"Xiao Gu, please take more food, don't be shy," Xiao's mother said, reminding Gu Moting that he might be hesitant to eat with people he didn't know well. After all, he was her daughter's benefactor, and she had a good first impression of him.
Xiao Xue didn't know what to say, and slowly ate the food in her bowl. Xiao Yu was a simple eater, and just buried his head in his food. Anyway, as a child, he couldn't get a word in edgewise when the adults were talking.
The portions at state-run restaurants are usually quite generous. At the table, two men and a boy were still eating heartily, while the two women had finished and were sitting down beside them.
By the time everyone had finished eating and put down their chopsticks, the food on the table was completely gone. Gu Moting felt a little embarrassed. Because of the high energy expenditure from training, his appetite had increased. Even though he wasn't in the army now, he still did push-ups and practiced military boxing every day to keep fit. So his appetite was still the same as when he was in the army.
Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao, Comrade Xiao Xue, and Comrade Xiao Yu, please forgive my rudeness. I have a big appetite and ate quite a lot. Mo Ting, I apologize.
Xiao Gu, what you're saying isn't right. Men need to eat a lot to have strength. You're a soldier, and your training is tough, so you must expend a lot of energy. You need to eat more to keep up with the nutritional needs. Look at our Xiao Yu, he's only eleven years old, and he eats quite a lot at every meal. Mr. Xiao, being a man, knows that most men have a relatively large appetite.
Mr. Xiao picked up the teacup on the table and said, "Uncle is very grateful to you, Xiao Gu, for saving Xiao Xue when you had never met her before. Uncle will toast you with tea instead of wine. Also, Xiao Xue will be getting married soon. I hope you will still be here then and come to our house for a cup of wedding wine."
When Gu Moting heard Xiao's father offer him a toast with tea instead of wine, he quickly stood up, picked up the teacup from the table, and lowered it to return the toast. He had just sat down and hadn't even put the teacup down when he heard Xiao's father say that Xiao Xue would be getting married soon. His hand tightened on the teacup, which was due to his own force.
Gu Moting felt a tightness in his chest, a feeling that was hard to breathe out. He glanced at Xiao Xue sitting next to Xiao Yu and felt a pang of sadness for some reason. The thought that this girl was about to become someone else's bride made his heart ache.
He suppressed the bitterness in his heart, his expression unchanged. "Oh, I see. I wonder if you'll still be here then. If you are, I'll come and ask for a drink at your wedding." "Is the groom also from here?" "Comrade Xiao Xue looks so young; surely you didn't meet through a blind date?" Gu Moting said these words in a light tone.
No, that's not it. That guy works at the same factory as my sister and dad. He saved my sister last year and started pursuing her afterward. My parents said that Su Wenxing is a good person who would risk his life to save my sister, so she accepted his advances. Humph, I don't like him at all. My sister isn't happy at all about him being my brother-in-law. Xiao Yan next door, as a bride, is happy every day, preparing her dowry at home. My sister goes to work every day and doesn't care about the dowry at all. It's like she's not the one getting married.
When Gu Moting heard that the person had saved Xiao Xue last year and pursued her before they got together, some doubts arose in his mind. He silently repeated the word "last year" to himself, feeling that something was amiss.
Xiao Yu, you can't talk like that. It's impolite. Wenxing is your future brother-in-law. After your sister gets married, he'll be part of our family. You can't say things like that again, especially not in front of your brother-in-law. Otherwise, it will cause conflict between your sister and her husband. Xiao's father advised Xiao Yu in a low voice, not wanting his daughter's marriage to be affected by his son's words.
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