Chapter 84 Comfort
"Don't cry, grandma."
Niu Niu carefully handed over the handkerchief she was carrying.
The house was in chaos and confusion, and the little girl's mood was inevitably affected.
Old Lady Gu wiped her face with a handkerchief and stopped crying. Instead, she cursed, "You two don't know how to appreciate your blessings! You don't even know how to open your mouth when God feeds you!"
Niu Niu didn't know that her grandmother was scolding her two sons. She thought she was scolding the two people in the kitchen and quickly covered her ears to avoid listening.
Old Mrs. Gu was startled, and gently pulled the little girl's hand away, and asked worriedly: "Why are you covering your ears? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Are your ears itchy?"
Niuniu shook her head and said, "A gentleman should not listen to anything inappropriate. My elder brother taught me that."
Old Mrs. Gu didn't quite understand what he said, but that didn't stop her from praising him: "Niuniu is really obedient. Your elder brother is well-educated, so it's right to listen to him more."
Niuniu's mouth curled up, and she added: "Dad is the best scholar in our family. Dad got first place in the scholar exam. No one else can pass it better than him! Dad is amazing!"
The one being praised was her own son, and Mrs. Gu also looked proud and said, "Yes, your father is the most knowledgeable, I will listen to him in the future."
Old Mrs. Gu looked at Niu Niu with relief. Her mood would get better every time she saw the child, and now was no exception. After letting Niu Niu accompany her for a while, Old Mrs. Gu felt that the heaviness in her heart seemed to gradually dissipate.
"My dear, does your father really plan to move to the county?" Old Mrs. Gu asked softly again.
Although Niuniu didn't know about this decision in advance, since Gu Mingda said so, she nodded vigorously: "Grandma, since Daddy said so, it must be true. He won't lie to you."
Old Mrs. Gu glanced around the courtyard. This was where she had lived for most of her life. She was really reluctant to leave suddenly.
More importantly, she was a country girl and had only been to the city a few times. She had to leave her familiar environment and go there where she was unfamiliar with everyone. She was afraid of embarrassing her son and being laughed at by others, so she couldn't help feeling timid.
She couldn't show this fear in front of her son and daughter-in-law, so she could only encourage her granddaughter.
"Once we get to the county, we'll have to buy a piece of firewood, and everything for food and drink will cost money. The expenses are really too high. Otherwise, I'd better stay in the countryside, and you can come back to see me occasionally." said Old Mrs. Gu.
Niuniu tilted her head and said, "We are not short of money at home."
"Huh?" Old Mrs. Gu was stunned.
Niuniu said, "Dad said that he didn't fight with his eldest uncle and third uncle because he didn't lack money. Grandma, I'll tell you something in secret."
Old Mrs. Gu put her ear closer.
"We opened a shop in the county." Niu Niu said in a low voice.
Old Mrs. Gu's eyes widened in shock, but then she calmed down. She looked at Niuniu suspiciously and said, "My dear, did you remember it wrongly?"
Niuniu was anxious and said, "Grandma, if I remember correctly, the shop is on Yuanbao Street. It is now managed by Aunt Liu, who is my mother's godsister. The shop sells braised food."
Seeing the child's voice getting louder and louder, Grandma Gu hurriedly covered her mouth and said softly: "Okay, okay, grandma believes you, you can't tell anyone else, okay?"
Niu Niu nodded.
Old Mrs. Gu didn't believe it at first, but the more details the child told her, the more she became half-believing and half-doubting.
Children are not good at keeping their mouths shut. If the first and third wives knew about this, they would probably become furious again, and who knows what kind of trouble they would cause.
"You are a little girl, but you know a lot." Old Mrs. Gu praised.
Niuniu likes to be praised the most. Upon hearing this, she puffed out her chest and said with a hint of pride, "Grandma, I bought the braised food recipe."
Old Mrs. Gu asked in detail, and after hearing the whole story, she couldn't help but be surprised.
"Although I bought the recipe, it was thanks to Dad's cleverness, otherwise we would have thought it was just a piece of waste paper." Niu Niu said shyly.
Old Lady Gu was surprised to hear about this. She couldn't help but ask, "You bought things from an old beggar, and you knew to bargain. You're not afraid of such a small person at all."
Niuniu didn't think much about it and replied casually: "Grandma, there's nothing to be afraid of. Mom is right beside me. She loves me so much and will protect me."
Thinking of the confusion in her heart, Mrs. Gu asked again, "Niuniu, are you afraid to go to the capital with your parents?"
Although Niu Niu is young, she remembers the happy memories very clearly.
"When we first entered the city, I was a little scared. I didn't dare to look around. Some people even laughed at us. But Dad told us that if we wanted to look, we should look openly..."
As Grandma Gu listened to her granddaughter talk about her experience of going to the city, and looked at the little girl's face full of security, her heart somehow calmed down. She couldn't help thinking, if the five-year-old girl wasn't afraid, then she had lived for so many years, and followed her own son into the city to enjoy a good life, what was there to be afraid of?
Niuniu stretched out her little hand and placed it on Grandma Gu's hand, saying, "Grandma, every time you frown and get unhappy, mom and dad are so worried. When we enter the county in the future, Niuniu promises to be a good boy and will never make you unhappy."
When Mrs. Gu heard this, her heart softened and she said, "Our sweet baby is the best girl in the world, how could she make grandma angry."
Gu Mingda didn’t know about the conversation between the grandmother and grandson, but during dinner, he saw that his mother’s mood had obviously improved a lot, and he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When his mother was free, Gu Mingda took the time to tell her about the shop in the city.
"That's a shop that Yunniang opened with someone else. Yunniang owns 30% of the shares and Niuniu owns 30% of the shares. I didn't tell you before because I didn't use any money from my family." Gu Mingda said apologetically.
Old Lady Gu had heard this from Niuniu before, so she was not surprised at this time. She just said, "That recipe belongs to Niuniu, and it shouldn't have been in the public school."
Gu Mingda was afraid that the old man would be afraid of the change of place, so he said, "There are many things to do in the shop, and I will have to trouble you to help me when the time comes."
When Mrs. Gu heard that she was asked to help, she immediately perked up: "Okay, okay, as long as there is something to do."
After the separation, the atmosphere at home did not improve much. There were constant frictions between the first and third rooms, and they were all determined to make a big splash in the tofu selling business.
The friendship between the children was not affected, but they still didn't like the weird atmosphere at home and didn't like staying at home all day.
There is a big tree at the entrance of the village, and the children in the village like to play hide-and-seek there.
"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one, Third Brother, Daya Sister, I'm coming to find you!"
Niu Niu had a smile on her face, and as soon as she put down her hands that were covering her eyes, she was so scared that she almost jumped up.
But Zhang Guangzong quickly covered her mouth, looked around to see if there was anyone around, picked up the little girl and ran away.
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