Suddenly, I felt that my daughter-in-law was no longer presentable.
“An’an is really amazing. She can easily become the top student in any exam. When it comes to choosing a daughter-in-law, my sister-in-law is much better than my sister-in-law and me.”
To be honest, those words really showed a lack of emotional intelligence; at least the women present all slightly changed their expressions.
Sister-in-law Xiao glanced at her unreliable sister-in-law, looking down on her, but still tried to smooth things over, saying, "Sister-in-law, you're wrong. Every woman in our Xiao family is capable; it's just that everyone has different strengths. There's no need to generalize."
Seeing her say that, Xiao's mother also chimed in, "Sister-in-law is right. The wives of our Xiao family are very sought after outside. It has to be said that the men of our Xiao family are truly blessed."
Their interruption eased the wives' expressions, and the atmosphere returned to its usual lively state.
Xiao Dabao and Xiao Erbao are both shrewd people. As soon as they sensed that something was wrong, their mouths were full of honey, and they praised all the women present, thus completely silencing Xiao Ergu's mindless words.
Of course, the two of them also won a stack of red envelopes thanks to their sweet talk.
"Mom, take this to buy a house."
The two families of Xiao Da Ge and Xiao Er Ge had three children, all of whom were boys. When they saw Xiao Er Bao give away all the red envelopes he had received, they all wondered if the younger brother was stupid.
"Erbao, why did you give the red envelope to your aunt?"
"Buy a house."
Xiao Erbao said matter-of-factly, "Our family needs a lot of money to buy a house. How can I not contribute?"
"But Uncle has money, why not just let him pay for it? Why bother with your paltry sum?"
"My dad is rich? No, he's the poorest in our family. He has to secretly save up his money for a long time before he can buy my mom a gift. Unlike my sister and me, we just take out our money and buy our mom pretty clothes."
Xiao Dabao glanced at his younger brother's foolish appearance and decided to stay away from him.
"But Uncle doesn't really have no money. It's because all his money is with Auntie. But I reckon he has enough to buy a house."
Xiao Erbao's smile froze. His father always complained about being poor and sometimes even cheated him out of money. So, in his mind, his father was very poor, even poorer than him, a little man. Therefore, when his father asked him to give money to buy a house, he was secretly delighted.
Only now did he realize he'd been tricked?
"Dad, you liar!"
After a while, Xiao Erbao rushed towards Xiao Yuheng and shouted out his pent-up frustration.
What's wrong with you now?
"You lied to me. You clearly earned enough money to buy a house, but you still cheated me out of my money. You're a bad father."
Xiao Yuheng smiled and reached out to stop Xiao Erbao's raised little hand. "How can you say that Daddy cheated you out of money? It's clearly because you, as a little man, have a high sense of responsibility and want to contribute to our future home, isn't it?"
Xiao Erbao's anger was easily dispelled by Xiao Yuheng's few words, and the little boy straightened up again, "Of course, I will be the pillar of the Xiao family in the future, so my awareness will definitely be high."
After boasting for a while, Xiao Erbao suddenly realized something was wrong. "No, Dad, what you just said is wrong. It's my business if I'm aware of my mistakes, but it's your business if you cheat me out of my money."
The chubby little boy's face was full of dissatisfaction with his father.
"Wow, not bad! Your reaction time was much faster than last time. But Erbao, you got your money's worth."
"Why?"
"Consider it a lesson you learned the hard way. If you're happy that I scammed you out of the money, you'll be contributing to our house construction. If someone else had swindled you out of the money, you'd have nothing left."
Xiao Erbao: ...I feel like something's not right, but everything is right at the same time. What's going on?
Seeing Xiao Erbao's unpredictable expression, the Xiao family was overjoyed.
Grandma Xiao hugged her grandson tightly and took out a red envelope from her pocket.
"Here, Grandma will give you another one. Keep this red envelope safe, don't let your dad trick you again."
If it's given to Xiao Erbao, it will definitely be given to his other grandchildren.
The few people who were just laughing at Erbao are now praising him a bit because he got an extra red envelope.
Seeing Erbao about to float away again, Xiao Dabao covered his eyes and asked, "Mom, do you think Erbao's current behavior has anything to do with me bullying him in my belly?"
Of course, she wanted to suppress the other sibling, but her brother could only bully her. If he were out in the world, anyone could bully him, and he would be like a fool who couldn't see through it, making her lose face.
"No, I must train him more from now on."
Da Bao perked up and even set himself a short-term goal: to lie to him at least ten or eight times before he went to school, so that he would never embarrass himself at school.
Over the next few days, Gu An'an sat back and watched as her daughter set various traps for her silly son, from initially catching him as a mandarin duck to later becoming increasingly clever and quick-witted.
"Sis! You lied to me again!"
Da Bao patted Er Bao's head and said, "Er Bao, how could you think like that? This isn't lying, it's teaching you a lesson. This is tuition."
Da Bao took the food from Er Bao's hands and walked to Gu An An's side, saying, "Mom, my little brother's reactions are getting faster and faster. It seems like we don't need to worry too much about him going to school."
Just as I finished watching the two kids' antics, the old man's loud voice rang out from the doorway again.
"An'an, come quickly and let Grandpa Zhang take a look."
Hearing this, Gu An'an felt somewhat helpless, but still cooperated with the old man and walked towards the main room.
As the person approached, he heard familiar voices again, "Old Zhang, what do you think of my granddaughter-in-law? Her good looks are her least remarkable virtues; most importantly, she's smart. She'd easily be the top scorer in the province in any exam."
Although Old Zhang couldn't stand seeing his old friend showing off, he couldn't bring himself to say anything against his conscience when he saw the girl in front of him.
"Good, good, good, you old man, you're really lucky. You have a bunch of martial arts guys in your family, and you still managed to find a top scholar as your granddaughter-in-law. God has really been kind to you."
The two old men had known each other for most of their lives, so they naturally didn't hold back when they talked.
"Hey, Lao Zhang, you don't usually talk like a human being, but what you said today is perfectly reasonable. I'm just lucky."
Grandpa Zhang ignored his old friend, but was curious about Gu An'an, asking her all sorts of questions, his eyes shining brighter with each question.
"No wonder you were the top scorer! To be honest, those exam questions were too easy for you. With your current knowledge, you could even be a teacher."
Grandpa Zhang and Grandpa Xiao were old partners, one a warrior and the other a scholar. Even after retiring from the front lines, Grandpa Zhang did not give up learning. The fact that he said this is enough to show his approval of Gu An'an.
"Grandpa Zhang, you flatter me. I just read a couple more books in my spare time."
"It's good to love reading. Young people should learn more so that they can make progress."
Then he looked at Grandpa Xiao with envy and said, "You old man, you're really lucky."
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