Chapter 931: This Brother-in-law is Not Simple!

Early in the morning, after Li Long got up, he tidied up the courtyard. Mingming and Haohao were still sleeping, Sister Yang had already started cooking, and Han Fang was helping in the kitchen. After seeing Li Long get up, she greeted him.

The school was already on vacation, and Han Fang had a lot of free time now—at this time, students had relatively little homework, which was almost nothing to Han Fang.

So she helped her mother cook and tidy up the courtyard, and took care of Mingming and Haohao during the day.

Mingming and Haohao also liked to play with this big sister, and Gu Xiaoxia jokingly called them two little followers.

When Gu Bo Yuan entered the door, Sister Yang's meal wasn't ready yet.

Li Long was tidying up tools in the courtyard. Seeing his father-in-law enter, he hurriedly asked: "Uncle, what happened? Didn't you sleep well last night? Your complexion doesn't look too good..."

Gu Bo Yuan cooked his own breakfast at the acquisition station and usually didn't come over. Coming over so early today must mean something happened.

"Let's go, to Xiaoxia's place, I'll tell you all together." Gu Bo Yuan asked, "Xiaoxia is up, right?"

"Up." Li Long replied, then shouted inside, "Xiaoxia, Mingming's grandfather is here!"

Gu Xiaoxia was washing up. After hearing Li Long's shout, she came out holding a toothbrush cup.

Seeing her father come over, Gu Xiaoxia asked:

"Dad, what's wrong?"

Gu Bo Yuan walked to the steps, calmed his mood, and said:

"Little Long, Xiaoxia, let me tell you, Xiaoxia's sister Gu Xiao Yu has come, and is now staying at the guesthouse. We met last night, and she is coming to see you today..."

"Clang..." Before Gu Bo Yuan finished speaking, the toothbrush cup in Gu Xiaoxia's hand fell to the ground. She had no time to pick it up, wiped the foam off her mouth, and asked excitedly:

"Dad, what did you say? Who is coming?"

Hearing the clanging sound, Sister Yang and Han Fang both walked out of the kitchen quickly, thinking something had happened.

"Xiaoxia, your sister has come."

A short sentence shocked everyone present.

The first to react was Li Long, who hurriedly said:

"Uncle, then let's do this, you go call Xiaoxia's sister to come home for a meal now? Or should Xiaoxia and I go call her?"

"No, no, there is food at the guesthouse, she will come after eating."

"That's fine, then let's do this, eat now. After eating, I'll go to the acquisition station. Xiaoxia, you go to your unit and ask for leave? Ask for a day off, and have a good chat with your sister, this is a big deal! We won't eat at home at noon, let's go to Tuanfeng Tower... Forget it, there is everything at home, you can help Sister Yang cook together then, we'll be more comfortable eating at home."

Gu Bo Yuan was quite satisfied with Li Long's arrangement.

Gu Xiaoxia naturally had no objections. She said to Gu Bo Yuan: "Dad, you stay here, I'll go ask for leave, and after asking, I'll go to the guesthouse to pick up my sister."

Gu Xiaoxia was also very curious about her own sister and was now urgently wanting to see her.

Also, her father didn't mention her mother, so what about her mother? Her sister could grow up and come to see her, so her mother should be fine, right? Was she fine, or were there other things?

She planned to ask these doubts after seeing her sister.

However, before she could ask, Gu Bo Yuan had already said it at the dinner table.

"Dad, are you saying my mother has remarried?" Gu Xiaoxia was shocked, "She... this isn't legal, right?"

"Don't talk about this. It was me who let your mother and sister down at the beginning. It's normal for her to remarry for survival... Although we suffered a lot in the village, at least we could eat our fill and no one criticized us.

But your mother is different, she had a child with her... how could she survive?"

Gu Bo Yuan was very uncomfortable.

His heart and eyes were full of regret. He really didn't hate his wife for remarrying at all; it was he who implicated her. Knowing that she was living well now was enough.

For a moment, Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia didn't know what to say.

"Which university did Gu Xiao Yu attend? What major?" After a while, Li Long changed the topic.

"Didn't ask carefully." Gu Bo Yuan shook his head, "Just said she is now a teaching assistant. I thought about letting her buy a house near the college, so it would be convenient for work. After all, her current home... is not convenient."

