When Gu Nian heard her mother's serious question, she choked for a moment, then shrugged and replied casually: "It's nothing, it's just that she doesn't like her. Doesn't she also dislike me? People who are good at studying dislike each other.
of."
"It's because you don't like her first. Every time you see her, she keeps her mouth shut and her face slumped, as if she owes you two hundred and fifty. Your cousin is too lazy to be familiar with you, so she deliberately avoids you.
Why did you end up here?
Does she dislike you?" Qin Mo pinched Gu Nian's face, feeling angry and funny, and said, "Tell me, what's wrong with your cousin that makes you dislike her? Just because she is prettier than you.
Is reading better than you?"
"Mom! Have you ever hurt your daughter like this?" When Gu Nian heard her mother's words, she lost her composure and almost cried out of anger, "I'm still not your biological child, am I? You picked it up casually on the roadside, right?
?How can you be like you? You treat other people’s daughters like flowers, while your own daughter is reduced to a dog’s tail!”
"Don't try to change the subject." Qin Mo ignored her accusation and stared at her, "Tell mom, what's going on between you and your cousin? I remember that you loved playing with your cousin when you were little.
You pestered me to take you to your aunt's house, and then your aunt's family came to our house to celebrate your birthday on your eighth birthday. After that, you never mentioned going to your aunt's house to play with your cousin again."
After a pause, Qin Mo looked into Gu Nian's eyes with a serious expression and asked in a serious tone: "Did you hide something from me? After your aunt and others came home that night, did you hide in your room and cry?"
The next morning, your eyes are still red and swollen. Tell your mother..."
Gu Nian interrupted with a smile: "Mom, you really are overthinking. I received so many gifts for my birthday and ate such a delicious cake. Tantan bought it for me that time with the New Year's money she had saved for a year.
It’s a learning machine. I was so happy that I couldn’t sleep all night. If I didn’t get a good rest, my eyes would definitely be red and swollen the next day.”
After saying that, she turned her face away and looked away, with an unclear expression on her face.
More than ten years had passed, and the events at that time had become very blurry in her mind. If her mother hadn't suddenly mentioned that cousin, Gu Nian would have forgotten all about it.
However, even if more than ten years have passed, and even if the incident has gradually faded over time, it actually happened, and there is no doubt about it.
Therefore, for more than ten years, she has not wanted to see that cousin.
As for the reason, she couldn't tell her mother.
Worried that her mother would continue to ask questions, Gu Nian pointed to the steaming steamer and said, "It's been more than twenty minutes?"
Qin Mo knew that his daughter didn't want to talk, so no matter how hard he pressed, he couldn't find out why. When he heard his daughter change the topic, he followed her words and said, "Well, steaming it for two more minutes won't affect the taste.
"
With that said, he turned off the fire.
Gu Nian walked around the kitchen and found two clean towels in her hands. She turned on the faucet and wet the towels. Then she walked to the steamer, shook the wet towels in her hands, and said, "You can remove it."
Is the pot ready?"
After saying that, without waiting for her mother to reply, she wrapped her hands in a wet towel and planned to open the lid of the steamer.
Qin Mo turned around, his face turned pale with fright, and he called out to her urgently: "Don't open it yet!"
As soon as Gu Nian's hand touched the pot and touched a trace of heat, she was so frightened by her mother's roar that she quickly took her hand back and turned to look at her mother in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"You silly boy, why are you so big-hearted!" Qin Mo looked sullenly, grabbing the wet towel in his hand and scolded sternly: "I just turned off the fire, didn't you see the steaming heat?
If you open the lid of the pot now, the heat will burn your little arms, believe it or not?"
Gu Nian raised her hand guiltily and pointed at the two wet towels that her mother had snatched away, "I have taken protective measures so I can't burn my hands."
Speaking of this, Qin Mo became even more angry, threw the wet towel on the glass table, turned pale with anger, and said: "There are still protective measures! The heat is so hot, what use is the wet towel? You are still alive.
If it gets wrapped around your hands, it will be so hot that you can’t shake it off even if you want to.”
Gu Nian rarely saw her mother so angry. She knew how dangerous her behavior just now was, and she didn't dare to refute her when she was scolded. She felt so guilty that she could only shrink her neck, lower her head and admit her mistake obediently.
Qin Mo was scared and angry. He scolded his daughter a few times but still couldn't calm down. He couldn't help but said: "Look at you like this. You don't have any common sense in life. You are not even half as good as your cousin."
Gu Nian's face was very ugly, and she felt aggrieved. Her eyes were sore and red, and tears were rolling in her eyes. She held it back again and again, but couldn't hold it back from falling.
She kept her head down so her mother didn't see her.
Qin Mo scolded a few more words. Seeing that Gu Nian kept his head down and said nothing, he suddenly waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go out to the living room and watch TV. I will pick out the dumplings and steamed buns in a while and put them on the plate. Wait.
You can come in and get it later."
Gu Nian let out a low "hmm", then turned around and walked out of the kitchen with an unclear expression.
When she was about to reach the door, her mother suddenly stopped and said, "Wait a minute! Take this plate of spring rolls out first. Let them dry for a while before you can eat them. They won't taste as good if they are left too cold."
