C2 New Family

A dreamless night.

When she opened her eyes again, her eyes were bright. The thick paper window was shining brightly, and the leaves on the branches and trees in the yard were being illuminated by the sunlight, casting mottled shadows. Gu Min was lying on her back, facing the north, quietly watching the shadow on the paper window.

The door creaked. Gu Min Qian raised her head. It was her elder brother, Min Jing. Seeing Gu Min Qian looking at her, he smiled and said, "Qianqian, wake up. Come, drink some water first. We'll eat breakfast later."

Although she had rested for the night last night, she still felt weak. At this moment, besides the bedding where she lay on the brick bed, the bedding that the two Min Jie women slept on had been put away and placed in the cupboard at the end of the brick bed.

Min Jing moved the kang table to the center of the kang and said to Gu Min Qian, "Qianqian, I'll help you put on your clothes. Come sit over here." He then picked up a white flowery red lab coat and a pair of pants from the top of the kang.

Gu Min Qian was lying under the blanket, wearing a small cotton shirt that was completely bare underneath. Gu Min Qian had known from everyone's words that she had traveled to many years ago, and because everyone's clothes were patched up, the house they were living in was still small and worn out. However, Gu Min Qian still didn't know exactly when that happened.

Min Jing took the clothes and was about to reach under the blanket to pull Gu Min Qian up for her to put on her clothes when Gu Min Qian saw this. Gu Min Shan nervously hid for a bit, and when Min Jing saw this, she laughed and tapped Gu Min Qian's forehead and said, "You little thing, why do you have so many problems? Big brother isn't willing to help you dress.

It didn't matter who came, as long as it was a woman. Gu Min Qianqian wanted to dress herself, but her hands and feet weren't strong enough, so she could only have someone to help her. However, letting a man dress her up, especially since she hadn't even put on her underwear, was not going to be enough for her.

Min Jing shouted towards the outside, "Min Jie, Min Jie, come over here and help Qianqian put on her clothes."

Minjie came in wiping his hands and said, "Aiya, brother, you can just put it on. Why do you still need to let me wear it? Didn't you see that I was busy?"

Min Jing said, "I really want to dress her up, but I still need her to let me in. Why is there so many things about such a young child?"

When Min Jie heard this, he smiled and said, "The three of us don't have as many problems as this little guy. Come, big sis will let you wear them." With that, he lifted the quilt, and Gu Minqian anxiously crawled down with her white, small bottom tilted up. Min Jie lightly patted Gu Min Qianqian's small bottom and said, "Why are you embarrassed, little child? Alright, I'll let big brother turn around, alright?"

Min Jing smiled and said, "I turned around. Quickly get her dressed and don't continue to freeze."

Min Jie helped Gu Min Qian up. They hadn't even put on clothes before Min Jie pushed open the door. Min He yelled, "Big Brother, Mother said to hurry up and set the table for dinner. It's almost time."

In a moment of desperation, Gu Min Shan grabbed onto Min Jie's neck. Ren Min Jie couldn't pull her up, but Min Jie was afraid of freezing her, so he wrapped the blanket around her. When Min Ping saw this, she curiously asked, "What's wrong with Qianqian?"

Min Jing and Min Jie were already laughing so hard that they couldn't stand it anymore. Gu Min Shan tightly pursed her lips. She smiled and said, "Alright, alright. You two hurry up and bring the food over. I'll help Qianqian put on her clothes and clean this place up."

Min Jing and Min Min He left. Min Jie smiled and quickly helped Gu Min Qian put on her clothes and quickly rolled up the blanket that she was sleeping on. Gu Min Qian was wearing a pair of baggy pants.

Min Jie smiled at Gu Min Qian and said, "Qianqian, wait on the brick bed for a while. It's time to eat. What do you think today?"

Since Gu Min Qian had opened her eyes, she didn't say a word. She didn't dare to open her mouth. They didn't speak Mandarin, so Gu Min was afraid that she wouldn't be able to say what they said.

Min Jie saw Gu Min Qianqian's round eyes staring at him. She gently caressed her hair and said, "Are you still unwilling to speak? Sigh, big sister can't wait to hear what you have to say. "

Hearing Min Jie's words, Gu Min Qianqian was a little puzzled. Could it be that the 'Qianqian' they were speaking of had never spoken of anything before?

Min Jing and Min He placed the dishes on the table. Min Jie said, "I'll go and see why my mother isn't back yet."

Min Jing said, "There's no need to go. Our mother just came back to the courtyard. Let's hurry up and eat."

Minjie got off the brick bed and helped scoop up the porridge. He placed a bowl of steamed chicken egg soup, a bright yellow one, in front of Gu Min Qian. Looking at the half-full bowl, he lightly moved it.

Min He sniffed. "Smells good!"

