Chapter 7 Tea Talk
"It's just a fire, don't underestimate me, mother!"
Su's father had just returned from the toilet. When he entered the kitchen and saw Su Wan, he was stunned for a moment. He stammered and couldn't speak.
Su Wan took the initiative to greet him:
"Good morning, Daddy!" She showed what she thought was the sweetest smile. Any old father would not be able to refuse such a smile from his daughter!
It was indeed so. Father Su, a grown man, had been in the village for a long time, and he had never seen such a pretty girl. Although Gu Yue was also good-looking, she was far less stunning than Su Wan. In comparison, Gu Yue was at most a pretty girl from a small family, delicate and charming!
Especially since this little girl is his own daughter and calls him daddy in a soft voice, he suddenly feels very proud and enjoys it. Who else in the village has such a well-behaved and sweet daughter?
"Hey, Wanwan, get up now. Go wash up. Daddy will just watch the fire!"
Being a father didn't seem so strange anymore, and Su Wan felt much better. Seeing how down-to-earth she was, her father thought she was a good girl.
Su's mother filled a basin of hot water for her and gave her a clean towel to wash her face.
Su Wan carried water to wash in the yard. There was a big vat in the yard. He scooped some cold water to add to the water. Suddenly, the west door opened and Su Jing got up. He changed into a gray short-sleeved shirt with pudding on it. Without the long robe, he looked less elegant and more simple.
Su Jing immediately saw the girl washing her face in the yard. The handkerchief was still steaming and completely covered her face. For a moment, he thought it was Gu Yue who came back, but Su Wan was taller than Gu Yue.
“Big Brother!”
Su Wan stood in the center of the yard and called him, her eyebrows curved and her dimples deep. Seeing her smile, Su Jing couldn't help but smile too.
"Um."
Su Jing looked her up and down, and Su Wan also looked down at herself:
"Brother, why are you looking at me like that? Isn't it pretty?"
"It looks good and fits her perfectly!" With her looks, she looks good in anything she wears, but the suitable he meant was the right size. Of course, the brighter Su Wan dressed, the more stunning she would be.
"Did you sleep well last night?" The brother and sister were talking in the yard.
"fine!"
One after another, the other brothers of the Su family also got up, rolled up their sleeves and prepared to go to work after dinner. Su Wan greeted them one by one, and they responded, but their attitudes were not very intimate.
Su Yi said a few more words:
"Sister Wanwan gets up so early, she's so hardworking!"
"Fifth brother gets up early too!"
The second, third and fifth brothers were all quite surprised to see her change. They didn't expect that she would still like the old clothes left by Gu Yue.
Su Yun was the last one to come out of the room. When he saw Su Wan, he was stunned for a moment because those were Gu Yue's clothes. But when Su Wan turned around and greeted him, his smiling face immediately fell.
"Fourth brother!"
"Why are you wearing Yueyue's clothes?"
He started questioning, which attracted Su Yun's father and mother from the kitchen. Su's father severely reprimanded Su Yun:
"Ayun, how do you talk to your sister like that? Hurry up and apologize to Wanwan!"
"I just asked her why she was wearing Yueyue's clothes. She didn't say anything."
Su Yun is really domineering. Su Wan came back empty-handed yesterday. Didn’t he notice?
But his tone was indeed a bit bad.
"Wanwan didn't bring anything back. If she doesn't wear Yueyue's clothes, whose clothes should she wear?" Su Jing said with a serious face. Yesterday, Su Wan came back wearing the clothes she was wearing. She took off all the hairpins and jewelry on her head and didn't ask for anything from the Gu family.
Su Wan was still smiling, not angry at all, but she had already started to think:
"Fourth brother, does Miss Gu want anything? She has everything from hairpins and jewelry to silk and satin, and delicacies from land and sea. The Gu family is the richest in Qinghe County. When she returns to the Gu family, she can say she doesn't want the things I used, but I can't. If I don't pick up her clothes to wear, how can I go out and see people, fourth brother?"
She was telling Su Yun the difference between him and Gu Yue now. She had everything she needed and he didn't need to worry about her food and shelter.
"Besides, even if I keep these clothes, she won't like them anymore."
Anyway, just provoke him. Gu Yue will not return to the Su family. She will return to this courtyard, but she will not return to the Su family to continue being Su Yue. Wake up as soon as possible!
"You're talking nonsense. What she's most worried about are us brothers!" Su Yun disagreed when he heard her say that Gu Yue would not come back. He immediately retorted, his eyes red with grievance.
"Of course she will come back, but her surname will always be Gu, not Su. I really envy Miss Gu. Even if she goes back, there are still so many people who miss her. Unlike me, when Madam Gu found out that I was not her biological daughter, she wanted to send me away immediately!"
Su Wan started to talk in a teasing manner. It was very effective to make people feel distressed appropriately. As expected, the tone of green tea was very sympathetic. Look, everyone in the yard focused their attention on the last sentence.
"Wanwan, your fourth brother is not good at speaking, so don't bother with him." Su Jing saw that Su Wan was in a bad mood, so he hurried to comfort her.
But Su Wan continued:
"Mrs. Gu said that I've taken up more than a decade of Miss Gu's life, and I should be content. She also told me not to hang around Miss Gu, so as not to upset her. She said that when she saw me, she'd think of her Yueyue, who had lived a hard life in the countryside for so long, and she felt unbalanced!"
Su Wan acted very sad. She was not lying. Mrs. Gu had said all these words, especially after she saw with her own eyes the environment in which Gu Yue grew up. She blamed herself for discovering it too late, which allowed her biological daughter to continue to wander outside. The more she thought about it, the more unbalanced she felt, and she even disliked the original owner.
The original owner was so hurt by these words one after another that he couldn't control himself and got so angry that he died.
Everyone was silent at this time. On the surface, she was the beneficiary because she had lived a good life for more than ten years. However, in comparison, she felt much more aggrieved than Gu Yue. It was obviously someone else's fault for the identity swap, which made her look like a sinner. Both sides disliked her and didn't like her. She was obviously also a victim, so why did everyone dislike her?
Seeing this, Su Wan continued to strike while the iron was hot:
"If I hadn't been swapped, maybe I could have such a good relationship with my parents and brothers!"
Her aggrieved tone made Su's father, mother and brothers feel sad, and Su Yun suddenly felt a surge of guilt.
Everyone looked at Su Wan, and Su Wan tried hard to put on a smile, but there was bitterness and helplessness in it, which made people feel even more distressed.
Finally, it was Father Su who took the initiative to speak:
"Yueyue has returned to the Gu family. She will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. You don't need to worry. Her parents will love her very much. Now Wanwan has also returned to our Su family. She is our only daughter. Apart from us family members, no one will support her. I hope you can take good care of Wanwan when your mother and I are not at home!"
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