Upon hearing this, Fang Dani immediately stopped in her tracks as she headed towards the kitchen. Her eyes reddened, and she looked at Gu Yong with a wronged expression.
Gu Daikui's temper flared even more, and he immediately raised his eyebrows: "Little wench, if you keep spouting nonsense, believe me, I'll tear your mouth apart?"
Gu Dajun, being slightly more calculating, frowned and looked at Gu Zhiyuan: "Third brother, I know you've always had some issues with us, but no matter what, behind closed doors, we're still family. How can you talk nonsense to outsiders? Even if you don't respect me and your second brother, my mother is still your elder. How can you let your partner look down on him like that? What do you mean by that?"
Then she turned to Gu Yong, "Dad, you be the judge! If our third son hadn't been so disrespectful to Mom in front of his boyfriend, would his boyfriend have treated Mom like a maid? This is a blatant slap in the face to both of us brothers, Dad—"
The old master of the Gu family, standing to the side, also had a stern face: "Dayong, Dani has given birth to two children for you. She's a great contributor to our Gu family. You can't let some outsider girl bully her! How will Dani hold her head high in front of the younger generation after that?!"
Gu Dajun and Gu Daikui's two wives also chimed in with their own opinions.
Gu Yong's already pale face grew increasingly gloomy.
Xu Ningyan finally understood the Gu family's usual tactics. They were all of one mind, and they would take any opportunity to whisper in Gu Yong's ear, saying bad things about Gu Zhiyuan and his two sons!
Jiang Yuan looked anxious. "Xiao Yan just hadn't met Sister Fang before and asked without thinking. You're all overthinking it—"
However, this sentence seemed particularly pale and powerless in the face of the rest of the Gu family's singing, recitation, and acting.
Gu Yong, with a stern face, was about to speak when he heard a clear laugh.
Looking over, it was Xu Ningyan.
She grabbed Gu Zhiyuan, her face full of disbelief: "Brother Gu, didn't you say these are your two half-brothers? They're not young, are they? I'd guess they're at least forty. At that age, people in our village would already be holding their grandchildren. It's just a matter of a word from me, so why are you asking Dad for judgment right away? Isn't this just like a three-year-old kid who lost an argument and a fight and then did this?"
As she spoke, she looked Gu Dajun up and down: "Your two older brothers are so old, are they still not weaned? Tsk tsk, you really can't judge a book by its cover—"
Gu Yong, who was about to get angry, was stunned when he heard this.
He hadn't thought about it before, but now that Xu Ningyan, a little girl, had pointed it out so clearly, he suddenly realized that it seemed a bit embarrassing! There were two grown men like them, and even if a little girl said something wrong, couldn't they just say a few words? Why did he have to step in?
Thinking about it more deeply, it's no wonder he went to great lengths to get the two of them into the army, and yet they haven't been promoted all these years. It seems the reason is that he lacks initiative.
Thinking this, Gu Yong looked at the Gu brothers with a hint of disappointment and frustration.
The two brothers, Gu Dajun and Gu Daikui, were very good at reading Gu Yong's expression. They immediately sensed something was wrong and wanted to say something in their defense, but they were afraid that the more they said, the more wrong they would make.
Seeing that her husband remained silent, Qiao Aiyuan quickly said, "Dad, Dajun and his brother are just worried about Mom—"
Fang Dani quickly rubbed her eyes, her face full of understanding: "I'm fine! I... I'm not really part of this family. I'm lucky to be left here and have food to eat. It doesn't matter what you say! After all, Lao San's girlfriend is a guest, and she's young. She probably said something wrong, but I don't think it was intentional. As an elder, I can't hold it against her. I... I'll go to the kitchen—"
By the end, their voices were trembling with tears.
Gu's two daughters-in-law immediately ran to Fang Dani's side to comfort her: "Mom, you've been wronged!"
"Mom, you've suffered so much all these years—"
Then there were the Gu family's boys, who glared fiercely at Xu Ningyan. One of them rushed over and started punching and kicking her: "You shameless country bumpkin, unwanted country bumpkin, who do you think you are? How dare you bully my grandma! I'll beat you to death, beat you to death—"
Putting aside Xu Ningyan's skills, even with Gu Zhiyuan present, no one could get close to Xu Ningyan.
He reached out and grabbed the boy, lifting him up and throwing him onto the sofa. The boy was so dazed and confused that he couldn't get up.
Gu Daikui's wife, Zhang Yanan, rushed over anxiously, crying out, "Xiaobing, Xiaobing, are you alright?"
He turned his head and cursed at Gu Zhiyuan: "You actually treated a child so cruelly for saying a few words, are you even human? Gu Laosan!"
He then shouted, "Are you all dead? Son, your brother was beaten in front of you, and none of you know how to help?"
The other boys from the Gu family, who were still a teenager, gathered around.
Gu Zhiyuan said coldly, "Let's see who dares to make a move today! They'll end up like him!"
"Bang—" Gu Yong slammed his hand on the coffee table: "What's all the noise about? What's with the fighting? Do you think I'm dead?"
As soon as Gu Yong lost his temper, Gu Da Kui and the others immediately stopped crying and making a fuss, and huddled to the side like quails.
Only Gu Zhiyuan stared at him coldly, refusing to back down in the slightest.
Xu Ningyan scoffed, "Oh, so he's not dead! Commander Gu's family upbringing isn't very good either! Putting aside the fact that although I'm from the countryside, I have impeccable revolutionary credentials. My ancestors were poor peasants for three generations, and my father was a martyr! I have a good class background, which is glorious! Not to mention that the higher-ups have issued the necessary directive that educated youth should go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants! What? Do you look down on rural people and despise us poor and lower-middle peasants?"
"I heard that Commander Gu is also from the countryside. I'm afraid he hasn't even washed the mud off his legs yet. What, now that Commander Gu's two sons have married city women, they think they're city people and look down on people from the countryside?"
"Commander Gu, your two sons, two daughters-in-law, and grandchildren have very problematic mindsets! As descendants of farmers, children of farmers, how can they look down on farmers? I need to ask, which unit do they work for? Your ideological work is still inadequate—"
Upon hearing this, not only Gu Yong, but also Gu Dajun and the others were dumbfounded.
Everyone stared in disbelief, speechless.
Gu Yong took two deep breaths and looked at Gu Zhiyuan and Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan had already been dragged aside by Gu Zhixing, who was responsible for watching her and preventing her from speaking.
As for Gu Zhiyuan, he stood in front of Xu Ningyan, his expression unchanged, as if what Xu Ningyan said was nothing out of the ordinary to him.
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