Su Mo couldn't help but smile when she heard that Geng Changqing had asked him to take care of her. It seemed that it was the quilting that night that left a deep impression on Uncle Geng.
When she was shopping in the market in Beijing this time, she happened to come across a piece of defective cloth that was being sold for free. Being young and strong, she was surprised to grab a big piece for her. It's a bit light beige with florals, and it's also suitable as a quilt cover.
I'll make a quilt cover later, so that my eldest brother won't have to cover him with cotton pads too.
"Okay, thank you, auntie." Su Mo was moved, knowing that she was trying to save her face.
Fu Manhua picked up another backpack and took out a lot of things from it, "I went to the Friendship Store to buy these creams, shampoos and bath shampoos for you. I also bought you a pair of velvet ones." Leather boots, it’s snowing here, so they’re just right.”
"There are also two cans of condensed milk. Keep one for yourself and drink it. Take the other one with you when you go to your husband's house later and give it to your grandpa."
"I also picked out a skirt for you, in autumn style, so you can wear it in spring and autumn..."
Fu Manhua was taking things out and talking at the same time. His words were filled with the care of the elders for the younger ones.
After taking these things, Fu Manhua took out all the fabrics from the duffel bag one by one, put them on the kang, and together with Su Mo, selected the ones that would be taken to the Lu family later.
There are more than twenty pieces in total, most of them are cotton, twill and khaki with beautiful colors, there are also a few pieces of corduroy, and there are even two pieces of the most fashionable fabrics such as Deliang and Fanlitin.
"This piece of gray corduroy is a little too dark for your little girl to wear. I'll take it to your mother-in-law later. You can pick two more pieces and give them to your brother and sister-in-law."
Su Mo looked at it and picked two designs that were more suitable for children.
"Auntie, the water should be hot by now. Do you and brother want to wash up and soak your feet to warm yourself up?" Su Mo saw that the room was getting warm, so she thought the water would be hot too.
"Okay, I'll scrub it first." Fu Manhua said.
She stayed on the train for five or six days, and her whole body felt strange. Don't wait until the first time you meet her, others think she is not particular about hygiene.
"How about taking a shower directly? I have a big bathtub here, and I boiled a big pot of water. It's enough." Su Mo felt that it would be better to take a shower directly instead of scrubbing.
"Oh, it would be great to be able to wash it." Fu Manhua was happy.
She bathed every day in the south, but if she didn't wash for several days, she felt really unwell.
Su Mo hurried out, took out the bathtub and washed it, then moved it to the west room and asked Su Yichen to put hot water in, and then went to the well to fill the water tank again.
After Su Yichen filled Fu Manhua with bath water, he came out to take over Su Mo's work.
While fetching water, Su Yichen asked, "Are his parents nice to you?"
Su Yichen is a calm person, not the talkative type. He is quite different in age from Su Mo. Unlike Su Yiyuan, he is not as close to Su Mo. But she also loves her only cousin very much. She belongs to the type who doesn't talk much but does a lot.
Su Mo nodded, "They're all good to me."
"Are you okay, uncle and aunt?"
"It's okay." She hasn't been to the bullpen for 20 days, and she doesn't know what's going on there now.
"If it's convenient, take me over for a look in the next two days."
"Okay." Su Mo responded.
"I don't know if your husband will be able to come back in the next few days." Su Yichen sighed. It happened by chance. If we couldn't meet him this time, I don't know when we would be able to see him again in the future.
He only took a month's leave and could only stay here for three or four days at most. If they want to return to Guangxi Province, the journey will take at least 8 to 10 days and they will have to change trains four times.
They set off from Guangxi Province on November 14th, and today is the 27th.
Su Mo didn't know either. After all, this was an order from above. But she thought that if Lu Changzheng knew that his eldest aunt and the others were coming, he would have made time to come back.
After Fu Manhua finished taking a shower, the three of them got their things and prepared to go to Lu's house.
As soon as he walked into the yard, he met Li Yuee who was carrying something.
