Chapter 343 The Milk Dumpling is Unbelievable!
Gu Beichen took the gold bar, weighed it in his hand, and glanced at his son who was still struggling with the scalpel beside him. The lines on his face were unusually soft.
Just as the atmosphere was filled with joy, a commotion suddenly broke out at the main gate.
Several guards were trying to stop people, but they couldn't stop some people from throwing a tantrum and trying to squeeze in.
"Let us in! I'm the child's second great-grandmother! How can you not let relatives in at a wedding?"
"That's right! We're here to offer our blessings! We've even prepared red envelopes!"
Grandma Gu's shrill voice, with its strong penetrating power, instantly drowned out the laughter in the courtyard.
Su Yue's smile remained unchanged, but she subtly covered her daughter's ear with one hand.
Just as Gu Beichen was about to take a step, Su Yue grabbed his sleeve.
"Don't use guns during the New Year." Su Yue adjusted Gu Ningjing's little tiger hat. "Let them in."
Gu Beichen frowned.
“It’s better to guide than to block.” Su Yue lowered her voice. “Instead of letting them wail at the door and ruin the fun, let them in and see what other trouble they can cause. Perfect, this is the last act.”
Gu Beichen made a hand gesture to the guard at the door.
The human wall dispersed.
Grandma Gu and her family of four stumbled in like hungry wolves who hadn't seen meat in centuries.
This family was clearly dressed up carefully.
Old Mrs. Gu, Wang Cuihua, changed into a dark red cotton-padded jacket that she had somehow acquired, the cuffs of which were shiny with grease. Gu Zhenghai and his son, Gu Bao, had their eyes glued to the table full of chicken, duck, fish, and meat as soon as they entered the door, unable to tear their gazes away.
"Oh my! My dear great-grandson!"
As soon as Grandma Gu entered the courtyard, she didn't even look for the child. Her cloudy, triangular eyes scanned the pile of baby's first birthday gifts on the red carpet like radar.
A golden abacus, a golden longevity lock, and two gold bars that Huo Wenxuan had just casually tossed there.
It was so shiny and dazzling that it made people dizzy.
Grandma Gu swallowed hard, making a gurgling sound in her throat.
She pushed aside her son who was blocking her way, and with bound feet and an agility far beyond her years, she headed straight for the main table.
"Second Aunt, you're here?" Gu Zhengfeng sat in the main seat, holding a teacup in his hand, without even lifting his eyelids.
"They're here! How could we miss such a joyous occasion!" Old Mrs. Gu chuckled twice, her old face beaming like a walnut shell. "Zhengfeng, look at the mess we've made. We were ignorant of the rules a few days ago, so we've come here today to apologize to these two kids."
As she spoke, she gave Gu Zhenghai a wink.
Gu Zhenghai quickly pulled out a thin red paper packet from his pocket, which looked shabby.
"This is just a small token of our appreciation; we're buying candy for the kids."
She said she was giving it to the child, but her hand reached out and tried to stuff the red envelope into Su Yue's arms, taking the opportunity to get closer to the pile of gifts.
Su Yue didn't answer.
She stepped aside, and the red paper package fell to the ground with a thud.
Two one-cent coins rolled out of it.
The entire room fell silent.
Huo Wenxuan chuckled: "Two cents? That's quite a generous gift. It must have emptied your pockets, right?"
Gu Zhenghai was thick-skinned and didn't care about the ridicule at all. Taking advantage of Su Yue's moment of avoidance, she twisted her body and squeezed directly to the edge of the red carpet.
"Oh dear, why haven't you put away the baby's first birthday gifts yet? It's all messy, what if it trips the child?"
While pretending to tidy up, they covered for Grandma Gu.
Grandma Gu wasn't idle either.
Under the pretext of teasing Gu Ping'an, she stealthily reached her withered, claw-like hand towards a gold ingot on the edge of the carpet. It was the one Commander Zheng had just placed there.
The movements were extremely fast.
First, he would cover it with his sleeve, then flip his wrist and try to stuff it into his waistband.
This set of movements was so fluid and smooth; it was clear he was a repeat offender.
If it were any other time, when everyone was talking and drinking, she probably would have gotten away with it.
But she forgot that there was another pair of eyes on the red carpet at that moment.
Gu Ningjing.
Although Su Yue had just picked the little girl up, she was reaching out her little hand to grab the shiny gold ingot because she wanted it.
As a result, she watched helplessly as the old woman made her "Liangliang" disappear.
The little girl's worldview has collapsed.
That's hers!
"Wow--"
Gu Ningjing opened her mouth wide and cried out loud.
While crying, she stretched out her chubby little finger and pointed straight at Old Lady Gu's waistband.
"Damn it! Robbery! Liangliang!"
Although it consists of only three words, the pronunciation is clear and the accusation is powerful.
All eyes instantly focused on Old Mrs. Gu.
Grandma Gu's hand trembled, and the gold ingot that she had just stuffed in halfway slipped out of her trouser leg with a "clatter," hit the floor tiles, rolled twice, and stopped next to Gu Beichen's military boots.
quiet.
A deathly silence.
Only the gold ingot reflected the dazzling light in the sunlight, like a silent slap, hard on Old Lady Gu's face.
"This..." Grandma Gu's face twitched twice, and she squeezed out a dry sentence, "I... I was just afraid the child would get hurt, so I wanted to help put it away..."
"Put it in your crotch?"
Huo Wenxuan sneered and slammed his wine glass heavily on the table.
"Grandma, your way of organizing is quite unique."
Gu Beichen bent down and picked up the gold ingot.
He didn't say anything, but simply wiped the dust off with his thumb and handed the gold ingot to the guard behind him.
"search."
One word was enough to seal his fate.
"Why are you searching us! This is a violation of human rights!" Gu Zhenghai immediately started acting up when he saw that things were getting serious. "We are elders! We are guests! How can you search guests like this!"
Gu Baozu joined in the commotion, lying on the ground and rolling around, shouting, "They're hitting people! The People's Liberation Army is hitting people!"
"Shut up!"
This roar did not come from Gu Beichen.
It was Gu Zhengfeng, who had been sitting silently in the main seat the whole time.
He stood up, his lame leg unusually straight today. He grabbed the teacup on the table and smashed it to the ground.
"Smack!"
Porcelain shards scattered everywhere.
Gu Baozu was so frightened that he trembled and dared not roll away.
"Guests?" Gu Zhengfeng pointed at Old Madam Gu's nose, his finger trembling. "You dare call yourselves guests? Stealing things at your great-grandson's first birthday banquet! You've completely disgraced the Gu family!"
"Starting today."
Gu Zhengfeng looked around, his voice loud and clear.
"My lineage, that of Gu Zhengfeng, severs all ties with the Gu Aimin family in our ancestral home! We will have no contact with them in life, nor will we mourn them in death!"
"I, Gu Zhengfeng, am not accepting this marriage!"
Grandma Gu panicked completely.
Severing ties?
If we sever ties, how will we ever get anything from Gu Beichen again? How will we ever get Gu Baozu to find a job?
"Zhengfeng! You can't do this! I'm your own aunt!" Old Mrs. Gu was about to lunge at him.
Two guards stepped forward and grabbed her arms, one on each side.
"I'm sorry."
The guard moved swiftly, touching him all over.
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