Zhan Aiping and his wife cooked a table full of food and called Gu Xiangyi to come for dinner. Gu Xiangyi was already hungry. The whole house was filled with the aroma of rice and vegetables. This was a scene that had never happened in the Gu family before. Gu Xiangyi felt as if he was in a state-owned restaurant.
Unfortunately, this is not a state-owned restaurant, but the home of her younger brother Gu Sheng. She has five older brothers, four of whom are unmarried, and she only has a brother and sister-in-law. This is the first time she has experienced this special feeling of home.
It was already dark, and Zhan Aiping turned on the light. The light in the room was not very bright, but it illuminated the table full of delicious food, which made people salivate.
In the middle is the chicken soup stewed with cordyceps flowers. The soup is thick and has a layer of yellow fat floating on it. The chicken pieces are dyed with the orange-red color of the cordyceps flowers. The braised pork next to it is rich in sauce. The meat pieces are full of sauce and are bright red. The fat and lean parts are alternated. If you look carefully, you can also smell the fragrance of star anise. The other pickled fish is a beautiful milky white color. The sourness of the soup makes people's appetite open. There is no fish meat, and the floating pickled cabbage is dotted in the milky fish soup...
What Gu Xiangyi couldn't help but take a few more glances at was the dish of fried bracken with bacon. A lot of dried chilies were added to it, and it smelled so pungent and tempting that even the juice turned red. Just by looking at it, you could tell how delicious it was with rice.
The most fragrant thing was the cured meat rice cooked by her sister-in-law. Gu Xiangyi had never known that cooked rice could be so fragrant before. The tempting aroma of the rice kept drilling into her nose, making people unbearable. It was like a few gluttonous worms flowing down the tip of her nose and into her stomach, making a huge mess.
Gu Sheng put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Try your sister-in-law's cooking."
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
She glanced at her brother's face, and then, without hesitation, stretched out a chopstick to pick up the bracken. It was amazing. The slightly dried bracken had no excess moisture and was slightly smooth to chew. It was also blended with the salty, fragrant and spicy flavor of chili and bacon. This plate of fried bracken alone was enough to go with rice.
Gu Xiangyi's chopsticks kept moving to try other things: the pickled fish was delicious, the braised pork was delicious, the braised pork ribs with potatoes were also delicious... The cured meat rice in the bowl was so delicious that it made him want to bite his tongue off.
Gu Xiangyi did not say anything either, but he wielded a pair of chopsticks with great vigor. This was a skill acquired by the Gu family. Whenever their family went to a state-owned restaurant to eat, they had to snatch food from the table.
Like her, Gu Xiangyi, who has five gluttonous brothers above her. These gluttonous brothers have no brotherly love at all. She wants to "snatch food from the tiger's mouth" from under the gluttonous brothers' chopsticks. Her eyes and techniques are all trained!
Gu Xiangyi is also an expert in grabbing food in the Gu family.
The food on the field disappeared very quickly, so fast that Gu Sheng couldn't bear to watch it anymore. He put a few chopsticks of food into Zhan Aiping's bowl and said, "Hey, Gu Xiangyi, do you have the consciousness of being a guest? Leave some for your sister-in-law."
Zhan Aiping was now slowly drinking the cordyceps flower chicken soup. The soup was delicious, the cordyceps flowers in it were sweet and crispy, and the chicken was especially fresh and sweet.
This local chicken is not dry at all, the meat and bones are almost separated, there is no need to bite, it seems that you can just suck out the loose meat with just a light suck, and the sweet meat melts on your lips and tongue.
Zhan Aiping drank the soup without any hurry. She scooped a spoonful of carrot, pea, corn and ham cubes into her bowl. She specially asked Meng Xiaoyun to exchange them for a pound of ham.
There were three gluttons on the field, and now she was the one at a disadvantage. She was used to chewing slowly, and when Gu Sheng ate with her, he always gave in to her, so she had no consciousness of snatching the food.
