The big issue of the house was resolved, and Yuan Ping and Hong Qin put down their hearts. When they went to Gu Xi's house for the New Year's Eve dinner, they brought two bottles of wine to celebrate together. However, the Gu family members were good at everything else, but their drinking capacity was really touching. After two glasses, Gu Weiguo passed out and was sent to the room.
Gu Chao was almost exhausted too. He sat at the table and grinned foolishly: "Xixi, it's great that you're back. I felt so sad after you went to the countryside. I always felt that I should have been the one to take the lead and that I didn't fulfill my obligations as a brother. Fortunately, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I saved a big red envelope for you and will give you a surprise when you come back.
Gu Xi was somewhat touched and found it funny: "When you sober up, it won't be a surprise anymore, it will become a shock."
Chen Minhua held Gu Xi's hand and smiled: "After you went to the countryside, our family felt as if the sky had fallen. If you were not doing well, our whole family would have gone to take care of you. Fortunately, you are doing well."
Gu Xi leaned on her mother's shoulder: "Oh, I'm so happy."
Wang Xu stood up, pulled Gu Chao up and sent him to the room: "Fortunately it's not Gu Chao who came."
Yuan Ping couldn't drink much either, so she and Gu Xi drank soda: "Wang Xu is the biggest winner, this is fate."
Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, several people put on new clothes and went to Uncle Qian and Aunt Wen's homes to pay New Year's greetings as juniors.
Aunt Wen prepared a few red envelopes. When she saw Gu Xi, Wang Xu, and Tian Congbao for the first time, she stared at Wang Xu for a long time: "This young man is handsome. His face is much more handsome than my husband when he was young. His physique, oh, his arms are muscular."
Gu Xi watched from the side and laughed non-stop: "I didn't expect Aunt Wen to be so knowledgeable. Wang Xu also has abdominal muscles. I spotted him at first sight in the crowd."
Wang Xu retorted speechlessly: "I haven't worked for a long time, and my abdominal muscles are almost gone."
Uncle Qian hummed jealously, "Your Aunt Wen has always liked looking at handsome guys since she was a child. I was the most handsome guy in this area, so she followed me all day long. Later, she succeeded. Now that she sees how handsome Xiao Wang is, she must hate herself for not being fifty years younger."
Aunt Wen hit Uncle Qian with another iron palm: "What are you saying on New Year's Day? Don't scare people."
Uncle Qian covered his painful spot and smiled: "I was just kidding."
Gu Xi felt that the atmosphere was very pleasant. The two old men were so open-minded that they would definitely be comfortable with each other in the future. "Uncle Qian was wrong. He said something so untrue."
Aunt Wen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Gu Xi, really? You are so interesting, no wonder Xiao Yuan kept praising you, and you are very brave and decisive, you just take down the handsome guy when you see him."
Gu Xi understood the deep meaning of Aunt Wen's words and hugged Wang Xu's neck: "He is responsible for the beauty, and I am responsible for making money to support the family. However, the money for buying a house and so on is his. He is a potential stock."
Uncle Qian teased and caught up with the topic in Gu Xi's words: "Gu Xi, you know about stocks at such a young age?"
Gu Xi was startled, realizing that she had let something slip when she spoke, but she quickly calmed down: "I heard a little bit. When I was learning English by myself, I read some foreign news."
Uncle Qian couldn't help but look at Gu Xi with new eyes: "I didn't expect the little girl to be so talented. She can also speak English. It seems that I haven't been out much since I came back this time. I didn't expect that young people nowadays are so outstanding. They are really better than their predecessors."
"Self-improvement is always the most important thing. Improving yourself is always the most important thing. Didn't we learn in elementary school that you can keep learning throughout your life?" Gu Xi blurted out a motivational short quote from when she was in school and found an excuse for herself.
Uncle Qian is not only surprised that Gu Xi can speak English, but also surprised by her standard pronunciation: "My spoken English before I went abroad was not as standard as yours. How do you achieve such standard pronunciation? Do you have any foreign friends?"
Gu Xi could only bite the bullet and lie: "My classmate has an older sister who came back from abroad. She often taught us and we mastered the pronunciation of the phonetic symbols."
Wang Xu saw Gu Xi's embarrassment and tried to change the subject: "Didn't Uncle Qian and Aunt Wen's children come back to celebrate the New Year together?"
