Chapter 224: Enter the canteen

Only Lin Zhao was left in the kitchen, one person was more comfortable, working faster, without anyone asking various questions in her ear.

Such as why beat egg whites, what to beat them into, what's the difference between beating and not beating, isn't it all for eating, what to do with the remaining egg yolks...

Asking made one's head big.

When Gu Mu came over, Lin Zhao had already made the cake, a thick fragrance of sweetness in the kitchen spread to the courtyard, making people's mouths involuntarily salivate.

Gu Mu walked into the kitchen, "... Making a cake?"

"Hmm." Lin Zhao nodded.

The cake was covered in a bamboo basket, Gu Mu couldn't see it.

She didn't ask much either.

Rolled up her sleeves and said: "What do I need to do?"

"Not needed for now, start at noon." Lin Zhao said, it was still early, no rush, it would be fine to prepare after eating.

"Okay, then I'll go back first, come back later?" Gu Mu asked.

"Go back for what, eat together. The wonton filling and dough wrappers have your and Dad's share, if you don't eat them, they won't keep, it would be a waste." Lin Zhao said.

People who walked out of the famine years couldn't listen to words like waste, Gu Mu immediately said: "I'll come to cook them later."

She stepped forward and took the work from Lin Zhao's hands.

Started tidying up the kitchen.

Urged her to return to the room: "Go catch up on sleep, eat when you wake up?"

Lin Zhao was busy all morning, indeed tired, "Okay, sorry to trouble you, Mom."

Gu Mu waved her hand, "What trouble, not troublesome."

Having wontons to eat, what trouble?!

After the twins got up, they didn't see their mother, only saw their grandmother, the two little guys poked their heads into the kitchen.

"Grandma, where's my mom?" Xiang Yubao asked softly.

"She got up early in the morning to make a cake for you two, she's exhausted, went to catch up on sleep, you two be quiet, don't disturb your mom." Gu Mu instructed.

She knew that Third Daughter-in-law loved to sleep in, rarely had a day off and wanted to sleep until the afternoon, but had to make a cake for Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao, afraid she had accumulated a lot of emotions in her heart, best not to make noise.

Xiang Yubao hummed, "We won't make noise."

Gu Hangbao leaned towards the stove, his nose twitching, sniffing the fragrance in the air, asked: "Grandma, what are you making?"

"Your mom wrapped wontons, I'm about to cook them." Gu Mu didn't mention the cake, only said big wontons.

Gu Hangbao smiled brightly, "Having wontons to eat early in the morning! I like eating big wontons! Is it meat filling?"

"Yes." Lin Zhao wrapped half of the big wontons, the rest were wrapped by Gu Mu, she knew what the filling was—celery fresh meat and shiitake mushroom fresh meat, all very fragrant.

Gu Hangbao clapped his hands, "I love eating meat!"

"Go wash your face and brush your teeth first, when you finish washing, you can eat." Gu Mu urged the two grandsons.

"Okay!" Xiang Yubao pulled his younger brother to wash up.

Just at this moment, Song Yunjin walked out of the room.

Seeing Gu Mu, he called her politely.

Then washed up with the twins.

Gu Mu cooked wontons in the kitchen, put the wontons down after the water boiled.

Passed through water.

The fragrance spread.

Gu Hangbao smelled the scent, wiped his face cream messily, and rushed into the kitchen.

"Grandma, my stomach is growling, when can we eat?" He looked up at Grandma.

Gu Mu looked at him lovingly, "Wait a bit, it will be ready after two more waters. You two go call Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao first."

The twins started eating complementary food, it wasn't early now, let them get up and eat together, so they wouldn't make a fuss.

"I called Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po to call them!" Gu Hangbao smiled until his eyes curved.

Gu Mu carefully pushed the wontons in the pot with a wooden spoon, laughed: "You two go see, Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao won't wear clothes, still need you two big brothers to help."

"Okay!" Xiang Yubao walked out, Gu Hangbao chased after him.

The brothers returned to the room, Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao had already woken up, sitting on the bed playing with Little Jin.

Da Huang squatted not far from the bed, Xiao Hu Po circled around the bed, wanting to get on the bed but not daring, looking at the little master from time to time, making woof woof sounds in its mouth.

Da la!

The sound of the door curtain being lifted and falling came.

Da Huang looked up, Xiao Hu Po rushed towards the twins, its little body straightened, front paws climbed on Xiang Yubao, head rubbing messily on him.

"Xiao Hu Po...!" Xiang Yubao's mouth overflowed with a string of laughter, "Don't make a fuss, I want to dress Qian Bao and Seeing Yaobao, I'll feed you later."

He touched Xiao Hu Po's chin, the dog thought the little master was playing with it, its tail wagged faster, rubbing harder, almost flipping Xiang Yubao over.

"Xiao Hu Po, slow down, I can't stand still!" Xiang Yubao hurriedly said, holding the table so he didn't sit on the ground.

Xiao Hu Po didn't slow down, bit its little ball, wanting to play with him.

Xiang Yubao looked at the little dog's excited face, falling into a dilemma.

Looked at Da Huang, asking for help.