Gu Xiangyi was stunned: "I, I... a guest?"
Now she has become a guest at her brother and sister-in-law's house.
"Brother, you said this before. Eating is like fighting a war. Whoever grabs it first gets it!" Comrade Gu Xiaomei argued.
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "Let her eat. Look at this child. She has been hungry for several days."
Gu Xiangyi: “…” She was really miserable. She ate the food her mother cooked and the boxed lunch on the train with gusto. If it wasn’t for the need to maintain her dignity as a lady, she would have bought two boxed lunches.
—But I’m sorry!!!
Adult men only buy one box lunch.
Gu Sheng put another piece of braised pork in his wife's bowl and said, "Okay, let her eat it. It's a rare opportunity for her to taste my wife's cooking anyway."
Gu Xiangyi: “…” This guy really deserves a beating!
"Sister Pingping is my sister-in-law!"
Gu Sheng: "If it weren't for me, could she have become your sister-in-law?"
Zhan Aiping picked up a piece of food for him with chopsticks: "Eat yours, and stop arguing."
Gu Sheng smiled and said honestly: "I listen to my wife."
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
Who was the person who vowed to make Sister Pingping obedient
And who is this person in front of me
After the meal, Gu Sheng cleared the dishes, Zhan Aiping wiped the table, and Gu Sheng went to wash the dishes. Only Gu Xiangyi, who had nothing to do, finally felt a little aware of being a guest.
Gu Xiangyi looked at her sister-in-law, then at her brother, and she felt a lump in her heart. There was no need to ask any more questions. The intimacy and tacit understanding revealed between their eyebrows completely excluded her, as if to say that she was redundant.
I’m so envious!
Gu Xiangyi thought: I want to become my own brother, and I also want to marry a beautiful wife who can cook and heal illnesses!
—They are childhood sweethearts! The country assigned them a partner!
Gu Xiangyi dragged a small stool to Gu Sheng and stared at him washing the dishes. Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows: "Why? Are you envious? You wash the dishes."
Gu Xiangyi: "... Young man, do you wash dishes at home every day? How can you do such a virtuous thing with the face of a cold instructor? You seem to wash the dishes quite cleanly."
Gu Sheng said coldly: "Your sister-in-law cooks and I wash the dishes, so it's a reasonable distribution."
"I heard that many male soldiers are bosses at home. Don't you have that ambition?"
Gu Sheng turned around and said, "Wife, come and arrest someone. There is a traitor here, maliciously inciting revolution—"
"Brother!" Gu Xiangyi called him, "Why are you the same as our father?"
He acts so majestic outside but is totally timid in front of his wife.
"The upper beam is crooked, and the lower beam is crooked." Gu Sheng said expressionlessly: "Do you know how crooked I am now?"
"It's all because of your father's good start."
Gu Xiangyi: "... Isn't my dad your dad?"
Zhan Aiping had already simply cleaned up the stove. She came over to wash her hands and asked, "What are you two siblings planning about me?"
Gu Xiangyi complained: "Sister-in-law, I am very jealous of him now. He got the advantage but still acted cute. If he talks again, I can't help but spray him with a water gun. Sister-in-law, do you remember when we were little, you took me to spray him with a water gun."
Zhan Aiping: “…”
Gu Sheng: "Your sister-in-law is on my side now."
Gu Xiangyi threatened, "My dad told me to call my brother and sister-in-law as soon as I get to their house. Now tell me, do you want me to lie or tell the truth?"
"Comrade Zhan Aiping, don't say anything. Comrade Gu Sheng, let me warn you first. I'm so jealous of you now. If my dad knew, he would be even more jealous. If I just dared to spray you with a water gun, my dad would probably strangle you to death!"
"You are so good at using the trick of suppressing before praising. We are all members of the Gu family, but you hide it from us and enjoy the good life! You are the sinner of the Gu family! You betrayed us and lived a good life first!"
