Gu Lingxiao couldn't help but recall some things that happened when he was a child. Every time his mother tried to argue with his grandmother, she ended up getting a severe beating.
It made him want to laugh; his mother could never outmaneuver his grandmother in this lifetime.
Cai Wei could only pull on her husband's arm, "Dongsheng!"
Gu Dongsheng was being shaken so badly that he could only pat her hand and say, "Alright, stop making a fuss. I'll talk to my mom!" Turning to his mother, he said, "Let us decide this matter!"
Li Xuehua: "Have you forgotten the time you knelt before me to get married?"
When Gu Dongsheng caught the old lady's gaze, he couldn't help but think of decades ago when he and his wife knelt on the ground, hoping his mother would grant their wish.
"mom--"
"So, when you two wanted to be together, I went along with your wishes and broke off the arranged marriage!" Li Xuehua said, looking at them and saying each word clearly. "So what are you making a fuss about now? Marriage is a major life event, why can't you let your child choose?"
Cai Wei stomped her feet in anger. This was indeed a dark chapter in her history. She and Gu Dongsheng were classmates and fell in love while they were in school. Even after they found out that they had been betrothed as children, they were still together.
She didn't want to let go either, and later, Gu Dongsheng even defied his parents' wishes for her sake—
Gu Lingxiao never expected his parents to have such a long road ahead of them. Goodness, they allowed him to light a lamp but wouldn't allow others to set fires!
At that moment, he looked down on his parents!
Cai Wei stood up hurriedly, "Mom, Ling Xiao's situation is different from ours. Dong Sheng and I are truly in love. He's blinded by other women!"
Li Xuehua found it hilarious to see her daughter-in-law jumping up and down.
"Alright, stop making a fuss. I'll take charge of this. I want to see that girl. If you want to see her, you can come with me. If you don't want to, you can stay inside!"
Cai Wei was very angry with her mother-in-law, but she didn't dare to make a scene. First of all, the old woman was getting on in years, and if they really started arguing, she would be driven crazy.
Neither of them would let her go. Besides, he thought of the plan he had come up with before: as long as his son was amazed by Lin Yueru's beauty, he would definitely regret his choice.
No man can resist beauty. Back then, wasn't it because of her good looks that she managed to win over Gu Dongsheng! Thinking of this, she straightened her back.
"Okay, let's meet. Let's arrange to have lunch at four o'clock this afternoon!"
Li Xuehua was a little surprised that her daughter-in-law was so easy to talk to, so she said to Gu Lingxiao...
"Go and make the arrangements!"
Gu Lingxiao said, "Then let's meet at the state-run restaurant near the entrance. I'll come pick you up when it's time."
Li Xuehua: "Okay, you can arrange it as you see fit!"
Gu Lingxiao left the hotel, but he wasn't at ease, because he didn't know what would happen when they met again.
Fortunately, his grandmother was on his side; otherwise, they would have had to go their separate ways, which would have been a bit of a regret in their lives.
First, I took a bus to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought the fruits they liked. When I came out, I saw someone selling donkey meat in a small alley. The donkey skin was on the bus, so it was hard not to recognize it.
So he strode over and asked, "How much is this donkey meat?"
The man didn't look up and said coldly, "One yuan a pound, it's one yuan no matter where you want it."
"Then I'll take half a rib!" Gu Lingxiao took out money from his pocket.
"Young man, you know your stuff! You know this meat is good." The man looked up and said, "My donkey broke its leg, otherwise I wouldn't have been willing to kill it!"
Gu Lingxiao: "Isn't anyone there to control you when you're out there?"
The man said in a low voice, "This kind of thing is best kept hidden in plain sight. I go to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell meat, and no one who isn't stupid will report me. After all, if I come here often, they can also buy meat at a cheaper price. Only those who are blind and heartless will report me."
Gu Lingxiao watched as the man swiftly shaved off the meat with his knife and then weighed it.
"11.5 yuan. You want a lot, so just give me 11 yuan!" The man put the knife aside, then took out a plastic bag and packed the meat in. "Now everyone's life is better. Unlike before, when we could only eat meat a few times a year. Otherwise, if I had this donkey here, it would be gone in less than half an hour! The fact that there's still so much left is just a coincidence that you came across it!"
Gu Lingxiao paid the money readily, and seeing the kidneys still on the cutting board, he said, "Here's another dollar, give me these two!"
"You really know your stuff, here you go!" The man packed the kidneys and handed them over.
Gu Lingxiao then took out a dollar and threw it onto the cutting board.
"Keep it safe!"
"Alright! Take care, brother!" The man put the money in his pocket, made another sum of money, and began to hum a tune.
Hearing the voice from behind, Gu Lingxiao's lips curled up slightly, and his mood seemed to improve a little.
Lu Zhixia and Su Lan sat around the table making pork and chive dumplings.
Su Lan wrapped a dumpling and placed it on the bamboo steamer.
"We owe our dumplings today to Aunt Pang, who helped us buy two pounds of pork!"
"Of course, who would have thought there would be pork for sale today?" Lu Zhixia finished rolling out the last dumpling wrapper, clapped her hands casually, and smeared all the flour on the work surface.
The dumplings the children made were all sorts of odd shapes and sizes. I pinched the edges of the dumplings to make sure they wouldn't turn into soup when they went into the pot.
Gu Huailin, oblivious to the flour smeared on his face, continued to diligently wrap dumplings with his head down.
Lu Zhixia teased, "Look at you, you've turned into a cat with a painted face."
Gu Huailin habitually touched his face again, then looked at the back of his hand, which was covered in flour.
"I'm going to wash my face!"
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