The 84th day of being eavesdropped
Song Mei’s marriage has become the talk of the town.
Everyone has had a lot of wedding wine, but they have never been so hungry. Moreover, it was the Song family who insisted on inviting them. If they hadn’t been invited, they wouldn’t have been so shameless to go. Apart from anything else, the gift money was wasted.
Every household was talking about this, but the Gu family didn’t care much and went to bed early.
The next morning, He Chunlian just got up and was about to light a coal stove to boil water when she saw someone running in with his face covered. Judging from the dress and figure, he seemed to be Song Mei who got married yesterday. He
Chunlian muttered in her heart, and while putting the stove on, she wondered if the matter had been exposed.
"Hey, my dear, why are you back so early in the morning?"
Huang Xirong was woken up by the noise. When she opened her eyes, she wondered if she was dreaming, otherwise why was Song Mei at home.
Song Mei threw herself into her arms, tears rolling down her cheeks, "Mom, Mom!"
She called several times, and Gu Jinshui in the next room was woken up, not to mention her sister-in-law and brother. They all got up and came over here, and were stunned when they saw Song Mei at home.
Lin Lianhua was wearing a coat, and seeing the door open, she hurried over to close it, turned around and went into the house and asked Song Mei: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Did the Zhao family give you a cold look?"
Song Mei didn't say anything, just covered her face and cried.
Huang Xirong was upset when he heard her crying, but he still suppressed his anger when he thought about his daughter. "What's wrong? Just say something."
Song Mei was crying out of breath, her hair was disheveled, and she hadn't taken off the makeup from yesterday. Her eyes were dark and blue. She choked and said, "I'm ashamed to say that he, his family is lying!"
"What do you mean by lying? Are they talking about the dowry again?"
Song Jianshe frowned and clenched his fists. "We asked you to take all the gifts back. Isn't that sincere enough?"
"No, no." Song Mei shook her head and covered her face with her hands. Tears flowed out through the gaps between her fingers.
Huang Xirong and Song Jianshe were so anxious.
Huang Xirong was annoyed, "Why don't you tell me what's going on? We are all family, how can we laugh at you?"
"He, he..." Song Mei sobbed, her shoulders trembling, her fingers fingering the seams on the quilt, "He's not right."
Song Jianshe and others didn't understand at first, but when they saw Song Mei's embarrassed and ashamed expression, they realized what was wrong.
Lin Lianhua was not good at speaking about this matter.
Although she was married and had children, Zhao Donglai was her aunt after all, so she had to avoid suspicion.
"What's wrong with him?" Huang Xirong was stunned, and stood up while grabbing Song Mei, "Are you sure about this? Is he drunk?"
Song Mei sat on the kang, raised her sleeves and wiped her tears, "I can use this to lie, there was no movement all night, and he wanted to scare me that it was normal, but I, I..."
Song Mei didn't say anything more.
Huang Xirong and the others knew very well that Song Mei had been in love with others several times, and she was in a hot relationship with Zhang Dabiao before. How could she not know these things that ordinary girls don't know?
Song Jianshe was immediately annoyed, and he pounded the table in anger, "They, the Zhao family, dare to despise us. They hid such a big thing from us. This Zhao Donglai..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Lianhua hurriedly raised the curtain and came out, asking, "Who is it? So early?"
"Sister-in-law, it's me, Donglai." Zhao Donglai gathered his clothes. He had been running all the way here, and his head was sweating. He was afraid of being seen, so he looked around from time to time. Seeing that the doors of every household were closed, he felt a little relieved.
He Chunlian was packing up the cups in the main room. He heard some noise in the room. He went in and saw that the girl had gotten up early and was leaning on the window to look out.
"You got up so early in the morning just to see the excitement," He Chunlian patted the quilt, "Hurry up and fold the quilt and read a book."
"Mom, this book can be read at any time, but this is not the case." Gu Yinxing was awakened by Zhao Donglai's knocking on the door. She said to He Chunlian, "Do you think they ran back on the first day of their marriage? Has their affair been exposed?"