Thinking of her four bachelor brothers, Gu Xiangyi felt tears of sadness flowing down her cheeks. The fifth brother lived a happy life with a warm and sweet wife, but they were still four bachelors.
This guy is also very good at making a fortune in silence. He puts on a good show in front of his biological fathers and deceives them into thinking that he is living a life of "war".
Gu Sheng: "Read less comic books and take out your things."
Zhan Aiping: “…” He really deserves a beating.
Gu Xiangyi was completely desperate and took out a thick envelope and gave it to Zhan Aiping: "I'm not giving it to you, I'm giving it to my sister-in-law."
"You live a life of luxury, and we have to pay you. Congratulations on your wedding. My heart aches for your sister now." Gu Xiangyi felt that she should not have made this trip. Someone was acting so high and mighty, making them think that he was living a hard life, and they couldn't help but feel a little more sympathy for him.
"My parents got a lot of cloth coupons for my sister-in-law. They are not for making clothes for you, but for making clothes for Sister-in-law Pingping!"
Gu Sheng was in a very good mood at the moment. He smiled and said to Zhan Aiping: "Wife, see, this is called making a fortune in silence."
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
Gu Sheng laughed at her: "Little sister, you probably won't be able to get a husband like me in the future. If you don't like that Doctor Wu, and you come all the way here for him, then you are in trouble."
"From now on, he won't hand over his salary. You will cook the meals, wash the dishes, sweep the floor... you will do all the housework."
Gu Sheng sighed: "Your brother and sister-in-law will definitely give more in the future. It's too pitiful, my little sister."
Zhan Aiping kicked him and said, "Say less."
Gu Xiangyi: "My brother is so badly beaten, sister-in-law, you married him blind."
"Your sister-in-law has good eyesight, better than yours. I like your sister-in-law from the bottom of my heart. I have liked her since I was a child." Gu Sheng smiled and asked for a beating: "As long as I am at home, I don't want her to do anything. I help her wash the dishes and clothes."
"She has me completely subdued. If my wife tells me to go east, I dare not go west. If my wife tells me to go west, I dare not go east—"
Gu Xiangyi: "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen..."
Gu Sheng: "Can you marry a husband like me in the future?"
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
Zhan Aiping: “…”
Gu Xiangyi likes Doctor Wu. Zhan Aiping used to think that outsiders can't persuade people about matters of the heart. The more they persuade, the more counterproductive it will be. But now it seems that this is not entirely true, because someone is really good at fighting poison with poison.
After a while, Gu Sheng really helped Zhan Aiping wash clothes in front of Gu Xiangyi. He even waited for Gu Xiangyi on purpose, and the two siblings washed clothes together. Gu Xiangyi had been traveling in the past two days, and she had changed a lot of clothes. She was embarrassed to let others wash them, so of course she washed them herself.
Her stinky brother was washing clothes slowly in front of her.
Gu Sheng: "Are you jealous? I help your sister-in-law with the laundry."
Gu Xiangyi chuckled twice: "I tell you two, I'm not envious, I'm not jealous."
"My brother's provocation didn't work on me."
Zhan Aiping thought it was fun, so she went to get a basin of warm water and joined the battle. She wrung out the towel and wiped Gu Sheng's face with her own hands.
Gu Sheng gave Gu Xiangyi a look.
Gu Xiangyi: "Sister-in-law, your gentle policy is useless..."
"If it's useless, then it's useless." Zhan Aiping bent down and pinched Gu Sheng's shoulders: "Are you tired? I see that your recent training tasks are quite heavy..."
"fine."
Zhan Aiping whispered in his ear: "Go back to the room and I'll give you a massage."
Gu Sheng turned around and said to Gu Xiangyi, "Turn your head away and don't look."
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
Gu Sheng kissed his wife on the face, and the couple huddled together to talk in private.
Gu Xiangyi was washing while thinking, they are indeed his brother and sister-in-law, they are in the same group.
