Chapter 16: The Falling Feet

It can be seen that the people of the Gu family truly love their only girl.

When people interact with each other, they always treat each other with sincerity.

Now that all the Gu family members are gathered together, Gu Wan thinks it would be a good idea for her to take out the gifts now.

Fortunately, I gained a lot in the red envelope group today, so I can give some gifts to the children. As for the other things, I will see opportunities later.

There weren't many things, just a big bag that Gu Wan brought back, which was also carried in for her by Gu Zhiqiang.

Fortunately, Gu Wan was very strong now and lifted the bag with one hand. Everyone in the Gu family was puzzled.

Then Gu Wan opened the bundle, and the things inside were revealed. Not everyone has them, but they are indeed very practical.

Of course, Gu Wan was not completely unreserved. For example, the meat rabbit and half of the White Rabbit milk candy were left in the storage cabinet.

The first thing that was taken out was a pheasant wrapped in oil paper, with its fur peeled off.

Gu Wan had already thought of the reason. He saw it being exchanged with someone on the way here and spent two dollars without using a ticket.

This price is reasonable, Gu Wan has already learned about the market conditions here in advance.

And she said this and openly took out the pheasant, thinking that everyone would have a good meal together.

Because the black market does exist in this era, and even if the people above know about some minor incidents, the management is not that strict.

After all, if the sale of daily necessities such as food, drink, defecation and urination is completely banned, it will not be very convenient for the lives of the general public.

"Ding ding ding ding, look everyone, this is a chicken. We can eat roast chicken with potatoes tonight." Gu Wan said with a smile.

As a result, no one around me responded because everyone was stunned.

Looking at the oil paper bag in Gu Wan's hand, my saliva started to flow down my throat.

You know, the last time the whole family ate chicken together was during the Chinese New Year. Most villagers raise chickens for laying eggs.

Throughout the year, the only time we are willing to kill a chicken for the whole family to eat together is during the Chinese New Year.

When the eldest son's daughter-in-law gave birth to a child, Shi Guixiang was reluctant to make chicken soup for her.

The main thing is to kill the old hen at home, which is only enough for the eldest son and his wife to eat for two or three days. Keeping it to lay eggs to provide nutrition for adults and children is a long-term solution.

Next was a big bag of candy, but the most eye-catching thing was the big bag of milk powder.

This is also when Gu Wan was chatting with her biological father just now, she learned about the main family structure of the Gu family;

And the current difficulties we are facing.

Gu Zhiqiang did not hide anything and told his daughter everything.

Anyway, Wanwan has returned and will know everything. Gu Zhiqiang believes that since she is back, she will not despise her family just because they are poor and sick.

It was indeed so. The pheasant was taken out to improve the family's food situation, while the milk powder was to solve the urgent needs of my uncle's family.

It turned out that my cousin's wife had a difficult birth and was not sent to the hospital in time.

Being able to give birth to the child safely was a blessing from the Bodhisattva, but after the child was born, Gu Wantang's wife was unable to produce any milk.

But it is not so easy to buy milk powder these days.

The main reason is that milk powder coupons are not easy to get. Even in big cities like provincial capitals, the quantity is extremely scarce.

Even in the county town, they only saw milk powder once or twice in the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the old Gu family couldn't buy it at all. My eldest cousin tried every possible way, begging for help, but he only begged for a few sips of milk in the first month after the child was born.

Most of the time he drinks rice soup. I don’t even dare to feed him porridge as he is so young.

But what nutritional value can the child get from just drinking rice soup and water? Not only does the child grow thin, but he also has only a few sparse yellow hairs.

Although women are advised not to cry or shed tears during the confinement period, as it is bad for the body.

But I don’t know how many times my cousin’s wife cried behind my back. The child is almost two months old and still hasn’t been named.

My family is mainly afraid of...

The system mall has milk powder. It doesn’t need to be of particularly good quality, just ordinary infant milk powder in bags.

Gu Wan went to take a look and found that 500G actually cost 39.8 yuan.

To be honest, compared to Gu Wan now, it is really a bit expensive.

And according to the information she learned, even milk powder can be bought for one yuan when the mall has a promotion.

But she knew that the child could not wait, and milk powder was the child's life-saving food at this time.

Gritting his teeth, Gu Wan deposited another thirty yuan in cash into his mobile wallet and bought the bag of milk powder.

Fortunately, the milk powder packaging bag is very simple, and even the production date is not indicated except for the shelf life.

Otherwise, if he got some milk powder produced in 2020, Gu Wan wouldn’t know how to give it to his eldest cousin’s wife to feed her child.

But Gu Wan knew that the quality of the products produced in the mall was guaranteed, otherwise he would not dare to take them out casually.

Not to mention Mr. and Mrs. Gu, even his eldest son Gu Shan's eyes turned red when he saw the milk powder. Gu Shan's wife Li Huihui almost knelt down in front of Gu Wan.

Fortunately, she was stopped. Gu Wan felt that she could not bear it.

"I never drank milk powder in the Qin family before. It was Qin Shiman - oh, that's the name Xiaoman changed after she returned to the Qin family. After Qin Shiman went back, my adoptive parents bought some for her to drink at home."

"Because I secretly signed up to go to the countryside as an educated youth, they were very angry. I didn't bring any luggage with me this time. I happened to see that bag of milk powder, and I was so angry that I took it back."

This is half true.

It is true that the original owner had never drunk milk powder before. The main reason was that when she was very young, even though Qin's parents were high-ranking officials, the whole environment was like this, and the Qin family's living standard was average.

Later, the economic situation improved, but Qin Wan grew up and naturally stopped drinking milk powder.

Qin Shiman really had milk powder, but it was not the infant variety. It was something Qi Yuanhang specially asked someone to bring back.

Gu Wan was not afraid to give this title to Qin Shiman. She had plundered so much luck from the original owner, and now he was just borrowing her name.

Similarly, Qin's parents were not aware of her secret application to go to the countryside, so Gu Wan simply disclosed the matter in advance.

Gu Wan then said to Li Huihui, "Sister-in-law, give it to the child first. I'll find a way to get a few more packs in a few days."

The educated youth who went to the countryside this time had good conditions and many connections. Gu Wan said this to pave the way for himself to produce good things in the future.

Gu Shan and Li Huihui were very excited and started to prepare the milk powder under Gu Wan's guidance.

If you don’t have a bottle at home, don’t worry, just use the bowl you use for eating to soak the baby in warm water.

Then feed with a spoon, give the child a small amount at first, and then slowly increase the amount later.

(End of this chapter)