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"I heard from your sister that your father has found a stepmother for you. It must be because your father has to do the work of an adult when he sees someone as young as you two. When you are old, your heart is the same and the child can help you with your work, but when the little child is doing the household chores like an adult, his heart is very uncomfortable," she told Wu Yuzheng.

Wu Yuzheng held the curtain for Mama Qi and said: "Hmm, when my dad cried that time, all the grievances I had towards him disappeared. I knew that my dad must have loved me and my sister very much. Few of the dumplings my sister and I got out of the bag were whole. My father ate very well and told us it was the best he had ever eaten. "

He scooped the dumpling soup into a small aluminum pot and carried it to the living room. There was a bowl of dumpling soup on the tea table in the living room. There was also the garlic mud Wu Min used to make a pot with the garlic. The big curtain was placed in the middle of the table and Qi Gang scooped the dumpling soup into a bowl and said, "Guo Guo, look after the bowl. Don't burn it."

Guo Guo used her chopsticks to pick up a dumpling and placed it on a small plate in front of her grandma. She said, "I know, the soup in the bowl is so hot, I won't touch it."

When her grandma saw Guo Guo carrying the dumplings to her plate, she happily said, "Oh! Guo Guo, why are you so obedient? You eat, eat! It's already so late, so Guo Guo must be hungry."

Guo Guo said, "Grandma, Mom said that when we eat, we have to eat from older people. You can eat first."

After her grandma heard this, she said, "Such a good girl. I don't know how her mother taught her. Good, good. Grandmother will eat her grandma first." As she spoke, she took a bite out of the dumpling and said, "Grandma has eaten it, Guo Guo, hurry up and eat it."

Qi Xiang picked up his chopsticks and was about to eat when he heard a sound coming from the door. Someone was coming.

When they arrived at the back door, they saw Yang Chengming standing outside the welded anti-theft door. Seeing him come out to open the door, Yang Chengming said embarrassedly, "Qi Xiang, you're on vacation."

At this time, Mama Qi also came over to see who it was. When she saw Yang Chengming, she said, "You're famous, have you eaten yet? "Let's eat some more."

Yang Chengming said, "I've already eaten." While they were talking, Mama Qi let them into the living room.

Yang Chengming looked at the dumplings on the coffee table in the living room that were emitting steam, then rubbed his hands helplessly, "Sister-in-law, you guys eat first, I'll sit and wait for a while."

Mama Qi poured him a glass of water and said, "Then you can drink some water and wait."

Because Yang Chengming was there, no one said anything. Not long after, they finished eating and cleaned up the table. After carrying the used bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen, they washed the dishes and washed their hands, then went to the living room to watch TV with everyone.

Yang Cheng Ming was allowed to sit on the sofa, while his mother chatted with him. When she saw him come in, Yang Chengming got up and said, "Qi Yuan, I want to ask Qian Qian when she's coming back."

Qi Xiang said, "After the exam is over in two days, my aunt will send her back. We'll go back after the new year is over."

Yang Chengming said, "That's good then. Sister-in-law, I don't have anything else to do, so I'll head back first."

Mama Qi exchanged a few polite words with him before escorting him to the door.

Wu Yuzheng asked: "Is this Qianqian's father?"

Qi Chang said, "Yes."

Wu Min said, "He looks like a rather honest person, no wonder his wife has kept a tight hold on him."

Because the town government was in the Qi Family Village, the people in the village all knew about some things that Yang Chengming's wife did a few days ago. It was said that the mayor who was in charge of maintaining security at the town meeting told the Qi Family Village's branch heads that things like this, which were not harmonious or happy, were less common and that it would be embarrassing to spread the news. Wu Min knew that this was not something that was out of the ordinary.

"Your second granny married her daughter to him because she saw his honesty. Who knew that you would leave your aunt behind too early. After that, because of his honesty, she kicked him out of the house."

The Wu siblings sat for a while longer before taking their leave. Qi Yuan and his grandma Guo were resting on a warm brick bed watching TV. Qi Yuan said to his mother, "Mom, don't go out and work. Come and rest."

Mama Qi said, "I can't rest. I can't bear to sit in a place that looks a little uncomfortable if I don't clean it up."

Qi Yuan said to his grandma, "Grandma, look at my mom, she knows how to work. She's been working all day, and she can't get rid of those jobs. Are they worth it?"

Grandma smiled and said, "Your mother has always been clean and smart since she was young. She always had a clean mind when she was at home with her daughter. Whoever comes will praise us for being clean."