"Is there even need to say that," He Chunlian said, "It's okay to fool others about the Zhao family's matter, but to fool Song Mei would mean you underestimate Song Mei. She's very smart."
As soon as Zhao Donglai entered the room, he saw Song Mei crying with her head turned away. He felt embarrassed, his face flushed, and he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.
Huang Xirong looked at him and slammed the table, "Donglai, your family is not kind, aren't you pushing my daughter into the fire pit?!"
This sentence was really unpleasant to hear. Zhao Donglai was ashamed and annoyed, but he could only bite the bullet and said, "Mom, I, I can be cured. The doctor said that I can take the medicine."
"The doctor said it can be cured. If it can be cured, why didn't it work last night?" Huang Xirong is not someone who can be bullied. She put her hands on her waist and pointed at Zhao Donglai and said, "I, a daughter, married you well, but you hid such a big thing from our family. Are you sincere?"
The truth is of course sincere.
If Zhao Donglai's illness is revealed, who would dare to marry him.
But he couldn't admit it, so he said, "Really, it's not like that. I just had this problem recently. It will be fine after a while, Xiaomei, you have to believe me."
Could Song Mei be fooled by him?
She wiped her tears and said, "Don't lie to me. You are trying to kill me. I, a virgin girl, married you, but I ended up being a widow. If I can't have children in the future, how can I face people?"
"That's right. You have harmed my daughter. Your family must compensate my daughter!" Huang Xirong was moved when he heard this. He originally wanted to call her to task, but now he changed his mind.
Song Mei stared at her blankly, tears stopped in the corners of her eyes, as if she couldn't believe that her mother would say such a thing.
Zhao Donglai was relieved, "That's for sure, our family will definitely treat Song Mei well, and I, I will definitely be able to have children!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Song Mei saw his guy yesterday, not much bigger than a day lily.
Huang Xirong quickly covered her mouth and pulled her aside, "Girl, don't be confused, why are you arguing with Qian, didn't you hear him say he was willing to compensate you?"
"I won't do it no matter how much you give me!" Song Mei gritted her teeth and stomped her feet.
With her conditions, she couldn't marry a man from a rich family, let alone a living eunuch.
Huang Xirong glared at her, "Don't be silly, you are divorced now, what else do you want to find? Rural men may not want you."
Hearing this, Song Mei's face changed, her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Huang Xirong turned around and said something to Zhao Donglai, but Zhao Donglai promised to give Song Mei 20 yuan every month.
When He Chunlian came back from buying soybean milk and fried dough sticks outside, she saw Huang Xirong smiling and seeing Song Mei and Zhao Donglai off as they came out of the house.
Aunt Sun was boiling water and said in a sarcastic tone, "Hey, why are your daughter and son-in-law here so early in the morning?"
Huang Xirong smiled and patted Song Mei's hand, "It's just that I'm a girl. You said she missed home after getting married, so she came back so early in the morning. Donglai should accompany her back."
"Yes, yes." Zhao Donglai agreed and held Song Mei's other hand affectionately.
Song Mei frowned and lowered her head.
He Chunlian didn't even look at them, nodded, and went in with breakfast.
Everyone should clean up the snow in front of their own door and not worry about the frost on other people's roofs.
Gu Yinxing didn't mention their family affairs when he had breakfast, for fear that there would be ears on the other side of the wall and someone would spread the word, which would cause trouble for him.
They had reminded them several times before, but they just thought they were meddling.
Gu Yinxing didn't go to work today, so Yan Jian came over to pick her up and take her to her grandparents' house. Liang Ying had to work, so Gu Jinshui was in charge of looking after the child. At noon, a lady from the Housing Reform Bureau called and said that the people at the Sanjinyuan seemed to have agreed to move, and asked Gu Jinshui to go there quickly.
Gu Jinshui hurriedly entrusted the child to Chen Liying, took some money, and hurried out.
After arriving at the place, Gu Jinshui looked at the three elderly men and women on crutches across from him, and looked at the eldest sister, "Are they them?"