"Right." Li Long nodded, "It should be."

Li Long suddenly thought, if Li Juan and Li Juan, including Mingming and Haohao later, went to university, if they were admitted to Yanjing, could he also buy a house there in advance?

Of course, this was just a thought for now.

After eating, Gu Xiaoxia went to the Education Bureau to ask for leave, Gu Bo Yuan waited in the large courtyard, and Li Long went to the acquisition station.

Sun Jia Qiang had already arrived at the acquisition station and was sweeping the floating snow in the courtyard. Seeing Li Long come over, he was a bit surprised. He said while sweeping:

"When I came, Gu Shu wasn't there, and the door couldn't be opened, so I swept the courtyard first..."

Sun Jia Qiang had the key to the acquisition station's gate. Since Gu Bo Yuan moved in and he moved out, the key to the flat door was handed over to Gu Bo Yuan.

Li Long took the key and opened the door, saying while walking inside:

"Gu Shu went to my place, he has something to do today, I'll come over to acquire things here."

Li Long occasionally came over to acquire things, so it wasn't surprising today. After Sun Jia Qiang swept the courtyard clean and went into the room to tidy up, he saw that Li Long had already cleaned the stove and was preparing to set the fire.

He swept the charcoal ash Li Long had cleaned out and poured it into the garbage pile outside the door.

The stove was set, and when the fire shot up, the acquisition station welcomed its first guest.

Li Long sat behind the counter and began to check a bag of fritillaria brought by this person—this person should have brought the stock saved in the summer, wanting money to prepare for the New Year.

The price of fritillaria now was slightly lower than that acquired in the peak season. A kilogram of fritillaria with excellent appearance was only about forty yuan—currently, this small bag of fritillaria weighed five or six kilograms, with average appearance and some impurities but not many, so Li Long gave a price of thirty-three yuan.

While Li Long was acquiring things here, Gu Xiaoxia successfully asked for leave over there. Because there was someone at home to take care of the children, Li Long had nothing to do, and there were no parents-in-law to serve, and someone cooked three meals a day, so Gu Xiaoxia almost never asked for leave, which was something everyone in the Education Bureau envied but couldn't do anything about.

Now that she suddenly had something to ask for leave, Director Wang was a bit surprised. Knowing that a relative from Yanjing had come, he readily approved the leave. After all, the year-end summary of the Education Bureau had ended, the schools were all on vacation, and there was nothing to do at the moment, so it was very relaxed.

After Gu Xiaoxia asked for leave, she rode her bicycle to the county guesthouse. When she saw her sister Gu Xiao Yu, she felt it was truly magical.

She didn't remember things from when she was young. At this moment, seeing a girl who looked very much like her, also looking at her with surprised and curious eyes, she was stunned for a moment, then remembered she was the sister, so she walked over with a smile and said:

"Gu Xiao Yu, let's go, sister will take you home!"

Gu Xiao Yu had imagined many scenes of meeting and greeting her sister, but she never thought that the first time Gu Xiaoxia saw her, she would say such a sentence.

"Take you home," just these few words, and Gu Xiao Yu's nose felt sour.

She tried hard to blink her eyes, not letting tears flow down, and looked carefully as her sister approached.

Gu Xiaoxia didn't perm a big wave like many married women now, but tied a refreshing ponytail. She wasn't wearing the big floral padded jacket or cotton clothes that women in small counties were used to wearing, but a down jacket.

This was bought by Li Long from Wucheng. Although the style wasn't as fashionable as Yanjing's, it was very trendy compared to the small county.

Because she was very excited, Gu Xiaoxia walked in a hurry and didn't dress up much, but Gu Xiao Yu could see that her sister's life must be very happy, her complexion was very good, and although she was a mother of two children, she didn't look like an ordinary county woman at all, and some would believe it if she was said to be a college student who had just graduated.

Thinking about the sister's living environment her father mentioned last night, although it wasn't as good as her own in Yanjing, there were people who loved her, her brother-in-law could earn money, and there was no need to worry about family matters. If she had to say, it was also very happy.

"Okay, let's go home." Gu Xiao Yu took back her thoughts and walked out with her sister.

