When the two of them came in after finishing their business, the dishes had already been ordered. It was now dinner time and there were many guests in the state-owned restaurant, so the number of tables was limited. When Gong Linglong and the others came in, there was only one set of empty seats, so they invited Xiaolei and the others to sit at the same table.
Gong Linglong invited Cui Lanzhi to sit down, and then said to Gong Wantang, "Mom, untie the slings. They're hungry. Feed them first."
"good."
Gong Wantang untied the baby carrier and laid it loosely on her lap, her eyes filled with doting tenderness. "Normally, I don't feel tired carrying it at home, but now I'm carrying it out shopping and playing. It's so heavy, and my waist is sore."
"The three children are well-fed and healthy."
Cui Lanzhi had never seen children prettier than the triplets. Not only were they good-looking, they were also exceptionally clean and fair-skinned. They were prettier and more lovable than the dolls in New Year pictures.
Seeing Xu Jiayu sitting next to her taking care of the child skillfully, Cui Lanzhi asked, "Wantang, is this little comrade a relative of yours?"
"Yes, she's the granddaughter of my teacher, Professor Shui Tingyi. She's careful, hardworking, and sensible. We, mother and daughter, are taking care of three children, and sometimes we can't handle it all, so we asked her to come and help."
When Xu Jiayu saw the elders asking about her, she politely called out, "Hello, Auntie."
"Hello."
Cui Lanzhi didn't know the Shui family, but she knew that Gong Wantang graduated from the National Medical College and her teachers were all famous scholars in the country.
Gong Wantang chatted with her idly. Although Cui Lanzhi was talking to her, her eyes were mostly on Gong Linglong.
Gong Linglong had long noticed the emotion in the aunt's eyes, but she couldn't understand the deeper meaning. She could only be sure that she had no ill intentions. After thinking about it for a long time, she still couldn't guess her identity, so she planned to ask her mother after returning home.
Before the food came, the triplets "Ton Ton Ton" finished their respective bottles of milk, and licked their lips with satisfaction after finishing.
They actually don’t like to drink milk powder, but they like to drink the space well water used to make milk powder. The three little guys are all connoisseurs and can tell the source of the water just by smelling it.
"Mom, let me carry them to pee."
There were no nursing rooms back then, and no public toilets in the store. Gong Linglong took the baby out and found a tree. Seeing Dabao's face full of resistance, she pursed her lips and suppressed a smile: "Mingbao, pee, fertilize this sapling and help it grow strong."
Little Lu Chuming pursed his lips tightly, holding back, holding back, and continuing to hold back...
Her face turned red from holding it in.
"Don't hold it in. There are a lot of people passing by. Do you want everyone to come and watch you pee?" Gong Linglong used her trump card.
"Squeak... Lala..."
A stream of boy's urine spurted out.
Seeing him pee, Gong Linglong laughed non-stop. After he finished, she immediately put his diaper in his pocket, her voice thick with laughter. "The public restroom is still a long way away. It's dirty and smelly inside. It's not decent to pee under a tree trunk, but all kids do that nowadays. You're not an exception, so don't worry about being laughed at."
After he finished peeing, she immediately went back to the store and held Erbao and Xiaobao to help them pee one by one. At first they were very resistant, but finally they compromised under the killer move.
When she came in holding the baby, the food was ready. Cui Lanzhi, her mother and her two children brought the food and they ate together.
The conversation at the dinner table was all about trivial family matters, mainly between Gong Wantang and Cui Lanzhi, with Gong Linglong occasionally interjecting. Xu Jiayu, Xiaolei and Xiaoyue did not speak a word the entire time, all of them lowered their heads and ate in silence.
Today's meal was treated to by Gong Linglong. Cui Lanzhi wanted to pay after the meal, but she did not take it.
She had given a fifty-yuan gift before, which was equivalent to a month's salary. It was considered good for ordinary people to give one yuan.
After the two sides separated, Gong Linglong and the others also planned to go back. The triplets had just fallen asleep during dinner, so they didn't plan to go shopping in the afternoon, so they took them back early to rest.
After arriving home and putting the three children to sleep in their cribs, Gong Linglong asked, "Mom, who was that auntie today?"
Gong Wantang knew she would ask, and it wasn't impossible to answer, so she told her the truth: "Your aunt."
"ah?"
Gong Linglong thought about it over and over again, but she never expected that the person was her own aunt. Now she finally understood why the other person looked at her with such complicated eyes.
"Dear aunt, younger aunt, Cui Lanzhi."
Gong Wantang asked them to talk outside so as not to disturb the triplets' sleep. When they got outside, they started talking about the Cui family.
"Your father has five brothers and sisters. Your uncle Cui Ningyuan is the eldest, your father Cui Zhiyuan is the second oldest, your eldest aunt Cui Minzhi, your uncle Cui Mingyuan, and your youngest aunt Cui Lanzhi is the youngest in the family."
"The five of them have very different personalities. The eldest, the third, and the fourth get along well, but your father has a better relationship with your aunt."
She had never mentioned the Cui family's past to her before, but now that she was talking about it, Gong Wantang also spoke calmly about the Cui family, and the talk lasted for nearly half an hour.
Gong Linglong listened quietly without interrupting, and waited until she finished before speaking: "So, my father's character is fine, and his work and social skills are good, but his ability to handle family and marriage is not so good. He is also a very idealistic and upright person, which is different from his brothers and sisters in the Cui family."
Gong Wantang never said anything bad about Cui Zhiyuan, never belittled or denied him, and nodded: "Overall, he is a good person."
As for the two elders of the Cui family and the other three brothers and sisters, Gong Wantang did not give them a good review. After all, the national law had already convicted them, which was enough to show that they had bad character and could be classified as bad people.
"Mom, did you have a good relationship with Aunt Cui before?" Gong Linglong asked again.
"It's okay. When I married into the Cui family, she was already engaged. Two or three months later, she got married and moved into her husband's family. I only saw her once during festivals, so I didn't have much contact with her."
"She hasn't had an easy life these past few years. She's a miserable woman."
As the mother and daughter were discussing the Cui family's affairs, Xu Jiayu, who was listening nearby, rarely spoke up. "The Cui family's aunt was so badly hurt by her parents and siblings. She must hate them, right?"
"She must be hating it in her heart."
Cui Lanzhi has cut off contact with her natal family for nearly ten years. During this period, the two elders of the Cui family often came to her and confessed and complained to her, but she ignored them and continued to live an ordinary life with her children.
While they were talking about the Cui family, Cui Lanzhi's children were also asking about the mother and daughter of the Gong family. Cui Lanzhi did not hide it from them and told them Gong Linglong's identity.
Xiaolei and Xiaoyue didn't expect that the beautiful sister was their cousin, and the beautiful aunt was their former second aunt. They were now asking about their second uncle's divorce.
Although the younger generations on both sides got to know each other, they lived their own lives and did not take the initiative to contact each other afterwards.
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