Chapter 12: Mum is a child too

Gu Chen didn't expect that this older brother was actually quite loyal.

He felt a little embarrassed instead.

But since he had already said all that, it would naturally be rude not to accept.

He had to thank him and then accept the things.

Lao Tang smiled and said, 'By the way, they all call me Lao Tang.'

'Gu Chen,' Gu Chen said.

Lao Tang patted him on the shoulder and said, 'Okay, you go ahead, I have to get back to my stall.'

With that, he turned around and walked back towards his stall.

Gu Chen put away the wolfberries Lao Tang had given him.

He also carefully put away the nylon bag he had brought with him.

Then he took Tang Tang by the hand and walked out.

The little girl had been helping Gu Chen carry the bag, but she was just a child and was exhausted after half an hour.

She looked at Gu Chen with a droopy head and said in a low voice: 'Daddy, Tangtang wants a hug.'

Gu Chen picked up the little girl in one go.

'Okay, Daddy earned some money today.

What would you like to eat, Tangtang? Daddy will buy you something delicious!'

Tangtang's dark eyes lit up at the mention of food.

The tiredness from earlier disappeared in an instant!

'Daddy, Tangtang wants to eat sugar-coated hawthorn!

A few days ago, Yan Yan's mother came to the city from the opposite direction and bought him some sugar-coated hawthorn.

They were red, plump and looked really good.

Yan Yan treasured them and ate them carefully, licking them up.

He told Tang Tang that they were sweet and sour and really delicious.

They cost three yuan a skewer.

The little girl is only two years old and doesn't know the value of things, she just knows that they are delicious!

But she was spoiled by it.

Gu Chen petted her head affectionately.

'Okay, Daddy will take Tangtang to buy some sugar-coated skewers!'

He hugged Tangtang and walked out of the market towards the street.

The streets were bustling with activity years ago.

There were sellers of everything, pushing their bicycles along, selling sugar-coated skewers and cotton candy.

There were also sellers of hair ties and hair clips nearby.

Tangtang's eyes went wide when she saw the sugar-coated skewers.

'Daddy, over there!'

Gu Chen walked over holding Tang Tang's hand.

The person selling the candied fruit on a stick was an old lady.

Gu Chen asked, 'How much is the candied fruit on a stick?'

The old lady smiled and said, 'Three yuan each.'

Gu Chen took three yuan out of his pocket and handed it over.

'I'll take one.'

The old lady smiled and handed Tang Tang a piece of candied fruit on a stick.

'You're a very pretty little girl, and I can tell your mother is a rare beauty,'

I can tell by looking at her that her mother is a rare beauty,' the grandmother selling the candied fruit on a skewer said, praising Gu Chen's wife.

Tang Tang's eyes crinkled up in a smile.

'My mother is the most beautiful in the world!'

The cute look on the little girl's face made the surrounding vendors laugh out loud.

Gu Chen thought for a moment and took out three more coins.

'Granny, wrap one up for me too,' he said.

If he had one for his daughter, he also had to have one for his wife.

Tang Tang thought that he had bought one for himself and the little girl, who knew better, shook her head quickly.

'Dad, Tangtang only wants one. Mum said one is enough.'

Gu Chen took the sugar-coated hawthorn that the woman had wrapped in brown paper.

Then he gently brushed the tip of the nose of Tangtang.

'Little glutton, this is for Mum.'

Tangtang licked the sugar-coated hawthorn in her hand and licked her rosy lips.

Then she looked at Gu Chen with a puzzled face.

'But Mum said that sugar-coated hawthorn is only for children.'

Gu Chen smiled.

'But mommy is also a child to daddy.'

It was herself who had made Ji Bianran suffer for three years. He had married her home, but never treated her well.

Making amends was not just about saying it.

From the day he was reborn, he had vowed to let them, the mother and daughter, live a good life!

Tang Tang blinked innocently.

'So, is Tang Tang also daddy's child?'

Gu Chen nodded.

'Yes, Tang Tang and your mother are both Daddy's little friends, the people he will protect for the rest of his life.'