"Gu Xiao Yu, I'll take you by bike." Gu Xiaoxia said while pushing the bike out, "But I haven't taken anyone much, worried about dropping you..."

"No need, sister, let's just walk over." Gu Xiao Yu wanted to chat with her sister alone, and said, "Anyway, it's not far." "Okay. By the way, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten."

Actually, she hadn't eaten much. She hadn't slept well last night, and when she got up today, she was excited thinking about meeting her sister, so she had no appetite.

However, after meeting, she became calm instead, similar to the situation when meeting her father yesterday.

"The two children are called Mingming and Haohao, right? Are they obedient?"

"They were very obedient when they were just born, basically no need to worry much. Now that they can walk, they started to be naughty. Fortunately, there are Sister Yang and your brother-in-law to manage them. I usually work, so I have more time to accompany the children on weekends." Gu Xiaoxia felt a bit embarrassed when saying this, "Mingming and Haohao are not very close to me, they especially like to play with your brother-in-law. By the way, Gu Xiao Yu, do you have a partner?"

"Not yet." Gu Xiao Yu was embarrassed to say that someone in the school was pursuing her, and her mother had also introduced a partner to her, but she didn't respond to any of them.

"Then you should find a partner." Gu Xiaoxia smiled and said, "Mom... is Mom okay?"

Although the impression was very vague, that was after all her biological mother. Even if she knew her mother had remarried, Gu Xiaoxia also wanted to know how she was doing.

Perhaps because life was happy after marriage, Gu Xiaoxia only had longing and curiosity about her mother, hoping to know her recent situation, even if she didn't disturb her, just knowing was enough.

"Mom is quite good, now she has a job, and she is not busy usually." Gu Xiao Yu thought for a while and said, "Occasionally she will mention you... and Dad, but I didn't tell her this time when I came. Actually, last time, which was the year you gave birth, I came over, but I didn't see you and Dad..."

The two chatted and time passed very quickly. It felt like they hadn't said a few words before they arrived at the large courtyard.

"You live here? This courtyard... is the old courtyard, right?" Looking at Gu Xiaoxia opening the door, Gu Xiao Yu was a bit surprised. She was clear about the fact that Maxian was an old county town. Old county town, naturally there would be some old buildings, but she had also looked yesterday when she came, and most of the courtyards in the county were built in the past ten years, and some older houses were very small, very low, and very dilapidated.

Only some unit houses looked grand and spacious.

Didn't expect her sister's home to look like an old Beijing courtyard, even the gate was so big!

"Yes, bought by your brother-in-law."

"Living with others?" Gu Xiao Yu asked again, and after asking, she explained, "There are also some large and small courtyards in Yanjing, with several families living together in one courtyard, which is quite lively."

"No, your brother-in-law bought this whole courtyard. This is a small county, such a courtyard is not expensive."

Bought it all? Gu Xiao Yu was a bit surprised. Although her father gave her ten thousand yuan yesterday, she still couldn't help but ask at this moment:

"How many courtyards are there?"

"Two." Gu Xiaoxia had already opened the door. At this time, Gu Bo Yuan also walked to the door. Just now, he had basically been wandering in the courtyard, waiting.

Gu Xiao Yu didn't ask again. After entering the courtyard, she looked around, and then saw Sister Yang and Han Fang.

Just now Gu Xiaoxia had told her about the situation at home, so Gu Xiao Yu took the initiative to greet Sister Yang and her daughter. Han Fang looked at this aunt curiously. After calling her aunt, Gu Xiao Yu smiled and took out a small makeup mirror from her bag and gave it to her.

Then she saw Mingming and Haohao.

The two children had been playing in the room with Han Fang just now, and followed Han Fang out after the door rang. At this moment, they were looking up curiously at this person who looked very much like their mother.

"Are you... aunt?" Mingming spoke first, asked first, then said, "Like Mom."

"Um, like Mom." Haohao echoed seriously and hard.

The two little guys' serious tone and expression made everyone laugh out loud.

The atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became relaxed.

Sister Yang was also a bit surprised. Mingming and Haohao looked like they had grown up under her eyes, and Gu Xiaoxia and Gu Xiao Yu hadn't grown up together, but they were so similar, and their temperament was also quite similar, which was quite surprising.

