The 86th day of being eavesdropped
Gu Yinxing's engagement made a lot of noise, and the whole compound heard about it.
He Chunlian knew how to behave, and knew that this time the noise was so big that people would inevitably talk about it, so she opened a lot of the snacks and candies sent by the Yan family and gave some to each household.
Since there was something to shut people up, it was naturally difficult for people to say anything.
Moreover, the Gu family has always been good at being human, and has helped many people in the compound, so everyone can only bless them.
Widow An also said: "Sister He, when is your Yinxing getting married? When the time comes, you must send us an invitation."
"That's a must. Yinxing has grown up under the care of you neighbors. If you don't come, I won't be happy." He Chunlian said with a smile.
Gu Yinxing was teased wherever she went. She was a little embarrassed at first, but later she became thick-skinned and allowed people to tease her at will.
He Chunlian did not let her interfere in the wedding planning at all. With her lazy and slippery temperament, intervening in this matter would only make things more complicated. She made a list and wrote the dowry list in advance.
Needless to say, we need 10 sets of bedding, perfect in every way; four sets of clothes for summer and winter; and pots, bowls, pans, and other things...
Gu Jinshui said, "If
you want to buy inferior ones, you'd better let me choose them." "What are you choosing?" He Chunlian asked, "Aren't you going to buy antiques?"
"Isn't it good to buy antiques? I'll pick some from the Daoguang period, two sets. Will Yanren and Yinxing use inferior ones to entertain guests in the future? It's decent to use these." Gu Jinshui said.
He Chunlian thought it made sense.
Although she didn't care much about the pomp and circumstance, she could tell from the fact that the Gu family was so rich and they didn't even have a TV at home, but after all, the daughter-in-law married into a noble family, so we should make a good show to save face for the daughter-in-law.
Gu Yinxing mentioned the situation of Yan Qian's family to He Chunlian. It was obvious that Yan's father's family was difficult to deal with, and there was a young son who had already married. We couldn't let them outsmart us.
"Then it's up to you. You go buy it and I'll pay for it."
He Chunlian thought about it and agreed.
Gu Yinxing was still a little embarrassed, "Mom, is it necessary to be so grand? And use antiques? I'm afraid it will break."
"This is better, reminding you to be more careful."
He Chunlian said, "If your careless temper can be cured, it will be worth it even if it breaks."
Gu Jinshui laughed secretly beside him, and Gu Yinxing was angry and amused.
The Yan family was also honest. A few days after the two families got engaged, Yan Qian came to see Gu Yinxing. He was teased every time he came.
"Oh, the son-in-law of the Gu family is here." Grandpa Guo was smoking a cigarette, smiling, with a kind smile on his dark face.
Yan Qian greeted them generously: "Hello, Grandpa and Auntie, I'm here to see Yinxing."
"Okay, go quickly, Yinxing is staying at home."
Widow An was choosing vegetables and couldn't help looking at Yan Qian.
The more she looked at him, the more she felt that this little girl Gu Yinxing was really good at choosing a partner.
When Yan Qian went to the backyard, she sat under the locust tree and said to others: "See how open-minded and generous Yin Xing is, and not arrogant at all. I don't know how this little girl found such a good man."
It is said that elders have sharp eyes. Although Yan Qian didn't talk much to everyone when he came to the compound, everyone knew that he was a really good man.
Grandpa Guo said, "Yes, this young man even gave us cigarettes. He is a man of his time. He will be the captain at this age. He will be very successful in a few years."
Grandpa Guo said with envy, "If I had a son like this, I would die with my eyes closed."
"Grandpa, your son is not bad either. He doesn't have a stable job now." Widow An said with a smile, "Speaking of which, Song Mei's partner is not good. He never looks at people and is so arrogant. Last time I asked him if there were any cheap soaps in the department store, he just looked at me and left without saying anything."
Widow An was still indignant when she mentioned this.
Everyone was in agreement when they heard it.
"Oh, so he treats you like this, and he treats us the same way. I saw him on the road before and greeted him, but he pretended not to see me. What a waste."
Zhao Donglai's arrogance had obviously offended the masters and ladies in the compound.
When Song Mei came over with the things, she heard people gossiping.
She was so angry that her face turned red. When Grandpa Guo looked up and saw her, he was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little embarrassed, and he quietly pushed the daughter-in-law next to him. Aunt Guo was still talking to people about the wedding day, and she was not happy to be pushed like this. When she looked up, she became mute, "Song, Song Mei, go back to your parents' home."
Song Mei frowned, pulled the corners of her lips, turned around and went directly to the back.
Auntie Guo and the others were very embarrassed. They looked at each other and whispered, "Hey, this is also a twat."
