Chapter 514 Extra: Dragon Boat Festival 1
The Dragon Boat Festival comes after the college entrance examination.
There is one more very important thing to do for our family during this Dragon Boat Festival.
Tomorrow is the 100th birthday of the old lady’s third uncle. The family is going to hold a birthday party and has invited all the relatives to come back.
The old lady was most attached to her third uncle when she was young, so on such an important day, she had to go back.
So early in the morning, all the Gu family members drove several commercial vehicles to the old lady's hometown.
In a small village next to Ning City.
Gu Xizhi had never been to the old lady's hometown, so she asked Gu Jiangyuan curiously in the car: "Fourth brother, is grandma's hometown fun?"
Gu Jiangyuan frowned: "The last time I went back was when I was in junior high school. My aunt and her family were there, and I didn't think it was fun."
Gu Xizhi still had some impression of their aunt.
When she just returned to Gu's home, he came to her house and gave her a red envelope reluctantly. He also boasted to the old lady that she was going to have a great-grandson soon. In the end, she didn't have a great-grandson, only a great-granddaughter.
She's not an easy person to get along with, and it might not be fun if I have to face her when I go back.
Gu Xizhi was no longer so expectant.
But she was still very happy for the old lady.
Elderly people, when they get older, they have a special feeling for their hometown and always want to go back to visit.
It's best to take the whole family back together.
The old lady didn't say it before, but she must have had such thoughts in her heart.
Just like now, the old lady is talking to the old man happily.
"The last time I passed by here, this mall didn't exist."
"The last time we walked this way back, it was quite steep. I didn't expect it to be so flat now. And look, it's much faster this time. We're here so quickly."
"So there was a mountain before, and that mountain was leveled, and a lot of new houses were built."
"Do you still remember? My third aunt used to be very good at making rice dumplings. She would make a lot of them every Dragon Boat Festival. Every time you went there, she would pack a lot for you to take away. I felt a little jealous.
She gave you more rice dumplings than she gave me, even though I am her niece."
The deeper the feelings for one's hometown, the more likely one is to feel homesick.
Gu Xizhi saw that the old lady's expression suddenly became sad.
"It's a pity that my third aunt passed away early. Now I can no longer eat the rice dumplings she made. I don't know if anyone in my third uncle's family still makes rice dumplings. I think my third uncle should still be able to eat them now..."
“I haven’t been back to see my third uncle for so many years, I don’t know if he can still recognize me.
Should I be so stingy that I haven’t been back for such a long time just because of some conflicts with my two cousins? "
"I still remember that my third uncle was still very young. He liked to take me everywhere every day. When I got tired of walking, he would carry me on his back. Time really makes people grow old. How come he is already a hundred years old so quickly..."
Gu Xizhi suddenly shouted, "Grandma, when we get there, I will make rice dumplings for my great-uncle. I will make him the most delicious rice dumplings in the world. He will definitely like them."
"Then I will take his pulse and regulate his body. In a few years, we can celebrate his 110th birthday, 120th birthday, and even 150th birthday."
Hearing what Gu Xizhi said, the old lady's eyes were slightly moist with joy, and she said with a smile: "Okay, okay, he will definitely like the rice dumplings made by us.
After eating the zongzi, he will live to be 150 years old. "
Gu Jiangyuan also wanted to make the old lady happy, so he replied, "Yes, great-uncle will definitely live like an old devil."
old lady:"……"
This little grandson is really good. Even if he doesn’t speak, no one would say he is dumb.
The Dragon Boat Festival holiday started yesterday, so many relatives had already rushed back yesterday or the night before.
By the time Gu's family arrived, the yard of the old lady's third uncle's house was already full of people.
Gu Xizhi and his friends’ aunt Tian Mei was also there.
As soon as he saw the old lady, he started to act weird.
"Oh, some people really have a good life and start to ignore us poor relatives. The elders in the family invited her back for their birthday, but she had to delay until the last minute. This shows that she doesn't care about the elders."
"Actually, Third Uncle feels the same way. She already looks down on us and doesn't want to come back. Why should we invite her again?"
Tian Mei's grandson's wife got pregnant with her second child last year, but this time the baby was a daughter, who was still not as good as the old lady, so she hated the old lady even more.
Someone came to the door and there was a lot of noise, so much so that even the people in the house could hear the noise.
An old man came out, and he looked about the same age as the old lady.
When he came out and saw the old lady, he looked a little embarrassed and said, "Cousin, cousin-in-law, you are here, come in and sit down."
When the old lady saw him, her expression turned a little colder and she said "hmm" faintly.
This really doesn't look like a long-awaited reunion between relatives.
Gu Xizhi recalled that she seemed to have heard the old lady and the old man telling her in the car that she had had a conflict with her two cousins.
It was precisely because of the conflict that I hadn't come back for all these years.
She keenly sensed that there was something fishy going on.
She held Gu Jiangyuan and wouldn't let him get out of the car, and whispered to him in the car.
"Are you talking about the conflict between grandma and her two cousins?"
"Then you really asked the right person. I know about this matter. This matter started six years ago. Back then, the conflict between them was not so serious, and grandma would take us back to her hometown.
But since that year, she has never had any contact with anyone from her hometown. In fact, she only has no contact with her family. Grandma is the only relative left in this village."
"Get to the point."
Everyone else had already gotten off the bus, so they didn't want to stay in the car for too long.
"The key point is that my grandmother's cousin's son, that is, my uncle's son, is our cousin. He had a girlfriend in the city at the time and wanted to buy a house in the city. My grandmother happened to bring us back to visit relatives at that time, so my uncle set his sights on my grandmother.
I told grandma to just give my cousin a house, since she had no shortage of money or houses anyway. I also asked her to give a dowry of 6.66 million yuan, a Rolls-Royce for my cousin, and a Porsche for my future cousin-in-law, so that my cousin could live a glorious life.
We are a wealthy family, and we really don’t need this little bit of money, but we are not fools, so grandma would definitely not agree. As a result, my cousin said that grandma looked down on them and didn’t consider them as relatives. He drove us away on the spot and told us to get out as far away as possible and never come to their village again. ”
"At that time, the whole village saw us being chased away by him. He also slandered us everywhere, saying how we looked down on him and that we looked down on others. He also spread rumors that we looked down on the entire village..."
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