After Gu Weiqiang went out, Gu Dongdong looked at the door eagerly and turned back, "Sister, do you think mom will come back in the future?"
Gu Anan shook her head and spoke after a long while, "Do you want mom to come back?"
"Yes? Not yet."
"Mom favors my second sister. It's also good for dad to be a mother. Just be good to my sister." The little kid scratched his head. This was a serious question, which obviously stumped him. His answer was a little messy and incoherent, but Gu Anan understood that in this child's heart, as long as dad was good to her and was their mother, the child in front of him would be willing.
Gu Anan was an only child and had no brothers or sisters. The child's messy words made Gu Anan feel warm inside. She said, "Dongdong, close your eyes."
Gu Dongdong listened to Gu Anan the most. As soon as she said that, the little kid closed his eyes immediately.
Gu Anan suddenly found a candy in her palm. She peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into Gu Dongdong's mouth, saying, "Close your mouth, don't spit it out."
The little kid was about to spit it out and give half to his sister.
Hearing his sister fiercely asking him to shut up, his mouth closed reflexively.
Gu Anan's big eyes narrowed into a line and curved into a crescent moon. She was happy, "Is it sweet?" She felt that seeing the child in front of her eating candy made her happier than eating candy herself.
Gu Dongdong was reluctant to open his mouth, fearing that the sweet taste in his mouth would disappear, and his speech was unclear, "Meh... Really meh..."
This little look made Anan laugh, and the two siblings started to play around.
"Dinner is ready!" Wang Daying was shouting outside.
Gu Anan jumped out of bed when she heard it. Before leaving, she asked Gu Dongdong to open his mouth to see if the candy had melted. She told him, "Don't tell anyone else that you ate candy!"
Gu Dongdong nodded like pounding garlic and licked his lips, "No, I didn't eat anything."
"So smart."
The brother and sister went to the main room hand in hand. The table in the main room was now full of people.
Except for the fourth room, there were three people missing. Tang Lanzhi took Gu Wanwan to the provincial capital. Gu Weiqiang had not been seen since he left the west room. His family was used to him not being at home.
Everyone else was here.
Oh! By the way, the family of Gu An'an's third uncle Gu Weimin is not in Gujia Village. They now live in the county town and work as carpenters. Gu Weimin has been very good at hands-on work since he was a child. After graduating from elementary school, he had no intention of studying, so he went to the county town to learn carpentry from a carpenter. He was smart and hardworking, and was very much liked by the old master. The old master had only one daughter-in-law, and he treated Gu Weimin as a half-son. Later, when the old master passed away, he made a request, hoping that Gu Weimin could be the son-in-law of the old Li family.
The reason was that his family had only one daughter-in-law, and he had saved money all his life. If he let the daughter-in-law marry someone else, he would not feel at ease. Only his own closed disciple was the most reassuring.
Gu Weimin remembered the kindness of his old teacher, and he also had a secret friendship with his teacher's daughter Li Yue'e, so it was natural for them to be together. When he said that he was the son-in-law of the old Li family, it caused a sensation in the whole Gujia Village.
After all, in this era, any family with better conditions would not let their sons be sons-in-law.
Especially since the old Gu family was a well-known family in Gujia Village, this was even more embarrassing for the old man.
But Gu Weimin was a sentimental man. In order to marry Li Yue'e, he made a fuss at home for a long time. Later, Zhou Aiju felt sorry for him and he relented.
However, after giving in, Gu Weimin settled down in the county. The carpenter shop of Lao Li was well-known in this generation. It was passed down from generation to generation.
Therefore, when the Gu family had meals, only the old man Gu and Zhou Aiju, the eldest wife Gu Weiguo, Zhao Junyan and their youngest son Gu Ping'an, who was ten years old this year, two years older than Gu Dongdong, came to eat.
Logically, the child of the eldest brother Gu Weiguo should be the oldest among the brothers, but when Gu Weiguo was young, he broke his leg while climbing a tree to get bird eggs. He was unable to get timely treatment, so he became a cripple. As a result, no one was willing to marry him when he was talking about marriage. It was not until Gu
Weiguo was in his thirties that he met Zhao Junyan, who was fleeing from the war, and then he got married and started a family.
Gu Weiguo was dull and silent, and Zhao Junyan was usually not talkative. The ten-year-old Gu Ping'an was a little timid because of the two of them. He didn't dare to see anyone, and he didn't even dare to speak loudly. The family of three sat at the edge of the table, each holding a bowl, and didn't dare to start eating before the old man spoke.
Sitting behind Grandpa Gu were the second son's family, Gu Weifu and Wang Daying, and the second son's three sons, the eldest Gu Shu, the second Gu Dan, and the third Gu Shuang. The oldest Gu Shu was 20 years old this year and was studying in a high school in the county town, but he was a repeater.
Gu Dan and Gu An'an were the same age, both 16, but Gu Dan was not a student. Like Gu Weimin, he liked to tinker with things. The tables, chairs and benches at home were basically made by Gu Dan after he went to the county town and came back.
Gu Shuang is Gu Weiguo's youngest son, the most favored one, and the little tyrant of the Gu family. The stars in the sky would be picked and given to him. Today, Gu Weiguo went to the river, broke a hole in the ice, and brought back two big grass carps. It was a rare fishy experience for the family. Gu Shuang's eyes were eager to stick to the grass carps in the big basin and swallow all the delicious fish.
