The Rebirth of Space: the Lucky Girl From a Farm Family

Chapter 5 Looking on with cold eyes

Gu Chengnan looked at his third aunt awkwardly, saw Mr. Wan sitting expressionless, and then looked at his grandfather.

Gu Huaidong seemed not to have heard Wang's words. He stopped holding the chopsticks and said in a deep voice: "Eat."

Gu Chengnan glared at Wang Xiu'e and said solemnly: "I can't even stop your mouth if I eat."

Wang Xiu'e turned her head and stared back, and said with a straight face: "What are you yelling at? What did I say wrong? Huh? It's obvious that my grandfather is partial. I'm just expressing everyone's dissatisfaction."

Wanshi said to Gu Huaidong: "Dad, otherwise, the medicine will not be taken, right?"

Gu Huayu turned to look at her mother-in-law, and felt sad when she saw her mother-in-law speaking carelessly.

 with my dad in Beijing to take exams many years ago. My father didn’t want to talk more about what happened back then. He was afraid that only my grandfather would know about my mother’s condition.

“Doctor Hu said that Xiaofeng’s medicine cannot be stopped.” Gu Dechang’s voice sounded at the door.

Everyone turned to look at the door and saw Gu Dechang standing outside the door with a sullen face, followed by Gu Chengzi, Gu Chengtong, Gu Chenggui and Gu Chengliang.

The young men first said hello to Gu Huaidong, then to Gu Defang, Gu Dehai, Qin and Fang.

Gu Huaidong nodded, "It's time for school, put down your schoolbag, wash your hands and eat."

 The children turned around to put away their school bags.

When Wang saw Gu Dechang coming back, he lowered his head to eat and did not dare to say anything more.

Everyone lowered their heads to eat. For a moment, the only sounds in the room were the clinking of chopsticks and bowls.

 After a while, Gu Defang was the first to put down the bowl.

 Gu Huaidong glanced at Gu Defang, who was about to stand up, and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Defang. The whole family is here, and I have a few words to say. Those who have eaten will go to the main room to sit down and wait for everyone."

 After hearing what Gu Huaidong said, everyone nodded and said yes.

Gu Chengnan glared at Wang Xiu'e again with a sullen face.

Wang Xiu'e ignored Gu Chengnan's dissatisfaction and was secretly happy that the old man finally stopped pretending to be deaf and dumb.

　　She has been holding back what she said today for a long time and wanted to express it quickly.

Gu Defang's eyes were full of worry, "Dad..."

 Gu Huaidong stood up with his hands on the table and said calmly: "It's better to talk about it than to hold it in and sulk."

After hearing what his grandfather said, Gu Chengnan's face felt hot and he stood up to help Gu Huaidong.

Gu Huaidong glanced sideways at Gu Chengnan, sighed slightly, and let Gu Chengnan help him to the main room.

Gu Huayu watched with cold eyes and saw everything in her eyes. In that life, the scene in front of her never appeared.

She remembered that by lunch that day, her family had not seen her mother when they came home, so they all went out to look for her.

By the time they found her, she had already gone. Everyone carried her back and was busy taking care of the funeral arrangements.

 Since then, she has been immersed in the grief of losing her mother and has no time to pay attention to other people's thoughts.

 Hence, she didn’t know that Wang had deep resentment towards Sanfang.

As a person of three generations, Gu Huayu felt that Wang's behavior was humane and she did not blame Wang.

To be fair, Sanfang really drags everyone down.

Seeing Gu Huayu in a daze, Gu Chengjuan said softly: "Xiaoyu, let's not worry about the adults' matters and hurry up and eat."

Gu Huayu glanced at Gu Chengjuan and nodded, "Thank you, second sister, I don't have to."

After finishing speaking, Gu Huayu lowered her head to finish the rice in the bowl, put down the bowl and chopsticks and said, "Second sister, are you done eating? Let's go to the main room too."

Wan didn't want her daughter to get involved, so she said before Gu Chengjuan could speak: "Have you eaten, Xiaoyu? After you finish eating, go back to your room and rest."

