Chapter 25

“Gui Lan, Chen Jiao scolded Chen Zhiqing and Zhang Zhiqing at the entrance of the village today.

I just met the captain, and he also said that Chen Jiao has really changed for the better. Not only does she not think about running away with the money, she has also seriously learned from Dr. Xu how to take care of Zheng Xu.

It seems that she really wants to change for the better. ”

As soon as Chen Jiao walked to the gate of her own courtyard, she heard the voices of her second aunt Ma Cuilian and Wu Guilan chatting from inside the door.

Wu Guilan sighed and said, “Jiaojiao has changed for the better now. Not only does she not hang out with those two educated youths anymore, she also said she wants to get back everything she had taken out before.

Today she went to the city to buy meat for Zhengxu to nourish his body, and also bought some clothes for me and my two children.

If Zhengxu was a good person, our life would be better with such a daughter-in-law.

Can……”

As a mother, how many people can accept that their son is lying in bed and becoming a vegetable?

Wu Guilan wants to cry when she talks about this.

She wiped the tears from her eyes and said, “Actually, since Zhengxu has become like this, I should have let Jiaojiao go.

Can……”

She looked at her grandchildren, “Yangyang and Nannan, their father is useless. If they don’t have a mother anymore…”

Wu Guilan herself became a widow at a young age, and she knew how hard it was for a widowed woman.

Four years ago, my son received a military assignment and left in a hurry the day after he married Chen Jiao.

I haven’t heard from you for four years. Now that I’m back, it’s like this again.

Chen Jiao has been a widow for four years, and she doesn’t know how many more years she will have to live like a widow in the future.

Wu Guilan felt sorry for Chen Jiao just by thinking about it.

But people are selfish. She really couldn’t bear to see her grandchildren’s father lying in bed while their mother passed away again.

What if she dies one day, what will happen to the two children?

Ma Cuilian has always known that Wu Guilan is a soft-hearted person, otherwise she would not have been controlled by her daughter-in-law for so many years.

She squeezed Wu Guilan’s hand and comforted her, “Looking at Jiaojiao’s condition, even if you let her go, she won’t be able to marry anyone good.

It would be better for her to stay at home. In case Zhengxu wakes up, she can let Zhengxu treat her well. ”

In fact, the military comrade later told Lu Wensong the truth. The army had invited all the experts they could from home and abroad to see Lu Zhengxu, and they sent him back because they had no other choice.

There is almost no possibility that Lu Zhengxu will wake up.

But they didn’t have the heart to tell Wu Guilan and Shen Jiao the truth, so they told them that if the blood clots dissipated, the person would still have a chance to wake up.

Wu Guilan said: “Well, I hope Zhengxu wakes up soon and the family can live a good life.”

Chen Jiao listened to the two people’s conversation outside the door until they were almost done, then she pushed the door open and greeted them with a smile, “Second Aunt is here.”

Ma Cuilian responded: “Hey, Jiaojiao is back.

Your second uncle said that Zhengxu is back, and there is one more person in your family, so you need to boil more water for a bath, and use more firewood, so he asked your cousin to help get some firewood.

I’ll take advantage of not having to work this afternoon to come and talk to your mother. ”

The production team has turned over the sweet potato vines, but it will take a few days before the rice in the fields can be harvested.

So after work at noon, the team leader announced that everyone would take two days off to rest and prepare for the rice harvest in two days.

Chen Jiao then saw that the two brothers Lu Ping and Lu An were stacking the neatly packed firewood into the firewood shed in their yard.

She smiled and said, “Second Aunt, please talk to my mother first. I have something to do first.”

Shen Jiao said, and went into the kitchen.

It’s a favor for people to help her with work, and she can’t let them do it for free.

There was a bunch of fresh leeks in the kitchen that had just been cut that morning. She chopped the leeks into small pieces for later use.

Then he scooped half a basin of white flour, cracked three eggs into it to make a batter, added the leeks and stirred evenly, added a little salt to season, and then started to heat the oil in a pan.

When the oil is hot, scoop the batter into the pan with a spoon and spread it into a thin pancake.

The aroma of wheat mixed with the fragrance of leeks and eggs spread out in an instant.

The overbearing fragrance is simply mouth-watering.

Ma Cuilan, who was talking to Wu Guilan outside, couldn’t help but sniff, “What’s that smell?

So fragrant! ”

Wu Guilan smiled and said, “It should be Jiaojiao who is making food.

It was only in the past two days that I realized that Jiaojiao’s cooking skills are really good. Any food in her hands tastes so delicious that it makes you salivate. ”

Ma Cuilian knew without thinking what Chen Jiao meant by cooking at this time.

She quickly stood up and said, “Guilan, your family has almost finished piling up the firewood, so I will take Ping’an and my brother back first.

If there is any problem in your family, just come and tell us. We are all family, so don’t be polite to us. ”

After saying this, she called her two sons to leave.

It’s not that she wasn’t greedy when she smelled the fragrance wafting from the kitchen, but that every household is short of food now.

If the three of them eat one more bite here, Wu Guilan and the other orphans and widows will have to eat less.