The eldest sister nodded, pulled Gu Jinshui over, and whispered, "I talked to them for a long time before they agreed. Others have to go to work, so they left these elders. If we can solve the problem with a little money, we will solve it." "I
thought so too. Thank you for your hard work, elder sister."
Gu Jinshui said.
The eldest sister smiled and said, "Why are you polite? I just talked a lot."
Although this is the case, she also put in a lot of thought. Otherwise, this matter is not within her work and she can just ignore it.
"Are you the one who bought the house?" A man with a gray beard, a dark face, and wrinkles stared at Gu Jinshui.
Gu Jinshui smiled and said, "Yes, my last name is Gu. What's your name, sir?"
"Don't be polite. We are not friends. Let's talk about it. I heard that the house was sold to you, but we don't claim to be responsible for it." The sir coughed, spat on the ground, and looked up at Gu Jinshui unceremoniously.
"Hey, grandpa, that's not what we said before." The eldest sister was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was fooled. She pointed at the grandfather and said, "Didn't you say that we would give your family some money to find a place to live, and then you would move in?"
"That's what we said, that we would add money to buy a house."
An old lady in a coarse cloth gown spoke with a smug smile on her face, "He is so rich, what's wrong with buying us a house?"
"Aren't you kidding me?"
The eldest sister was stunned by her shamelessness, and her voice trembled a little. The
old lady laughed and said, "Who is flattering us? We don't want more. We just want one thousand. Give us one thousand and we'll leave."
"No, you have to give us two thousand. We now have two families and two courtyards. Each courtyard is worth one thousand!"
The eldest man's voice was like thunder, very loud and righteous.
One thousand for each courtyard?
Gu Jinshui looked at them and said, "You are not very kind. This house is not yours. You have lived here for so many years for nothing. I will give you one hundred each and you move out. This matter is settled."
"One hundred, how can you send away a beggar?!"
The eldest man said with a puff, "Our two families have lived here for so many years and have lived well. If you hadn't insisted on buying it, this house would have been ours."
Look.
Hearing this tone, people still feel wronged.
Gu Jinshui looked at them, "Do you mean you don't want to move?"
"Yes, unless you pay us, we will never move." The old man stiffened his neck and looked at Gu Jinshui with disdain. "
Okay, then you stay here." Gu Jinshui nodded and said to the elder sister, "Today's business is not going well, let's go."
The elder sister was embarrassed and apologized to Gu Jinshui when she left the house, "They were talking fine this morning, I didn't expect..."
"Hey, don't think too much, this matter is not your fault."
To be honest, Gu Jinshui was not very surprised. How could this person who could occupy someone else's house for free be a good person? The previous owner must have thought of using a little money to get rid of them, but it didn't work, which shows that the people living here have big appetites.
"Then what should we do with this house?" The eldest sister sighed, "Someone has already asked to rent your second-courtyard apartment. If we don't drive that person away, this one will really not be rented out. We can't hide it from people. Who would want to live with a bunch of scoundrels?"
Gu Jinshui was still thinking of a solution. When he heard what the eldest sister said, he was stunned and thought for a moment, "Eldest sister, this is not a problem for you. I have a way."
The eldest sister was stunned for a moment, "You, what can you do? Let's not do anything rash because of anger."
Gu Jinshui smiled, "Don't worry, I promise it won't break the law."
The eldest sister became even more worried after hearing this.
The matter of the yard was not a big deal for Gu Jinshui. He found Douzi and whispered a few words to him. Douzi patted his chest and assured him: "Don't worry, brother. They are looking forward to such a good thing."
"You have to tell them that we won't do anything rash or illegal."
Gu Jinshui said.
Douzi said: "Don't worry about this. We brothers are not stupid."
After the matter was handed over, Gu Jinshui didn't worry about it. After returning home, he just said that it would take some time before the third courtyard could be rented out. Everyone didn't take it to heart.
Gu Jinshui looked at the house, "Is Yinxing not back yet?"
"She said she had to ask her grandmother for help with her homework today, so she will be back later." He Chunlian picked the vegetables and said: "We finally found such a target. Now there is someone to help with my homework."
