have to be tortured by their stepmother. It's too difficult."

The two women chatted happily, but they didn't notice that the face of a man wearing linen clothes next to him turned from white to red, from red to purple, and finally his eyes were full of anger.

……

The entrance of the Gu family's old house.

Qiao Lianlian carefully hugged Gu Lou, and put him on the soft bedding.

The third boy finished eating the candied haws, and now he moaned in a pale face, "It hurts, mother, it really hurts."

"Okay." Gu Que rolled his eyes at him angrily, "Why didn't you say it hurt when you ate candied haws just now, but now you're yelling, your mouth must be empty."

Gu Lou smacked his lips and muttered softly, "It's really empty, sister, I want to eat meat, you can make me some meat, I won't feel any pain after eating."

"You..." Gu Que almost pissed off this foodie brother to death.

She waved her hand, left the inner room, and got into the kitchen.

By the time Qiao Lianlian and Gu Cheng had moved the things on the donkey cart and paid the money to the donkey cart master, it was already noon.

Qiao Lian glanced at Gu Lou, he was quite energetic, so he also got into the kitchen and made some pastries.

"Mother, are you making cakes for the third brother?" Gu Ge lay on the door of the kitchen, asking in a childish voice.

"It's for everyone." Qiao chuckled again and again, and immediately understood what the little girl was worried about. "Don't worry, everyone has a share, and Xiao Geer will eat it."

Only then did Gu Ge heave a long sigh of relief.

After a while, she thought of something again, "Mother, Ge'er is definitely not greedy. Ge'er came here to ask for the fourth brother. He wants to eat cakes."

Selling the fourth brother did not hesitate to sell.

Sitting next to Gu Lou in a daze, Gu Zhong expressed his innocence, but he was introverted and didn't like to argue, so he just pursed his lips and let it go.

Qiao laughed again and again, while putting the pastries in his hands away in digits.

Today, she bought glutinous rice and dried fruits at the market, and simply made a steamer cake.

Put a layer of glutinous rice that has been soaked for a while on the steamer first, then put a layer of candied dates, another layer of glutinous rice, and a layer of candied dates, and so on.

In fact, it is said that some kidney beans should be added, but Qiao Lianlian couldn't buy them, so he added some peanuts to increase the taste.

Finally, the fire was steamed for half an hour.

In the middle, Qiao Lian repeatedly made some crispy fruits.

It is to mix eggs with water and sesame seeds to make hard noodles, roll them into slices, cut them into strips with a knife, throw them into the oil pan, and fry them until they are golden and crispy. It is a pastry that people in Gujia Village often make during the Chinese New Year, and it is also the memory of the original owner. The only food here.

Weishi, the warmest time of day.

Qiao Lian took out bowls of the cooked steamed cakes, and gave each of the smaller ones a bowl to eat, then scooped up a large bowl and put it on the table.

Gu Lou, who fell into a deep sleep, was awakened by the scent, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a bowl full of sweet steamed cakes. His eyes were red at that moment. If his legs didn't hurt too much, he would have jumped down to eat enough.

Even so, he also yelled at the top of his voice, "Mom, I want to eat, I want to eat."

"Let's eat later." Qiao repeatedly pursed his lips, and neatly arranged all the sterile anesthesia equipment that the child took out when he was not paying attention, and put aside the gypsum board for bone replacement.

The two younger ones were engrossed in eating hard, and they didn't pay attention to this side at all.

Gu Que and Gu Cheng looked at each other.

They follow their stepmother all day long, they have never seen her buy these things, and it is impossible for them to have them at home, so where did these things come from?

Gu Que opened his mouth to ask, but was grabbed by Gu Cheng.

The nine-year-old boy nodded at his sister, his eyes firm but slow - he didn't want to pursue the stepmother's secrets, and he was willing to believe everything about the stepmother.

Gu Que hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The stepmother would do her best to save them, so why should they not believe her?

Even though, what she took out was really weird.

(End of this chapter)

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