Li Yue'e also saw smoke starting to come out from the chimney here, and knew that they were back, so she came over with Su Mo's things.
During Su Mo's absence, there were two letters from Su Mo, a remittance advice, and a package. Li Yue'e collected them for her first.
"Xiao Mo, who are these two?" Li Yue'e asked when she saw two strangers, but she already had a guess in her heart.
"Mom, these are my aunt and brother." Su Mo quickly introduced.
"Hey, hello, aunt and brother, hello." Li Yue'e greeted with a smile, thinking about shaking hands, but holding the package in her hand, "It's cold today, why don't you sit in the room?"
"Hello, in-laws." Fu Manhua also greeted with a smile, "I was just thinking about going over for a visit. I've been on the train all the way, so I'll go back to Xiaomo to clean up first."
Li Yue'e quickly put the package into Su Mo's hand and said, "Xiao Mo, this is your package. You take it home first. Mom will take my eldest aunt home first."
While talking, he took out the letter and remittance slip from his pocket to Su Mo, and then warmly greeted Fu Manhua and Su Yichen to leave.
Su Mo quickly took her things back to the house and went there again.
When they arrived at Lu's house, Li Yue'e welcomed the two of them into the main room, and quickly called Lu Qing'an and Lu Boming to come out.
Li Yue'e asked Lu Qing'an to quickly light up the fire wall in the main room, while she made brown sugar water and brought things to entertain. When Su Mo arrived, she also hurriedly helped.
Seeing Li Yuee's enthusiasm, Fu Manhua felt satisfied and said quickly: "My dear, there's no need to be busy."
"Hey, there's nothing to do. We don't have much good stuff in the countryside. These are all picked up from the mountains. You can try them."
Li Yuee put a pot of fried chestnuts and fried pine nuts, and a plate of previously dried peanuts.
Lu Boming came out a little late because he was changing clothes. When Fu Manhua and his son saw him coming out, they quickly stood up to greet him.
They heard Geng Changqing say that this old man respected the old revolutionary very much.
After everyone sat down, Fu Manhua said, "It's not convenient for Xiaomo's parents to come. Well, if I, the eldest aunt, have some free time, we will send us as representatives to come and take a look."
"It should have come when it was time to get married, but the two children were in such a hurry to get married that they couldn't come in time."
"This is my fault." Lu Boming hurriedly responded, "I was in poor health at the time, and my two children felt sorry for me, so I got married in a hurry."
"My life was saved by Xiao Mo."
Fu Manhua didn't know about wild ginseng, and thought that Lu Boming said this because of old ideas, and thought that Su Mo saved him by marrying him. He didn't know how to respond, so he had to laugh.
At this time, Dafang's family also came over.
Lu Boxing quickly introduced, "This is my eldest grandson and his wife. These three children are all from the eldest grandson's family."
When Fu Manhua saw the children coming, he quickly picked up the bag placed aside, took out a pack of White Rabbit toffee, and gave each of the three children a small handful.
"I have a long way to go and I haven't brought much with me. Come, eat some candy and sweeten your mouth."
The three children took the candies and thanked them happily.
"Here are three pieces of fabric. This corduroy piece is for you to make a coat for your in-laws, and the other two pieces are for her eldest brother and second brother's family." Fu Manhua took out the fabric and handed it to Li Yuee.
"My eldest aunt, we are very happy that you guys can come. Why do you bring so many things? It's really costing you a lot."
Li Yue'e was very embarrassed and had already begun to think about what she should bring to Fu Manhua and the others when they left.
Let's not talk about the other two pieces of cloth. The corduroy cloth only costs 2 cents and 11 feet. The piece given to her is at least seven feet long.
Fu Manhua waved his hand, "It's okay, we went back to Haishi first. They all say that Haishi's fabrics are good. Since we've all gone, I'll bring some for everyone."
After saying that, he took out the condensed milk and gave it to Lu Boming, "Old senior, drink this condensed milk in the evening. Take good care of yourself, the better days are yet to come."
Lu Boming responded with a smile, "Okay, I will take good care of you."
