Gu Zhenqi deliberately did not mention Ge Yun and glanced at her while speaking.
Wang Guiying's face first flashed with surprise, then turned into disbelief, but it was just a moment, and finally all turned into a relieved smile, and she said cheerfully: "You kid, your mother's family loves you and brought it specially for you. What's the big deal about us eating it? Put it away after it's done and keep it for you to eat. At noon, I'll make some corn porridge and steam some sweet potatoes, just make do with it."
Gu Zhenqi pulled Wang Guiying to the stove, glanced at the large portions of food, motioned for her to look, and said with a little grievance: "Mom, are you sure I can finish it by myself? I was ignorant before. My brother came this time and we talked a lot, and suddenly I figured it out!"
"I realized that I was too willful before, so now I want to cook a good meal for my mother and apologize to everyone. I went too far in the past. Is it because my mother doesn't want to forgive me that she doesn't want to eat the meal I cooked?"
Gu Zhenqi took up his previous stubbornness, straightened his neck, raised his head, and said unreasonably: "Humph, mother, if you don't want to eat, I will take Ruiduo and Fei'an back to my mother's house, and let my brother and others come, take all these delicious food to my mother's house, and let the villagers see how good the Chen family eats!"
Wang Guiying had the other two daughters-in-law under her thumb, except for the youngest one, whom she had no control over. Perhaps she loved her youngest son the most, so she loved the youngest daughter-in-law as well and could not bear to be angry with her.
She smiled helplessly and gave her a fake sidelong glance: "You, there's really nothing I can do about you. Eat, mom eats, everyone eats!"
"Sister-in-law, I don't want to eat. I think this small kitchen is not worthy of you!"
When Ge Yun heard this, he immediately smiled, stepped forward and boldly put his arm around Gu Zhenqi, saying flatteringly: "Third sister-in-law Zhenqi, I was wrong, I apologize to you, you are a magnanimous person, please don't bother with me!"
Gu Zhenqi was unmoved. Wang Guiying glared at Ge Yun and said unhappily: "You deserve it. Who told you to be so rude? Let's see if you dare to be rude again in the future!"
Ge Yun slapped himself lightly on the mouth, and said in a flattering manner: "I don't owe you anything anymore, how dare I be so rude!"
"Puchi" Gu Zhenqi was amused by the cowardly Ge Yun. In the three years since she married into the Chen family, she has been acting like a spoiled child, doing nothing and not caring about any of the family affairs.
It was all thanks to Wang Guiying, Chen Guo, Chen Qiang, Ge Yun and Fan Chun, who worked hard to earn work points to support her and her two children.
She spent some of Chen Kuo's allowance on herself and on visiting her parents, and saved the rest. The Chen family didn't get a penny.
The three families did not split up, and not only did she not contribute, but she got all the benefits alone. It was normal for Ge Yun and Fan Chun to have opinions. At most, they just said it freely and their words were not too excessive.
Gu Zhenqi thought: If it were her, she would have split up and started out on her own a long time ago. She has no responsibilities or obligations, and is just raising trash for her brother-in-law's family!
All in all, Ge Yun and Fan Chun could be considered good sisters-in-law in the 1970s. Gu Zhenqi had lived a lifetime longer than them, so she naturally judged people by their essence.
"Okay, sister-in-law, my heart is broader than the ocean. You can't compare to me. I won't argue with you. Eat as much as you want. I'll make sure you have enough for lunch today!"
"Okay! Zhenqi, this is what you said, I'll eat as much as I can!"
"I said it. Go wash your hands with your mother." Gu Zhenqi smiled helplessly.
"Don't be in a hurry. Wait for the others to come back and wash together. It's not easy to fetch water." Wang Guiying stopped Ge Yun who was in a hurry to wash his hands.
"Mom, what delicious food are you going to make for lunch today? I can smell the fragrance from far away!"
Fan Chun's signature loud and shrill voice came from outside the yard.
As soon as she finished speaking, she walked into the kitchen and went straight to the stove. At a glance, she saw pork stewed with vermicelli, chicken stewed with mushrooms, stir-fried pork with peppers, tomato and egg soup...
His eyeballs were about to fall into the dishes, and he asked cheerfully: "Mom, it's not a festival, why are you making all these delicious dishes? There are no such hard dishes during the Chinese New Year?"
Wang Guiying immediately pulled her away and said, "Look at your greedy look. Your drool is flowing into the food."
"Hey, mom, it's been a long time since I last had those kinds of meaty dishes. My mouth is so bland that I almost lose my sense of taste!"
"It wasn't made by mother. It was made by Zhenqi specially for our family." In order to win Zhenqi's favor and eat more, Ge Yun seized the opportunity to speak.
"She? Ha, ha, what a joke, she is so picky that she wouldn't even buy a candy for Ruiduo and Fei'an, and we expect her to make such delicious food for us, that's like she's bleeding. Come on, I'd rather believe that the sun rises in the west!"
Fan Chun said this to show his complete distrust of Gu Zhenqi, and his expression was very explicit.