When Song Mei returned to the Song family, she stood at the door and saw Gu Yinxing and Yan Qian talking and laughing in the other room.
The two were young, talented and beautiful, especially Yan Qian. Today, he was wearing a shirt and trousers. The belt made his waist look very thin. His sleeves were rolled up, revealing his strong arms, with veins protruding like mountains.
Just looking at him like this, one can feel his surging masculine charm.
Because of his job, Yan Qian was very sensitive to people's gazes. He noticed the gaze from behind and turned his head to take a look.
Song Mei blushed, and hurriedly opened the curtain and went in. With a click, the curtain fell down. Huang Xirong heard the noise and came out. Seeing that it was her, he was stunned and asked, "Why are you back?"
"Is it not okay for me to come back?"
Song Mei didn't know why, but she suddenly felt wronged. Seeing the apple on the table, she wiped it with her sleeve and started to eat.
Huang Xirong was a little surprised to be pushed, but seeing Song Mei's face, she didn't dare to say anything. Song Mei was eating the apple with a crunch. She could hear the footsteps outside, and Gu Yinxing's clear voice like an oriole came: "Let's go eat halogen after we buy the things."
"Halogen, why do you want to eat this?" The man's voice was hoarse and very attractive.
Gu Yinxing smiled and said, "If you are tired of Western food, try this. I saved you money, but you are still not happy. Hurry up and leave."
The two of them left, talking and laughing.
Although Huang Xirong didn't know what was going on, he could tell from the lady's expression that she was wronged.
She walked over and said, "Don't think too much. Yan Wan's family is so well-off. It may not be a good thing for Gu Yinxing to marry him."
Song Mei twitched her lips. Even if it was not a good thing, could it be worse than marrying a living eunuch?
Although she knew that Zhao Donglai could not compare with Yan Wan before, she thought that Zhao Donglai was good to her, so she just endured it. But who knew that Zhao Donglai was actually not good in that way, not to mention compared with Yan Wan, even compared with any other man, he could not compare.
"Mom, where is Chaohua?" Song Mei suddenly thought of something and stood up to ask.
Huang Xirong said, "I asked her to go out to get soy sauce just now. What do you want to see her for?"
"I have something to see her for, it's none of your business." Song Mei said in a very arrogant tone, threw the apple core on the table, and went out directly.
Huang Xirong didn't dare to say anything.
Song Mei met Song Chaohua at the grocery store.
She pulled Song Chaohua aside and said, "Song Chaohua, I want to ask you something. Please answer me honestly!"
Song Chaohua was startled by Song Mei's distorted expression. Her palms were sweating and she nodded quickly.
Song Mei stared at her with her eyes fixed on her. "Do you dream about what will happen if Gu Yinxing marries Yan Qian?"
Song Chaohua shook her head quickly.
In her previous life, Gu Yinxing didn't marry Yan Qian either.
"Will Yan Yan have a bright future?" Song Mei grabbed Song Chaohua's shoulders. She was so strong that Song Chaohua's eyes turned red with pain. "Aunt, I don't know. I don't know anything."
"Stop pretending!"
Song Mei didn't fall for her and shook Song Chaohua's body fiercely. "I heard you talk to your dad. You told your dad that everyone will be laid off and houses will become more and more valuable, right?" Song Chaohua's
face turned pale and he raised his head to look at Song Mei. "You were eavesdropping?!"
Song Mei sneered, "I eavesdropped, but it was obviously you who hid it from me first. You don't treat me as a family member at all. You don't even think of me when you have the opportunity to make a fortune."
"No, no." Song Chaohua quickly denied.
But Song Mei was not willing to believe her and asked, "Tell me honestly what happened to Yan Yan in the future?!"
She urgently needed an answer so that she could balance herself.
Song Chaohua thought hard. She got married early in her previous life, and the only rich and powerful family she knew was the Gu family.
Otherwise, she would not have been trying to take advantage of the Gu family after her rebirth.
Wait, Yan Yan...
"He, he seems to appear on TV often."
Song Chaohua stuttered, looking at Song Mei shivering.
"Appear on TV?" Song Mei was stunned for a moment and let go of her hand. Song Chaohua quickly took the opportunity to run away, looking back as she ran, for fear that Song Mei would catch up.
Who would appear on TV often?
Needless to say, only those leaders.
Song Mei wanted to make herself happy, but she didn't want to hear such "bad news". She returned to Zhao's house in a state of despair.
Zhao's mother had just finished cooking dinner and came out of the kitchen. Seeing Song Mei coming back from outside on time, her face immediately fell.
Just as she was about to say something, Zhao's father waved his hand at her and shook his head slightly. Zhao's mother had to go into the kitchen to serve the rice and avoid seeing it.
"Xiao Mei, you're back." Zhao's father greeted her.
