Chapter 345 Military Coat
The couple nodded after much persuasion from Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong. To be honest, Yang Cheng and Luo Yulan felt embarrassed to always go to their house for dinner.
It can be said that my uncle and aunt's home is really bare. None of the pots and pans are in good condition. Even the quilts are stiff and the cotton is clumped. There is not much firewood at home, and they definitely don't want to heat the kang at night. Shen Shuyu doesn't know how my uncle and aunt can make it through the night in such a cold weather.
Luo Yulan blamed herself in her heart for not putting the quilt away. If her niece saw it, the child would definitely feel bad, after all, she was a kind-hearted child.
She wiped her hands and ran over to fold the quilt. "This is the quilt. Auntie forgot to put it away. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Shen Shuyu looked around and saw only an empty box. This was not a mattress pad, it must be the quilt they covered themselves with.
Gu Jiandong also saw the quilt at the door. He thought about it, turned around and went out. After a while, he brought back two military coats. "Uncle, aunt, we have too many military coats to wear. They take up space. Can you help us share these two?"
The military coats are thick and can be used as quilts when sleeping. They wear them during the day and cover themselves with them at night so they don’t have to suffer from the cold.
Military coats are so popular that there are so many to wear. Although my nephew and son-in-law are soldiers, military coats are not cabbages that the army gives out every day.
Even if it was cabbage, the troops wouldn't have that much to distribute every day. They knew how tight supplies were these days.
The child must have said this in order to get them to accept it. "We all have thick clothes. Take these two military coats back for your parents to wear."
"My parents both have them."
"We have several military coats, uncle and aunt. We can't wear them all if we put them in the box. They take up too much space.
Just accept it. This way I can use the space in the box to make some new clothes. Otherwise I won’t have anywhere to put my new clothes.”
Luo Yulan gently tapped her niece's forehead and said, "Okay, okay, uncle and aunt, please accept it."
They just accepted the two children's kindness.
Shen Shuyu blinked at Gu Jiandong. This man really understood her thoughts. She didn't even say anything, but he knew to go back and get the military coat. She would have to reward this sensible man when she got back.
Shen Shuyu thought of letting her uncle and aunt wear military coats for now. When she returned, she would send quilts and more cotton, since she had cotton planted in her space anyway.
It would definitely not work to take it out now. They didn't bring any cotton when they came over. If she gave the cotton to her uncle and aunt, Gu Jiandong would definitely know, and she wouldn't know how to explain it to Gu Jiandong then.
What Shen Shuyu didn't know was that Gu Jiandong had already known about her secret.
The cotton-padded clothes worn by Yang Cheng, Luo Yulan and others were not warm at all, so Shen Shuyu immediately asked her uncle and aunt to put on their military coats.
They actually had military coats, but the eldest son was reluctant to wear the one he was given, so he took the new one home for them to wear and wore the old one himself. But they were demoted at that time and didn't have time to pack them up, so the military coats were taken away by those red cuffs a long time ago. Luo Yulan felt sad whenever she thought about it.
"Military coats are different. I started sweating as soon as I put them on."
Luo Yulan was also amused by her husband's words. "Of course the military coat given by my nephew's husband is warm. If it wasn't warm, how could the children give it to you?"
They were going over to have dinner, so neither of them stayed at home. They came over with Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong to help prepare the meal for tonight.
It's not like the 21st century now, where you can eat whatever you want during the New Year. Shen Shuyu and her friends brought meat and dried vegetables, so tonight's reunion dinner has meat and rice, which is considered very sumptuous.
Shen Shuyu said she wanted to eat dumplings, and Su Yuehong also made some dumplings. When they came over, Su Yuehong had just finished making the dumplings.
"Yuehong, if there is any work to be done at home, just tell us. We can't eat for free."
They didn't eat white rice at all. Shen Shuyu told them not to bring rations, but they insisted on bringing them. Su Yuehong even said to them, "What you said is that we are all family. Isn't it a bit awkward to eat white rice?
Even if you didn't tell me, I would still need your help with the work. Otherwise, Lao Gu and I would be too busy.
Yulan, please help cut some pickled cabbage. Lao Yang, please help take a look at the rice in the pot. It should be almost done."
There were dumplings and rice. After getting used to the hard life here, Luo Yulan wanted to save the dumplings for tomorrow, but she thought that this was not her home, and if they didn't eat them, the old Gu family and her niece would still have to eat them.
There were four elders busying around, and the kitchen and the house were very small, so Gu Jiandong and Shen Shuyu didn't want to squeeze in the house. Gu Jiandong went to fetch water and Shen Shuyu went with him.
The road was long enough, and Shen Shuyu felt a little tired after following him home. "Shuyu, go back to the house and rest, don't follow me. I'll make two more trips and the water tank will be full. It will be quick."
What's the hurry? It's such a long way, and it's dark by the time we go back and forth. But there's nothing we can do. They need water, and if Gu Jiandong doesn't carry it, then Gu Changfeng has to do it. They came here because they want to make their parents feel more relaxed. Gu Jiandong tries his best to do whatever work he can.
Shen Shuyu tried her best. In fact, she and Gu Jiandong could fetch water faster, but he and his parents-in-law would not let her work. Before she was pregnant, Gu Jiandong did not let her work much, and after she was pregnant, Gu Jiandong let her work even less.
If she carried water, this man would be so nervous that his veins would bulge.
"Then go slowly. If you see the weather is not right, go home quickly."
"it is good."
Bai Luobo was worried about him being alone, so he followed Gu Jiandong, wagging his tail.
With Bai Luobo accompanying him, Shen Shuyu felt at ease. Bai Luobo was very smart and was often trained by Gu Jiandong. If there was any danger, Bai Luobo would be a good helper.
Shen Shuyu came in through the curtain, "Mom, aunt, is there anything else you need to do?"
"No work, sit down and talk to us."
The room was very warm with the kang heated. This was because their son and daughter-in-law had come over. Otherwise, Gu Changfeng and Su Yuehong would usually be reluctant to heat the kang, as it would waste firewood, which was hard to find, so they usually tried to save as much as possible.
But the children are here, and the environment is harsh enough. They can't let the children endure the cold with them. If only the son is fine, it's okay because he is rough and it's okay if he is a little cold. But the same can't be said for the daughter-in-law. They treat her as their own daughter.
Su Yuehong felt guilty for not being able to take care of her daughter-in-law when she was pregnant, so how could she let her daughter-in-law suffer from the cold?