At night, Gu Xiangyi was placed in the study room to spend the night, while Gu Sheng and his wife slept in another bedroom. Gu Xiangyi sat on the bamboo bed and looked around the study room. The room was not big, and there was a bamboo bed for cooling off. It was very cool to lie on it, but it would make a squeaking sound when turning over.
In addition to the bamboo bed, there is a table, a bookshelf, and a sewing machine. Oh my God, they really have a sewing machine at home. Could the clothes her brother is wearing really be made by his sister-in-law
Gu Xiangyi couldn't help but look left and right while sitting in front of the sewing machine.
She saw some scraps of cloth and some neatly packed drawings. Gu Xiangyi couldn't help but pick up the drawings and look through them. They were written in her brother's handwriting, and he had drawn them stroke by stroke.
He drew a skirt for his sister-in-law.
Gu Xiangyi: “…”
It was hard to describe the feeling. Gu Xiangyi put the book down and stopped reading. She turned her head to look at the bookshelf beside her. The bookshelf was full of medical books by her sister-in-law Zhan Aiping. There were really a lot of medical books on the shelf. Gu Xiangyi picked up one book at random and looked through it.
There was a piece of paper in the medical book. Gu Xiangyi opened it casually and found that it was a sketch. The sketch was of Zhan Aiping in a white coat. The brushstrokes were very delicate, yet it seemed as if it was done effortlessly, making the character in the painting come alive.
Gu Xiangyi thought, what's so great about being able to draw
—The love in the painting cannot be hidden.
Gu Xiangyi paused for a moment, thinking back to what happened just now. She thought that the love in her eyes could not be hidden.
Gu Xiangyi thought that his brother and sister-in-law were too awesome, flirting with each other right under their noses for so many years.
"… "
Gu Xiangyi's eyes moved. She lowered her footsteps and quietly walked to the corner. She clung to the wall like a spider, trying to eavesdrop on what was happening next door.
She listened for a while and heard - a man and a woman arguing.
This man and woman were so good at quarreling. Gu Xiangyi listened attentively to their quarrel, but the sound was very faint. Only by concentrating and listening carefully could he hear a few words.
What are they arguing about
This is too noisy.
Gu Xiangyi listened for a while, then didn't want to listen anymore, so he closed his eyes and went to sleep. The noise from the neighboring house also disappeared.
*
The next morning, when Gu Xiangyi got up, her brother Gu Sheng had already gotten up early and disappeared, but her sister-in-law Zhan Aiping was still there. She made her a bowl of spicy and sour rice noodles. The noodles were snow-white, with red chopped peppers, green chopped green onions, and had a spicy and sour aroma. They were also sprinkled with white sesame seeds. Gu Xiangyi drank all the noodles along with the boiled egg and the soup.
Zhan Aiping also eats a lot. She likes to eat sour and spicy food these days.
"Sister-in-law, you're not going to work today?"
"Well, I'm not going to work. I've swapped shifts with someone else." This is the advantage of working in a township hospital. Working 17 or 18 days a month is roughly equivalent to one day on and one day off. It's just that working the night shift is a bit tiring, but there are no surgeries during the night shift, and if there are no patients at night, you can still sleep until dawn. It's a night shift, not guard duty.
The township hospital does not even have an inpatient ward, and there is no need to check on the patients at night.
Gu Xiangyi asked: "Sister-in-law, why are you willing to work in a township hospital?"
"No matter where you work, you're there to treat patients." A doctor's duty is to save lives and heal the wounded, regardless of status, even animals. Zhan Aiping feels very happy when she saves animals.
Because she truly felt that she had alleviated the pain, which made her feel a sense of accomplishment in her career.
When she was young, she wanted to become the most famous doctor in the country, and she set high standards for herself in everything. However, such strictness made her bear too much burden and she became restricted.
Now Zhan Aiping is no longer as ambitious as she was before. When patients come to her for medical treatment, she will treat them and do her best.
