"Nanxun, let's go back and eat!"
After a long while, Lin Qing finally stood up and said happily to Gu Nanxun.
"Okay, let's go back and eat."
Gu Nanxun suppressed the upward curve of his lips and said.
"Qingqing, I'm sorry. I was going to cook, but I ended up taking a walk around the village and came back late."
While eating, Gu Nanxun looked at the food in front of him and said apologetically, "Before, I was bedridden and couldn't do anything for Qingqing. Now that I have a wheelchair, I can cook for Qingqing so she can eat as soon as she gets back and won't have to work so hard."
"Pfft..."
"Brother Nanxun, the whole village knows about how you bragged about your wheelchair. Everyone knows you have one now, and that I made it. When you come back, everyone will praise you to no end!"
"Oh! Really? Then what did they praise us for?"
"Of course it's to praise me for being smart and capable!"
"Anything else?"
"And also, I want to tell you that you've struck gold, having such a great partner as me."
"They're right, I really struck gold, I've found a great partner."
Gu Nanxun looked at Lin Qing and said gently.
Under Gu Nanxun's gaze, Lin Qing couldn't help but blush.
"Cough cough..."
"Old Gu, I heard that Tie Niu was riding around the village in a wheelchair today, showing off everywhere."
At this moment, the Gu family was sitting together eating, and the one speaking was Gu Nanxun's mother, Wang Dahua.
"Mom, I've heard about it too. Do you think that Lin, the educated youth, really has a crush on my younger brother?"
Gu Nanxun's second brother, Gu Gangzhu, asked curiously. He couldn't understand what was so good about his third brother, who was penniless, had no food, and was crippled in both legs. What did this young educated youth, Lin, see in him?
"What 'little brother'? He's severed ties with us; he's not your little brother anymore."
Hearing the second son call Gu Nanxun "little brother," Wang Dahua said unhappily. She was angry whenever she thought about how that burden of Gu Nanxun dared to sever ties with them, causing the Gu family to be ridiculed and looked down upon by the villagers.
"Okay, Mom, I just said it naturally."
Gu Nanxun's second brother, upon hearing his mother's scolding, spoke nonchalantly.
"Mom, I heard that this educated youth, Xiao Lin, is really rich. Her family built a house with seven or eight rooms! If someone marries Xiao Lin, wouldn't they get seven or eight houses for free?"
Suddenly, Gu Nanxun's older brother, Gu Tiedan, sighed.
"Gu Tiedan, what? Have you taken a fancy to Xiao Lin, the educated youth? I'm not dead yet! It's no use if you take a fancy to her."
"Gu Tiedan's wife, Wang Yuehong, cursed. Her mother-in-law, Wang Dahua, was her aunt. Therefore, she was the only one of the three daughters-in-law in the family who dared to argue with her husband."
"You damned woman, do you think I'm after Xiaolin, the educated youth? I'm after her house!"
"I know you too well. You've fallen for a vixen. A young girl who just came to the countryside, shamelessly running to a cripple's house every day. You're obviously desperate for sex."
"Why do you speak so rudely, woman? What are you thinking about all day long!"
"All you ever do is eat, eat, eat!"
Gu Laoda, who was still angry, turned his head and saw Gu Laosan, Gu Tiezhu and his wife, and his two younger sisters who were engrossed in eating. He then angrily cursed.
"It wasn't me who made you argue with your sister-in-law, why are you yelling at me!"
Seeing his elder brother and sister-in-law arguing, Gu Laosan, who was engrossed in eating, said unhappily upon hearing his brother's reprimand.
"He's in the wrong..."
Seeing Gu Tiedan take his anger out on the third brother, Wang Yuehong became even more certain that he had taken a liking to Lin Qing, otherwise why would he feel guilty?
"What do I have to say about me? I'm not talking to you anymore, you woman."
With that, Gu Tiedan left the dining table and went back to his room.
"You think you can just run away because you can't argue with me? I told you so! Don't run away, explain yourself."
Seeing Gu Tiedan flee in disarray, Wang Yuehong chased after him relentlessly.
Soon after, the sounds of a fight broke out in the room.
"What a jinx! Even though he's already left our house, he's still causing trouble for our home."
Wang Dahua stared resentfully at the door of the eldest son and his wife's room.
"Mom, don't be angry. It's a good thing that Tie Niu and Xiao Lin, the educated youth, are together."
Seeing Wang Dahua angry, Gu Laosan smiled and said, while taking a big bite of a cornbread made from a mixture of cornmeal and wheat flour. He couldn't help but think to himself, "This cornbread with wheat flour is so delicious. The eldest brother is really unlucky. He rarely gets to eat something good, and he has to argue." But it's good that he got off easy. Thinking this, he glanced up at his two younger sisters, who were also engrossed in eating. "These two are a waste of money."
“What’s so great about him? We’ve cut ties. Even if he’s doing well, we can’t get involved.”
Wang Dahua got angry at the thought. If they hadn't severed ties, wouldn't she have been able to live in Lin Zhiqing's big house? She'd heard Lin Zhiqing was incredibly wealthy, eating fine grains and meat every day. What a waste! She didn't even know how to be filial to her future mother-in-law.
"Mom, so what if we've cut ties? He's still your son. It's his duty to be filial to his parents if he's doing well. We'll go to his house tomorrow and ask him for food! If he dares not to give it to us, we'll ruin their marriage."
"Yes, son, you're right. I'm his mother, how dare he not give it to me? What do you say, old man?"
After watching his family discuss for a long time, Gu Changhe slowly put down his chopsticks and said, "It's good that you're going over, but don't argue. Talk to Xiao Si properly. Xiao Si will be very happy if he knows we're willing to take him home."
"We also need to take him home."
Wang Dahua was unhappy when she heard that she was going to take Gu Nanxun home.
"Idiot, if he goes home, the food that Xiaolin sent will be delivered to our house. And when he marries Xiaolin, we can live with them too."
“Our house is still a bit small. Now that the children are all grown up, it’s too crowded. With the house built by Xiao Lin, we can finally live more comfortably.”
"The old man is still the smartest."
Upon hearing that she could move into Lin Zhiqing's large house, Wang Dahua's face instantly lit up with a radiant smile, as if she had already moved in.
"You wish! Fourth Brother isn't exactly honest; there's no way he'd let you move in. But what if he takes a soft heart? Maybe I'll get a chance to move in too!"
While eating, Gu Xiaoli overheard her parents' discussion and couldn't help but think to herself, "My fourth brother isn't as honest as he seems on the surface. I personally witnessed him and Zhao Youcai plotting to trap my eldest and second brothers in sacks."
"If I can move into the new house, I definitely want to have my own room. Then I can brag to Meihua about it!"
Gu Nanxun's younger sister, Gu Xiaohua, was also happily thinking about how to decorate her new house.
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