Chapter 170 Crochet Sweater
Bai Luobo pushed the stone with his dog paw, signaling Shen Shuyu to take it. Shen Shuyu picked up the stone and he rubbed its head. "Thank you, Bai Luobo. I like it very much."
When Bai Luobo heard her say that she liked him, the corners of his mouth widened even more, and he kept rubbing his head against Shen Shuyu.
When Gu Jiandong saw something nice while playing outside, he would bring it back to her. Bai Luobo would imitate his master and bring back something he thought was good for Shen Shuyu.
How can I put it? White radish’s love is quite heavy. People and dogs like to eat different things. There are some things that Shen Shuyu really can’t eat!
The furry kid didn't understand and insisted on biting her trouser leg, inviting her to eat. Shen Shuyu felt that scene was interesting just thinking about it.
Fortunately, what it brought back to me today was a stone!
"White Radish, go home!"
The weather was getting colder, and Shen Shuyu wanted to wear a sweater. She only had one woolen coat in her closet, so she went to the black market and asked Scar to get her 20 kilograms of wool.
Grandpa and grandma, she and Gu Jiandong can make a sweater. When Old Lady Shen and Shen Chunling have free time, they take out the wool and crochet.
Gu Jiandong is such a studious person. When Old Lady Shen and Shen Chunling were crocheting, he sat beside them and followed them, learning every stitch. After two days of study, he got the hang of it!
He crocheted faster than Old Lady Shen and Shen Chunling. As soon as Shen Shuyu came back, Gu Jiandong showed off his crocheted sweater to her.
"Shu Yu, look at the sweater I crocheted for Bai Luobo. Does it look good?"
Gu Jiandong's stitches are even and dense. People who don't know him would think he is an old hand. There is nothing wrong with the sweater he crocheted for Bai Luobo.
"nice!"
"Gu Jiandong, didn't you say you would treat me the best? You've already crocheted a sweater for Bai Luobo, but what about mine?"
Gu Jiandong laughed, "I'll practice crocheting white radishes first, and then I'll crochet for you tomorrow. I want to crochet the most beautiful sweater for Shu Yu."
Shen Shuyu was very pleased to hear this. The white radish under his feet knew that the sweater was crocheted for him. He kept scratching Gu Jiandong with his paws and stretched his head, motioning Gu Jiandong to put on a new sweater for him.
Gu Jiandong patted its head and said, "You can only wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. I can't let you wear them now. You will get them dirty. I don't want to wash your clothes."
Bai Luobo hung his face and snorted at Gu Jiandong in dissatisfaction.
Shen Chunling put down the wool in her hand and said, "Shu Yu, what do you want to eat tonight?"
Shen Shuyu put down the backpack and took out the pheasant. "Second aunt, I caught a pheasant. I haven't had chicken soup for a long time. Let's make chicken soup tonight."
Shen Chunling weighed the pheasant and said, "Wow, this pheasant looks really fat, I estimate it to be around 4 or 5 kilograms.
Mother, your eldest granddaughter has brought back another pheasant to honor you. We are in for a treat tonight."
Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "My dear child is the most filial. Go and boil some water so that we can pluck the feathers later. Make the chicken soup soon so that the two children won't be hungry."
Shen Chunling worked very efficiently. After boiling water, she came out to cut the pheasant's neck to drain the blood and pluck its feathers. She went into Old Lady Shen's room and brought out some mushrooms. There were some red dates in Shen Shuyu's room, so she took out a handful.
"Second aunt, put some red dates in the stew, it will taste better."
"You kid, you love to eat a lot." Red dates are a good thing. How can they not taste good when used to make soup?
Liu Pandi lay in the room, listening to the conversation outside with her ear tilted. She kicked Uncle Shen and said, "Xiangxi, your son wants to drink chicken soup!"
Uncle Shen was sleeping and was kicked awake by her. "Didn't you just drink it a while ago? Why do you want to drink it again? Where can I get you a chicken to make chicken soup?"
"No need to go out. Mother has some ready-made food. I heard that Shen Shuyu, that damn girl, caught a pheasant and is now stewing it with red dates. The doctor said that red dates are good for the body. If I drink it, my son will be chubby when he is born."
Liu Pandi touched his belly and said, "Look, our son is moving. He is saying hello to you, his father."
Uncle Shen looked at her belly and said, "I think you want to drink chicken soup. Why are you talking about your son?"
"What's the difference between my son drinking and me wanting to drink? I drink it and I feel better. Isn't your son also better?"
Uncle Shen was not willing to ask his parents why they hated chicken soup, especially since the pheasant was caught by his eldest niece.
After the family was divided, Old Lady Shen often told her three sons how much their eldest son had helped them before his death, how much their three elder brothers had taken advantage of them, and how much Shu Yu had contributed to the family at such a young age.
To put it bluntly, Uncle Shen San felt guilty towards the Fourth House. It was not easy for his eldest niece, a girl, to catch a pheasant. His parents were old and needed to eat more to nourish themselves. As a son, he was incompetent.
He didn't have any good things to give to his parents. When his eldest niece brought back a pheasant, he, as the third uncle, went up to ask for it. He felt ashamed just thinking about it.
Uncle Shen thought about it again and again and rejected Liu Pandi's request. "Don't worry about the pheasant that Shu Yu caught. They don't owe us anything.
Just do it in front of me, don't do it in front of them, or I will ignore you."
"Shen Xiangxi, I'm pregnant with your son. If you continue to do this, I'm going back to my parents' home."
Liu Pandi said this with confidence. She was pregnant now and she didn't believe her man would ask her to go back to her parents' home.
When she said she wanted to go back to her parents' home, Uncle Shen smiled and said, "Go back. You will have to go hungry for three days and wait on your whole Liu family with a big stomach.
In the winter, I lived in a woodshed that was windy and leaky. I was cold and hungry, with frostbite all over my body. I had to get up before dawn to wash clothes for the whole family...
Go ahead and take my son to your Liu family to enjoy a good life.
When you are not at home, I feel relieved and don’t have to wait on you.”
Liu Pandi had been living comfortably these days. No one made her angry. No matter what she said, the men spoiled her. Liu Pandi almost forgot what her life was like at her parents' home. After hearing this, her arrogance disappeared by half.
But she still said stubbornly, "What nonsense are you talking about? My family would never treat me like this. My mother, my sister-in-law, and my brother's wife are very good to me.
If I get pregnant, they will definitely take care of me and give me good food.”
Uncle Shen got up and packed her clothes. "Then go back and let your mother, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law take care of you.
They love you, they will definitely cook chicken soup for you. Not to mention chicken soup, if you want to eat pork elbow, maybe they can get it for you. Go back, go back to your parents' home and enjoy yourself!"
After packing her clothes, Uncle Shen was about to pull her off the kang. Liu Pan shouted, "Xiangxi, what are you doing? I just said it casually. I don't really want to go back. This is my home..."
The people in the yard could hear clearly the noises in their house.
Shen Chunling looked towards her third brother's room and said to Shen Shuyu, "Tsk, your third aunt is making trouble again! Your third uncle is going to punish her this time."
She knew that with her third brother's temper, he would not always spoil her. She just didn't know what her third brother's wife had instructed her to do this time that made her third brother angry and asked her to go back to her parents' home.