That's exactly what Gu Yinxing thought.
She recently borrowed a book on advanced mathematics from someone, thinking that she could review it in advance, but she didn't expect that advanced mathematics was much more difficult than high school mathematics. There were no college students around them, so it was not easy to find someone to ask for help.
But these problems were not a problem for Grandma Yan.
Grandma Yan could understand inequalities and number series limits at a glance and understood them clearly after she explained them. Gu Yinxing spent half a day here, which was equivalent to three days of study on weekdays.
She looked at Grandma Yan with great admiration, "Grandma, you are so amazing. You are so much better than our previous teacher. You have made my brain so sharp that I understand everything."
Grandma Yan was coaxed into a smile. She smiled and said, "Our Yinxing is smart. She understood this. If you want, come often. Anyway, I don't have anything to do now, so it will be convenient for me to give you extra lessons."
Gu Yinxing She said, "Really? I am serious. Please don't think I am annoying you. I haven't bothered you for nothing. My mother is making some leek dumplings. I will bring some back for you as a gift."
Grandpa Yan was listening to their conversation and couldn't help but interrupted, "These leek dumplings are not as fragrant as fennel dumplings." Grandma Yan
couldn't help but glare at him. The little girl would eat whatever she was given, and she was being picky?
Gu Yinxing was not annoyed at all and said with a smile: "You really know how to eat. These fennel dumplings are delicious, especially when you put more oil and meat in them and dip them in a little vinegar. The taste is really incomparable."
Aunt Liu who was listening nearby laughed and said: "If you like it so much, why don't I go out and buy some fennel? How about we make dumplings tonight?"
"I think it's okay." Yan Qian pursed her lips and stood up, "Otherwise, someone will be too hungry to sleep tonight."
Gu Yinxing was not happy. When she went back to make dumplings, she used the excuse of washing her hands, but walked to Yan Qian and quietly pinched a handful, and glared at Yan Qian. Yan
Qian said, "Repaying kindness with enmity?"
Gu Yinxing: "I am seeking revenge." She looked at her grandparents making dumplings outside, and whispered while washing her hands, "You made up a story that I was greedy, so my pinching you was a light punishment."
"Isn't it a fact that you are greedy?" Yan Qian didn't feel any pain from the pinch, and she even felt a tingling sensation there. Especially when she saw Gu Yinxing's white eyes, it was quite funny to see.
Gu Yinxing looked at him sideways, "Yan Qian, your skin is itchy, right?"
She was about to say something when the doorbell rang outside. Aunt Liu said, "I'll go open the door" and ran over. Soon, the sound of high heels tapping on the floor came from far away. "Dad, Mom, Chengzhi's dad and I came to see you. Hey, are you making dumplings?"
Gu Yinxing was about to look out to see if it was the two people she guessed, when she saw Yan Qian's face darken.
"Yan Qian, Yinxing, your dad and your Aunt Liu are here."
When Grandma Yan saw Liu Yulan, her expression was not very good, but she still had to make up for it, so she called Yan Qian and the others to come out.
Yan Jian brought Gu Yinxing out of the kitchen.
Liu Yulan seemed to have just realized that Gu Yinxing was here too.
She smiled and said, "Oh, little Gu is here too. How come you have time to come here today? Have you settled the issue with your hospital?" As she said this, she turned her head and said to Yan's father, "Old Yan, you don't know that little Gu has been in trouble recently. He prescribed the wrong medicine for someone. This kind of thing..."
"Aunt Liu!" Yan Yan interrupted Liu Yulan with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his lips, "You are not very well-informed. Yinxing Hospital has already found out that it was the patient who wronged Yinxing. You care so much about this matter, how come you don't know that Yinxing was wrongly accused?"
The smile on Liu Yulan's lips froze, and her expression was a little embarrassed.
Father Yan looked very serious, with dark skin and a scar at the corner of his eye, which made him look scary. "Why did you speak to your Aunt Liu in that tone!"
Yan Qian lowered his eyes slightly and put his hands in his pockets: "Father, I just corrected her, but I didn't mean anything else, in case she misspoke and tarnished my girlfriend's reputation."