Song Mei came back to her senses. She looked at Zhao's father and nodded. Zhao Donglai came out of the study and asked Song Mei when he saw her, "Where have you been? Why didn't you tell me? We have to wait for mom to come back to cook the meal at home."
Zhao Donglai didn't mean anything else by saying this. Song Mei was on vacation today, so she didn't have to go to work and could just cook at home and wait for people to come back and eat.
But Song Mei was in a bad mood at the moment, and she exploded when she heard this: "Why, you have to have me cook for your family to eat? Am I a nanny or a maid you hired?"
Zhao Donglai was startled by her anger, and when he came to his senses, he was also a little annoyed, "What are you talking about? You have only cooked a few meals in our family, and my mother does the housework. Why are other people's wives so virtuous, and you don't do any housework and have such a bad temper!"
"Hey, what can other people's husbands do!"
Song Mei put her hands on her hips and looked at Zhao Donglai with contempt. That look made Zhao Donglai's face turn red with anger instantly.
"You, you..." Seeing that his son was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead, Zhao's father quickly pulled him and tried to smooth things over, "Okay, it's all my fault. If I had known that Xiaomei was going out, I would have gone home to cook."
"Dad!" Zhao Donglai was so angry that he almost died.
He had never suffered or been bullied since he was a child. Since he married Song Mei, he knew what it meant to have trouble speaking.
"Okay, okay, what's the point of talking about the quarrel between the two young people?"
Zhao's father quickly tried to smooth things over. He lowered his voice and said, "The neighbors are listening. If they hear what we say, we won't be able to see anyone."
They lived in a tube-shaped building built by the unit. Although it was magnificent, the disadvantage was that they could hear everything the neighbors did at home.
Zhao Donglai was like being splashed with cold water, and his anger and spirit were gone.
When Song Mei saw Zhao Donglai like this, compared with Yan Ran, she felt that her life was even more miserable. She put the blame on Gu Yinxing, saying that it was Gu Yinxing who messed up the situation, otherwise, she should have married Yan Ran. Aunt
Yan Ran had already liked her.
Gu Yinxing didn't know that she was the one who was blamed for her family's misfortune.
Yan Yan took her to buy three gold bracelets today. The gold bracelets were heavy, a pair weighed 80 grams. He Chunlian couldn't help but exclaim, "Xiao Yan is really amazing. This must be several hundred!"
"Mom, five hundred and eighty, all together it's exactly one thousand."
Gu Yinxing said this with a guilty conscience.
Who can spend so much money to marry a daughter-in-law?
"One thousand?" He Chunlian's eyes widened. She looked Gu Yinxing up and down, somewhat puzzled and helpless, "My lady, please be careful when buying it."
"He insisted on buying it for me. Don't worry, Mom. He said it was his savings, his own money." Gu Yinxing smiled and said, "Yan Yan said he had a low five-digit savings, and he would give it to me when we get married."
He Chunlian was silent for a moment, and said, "Don't tell anyone about this, otherwise I'm afraid our neighbors will be jealous."
Originally, what the Yan family gave was good enough, and Yan Yan paid so much out of his own pocket. If this matter were to get out, who wouldn't be jealous?
"I'm not stupid." Gu Yinxing snorted, "I said that someone would definitely come to me to borrow money in the future. Why should I ask for trouble?"
"That's right." He Chunlian was satisfied now. The silly girl finally became smart for once. In fact, since the marriage between the Gu and Yan families was decided, it's not that no one wanted to borrow money, but He Chunlian spread the word that Gu Yinxing would take the betrothal gifts back to the Yan family, which stopped many people from talking. However, even so, a hundred or eighty yuan was still inevitably lent out.
"Jinshui, I'll leave the pots and pans to you. When will there be any news?"
He Chunlian asked Gu Jinshui after seeing the three golds.
Gu Jinshui almost forgot about it. He said hurriedly, "I'll go find them tomorrow."
Antiques from the Daoguang era are not worth much at the moment, but others have to spend some effort to buy them. Gu Jinshui was much simpler. He went to Panjiayuan and Baoguo Temple and spent nearly a hundred to get two sets, one set of blue and white and one set of blue glaze. They were all impeccable. The things were exquisite and elegant, with fine patterns.
Although they were not as good as those from the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, they were good things from official kilns. After wiping them clean, even those who didn't know much about antiques would know that these two sets of porcelain were good.
However, Gu Jinshui was a little dissatisfied.
Maybe it’s because there are more overseas Chinese buying antiques now, and it’s getting harder to find bargains.
“Brother,” Douzi ran over breathlessly.
Gu Jinshui saw him coming and was a little surprised, “How did you know I was here?”
“Just a friend nearby said he saw you buying antiques here, so I hurried to find you.”
