"Hmph! It's a good thing you praised An'an. If it were anyone else, you'd see if I didn't beat you up."
What else could Grandpa Xiao say? He could only continue to back down. It has to be said that the Xiao family's tendency to be henpecked is hereditary.
On New Year's Eve, all the women in the Xiao family rested, and three men squeezed into the kitchen: Xiao Yuheng was the head chef, while Xiao's father and grandfather assisted him.
"You're so clumsy! I asked you to cut potato shreds, and you cut them so thick?"
"Look at Ah Heng and then look at yourself, you really can't do anything."
The head chef was fine, but the two kitchen helpers made a lot of mistakes; either they didn't know how to cut the ingredients, or they didn't wash them properly.
But even kitchen helpers have different ranks, and Xiao's father was undoubtedly the youngest, since he was the son!
He was not only scolded, but he also did not dare to talk back, or even touch the other party's sore spot. He only dared to say weakly, "Dad, you didn't clean this leek properly."
Grandpa Xiao looked at the chives in his hand. Sure enough, there was still some dirt at the roots, and even the yellow leaves on the sides hadn't been cleaned off. He felt a little guilty, but his voice was still loud. "I didn't wash them properly, so it's normal for them to be a little dirty. The problem is with you. The potato shreds you cut are substandard!"
Xiao's father: ...You're my father, whatever you say is right.
"I'm busy at the factory every day, so my knife skills aren't very good. I guess that's forgivable."
"You always make excuses. My grandson's army is busier than your factory, so why is he a better cook than you?"
After a pause, Xiao's father said, "My son's excellence must be because of my good genes."
Grandpa Xiao felt as if he had been shot in the chest. What does this sentence mean? Could it be that his genes were so bad that his son was useless at everything?
Bah! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Hearing the noise coming from the kitchen, Xiao's mother shook her head and smiled, "Our family hasn't been this lively in a long time."
In the years before Xiao Yuheng joined the army, they would go back to Beijing or Xiaowang Village to celebrate the New Year together. This continued later, but with their son not by their side, something was always missing.
Now everything is alright. Her son is safe and sound, and she has a daughter-in-law and two adorable little babies. She feels that this is the life she has always longed for, and now she has it all.
"That's right. They used to be so serious when they met, unlike now, they can even undermine each other."
Grandma Xiao teased the child, her eyes filled with affection.
Although the kitchen was a bit messy with three men, the final result was still quite good.
"Let's have a drink together as a family, wishing for many more happy returns of the day."
After the meal, the two children received red envelopes from several elders.
"Dabao and Erbao, this is a little something from your grandparents. We hope you will grow up happily and healthily in the new year."
"Eeya ya!" Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma!
Although they didn't know what was in the red envelope, the two kids thought it must be something good because it was given to them by their grandparents.
"Da Bao and Er Bao, this is your great-grandfather and great-grandmother's little bag. We're saving it for you to buy candy later."
"Eeya ya!" Buy candy, buy candy! Buy delicious candy.
"An'an, this is for the two children. Please put it away for them."
Grandpa and Grandma Xiao then took out a pair of bracelets and two longevity locks. These items are still considered valuable items these days, so they can't be taken out and have to be kept.
"Grandpa and Grandma, this is too precious."
Gu An'an had a lot of gold she had plundered from the apocalypse, so these things weren't that valuable to her. But in this day and age, if someone was willing to give her something like that, it must be something they cherished dearly.
This feeling is more moving than the original value of gold.
"What's so valuable about them! They're just things you can't take with you when you die. Besides, these are for the children. You keep them safe for them. When these things can see the light of day in the future, the two kids can wear them."
"It was given to me by my grandparents, so it's fine to keep it."
Xiao Yuheng said this, and Gu An'an put the things away. "Okay, then I'll thank Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma on behalf of the children."
Then he gently pinched the two children's noses and said, "Two little millionaires. If others knew this, they would be so envious."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Dabao and Xiao Erbao both revealed greedy smiles.
"Ah!" Mom, let me touch that golden thing.
"Eeya ya!" I want to touch it too, I want to touch it too.
Gu An'an tentatively asked, "Do Da Bao and Er Bao want to touch them?"
"Ahhh!" The two children's eyes lit up even more.
When Gu An'an handed over the exquisite longevity lock, the two children immediately reached out and grabbed it. When they held the longevity lock in their hands, bright smiles bloomed on their faces at the same time.
"Oh dear, these two kids of ours are such money-grubbers."
"That's right. Other people's babies don't know anything at three months old, but our Da Bao and Er Bao already know that gold is valuable. They really are the kind of babies that belong to the Xiao family."
The two children were about to put the longevity locks in their mouths when the others noticed and quickly took them away. "Sweeties, you can't eat these. Let Mommy keep them for you and give them to you later."
"Ah!" The two children reached out and grabbed at the air, but in the end they withdrew their hands because Gu An'an had already put the things back in the box and taken them back to her room.
They knew that once their mother made a decision, it couldn't be changed, so they decided to let nature take its course.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when the girl goes back to her parents' home. Originally, Grandpa Xiao and Grandma Xiao did not plan to go, but Mom Xiao still brought the two of them along. Anyway, the two families are like one family, so why not go?
As soon as she entered the house, Xiao's mother sensed that something was off about the atmosphere.
"Mom, what happened?"
"It's nothing." It's the Lunar New Year; there's no need to talk about unhappy things.
"You two don't seem to be alright, and your brother and sister-in-law aren't home. Has something happened in the village?"
Gu An'an frowned as well. She felt that it probably wasn't something that had happened in the village. She had run into some villagers when she arrived, but everyone had a smile on their face. It was probably something that had happened to the Wang family.
"No, nothing happened in the village."
"What happened?"
"Sigh! It's about my family. Xiaojun got married before the New Year, and he treated her like a precious gem. He'd give her anything she wanted without hesitation, but then on New Year's Eve..."
As Grandma Xiao described it, a melodramatic farce unfolded.
It turns out that Xiaojun's wife was secretly having an affair with a married man and was pregnant. In this day and age, it's not easy to get an abortion, so the two of them decided to find a sucker.
It's not hard to tell that the sucker is that man named Xiaojun.
Gu An'an and Xiao Jun weren't close, but they had met on their wedding day. Xiao Jun was a very shy boy, and his eyes were always full of sincerity when he looked at people. But it was such a person who was schemed against by those despicable people.
"Why was Xiaojun so convinced that the child was his?"
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