Yang Hongying stayed at the Yan Family’s house for a day. As she was leaving, she encountered a guest who ca to offer New Year’s greetings. She didn’t recognize him, so she just nodded, but the person smiled and said, "You must be Gu Juntao’s wife? We were comrades before, I’m Liu Gang."
He spoke very appropriately and teased the little Nannan beside her, handing over a handful of chocolates.
Yang Hongying asked Nannan to thank him, then smiled and exchanged a few words before leaving.
On the way ho, Yang Hongying told her husband, "That person seems to be a colleague of Gu Junming, because I heard him ntion your elder brother talking with my brother."
"Really? What’s his na?"
"Liu Gang?"
Gu Juntao frowned, "Oh, so it was that person."
"What, do you know him?"
Gu Juntao chuckled, "I worked with him before I left the army. He wasn’t a great person. At first glance, he seed very honest, coming from the countryside, and he could endure hardships, all focused on climbing up. But over ti, you’d find it’s not like that. I lost several promotion opportunities to him silently, but when you et him, he has a way of making you unable to get angry. My brother should be careful when dealing with him and not be taken advantage of."
Gu Junming has many good qualities but is too kind-hearted and too official, easily leaving gaps for this opportunist to exploit, which cannot be left unguarded.
"Really? He seed all smiles and even considerate in his speech."
"The more soone is like that, the more you should watch out." Gu Juntao has grown rapidly these past few years since getting married and having kids, understanding things he didn’t before.
During those years in the army, due to his mother’s pampering and being too young and naive himself, he got tricked many tis. That’s why he had no chance for promotion.
And his growth is all thanks to the sharp-minded Yang Hongying. The office’s public and hidden machinations, Yang Hongying could give him hints and solutions after hearing them once. Is this what they call soft on the outside but strong inside?
Thinking of this, Gu Juntao looked at his wife with increasingly passionate eyes.
Yang Hongying, pondering her husband’s words, inadvertently glanced up and blushed.
"What are you looking at?"
"You’re so beautiful."
"Stop it. Our daughter is sleepy, let’s put her to bed." Nannan couldn’t keep her eyes open on the way ho, now already asleep on the sofa, so the couple carried her to her little room.
Yang Hongying then noticed her mother-in-law was gone, and curiously glanced at her husband.
Gu Juntao laughed, "Don’t worry, I used my trump card to trick mom away."
"What trump card?"
"Of course, it’s my dad. Mom won’t listen to others, but my dad can handle her. Sweetheart, didn’t I do well?" Gu Juntao has figured out that his mom always sought trouble because she wasn’t loved by her husband. If she got her husband’s affection, she wouldn’t bother with their family.
Yang Hongying smiled without saying anything.
Gu Juntao kissed her cheek, "Let’s sleep, I miss you so much."
Yang Hongying thought, this man is becoming more and more unruly.
The two sweetly spent the night together. Before sleeping, he thought he must tell his elder brother, otherwise, it wouldn’t be good if this person targeted him. Liu Gang has his eyes on Yan Kai’s side, which is not good news.
Yang Hongying’s voice was a bit hoarse, "What are you thinking about, not sleeping yet?"
"How are Qian Xiaoshuang and your brother?"
"They’re doing well. The two were fighting over dumplings, and they both liked the sa food. Watching them eat was like watching synchronized steps, quite amusing," Yang Hongying said with a smile.
Yan Kai likes spicy and sour flavors and also enjoys sweets, and Qian Xiaoshuang is the sa. They collaborated to finish a plate of sweet and sour fish, chatting endlessly with their heads down. They looked very happy.
"That’s good," Gu Juntao smiled, "Let’s sleep."
Yang Hongying nodded, closing her eyes.
Early the next morning, Sun Chan and Gu Junming ca over to visit, carrying lots of luggage, clearly just coming from the train station. Of course, Gu Juntao and his wife were very happy and quickly welcod them in.
"You’re the elder brother, how can you co over? We should be the ones visiting you."
Gu Junming waved his hand, "I just ca by to see you and bring you so New Year’s gifts."
Sun Chan pulled out several large bags, filled with dried mushrooms, pine nuts, and walnuts from the countryside. "These are from my mother-in-law’s side, very tasty. We brought so here. Oh, this is a piece of coarse cloth that my mother-in-law wove herself. You can use it to make quilt covers and bed sheets. It’s very durable and becos very soft after washing."
"How wonderful! Handmade cloth? It’s so rare!" Yang Hongying took a look at it; the black and gray stripes were quite attractive, and the texture was completely different from those sold outside. It would make a great tablecloth on the table.
"This kind of good stuff should be kept by you, why give it to ?" Yang Hongying felt a bit embarrassed.
Sun Chan said, "I want to design so retro-style clothes, and my mother-in-law wove a few pieces before, giving them all to . This piece is a bit too narrow for my use, it’s no big deal."
"During the New Year, I haven’t made clothes for days; I’ll start this afternoon," Yang Hongying said with a smile.
Gu Juntao advised her not to overwork herself, but Yang Hongying didn’t listen, "I’ll earn more money, so we can buy nice things. Oh, have the big brother and sister-in-law not eaten? Let’s quickly cook!"
Sun Chan said, "It’s fine; there’s no urgent work right now. We can start after the fifteenth, and it’ll still be on ti."
Yang Hongying smiled and nodded.
"Have you eaten yet? I’ll make you so dumplings," Gu Juntao said, rushing to the kitchen, not waiting for them to refuse.
With Wang Guihua gone, the four young people were having a good ti.
Three-flavor dumplings, with a few Jiangnan-style dishes, combining southern and northern tastes, were truly delicious.
Sun Chan, only a few months into her pregnancy, wasn’t experiencing morning sickness but was eating quite a lot. She ate more than twenty dumplings and a whole dish of radish cakes, along with various other dishes.
Yang Hongying noticed sothing was amiss. While washing dishes, she pulled Sun Chan aside and whispered with a smile, "Are you pregnant?"
"Yeah," Sun Chan whispered with a smile, "Don’t ntion it yet; it’s still less than three months."
"Got it. You must have had a tough ti in the countryside without heating."
"No, my mother-in-law treats very well, getting up every day at four o’clock to warm the bed for ."
Yang Hongying smiled as she talked, feeling extrely envious of Sun Chan.
Her mother-in-law treated her so well, even better than a biological mother, but her own mother-in-law... Thinking of Wang Guihua, Yang Hongying felt a headache.
Sun Chan and the others, worn out from visiting Gu Juntao’s house, didn’t go to the parents’ place and went ho to rest. Gu Junming prepared the things for his in-laws, planning to visit them the next day.
Who would have thought that that very evening, Yang Dongfeng and Zhao Jieyun would show up?
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