Zhan Aiping also has current plans. After treating the villagers for some time, she feels that it is more important to promote basic health knowledge, prevent infectious diseases, and guard against malaria rather than treating difficult and complicated diseases. In addition, she also provides physiological knowledge to the girls in the village. These are all meaningful things.
"Are you reporting to the military hospital today?"
"Yeah." Gu Xiangyi was very excited. She was going to work in an unfamiliar place.
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to call my dad later. Do you want to eavesdrop?"
Zhan Aiping smiled and said, "Go ahead and call me. I won't eavesdrop."
Gu Xiangyi could only feel regret.
"I'm going out."
When Gu Xiangyi walked out of the gate, she immediately saw a middle-aged woman. From the woman's demeanor, Gu Xiangyi accurately guessed that she might be a women's director.
Because she has too much of a women's director vibe.
Director Li Yuxia caught He Lingling and asked: "Did you two quarrel again yesterday?"
"Your neighbor Xiao Gu has moved in for a while, and I've never seen them blush. You two quarrel every day, do you blush?"
He Lingling: "Beating is love, scolding is care."
Gu Xiangyi: “?”
"Husbands and wives fight at the beginning of the bed and make up at the end of the bed. Xie Shu and I have already made peace."
Li Yuxia: "… I'm too lazy to talk about you two. There's a couple next door who are good role models. You should learn from them."
Speaking of the family next door, they get along so well that Li Yuxia felt a little suspicious. She thought it was good for childhood sweethearts to grow up together. They knew each other so well that now they are husband and wife, they don't even have to quarrel.
He Lingling: “I—”
Gu Xiangyi said: "I am here to visit my relatives. Gu Sheng is my brother, and Zhan Aiping is my sister-in-law. Look, that is my brother and sister-in-law's home."
"Sister-in-law, it was you who was arguing yesterday. When I heard your voice, it sounded very familiar."
"Do you two quarrel every day?"
Li Yuxia: “…” This little girl speaks very rudely.
He Lingling's face was about to turn red: "..."
"Do you feel that the more you quarrel, the closer you become? My brother and sister-in-law used to fight all the time when we were young. Beating is a sign of affection, scolding is a sign of love, right?"
Li Yuxia: “…” Bullshit.
He Lingling changed the subject and said, "Hey, Miss Gu, you are Zhan Aiping's sister-in-law. Did you grow up together?"
Zhan Aiping would probably have to endure a lot for such a straightforward and difficult sister-in-law.
When Li Yuxia heard the word "sister-in-law", her eyes lit up. Sister-in-law, what a difficult sister-in-law. There must be some problems between sisters-in-law. Is the Gu family next door going to have a quarrel
She is familiar with mediating conflicts between aunts and sisters-in-law!
"Yeah, I grew up with my brother and sister-in-law."
Li Yuxia quickly asked: "How is your relationship with your sister-in-law?"
Gu Xiangyi: "I have a very good relationship with my sister-in-law!"
Li Yuxia stared with her eyes wide open: "!"
He Lingling's eyes widened: "?!"
"My sister-in-law is so beautiful. My brother is so lucky to marry my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law can make clothes and cook. She is also a college student. You don't know, my sister-in-law had good grades when she was young. She is very smart..." Gu Xiangyi said a lot of things. When she talked about her sister-in-law, she couldn't help bragging.
"My brother used to be such a difficult person, but he actually helped my sister-in-law wash clothes and dishes, and he even painted a portrait of my sister-in-law..." Gu Xiangyi finished speaking in one breath, and she felt much better.
Gu Xiaomei made the two people in front of her look at each other in bewilderment.
Li Yuxia forced herself to hold back the twitch of her lips. She winked at He Lingling and said, "Listen, listen, the Gu family next door are really a model couple. You and Xiao Xie really need to learn from them."
He Lingling: “…” She wondered why this sister-in-law didn’t play by the rules.