Their family is already in a difficult situation, and they are still taking advantage of them. How can this be?

Chen Jiao had just finished baking a bowl of batter into pancakes when she heard the noise outside. She quickly brought out the pan and said, “Second Aunt, I’ve finished baking the pancakes.

You, Brother Ping, and Brother An should eat something to fill your stomach before leaving. ”

Before Ma Cuilian could refuse, Chen Jiao added: “Brother Ping and Brother An helped our family pile up so much firewood today, if they go back hungry, they will go back.

We won’t be able to ask you for help next time. ”

Brothers Lu Ping and Lu An both looked at their mother, shock evident in their eyes.

This cousin’s wife has never spoken to them in the four years since she got married.

In the past, they often came to deliver firewood to Aunt San, and to pick up tiles to repair the roof in the summer. But at that time, even if they met my cousin’s wife, who was an educated youth, people would look up at them and treat them with contempt.

This was the first time I spoke to them in such a friendly manner and even gave them pancakes.

After hearing what Chen Jiao said, Ma Cuilian couldn’t refuse, but she was also embarrassed to ask Lu Ping and Lu An to go eat. She stood in the yard hesitant for a moment.

Chen Jiao handed the dustpan to Wu Guilan.

He pulled Ma Cuilian into the house and said, “Second Aunt, you just said that we are a family, so please don’t be polite.

Then why are you so polite? ”

“I was ignorant in the past few years and treated you, Brother Ping and Brother An badly. Now that Zhengxu is in trouble, I understand what family is.

Please give my niece’s wife a chance so that I can apologize to you for my previous ignorance. ”

Ma Cuilian also knew that she had to eat this cake today, “Jiaojiao, since you said so, Second Aunt will not be polite to you anymore.

Ping’er and An’er, you two should come over and have something to eat as well. Don’t let your brother and sister-in-law down. ”

Lu Ping and Lu An responded and went to wash their hands and eat cakes.

Chen Jiao smiled and said, “Mom, take Yangyang and Nannan with Second Aunt to eat first, I’ll go cook some vegetable soup.”

Chen Jiao said it was vegetable soup, but in fact it was soup made with a fried egg for each person.

A bowl of refreshing and de-greasy fried egg and vegetable soup was served.

Chen Jiao directly gave each person a fried egg.

The brothers Lu Ping and Lu An almost swallowed their tongues while eating the thin, fragrant and soft pancakes.

The pancakes are made of white flour with eggs and leeks. Their family lives a good life in the team, but they don’t dare to eat like this even during the Chinese New Year!

Ma Cuilian felt pain in her heart when she looked at the golden and tempting fried eggs.

“Jiaojiao, you already added eggs to this pancake, why did you fry poached eggs for us?

Why do we eat so many eggs?

It would be great if you could keep it for Zhengxu, Yangyang and Nannan to nourish their bodies. ”

Ma Cuilian was really distressed. With the eggs added to the pancake and the poached eggs, Chen Jiao must have cracked ten eggs in one breath!

How long will it take to guard this chicken butt?

Wu Guilan didn’t feel distressed at all. Instead, she was very pleased with Shen Jiao’s behavior.

She said with a smile: “Second sister-in-law, Jiaojiao has prepared everything, you can eat it without worry.

In the past, Ping’er and Ang’er did a lot of work for our family, and I couldn’t offer them anything good at that time.

Thanks to Jiaojiao for taking care of all this today, Second Aunt would like to thank you two brothers. ”

Although Ma Cuilian felt distressed, Chen Jiao had already scooped the poached eggs into their bowls, so she endured the pain and ate them.

“Jiaojiao, I know Zhengxu was sent back this time, and he must have brought some money back with him.

But there is still a long time to go, and the children are still young. Even if the family has a mountain of gold and silver, they still have to plan how to spend it…”

When Ma Cuilian left, she was still talking to Chen Jiao.

Chen Jiao kept listening with a smile and didn’t get annoyed.

After sending Ma Cuilian to the gate of the courtyard, she stuffed the lunch box that had been packed long ago into Ma Cuilian’s hands and said, “Second Aunt, these are the two cakes I left for my second uncle. You can take them back for him to try.”

Ma Cuilian’s face changed instantly and she tried to refuse.

How could she have the nerve to eat and take things from an orphan and a widow?

But Chen Jiao said, “Second Aunt, I have been married to Zheng Xu for four years, and Second Uncle has never tasted my cooking.

This time, I beg you to bring it back for me for my second uncle to try. You can’t refuse. ”

Shen Jiao’s words made it impossible for Ma Cuilian to refuse, so she could only respond: “Okay, then I’ll bring it to your second uncle for you today.

But don’t waste it like this next time. ”

Shen Jiao responded with a smile.

The day passed quickly and it was dark in the blink of an eye.

Chen Jiao gave Lu Zhengxu another massage, then went into the room to fetch some water and prepared to wipe Lu Zhengxu’s body. She saw that Lu Zhengxu had opened his eyes at some point and was staring at her with watery eyes.