Da Huang walked over, pushed Xiao Hu Po away with its right paw, not letting it pester the little master.

Xiao Hu Po's head was silly, thinking Mom was playing with it, immediately threw Xiang Yubao behind, and left the room one after another with Da Huang.

Gu Hangbao squeezed his face with both hands, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons, "Da Huang is really smart!"

Xiang Yubao agreed, and was a bit proud, "Our family's Da Huang is the world's first smartest dog."

After speaking, he patted his clothes, walked to the twins' big bed, and greeted his younger brother and sister.

"Qian Bao, Seeing Yaobao, time to get up, Grandma is cooking wontons, do you remember wontons? Made of white flour, with meat inside, fragrant."

Meat?!

The twins tacitly moved their butts to the edge of the bed, took the clothes beside the little pillow, and handed them to their brother.

"Wear!" Qian Bao said.

"Eat meat!!" This milky voice was Seeing Yaobao.

Xiang Yubao took Qian Bao's little clothes, helped his younger brother put them on, without him saying, Gu Hangbao put them on his younger sister.

After putting on clothes, the brothers squatted down to find the little tiger-head shoes and put them on their younger brother and sister.

Also learned Mom's appearance, pinching their voices to praise.

"Really good looking."

Qian Bao didn't have much reaction, but Seeing Yaobao showed off, her chin raised high, found a red hair rope for her brother, and asked softly: "Use this!"

Xiang Yubao took it, carefully clutched it in his palm, "Wash face first, let Grandma tie it for you after washing."

Seeing Yaobao smiled sweetly, "Ang."

They were talking, Gu Hangbao took time to feed Little Jin, fed it until it was full, and then left the room.

After feeding Little Jin, didn't forget Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po, while his brother took his younger brother and sister to wash and brush their teeth, he fed Da Huang and Xiao Hu Po.

The three little partners raised in the family, the twins took turns feeding, fed very punctually, could eat first themselves, but wouldn't forget their playmates.

Xiang Yubao took his younger brother and sister to wash up, Gu Mu had just cooked the wontons and scooped them into bowls.

"Are you all washed? Wontons are ready." She called Song Yunjin and the four cubs.

The children smelled the scent and rushed to the dining table with wind under their feet.

Seeing Yaobao even wanted to reach out, fortunately, the wontons in her bowl weren't many, and Gu Mu crushed them, they weren't hot at this moment.

"Where's my mom, not eating yet?" Xiang Yubao held chopsticks, looking at his parents' room.

Song Yunjin kindly reminded: "Don't disturb your mom first, wait until she wakes up herself."

If his sister didn't get enough sleep, her temper couldn't be called good.

"... Okay." Xiang Yubao listened to advice.

He clumsily poked the wontons with chopsticks, blew on them, and stuffed them into his mouth.

Gu Hangbao had already eaten half, his bright eyes looking at his brother, "Brother, when can we see the things Dad sent?"

"I don't know." Xiang Yubao answered his younger brother, "Anxious, wait until Mom wakes up."

Gu Hangbao wanted to unpack it himself, afraid Mom would be angry, so he had to suppress his anxious heart.

"Oh."

The last wontons, the twins only ate the dough wrappers, didn't even taste the flavor, strictly speaking, this was their first time eating wontons.

The wontons in the two little bowls were crushed, the dough wrappers and filling were mixed together, the two cubs ate deliciously.

Seeing the children eating deliciously, Gu Mu smiled lovingly, and started eating too, took a bite, fresh and fragrant, could make people dizzy with fragrance.

She hadn't eaten white flour a few times in her life, borrowed the light of Third Daughter-in-law several times.

Thinking that the old man could also eat it later, she sped up her eating.

Just thinking about it, Gu Fu came over.

Seeing the old woman holding a bowl and eating very deliciously, said: "You've all started eating, didn't even send a message, I've been waiting for you."

His words carried a trace of imperceptible grievance.

He made breakfast, waiting for the old woman to go home and eat together, didn't expect she was already eating, didn't even tell him.

Gu Mu faced the old man's resentful old eyes, strange feelings crossed her heart, as if she had done something guilty.

She ate the last wonton, dropped a sentence: "Wait, I'll go cook wontons for you."

The moment the words fell, turned and entered the kitchen.

Gu Fu: "?"

Is it so impolite?!

Didn't even have time to respond to the grandchildren's greetings, followed in hurriedly.

"No need to be busy, the family cooked porridge, I'll go back and eat." Gu Fu hurriedly said, "I just came to see what the situation was, since you've eaten, then I'll go back first."

"Go back for what!" The stove fire wasn't extinguished, Gu Mu stuffed firewood into it, the fire suddenly became bigger, "Third Daughter-in-law said... wontons have our share, originally planned to send them to you later, since you're here, just eat here, save the trouble."

Gu Fu heard it was a treat from his daughter-in-law, didn't say he was leaving again, responded, and walked to the courtyard.

Found a stool and sat down.

Xiang Yubao brought the bowl over, picked up a wonton to feed his grandpa, "Grandpa, you eat, the wontons my mom made, so fragrant, so fragrant!"

How could Gu Fu snatch his grandson's food.