Finally, Mama Qi was able to clean up the house in her eyes. She put down the broom, sat on the edge of the brick bed and said, "You can't escape life, don't you have to walk over and watch? This person must not be lazy, it'll be bad if he's lazy. "

Qi Yuan passed a peeled apple to his mother and asked his mother, "Mom, when will Dad be back? I haven't seen him in a long time. "

Mama Qi said, "Your father would probably be able to take the holidays after the new year. He said he would come back tomorrow."

He asked his mother, "Mom, did you get married and end up living apart?"

Mother Qi said, "That's right, your dad has to earn money at work to support you guys. If you guys were at home with me, your tuition fees would be terrible based on that small amount of production."

"Mom," he said, "do you want to go to the county and stay with my dad?"

Mama Qi said, "Your mom doesn't know anything other than farming. What are you going to do?"

"Who says you don't know anything? I think you made clothes very well. "

Mama Qi smiled and said, "There are too many people in our village who can make their own clothes using sewing machines. If we all follow your father to the city, we would probably only be able to eat and wear with your father's little salary. We still have to live and wear, and there are many benefits in the countryside that require no money at all, even if we have to use the toilet in the city."

Qi Xiang said, "You're right. It's actually very good to live in a village. It's better to have less people and more air, and you can rest assured that you grow your own food. Also, the water from the firewood is good to drink."

His grandma curiously asked him, "When the water is boiling, don't they all drink the same thing?" Why does it feel so good to sleep with firewood? "

Qi Cheng smiled and said, "I like to use firewood to burn water, the water still has the smell of fire, and there's also rice porridge. It's best to use dried twigs to simmer it."

Mama Qi smiled and said, "Nowadays, people like to use the LPG stove. It's quick and clean. You're the only one who likes to burn firewood."

As they were talking, Qi Yuan came back from his evening self study. Qi Yuan told the two of them to warm themselves in the living room and go to the kitchen to use the gas stove to prepare the dumplings for the two of them.

The dumplings were placed on the concrete platform in the yard with a smaller curtain. They were already frozen, and with a poke of his finger, he actually rolled them all over. The small dumplings were like a small ingot with a round belly.

Qi Yuan was in the kitchen, preparing to eat the garlic mashed dumplings and the vinegar plates. Qi Yuan came in with a curtain and helped to close the door, and the cold air behind him suddenly disappeared. The glass door of the kitchen was covered by a layer of mist, and Qi Yuan looked at the pot of water on the stove, then he lifted the lid to check if the people in the living room had not noticed, and asked Qi Yuan in a low voice, "Did you give the food you brought to your table?"

Qi Yuan said, "Yes."

Qi Xiang asked: "She took it? What did you tell her? "

Qi Yuan said, "Just treat it as borrowing it from me, just return it to me when she earns the money."

Qi Xiang said, "It's that simple?"

Qi Yuan said, "It's that simple, is it really that complicated?" With a puzzled expression, he looked at Qi Zhengyuan.

Qi Xiang said, "No need, no need. That's good. It's only right that we help him when he's in trouble."

When the water in the wok boiled, Qi Xiang hurriedly carried the curtain with one hand and the dumpling with the other into the wok with the other. He said to Qi Yuan, "Then will she be able to study at home tonight?"

Qi Yuan said, "Yes, our school doesn't have any dormitories."

Because Qi Jiajia Town was a relatively large town, the primary school was a few villages and a primary school, but there were only two secondary schools. Other than the middle school, there was a school in the north twenty miles, and the teachers and students of the two schools were on par with each other in every final exam, or the Spring Games winter cross-country competition. The teachers and students of the two schools who were taking the examinations were all trying to suppress each other, so the examiners of the two schools were all very strict.

This was also because the students were all children from a village ten miles away from the school. The school didn't have any dormitories, and besides eating at school, the children went home to sleep at night self-study, and then went to school early the next morning before daybreak. They would eat breakfast, have lunch in class in the morning, eat dinner in the afternoon, and then go to evening self-study.

After the dumplings had rolled in the boiling water, Qi Yuan carried the sauced dish of garlic mud into the living room and waited in the kitchen for the dumplings to be served. Qi Yuan said, "Qi Jiagou should be about ten miles away from us.

Qi Yuan agreed and said to Qi Xiang, "Sis, does Qi Xiang really want to enroll in the Junior High School?"

Qi Xiang said, "I think it's better for her to take the entrance exam than to go to the high school. Besides, she can take the exam again after she gets to work."

Qi Yuan said, "I heard from the teacher that we're going to be divided into the morning class and the morning class for the high school and the technical school."