As the night grew darker, Gu Fei fell asleep while reading a book.
Mrs. Chen has been waiting for Gu Zhang in the main room.
In the middle of the night, Gu Zhang hurried back home.
"You damn old man, you didn't tell me where you were!" Ms. Chen cursed.
Gu Zhang waved his hand and said, "Let's talk tomorrow. Tomorrow the girl and Da Lang will go to the city, so let's rest first."
The old couple lay on the kang with Gu Fei.
Mrs. Chen got up as soon as the rooster crowed for the first time. She had to make breakfast quickly for the father and son to eat before heading into the city.
Entering the kitchen, Li Chunhua was already there.
She squatted on the ground holding an oil lamp in daze.
Mrs. Chen followed her gaze and saw two large bags on the ground. The material of the bags was something she had never seen before. There were writings on them, but Mrs. Chen was illiterate and didn't know what was written on them.
She walked over and looked at it suspiciously. Just as she was about to cut it open with a knife, Li Chunhua suddenly shouted, "Mom, be careful, I feel it seems to be grain inside."
Grain?
Two bags that big?
Mrs. Chen's eyes shone, and she carefully untied the string at the mouth of the bag. When she opened it, she saw that there was white rice inside!
Chen and Li Chunhua looked at each other, both of them were shocked.
The other bag was also opened, and it was full of white flour.
Mrs. Chen stretched out her hand and grabbed a handful, which was white and thin.
After a long while, Ms. Chen said tremblingly: "Chunhua, you can't tell anyone except your family about this matter."
Li Chunhua nodded vigorously, "Mother, I won't tell you."
"Not even to your mother's family! Remember! Are you here?"
"I won't tell you, I won't tell anyone. Don't worry, mother, I know the severity." Li Chunhua grabbed Chen's hand, "Mother, I think this must be because the fairy sees that our family has no food. "Given to us, don't you think so?"
Mrs. Chen nodded, "Isn't it? Xiaocao said it was a little fairy."
The two of them knew that these things were the same as the fruits last night. Fei can't get rid of the relationship.
Mrs. Chen looked around, "This has to be hidden."
Li Chunhua came up with an idea, "Mom, I'm afraid I have to hide it in the room. Anyone can enter this stove room."
"Yes, yes, yes, this flour will be hidden in your room ." "Here, hide the rice in our room."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hid the flour and rice and scooped out a large bowl of flour to make breakfast.
Back in the kitchen, Li Chunhua whispered again, "Mom, look what is this?"
There was a transparent bag on the chopping board, and the contents inside were all white.
"Is this - salt?" Mrs. Chen opened the bag, dipped a little on her finger and put it in her mouth.
So sweet!
"Chunhua, it's sugar, try it!"
Li Chunhua also dipped some in her mouth and it was really candy.
"Why is this sugar so white?"
At this time, the sugar that every household ate was brown sugar. White sugar was already available, but it was expensive and ordinary people were reluctant to eat it.
Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "Bring some eggs and make egg noodles in the morning. Add some sugar."
Mrs. Li quickly took the eggs and started kneading the noodles.
When Gu Fei got up, there was no one in the room.
She took off her clothes shivering and put on the apricot yellow and emerald green jacket and skirt her father had bought for her. There was nothing she could do about her hair. It was painful for her to comb it herself.
After changing her clothes, Gu Fei took the toothpaste and toothbrush from the space, disheveled her hair and went to the kitchen to scoop out water.
Nowadays, there is a drought, and the water in the wells is almost dry, and only one or two buckets of turbid muddy water can be fetched a day.
Li Chunhua saw her coming in and said hurriedly: "Girl, do you want some water to wash your face? Don't move, sister-in-law will do it for you."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Gu Fei smiled sweetly, and she smelled the fragrance of the noodles.
(End of chapter)