Jing City, Gu family.
Gu Dingguo was sitting upright in a chair in his pajamas, holding the newspaper in both hands and reading it carefully. He was reading with great interest and was completely immersed in the world described in the newspaper.
This was the scene Xue Shuqin saw when she came down the stairs. Thinking of her son who was away from home and whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Xue Shuqin felt very upset.
Walking up to Gu Dingguo, he snatched his newspaper away and said, "You're still reading. You only know how to read newspapers. You don't care about your son's affairs at all."
He pointed at Gu Dingguo with resentment and started to accuse him.
Gu Dingguo's dignified face was filled with a flattering expression. He pulled Xue Shuqin to sit next to him and asked, "What's going on? Who made you angry again?"
Xue Shuqin crossed her arms, turned her face away and said unhappily, "Who else could it be? Besides me, it's you who's in this family."
Gu Dingguo was confused. He had been returning home on time recently, so how could he have made his wife angry?
"What's wrong with me? Don't I go home on time every day? I haven't gone out drinking with them recently." Gu Dingguo said, "Comrade Shuqin, please tell me clearly, what are you dissatisfied with?"
Knowing clearly that you can’t guess the answer yourself, it’s better to ask directly.
Xue Shuqin looked at Gu Dingguo and said dissatisfiedly: "How did you offend me? I will tell you now. Gu Dingguo, I want to ask you, have you ever cared about your son?"
"Jingyuan is fine. I called him a few days ago and he said he was on vacation and planned to visit his father-in-law." Gu Dingguo said in confusion.
Xue Shuqin found herself trying to explain things to a chicken and a duck, and it was impossible to make sense. Gu Dingguo, the grown man, didn't care about this at all. "Don't you worry about Jingyuan's lifelong affairs at all?"
"He's already 26 or 27, and there are already a lot of kids his age. But look at him, he still doesn't even have a girl he likes. How can I not be anxious?"
Every time Xue Shuqin came home, she could hear the gossip of those people. Their words were all about bragging about how capable their sons were, how they had married and even had grandchildren. Look at their son, who had been raised so old, but couldn't even grow a cabbage.
He'd always refuse blind dates for one reason or another. He'd also mercilessly reject every girl who liked him. Aside from his relatives, he had no lesbian friends around him.
Over the years, there has never been a girl that suits his taste.
If she hadn't dragged Gu Jingyuan to the hospital for a checkup to make sure he was fine, she would have suspected that her son was the one at fault.
For a while, Xue Shuqin even suspected that her son liked boys. Therefore, during that period, all the friends who came to their Jingyuan were scrutinized by Xue Shuqin with an X-ray eye.
As a result, Gu Jingyuan’s friends didn’t dare to come to their house for a while.
Gu Dingguo said indifferently, "There's no need to worry. Relax. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Maybe one day Jingyuan will bring you a daughter-in-law."
Xue Shuqin sneered after hearing this and said, "If that's the case, I should thank God."
"Gu Dingguo, seeing you like this, forget about having grandchildren."
When it comes to grandchildren, how could Gu Dingguo not long for it? Whenever he saw the grandchildren of his comrades, Gu Dingguo could not express his envy.
It's a pity that my son is not ambitious enough. What's the point of envying him?
Anyway, Gu Dingguo has let it go.
Gu Dingguo's silence rekindled Xue Shuqin's recently extinguished depression.
She stood up and said, "It's no use telling you. I'd better go call Gu Jingyuan and talk to him."
Gu Dingguo spoke at the right time, "It's no use calling now, Jingyuan is not in the army."
Xue Shuqin went upstairs in anger and said, "Forget it, I'd better go to bed. I'm exhausted from worrying about you two old men every day. I need to take a rest."
Gu Dingguo watched Xue Shuqin go upstairs in a sulky mood, and without the heart to read the newspaper, he followed her upstairs.
Far away in the Zhang family in Qinghe County, Shufen was telling Zhang Zhen about Gu Jingyuan bringing a girl back during the day.
Zhang Zhen looked skeptical and said, "That's impossible. Gu Jingyuan looks like that. Is there really a girl he likes?"
It sounds so mysterious.
Shufen patted Zhang Zhen and said, "How can it be impossible? I saw it with my own eyes. Needless to say, that girl is so beautiful. Standing next to Jingyuan, they are a perfect match."
“Is it that beautiful?”
"Of course not. Anyway, I have never seen such a beautiful girl."
Zhang Zhen pondered: Could it be that the girls those people introduced to Gu Jingyuan were not pretty enough, so Gu Jingyuan was never interested.
Zhang Zhen sighed: "Jingyuan is a quiet kid, but I didn't expect that he would find a wife."
Shufen said, "Why don't you find a time and ask Jingyuan to bring that girl to our house for dinner?"
"Then let me ask."
Zhang Zhen decided to ask Gu Jingyuan first.
Gu Jingyuan, who was lying on the bed and falling asleep, had no idea that so many people were concerned about his emotional problems.
At the Shen family, in Shen Qingmiao's bedroom.
Shen Qingmiao was still debating whether to share her money-making ideas. Unlike her, the rest of the Shen family still had a naive understanding of society. Speculation still had a certain impact and fear for them.
But if she relies on herself alone, there is no place for her to implement her ideas.
Difficult and confusing.
Why is it so difficult to make money?
Shen Qingmiao experienced the pain of being a good cook without rice. She had ideas but no place or tools to implement them.
Let’s think about other options. If it doesn’t work, I’ll discuss it with my third brother.
This is the only thing we can do.
The only good thing now was that the items in the space could still be used for a long time. To improve the family's meals, Shen Qingmiao would secretly pour some oil from the space into the oil can at home every day, and would also secretly pour some rice in to mix them together. This was even more true for seasonings.
Mother Shen also complained that there was so much food left at home during this period, which was very different from before.
Shen Qingmiao could only pretend not to hear it and act as if he knew nothing about it.
The next day, during breakfast, Shen's mother suddenly said, "Jianjun, today I made an appointment with your aunt Qiu to go to the next door Qiaotou Village to see a girl. After dinner, you should clean yourself up."
After these words were spoken, the rest of the people all looked at Mother Shen with surprise and suspicion.
Mother Shen didn’t understand why and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Shen Qingmiao asked directly, "Mom, you're too fast!"
Everyone was surprised at the speed of Shen's mother. She had just said a few days ago that she wanted to find a girl for Shen Jianjun and Shen Jianmin, and she had already arranged it today.
Shen Qingmiao couldn't help but admire her mother's speed.
Mother Shen explained: "I was thinking that Jianjun would be leaving in three days, so we have to hurry."
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