Woven Second Threads Novel Chapter 8

Suddenly I heard Justin Gu's voice speaking from outside, as if he was ordering him to stand in the corner again?

She quickly got up to wash up and saw Justin Gu coming out of Eli's room.

Seeing her, Justin Gu coughed twice and looked away.

Marinda Qingping: ...What is this person thinking?

"What happened to Eli?"

Justin Gu's expression became normal now, "You brat, you ran away from home! I caught you at the entrance of the village!"

Marinda Qingping suddenly remembered what Eli said yesterday: He will leave...

He actually left!

Still carrying a glass of milk, she entered Eli's room.

Eli's small body has a standard military posture. His small body is upright. When he hears the sound of someone coming in, he doesn't look back.

"Eli." she called him, "have you not drank milk today?"

Eli tilted his head slightly and ignored her.

The ice between her and Eli has not been broken yet.

Ever since she got married, she had ignored Eli. Eli didn't like her, but Eli knew very well that she was Uncle Gu's wife and one of his own, so if someone outside slandered her, it wouldn't matter. To protect, this is to protect Uncle Gu's face.

Marinda Qingping looked at this little carrot head with pity in her heart.

"Here, drink milk first." Just like last time, feed it to his mouth.

This time, he didn't drink, lowered his head and avoided it.

"What's wrong? Can you tell me?" she asked patiently, "I heard from your Uncle Gu that you want to leave?"

The word "go" finally made him move, but his head was lowered, "I will leave when Uncle Gu returns to the army."

"Why are you leaving? Where are you going?" she asked in surprise.

Eli was silent again.

Marinda Qingping thought for a moment and put down the milk glass, "What if I said, I won't let you go?"

When Eli heard this, he suddenly raised his head.

Marinda Qingping discovered that the child's eyes were indeed red again.

"I won't let you go, Eli," she repeated.

"Then, then you give me eggs, give me milk powder..." the little guy stammered.

"What does this have to do with you leaving?" She didn't understand either.

Eli lowered his head, "It's like this in dramas and storytellers. They give good wine and food, give some gifts, and then send the guests away..."

Marinda Qingping:...

It turned out to be such a misunderstanding.

Sensitive and precocious children really think too much...

"me..."

Marinda Qingping hugged "me" Eli for a long time, "Eli, that's not what I meant. You misunderstood. From now on, you will have eggs to eat and milk to drink every day. I will cook them for you, right here at home." You do it, I just want you to grow tall and strong, like Uncle Gu."

Eli didn't speak, but Marinda Qingping felt that her thin summer shirt and the place where Eli's eyes were pressed were wet.

Eli, thank you for calling me "Mom". In this life, we both have to start over again...

Marinda Qingping did not let Eli continue to stand in the corner. After watching him drink the milk, he cooked an egg for him to eat, and then started to cook.

She was a caterer in her previous life, and she was quite accomplished in cooking. However, during her time in the Gu family, she was notoriously lazy in cooking, never doing anything without talking about the work, and never sharing the delicious food.

But today, she walked into the kitchen.

Mother-in-law seemed to see the sun rising in the west.

"Um... Chengzi finally came back, I'll make him some food." Marinda Qingping explained, "You... you go and do other things, I'll do it."

Regardless of how this daughter-in-law usually behaves, Fiona Liu felt more or less comfortable and gave the kitchen to her because she had this heart for her son.

In rural areas of this era, materials were really limited. Oil and sugar were all treasures that her mother-in-law could not bear to use. Marinda Qingping did not dare to waste them, so she just made a meal with the existing ingredients.

The large pumpkin is steamed and ground into puree, mixed with cornmeal, and a pot full of pumpkin pie is made. I was reluctant to fry it, so I fried it bit by bit, but it was delicious. The pumpkins grown in the countryside are inherently sweet, and when they are ready, they have the not-too-sweet sweetness that everyone loves when desserts become popular a few decades later.

Then, the tofu is grilled directly, sprinkled with chili powder and salt. Although it is not as amazing as the fried tofu, it is much better than my mother-in-law who only stir-fries tofu and often stir-fries it black.

But the lentils were fried in an iron pan, and the green peppers were also fried, and then mixed together and stir-fried. The smell was so fragrant that my mother-in-law thought she had burned down the kitchen.

After frying a large plate of cabbage, the rice is ready.

When it was served on the table, Eli stared at the pumpkin pie with bright eyes, and his mother-in-law was also shocked.

Marinda Qingping first gave Eli two pumpkin cakes and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, you eat first. I'll call Dad and Chengzi back for dinner."

She thought Justin Gu was helping her father-in-law with work, but when she got to the fields, she found that only her father-in-law was there.

After calling her father-in-law, she continued to look for Justin Gu and walked around the village. She didn't see anyone, but she saw everyone in the village running towards the back hill.

"Quick! The back mountain collapsed, I heard someone was injured!"

"Let's go and have a look!"

The young and old in the village were still very enthusiastic and ran to the mountain. Marinda Qingping was shocked. Could it be that Justin Gu was also on the mountain? She searched everywhere but couldn't find it!

She jumped up and ran up the mountain with the villagers.

Soon we arrived at the landslide.

Marinda Qingping looked from the bottom up and saw Justin Gu hanging on a tree, holding the branch with one hand and dragging a person: Cassie Chen with the other hand.

Cassie Chen's cry was heard all over the valley, "Brother Chengzi, brother Chengzi, don't let go! I'm afraid..."

Marinda Qingping's whole heart was hanging on Justin Gu, and the tree he was climbing on was already crumbling.

The two people were actually not very high off the ground. As long as Justin Gu let go of his hand and jumped down, neither of them would die. However, it was hard to say whether their arms or legs would be broken.

The most important thing is that Justin Gu died young in his previous life. Marinda Qingping already had a shadow in his heart and could not bear any danger for him.

She didn't even dare to shout, for fear of scaring Justin Gu and causing him to accidentally fall.

The villagers pulled out the fishing nets under the collapsed cliff and shouted to the people above, "Nariko, come down! We will catch you!"

"Okay! I let go! Tighten it!" Justin Gu said loudly.

Later, Justin Gu let go and they fell into the fishing net together.

Marinda Qingping breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Justin Gu falling into the net safely, but what happened to the two people in the net?

I saw Cassie Chen hugging Justin Gu's neck and crying, "U".

Marinda Qingping discovered that Cassie Chen was wearing a green top.

She suddenly remembered the figure that flashed behind the big tree that day...

A woman's intuition, alarm bells rang in Marinda Qingping's ears.

Cassie Chen was the one who canceled her engagement with Justin Gu because she disliked Eli.

However, didn’t Cassie Chen get engaged and go to the city with a young man who came to the countryside for exercise? That was before she and Justin Gu got married, so why are they here now?