He pushed Xiang Yubao's hand, his face full of gratified smiles, "You eat yourself, your grandma is cooking."

Xiang Yubao saw his grandpa didn't eat, didn't force it, said softly: "Grandpa, tell me when you're hungry, I'll feed you."

Gu Fu's heart was warm.

"Okay." He smiled and responded.

Seeing the four cubs eating deliciously, the grandfather was also happy.

Soon, Gu Mu brought a bowl of wontons out.

"Why cook so many?" Gu Fu frowned with heartache.

He felt it was enough to taste the flavor, no need to eat so much, saving it for the grandchildren to eat in the afternoon would be better.

Gu Hangbao drank the wonton soup and said: "Grandpa has to work, must eat more!"

Xiang Yubao: "My mom said must eat full in the morning."

Gu Mu rubbed his face rarely, said to the old man: "Listen to what Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao said. They don't mind you eating more, why are you being polite."

Xiang Yubao sat beside his grandpa, grandfather and grandson ate together, "Don't mind, Grandpa eat as much as you want."

Gu Mu asked teasingly: "What if there's no food at home?"

"It's okay, Gu Hangbao and I will call Dad, let him find a way." Xiang Yubao's little face was full of earnestness.

"Dad find, food." Seeing Yaobao raised her dirty little face, learning from her brother milky.

Gu Mu laughed.

Lin Zhao caught up on sleep, when she came out again, the children had finished eating.

Seeing her, Gu Mu immediately went to cook wontons for her daughter-in-law.

Knowing what dishes Lin Zhao was making at noon, she made preparations in advance.

The pot was warm, there were sparks in the stove, the water boiled quickly.

Cooked the wontons, Gu Mu found Lin Zhao's bowl, rinsed it with clean water, and then scooped the wontons.

Third Daughter-in-law was particular, disliked the bowl wiped with a cloth, and required rinsing with water before scooping rice. After a few times, Gu Mu also developed such a habit.

She brought the bowl out and said to Lin Zhao with a smile: "Hungry, eat quickly."

Lin Zhao curved her eyes, "Sorry to trouble you, Mom."

"What trouble." Gu Mu said indifferently, and went to tidy up the kitchen.

When she came out to the courtyard again, Lin Zhao had eaten most of it.

Gu Mu saw her resting, asked about Gu Chan, "... Since saying she would have a job soon, has A Chan come to find you again? Did she say when she could have a job?"

The matter wasn't settled, she was worried after all.

Lin Zhao: "Big Sister has to take care of Brother-in-law, no time to come over, but I went to the hospital to see, that family paid the medical expenses, Big Sister said when she's free she will return to her maiden home, and return the money she owes Big Sister-in-law and Second Sister-in-law."

Hearing this, Gu Mu felt relieved, "Paid the medical expenses, good!"

She smiled: "So much money... the taste of owing people money isn't good. Money is paid, good, job or not... doesn't matter."

Of course, Gu Mu also hoped her daughter's luck was good, getting a good job.

Lin Zhao gave her a definite answer, "The job is also settled, that family transferred Big Sister's relationship, just waiting for Brother-in-law to recuperate for a period of time, she can go to work."

Gu Mu was so happy she didn't know what to say.

"What job is it?" Her tone was excited.

"Canteen of the Cotton Textile Factory, a very good job." Lin Zhao said.

The Cotton Textile Factory was a big factory, the efficiency was very good, places like the canteen, like their Supply and Marketing Cooperative, were really one radish one pit, even temporary workers were snatched up.

If it wasn't for Wei Xiangdong saving a capable person, and that family knowing gratitude and repaying it, such good things... don't even think about it.

"Canteen is good! Canteen is good!" Gu Mu said twice, one louder than the other, her waist straightened up quite a bit.

"I'm finally relieved."

She patted her thigh, "Pity your dad isn't here, otherwise he could be happy too."

"Nothing here for the moment, Mom can go back to the old house first... and share the good news with Dad." Lin Zhao said with a smile.

Gu Mu was very excited, couldn't not vent it out.

"Okay, I'll come again later."

After speaking, she returned to the old house in a hurry.

The four cubs didn't follow, Gu Hangbao pestered Lin Zhao, tilted his head and sold cuteness, "... Can I see the gift Dad sent back?"

Xiang Yubao was also very curious, but he... saw the unwashed bowl after Lin Zhao finished eating, and went to wash it.

Lin Zhao stopped him, "You and Gu Hangbao are little birthday stars, just be happy today, the work of washing dishes..."

Before her words finished, Song Yunjin raised his hand, "I will!"

Took the bowl and went into the kitchen happily.

Lin Zhao: "..."

Lin Zhao shrugged at the twins, "Look, someone is snatching to wash. Go, let's go unpack the gift!"

The two little kids jumped and skipped to follow.

Seeing Yaobao was afraid of being left behind, hung on her big brother's arm, and was taken away by him.

Lin Zhao let the children stand aside, dragged out the box Gu Chenghuai sent back, and took out the scissors by the way.

With the help of tools, untied the hemp rope binding the box.

Xiang Yubao and Gu Hangbao unpacked the package in a flurry. ===== CHAPTER 225 =====