Today's dinner is particularly sumptuous. From the dishes, we can tell that the three sisters-in-law and the children in the family must have started preparing for this dinner early.
Because they called before they came back and said they would bring eight more people with them, plus there were twenty people in their Gu family, the three sisters-in-law prepared a lot of food.
Therefore, even if the five members of the Hu family are added now, the portion is still enough.
Adults and children sat at three tables, but it was still packed.
The children grinned as they looked at the food which was even better than that during the Chinese New Year.
Gu Xingyao is a person who is not shy about strangers. After Gu Changshun called everyone to eat, he filled his mouth with food and spoke incoherently.
"It would be great if the four families could do this every day."
Mrs. Gu was sitting behind him, and when she heard what he said, she hit him on the head with a chopstick.
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat. When will you be able to use your desire for food to focus on your studies?"
"Mom, my grades aren't bad, why should I work harder?"
Hu Guifen didn't like what she heard, and raised her voice, "Look at your fourth aunt, how good is her academic performance? She's the provincial top scholar, and she still feels that her grades are not good enough, and she stays up late every day to study."
"Look at yourself again. You are only in the second grade of junior high school. I heard from your mother that none of your subjects scored above 95. With such poor grades, how can you say that you are not bad?
You should work harder and try to get 95 points in every subject next year. Then I will buy you whatever gift you want!"
Gu Xingyao's eyes lit up like stars when Hu Guifen said this, "Grandma, you are telling the truth. Anyone who lies is a puppy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head with a chopstick again, "You little bastard, how dare you talk to your grandma like that?"
When the other children heard their grandmother's words, their eyes lit up.
But thinking that his grades were not as good as his older brother's, he silently shrank back to reduce his presence so as to avoid getting beaten.
Hu Guifen glanced at the other grandchildren, slammed the table, and said loudly: "I'm going to make this clear today. From now on, no matter which of you brothers or sisters scores more than 95 points in all subjects, grandma will buy you the gifts you want."
"Everyone present here today can testify for you guys. If I don't buy anything for you in the future, just ask me. If I really don't have money, then let your parents buy it for you."
Mrs. Gu's face immediately fell: "Mom, you have nine grandchildren, where do you get so much money to buy gifts for them?
If we bought it for them, wouldn't it be us paying for it out of our own pocket, but the children would only be grateful to us?
No, no, this is too disadvantageous for us.
I think a dollar reward for each person is enough. Why do you need any other gifts?"
Moreover, she knew that her Gu Xingyao had always wanted a tape recorder that belonged just to him, and that thing was extremely expensive. If he and his mother-in-law really brought it up, would she buy it or not?
After hearing what Mrs. Gu said, the five members of the Hu family and the eight soldiers buried their faces in their bowls.
This is so embarrassing. Are we going to start quarreling?
Thirteen people thought this at the same time.
Unexpectedly, the next second, I heard everyone's muffled laughter and Qian Xiaolan's chuckle:
"Sister-in-law is right, Mom, you can't receive your child's gratitude for nothing.
How about this, Yan Qing and I will give you a little more pocket money in the future so that you will have money to buy gifts for the children.
Of course, I also have to urge my Guoguo to start working hard from now on, otherwise I won’t accept that we pay the money but my sister-in-law’s three children take advantage of it.”
Third sister-in-law Gu also smiled and said, "Oh, yes, Xingyue, Xingyu, Xingrou, you have to work hard too, otherwise you won't get any benefits from your grandma and your fourth uncle and aunt."
Looking at the stunned crowd, Mrs. Gu San suppressed her laughter and agreed:
"Yes, Xingchen, you have to work harder. Your brother is still young, and our family is counting on you to compete with your brothers and sisters for the first place."
The other children in the Gu family suddenly felt that the meat in their mouths no longer tasted delicious.
You adults are just joking, why are we the ones who get hurt? Woohoo…
The whole Gu family laughed out loud at the expressions of the children.
It was not until this time that the Hu family and the eight soldiers finally realized that Mrs. Gu was joking from the beginning, and they couldn't help laughing.
Everybody was laughing. Guoguo sat in his father's arms, looking at this and that, blinking in confusion, and finally grinning: "Ha, ha, ha..."
Qian Xiaolan and the others were about to stop laughing, but when they saw Guoguo like this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter again.
That night, all the adults at the table laughed until their stomachs ached. Guoguo also laughed until he was tired and fell asleep in his father's arms.
The seven children who were already in school glared at Gu Xingyao with bitter faces.
Gu Xingyao completely ignored their gazes and continued to eat heartily until he put down his chopsticks when his stomach was no longer full.
He sighed and persuaded his brothers and sisters: "You are so stupid, grandma only mentioned rewards, but didn't mention punishment.
As for what my mother and aunts said, they were just joking. They are not the kind of people who care about every little thing. They certainly can't really torture us in various ways just to get some rewards from grandma, right?"
When Gu Xingyu and the others heard this, they immediately put the matter aside and started to grab the food.
Gu Xingyue shook her head and said nothing. She felt that what her cousin said was wrong.
The parents of other people would definitely not care, but regarding their academic performance, even though the sisters-in-law usually seem to be extremely harmonious, they are actually competing secretly in their hearts.
It’s just that even though they compete with each other, they all want to be better than each other, and it doesn’t affect family harmony.
Gu Dasao and the others heard what Gu Xingyao said. The sisters-in-law looked at each other, their eyes full of anticipation for a good show.
Qian Xiaolan mourned for the seven children for three seconds in her heart, and then started chatting and laughing with everyone again.
Everyone was very tired today, so the meal didn’t take too long and was over in just over half an hour.
Regarding the sleeping arrangements at night, Qian Xiaolan and Gu Yanqing meant to have my uncle and his family stay over there.
But Hu Laoshi refused.
"It's really inconvenient for us to go to you and Xiaolan's place.
You just need to take a few comrades back with you, and we can just squeeze in with your parents."
He had been there before. The newly built courtyard was very spacious, and every door was locked. It looked like it was not simple.
What should these rough guys do if they see something they shouldn’t see?
Seeing that her uncle was very persistent, Qian Xiaolan looked at Hu Gu Yujiao and the Hongmi sisters:
"If my uncle doesn't want to go, how about Yujiao and her two cousins to live there? Otherwise, there won't be enough room in our house."
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