Gu Yong was speechless.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, his voice trembling with fear: "Your eldest and second brothers suffered so much back then, and I, as their father, am making it up to them a little more? You can't stand it? Let me tell you, this entire Gu family belongs to me. What's mine, I can give to whomever I want! You—"
Before Gu Zhiyuan could speak, a woman's delighted voice came from the doorway: "Zhiyuan, you're back?"
Gu Zhiyuan and Gu Yong turned their heads together and saw Jiang Yuan standing at the door, seemingly still in disbelief.
Gu Zhiyuan's expression softened, and he smiled slightly at Jiang Yuan: "Mom, I'm back!"
Jiang Yuan burst into tears instantly. She ran to Gu Zhiyuan and hugged him tightly. After a long while, she pounded his back a couple of times, saying, "You child, you, you..."
He choked up and couldn't say the rest.
Gu Yong quickly comforted her, "Xiaoyuan, don't cry! The child is back, isn't he?"
She glared at Gu Zhiyuan and said, "You came back and made your mother cry!"
Jiang Yuan shielded Gu Zhiyuan behind her: "My son, is it wrong for me to miss him and cry?"
Gu Yong hurriedly put on a smile: "I'm just worried about you. That little brat didn't even discuss such a big thing with the family back then, making you and all of us worry. Can't I even say a few words to him?"
Jiang Yuan snorted coldly, ignoring Gu Yong, and grabbed Gu Zhiyuan to examine him closely. After a long while, tears welled up in her eyes as she said, "You've lost weight, you've lost so much weight. You must have suffered a lot—"
Gu Yongcai scoffed from the side, "What's wrong with a grown man like you suffering a little?"
Jiang Yuan glared at Gu Yong: "Shut up! What right do you have to say anything to him?"
He became agitated.
Gu Yong felt a little guilty and dared not speak again.
Jiang Yuan grabbed Gu Zhiyuan and headed upstairs. Gu Yong hesitated for a moment, then, seeing that no one was in the living room, he followed her up to the third floor.
Fang Dani had been listening to the commotion outside. When she came out of the kitchen, she saw Gu Yong following closely behind Jiang Yuan. Her eyes darkened, she snorted, and walked to the side to make a phone call.
upstairs.
Before Jiang Yuan and Gu Zhiyuan even entered his room, they smelled a sweet fragrance.
I couldn't resist going closer to take a look, and lo and behold, Gu Zhixing was opening a can of fried noodles, grabbing a handful and stuffing it into his mouth, eating it with great relish.
"What are you eating?" Jiang Yuan asked curiously as she walked over to take a look. When she saw that it was fried noodles, a look of nostalgia appeared on her face.
During the march, fried noodles were a common ration for everyone. They were sweet and delicious when eaten dry, and even more fragrant when rinsed with water.
Gu Zhixing's mouth was full of fried noodles, and he dared not speak, for fear that if he opened his mouth, the fried noodles would spray out of his mouth and nose.
Gu Zhiyuan could only speak up for him: "This was sent by a friend from Jingshan County. I brought it back so you and your younger brother could try it. She's an excellent cook. Besides fried noodles, she also makes beef sauce and dried meat. Take some with you to the office. The meat sauce goes well with rice, and when you're hungry, eat some dried meat. It's filling and nutritious."
Jiang Yuan understood immediately and asked cautiously, "Son, is your friend a woman?"
Gu Zhixing finally managed to swallow a mouthful of fried noodles and blurted out, "Mom, my brother likes her! She's my future sister-in-law! Mom, you're going to have a daughter-in-law! My sister-in-law is such a good cook, Mom, you should try some—"
As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of dried meat into Jiang Yuan's mouth.
Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up. Holding the dried meat in her hand, she looked at Gu Zhiyuan first and asked, "Really? You really have a girl you like? Why didn't you bring her back for Mom to see?"
Gu Zhiyuan smiled slightly: "I came back this time on a mission, and I was in a hurry! Besides, she has work and can't leave for the time being. When the time is right, I will bring her to see you!"
Jiang Yuan was satisfied.
Only then did I have the appetite to take a bite of the jerky. It was fragrant and chewy, and my mouth was filled with its aroma.
He couldn't stop nodding: "This girl is so skilled! This jerky smells amazing! My son is so lucky!"
The mother and her two children each munched on a piece of jerky, enjoying themselves immensely.
Following behind, Gu Yong, who was standing at the door, was displeased. "What? Are you three eating? Can't you see that I'm a grown man standing at the door?"
He coughed to remind the three of his presence.
As soon as Gu Zhixing saw Gu Yong, he reflexively hid the fried noodles and dried meat behind his back.
Gu Yong's face darkened: "Fourth brother, when did you learn to hog everything? If you have something good, why don't you take it down and let everyone have a taste?"
Gu Zhixing muttered, "My sister-in-law made this herself, why should we give it to them?"
Gu Yong frowned, about to lose his temper.
Gu Zhiyuan stepped forward: "This was specially sent by my friend to my mother and younger brother to try. It's a token of her affection, so it's not appropriate to give it to others."
Gu Yong pointed his finger at Gu Zhiyuan with audacity: "I'm your biological father, and I'm someone else too? Those people downstairs are your grandparents and brothers, and they're someone else too? How come you've been gone for two years and your personality is still the same? You can't tolerate them at all? You want me to—"
Jiang Yuan slapped Gu Yong's finger away, her face expressionless: "When you're criticizing my son, do you ever think back to when Da Jun and Da Kui got married? When did their wives ever give me anything? They've been married for so long and now they have children, have I ever seen a single piece of paper or a single piece of cloth from them? Why didn't you say anything about them back then?"
Gu Yong quickly explained, "The kids are just being childish, why are you arguing with them? Besides, you don't need their filial piety, do you?"
Jiang Yuan said coldly, "Then why are you arguing with my son? Do you lack a little meat? Or a little fried noodles? Zhiyuan hasn't been back for two years, and now that he's finally back, you just want to force him to leave, don't you?"
Gu Yong panicked and quickly waved his hand, looking aggrieved: "I was just thinking that he hasn't been back for two years and has become estranged from the family. I wanted to treat the elders to something good to make them feel better. Why don't you understand my good intentions? If my parents feel better, you'll suffer less, right?"
Jiang Yuan snorted coldly, her expression softening slightly.
Gu Yong felt relieved and quickly added, "I've been worried about Lao San not coming back for two years! We didn't even have time to buy groceries today, so I just asked Xiao Wu to go to the logistics department to buy some meat and fish for Lao San to eat something better—"
Jiang Yuan immediately understood what was going on and was furious: "The third brother didn't come back. Even if we don't eat meat every day, we should at least have meat twice a week, right? How come the third brother came back, but there's nothing at home, and you have to ask the logistics department to buy meat and fish? Gu Yong, what do you mean? And what does she mean?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yong immediately explained, "It's because the third brother came back so suddenly that he didn't tell the family, and Da Ni didn't know either! That's why I asked Xiao Wu to buy it from the logistics department. How could the third brother be shortchanged?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan became even angrier. Who couldn't see through Fang Dani's disgusting tricks? Why did Gu Yong pretend to be blind?
Just as she was about to get angry, Gu Zhiyuan stopped her: "Mom, you and your younger brother should try your future daughter-in-law's cooking. I have something to say to Father."
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