Douzi picked up the tea bowl in front of Gu Jinshui and took a sip, “Good guy, this Starry Sky, the taste is so light.”
They were in the tea shed next to Baoguo Temple.
What kind of good tea can be used in such a small tea shed? Gu Jinshui smiled and said, “Okay, that’s good. What’s the matter?”
Douzi lifted his sleeves and wiped his mouth, “The people in the yard have moved away, and they want to invite you over.”
Gu Jinshui raised his eyebrows, “So soon, it’s been less than ten days.”
"Hehe," Douzi grabbed a handful of peanuts with a sly smile on his face, "Brother, you think too highly of them. It's not like we haven't seen people like them before. They bully the weak and fear the strong. Our brothers lived in your yard for four or five days, and they were scared to call the police, saying that someone had been murdered."
Gu Jinshui chuckled, "What happened?"
Douzi smiled and said, "What can we do? When the police came and investigated, they found that chickens and pigs were killed. They had nothing to say. Besides, they signed a lease with you and moved in. You didn't say anything, so what can the police say?" "
Did they not make any trouble?" Gu Jinshui was in a good mood as he peeled peanuts.
Douzi: "Why is there no trouble? An old man insisted on hanging himself at the gate of the yard. We brothers immediately helped him, called the police, and went to the unit of their children to report to the leader that their children were unfilial and forced the eldest grandfather to commit suicide. The leader was so scared that he scolded the children and the old man was scared immediately."
Gu Jinshui was not surprised at the result.
Those old men and women said they wanted to commit suicide, but who would really dare to die.
Gu Jinshui led Douzi over. The third courtyard was crowded today. As soon as Gu Jinshui entered the yard, seven or eight men stood up to greet him, "Brother Jinshui."
Gu Jinshui nodded to them, then looked at the old men and women, "Hey, grandpa and auntie, I haven't seen you for a few days. Why do you look so haggard?"
The old man and the old woman all looked unhappy.
The old man who was so arrogant earlier leaned on his cane and said, "Come on, stop pretending. You let these people move in just to force us to leave."
"Hey, you misunderstood me. I really didn't mean that. I just happened to catch up with my brothers who had no place to live, so I asked them to come over. I also thought that the more people there were, the more lively it would be. Don't think too much." Gu Jinshui was not stupid enough to admit that he was planning to do so.
"Yes, we just came here to live."
"Don't talk nonsense, we live in our eldest brother's house. If there is any problem, the police didn't say anything."
Several brothers said.
The people on the old man's side were immediately unhappy.
"You guys can just stay here, but why are you killing pigs and chickens in the middle of the night? Do you want to scare people to death?"
"Ahem."
Gu Jinshui almost choked to death by his own saliva.
He turned around and looked at Douzi.
Douzi looked calm, "Brother, there's nothing wrong with killing pigs and chickens in the middle of the night. Are you not allowed to have midnight snacks?"
Gu Jinshui couldn't help laughing.
He lowered his head and pursed his lips to hold back his smile, then looked at them, "I'm sorry, we brothers are young and strong, and you know that young guys can't stand hunger, so it's normal for them to have midnight snacks."
"You clearly want to force us to leave!"
A short-haired boy stared at Gu Jinshui with a vicious look in his eyes.
"Xiaoshun!" The old man glared at the boy, and the boy turned his head away unwillingly.
The old man then looked at Gu Jinshui, "200 per family, we'll leave now."
"200, for the three of you, 600." Gu Jinshui took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, took a puff, and exhaled the smoke. When he wasn't smiling, his eyebrows and eyes were like a sword drawn from its sheath, "With this money, I can buy a suite."
"What do you want?" The old man looked embarrassed, but he didn't dare to act like a rogue as before.
Gu Jinshui tapped the ash of the cigarette, "I'll give you 200, divide it among yourselves, and leave now."
This was too different from what they expected.
The people on the old man's side immediately exploded.
The old man gritted his teeth, "No, it's too little."
"Too little," Gu Jinshui raised his eyebrows, his eyes cold, "Don't you understand, these two hundred is not because I am afraid of you, but I am sending you away, you have lived in the yard for so many years for nothing, and you don't get enough benefits?"
Cold sweat oozed from the old man's forehead.
He swallowed, "Are you threatening me?"
Gu Jinshui chuckled, he threw down the cigarette, and smiled, "You overestimate you, why should I threaten you, if you don't want to today, then you don't have to move tomorrow."
The people on the old man's side were actually very strong on the outside but weak on the inside. They had never seen Gu Jinshui's soft and hard tactics before. They were so scared that they dared not say anything. They took the two hundred yuan and hurried back to pack their things. These people were probably packed up long ago. They were all gone in less than an hour. " Thank
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