Gu Zhenqi was not annoyed after hearing this. Fan Chun was a person who was consistent in her words and deeds. She was honest and straightforward, and she said what she meant. She was kind and had a good heart. Her accusations against Gu Zhenqi were completely based on facts.
After all, it was she herself who had behaved unkindly in the past, who could she blame?
In her previous life, Gu Zhenqi was really a person who was absolutely generous to herself without any bottom line. Apart from herself, she was very stingy with others. It is no exaggeration to say that except for her father, mother, and three brothers, they only got very little from her.
It was impossible for others to drink a sip of her water. If the oxygen she was in could be collected, she would not even let others breathe it.
Gu Zhenqi looked at Fan Chun with a half-smile: "As for the meal, it was indeed cooked by me. I can see that Second Sister-in-law likes it. How about you pay for it? Eat one bite and you pay one dollar."
After saying that, he glanced at Wang Guiying and Ge Yun, trying to attract allies for himself: "Mom, sister-in-law, do you think this price is fair?"
In this day and age, nothing is more important than a full meal. In order to have a full meal, Ge Yun completely turned against Gu Zhenqi and said, "Fair, fair, Fan Chun, if you want to eat, just pay. This is the price of being too talkative!"
Finally it was her turn to talk about someone, and she felt inexplicably relieved.
Wang Guifen did not get involved in the affairs of the younger generation, and only said pertinently: "Zhenqi did it!"
Fan Chun now believed it regardless of whether he wanted to or not. He ran to the kitchen door and looked up at the sky to confirm whether the sun was rising from the west.
He returned to the kitchen again and looked at Gu Zhenqi with an inquiring look: "The sun doesn't even rise from the west. Why are you, a stingy person to the core, suddenly cooking a meal? Are you up to some evil ideas again?"
Gu Zhenqi walked to Fan Chun with a half-smile, and suddenly put her arm around her shoulders, rubbing her thumb and index finger together, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I'm short of money recently, can you lend me some money?"
Upon hearing this, Fan Chun got anxious, shook off her hand, jumped far away, and stared at Gu Zhenqi with an expression that I knew it all: "Oh, I guessed it long ago. You are the kind of person who won't get up early unless there is profit, and you get up early for profit. You have nothing good to say. I'm waiting here to tell you that we have no money. Mother manages all the money in our family!"
After listening to the first half of Fan Chun's words, Ge Yun began to wonder in her heart. She was indeed overwhelmed by the delicious food. She approached Wang Guiying quietly and whispered in her ear: "Mom, she made all these delicious food, she doesn't have any ulterior motive, does she? She doesn't really want money, mom, don't you think this is the Hongmen Banquet, should we eat or..." Eat!
Wang Guiying was also confused by Gu Zhenqi's behavior today. She couldn't show it, but she was not sure if she was being honest. "You can't eat if you are worried. If Zhenqi really wants to do something, she can still do it even if you don't eat. Think carefully about the past..."
Ge Yun really recalled it seriously in his mind. Gu Zhenqi originally wanted to take charge of Chen Kuo's allowance herself, but no one in the family agreed at the time.
She threatened the child in her belly, stood on the millstone with her newly revealed belly, and made a loud noise, attracting the attention of some nosy women in the village.
In the end, they did not dare to be accused of forcing a pregnant woman to death, so they compromised, and Gu Zhenqi successfully took control of Chen Kuo's allowance.
Every time after that, she used all kinds of tricks, which were hard to guard against. There was nothing that Gu Zhenqi could not do, except for the unimaginable. She gradually became someone that the Chen family dared not to provoke, and she was the kind that would get involved in anything.
Thinking of this, Ge Yun couldn't help but shudder: "Eat it. If you don't eat it, it's a waste. If you eat it, it's also a waste!"
"Mom, is the meal ready? The work this morning was too much. I'm starving now."
Chen Guo's voice came from the yard.
"Okay, okay, lunch is so rich, hurry up, wash your face and then eat."
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Staring at the several main dishes on the dining table that were emitting tempting aromas, and a large bowl of soft and white staple food, big meat buns.
The brothers Chen Guo and Chen Qiang rubbed their eyes several times in disbelief, then looked again and said in unison: "It's true!"
The two looked at Wang Guiying at the same time. Chen Guo said with a smile: "Mom, what good day is today? Why did you make so many delicious dishes? I thought it was Chinese New Year."
Chen Qiang also smiled and said: "Yes, mother, what's the good news? The third child is coming back?"
After thinking about it, Chen Qiang could only think of this possibility. His mother loved Chen Kuo as if he were her life. He, his elder brother, and his three sisters were all weeds. Only Chen Kuo was his mother's treasure.
"I didn't make it. Zhenqi made it especially for us!"
Chen Guo and Chen Qiang said in unison, incredulously: "Third sister-in-law, that's unlikely, right? Doesn't she know how to cook?"
"Brother, brother, don't worry about eating. I made this. Ever since I got married, everyone has been tolerant and caring. People are all made of flesh and blood!"
As Gu Zhenqi spoke, she led the two children to the dining table and carefully placed them on two stools next to her. She also gently reminded them: "Baby Ruiduo, baby Feian, sit still and don't fall!"
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