Li Cuiying put the pancake on the edge of the pot and covered it with the lid.
"What do you think she's thinking? She's not young anymore, and she has a little girl who's not married yet. If the villagers see her, how can she get married with a mother like that?
Since she still wants to find someone outside, she might as well marry someone else. It won’t have anything to do with our Gu family after she gets married.”
Gu Zhenjiang nodded and said, "Forget it, don't worry about them. Huaibei and Xiaoxue won't be returning to their hometown anyway, so as long as they don't get in their way, there's nothing else to say."
"Second brother, is his wife home?"
Grandma Gu San pushed open the gate and came in. Li Cuiying and Gu Zhenjiang looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
"Aunt San, come in. She's at home." Li Cuiying walked out of the kitchen and brought her to the main room to sit down. Gu Zhenjiang closed the stove door and followed her out.
"Aunt San, what happened? Why are you so anxious?"
Grandma Gu's family is Gu Zhenjiang's third uncle and aunt. Gu Zhenjiang's father is the eldest, and he has three younger brothers. Except for Gu Zhenjiang's fourth uncle who died early, his second and third uncles are still alive.
Grandma Gu San sighed: "It's all about Teng Gui's family. The third brother and his wife gave birth to several girls in a row, and a few days ago they gave birth to another girl. I don't know if she was depressed or what, but the third brother's wife jumped into the river. Although she was rescued, it was so cold, and she had just given birth. I guess she won't be able to have children in the future."
Li Cuiying rarely comes back throughout the year and doesn't know much about the people in the village.
"Aunt, what's going on? Even if it's a girl, you wouldn't jump into the river, right? At worst, you can just find a son-in-law later. Does that mean a girl isn't your own child anymore?"
"You don't know, Tenggui has three sons in total. The eldest son has four daughters, the second son has three, and the whole family is counting on the third son and his wife. I guess it's because it's another girl this time, so Tenggui's wife is unhappy.
She wished the third daughter-in-law would drown, so she could find a new wife for the third son and give him a grandson. She estimated that the third daughter-in-law would have a hard time in the future.
Grandma Gu San shook her head in disdain. "Even in our time, there weren't such evil mothers-in-law. Who knows why you young people are so backward in your thinking? The Chairman has said that men and women are equal and that women hold up half the sky. Why are you young people so pedantic?"
Li Cuiying: "..." It's not that I don't have it.
Gu Zhenjiang: “…”
Gu Zhenjiang: "Aunt San, should we also take some things over to take a look? I remember that our family and his family should not have much contact."
Although Gu Zhenjiang and Gu Tenggui are of the same generation, the relationship between the two families is quite distant and they have not had much contact in recent years.
"If it were a happy occasion, it wouldn't matter, but this is not a small matter, and you guys are back at this time, it would be bad not to go."
Li Cuiying nodded: "Then Huaibei's generation probably doesn't need it. My Huaibei probably doesn't even know his family."
"No, no, your family is still here because Zhenjiang and Tenggui were good friends when they were young, and they haven't left the fifth server yet."
"Aunt San, do you have any eggs? I'll exchange some for them later. I'll go check with Zhenjiang tomorrow."
After seeing off Grandma Gu San, the two went to Gu Zhenxing's house after dinner.
As soon as they entered the yard, Wang Daya was washing dishes by herself. Gu Zhenxing and Gu Meilin were sitting in the main room. Even Ma Qiqi sat next to her mother without offering to help.
"Sister-in-law, brother."
When Gu Meilian saw them coming, she didn't stand up to call for help. She turned around to look at them and then turned back.
"Have you guys eaten yet?"
"have eaten."
"I came here to ask about Teng Gui's family. Have you visited?"
Gu Zhenxing didn't expect that these two people were so well-informed. They found out as soon as they came back.
"Not yet. The doctor told us to come back in a few days and not to bother him. How did you know?"
"We just got home and ran into Third Aunt, that's what she said." After saying that, he glanced at Gu Zhenjiang and said, "Then let's go check it out tomorrow morning and go back in the afternoon. I'm worried about Xiaoxue being home alone."
Gu Meilin didn't expect that her second brother and his wife pretended not to see her.
"Why didn't you see me, brother? And you didn't talk to me."
Gu Zhenjiang had a dark face and didn't even bother to look at her.
"What? Are you waiting for me and your second sister-in-law to greet you? Have you wasted decades? Don't you know how to call for help?"
In fact, Gu Meilin just didn't want to call Li Cuiying her second sister-in-law because the two of them didn't get along when they were young.
When she was young, Li Cuiying would never let her second brother take care of her no matter what happened to her.
"Second brother, what do you mean? Your sister is having a hard time now, so you just don't want to take care of me? Have you forgotten that my parents asked you to take good care of me, and you didn't listen to them?"
Li Cuiying rolled her eyes and stood up to go out. Let the Gu family solve the Gu family’s problems themselves.
"Why should I care about you? Back then, your parents asked us to take care of you, but they didn't tell you to abandon your husband and children and run off with another man. Don't you know what you did? What reputation do you have in the Leaping Squadron now? If you don't care, don't come back and drag down the younger generation of the Gu family."
Ma Qiqi stood up and pointed at Gu Zhenjiang: "Who do you think you are? What right do you have to say that to my mother? We came back to give you face. Who do you think would be willing to come to your country? It stinks everywhere, and there are only cabbages and radishes all day long. Who would want to stay here when you are so poor?"
Gu Zhenjiang was so angry that he laughed: "Brother, you heard it. You thought you were doing a good thing, but you didn't hear it. You are so disgusted with the poor food and accommodation. Why are you looking for trouble for yourself?"
He turned his head and looked at Gu Meilian with a half-smile: "No one wants you to come back. Since you think your hometown is not good, go back to where you came from. You are so capable, are you afraid that no one will want you? Don't the men outside send you home at night? Next time, have some shame. You hugged and kissed a man at the village entrance. Don't you have shamelessness and the Gu family doesn't want you?"
Gu Meilin didn't expect to be seen when she came back in the afternoon. When she saw her daughter's incredulous look, her face suddenly turned red and she became furious.
"Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about? I just went for a walk around the commune this afternoon and came back. You must have seen it wrong."
Gu Zhenjiang was too lazy to talk nonsense with her.
"You know who it is. If Big Brother wants you to stay at home, that's your business. I have no right to interfere. Anyway, don't look for me if you have any problems."
"What are you talking about, second brother? It's not a good idea for you to live in my house all the time. Your eldest brother and I are old and we have to rely on our children for support in our old age. We can't afford to support our eldest sister living in my house."
Wang Daya also heard the noise inside the house from outside, and even heard Ma Qiqi's disgusted words.
Wang Daya was not destined to be a maid, so she kindly took them in for a few days.
They are so bad that not only can they not help at home, but they don’t even bring their own food when they come back. Now that everyone has enough food, they still have to make do with what they have until the next year’s food distribution.
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