After the father and daughter had finished talking, they walked over to the shopping mall next door.

Back then, Ji Pianran had run away from home because he had gambled away the 200 yuan she had saved up with such difficulty.

That money was meant to buy Tang Tang formula and for the family's New Year's shopping.

Gu Chen entered the shopping mall, and the salesperson saw that he had come to buy formula for his child.

and quickly walked over holding a Sanlu product.

'Handsome man, take a look at this milk powder. It's one of our best sellers, and children absorb it well.'

These salespeople have sharp eyes and can tell at a glance what a person's situation is.

Gu Chen was wearing a blue cotton jacket, jeans and a pair of sneakers.

No matter how you looked at it, she didn't look like a rich person.

So she recommends that Gu Chen buy Sanlu, 41 cans, it's cheap.

Gu Chen looks at the brand on the milk powder.

He subconsciously thinks of melamine and the big-headed babies and stone-kidney babies that were exposed later.

Although it didn't break out until 2008, Gu Chen still feels unsafe in his heart.

He narrows his eyes and is a bit resistant.

'No, no, is there something better?'

The salesperson didn't expect that Gu Chen, who looked a little poor, actually loved children quite a lot and was willing to spend money on them.

A flash of difference passed through her eyes.

A moment later, she busily brought over another Feihe and another Wondersun.

Both cost more than 100 yuan.

Gu Chen looked at them and chose a box of Feihe milk powder.

After all, it was for the child, so it had to be the best.

She had to feel at ease.

She paid.

After buying the milk powder, Gu Chen took his daughter out of the shopping mall.

Standing on the street, he felt that he was starving.

However, he resisted the urge to eat out.

After all, food outside is expensive.

With this money, it is better to buy some food to go home and eat!

Gu Chen endured the hunger.

He bought three catties of pork and three catties of beef.

She also bought some dried fruit, pistachios, peanuts, melon seeds and so on, and finally spent twenty yuan on a bucket of chocolate from Hsu Fu Chi.

These days, without high-end brands like Dove or Ferrero, you can't get by.

Hsu Fu Chi is already considered pretty good.

After buying all this, Gu Chen felt in her pocket and realised she still had two hundred yuan left. A hundred yuan could buy a bag of rice and a bag of noodles, and she could buy some seasonings and other things.

With the remaining 100 yuan, he would give it to Ji Pianran.

After all, he had left a cauliflower in the space, specifically for it to produce seeds.

As long as he went back in the evening and planted the seeds, he would be able to buy more the next day.

At 4 pm, Gu Chen arrived home.

Ji Pianran had gone to Auntie Li's house to help out, and had just returned. She was washing the bed sheets and covers in the house.

She had not finished washing the sheets and covers when she saw Tantan running in, skipping and jumping.

Behind her was Gu Chen, carrying bags and packages.

The little girl ran happily up to Ji Pianran, and the baby took out the unfinished sugar-coated hawthorn in her arms and held it up in front of Ji.

Smiling, she looked at her mother and said, 'Mommy, have a bite. It's sweet and delicious!'

Ji smiled and took the hawthorn from her.

She had seen how Tantan had been envious when Yan Yan from across the street had eaten the sugar-coated hawthorn.

Ji Pianran had seen it all.

But to be honest, three yuan was not cheap, and plus there was the trip to the city, which was two yuan for a one-way ticket.

That made seven yuan for the round trip.

That was enough to buy a catty of meat.

So she had never bought any for Sugar Sugar.

She never thought that Gu Chen would buy some for Sugar Sugar today.

She looked at Sugar Sugar with a smile.

'Be good, sugar-coated haw is for children to eat, so you can eat it yourself,'

she said, and the little girl immediately argued back in a baby voice.

'But Daddy said that you and mummy are both Daddy's little friends, and Daddy bought some for mummy too.'

The little girl in front of her looked innocent.

A storm of emotions surged through Ji Pianran's heart.

Gu Chen said that she and the little girl were both children?