"Mother! Zhou Yuan said I'm ugly! He said I'm ugly in front of so many people! I don't want to live anymore! I don't want to live anymore!" Guo Wan's pride was hurt, and she couldn't care less about her older brother anymore. She continued to hug her mother and cry.
"Oh dear, this has something to do with my Yuanyuan! Little girl, did you say something to my Yuanyuan?" Grandma Xiao, who was helping Grandma Gu boil oil, had originally planned to watch the show, but upon hearing this, she realized it was related to her grandson and asked apologetically.
“Xiao Wan, this is Zhou Yuan’s grandma. Talk to her and ask her to stand up for you. Don’t cry!” Grandma Gu said.
Upon hearing that it was someone else's grandmother, Guo Wan was so embarrassed that she didn't want to look up.
"Little brother, tell me, what exactly happened?" Third Uncle asked Guo Yan.
Guo Yan then recounted the events. Under the threatening gaze of his elder brother, he dared not embellish the story and could only describe the facts objectively.
After the description, everyone was speechless. Guo Wan was too bold. Even Gu Hui, who was determined to support ten or eight gigolos, didn't have such audacity.
Here's what happened: After dinner, Gu Shouxin took a few maids back to make New Year's goods to sell tomorrow. Lu Zheng went along to help, and then Guo Wan pulled Guo Yan along as well.
Guo Wan followed behind Lu Zheng, speaking in a coquettish and affected manner, introducing herself and talking to herself.
Lu Zheng ignored her at first. Seeing that he was ignoring her, she pretended to fall and pounced on Lu Zheng. However, Lu Zheng was completely unaffected and took a step back. As a result, Guo Wan fell directly to the ground.
She was quite bold, thinking that Lu Zheng was just a handsome country boy, while she was the young lady of a rice shop in the prefectural city. She took the initiative to approach him, so this country boy should accept her.
So she got up from the ground, reached out to block Lu Zheng from doing anything, and asked him, "Brother Zhou Yuan, have you said you're engaged?"
Lu Zheng glanced at her expressionlessly: "Sorry, I'm not sixteen yet. Auntie, you look much older than me!"
Guo Wan saw that Lu Zheng was quite tall, even taller than Guo Yan, and assumed that Lu Zheng was older than her and her siblings.
He's not yet sixteen, and two years younger than her, which is within her acceptable range!
So, shameless as ever, she persisted, "Brother Zhou Yuan, as the saying goes, 'A woman one year older than you is like holding a golden rooster; a woman two years older is like having a swan's treasury.' Perfect, I'm two years older than you! I'm seventeen this year and still unmarried. Many gentlemen have their eyes on me, but I just don't like them; I feel they're all unsuitable. But today, I've found the right one, Brother Zhou Yuan, it's you! My family owns a grain store in the prefectural city, my eldest brother is a scholar, and my second sister is married into a cloth shop and is its owner. Brother Zhou Yuan, may I propose marriage to you?"
In the kitchen, Gu Shouxin and the others were speechless. The third aunt's (third sister's) younger sister's skin was as thick as a city wall!
Lu Zheng looked at Guo Wan as if she were an idiot, frowned and said, "I'm sorry, I'm still young and have no plans to get married yet!"
He only refrained from making a scene because they were relatives of the Gu family, and that's why he spoke so tactfully.
Unexpectedly, Guo Wan thought he was just shy. She felt that girls nowadays weren't as bold as she was, so the handsome young man had never encountered this situation before.
Yes, the shyer and more handsome the young man, the more she liked him.
So she took action and reached out to pull Lu Zheng, but Lu Zheng didn't give her a chance to touch him at all.
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