"Cough cough," Xu Ancheng was enjoying his cake when he suddenly started coughing.
Gu Jinfengsheng's porridge just arrived, so he quickly told him to "Hurry up, drink a sip and it will go smoothly."
Xu Ancheng picked it up and took a big sip, but still felt choked.
He was choked and couldn't open his mouth.
He just stared at his own mother in disbelief for a long time before he uttered in shock, "What...what's going on?"
Gu Jin hesitated, not knowing how to tell his son about helping Xu Huaishan pour water for washing his feet. Wen Tang, who was sitting next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and said directly, "What's wrong? Don't you want to serve me anymore?"
Wen Tang and Chi Yue were sitting on a bench by the wall, which originally did not attract anyone's attention, but when she spoke, Xu Ancheng couldn't ignore her.
Xu Ancheng looked at her and was even more confused.
Don't want to serve the master?
Which boss don’t you want to serve?
Xu Ancheng had a lot of doubts in his mind, but he was embarrassed to keep staring at his brother's wife. He quickly shifted his gaze and set his eyes on Gu Yanli, hoping that his cousin could answer his questions.
Before Gu Yanli could resolve his confusion, Wen Tang started talking again, "A family that could easily lose its roof if they tried to hang themselves, yet they still gave themselves the title of king. And yet they need someone else to pour the footbath water for them? Tsk, they're lucky they didn't meet me."
Chi Yue immediately responded, "It's a good thing you didn't meet me, otherwise I would have let the whole family taste whether the foot washing water is salty or bland."
Wen Tang silently gave her best friend a thumbs up.
Gu Jinfeng silently moved the bench and shrank into the corner.
She didn't want to taste the saltiness of the foot washing water.
Foot washing water?
Xu Ancheng's face was full of question marks again.
In the end, it was Zhong Meixian who spoke up to clear his confusion. "Ancheng, you have to talk to your father about this. Your mother is already so old, and she's not an official. How can she be the one pouring the water for washing your feet?"
After hearing this, Xu Ancheng, who had originally been in a melon-eating state and moved the pancake in his hand back to his mouth, silently moved the scallion pancake away again after hearing this.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say that he didn't know about this!
But the words were on the tip of his tongue and he swallowed them back.
Really don’t know?
Over the years, it was only his mother who brought water out of the house. His father always went into the house and never left. It's not like he didn't wash or wipe, so where was the water for washing?
So it's obvious.
But, just for such a small thing, you suddenly want to stop living like this?
Pinching the pancake, Xu Ancheng couldn't help but said, "Mom, if this is the reason for you, I'll talk to Dad later. It's not a big deal."
Wen Tang couldn't help but say, "Yes, it's not a big deal. The last straw that broke the camel's back didn't weigh much!"
Xu Ancheng: "..."
He looked at his cousin again and signaled him to take care of it.
But Gu Yanli just looked at his wife with a smile. Even though the light was dim, people could clearly see the doting in his eyes.
Xu Ancheng: "..."
"Yes, my father was wrong in this matter, but the old couple have been together for decades. If we don't talk about it now, won't it make people laugh?"
Wen Tang laughed, "You said these words, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Xu Ancheng: "..."
"Sister-in-law, you are just being argumentative."
Wen Tang didn't look at him and replied with a smile, "I think my cousin is just trying to be argumentative."
Xu Ancheng: "..."
"Forget it, I won't tell you." He looked at Gu Jin, "Mom, what do you think?"
"Are you really thinking of not living with my father anymore?"
"Isn't this a riot?"
"What does it look like to let people know?"
He looked at Gu Juyuan beside him and said, "Uncle, please help persuade my mother. We can't do this. The three of us brothers have all started families, and she doesn't want to live with my father anymore. Tell me, won't people laugh if this gets out?"
Wen Tang shook his head. "Tsk tsk, having a son like this is worse than having a piece of barbecued pork."
"...What's that?" Xu Ancheng scratched his head. He didn't understand, but he knew it was nothing good.
Wen Tang didn't care whether he understood or not, but said to Gu Jin, "Aunt, don't listen to him. He's like this. Before you get married, he makes you think about his marriage. After you get married, he makes you think about his children. When you die one day, he will dig your grave for no reason and make you think about his descendants."
Gu Jin: “…”
Xu Ancheng: "..."
Zhong Meixian and others: "..."
Zhong Meixian: She always thought that if she died one day, she must choose a good place to bury herself, so that she might be able to control her daughter-in-law by then.
But what Wen Tang said just now made her despair. She thought that if she died, she could get rid of the humiliation she suffered from her daughter-in-law when she was alive, but according to what Wen Tang said, she could dig the grave!
If she gets angry, she might throw her old bones into the stinking ditch, and then she will lie in the stinking ditch every day...
Zhong Meixian felt like she was going to faint from the stench just thinking about it.
She thought that she should be obedient in the future and follow Wen Tang's words, it takes ten years to judge a mother-in-law, and ten years to judge a daughter-in-law. If she behaved well, she would treat her well in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhong Meixian finally felt less panicked.
Zhong Meixian was no longer panicked, but Xu Ancheng was so choked that he couldn't say a word.
Gu Jin was a little hesitant at first, but Wen Tang's words made her understand. "Xiao Tang is right. You men think about your reputation and face every day. You act like masters when you go out and you act like masters when you come back. You are spoiled."
Wen Tang and Chi Yue immediately responded, "We're just used to it."
Xu Ancheng opened his mouth and said "..."
In the end, he could only take the piece of scallion egg pancake left on the table, and then stood up and said, "I'll go back and ask my father to come. He caused the trouble, and I can't take the blame."
As he spoke, he rushed into the darkness without Gu Juyuan and others getting up to see him off.
After her son ran away quickly, Gu Jin felt that the depression in her heart had dissipated a little. She also found that it was not that difficult to say some things.
No one laughed at her when she told it, but the person being questioned ran away instead.
Maybe it's just like Wen Tang said, it's all because of her indulgence.
Thinking of this, Gu Jin smiled and stood up, and started to clear the table again, "I'll clean up the dishes, you all should take a rest, it's getting late."
"It's cold, go to bed early."
Xu Ancheng ran back home, and the Xu family was almost done with dinner.
The steamed buns left for him were cold.
Xu Ancheng drank another bowl of porridge with cold steamed buns and pickles.
After eating, Xu Ancheng pronounced a "death sentence" on his father, "Dad, my mother said she doesn't want to live with you anymore."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the Xu family was stunned.
His wife Zhang Fen even put her hand on his forehead, then checked her own forehead and said, "You don't have a fever!"
Xu Ancheng: "..."
He thought again of Wen Tang calling him "barbecued pork" and thought, this cousin's wife is quite a tough one. No wonder she dared to beat the educated youth from the city, although maybe the educated youth really deserved a beating.
Xu Ancheng waved his wife's hand away and told everyone, "I don't have a fever."
"My mother said that my father always asked her to pour out the water for washing his feet, so she didn't want to live with him anymore."
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