"Xiaolian, come quick! I've already had a drink!" Zhang Shi called out to Cai Xiaolian as soon as she saw her. "I went to check on the younger ones, and they're all sleeping soundly. Their fourth uncle is good at taking care of the children!"
“Sister-in-law, starting with Huihui, which child in the family haven’t I taken care of?” Uncle Gu chimed in. “I’m not bragging, but out of the three brothers in our family, I’m definitely the most popular with the kids. Eldest brother, second brother, you can only envy me.”
"Fourth brother, I won't stand for that!" Uncle Gu picked up a piece of cold pig's ear with his chopsticks, then put them down indignantly. "I've always been the most popular kid in our family! I won't ask my own child, I'll just ask Xinxin, the second brother's child, and see if she likes me or you!"
Gu Xin, having been called out, turned around and said, "I love my eldest uncle the most, and I also love my fourth uncle the most. My eldest uncle is the best eldest uncle in the world, and my fourth uncle is the best fourth uncle in the world! Hehehe!"
Uncle Gu and Fourth Uncle Gu were both indignant, saying in unison, "If you have to choose one, who will you choose?"
Gu Xin was speechless: "Uncle, Fourth Uncle, can you please stop being so childish? How could there possibly be a situation where you have to choose one? If there really is, then I won't choose either of them, I'll choose my dad!"
Gu Shouxin gave Gu Xin a thumbs up.
Uncle Gu and Fourth Uncle Gu felt hurt, so the two brothers formed a temporary alliance and started drinking heavily.
Gu Shouxin, holding his wine glass, said with a smile, "Big brother, fourth brother, we're all brothers. I'm not trying to be mean, but you guys use this trick every year. When have you ever actually gotten me drunk? When have you ever been the ones who collapsed on your own? I'm never the one who gets scolded the next day."
Uncle Gu said, "Tch, second son, who said every year? You couldn't beat me in the ten years before you decided to take the imperial examination again!"
Uncle Gu nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, back then I wasn't married yet. Every year I had to escort my second brother back home, and every year I was the one who got scolded. Mother wouldn't let me escort him."
“Isn’t that right?” Uncle Gu began recounting Gu Shouxin’s embarrassing moments from years ago, “I remember when Niannian was two years old…”
“Yes, yes, I remember that too.” After Uncle Gu finished speaking, Zhang Shi spoke up, then grabbed Cai Xiaolian’s hand and glared at Gu Shouxin, “Second Uncle, as your sister-in-law, I have to say something to you. Even if you’re a high-ranking official now, I still have to say something to you. In the future, don’t do anything to wrong Xiaolian. If you make Xiaolian feel even the slightest bit wronged, I’ll go to your yamen and yell at you. I’ll yell at you for three days and three nights!”
“Unlike my fourth sister-in-law, who has a father, Xiaolian and I are like little cabbages in the field, pitiful and unwanted. So, I am Xiaolian’s family, and Xiaolian is my family. Therefore, second brother, you must not wrong Xiaolian!”
Cai Xiaolian really didn't expect that Zhang would protect her so much now.
Zhang usually tried to avoid talking to Gu Shouxin. She had secretly told her and Yang that Gu Shouxin was a bit fierce and would spout all sorts of grand principles, which she found both frightening and annoying.
As a result, she's now threatening Gu Shouxin for his sake.
Touched, Cai Xiaolian said directly to Uncle Gu, "Uncle, since my sister-in-law has made her stance clear, I'll make mine too. She's like family to me, like my own sister. Uncle, you better not bully my sister in the future! Otherwise, I'll go to your field and curse you for three days and three nights!"
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