Gu Bo Yuan took his two daughters to the main hall, where melon seeds, peanuts, candies, and tea had already been set up.

Sister Yang took Mingming and Haohao to the east room, leaving this side to the father and two daughters.

The acquisition station was not busy today, and there were not many people coming to sell things, so Li Long was quite free. He acquired things at a price similar to Gu Bo Yuan's, so others had no objections.

When he was free, Li Long would also ask about Sun Jia Qiang's family situation, such as whether he would want to return to his hometown, or when he would have children.

"Not going back for now. Lanhua definitely won't be used to it if she goes back. We are thinking about saving more money, and then go back grandly..." Sun Jia Qiang's idea was very realistic, "Bring more money back, no matter how dissatisfied the family is, they won't show it. Just buy something for my parents to make them look good."

Sun Jia Qiang had been here for more than half a year, and had also called the village through the acquisition station's phone. His family was not very enthusiastic about him, and what they asked most was how much he could earn and how much he could send home.

"They know we are married, and have always been quite opposed, so we don't plan to go back in the near future." After marrying Tie Lanhua, Sun Jia Qiang's ideas became more and more firm, "Save money first, then have children, and then talk about it."

Tie Lanhua's family was conservative and traditional, and Sun Jia Qiang's family also had some "traditions". This was the so-called "every family has a scripture that is hard to recite". Families like the Li family where the old don't make trouble, brothers don't quarrel, and children aren't bears, were truly very, very few.

This was also the reason why many people envied the Li family—actually, Li Long himself knew clearly, it was just living a lifetime.

Changing to the previous life, he was the most unstable factor in the family.

A total of seven people came over in the morning, and the total price of the things sold was more than one thousand one hundred yuan. Li Long judged that he could earn almost the same profit from it.

Not bad.

Soon it was noon. Li Long let Sun Jia Qiang go back first, he locked the two doors, and then returned to the large courtyard.

They were already preparing to eat here, and Li Long saw Gu Xiaoxia's sister Gu Xiao Yu for the first time.

A girl as beautiful as Gu Xiaoxia, with the temperament of a big city student, and also the calmness of an urban beauty.

To use a phrase from later generations, it was a temperament between a loli and a royal sister.

Looking at his wife again, with a happy smile on her face, her temperament was not inferior to this sister-in-law.

Um, his choice was good after all.

"You must be Gu Xiao Yu, welcome, welcome." Li Long said with a smile.

"Hello, brother-in-law." Gu Xiao Yu also looked at Li Long with curiosity. Although this young man didn't have a high academic qualification, the things he had done were things that those young professors and young scholars in the city who talked eloquently in front of her couldn't do at all.

Gu Xiao Yu had been to university and was now a teaching assistant, so naturally, she knew that this curiosity came from the unknown, which was the same principle as "the monk from outside can chant scriptures well".

It wasn't to say that Li Long was better than them, it was just that they were not in the same dimension.

And what surprised Gu Xiao Yu a bit was that in the conversation with her father and sister today, after two or three sentences, it pulled to this brother-in-law. It seemed that the life of her father and sister in these few years was almost caused by this brother-in-law, and even revolved around this brother-in-law.

So she was even more curious.

It was just that after meeting, she found that apart from being tall and strong, there was nothing particularly special about his temperament.

It was just that his eyes were very clear when looking at her, and most of the time his eyes fell on her sister and children.

Um, not bad, at least her sister chose a good husband.

The lunch was very rich. To take care of Gu Xiao Yu's taste, the staple food was rice, and the dishes were vegetables from the greenhouse.

Tomato and chili scrambled eggs, garlic eggplant, chili fried meat, stewed fish, and chili chicken.

This time Gu Xiao Yu was truly surprised. It turned out that it wasn't false that her father and sister said life here was good—now it was Yanjing, and the food provided by the school she was in couldn't have such dishes in the middle of winter.

The vegetables she ate every day were mainly potatoes, cabbage, radishes, etc. Although she could eat meat once or twice a week, how could she eat like this?

Previously, hearing her father and sister say that the family ate meat almost every meal, she originally thought they were bragging, but now it seemed it was true.

At this time, these chili and eggplant were more expensive than meat! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 932 =====