Aunt Wen was very open-minded and had no complaints at all: "They don't have holidays abroad, they are busy with work. My two granddaughters came back for the New Year. The older one is 23 and the younger one is 14. When they came back, they didn't accompany us two old people. They just went out to play."
Uncle Qian mentioned his two granddaughters and sighed, "The older one was raised by us, luckily she went abroad when she was older, while the younger one went abroad when she was two or three years old. Now she has her own ideas and none of the family can do anything about her. She keeps talking about autonomy and freedom."
Gu Xi thought it was quite interesting: "I think I can get along with him. I like this kind of free-spirited personality."
Aunt Wen was very happy and felt that it would be much safer to have Gu Xi accompany her: "If you can play with them, I will feel much more at ease."
Before she finished speaking, the voices of her two granddaughters came from the door. Aunt Wen opened the door, but was shocked by the scene in front of her: "Chenchen, what happened to you? Xiaojing, why are you so embarrassed?"
Everyone in the room who was originally chatting and laughing turned their heads to look outside. Qian Chen's hair was disheveled, his cheeks were bruised and his lips were broken, and he was wrapped in a military coat. Qian Jing's skirt was also wrinkled, and she followed her sister with red eyes.
Qian Chen didn't say anything. Qian Jing couldn't help crying, "Grandma, we met some bad guys. Six or seven men grabbed my sister and me. We struggled hard and were almost dragged to a small alley. Fortunately, two policemen helped us catch the bad guys."
Aunt Wen hugged her two granddaughters distressedly, and looked up to see two men in military uniforms standing behind her: "Are you the military comrades who helped us? Thank you."
"You're welcome. It's just a small favor. The two girls were frightened and we were afraid they might get into trouble again on the way, so we escorted them back. We'll leave once they're safely home."
A familiar voice came from the door. Gu Xi walked a few steps outside in confusion and saw Yue Hongming and Wang Jinlin behind him.
"Uncle, Yue Hongming, why are you in Shanghai? Do you have a mission?"
Hearing Gu Xi's voice, Wang Jinlin was very excited: "Gu Xi, why are you here? Yue Hongming and I came here specifically to spend the New Year with you, but we didn't know you were not at home. The neighbors said you went to your new house to celebrate the New Year. This is embarrassing for us because we don't even know where the new house is."
Wang Xu also hurried to the door to greet you: "Uncle, we didn't know you were coming to celebrate the New Year, and we didn't know the address so we didn't write it in the letter. Fortunately, it wasn't a wasted trip."
Aunt Wen looked at the people and recognized them: "The two officers are Gu Xi's relatives? What a coincidence, hurry in and sit down, I will take my granddaughter to the room to change clothes first."
Uncle Qian was also distressed, and kept muttering behind them: "Oh, how could you run into bad guys? I told you to wear more clothes, but you had to wear skirts in the middle of winter. You must have been targeted by bad guys."
Qian Chen turned around and immediately retorted: "This is the bad guy's problem. How can you blame me for wearing a skirt? What's wrong with me wearing a skirt? Does the law prohibit me from wearing one?"
Qian Jing also echoed: "Grandpa, your remarks are wrong. You should praise us for our bravery and comfort us instead of blaming us."
Uncle Qian also realized that he had said something wrong: "I said something wrong. I apologize. Sorry."
Seeing the two people looking embarrassed and aggrieved, Gu Xi walked over to help and said, "Uncle Qian, you are blaming the victim. Everyone has the freedom to dress in whatever way they want. It's not a reason for evil people to do evil. Go take a hot bath first. It's cold outside and you're frightened."
Qian Chen and Qian Jing looked at Gu Xi curiously. Aunt Wen introduced them to each other: "This is Gu Xi, the new neighbor who is about the same age as Qian Chen. Go and clean up, and we'll talk later."
Qian Chen and Gu Xi nodded and greeted each other, then went upstairs to their room, while Aunt Wen followed Qian Jing back to her room to help.
Uncle Qian stood there and sighed, "I don't blame them. They just blurted out their words without thinking."
Gu Xi patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay, Uncle Qian. They understand and are not angry. They are just talking to you very calmly. Don't worry about it. It's okay."
Yue Hongming also spoke up: "Both girls were very brave, especially the older sister, who didn't cry the whole time and protected her younger sister's emotions. She was also very calm when she told the police what happened. The younger sister was young and was frightened and cried briefly, but she also stayed beside her sister and didn't make a scene."
Uncle Qian felt very distressed and guilty: "It's true that one never stops learning. I want to learn from you. You are all calmer than me."
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