0p0 Chapter 192 The Old Lady is in Trouble
Chapter 192 The Old Lady is in Trouble
"Dad, brother, since you are all here, let's not make a wasted trip. Buy some more food to bring back. If you can't finish it during the New Year, store it for mom and dad. It's not easy for the two old people to come to the county town, and the road to Qigou Village is so difficult to travel. There are so many of us, so let's carry some food back!"
As long as Wang Limei and her daughter were not present, the Dong family would almost always follow Ms. Dong's arrangements. "Okay, sister, it's up to you to decide!"
The family stayed on the main street of the county town for about an hour before returning home satisfied.
It is about ten miles from the county town to Qigouzhai, and it takes about half an hour to ride an electric bike to get home. It was almost six o'clock when they got home. Ms. Dong asked the old lady to stop working and go to the house to rest for a while, and she would take care of dinner.
How could the old lady sleep peacefully with so much work to do? "I can help with the lighter tasks, so you can have less work to do!"
On the other side, Wang Limei asked, "Husband, where did all of you go? Why did you take so long to leave?"
"It's okay. You and Xiangxiang can cook dinner tonight. Mom is tired, let her have a good rest!"
Wang Limei was not happy at all when asked to cook. "Husband, you know that when we were at home, we had a nanny to cook. I can't do such dirty and tiring work. And, look, I have kept my ten fingernails so well. Won't these rude words ruin them?"
Wang Limei's words were not only unpleasant to Dong Changping, but also her two sons felt that their mother's words were too much. There were only three adult women in the family, including grandma, aunt and their mother. They must have been very scared after something like that happened in the county town in the afternoon. Even if their mother didn't know the details of the incident, the old lady would be tired after walking around and buying New Year's goods all afternoon. Besides, their father didn't ask their mother to cook alone. There was still aunt! It was so disappointing!
Dong Shaoqing said, "Mom, are you going to let my aunt cook dinner for so many people alone?"
Wang Limei saw that her son did not speak up for her, and she became more and more angry. "What's wrong with her being alone? Without me, your mother, will the whole family not have dinner?"
Dong Changping was so angry at Wang Limei that he wanted to strangle her to death on the spot, but due to his identity and status, he could not do anything. He could not scold or hit her. Such a daughter-in-law was useless except for giving birth to a few children for him!
"Okay, if you don't want to go, I'll go!" After saying that, Dong Changping walked around Wang Limei and went to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Ms. Dong, Nan Chen and Nan Zhaozhao were already busy. The old lady and Nan Zhaozhao were busy picking vegetables. If you look closely, you can see that the old lady's hands are still shaking!
Nanchen was chopping meat with a machete, Dong's father was making a fire, and Ms. Dong was washing rice and steaming rice. There were so many people eating that the electric rice cooker was not enough, so they had to use a rice cooker. The cooking process using this method was much more complicated. The old lady was guiding her from the side, and Ms. Dong followed the instructions step by step.
At this moment, Dong Changping came in and saw this busy and orderly scene. He felt indescribably sad. Although he was successful in his career, he failed to educate his wife and children well, which was a big failure.
"Changping, what are you doing in the kitchen? There's a lot of smoke here. Go out first. Dinner will be ready soon!"
"Mom, go and have a rest, I'll come and help!" Dong Changping rolled up his sleeves and took off the apron hanging around the old lady's neck, then pushed her to sit on a bamboo chair. "Sister, if there is anything you want me to do, just tell me, I'll do it!"
Ms. Dong was not polite. When she came to the house, her status was useless. She had to do the work she was supposed to do. "Hey, brother, go to the wooden barrel in the backyard and catch a fish. Kill it, clean it, and bring it over. We'll make a braised fish tonight!"
"Okay, I'll go right away!" Seeing this scene, the old lady seemed to have returned to her youth. Her two children had been sensible since childhood and had helped their mother with housework a lot. Now this scene made the old lady a little dazed and she could not tell whether this was a scene from her youth or a scene now.
Nan Zhaozhao had already noticed that something was wrong with the old lady, and she was currently using her mind to contact her senior brother.
Qin Guang said that life, aging, illness and death are subject to the laws of nature and cannot be forcibly changed, otherwise there will be divine punishment.
"Brother, my grandmother is only in her sixties, not even seventy yet, why would she die? Hurry up and tell me what I can do to cure her!"
Qin Guang was almost pissed off by this little girl. It was really the case that when a girl grows up, she keeps on keeping him around until he becomes her enemy. "Don't forget, you went to the mortal world to gain experience and travel. These people are just passers-by who brushed past you during your travels. You can't invest too much emotion in them!"
Nan Zhaozhao's ears were almost callused by the senior brother, who was like Tang Monk chanting sutras, so annoying. She would rather not help, so she thought of a solution herself, "Senior Brother, well, you are busy, I won't bother you!"
Without waiting for Qin Guang to say anything else, Nan Zhaozhao put on the Ruyi Mirror and hung up the phone. Nan Zhaozhao thought of her master again, but this time she had to say it in a different way. Unfortunately, no one answered the call, not knowing whether her master had gone into seclusion again or not.
Nan Zhaozhao called her junior brother again. Hu Qing didn't know what he was doing at the moment. He looked a little nervous. "Junior brother, what are you doing?"
"Junior sister, why did you think of giving it to me at this time? What's the matter?"
"Little Brother, what good thing are you doing? Are you so nervous...!"
Hu Qing suddenly thought of something and asked, "Don't talk nonsense. Hey, no, Zhao Zhao, when did you think of me? Didn't the senior brother say that he sealed all your memories? What? Did you remember everything after breaking the seal?"
Nan Zhaozhao cursed in her heart, "Okay, Senior Brother, you are not kind. No wonder, she said, so many things didn't add up. Turns out the answer is here!"
"Yes, I have made a breakthrough. So, what are you doing, little brother? Tell me the truth, or I will report you to Master!"
"Zhao Zhao, you are going too far. I have been so good to you, how can you turn against me so suddenly?"
"I don't care, you have to tell me, or I'll complain now!"
"Okay, okay, you little girl, you are so cruel. I was secretly drinking Master's treasure. I only took a small sip, just a small sip!"
"Oh! I see. I see. But if you don't want me to complain to Master, then you have to give me something."
"what?"
"It's like this. I'm traveling in the human world now. My grandmother in this body is frightened and her mind is uneasy and her soul is unstable. If you have any good elixir, give me one! I'll pretend I don't know about you stealing Master's wine!"
"It's a threat, a pure threat. But Junior Sister, even if I have a good elixir for you, you can't give it to people in the mortal world. Their mortal bodies can't withstand the elixir from the upper world. If you really let them eat it, they will explode and die immediately. You've done something bad with good intentions!"
Hearing this, Nan Zhaozhao was also very scared. Fortunately, the junior brother told her the interests involved, otherwise she might still foolishly ask others for it. "Then is there any other way?"