C10 Mother Gu's Family

After the news of father's sacrifice had been passed on, Mother laid on the brick bed for three days without eating or drinking, there were no boys in the family, and these few years, Mother had been living a good life by herself. Although Father's brothers were very good, there were people in the village who said that Mother's family was the capital family, so if her family background was not good, then the family property would have to be divided, and she would not have any qualms about her status as a martyr.

It had already been many years since Mother Gu had gone back to her mother's house with Min Jing, who was only two years old, to take care of her mother because of her father's sacrifice. When Mother Gu thought about those days, her entire body trembled, and so many people ran into the house just like that, carrying food and furniture. She went up to stop them and was pushed into the yard.

After lying on the brick bed for three days, Grandma Gu, with a strong personality, abruptly got up from the brick bed, took the bone knife from the kitchen, and led the people to the entrance of the house. She pointed the knife at the people who came to snatch things from the house, cursing them, they were all from the poor association, in fact, they were an organization formed by a few poor and unproductive people in the village.

Grandma Gu had her sons and nephews watch the gate of the courtyard with sabers, while her eldest uncle drove the carriage to the commune and told the leader of the commune about her situation. Without asking anything else, she asked him if he was a martyr's descendant, if he was a martyr's descendant, and if he was a martyr's descendant being bullied to like that. Zhao Village's martyr official position was not small, and most importantly, the upper management specifically told the head of the commune to take good care of this martyr.

The leader of the commune did not dare to hide anything. After reporting to the leader, the leader of the county drove back and sent Grandma Gu back to Zhao Village, where he even held a meeting for people to take back everything he had taken from Grandma Gu's house. Some of the things he had taken from her house were even repaid with a higher price.

The majority of the villagers were surnamed Zhao and were divided into several families. Grandma Gu's family couldn't be considered the biggest family, but because Grandma Gu was one of the most influential families, she had caused a ruckus in the past. Not long after that, the village's oldest branch had retired, and the one holding the position was the third brother, Mother Gu, who had just joined the Party not long ago.

Mother Gu's father was the fourth eldest son of the family, and he had two older brothers. One older sister, Mother Gu's father was an older child, half a year older than her elder brother's eldest nephew, and the family of two older brothers consisted of two young girls, one was Mother Gu, and the other was the second eldest sister of the family's eldest brother. Mother Gu had seven older brothers, and this third brother, Zhao Yongde, was the branch of the Zhao family.

Mother Gu was thinking about something as she busied herself with lunch. Before it was ready, Min Jie came back and shouted at her from far away, "Aiya, Mother! It smells so good! What's so delicious about it?"

Gu Mu's mother said, "Your mother is in the inner room."

When Min Jie heard this, he shouted in pleasant surprise, "Aiya, my maternal mother is here! My maternal mother!" Minjie called out even before they had entered the inner room.

Grandma Gu had already finished dressing the cotton clothes. After folding them, she pressed them under her blanket. Hearing Min Jie's call for her, she smiled and replied, "Hey, I heard it. Hurry and come quickly. Grandma bought you some sesame seed cakes."

After Minjie entered the room, she pounced on Grandma Gu who was sitting on the brick bed and said, "Mother, I've missed you."

Grandma Gu tapped the tip of Minjie's nose and said, "Are you missing me or you're missing my delicious food?"

Min Jie wrinkled his nose and said, "Grandma, I'm already so old and you still think I'm a babe like Qianqian? Of course I miss you. I haven't seen you for over half a month."

Grandma Gu said, "You missed me, but I don't know if you can go visit me."

Min Jie said, "Grandma, isn't the production team busy? They are busy with harvesting seeds and don't let us take leave of absence, but now that everything is done, when I'm free, I'll bring Qianqian and Min to see you. We still need to stay at your house for a few more days."

When Grandma Gu heard this, she said, "That's good. Grandma is looking forward to seeing you guys for a few days."

Mother Gu opened the door and said, "Minjie, hurry up and pack up the table. We're preparing to eat. Oh right, go look around the street. Why isn't Min He back yet? What time is it?"

Just as they were talking, Min He opened the door and walked in with a few leaves, and threw them into the pigsty. Inside were two pigs, one of which was a task pig, the other was his own, the half-grown pig saw the leaves and quickly ate them, Min He saw it and said, "Don't snatch them, this is quite a lot, you have everything to eat, I'll see what I can get for you in the afternoon when I go to the fields."

Min Jie stood at the door and said to Min He, "Min He, hurry up, wash your hands and eat. Hurry up, I'll tell you. Our mother's lunch has meat in it."