Gu Min Shan wasn't a person who liked to eat alone. She pushed her bowl towards Min He, who was sitting beside her. Min He waved her hand and said, "Eat it, Qianqian. Your body isn't well yet. Eat it and quickly get better." Although he said those words, his eyes were still staring at the bowl of egg drop soup. After he finished speaking, he forcefully swallowed his saliva.

Minjie smiled and said, "Min He, where are you looking?"

Min He raised his head and said to his sister, "Big sister, I just smell it. It's really fragrant."

Gu Min Qianqian picked up the spoon beside the bowl and scooped up a big mouthful, then brought it quivering to Min He's mouth. Min He didn't know what to do; his little sister was sick, and this spoon was for her little sister to eat and mend her body.

The door was pushed open. Min He's mother saw the appearance of the two children and said to Min He, "Whatever little sister gave you, just take a bite."

When Min He heard this, he beamed at Gu Min Qian and said, "Thank you, sister!" After that, she opened her mouth wide and gulped down the spoon and egg drop into her mouth. The spoon was made of thick porcelain and made Gu Min Qianqian shudder when she looked at it.

Giving a mouthful to Min He, Gu Min Qian scooped another spoonful for the children's mother and passed it to her mouth. Although she knew this was the mother of this body, she still couldn't call out her name.

When she saw the chicken egg in her mouth, the exhausted woman felt her heart warm up. Her eyes grew sour and she sniffed. "Qianqian, your mother won't eat it. You eat it yourself. Once you've eaten it, your body will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Gu Min Qian's desire to give her a bite became even stronger. She stubbornly raised her spoon and said, "Mother, eat!"

After these two words came out, not only was the woman shocked, but even Min Jing Jie who was holding a piece of tortilla stopped what he was doing and said with a face full of surprise, "Qianqian, what did you say to Mother? Can you say it again? "

Gu Min Qianqian stared at the pleasantly surprised woman and said in a serious tone, "Mother, eat!"

The woman's eyes were filled with tears. She finished the egg drop in Gu Min Qianqian's spoon and pulled Gu Min Qianqian into her arms. With a wail and a smile, she said, "Mother, Qianqian, you've finally opened your mouth. Mother knows Qianqian doesn't know how to speak."

Min He happily said, "In the future, if anyone dares to call me Qianqian Little Mute again, I'll slap their faces."

Min Jing said, "See what you can do, Qianqian. Come and call me big brother."

Min He said, "I'm your little brother. You have to call me little brother."

Gu Min's face remained expressionless, but she happily looked at her family.

Min Jie said, "Aiya, don't be in such a hurry. You can even make Qianqian talk a lot at once. Let's not rush. Take it slow."

The family sat down to eat slowly. Min Jing said, "When I went to fetch water in the morning, Captain Pan of the production team said that he had finished harvesting the crops in the fields and was preparing to go to the reservoir to find a husband. He asked if I was willing to go.

When the children's mother heard this, she slowly put down the chopsticks in her hands and said, "Min Jing, mom thinks you shouldn't go. It's fine being young every year, but you'll be in bad shape when you get old."

When Min Jing heard this, she said, "Aiya, mother, I've only been there a few times. Since I can get a centimeter or even some money, I'm just tired, but eating food is good too. It's okay, mother. Let's save some money and go build a house. This house is old, so I'm really worried about living here."

Hearing Min Jing mention building houses, Min Jie laughed and said, "The villagers all said that we are fortunate that the houses have not been built yet. Since both sides have already been built, we just need to connect them from the mountain wall, then we will need to save a lot of bricks."

When Min Jing heard this, he said, "I'm going to tear down this house and use the bricks to clear it out. We can use the bricks from two mountain walls so that we don't have to buy many bricks."

Minjie said: "The roof is best to use tiles, the blue brick black tiles, the wind and rain covered tiles do not have to be afraid."

Min Jing said, "I guess the tiles are bad enough, but the walls on both sides are made of rock, so it's still possible to use green bricks on the front and back walls."

When Min Jing's mother heard this, she pondered for a moment before saying, "If the house is taken off, where are we going to live?"

Min Jing said, "First, let's go stay at Third Young Madam's place for two days. When my husband comes back, we'll move the house. We should be able to finish it very quickly with the cover over here."

When Min Jing's mother heard this, she said, "Your Third Young Madam's side is too small. We have such small families. How about we set up a shack at the new house and look at the door as well?"

Min Jing said, "That's fine. I'll talk to Captain Pan and borrow some corn stalks from the production team. Let's go ahead and try to spend the new year in the new house." Min Jing said confidently, causing her to cheer.

After dinner, Min Jing's mother said to Min Jie, "Min Jie, later you can send Min Qian to your Third Young Madam. Mom hasn't worked for two days, so I went to visit your elder sister-in-law in the cafeteria in the morning. She said that everyone in the team had an opinion of me."

Minjie said, "Then I'll take Minqian to Third Young Madam before I go to work."