Xuancao stepped forward and said to Gu Guanhai with a forced smile, "Stepfather, I'm making dinner tonight. Would you like to eat it earlier or later?"
Eat early and go to bed early.
Eat later and go to bed later.
Wise people listen carefully to the underlying meaning of words.
Gu Guanhai: "!!!"
Almost instantly, I understood what Xuan Cao meant.
He smiled at the daylily and shook his head.
This girl...
What used to be a wild little weed he tried every means to suppress is now a spoiled daughter he is scheming to "please".
Without hesitation, Gu Guanhai reached into his pocket again.
Take it a little slower...
He was even afraid that Xuan Cao would make him eat until the middle of the night!
"You've already called him Dad, how could you be left out?"
Gu Guanhai took out another contract and stuffed it into Xuancao's arms. He leaned close to her ear and said, "It's right next to Second Brother's house, but it's much bigger. Are you satisfied now?"
Upon hearing this, Xuancao said: ...
He glanced down at the contents of the contract.
Wangfu Lane?
She had seen the map in her sister-in-law's study; it seemed there was a Wangfu Lane in Beijing.
In the most central position?
Xuancao put away the contract. "Satisfied! I'm very satisfied!"
She smiled sincerely and said, "Dad Gu, wait for me, I'll go make dinner right away!"
With that, Xuan Cao rolled up her sleeves and headed towards the kitchen.
Yu Mingxiang: "!!!"
This time, she didn't stop her children from accepting Gu Guanhai's gifts, but after glancing at the sky, she reached out to call her daughter back.
Gu Guanhai saw this: ...
He subtly tugged at her clothes, stopping her from moving.
What are you yelling for?
It's good to cook breakfast early!
Cooking earlier means eating earlier; eating earlier means finishing earlier; finishing earlier means…
Their eyes met.
Yu Mingxiang: "!!!"
She noticed the strange look in his eyes and her face immediately turned bright red.
"Don't you have anything important to do?"
She glanced at him and said irritably, "Making the child cook for half a day, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by outsiders!"
These days are not like later generations.
In later generations, even rural people used gas stoves, and very few people burned firewood.
These days, when you cook, smoke will come out of the chimney, you know?
When Gu Guanhai comes back, many people in the village will definitely see him. If they see that their chimney is smoking all day long, who knows what they will think of them!
Thinking this, Yu Mingxiang slapped Gu Guanhai's hand away and chased after her daughter.
Preparing breakfast earlier is certainly an option.
But.
The stove fire must be lit later, no matter what!
She's already quite old, and she doesn't want to be laughed at by the older women in the neighborhood tomorrow.
Gu Guanhai: "..."
He grinned as he watched his wife's departing figure.
Mei Fang: "!!!"
His cheap smile gave me goosebumps all over my arm.
She rubbed her arms and left.
When Grandma Gu returned after changing the baby's diaper, she saw her son grinning from ear to ear and pursed her lips.
"What kind of 'change of address fee' did you just give Xiang Dong and Xuan Cao?"
The old woman looked at her with disgust and said, "From a distance, it looks like a piece of paper? How can you be so stingy with the child, not even willing to give him a single treat, and just give him a piece of paper to get rid of him?"
Gu Guanhai exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"
Coming to his senses, he looked at his mother with a helpless expression and said, "Mom, is it possible that that piece of paper is worth more than a piece of cotton?"
Old Mrs. Gu: "I don't believe you for a second!"
"You unreliable thing, you're just stingy with your stepchildren!"
"If you can't think straight at crucial moments, be careful that your kids won't like you and your wife won't dump you!"
With that, Grandma Gu picked up the little dumpling and headed towards the kitchen.
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