Min He listened, then quickly scurried to the well behind the screen wall, where there was a well with a water jug at the mouth of it. Next to it was a stone wall half a meter high, built with a stone strip of stone, with an enameled basin on it. Min He didn't care who used the water inside, so after a simple wash, he shook the basin and walked inside. Min Jie saw him and grabbed him by the collar. He said, "Go out and wash your hands carefully, you don't know what you've pulled, look at your dirty soap." "Then he took a small plastic box from the windowsill. Inside was a piece of black soap.

Min He washed his hands while saying, "Sis, why do you have so much to do? You even have to wash your hands with soap. This soap wasn't bought with money. What a waste."

Minjie said, "It's true that soap is bought with money, but you can use it to wash your hands clean. If you eat something clean, you won't attract bugs in your stomach, but if you eat something dirty with your hands, you can't spend money to buy the medicine to beat bugs."

Min He said, "Alright, alright, I got it. I got it. I'll definitely wash my hands clean."

Min Jie saw that Min He had finished washing. She wiped her face with a towel and said, "That's right. You're so clean that everyone likes you."

Min He had already set up Mother Gu's lunch on the brick table. As soon as she entered, she called out to her mother and said, "Grandma, we'll have good food the moment you arrive. I was looking forward to your arrival."

When Mother Gu heard this, she lightly patted the back of Min He's head. "You child, what are you saying? Is it easy for your mother to come all the way here?"

Minjie said, "Mom, I'll borrow their bike from Meiyun later and take you back with it."

Grandma Gu said, "There's still half a packet of brown sugar in there. When you go to their house to borrow a bicycle, send it over. We always use their bicycle, so we can't deny anything. Last time you said that Meiyun's Third Sister-in-Law was pregnant, so this red sugar should be sent over to her Third Sister-in-Law for preparation."

When Mother Gu heard this, she paused for a moment before saying, "Mother, you can keep these for yourself. I'll go and answer to the Meiyun family when I have time."

Grandma Gu said, "Just do whatever I say. I have monthly tickets for these things."

Mother Gu didn't say anything more. Min Jie said, "Grandma, you're still the most considerate one. In the morning Meiyun even said that her third sister-in-law is about to give birth and that her mother wants to exchange sugar tickets and cotton tickets."

Grandma Gu said, "Let's give them something, ah. The most important thing is to send them to their hearts. If they are anxious, they will remember your good points."

Min Jie listened attentively. After Grandma Gu finished speaking, he said very seriously, "Grandma, I've remembered all that you've said."

Grandma Gu sighed and said, "Remember, in the future when you encounter something similar, you will know how to do it. Child, our family is not the same as the other families, but we are no different from the other families, don't look down on ourselves, you have to live a good life, you have to live your own life, you have to live your own life, you have nothing to do with others, they can tell you whatever they say."

When Mother Gu heard this, she knew her mother was using these words to point at her. "Mother, I understand all this. If I didn't understand these words, how could Min Jing and I have endured so many years with our children?"

Grandma Gu said, "It's good that you understand. The days to come will only get better, I know you're worried about the marriage of your children, Min Jing is already that old, but don't think about anything else. Min Jing is a good child, and a moment of downfall doesn't mean he'll always be like this. Why do I hear your second sister-in-law say that Min Jie is going to change his brother's wife?"

When Gu Mu's mother heard this, she said, "Aiya, mother! This is a non-existent affair, how did it spread to your ears? Our village's old ladies, if there's nothing else to say, how could I still listen to them?"

Grandma Gu said, "It's good that there's nothing to worry about. Where would a good family come from when it's time for someone else to get married. Our daughter is painful and not to be trampled on. Listen to me. Don't be anxious about Min Jing. Sooner or later I'll find a good wife for you."

Mother Gu said, "Mother, I've remembered. That's right, Third Sister-in-Law's daughter-in-law is about to give birth soon. I remember that it's either this month or next month."

Grandma Gu said, "I've already been born. I came to inform you that I was born in the past."

Mother Gu said, "Aren't we supposed to be a few days ahead of schedule?"

Grandma Gu said, "Third Sister-in-Law, you're a person who doesn't sink her head. She cries out when things happen, and her daughter-in-law is very delicate, thinks that Jin Gui is amazing when she's pregnant with a child, and just relies on your third brother for this idea, but she doesn't go to work after a few months. It's still good for her to say that it's good to be active with a child, but they've been at home all this time, either lying down or eating, and they didn't notice that they fell down a bit the day before yesterday and fell into a difficult labor. The village midwife would deliver them to the southern part of the county hospital if she couldn't find a way to give birth.