The woman leaning against the door was in her early thirties, with an oval face and skin so fair and delicate that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it.
She had beautiful eyebrows and eyes. Under her curved willow-leaf eyebrows were a pair of smiling almond eyes. There was always a hint of tenderness in her eyes, as if she could see into people's hearts.
When she smiles, it's like a spring breeze blowing across my face, but that smile never really reaches my eyes, as if there's a thin veil between them, making it hard to grasp.
The woman next to her was twenty-seven years old. Their facial features were about the same, but the younger one was more clever and cunning than the older one.
"You are Sisi, right?" Gu Wanyin stood up and greeted Shen Sisi enthusiastically.
Shen Sisi suddenly had an illusion that Gu Wanyin was the hostess of this house.
Gu Qingqian stood up reluctantly, with an imperceptible glimmer in his eyes, and he had already looked her up and down.
She is indeed very pretty, otherwise she wouldn't have bewitched their younger brother so much.
"You are..." Shen Sisi asked hesitantly.
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Gu Wanyin held her hand familiarly: "I am Chengfeng's eldest sister Gu Wanyin, and her second sister is Gu Qingqian."
Compared to Gu Wanyin's familiarity, Gu Qingqian seemed much more aloof.
It turned out that the two aunts came!
Shen Sisi then remembered that Xu Hongying had said before that the wedding date was approaching, and she would invite Gu Chengfeng's two sisters to help prepare for the wedding.
"I didn't even know when you came. I'm so sorry!" Shen Sisi was caught off guard.
Luckily I bought roast duck as a snack today, otherwise I would have been too neglectful to my aunt.
"What can you do if you know?" Gu Qingqian said in a choking voice.
Shen Sisi was stung, but she held back. "If I had known, I would have gone to the station to pick you up. Sorry for today, I'll treat you to shabu-shabu tomorrow."
Gu Wanyin narrowed her eyes slightly, but she kept a polite smile on her face: "Don't bother me. I know you are very busy, too. It's okay for us. We can just eat something at home."
These words were originally meant to be considerate to Chen Sisi, but why did they sound so harsh to Gu Qingqian's ears?
"Busy? I think you are busy thinking about how to spend all my brother's money!" Gu Qingqian sneered, "You are a country girl who doesn't make a penny, but you eat my brother's food, use my brother's money, and you dare to spend lavishly in restaurants?"
When it comes to money, Shen Sisi really can't refute it.
Almost everything she has now was given to her by Gu Chengfeng. Even the capital for her business was from Gu Chengfeng. She kept track of all these accounts in a small notebook, and when the oil mill made money, she would return them to Gu Chengfeng.
But now, with someone poking at her spine, Shen Sisi refused to give in and said, “I admit that Gu Chengfeng did bear a lot, but I am not an idle person. The money I paid for you to eat was earned by my own hands, and I would never spend a penny of his money.”
"You?" Gu Qingqian was like hearing a huge joke: "Chen Sisi, if I remember correctly, you only graduated from junior high school!"
Shen Sisi laughed softly: “I just don’t have any education, unlike you, I don’t have any culture…”
"You, what did you say?" Gu Qingqian was furious.
Shen Sisi said, "Isn't it just because they are uneducated? Can't junior high school students make money?"
What's more, she earned a lot of money. Two orders of medicated oil were enough to earn her several months' salary as a worker.
Gu Qingqian didn't expect that Shen Sisi was so tough and dared to talk back at her. Just as she was about to get angry, Gu Wanyin winked at her: "Second sister, what do you look like? You just met Sisi and you don't have many good words to say."
Gu Qingqian was scolded by her elder sister and sat back on the sofa in anger.
"Okay, I'll shut up and stop talking. Are you satisfied?"
Gu Wanyin put her arm around Shen Sisi's shoulders and walked with her to the kitchen: "Don't bother with her, she has that kind of temper."
Shen Sisi could only smile: “It’s okay.”