When Gu An'an led Gu Dongdong out, there were two empty seats on the right side of the old lady, which were obviously reserved for Gu An'an and her brother.
She roughly scanned the seats on the dining table and had an idea in mind.
In addition to her parents and Gu Wanwan, there was also her uncle's family. However, there were not many people at the table, with twelve people sitting scattered around. There were not many types of dishes on the table, but the quantity was sufficient. There was a pot of winter radish and a large pot of pickled fish. mulberry used to pickle the pickled cabbage, it was all made by An An alone. She went to the mountains to pickle wild snow mulberry. Pickling pickled cabbage with snow mulberry had a particularly good sour taste and was chewy.
Not to mention, when An An looked at the large pot of pickled fish, her mouth was full of saliva.
As soon as the siblings appeared in the main hall, Wang Daying said, "An'an, I'm not saying anything bad about you. After all, the people sitting here are all elders. It's really rude to let all these elders wait for you two. You can't say that after your mother left, you don't even know how to show respect to your elders."
In Gu An'an's impression, Wang Daying always thought that Tang Lanzhi was a cultured person who was superior to her captain's wife. In addition, Zhou Aiju always favored the fourth family, and Wang Daying didn't like the fourth room's children.
Although Gu Dongdong was young, he knew that what the second aunt said was not good, so he subconsciously hid behind Gu An'an.
Gu An'an pinched the little hand that Xiao Douding was holding tightly, without even looking at Wang Daying, and turned to Zhou Aiju, with a pleasing face, "Grandma, Dongdong and I came late, it's our fault, this biggest fish, let me treat it as your granddaughter to make up for your sins." As she said that, she took the chopsticks and directly picked up a piece of fish with the least bones and the most fish meat from the basin and put it in Zhou Aiju's bowl. Of course, she didn't leave out Grandpa Gu either. If she remembered correctly, Grandpa liked to eat fish belly, especially with a little fat on it, it was so delicious when he took a bite.
She smiled, "Grandpa, you should eat more too, this fish belly melts in your mouth, it's so delicious." This is the truth, Grandpa's teeth have fallen out a long time ago, and he can't eat hard food. This kind of soft fish belly is the most suitable for him.
The old man's displeasure caused by Wang Daying faded a little, and his face looked a little better.
As for Wang Daying...
An'an, she never took her seriously from the beginning to the end.
Sure enough, when Wang Daying, who was ignored, was about to make a scene, Zhou Aiju put her chopsticks on the table and said, "If you keep making noise, get out." The old lady was not joking when she got angry. The money in the family was in the hands of the old lady. If she was biased, who knows how much money would leak out of her hands to the fourth room.
Wang Daying forgot that the money in the old lady's hands was basically given by the fourth son Gu Weiqiang and the third son Gu Weimin.
There are four brothers in the Gu family. The eldest brother works on the farm all year round and has little money. Although the second brother is the team leader, he is still a repeater in high school in the county. In addition, he has to hire a teacher for extra lessons. There are also two younger brothers, one is an apprentice in the county and the other is in school.
Gu was able to study in high school in the county entirely with the financial support of his uncles.
This is because the family has not been divided and everyone lives together. If the family is divided one day, how can there be such a good life?
Wang Daying was about to grumble a few more words, but Gu Weifu, who was sitting next to him, kicked him and cursed, "You bitch, keep talking nonsense, be careful or I'll beat you out."
Secretary Gu lowered his head, as if he didn't see it and completely forgot that Wang Daying usually loved him and Gu Shuang the most.
Fortunately, Gu Shuangxiao knew to protect Wang Daying, "Dad, I want to eat fish, the biggest one."
Gu Weifu loved this youngest child the most. He was smart like him and could cry. He directly picked up a large piece of fish from the bowl and put it into Gu Shuang's bowl, "Eat it."
Gu Shuang wiped the snot that was about to drip into the bowl and sniffed it away, making that sound.
Gu An'an suddenly lost his appetite.
Even the pickled fish that made her drool before was a little bland.
Although An An had lost her appetite, others did! After the meal started, everyone was scrambling to see who could swallow faster and who could pick up food more accurately with chopsticks.
Especially Wang Daying, her protective look made Gu An An dumbfounded.
She, a mother, was snatching food from her child? ? ?
But everyone was used to it.
Gu An An divided the piece of fish that Zhou Aiju gave her with chopsticks into two portions, one in Gu Dongdong's bowl and the other for Gu Ping An.
To be honest, the fish on the table was caught by Gu Weiguo, who was not afraid of the cold, from the river to feed his wife and An'an. However, his son, Gu Ping'an, stared at the fish in the basin with his eyes wide open, drooling, but did not dare to pick up the chopsticks. Gu Weiguo and Zhao Junyan thought that as adults, there was no need to compete with the children for the fish, so they just had a bowl of fish soup to drink. When the old lady divided the fish, each of them had a piece. Gu Ping'an was a boy of more than ten years old, and he was growing up, so he was very greedy. The little fish he got was just enough to fill his teeth.
So Gu Ping'an suffered.
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