Chapter 111 Why are Gu Nian and Zhang Cuihua here?
"Gu Nian and Zhang Cuihua? What are they here for? They are not here to ask you to go back for the New Year, are they?" An idea popped into Li Wanqing's mind like lightning.
Somehow, Li Wanqing felt that her idea was correct.
"No matter who comes, it's useless. We won't go back." Gu Yan also felt that what Li Wanqing said was very likely. However, he would not change his mind.
Why did Li Wanqing feel that Gu Nian was asking them to go back home to celebrate the New Year?
Because Gu Chuan had already gone to celebrate the Little New Year, and he had invited them to go there to celebrate the Little New Year together. However, Gu Yan refused. He also told Gu Chuan that they would not go there during the New Year and would celebrate on their own.
I don’t know what Gu Chuan said to Gu Chongshan and the others, and what is the purpose of Gu Nian and the others coming here today.
Just when Li Wanqing was daydreaming, Gu Nian and Zhang Cuihua had already come up.
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, what delicious food have you made? I can smell the fragrance from far away." Zhang Cuihua saw Gu Yan and Li Wanqing standing at the kitchen door, and said in a pretended affectionate manner.
"Brother and sister-in-law are here? Come in quickly. Is Chinese New Year tomorrow here? Let's stew the meat in advance.
"Brother and sister-in-law, how come you have time to come over today?" Li Wanqing said with a smile on her face.
"My third sister-in-law's cooking skills are so good. I can smell the fragrance at the foot of the mountain." Zhang Cuihua said as she followed Li Wanqing into the house.
"Sister-in-law, sit down and have some nuts." Li Wanqing brought over the basket of nuts.
Zhang Cuihua looked around Gu Yan and his family's house, and had to say, the two of them lived a really good life.
There was a cotton curtain hanging at the door, a wardrobe on the floor, and next to the wardrobe was a chair with a cushion and a backrest.
Looking around, the walls of the cave were covered with white rough paper, the kang was covered with brand new sheets, and the quilts at the foot of the kang were also thick. It was obvious that they were all made of new cotton lining and new surface.
The most important thing is that there is a bear skin cushion on the kang. When did Gu Yan kill the bear? How come they don’t know anything about it?
The third brother was really cunning. He managed to keep the fact that he had killed the bear a secret, without a single word leaking out.
You know, an adult black bear is quite expensive, and it will definitely cost several hundred taels of silver.
"Hey, this is a bear skin, right? When did the third brother get it? Why haven't I heard you mention it before? You guys are going to use this bear skin as a bed for yourselves?
You're being too wasteful! This bear skin is worth at least several dozen taels of silver. How much brown rice can you buy with it?" Zhang Cuihua looked at it and wished the bear skin was her own.
"Well, isn't it warm to lay on the kang in winter?" Li Wanqing said with a faint smile.
Gu Nian, who came in later, also saw the bear skin on the kang. He also felt that Gu Yan did not know how to live. If he didn't sell the good fur for money, how could he use it to make his own living?
"Third brother, hurry up and put the bear skin away. Don't let such a good bear skin go to waste." Gu Nian said with a frown.
Gu Yan scoffed and said to Gu Nian, who was still acting like the eldest son, "It's just a piece of bear skin. If you want to spread it out, just spread it out. What does it have to do with you? What are you doing here?"
"You...how can you talk like that? I'm your elder brother, and I'm doing this for your own good. Bear skins are valuable. How much rice can you buy with them? If you really want to make a kang, you can just use a few rabbit skins to make it.
At worst, you can just give away the sheepskin, but you’d better keep such a good bear skin.
"By the way, when did you hunt the black bear? Why didn't you tell your family? How much meat would a bear that big yield? Did you eat it all by yourselves? You didn't even give any to your parents?" Gu Nian said dissatisfiedly.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows. Perhaps the last sentence was what Gu Nian wanted to say the most? And he had to add, "Why didn't you send it to him?"
He is the eldest brother! But he is very hypocritical. On the surface, he is honest and kind, filial to his parents, and takes care of his younger siblings.
However, these are all superficial. If you observe carefully, you will find that Gu Nian's kindness is just talk and he never puts it into action.
He was filial to his parents by complaining to them about how difficult life was, and then when his parents gave him things, he promised to treat them well in the future and provide for them in their old age.
Being nice to your younger siblings means making them obedient and not talking back to your parents.
In a word, you won't miss out on any benefits, but you won't suffer any losses at all.
Gu Yan had no good impression of this elder brother, so he spoke without any politeness: "Why should I tell you about the bear I killed? You didn't even tell me when you killed the prey?
Besides, we just started a family and we couldn’t bear to eat the bear meat ourselves, so we sold it to buy food.”
Gu Nian knew that he could not gain any advantage from Gu Yan. Since that was the case, he was too impatient to say anything else and directly stated the purpose of his visit.
"Dad asked me to come here and tell you that we can go over to celebrate the New Year together tomorrow. We have prepared everything else. You just need to bring the braised pork with you." Gu Nian acted like a patriarch.
"That may not be possible. Wanqing and I plan to celebrate the New Year at home and not go to my parents' house." Gu Yan said lightly.
"Gu Yan, what do you mean?" Gu Nian didn't expect that Gu Yan would dare to refuse him even though he came in person. It seemed that he had made up his mind to sever ties with them.
"It's nothing special, we're just celebrating the New Year on our own, not wanting to get involved there.
Anyway, you guys have never cared about me for so many years, so isn't it better if I don't get in your way now?" Gu Yan said with a mocking tone.
"What do you mean we don't care about you? How did we not care about you? If we didn't care about you, would we come and call you?" Gu Nian defended.
"Hmph, you are thinking about me now because of my things, right? Otherwise, would you remember me?" Gu Yan said.
"How could you think that? Who's thinking about your things?
Besides? If you have the ability, shouldn't you take better care of your parents? "Gu Nian suddenly became angry and embarrassed.
"It's indeed my duty to take care of my parents, and I have no complaints. What I don't understand is why all the things I gave to my parents were taken away by you in the end? Can you explain to me why?" Gu Yan said.
Gu Yan is capable and has brought many good things home in the past, but in the end he found that most of the things he brought back to honor his parents were taken away by Gu Nian.
This made Gu Yan very angry, so next time he hunted something good, he would not take it home. Instead, he would sell it, give part to his family, and keep part for himself.
"What do you mean I took it all? That was because my parents loved their grandchildren and gave it to them to eat." Gu Nian retorted with a red face after being exposed by Gu Yan.
"Tsk, you don't need to explain. I know what the situation is. You don't need to use the child as an excuse."
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