Xu Hongying was cooking with an apron on, and the kitchen was in chaos, as if there was a war going on.
"Sisi is back!" Xu Hongying was busy flipping the dishes, looking very busy.
"I'm back." Shen Sisi put down the roast duck and said, "Mom, my aunts are here today, and I just bought a roast duck, so we can add some more dishes."
"Okay, go and take a rest!"
Being stared at by her two aunts, Shen Sisi didn't want to just go out and sit and wait for dinner.
"Let me help!" She took the initiative to pick up the dishes in the sink and turned on the faucet to rinse them.
Gu Wanyin also joined the team in the kitchen at this time: "Then I will cut the vegetables!"
Gu Wanyin really doesn't consider herself an outsider and is more familiar with Gu Chengfeng's family than she is.
This harmonious picture seems extremely unreal.
Especially this Gu Wanyin, who was obviously very enthusiastic and familiar, so why did she instinctively not want to get closer?
"By the way, Mom, where is Niu Niu?" Shen Sisi asked.
"Niuniu is sleeping in the room. Wanyin played with her for a long time in the afternoon. The little girl was tired and fell asleep until now. Wait until the food is served, then go wake her up!"
Xu Hongying said that Gu Wanyin liked Niu Niu very much and brought a new piece of clothing for Niu Niu this time.
Shen Sisi secretly glanced at her elder sister-in-law who was cutting vegetables nearby. She thanked her but felt uneasy in her heart.
Generally speaking, few families can accept a woman like her who gives birth to a child out of wedlock, let alone treat her daughter so well.
Even someone like Xu Hongying, who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, had to go through some adjustment before she accepted them.
Shen Sisi always felt that something was wrong with Gu Wanyin, but she couldn't put it into words.
Soon, the meal was ready, a simple meal of four dishes and a soup.
Steamed pork with rice flour, steamed sausage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, beans and eggplant, and a pot of hot three-fresh soup.
Chen Sisi went into the room and urged Niuniu to get up and eat.
From behind the half-open door, a faint rustling sound was soon heard.
"Sister, why did you stop me just now? Look at Shen Sisi. Our brother went out on a mission, but she didn't worry at all. She dressed up gorgeously, didn't even take care of the children, and didn't care about the family. She just went out to fool around all day."
"You should speak less. Be careful of ears..." Gu Wanyin reminded in a low voice, and then lowered his voice.
Shen Sisi listened carefully and her mind became as clear as a mirror.
The two aunts, Gu Wanyin and Gu Qingqian, look similar but have completely different temperaments.
Although Gu Qingqian had a sour face and spoke unpleasantly, at least she was quick to speak and didn't hold back.
On the other hand, Gu Wanyin was really confused as she was lost in thought.
She didn't know whether she was being mean and had guessed wrong about others, or whether it was really as she expected, that Gu Wanyin was harboring bad intentions.
It’s best to become friends with someone like Gu Wanyin. If you become her enemy, it will probably be very difficult.
After all, the smiling tiger is the most difficult to deal with...
This meal was eaten in relative silence.
Perhaps because of being scolded by Gu Wanyin, Gu Qingqian restrained himself a lot, but the look he gave Shen Sisi was still filled with some displeasure.
How come her brother, such an excellent bachelor, married a slut!
It makes me angry just thinking about it!
After dinner, Shen Sisi put the dishes and chopsticks together and sat on the sofa to rest.
"Chen Sisi, why are you sitting here?" Gu Qingqian asked.
"I'm sitting down and laying golden eggs!" Shen Sisi said unhappily.
"Lay golden eggs?" Gu Qingqian actually looked at her bottom twice, and found out that she had fooled him. Gu Qingqian was furious: "Don't talk nonsense to me. My mother was washing in the kitchen, and you didn't even help her. How can you be a daughter-in-law like this?"
Shen Sisi raised her watery almond eyes slowly and retorted, "Yes, your biological mother is washing dishes in the kitchen, and your daughter doesn't know how to help. Is there any daughter like you?"
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