Gu Xiangyi said: "Although my brother is not good in other aspects, he is indeed a good husband."
Li Yuxia: "Yes, yes, you are right, a harmonious family brings prosperity."
Gu Xiangyi said goodbye to the two of them and went to call her father, Gu Ze'an.
When the call was connected, Gu Xiangyi shouted directly: "Dad, I have been staying at my brother and sister-in-law's house for a day."
Gu Ze'an on the other end of the phone was extremely curious: "How is it?"
"Do you want to hear a lie or the truth?" Gu Xiangyi felt that even if she told the truth, her biological father probably wouldn't believe it.
Gu Ze'an: "..."
"You tell both the truth and the lies."
"The lie is that my brother has completely subdued my sister-in-law Pingping. The truth is that my sister-in-law Pingping has completely subdued my brother. My brother has learned a lot from you. He is afraid of his wife. If his wife tells him to go east, he dares not go west. If his wife tells him to go west, he dares not go east."
Gu Ze'an: "... Do you want to piss off your father too?"
There is not a single word of truth in his mouth, and his words are getting more and more outrageous.
"Is your fifth brother that kind of person?"
"Did your brother and sister-in-law teach you to be unreasonable?"
Gu Xiangyi: "You don't know yet, my brother is almost becoming the model husband of the family compound."
Of course, Gu Xiangyi exaggerated this statement. From what she had seen in the past two days, compared with the couple next door, her brother could indeed be a model husband.
Gu Ze'an: "You might as well tell me that the sun rises from the west. Your brother can still be a model husband. I'll be happy if they don't fight."
Gu Xiangyi: "Husband and wife fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. Don't you understand this?"
Gu Ze'an: "Tell me the truth."
"Dad, don't worry. I think you'll have a grandchild soon."
"My brother said that if the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked. Now he is as crooked as you."
Gu Ze'an: "..."
He doesn't want these two children anymore!
After hanging up the phone, Gu Ze'an paced back and forth in the room alone. When Qin Ying came back from buying groceries, she saw him looking sad at one moment and happy at another, almost like a hermaphrodite.
Qin Ying put the food down and asked him casually, "Haven't you waited for Xiangyi's call yet?"
"I've already finished talking to her on the phone."
"Really?" Qin Ying opened her eyes wide, "Why didn't you wait for me? What did you two say?"
"How are Lao Wu and Ping Ping doing? Has she seen her brother and sister-in-law?"
"Yes, I met her. She stayed at her brother and sister-in-law's house for a day." Gu Ze'an had a wooden face and said in a dull tone, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
Qin Ying: "Why listen to lies when you can listen to the truth? Listen to the truth."
"The truth is that Pingping has brought Laowu under control completely. He is now almost becoming a model husband in the family compound."
Qin Ying: “…”
She waved her hand and said, "Forget it, don't lie to me."
"It's about their political commissar Zhang. His wife is the director of women's affairs. I called them..." Gu Ze'an paused and said, "His wife said it was true."
"His wife even said that it was no wonder they were childhood sweethearts. They grew up together and had a good relationship."
Qin Ying: “…”
Gu Ze'an said: "Director Li also said that our fifth son loves his wife very much. He helps her wash dishes and clothes, and he even draws a portrait for her..."
“Really?”
Gu Ze'an: "How do I know if it's true?"
"Maybe we can actually have grandchildren."
Qin Ying's eyes lit up: "Then I'll go and take a look then."
Gu Ze'an was incredulous: "What about me?"
"Commander Gu, work hard. I'll go show you your son and daughter-in-law. I haven't seen Pingping for a long time..."
Gu Ze'an said coldly: "If you really go there, you might even meet a good son-in-law."
Qin Ying: "That Doctor Wu? He is indeed a good person."
Qin Ying didn't want to marry her daughter off, but since her daughter liked it, she had no choice.
