Chapter 323 A Bright Future
The corner of Gu Yinfeng's mouth twitched. She could clearly sense that after Gu Zhifeng said this, everyone who was busy in the room would steal a glance over here from time to time, as if they were all very curious about her purpose.
Even though she was mercenary and thick-skinned, she did not want to lose face in front of the younger generations.
Gu Yinfeng coughed lightly and said, "We'll talk about it later. It's still early, so let's eat first. I came here right after work today and I'm so hungry. Fourth brother, can we have a drink together today?"
Gu Zhifeng didn't ask any further questions. After listening to her words, he nodded silently.
Gu Yuehuai was not planning to skimp on food. When they built the house, Gu Yinfeng had lent them money. Although it was high-interest loan, her feelings towards Gu Tianfeng and Gu Yinfeng were the same. There was family affection, but not much.
On the other side, Yao Meili, Jin Can and Wang Ziyan were making dumplings and teaching Yan Shaoli and Wan Qinglan. Even the little girl Yan Shaotang was sitting at the table, kneading a piece of dough in an orderly manner and secretly adding stuffing into the dough.
With strength in numbers, the dumplings can be made quickly. In about an hour, the table was filled with plump white dumplings.
At this time, Gu Yuehuai had also finished cooking.
A total of five dishes were fried, and because there were so many people, the portions were very large.
Hot pot meat, beef stewed with tomatoes, stir-fried rapeseed, shredded potatoes with vinegar and a sweet soup, after being placed on the table, took up more than half of the space. Then water was boiled in a pot, and when the water boiled, the dumplings were put in one by one.
A pot full of dumplings rising and falling is very pleasing to the eye, and it gives me the feeling of New Year's Eve.
Gu Yinfeng sat down at the table early. She looked at the table full of dishes and her saliva was about to flow.
The family has been hoarding food these days and living frugally every day. They don't eat meat more than once a week. Every time they cook, they just put a thumb-sized piece of pork, cut it into minced meat and stir-fry it until fragrant. Otherwise, they go to their eldest brother Gu Tianfeng to beg for money.
However, Gu Tianfeng's wife was a difficult person to get along with. Not only was she never in a good mood every time she went to see her, but she was also very stingy when cooking. She was only given a plate of sweet potatoes and multi-grain porridge. Unless she brought some cotton, she could get a good meal.
It seems that what the eldest brother said was right. The life of the fourth brother's family is getting better and better. They don't eat meat every meal, but today on New Year's Eve, the food is really good. Pork and beef are all available. No one in the city can live such a good life.
In this way, the purpose of her coming here today should be achieved, right?
As she thought about it, Gu Yinfeng smiled happily. Li Xiaohua, who was sitting next to her, tugged at her skirt and said with a dark face, "When are you going to bring it up? We can't go back empty-handed today!"
Gu Yinfeng frowned and said impatiently: "Alright, alright, got it."
Seeing that she looked unhappy, Li Xiaohua did not dare to urge her any further.
In a family, there is always a strong and a weak person. Because Gu Yinfeng's sister and brother-in-law are both high-ranking officials in the county, and his eldest brother is a regular employee of the meat processing factory, there are many people who usually try to get in through the back door. Because of this, he always feels half a head shorter than Gu Yinfeng, even though she didn't even give birth to a son for him.
As he thought of this, an obscure light flashed across Li Xiaohua's lowered eyes.
Gu Yuehuai fished out the cooked dumplings, picked up the dishes on the side, and said to Lei Yi, "Xiao Lei, thank you and my third brother for accompanying Shao Yang to eat in the inner room."
She left an extra portion of food when she served it, with this in mind.
Shao Yang couldn't come out, and even if he could, she didn't want Gu Yinfeng and the others to look at him strangely. Instead of letting him come out and socialize, it would be better to call a few people into the house to accompany him.
Lei Yi was very happy, nodded and smiled: "Okay, Sister Yue Huai, please pass the things to me."
He had a good relationship with Yan Shaoyang, so naturally he followed the other party and called her "Sister Yue Huai". In fact, the latter was younger than him, but somehow, he always felt inferior when in front of her.
After the food was brought into the room, Gu Yuehuai turned around and came out, looking outside, pursed her red lips, and her face looked a little bad.
Gu Tinghuai has been gone for a long time and has not returned yet. It is conceivable that the journey to find Bai Mei was not smooth. I don’t know if he encountered difficulties in the Bai family or met Huang Sheng.
Either way, it's not good news.
Gu Yuehuai frowned, thought for a while, and took off his apron and prepared to go out to look for someone.
What she feared most was that Gu Tinghuai would go to the Bai family, but happen to run into Huang Sheng who was spending New Year's Eve at Bai Mei's house. Based on the temperament of Bai Mei's parents, this was actually very likely, after all, Huang Sheng would definitely not come empty-handed.
When encountering such a thing, Gu Tinghuai couldn't help but take action. She was really afraid that what happened in her previous life would happen again.
Gu Zhifeng noticed Gu Yuehuai's behavior and asked in confusion: "Nannan, it's time to eat, where are you going?"
Gu Yuehuai suppressed his thoughts and said, "I'll go look for my brother. He's been gone for too long."
"It's okay. He's such a grown up, how could he get lost? You sit down and eat. He will come back when he should. Maybe he is on his way here with Xiaobai." Gu Zhifeng was not worried about Gu Tinghuai at all.
"You guys eat first." Gu Yuehuai shook his head, put on his clothes and prepared to go out.
She was holding a flashlight and had just lifted the curtain when she heard footsteps outside. She looked outside and saw that it was indeed Gu Tinghuai. Beside him was a slender figure, Bai Mei.
However, their conditions were somewhat different. Bai Mei was supporting Gu Tinghuai.
Gu Yuehuai pursed her lips tightly, quickened her pace to meet him, and looked up at Gu Tinghuai.
There were still old wounds on his face, and no new ones. However, his left leg looked limping, as if he had fallen.
Her voice was a little low, and her tone was not very good: "What's going on?"
Gu Tinghuai became nervous when he saw Gu Yuehuai, and waved his hands quickly, "No, it's okay. It was dark and the road was slippery. I just slipped and sprained my ankle. I'll be fine after resting for two days. It's really okay."
Gu Yuehuai said nothing and looked at Bai Mei.
Bai Mei bit her lip and opened her mouth to say something, but Gu Tinghuai pulled her arm.
Seeing this, Gu Yuehuai lowered his eyes slightly, and stopped asking questions, saying: "Go back, the meal is ready, and we are waiting for you two. Today is New Year's Eve, so let's not talk about other things."
Gu Tinghuai was obviously relieved, and turned to smile at the depressed Bai Mei: "Let's go, Xiaomei, go back and eat. I made dumplings today, you can eat a few more, and we can talk about other things after we finish eating."
Bai Mei looked at Gu Tinghuai, who was clearly being wronged but still trying to comfort her, and her eyes became hot. She pursed her lips and nodded.
Gu Yuehuai watched the increasingly close relationship between the two and sighed softly. She was just a younger sister. Even though she had experienced rebirth and always wanted her family to avoid the misfortune of their previous life, she should not curb their life trajectory.
Perhaps she should relax a little, after all, many things in her life have changed.
Their family will always have a bright future.
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