Chapter 156 Show off
Gu Mingda also noticed that something was wrong with Niu Niu before.
"Niuniu, are you reluctant to leave Guang'an County?" Gu Mingda asked softly.
He thought the child was reluctant to leave his playmates.
Niuniu nodded. Since Luo Zhang had promised to give an explanation, she did not mention Mr. Zhang to Gu Mingda. Instead, she said, "It would be nice if we could play together all the time."
Gu Mingda picked up his daughter and said gently, "Niuniu will say goodbye to old playmates and meet new ones. Life is like this, it is always changing."
Niuniu turned around and said to Gu Mingda: "I don't want to change. I like my parents, grandparents and brothers to be with me."
In addition to Niu Niu, Gu Mingda has three sons, but his sons basically never say such heartwarming words to him, and they don't even have much normal communication with him.
Ever since he had Niu Niu, he gradually felt the joy of raising a child, just like the sky finally cleared up after a long rainy season.
"When you grow up, you will be like your parents and find someone you want to spend your life with. By then, your parents will be old, and you may be in a hurry to leave." Gu Mingda said with a smile.
Niu Niu burst into tears: "I will never leave mom and dad, and I don't want them to grow old. I want you to stay young forever!"
Gu Mingda's heart was so soft that he couldn't bear to burst the child's beautiful and childish wishes.
"Don't cry, baby. It's daddy's fault. I shouldn't have talked about the future. We agreed to live in the present and be happy every day." Gu Mingda finally softened his heart.
Niuniu nodded vigorously: "I will study hard and study hard. When I become very successful, I won't have to leave my parents."
Gu Mingda couldn't help laughing and said, "You either leave your parents or find a son-in-law or never get married. If a girl doesn't get married, people outside will gossip about her."
When Niuniu heard this, she wiped away her tears and said, "Daddy almost scared me just now. It turns out that I don't have to leave you. I still have two options!"
Niu Niu's optimism left Gu Mingda dumbfounded.
The child was still young, so Gu Mingda did not continue to describe the inappropriateness of these two paths. Instead, he said, "Niuniu, the more powerful you become, the smoother your life will be. The better you live, the more relieved your parents will be."
Niuniu clenched her fists tightly: "Dad, I want to continue to be the best and most obedient daughter. I won't let you worry about me!"
Gu Mingda touched his daughter's hair happily and couldn't help thinking in his heart, if only that little bastard Gu Zhao could be as sensible as Niuniu.
The next morning, the Gu family returned to Qingshui Village.
She shouldn't have been in such a hurry to come back, but Niu Niu wanted to say goodbye to Gu Daya and Gu Xiaoya. After all, these two cousins were very important playmates in her heart.
Old Mrs. Gu is now the wife of a juren, and she is even more pretentious than last time.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, Old Lady Gu saw a group of old women sitting under a big locust tree doing needlework. She immediately coughed lightly.
The carriage stopped, and Old Lady Gu lifted the curtain and looked at her old sisters.
"Old sister, what brings you back?"
"Old sister, you are now the wife of a juren. There is no one more glorious than you in our village!"
A group of old ladies even stopped their needlework, stood up, and surrounded the carriage, constantly complimenting her.
Old Mrs. Gu doesn't understand what it means to travel at night in fine clothes. She has worked hard for many years, and all she hopes for is to be able to hold her head high one day. If it wasn't for letting her old sisters see how successful she is, why would she come back with all the trouble?
Old Mrs. Gu got off the carriage at the entrance of the village, with her neck raised, looking like the queen on a tour.
But she didn't stay at the entrance of the village for too long. Just as Niu Niu took out the gifts for her two cousins in the Gu family's yard, Old Mrs. Gu hurried back.
"Mom, I thought you would stay at the village entrance for a while. Don't you like to show off with those old ladies?" Chen Chunhua said puzzledly.
Old Lady Gu didn't like Chen Chunhua in the past, and she still doesn't like her now that the family has separated. She scolded, "You can't speak, so why don't you shut up? Am I that kind of person? I came back just to catch up with my old sisters, I'm not showing off!"
Seeing the angry and embarrassed look on Old Lady Gu's face, Chen Chunhua finally stopped talking.
Instead, it was Old Lady Gu who explained, "These old ladies have no good intentions at all. One by one, they almost held me up, and they all begged me to let their sons and grandsons enter the government office!"
Chen Chunhua was watching the old lady's excitement, but when she heard this, she immediately jumped up and said, "Bah! Those boys in their family are so ugly, how can they be qualified to work in the government!"
Chen Chunhua laughed at Old Lady Gu for her love of showing off, but she herself was not much better. With the words "my son works in the government office", she often showed off in the village.
"Mom, you can't agree to this. They are all very stingy, not like us who are willing to spend money!" Chen Chunhua didn't want others to steal her limelight.
Old Mrs. Gu glared at her and said, "You don't seem to be worried about embarrassing my second son at all."
The old lady got angry when she saw Chen Chunhua's stupid look. Not only was she not smart, but she was not very kind either. If she really knew how to be grateful, she would have mentioned Gu Mingda's difficulties now instead of just thinking about her own losses.
Old Mrs. Gu thought to herself that if Chen Chunhua wasn't a good mother and a good wife, she would have forced her eldest son to divorce his wife and marry someone else.
Chen Chunhua laughed awkwardly and said, "Mother, I was also worried that my second brother would be embarrassed. Didn't I have time to tell you?"
Old Mrs. Gu didn't believe even a punctuation mark.
Chen Chunhua said again: "Mother, I remember the kindness of the second wife. Didn't I give money to her? How could others be willing to spend money like me? My second brother is now a juren, and people in the government are polite to him. He said before that he would find a stable way for Ayun. Does that still count?"
Old Mrs. Gu had no idea about this matter, but she didn't show it on her face.
Before the family split up, the old lady would scold Chen Chunhua whenever she wanted. Now that the family split up, she is even more rude.
"A few taels of silver, you keep talking about it. People who don't know would think your second brother has wiped out all your family's wealth! You are short-sighted, do you think the little silver you gave is a lot? Even if you throw it in the county, it will only make a noise!"
"Besides, you have already earned back the money you spent during the past six months as an official. Is it as easy for other people to work as he does? You have your master with you and everyone in the government office is taking care of you. You should be content!"
It’s a pity that the old lady was destined to be talking at cross purposes.
Chen Chunhua had become a two-faced person after living with her mother-in-law for a long time. No matter how harshly her mother-in-law scolded her, she didn't take it to heart at all and still only said what she wanted to say.
"Mom, Ayun was able to earn the money back because of his own ability. He is handsome, so the captain of the police would naturally want to be his master. He might even marry his daughter to him."
Even before Chen Chunhua became a mother-in-law, she already had the mentality of a mother-in-law. When she said this, she could no longer hide the expression of "my son is the best" on her face.
Old Mrs. Gu was so angry at her unlucky daughter-in-law that she laughed.
Gu Yun, on the other hand, had just come out and after just one listen, he ran over anxiously, wishing he could shut my mouth.
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