Wang Xiu'e picked up a handful of shredded potatoes and put it in her mouth. She looked at Wan and said, "Why don't you take a rest? You're talking too much. Third aunt asked her to listen."

Gu Huayu saw Mrs. Wan looking at Mrs. Wang with a sullen expression and was about to speak. She hurriedly pulled Wanshi's sleeve and said, "Mom, what the second sister-in-law said is good. I'll go and listen to it too."

Wan Shi turned to look at Gu Huayu and said warmly: "Children, don't get involved in these things. Be obedient and go to the house to rest. Dad and mom are responsible for everything."

Gu Huayu rested her head on Wanshi's shoulder and said softly and coquettishly: "Auntie, daughters always have to grow up. When they grow up, they have to face things that go wrong, right?"

Wanshi's body froze, and after a moment of silence, she nodded and said, "Okay, Xiaoyu, let's go and listen too."

Gu Huayu smiled and bowed to Wanshi, "Thank you, Mom! My daughter went over first."

After finishing speaking, Gu Huayu stood up, bowed towards Qin and Fang, and went to the main room with Gu Chengjuan.

Mrs. Qin looked at Gu Huayu who was leaving and said, "Why do I feel that Xiaoyu has changed?"

Fang turned to look at Gu Huayu who was leaving, nodded affirmatively and said, "Xiaoyu has become more talkative today, and her voice is much louder."

Wanshi paused as she put away the bowl. She looked up at her daughter and saw that her daughter had really changed.

After listening to the conversation between Qin and Fang, Gu Huayu turned to Qin and Fang and smiled.

Gu Huaidong saw Gu Dechang coming, pointed to the seat next to Gu Defang, and motioned for him to sit.

Then he raised his head and looked at Gu Chengjuan, "Chengjuan, go and ask your third aunt to come over and sit down first. We'll clean up in the kitchen later."

Gu Chengjuan was ordered to get up and go to the kitchen.

 After a while, Mrs. Wan came to the main room while wiping her hands on her apron.

When Gu Huaidong saw that everyone was here, he cleared his throat and said, "Except for the fourth child, everyone in the family is here. You might as well tell me what you think."

As soon as Gu Huaidong finished speaking, Gu Chengnan took over, "Grandpa..."

Seeing Gu Chengnan speak first, Mrs. Wang secretly thought that it was bad, the dead ghost was trying to make peace again.

So Wang quickly stood up and interrupted Gu Chengnan, "Grandpa, as the head of the family, we don't ask you to always be fair in everything. But we ask you not to be too partial. Your bowl of water will always be balanced. In my heart, It will be comfortable, right?"

After Wang finished speaking, she leaned forward to look at everyone. Her eyes fell on Guan first. Guan lowered her head and picked at the mud in her nails without looking up at her.

 Wang secretly scolded Guan for being hypocritical!

"Wang..." Gu Chengnan turned to glare at Wang.

Wang raised her chin and interrupted Gu Chengnan's words. "What's wrong with me? Huh? I'm not telling the truth?

Our family is scrimping on food and clothing, and the whole family is trying to help my third uncle in his scientific research. What results will we get? Sanfang has three medicine jars. How much money does it cost to get medicine for Sanfang every year?

Also, Xiaoyu, eldest sister, and Chengjuan are both girls. Sister, Chengjuan has been doing things since she was a child, but she speaks in a whisper. She is raised like a young lady from a rich family. She doesn’t do or talk about anything. She also learns calligraphy and reading. How much money does she spend on pen and ink every month? "

 There was silence in the main room.

Gu Huayu looked at Wang with a half-smile.

 There was nothing wrong with what Wang said, she told the truth. Gu Hua almost admired her for what she said.

Gu Chengjuan looked at Gu Huayu awkwardly, and said to Mrs. Wang: "It's not that Xiaoyu doesn't do things, Xiaoyu has been weak since she was a child..."

Wang glared at Gu Chengjuan angrily and cursed in a low voice, "You idiot who doesn't understand." Then she raised her voice and said, "Weak? Xiaoyu is one year younger than you, right? She is so weak that she is more than half a head taller than you. Come on? Am I blind?"

 (End of this chapter)