Chapter 10: Chicken Feathers on a Bat – What Kind of Bird Are You?

“Xiaolan, this place is too remote, and the courtyard wall hasn’t been raised, tonight Yujiao and I will come to sleep with you, if you’re not used to it, we’ll sleep in another room.” Qian Xiaolan was touched again, she quickly invited them into the house. “Thank you, Mother-in-law, how can you be so kind?” “Xiaolan is biased, I’m coming to sleep with you too, why are you only thanking my mom?” Gu Yujiao protested with a pout, which made Qian Xiaolan laugh, she reached out and stroked her hair, which resulted in her complaining again.

Qian Xiaolan laughed even harder, Gu Dahai looked at Qian Xiaolan, who had suddenly become so fond of laughing, in surprise, he greeted them and turned back home. Qian Xiaolan locked the door, took them to her room where she had just made the bed. “Mother-in-law, you and Yujiao sleep in this room tonight, I’ll sleep in the next one.

” Hu Guifen glanced at the tidy room and didn’t refuse, instead, she asked her: “Is the bed in the next room made?” Qian Xiaolan shook her head: “I just laid down the bed board this afternoon, I can sleep on it with a straw mat.” Hu Guifen nodded, she followed to the next room and looked at the doors and windows, then she took the lamp and walked around the yard, making sure there was no problem, then she went back to the room and slept with Gu Yujiao. After a while, snoring could be heard in the room.

Qian Xiaolan listened to the snoring next door, she smiled and locked the door, entering the space. Just a few minutes ago, she felt movement in the space. Entering the space, Qian Xiaolan saw the message on the screen, she knew that Wenxuan’s trouble was solved, his grandparents hadn’t discovered that the tea canister had been replaced, so she was relieved. However, seeing the pile of words of thanks on the screen, Qian Xiaolan was still a little speechless. She shook her head and left the space, lying back on the bed to sleep.

She was really tired today, she didn’t go to deal with Sun Honghua’s family, she would wait until she recovered in a couple of days. The next morning, Qian Xiaolan was half asleep when she heard Hu Guifen talking to someone in a low voice. She yawned and went out, only to see a pile of yellow mud and some glass shards in her yard. Gu Dahai and Gu Erhe were standing on the courtyard wall at the moment.

 “Mother-in-law, why did you ask Brother Gu and Brother Gu to come over to fix the courtyard wall so early? They’re busy working all day, they should sleep a little longer.” Hu Guifen heard the sound, turned around and said cheerfully: “They’re young, it’s okay if they sleep a little less, I can’t feel at ease going to work until this courtyard wall is fixed. Your wound on your head hasn’t healed yet, go back to sleep for a while, when this is done, you and us will go home for dinner.

” Qian Xiaolan looked up at the sky, it was about five thirty, it was still early, so she turned and went into the kitchen. There was still a little bit of rabbit meat left from yesterday, she quickly started a fire to boil water. She scooped a full bowl of flour from the flour bag into a basin, added a little water, stirred it with chopsticks into small flour flakes, and set it aside. She tore the rabbit meat into shreds, cooked it for a while, then added the flour flakes, brought the water to a boil, added some salt, then poured in some soy sauce, turned off the fire, dripped a drop of sesame oil into the pot, and ladled it out.

The mixed soup was ready, then she made a cold cucumber salad and a cold tomato salad, and she was done. It took less than fifteen minutes to make a meal, and the Gu brothers hadn’t finished in the yard yet. Qian Xiaolan carried the food to the table and went out to call them: “Mother-in-law, Brother Gu, Brother Gu, wash your hands and eat.

” Hu Guifen saw the food on the table and said to her: “I told you to come back for dinner with us in the morning, why did you make us dinner? If you’ve already made it, just eat it yourself, we’ll go home to eat.” Gu Dahai and Gu Erhe nodded. Qian Xiaolan didn’t say anything, she went to the kitchen and fetched a basin of water and placed it at Hu Guifen’s feet, her attitude was very clear. The two of them looked at each other silently for a while, Hu Guifen shook her head helplessly, squatted down and washed her hands, then called her two sons: “Xiaolan has already made the food, let’s eat and then work.

” Gu Dahai and Gu Erhe had been smelling the tempting aroma of food, their stomachs were already rumbling, as soon as their mother called, the two of them immediately got down from the courtyard wall to wash their hands and eat. The first bite of food entered their mouths, and they were both amazed. There was meat in the mixed soup! They had already smelled the aroma of meat, but they thought that Qian Xiaolan had just moved in, it was impossible to have meat, they didn’t expect it to be real meat.

Hu Guifen swallowed a mouthful of rice and said to her: “Hey, you really are polite, who eats meat in the morning? You’re so thin, it’s better for you to eat some meat to supplement yourself.” Once she’s in good health, she can give birth to a child for her youngest son soon after marriage. Gu Erhe finished his breakfast in three or two bites, smacked his lips and savored it for a moment, sighing: “Xiaolan’s hands are really clever, she made breakfast in such a short time, and it’s so delicious, Lao Si is lucky.” Hu Guifen proudly raised her head: “This girl has always been quick and efficient, and she’s also very kind, she’s very likable. It’s just that she has a pair of weird uncle and aunt, others dare not come to propose marriage, it’s our Lao Si’s gain.” With that, the mother and son laughed.

 When it came to Gu Yanqing, Qian Xiaolan’s heart ached, she smiled, cleaned up the dishes and went back to the kitchen. She had been busy all day yesterday and hadn’t had time to think about anything else, now that she was free, her heart ached again. She took a deep breath, washed the dishes, and then carried the bucket to the foot of the mountain to fetch water. As usual, she placed the bucket under the water pipe to collect water, and went into the mountain.

The mountain forest was heavy with dew in the morning, so she walked to a place with fewer trees. The original owner had dug three traps in the mountains, today she went to check the other two, and in the last trap, she found a wild chicken with a broken wing, flapping its wings inside. She carried the wild chicken around the area, broke off a small bundle of bamboo shoots under the bamboo forest, threw everything into the space, and then went down the mountain to carry water back home. The two Gu brothers had already gone home, the wall was now full of glass shards. Hu Guifen saw her come back, she said a few words to her and went back to prepare for work.

Qian Xiaolan poured the water into the water tank, put on her straw hat and went out to work. She was still quite curious about this collective work and earning work points. She was lucky, the double harvest had just ended when she transmigrated, now they were just filling in seedlings and weeding. Today, the scorekeeper was absent due to something, Gu Shengli considered that her forehead was injured, so he assigned the task of recording work points to her.

She took her pen and notebook and walked around the fields, the others didn’t mind, but it made Sun Honghua very angry, she took out her anger on the weeds in the field. Qian Xiaolan didn’t want to pay attention to her, but when she saw her pull another “weed” and tear it in her hand, she couldn’t help but say: “Comrade Sun Honghua, please work seriously!” Sun Honghua, who was already envious and jealous, heard Qian Xiaolan’s words, she rolled up her sleeves and started to scold: “A bat with a feather stuck on it, what kind of bird do you think you are? You’re just a temporary scorekeeper, what’s so great about that?

You still want to show off in front of me, I spit on you!”