*
Gu Xiangyi packed her things and reported to the military hospital. She was really looking forward to meeting that man. That man was a male surgeon. He was very outstanding and looked very gentle. Gu Xiangyi had always wanted to see him wearing a white coat in the hospital.
They used to be in the same school. He was a few years older than her. Gu Xiangyi had met many people, but she felt that he was different.
Gu Xiangyi reported excitedly, and Dean Xu even took the time to meet her. "Before you came, your father called me and asked me to take good care of you. You should follow Nurse Zhang from now on."
"Okay, thank you, Dean."
Dean Xu looked at her, hesitant to speak, wondering why she didn't mention her sister-in-law Zhan Aiping. The operations Zhan Aiping performed in the hospital had resulted in patients recovering very well. Dean Xu had examined those three patients several times, and the more he looked, the more... he felt a little regretful.
I regret it so much that my intestines turn green.
If I had known earlier, I would have kept Zhan Aiping.
Gu Xiangyi followed Head Nurse Zhang to familiarize herself with the hospital's situation. Even though she came from a prominent family, she still started as a nurse, and Head Nurse Zhang did not give her any special care.
"Head Nurse Zhang, do you know Dr. Wu Jun?"
"Yes, Doctor Wu is performing surgery."
Gu Xiangyi received her clothes with great interest. She also had an assigned dormitory. The management of the military hospital was different from that of the army. They could go to work and leave work normally. She had just reported in and had not yet officially started work. After Head Nurse Zhang explained the basic situation to her, the rest of the time was Gu Xiangyi's free time.
There were people coming and going in the hospital, and no one cared about her.
Gu Xiangyi was sitting on a waiting chair in the hospital, waiting for an operation to be over, when he saw the familiar-looking man. He was wearing a surgical gown, a mask, and glasses on his nose. He was tall and thin, and looked very gentle.
Wu Jun obviously noticed her, and his brows furrowed. "Doctor Wu, let's have lunch together in the hospital at noon." Gu Xiangyi was very happy to see someone familiar. She couldn't explain her feelings for Wu Jun. Anyway, she felt very happy to see him, as if she had met an old senior schoolmate, and she felt proud.
"I will be the nurse here in the future, and we can be colleagues."
Wu Jun's face didn't look very good, but he still agreed.
At noon, the two of them had lunch together in the hospital cafeteria. Wu Jun said something unpleasant: "The hospital is not a place for you to fool around. Even if you are the commander's daughter, you have no right to mess around."
Gu Xiangyi: "… Why am I being unreasonable?"
"I've told you clearly a long time ago that I don't like you. Your persistence only makes me feel annoyed and disgusted." Wu Jun has very complicated feelings towards Gu Xiangyi. She is straightforward, naive and simple, and she can easily possess things that others cannot have.
She has parents who love her and five older brothers. As the youngest daughter in the family, she grew up being loved and spoiled.
Wu Jun is different. His father died early, and his mother tried every means to raise him and his sister. Looking at the innocent Gu Xiangyi and then at his sensible and obedient sister, Wu Jun just felt upset.
Gu Xiangyi's naivety disgusted him.
What disgusted him even more was what the people around him said:
"Gu Xiangyi's father is..."
"You are about to fly up to the tree and become a phoenix."
"The commander's son-in-law has a promising future. No wonder the higher-ups value him so much..."
Wu Jun has his own pride. He disdains the favor of the commander's daughter. Everything he has now is the result of his own hard work.
Gu Xiangyi's entanglement and the words of people around him made him feel angry and humiliated. He didn't want to be the son-in-law of a commander.
Now Gu Xiangyi has actually followed him all the way to Yunnan Province.
Wu Jun was extremely disgusted with her, thinking of the "rumors" he might hear in the hospital, such as "You are favored by the commander's daughter", "No wonder the director chose you", "Don't forget each other when you become rich and powerful", "Your future is limitless", "People have come all the way here to chase you"...
Gu Xiangyi's eyes widened: "Do I make you feel bored and disgusted?"
