"Today, Little Sister’s uncle’s family ca by. Her grandmother misses the two of them and wants to take Little Sister and Erniu to stay for a couple of days. So they went with her uncle to her grandmother’s house," said Gao Mutou.
No wonder, An Ning thought to herself.
Looking at An Ning, Gao Mutou hesitantly asked, "By the way, how is your mother?"
Letting a child know about argunts, especially a child who isn’t biologically one’s own, indeed feels quite awkward.
But Gao Mutou is also caught between a rock and a hard place, earning no favor inside or outside.
"I heard everything from mom. My mom isn’t a petty person, dad needs to understand her more. It’s just that she was terrified about almost being sold off recently, so she wasn’t willing to pay this money." Naturally, An Ning sided with her own mother in her heart.
Moreover, when it cos to Gao Dashu, she hated him to the core, wishing for his early demise.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t say these words in front of Gao Mutou.
No matter how bad Gao Dashu was, he was his biological brother. Once such words ca from her mouth, no matter how justified she might be, the Gao Family wouldn’t know what had happened in that past life.
"I understand, I made a mistake too. My temperant is too quick; didn’t rationally explain things clearly to your mom," Gao Mutou sighed. "Actually, neither your fourth aunt nor your eldest aunt nor Sister Cuicui agreed to this idea. Nobody wanted to pay. But yesterday, the situation was urgent, the doctor ca, and the prescription was ready. The second branch house, even if they emptied everything, couldn’t spare a penny. Don’t you think our family couldn’t possibly let soone treat the illness without paying for the dicine?"
If the family didn’t pay this money, then the doctor treated the illness for nothing and lost the dicine. Who would they complain to?
Furthermore, the Gao Family’s reputation is already ruined. Once the dicine money issue blows up, they’re all part of the Gao Family, and in the future, they’d be gossiped about everywhere they go.
Initially, she might not have understood, but hearing Gao Mutou’s explanation, An Ning grasped the key points.
Overall, Gao Dashu was already treated for injuries; this dical expense wasn’t to benefit the second branch or Gao Mutou, purely to salvage a bit of their Gao Family’s reputation.
An Ning also said, "Mom isn’t a clueless person; she’s just being unreasonable. If dad is determined to handle it this way, explain it well to her. I believe she’ll understand."
Finally, Gao Mutou showed a gratified smile, "Your eldest aunt, Cuicui, including your mom and fourth aunt couldn’t figure it out, but it’s incredible you’re such an insightful girl."
When the al was ready, Gao Mutou brought it over and quietly said to An Ning, "Ningning, take care of Xiaoniu for your brother. I’ll go bring food to your mom."
And thoroughly explain things as well.
Being a big man, his face turned slightly red saying this.
But An Ning understood him perfectly.
It’s exactly in these ancient tis, with male superiority over female. If a man served a woman food, it would be seen as disgraceful. If it were in modern tis, what would it even be?
Back in school during her previous life, there was a girl in her dorm, whose boyfriend would always fetch food, accompany her in gas. It was practically an everyday affair, and everyone was used to it.
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