Chapter 1340: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1340: Could This Be Morning Sickness?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua brought Gu Wenqing to the place where Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran lived.

Pressed the doorbell.

Before long Wang Erhai came over and opened the door.

"Second Brother! This is Teacher Gu Wenqing. Teacher Gu, this is my Second Brother, his name is Wang Erhai."

"Hello hello!" Wang Erhai hurriedly greeted them warmly, "Come on in and sit down!"

Gu Wenqing smiled and nodded, responding politely.

At first sight of Wang Erhai, she discovered that Wang Erhai was indeed just as Wang Xiaohua had described — ordinary-looking, even a bit ugly — but when he smiled his face was still quite amiable.

"Second Brother, where's Second Sister-in-law?"

Wang Xiaohua walked in, asking.

Wang Erhai said:

"She's in the kitchen cooking. I said I'd cook, but she wouldn't let me, saying I haven't cooked in too long, afraid my skills aren't up to par, so she insisted on cooking herself to host you, just afraid I'd mess it up!"

At this moment Zhang Yueran came out of the kitchen, smiling and greeting them:

"You two sit down and have some water first, dinner will be ready soon, just wait a bit!"

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly said: "Second Sister-in-law, you've worked hard, do you need me to help out?"

Zhang Yueran smiled and said:

"No need, you and your teacher sit and chat, I'll have Erhai come in and help!"

Wang Erhai poured tea for Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing, then said with a smile:

"You two chat a while, the TV remote is on the table, I'm going in the kitchen to help!"

Then Wang Erhai turned and went into the kitchen; Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing watched the two of them busy in the kitchen, discovering they were chatting and laughing while cooking.

Zhang Yueran even used chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat and gave it to Wang Erhai to taste for saltiness.

Wang Erhai gave a thumbs-up praising Zhang Yueran's cooking as delicious, the saltiness just right.

Gu Wenqing said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Your Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law really have a good relationship."

Wang Xiaohua said:

"This is also one of the things I admire about my Second Brother."

Then he said quietly to Gu Wenqing:

"You don't know, my Second Brother had a previous wife, that ex-wife was very beautiful, like a female celebrity, but she was so difficult, caused utter chaos, and in the end they divorced. Later he found the current Second Sister-in-law. The current Second Sister-in-law, although her looks don't count as outstanding, she really knows how to manage a household!"

"Oh? Really?"

Wang Xiaohua said: "The matter between my Second Brother and his ex-wife could probably be written into a melodramatic romance novel, anyway it was all kinds of drama. My Second Brother wasn't very mature back then either, but he was able to learn from the past experience and not repeat the same mistakes. See, after finding Second Sister-in-law, the family has been harmonious to the extreme!"

Gu Wenqing, hearing Wang Xiaohua's words, became even more curious.

She completely hadn't expected that someone like Wang Erhai could still find a girlfriend like a female celebrity, and even get married.

In this regard, perhaps it really deserves some ink.

Thinking this, Gu Wenqing couldn't help but feel troubled.

There's too much to write, she's afraid her writing skill isn't enough and she'll botch this literary creation.

Her ambition is too great — she not only hopes to faithfully reproduce Wang Xiaohua's real experiences, but also wants to write in the real experiences of Wang Xiaohua's two older brothers, as well as the real experiences of their mother, the three brothers' mother.

Moreover the time span would be huge, and the era has been constantly changing.

Can she really control writing such a grand story?

She really isn't too sure.

But anyway, since she's already made up her mind, even if her ability falls short, she has to push hard and write. If the first time fails, then tear it up and rewrite a second time; if the second fails, then continue tearing up and rewriting a third time!

There will be a time it works!

After all, writing a novel, the cost of trial and error is only time and energy. Even rewriting many times won't lose money like doing business, let alone ruin the family.

However the mental setbacks and pressure, she must endure them; otherwise it's really hard to continue, after all creation has a very long feedback cycle, not like eating sunflower seeds where you eat one and get one.

Soon, Wang Erhai and Zhang Yueran came out of the kitchen carrying dishes.

"Ta-da! Your Second Sister-in-law's braised fish, doesn't it look good!"

Wang Erhai put the braised fish on the table.

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly said:

"Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law's cooking is really good, one look and it's appetizing!"

Gu Wenqing chimed in agreement: "It smells fragrant too!"

Zhang Yueran carried in another dish, smiling modestly:

"Teacher Gu, I don't know what flavors you like. If it's not to your taste, please don't take offense!"

Gu Wenqing hurriedly said:

"I'm not picky about food, I can eat any flavor, no dietary restrictions!"

Wang Erhai brought a few more dishes from the kitchen:

"Then hurry up and taste!"

Zhang Yueran hurriedly fetched bowls and chopsticks, serving rice to Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing.

Then the four of them ate together.

Gu Wenqing tasted the braised fish and couldn't help but exclaim, "The taste is really not bad!"

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"Sister-in-law, you must be the most skilled cook among high school teachers I've ever seen!"

Zhang Yueran smiled:

"You two, your little mouths really know how to talk!"

Wang Erhai served Zhang Yueran a piece of fish belly; Zhang Yueran ate a bite and said:

"If you like to eat, come to my house as guests more often in the future; I'll also make pig trotter ginger!"

Pig trotter ginger is a local specialty dish here, with a special kind of sour vinegar added; this vinegar is also called "stinky fart vinegar" — it smells stinky but tastes fragrant!

Moreover, pig trotter ginger has a very good effect on replenishing blood.

So during confinement, people generally eat this dish; additionally, when this place holds a full moon banquet, this dish is basically indispensable.

"That's great; then when I have time in the future, I'll come visit again! Additionally, I want to ask you all some things; you all shouldn't mind, right?"

Gu Wenqing said with a smile.

Wang Erhai was stunned, puzzled: "What do you want to ask?"

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly said:

"Teacher Gu wants to create a literary work, saying it's based on us three brothers as prototypes, so she wants to get to know us three brothers!"

Hearing this, Wang Erhai laughed readily:

"Then sure, ask whatever you want; I know everything and will answer everything!"

Zhang Yueran, on the other hand, exclaimed in admiration:

"Teacher Gu also does literary creation? That's too amazing; I used to have a writer's dream and loved reading literary works — Mo Yan, Yu Hua, Lu Yao, Chen Zhongshi — I've read them all; it's just a pity my ability is insufficient; I can't continue after writing a few thousand words."

Gu Wenqing then said humbly:

"I'm also just starting to venture into full-length novels; I've occasionally written a few short stories before and published them in magazines, but whether I can handle a full-length novel, I really don't know."

Zhang Yueran then said:

"That's already very amazing!"

Right at this moment, Zhang Yueran suddenly felt a wave of nausea.

She hurriedly covered her mouth, stood up, and ran to the toilet.

Then vomiting sounds came from the toilet.

Wang Xiaohua and Gu Wenqing were both a bit dumbfounded.

Wang Erhai hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks and ran over:

"Wife, what happened?"

Zhang Yueran vomited until tears came out, but after vomiting, she laughed and said to Wang Erhai:

"You say, could this be morning sickness?"

Wang Erhai couldn't help but freeze, then also became excited:

"I'll go get a pregnancy test stick; hurry up and test!"

They had been trying to conceive for a long time, yet had never gotten pregnant.