She didn't expect to hear such bad words. Her face turned red. She was very angry and subconsciously said, "Who do you think you are? I'm pestering you, but you don't even take a piss and look in the mirror. You really know how to flatter yourself."
Wu Jun was stunned: “…” In the past, Gu Xiangyi was always a gentle and shy little lady in front of him, like a docile little rabbit. She would blush shyly when looking at him, speak softly, and could not say a few vulgar words.
Now she actually said such a thing
Gu Xiangyi was also stunned: "..."
There are not many gentle girls who grew up in the compound. Although Gu Xiangyi hopes to become a gentle little lady, but -
She was used to the quarrel with her brother Gu Sheng yesterday, and now Gu Sheng's words are still lingering in her mind:
"Little sister, you probably won't get a husband like me in the future. If you don't like that Doctor Wu, and you come all the way here for him, then you're in trouble."
"From now on, he won't hand over his salary. You will cook the meals, wash the dishes, sweep the floor... you will do all the housework."
"Your brother and sister-in-law will definitely give more in the future. It's too pitiful, my little sister."
"Your sister-in-law has good eyesight, better than yours. I, your brother, like your sister-in-law from the bottom of my heart. I have liked her since I was a child."
"As long as your brother and I are at home, I won't let her do anything. I help her wash the dishes and do the laundry."
"She has me completely subdued. If my wife tells me to go east, I dare not go west. If my wife tells me to go west, I dare not go east—"
"Will you marry a husband like me in the future?"
Gu Xiangyi thought to herself, I’m furious!
Wu Jun told her directly in front of her that she was pestering and annoying, and her brother Gu Sheng even laughed at her openly. Gu Xiangyi was really furious and ashamed.
—Am I that cheap
Her brother, who is such an annoying person, loves his wife very much. Her father also loves his wife very much. Why does she have to be so shameless? Her superficial elegance can't even support her livelihood.
Under Wu Jun's surprised gaze, Gu Xiangyi left angrily.
*
When he returned to the family compound, Gu Xiangyi saw Zhan Aiping, who was weeding the vegetable patch. Seeing his sister-in-law, Gu Xiangyi suddenly felt aggrieved.
She hesitantly told Zhan Aiping what had just happened: "Sister-in-law..."
Gu Xiangyi doesn’t have many female friends of the same age. She has a good family background and five older brothers. As the only daughter in the family, her parents favor her more. Many people envy her and don’t like to be friends with her.
She often felt that she was unlovable. Gu Xiangyi felt that she was not good at anything and was lucky to be born into a good family. Even though they were in the same family, she was the only one born after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Her family conditions became better and better, and she had never suffered any hardship.
So she felt it was normal that Wu Jun didn't like her, because Wu Jun was as outstanding as her brothers.
The sister-in-law my brother found is also very powerful.
Zhan Aiping hugged her and said, "What do you think? Do you regret it?"
"Sister-in-law, I actually came here not just because of him." Gu Xiangyi thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, I also want to be an excellent and independent person, instead of always being confined under the wings of my parents."
Her parents were very good to her, but the thought of leaving them was always lingering in her mind. She didn't want to be taken care of by others because of her parents and brothers.
Even though she is already such a grown-up, they all treat her like a child. Whether it is sincere or not, everyone praises her.
They were too lenient with her, as if any mistake she made could be forgiven.
She felt that Wu Jun, who was aloof and looked down on her, was the real one, because he truly saw her as Gu Xiangyi, not someone's daughter or sister... She didn't deserve those good things.
Zhan Aiping said: "You will become an excellent person, and you will also meet an excellent person."
“When you are away for three days, you should look at others with new eyes. As long as you are willing to change, you will become the person you want to be.”
Gu Xiangyi said: "That's right, I want to be like you and scare my parents in the future."
Zhan Aiping: “…”
"Little sister, you should first determine your goal."
(End of this chapter)