"Are you saying that she did it on purpose?!"
Father Yan's forehead was bulging with veins, and he looked at Yan Qian angrily.
Gu Yinxing pulled Yan Qian's sleeve and winked at him, indicating that he should look at the expressions of his grandparents.
Both Grandpa Yan and Grandma Yan were a little embarrassed and helpless. Yan Qian pursed his lips and turned his head to the side. His straight nose was like the silhouette of a distant mountain.
Gu Yinxing smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Uncle Yan, Yan Wan was just joking. You came at the right time. We are just about to make dumplings."
"Yes, dumplings stuffed with fennel and pork, don't you like them?" Grandma Yan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly tried to smooth things over, "We just finished making them. Why don't you stay for dinner?"
Father Yan said, "Okay. I have something to say to Yan Wan after dinner."
Grandma Yan's heart skipped a beat. She gave her husband a look and said to Gu Yinxing, "Yinxing, let's go to the kitchen and make dumplings. Let them watch TV here."
Gu Yinxing agreed crisply and followed Grandma Yan to the kitchen.
Aunt Liu took care of the kitchen work. Grandma Yan pulled Gu Yinxing and whispered, "Yinxing, grandma, I want to trouble you with something."
"Just tell me if you have something to say. Why be so polite to me?" Gu Yinxing was a little worried, but did not show it. Instead, she smiled and continued.
"Grandma knows you are a good child. If Yan Yan's father says something unpleasant later, don't pay attention to him. We didn't teach our son well," Grandma Yan sighed. She felt embarrassed when talking about her own affairs. "You just need to believe that we are all on your side."
Grandma Yan took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and put it on Gu Yinxing. "The only granddaughter-in-law in our family can be you. This bracelet is for you first!"
Although Gu Yinxing had never learned how to appreciate jade, her brother brought good things home every now and then. She was influenced by this and naturally had some knowledge. How could she not see that this bracelet was an old thing? "Grandma Yan, I can't accept it. You'd better take it back."
"Well, just wear it. I'll be angry if you don't."
Grandma Yan deliberately looked angry.
Gu Yinxing saw Aunt Liu looking over here, and fearing that they might argue, she said, "Then I'll take it first."
She was about to turn around and leave, so she quietly gave it to Yan Qian.
"That's right." Grandma Yan was immediately happy.
The dumplings stuffed with fennel and pork were really delicious. Aunt Liu was afraid that everyone would not have enough to eat, so she added a handful of noodles, but this handful of noodles was purely redundant.
Because Liu Yulan and Yan's father didn't eat much, Gu Yinxing and Yan Qian didn't have much appetite either.
After dinner, the nanny brought up some tea.
Father Yan looked at Gu Yinxing and Yan Qian and said, "Are you really going to marry this lesbian?"
"Yes." Yan Qian did not hesitate.
Gu Yinxing's eyelashes trembled and she glanced at Yan Qian. His eyes were firm, as if they were not affected by anything.
"Do you know that finding such a partner will delay your future?"
Father Yan put down the cup in his hand, raised his eyelids, and said like a sharp sword, "The partner I found for you can at least save you ten years of hard work. If you find such a person, your peers will surpass you in the future. Don't regret it!"
"Xun Zhang!" Grandpa Yan's face darkened, "I don't remember your mother and I teaching you such utilitarian ideas!"
Father Yan said nothing.
Liu Yulan laughed and said, "Dad, Xun Zhang is also thinking about the future of his children. The current situation is different from your past. Now who wants to be promoted does not rely on a background. Comrade Gu is good in everything, but his family background is really too thin. How can he help our Yan Ren?"
"Dad."
Yan Ren suddenly spoke, looking at Yan's father steadily, "You mean that this marriage depends on whether it can help the career?"
"That's what I mean." Yan's father thought that his son was convinced by him, and his expression eased.
Yan Ren said, "Well, then you set an example and divorce my Aunt Liu first!"
"Ahem."
Gu Yinxing was drinking water nearby, and he almost choked to death when he heard this.
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