As for the Gu family, Gu Nan hasn't returned to the capital for a long time. Even though it's New Year's Eve, he should still be able to finish what he wants to do.
As it turned out, he was overthinking it.
The black market had already closed long ago, and most of the other restaurants were closed because of New Year's Eve.
Only the state-run restaurants were still barely open, but when he went there, they were already preparing to close.
It's almost 11 o'clock, so I need to get off work early and go home to prepare dinner for New Year's Eve. The whole family is so busy.
So, when Gu Nan returned with two fried dough sticks, he ran into his third uncle's little cousin, who had just returned from her classmate's house.
His younger cousin, Gu Yu, asked him as soon as she saw him, "Second Brother, why did you run outside?"
Gu Nan: "Oh, your sister-in-law is hungry. I was thinking of going out to buy her some food."
Gu Yu was taken aback: "Isn't today New Year's Eve? Didn't your sister-in-law go with you to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner?"
In Gu family, it's usually the women in the family who prepare the food in the kitchen on major holidays.
Especially on New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year, even if each family member usually celebrates separately, all the women in the family must prepare together on this day.
Therefore, Gu Yu was somewhat surprised to hear these words out of the blue.
"Your sister-in-law just arrived in the capital and is having some trouble adjusting to the local climate. Plus, she's pregnant," Gu Nan explained casually, noticing Gu Yu's surprise.
"Huh? You're not going to make any preparations if you're pregnant? I remember that other sisters-in-law, even if they were pregnant, would still help out on New Year's Eve?"
This is the Gu family's rule; it has always been this way.
"Why are you making such a fuss?" Gu Nan said, getting a little impatient.
Why does he care what others do? Anyway, his wife is pregnant and feeling unwell, so how could she possibly work?
Gu Nan left after speaking, and Gu Yu was somewhat dissatisfied when she saw his demeanor.
Why should I?
Your wife can choose not to do chores, but everyone else has to?
She stormed off to find her mother, who was slacking off in the kitchen.
Upon seeing his daughter looking for him, he put down what he was doing and came out.
As soon as Gu Yu saw her mother, she told her what had just happened.
Aunt Gu pouted, her eyes full of annoyance: "He was already showing off his prowess in the kitchen this morning."
Gu Nan used to be a decent guy, but he seems to have changed since he went to another city and came back.
Gu Yu was somewhat annoyed: "How could he do this? Doesn't Grandpa Tian care?"
"How can we manage it? Today is New Year's Eve. Besides, judging from your grandfather's condition, we'll probably separate the family after the New Year."
Grandpa Gu had never wanted to divide the family property, but unexpectedly, it was Gu Nan's commotion that led to the decision to do so.
Actually, Aunt Gu didn't want to separate the family, because after the separation, her family would no longer be able to take advantage of the family.
Gu Yu was also somewhat surprised: "Grandpa actually wants to divide the family property?"
Aunt Gu nodded and said, "Alright, I'll talk to your dad about this when I get back."
We'll have plenty of ways to deal with him then.
Something occurred to Gu Yu, and she couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to call Gu Zixiao back?"
Third Aunt Gu: "Your second aunt doesn't even think about him, so why are you thinking about him?"
Actually, it's better that he didn't come back. Otherwise, there would be another uproar at home.
Gu Nan and Gu Zixiao have never gotten along.
There's no way around it, Gu Zixiao is indeed stronger than everyone in the Gu family, that's a widely acknowledged fact.
Unfortunately, some members of the Gu family don't understand this.
Gu Yu sighed, "I really want to see Gu Zixiao. After all, he's quite good-looking."
Aunt Gu completely agreed with her daughter's words, and couldn't help but say sourly, "I don't know how your second aunt was born. Gu Zixiao seems to have inherited the best features of both your second uncle and second aunt."
By the way, he looked even better after returning from this mission.
That's...tsk tsk tsk..."
Aunt Gu was stunned when she recalled the first time she saw Gu Zixiao.
Immediately following was envy and jealousy towards Gu Zixiao.
After all, no woman doesn't want to have a stunningly beautiful face.
Now that this stunningly beautiful face that everyone dreams of belongs to a man, how can one not feel indignant and grit one's teeth?
"Mom, why are you only telling me half of what you mean? What's wrong?" Gu Yu was genuinely curious.
"Beautiful. Absolutely stunning. If this were ancient times, Gu Zixiao's face would be considered a femme fatale who would bring ruin to the country. Even if he were a man, the emperor would stop at nothing to get his hands on him."
Gu Yu: ...
Mom, do you even know what you're saying?
Gu Yu looked speechless: "Mom, aren't you exaggerating a bit?"
Third Aunt Gu: "No. You'll see when you meet her and you'll know whether I'm exaggerating or not."
Moreover, I heard that he also found a wife.
Your second uncle and aunt had a fight because of the wife he found outside the marriage.
Do you know why Gu Zixiao isn't going home this year? I heard it's because he wants to spend the New Year with his wife.
Gu Yu: ...
How come she didn't know about this?
Aunt Gu patted Gu Yu on the shoulder: "If you want to see Gu Zixiao, go and talk to your second aunt. Alright, I have to go in and help out, otherwise people will start gossiping again."
Gu Yu said "oh" and, after thinking for a moment, went to find Gu Xiaodi.
Gu Nan bought two fried dough sticks from outside and came back. Lan Jiaojiao, who had been starving for a long time, was a little unhappy when she saw this, but she didn't bring them out. Instead, she said with gratitude, "Brother Nan, are you tired? It's all because of me. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had to go out."
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