Chapter 96 Don't Like
Gu Xiaoya's thoughts were relatively simple. Although Liu Erni was her biological mother, she not only did not love her much, but also often stared at her with creepy eyes. Every time Gu Laosan gave Xiaoya something good, Liu Erni would always snatch it away, and either give it to Gu Xiaobao or send it back to her parents' home.
Now, no one can stop Gu Xiaoya from eating or doing whatever she wants, and she just feels very relaxed.
Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. All the relatives who were supposed to leave have left, and five children are playing in their yard.
Old Man Gu rarely ran out from the backyard and sat under the eaves, holding a piece of wood in his hand as if he was going to carve something. From time to time, he glanced at the children with a smile.
"Sister Cao'er's family has made malt sugar. You can go there and exchange it for sugar with money. Do you want to go and exchange it?" Gu Daya asked her brothers and sisters softly.
Several children received New Year's money, but the amount was not much. Each adult only gave one or two copper coins, which meant that each child had only about ten copper coins in his pocket.
In previous years, Gu Xiaoya and Gu Xiaobao were unable to control the money. This year, without Liu Erni, Gu Laosan even forgot to take the money back. This is now their richest time.
"Okay, I want to buy it!" Gu Xiaoya was the first to agree. When she thought of the wonderful taste of maltose, her saliva was almost flowing.
Gu Zhao also nodded vigorously.
"Niuniu, do you want to buy it?" Daya asked.
All the children wanted to buy it, but Niu Niu hesitated for a moment and shook her head.
"Why not buy it? Don't you like candy?" Gu Daya asked.
Niu Niu said, "I like to eat candy, but I want to keep it."
This was the first time she had received New Year's money since she was a child. When she was at the Zhang family, she saw Jinbao receiving New Year's money when he was still a baby. Niu Niu was so envious at that time.
"What's the point of keeping the money?" Gu Daya didn't quite understand.
Although Niuniu is young, she has a strong sense of crisis and said, "Save the money and spend it when you need it."
Gu Daya was even more confused: "What do you need to spend money on?"
Niu Niu said seriously: "My mother always said that if you have money in your hand, you won't be worried. If you don't have food to eat one day, you can use the money you save to buy steamed buns. What my mother said is always right."
Gu Daya said: "My family is well off, how could there be no food to eat?"
Gu Zhao, who was squatting on the ground watching the ants, suddenly looked up and asked, "Bun? Where are the buns? I can eat buns with maltose!"
Gu Daya looked at this cousin whose mind was only about bugs and food with an indescribable expression.
"If Niu Niu doesn't buy malt candy, I won't buy it either. I want to keep the money because Niu Niu and I are best friends, and good friends should do the same thing." Gu Xiaoya suddenly said.
Gu Daya frowned slightly and said immediately: "I am Niuniu's best friend. If Niuniu doesn't buy maltose, I won't buy it either!"
As if to prove that she had a better relationship with Niu Niu, Gu Daya took out a piece of cake and forced it into Niu Niu's hand: "Niu Niu and I are better friends than you are. I gave her cakes but you didn't. You ate them secretly. You are so stingy!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Gu Zhao was anxious: "Are you still going to buy maltose?"
Gu Daya turned around and said angrily, "I'm not buying it! I want to keep the money! Ah Zhao, tell me, am I the one with Niuniu who has the best relationship with me?"
Gu Zhao glanced at her and said, "I don't care who of you is best with her, I must buy some maltose!"
Gu Daya also had a bad temper. She said, "If you want to buy it, go buy it yourself. Don't yell at me!"
Gu Zhao ignored the people who were still arguing and ran out: "Buy it yourself if you want."
As soon as he walked out of the yard gate, he bumped into someone, and that person picked Gu Zhao up.
Niu Niu was the first to notice her brother running out and hurriedly followed him.
"elder brother!"
As soon as Niu Niu went out, her face turned pale with fright.
Although she was scared, she still mustered up the courage to shout, "Let my brother go! You bad guy!"
When Xu Wu saw that it was Niu Niu, he weighed Gu Zhao casually and put him on the ground, then strode towards Niu Niu.
Niuniu was so scared that she cried out, "You are not allowed to come over here!"
Gu Zhao had just stood firm on the ground when he heard his sister's frightened voice. He immediately rushed towards Xu Wu like a rabbit: "Stay away from my sister!"
The child's shouting attracted the attention of the adults in the room.
Zhang Yuniang rushed out immediately, and when she saw Xu Wu, her brows furrowed.
Not long after, her sister Zhang Hui Niang appeared behind Xu Wu. She was holding something in one hand and pulling her younger son with the other hand. Her older son was lagging far behind.
"Are you in a hurry to reincarnate? Why are you walking so fast? You can't even help me get my things." Zhang Hui Niang complained casually.
Xu Wu acted as if he hadn't heard what he said. He looked at Zhang Yunniang with lecherous eyes and said, "I haven't seen you for a while. You look better now. Even Niuniu looks fair and tender. I want to take a bite of her."
Zhang Yunniang protected Niuniu behind her, looked at her sister and brother-in-law with a frown, and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Zhang Huiniang was immediately unhappy when she heard this and said, "Big sister, it's New Year's Day and we're here to pay New Year's greetings, and you're giving us a cold shoulder?"
Zhang Yunniang said with a sullen face: "Who said that during the Chinese New Year last year? We will never have any contact again."
Zhang Hui Niang didn't look embarrassed at all, and said confidently: "It was just a few angry words I said casually, why did you make such a big deal out of it? We are sisters, why do you hold a grudge against me?"
Zhang Yunniang shook her head and said with a straight face: "I am a person who holds grudges."
Zhang Hui Niang said incredulously, "It's New Year's Day, are you serious? Are you going to shut your own sisters out?"
Zhang Yunniang hesitated when she heard this.
But Niu Niu, who was hiding behind her, suddenly tugged at the corner of Zhang Yunniang's clothes.
Zhang Yunniang lowered her head and took a look. Her precious daughter's face was filled with fear, and her eyes hesitated between Xu Wu and Zhang Huiniang's eldest nephew.
Zhang Yunniang was not a particularly slow-witted mother. Seeing her daughter's strange behavior, she quickly pulled her aside, reached out and gently stroked her daughter's face, and whispered, "Niuniu, you can tell me anything. What are you afraid of?"
Feeling the warm touch from her mother, Niu Niu felt warm and comfortable as if she was wrapped in cotton.
"I don't like my aunt's family. My uncle is weird to me, and my cousin is weird too... Is it a bad thing to dislike elders?" the little girl asked, looking up.
Zhang Yunniang encouraged her daughter: "Niuniu, it is very brave to speak out your true thoughts."
The little girl breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Yunniang asked softly, "My dear, can you tell me what strange things your uncle and cousin did?"
After thinking for a while, Niuniu said softly: "They always pinch my face... move my hands... It's like being watched by a snake..."
Zhang Yuniang's eyes suddenly turned gloomy.
Zhang Huiniang was completely unaware of this incident and was still shouting, "This is how you, the Gu family, treat guests. Just because your brother-in-law passed the imperial examination, you look down on us poor relatives?"
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