With the arrival of Momo and Zhao Gege, the house became lively. Aunt An became even more excited. She complained that the dishes were not prepared enough, so she went to the refrigerator to find a lot of shrimps and meat, preparing to add some more dishes.
Zhao Gege and Momo were completely rude and ran to the kitchen to surround her. They each praised her and made Aunt An happy.
"Sister-in-law An, your cooking skills are great."
"Wow, this dish smells so good. I will eat two more bowls of rice later."
"Sister An, you are so awesome."
With their encouragement, Mrs. An rarely had the desire to show off, so she took out all her skills and cooked a few troublesome yet beautiful dishes.
Momo and Zhao Gege simply couldn't praise her enough.
Qiqi and Xiaotang stood guard outside, listening to all kinds of rainbow farts inside. They put their hands on their chins and said solemnly, "Brother, I think they are not good enough compared to Aunt Momo and the others."
"Well, we have to continue to make progress." Xiaotang looked solemn.
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Gu family's old house.
For such a large house, we started decorating it several days in advance. Red lanterns were hung outside, various window grilles were posted inside, and even the decorations were changed into festive red.
But even so, the whole house still looked deserted.
There were actually a lot of people in the Gu family's old house, but they all had their own agendas. When they were most noisy, they overturned the New Year's Eve dinner and everyone left unhappy.
Later, Gu Jingting came to power and directly drove away those people who were an eyesore, leaving only himself and the old lady to celebrate the New Year.
It's not noisy anymore, but it seems deserted and there's no New Year atmosphere at all.
Gu Jingting sat at the dinner table, eating the New Year's Eve dinner silently. The dull atmosphere made another person present sigh deeply, "Oh, this is a New Year's Eve..."
Gu Jingting paused slightly, as if waiting for the next step.
Sure enough, not long after, Mrs. Gu's voice sounded again, "Obviously I have a grandson-in-law and great-grandchildren, so why do I have to live so lonely?"
Gu Jingting didn't even raise his eyes, "Am I not a human being?"
"..."
Old Mrs. Gu was speechless for a long time by his words. Then she rolled her eyes and said angrily, "What I want is my grandson's wife, and my great-grandson. Who are you? What do I want from you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Jingting put down his chopsticks, stood up and said, "Since you don't welcome me, then I'll leave."
Old Mrs. Gu suddenly howled, "Oh, I'm an old man and I'm just despised by others. People who celebrate the Chinese New Year don't even want to have a meal with me."
The crying sound is very fake, but it works.
Gu Jingting stopped and looked back at her with helplessness in his eyes, "Just tell me what you want to do."
Mrs. Gu's plan succeeded and she immediately beamed, "We are eating at home, it's so deserted. Why not go to Qiao Qiao this year? She is so kind, she will definitely not refuse me."
A strange light flashed in Gu Jingting's eyes, and soon went dormant.
He paused for a moment and refused, "It's outrageous for us to disturb them when they are celebrating the New Year."
"What's so outrageous!" Old Mrs. Gu said resolutely, "I am her grandmother and the children's great-grandmother. What's wrong with celebrating the New Year together?"
As she said this, she walked out on crutches, "I have to go today, Lao Li, Lao Li! You prepare some New Year's goods for me, and I'll go to pay New Year's greetings in advance."
Lao Li quickly went to work.
Gu Jingting followed slowly, with a look of success in his eyes.
If he had shown willingness from the beginning, perhaps after Mrs. Gu realized what she was doing, she would have felt it was inappropriate, hesitated, and let it pass.
But if Gu Jingting objects, Mrs. Gu will definitely rebel and must go.
Following Mrs. Gu's instructions, Lao Li prepared a cart full of new year's goods, and then drove Gu Jingting and the old lady to Song Qiao's house.
On the way, Gu Jingting rubbed his brows helplessly and said, "Grandma, it's really unexpected for us to come to the door like this."
"What's the point!" Old Mrs. Gu said plausibly, "I am a lonely person and feel that it is too pitiful to eat at home. Why don't I want to liven things up?"
After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at Gu Jingting with an angry look, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't been so useless and hadn't kidnapped the person until now, would I have been so shy to get a meal?"
"I'm going to Qiao Qiao's house later. Remember to behave well, do you hear me?"
Gu Jingting was silent and looked reluctant.
It wasn't until Mrs. Gu pushed him hard that she responded slowly.
On New Year's Eve, there weren't many people picked up, and the car quickly arrived at Song Qiao's downstairs.
The old lady couldn't wait to get out of the car and went upstairs to find Song Qiao. Gu Jingting and Lao Li were carrying things and were half way behind. When they arrived, she had already knocked on the door of Song Qiao's house and was selling pitifully.
"Qiao Qiao, all the unscrupulous descendants of my family have not come back to eat with me this year." She lowered her head and wiped away non-existent tears, "I looked at the table full of food alone and couldn't eat it anymore, so I wanted to come here.
Yours, can you take the old lady in for one night?"
Song Qiao looked at the sudden appearance of Mrs. Gu, then followed the sound to the stairs, and saw the slender man slowly climbing up the stairs.
He was carrying a lot of New Year's goods that didn't match his image, and he had a helpless headache in his eyes.
Catching Song Qiao's gaze, he nodded lightly and said, "Sorry, the old lady forced her to come, but I didn't stop her."
After Gu Jingting finished speaking, he put the things in front of her, "If you find it inconvenient, I will take her back right now. These new year's goods are just an apology for disturbing us."
Mrs. Gu waited for him to finish, and finally seemed to realize that she was a little presumptuous.
She sighed and retracted her hand at a loss, "Yes, Jing Ting is right, New Year's Eve should have been spent as a family, but I was too impulsive."
"You guys eat, I'll go back first."
As Mrs. Gu spoke, she turned around slowly, looking very desolate.
Looking at this look, let alone Song Qiao, even Gu Jingting felt a little distressed.
But before this emotion lasted long, he saw Mrs. Gu turning her back to Song Qiao and winking at him, with a sly look that made Gu Jingting speechless for a moment.
The old lady's acting skills are simply superb. If she doesn't win an award in the entertainment industry, she will be sorry.
Song Qiao was directly beaten to the point of losing the ability to think by Mrs. Gu's operation. Seeing her like this, she subconsciously called her out, "Grandma, please stay and eat."
Mrs. Gu immediately turned around with a happy expression, "Is it really okay?"
Song Qiao actually regretted saying it.
The main thing was that she couldn't invite the old lady in alone and turn Gu Jingting away, but now she couldn't go back on her words and had no choice but to nod.
She said, "It's the Chinese New Year. There are so many people and it happens that Sister An has cooked a lot of food today. Let's eat together."
