Chapter 325: Borrowing Money and Food
Gu Yuehuai spoke casually, but before she finished her words, the dinner table fell silent.
Not to mention the admiring looks of Wan Qinglan and Wang Ziyan, even Gu Yinfeng froze in the act of picking up food, her face full of shock. She looked at Gu Yuehuai in disbelief, her voice trembling, "You, what did you say?"
"Second aunt, didn't you understand? Then I'll repeat it again. You can let me chop the stuffing, but I still have to pay for the ingredients. In this situation of food shortage, can a city girl have the nerve to eat us country people?"
When Gu Yuehuai said this, his expression was even more surprised than Gu Yinfeng, and there was a hint of complexity in his eyes.
Gu Yinfeng's face turned blue and red after hearing her words, her arms trembled slightly, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
The atmosphere at the table was deadlocked. Only Wan Qinglan and a few others were watching the show and eating dumplings. The crisp sound of chopsticks hitting bowls and plates was not loud, but it was particularly harsh in the silence of the table.
Finally, it was Gu Zhifeng who broke the deadlock: "Okay, let's eat, eat."
His voice seemed to have saved Gu Yinfeng's dignity. She suddenly threw down her chopsticks and said with embarrassment, "Old Four! Look at what kind of girl you taught? How can she talk to her aunt like that?"
"Then what do you want? Can't we just not talk about this? You have to make a fuss and make a fool of yourself!" Gu Zhifeng's face darkened, and he didn't say politely. After all, there were guests at home at the moment, and it was really not appropriate to quarrel.
He would not follow his daughter's words to embarrass Gu Yinfeng, but he would not scold Gu Yuehuai for damaging Gu Yinfeng's reputation.
Gu Yinfeng looked at Gu Zhifeng's unhappy expression, and a surge of anger rose up. She said in an angry voice: "I think you have spoiled your daughter! She has a mother who gave birth to her but not raised her. She doesn't even know how to respect elders!"
This was pure personal attack. Not to mention Gu Zhifeng, even Wan Qinglan and others on the side stared at Gu Yinfeng indignantly. She was an aunt, but she spoke like this to her niece. Was this what an elder should do?
Gu Tinghuai shouted, his eyes sharp: "Second Aunt!"
Gu Yinfeng sneered: "Why are you staring at me? Did I say something wrong? She was born by a mother but not raised by one!"
Gu Zhifeng's veins were throbbing, and he slammed the table and stood up: "Enough! Do you think what you said makes sense? Nannan is your niece, not a stranger. I think what she said makes sense. In this situation, are you still thinking of taking advantage of my family?"
At this point, he really doesn't even want to call her "Second Sister" anymore.
"You!" Gu Yinfeng was furious and glared at Gu Zhifeng fiercely.
In her opinion, Gu Zhifeng's family were just landlords abandoned by the new society and were not worthy of being in the public eye. They lived a more comfortable life just because they had some treasures left by the old lady. Why should they confront her?
She is a real city dweller, married to a city dweller, and in the future her daughter will become the wife of an official!
The more Gu Yinfeng thought about it, the angrier she became. She didn't want to argue with them anymore and wanted to turn around and leave. But just as she had this thought, Li Xiaohua beside her tugged at her clothes again, indicating that she had a mission here today and had not come for nothing.
When she came to her senses, she stood there like a wooden pillar, feeling caught in a dilemma.
She was so angry that she couldn't vent it. After a while, she gritted her teeth and shook off Li Xiaohua's hand.
"What are you talking about? You coward! Didn't you see that your wife got scolded? You are a hopeless piece of shit, and you too! Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat. If I had known you were so useless, I should have drowned you in the urinal when you were born!"
Her mouth was firing like a machine gun, and the ones who were directly hit were Li Xiaohua and Li Jingjing.
Li Xiaohua's face flushed, but he could not say anything in rebuttal. He usually had a low status at home, and even if she did not give him face in front of so many people, he did not dare to say anything. He could only stand there in cowardice.
Li Jingjing, on the other hand, didn't know if she had experienced this kind of thing often. She calmly finished the last dumpling in her bowl and turned her head to look at Gu Yinfeng: "It's too late to talk about this now. If it's just a urinal and it won't drown me, why don't I jump into the river?"
Her tone was very calm, and she didn't seem to be trying to refute Gu Yinfeng's angry words, but rather it seemed like she sincerely meant it.
Gu Yuehuai looked at her in surprise. This cousin was really interesting. She had a kind of insight that was different from everyone else.
Gu Yinfeng was so angry that she almost fell to the ground. Gu Zhifeng supported her. Thinking that today was New Year's Eve and she didn't want to make a scene, she softened her expression and said, "You are still as impatient as before, even though you are so old."
Gu Yinfeng turned her head to the side, breathing heavily, still too angry to speak.
Gu Zhifeng sighed, knowing that letting Gu Yinfeng and the others stay here would affect Gu Yuehuai and the others' meal, so she said, "Let's go out and get some fresh air. Lao Li, hold on to Second Sister."
When Li Xiaohua heard this, his eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded hurriedly, "Okay, let's go out and get some fresh air. Jingjing, just talk to Nannan and the others for a while, mom and dad will be back soon, okay?"
Listening to his instructions, Li Jingjing nodded silently.
As soon as the three adults left, Wan Qinglan and the others relaxed instantly.
"Yuehuai, your family has such an unlucky relative?" She couldn't hold back her words. As soon as she saw the person leave, she leaned close to Gu Yuehuai and whispered in his ear. Her voice was neither loud nor soft, and everyone at the table could hear it.
The corner of Yao Meili's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but push Wan Qinglan, asking her to be careful with her words. She also signaled to her with her eyes that there were not only a few of them at the table, but also someone's daughter was sitting there.
Wan Qinglan rolled her eyes and said with a tut-tut sound, "What are you doing? I didn't say anything wrong. It's really bad luck to have such a relative. And that sister is not bound by filial piety. I like to hear what she says!"
As he spoke, Wan Qinglan gave Li Jingjing an admiring look.
Li Jingjing glanced at her and said nothing.
Wan Qinglan didn't care and whispered, "Yue Huai, what did they go out for? Aren't they going to convince your dad and then ask you to chop some stuffing for them to take with you?"
As she spoke further, her voice became louder and she sounded a little angrily.
Gu Yuehuai smiled and shook his head: "Probably."
She just thought about it carefully. Gu Yinfeng didn't have much contact with their family. She suddenly brought her family here. Firstly, she might just want to have a meal. Secondly, she might want to borrow money or food.
Last time they paid off their debts with their wealth, which was a disguised display of wealth, so it was normal for them to be targeted.
If it were in the past, Gu Yinfeng might not come for the sake of face, but now there is a shortage of food everywhere. There are long queues every day at the supply and marketing cooperatives and grain stations to buy food. The supply has reached the point where demand exceeds supply, so she naturally wants to find another way.
It is estimated that she had already made up her mind to come to her house to suck blood when Gu Jia got married. After all, the betrothal money for Gu Jia's marriage was borrowed by her uncle Gu Tianfeng, and the two siblings should have been in touch about this matter.
In Gu Yinfeng's eyes, her family was rich, and this alone was enough for her to "condescend".
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