Of course, being enthusiastic on the surface is one thing, but many people are also secretly laughing at you behind your back.
Take Shen Wuqiu's premarital pregnancy as an example. Because of that little incident at the reservoir, Yang Shuitao and her daughter didn't gossip about her big belly behind her back.
The gossipy women in the village don't say anything to your face, but they spread all sorts of rumors behind your back.
She built such a big house in Huashan. The villagers helped her a lot, but they also gossiped about her a lot. They said that she had hooked up with a rich old man outside, and when she got pregnant, he gave her a sum of money and sent her back to give birth to the baby...
There are all sorts of baseless rumors like this, it's just that they haven't reached Shen Wuqiu's ears yet.
Today, upon learning that Shen Wuqiu was returning home with her child after being discharged from the hospital, people from all over the village, regardless of their relationship with her, came to join in the fun. Everyone was smiling and congratulating her, praising the child. In reality, several women were just there to watch the spectacle.
Of course, guests are guests, so we should treat them well.
Su Yunzhi looked at Gu Lingyu, who had been summoned by Zhao Jiujiu, and felt quite embarrassed: "Logically speaking, Lingyu, you are also a guest, and I shouldn't have asked you to do these chores. But Wuqiu has just been discharged from the hospital and needs to rest more. I'm really too busy to handle this..."
According to the village custom, when a child is born into a family, and relatives and friends come to offer their congratulations, a bowl of wine must be served to them regardless of whether they drink alcohol or not. Those who drink alcohol will drink rice wine with an alcohol content, while those who do not drink alcohol will drink sweet wine soup like Chen Wuqiu.
With so many people coming to the house, and it almost lunchtime, not to mention the others eating, Shen Wuqiu's postpartum meals must be made on time. And with so many babies added to the family, Daiying and Zhao Jiujiu can't leave either.
Therefore, even with her two sisters-in-law helping in the kitchen, Su Yunzhi was still overwhelmed and had to call Gu Lingyu over to fill in.
Gu Lingyu, who didn't consider herself a guest at all, was not happy that she was being so polite. She took the two teapots from Su Yunzhi's hands and pouted, "Now that the baby has been born, you still treat me like a guest."
Su Yunzhi found it a bit strange, but didn't have time to think about it too much. She handed the two jugs of wine to Lingyu and instructed her, "Lingyu, remember, the wine in this old teapot is brewed rice wine. If someone drinks alcohol, you should refill their cup with this wine. If they don't drink alcohol, you should pour it from this new teapot..."
Zhao Jiujiu carried the fourth child over and said, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things."
Su Yunzhi nodded, "I'll leave the outside to you. There are a lot of people eating today, so I need to hurry up and cook."
Zhao Jiujiu led Gu Lingyu out of the kitchen, then nudged her with her elbow: "Why do you look so sullen? Shouldn't I have made you do some chores?"
Gu Lingyu did not deny it: "I am, after all, a dignified mountain lord."
Zhao Jiujiu couldn't help but chuckle: "Oh, so you think you're so high and mighty now? Why didn't you have this awareness when you were being all high and mighty?"
Gu Lingyu looked at her: "What do you mean by 'making a fortune'?"
Zhao Jiujiu did not answer her directly: "I called you down to help not to order you around or humiliate you. If Qiuqiu were to live in the village for the rest of her life, you two would definitely not be able to hide this relationship. It's better to let you make your presence known in front of others now. Besides, this is not a hotel. Having you pour drinks for the guests shows that you are the host of this house."
Gu Lingyu liked hearing this; it hit the nail on the head. "Then if I pour wine for everyone, will everyone think I'm part of the Shen family too?"
Zhao Jiujiu raised an eyebrow and replied dismissively, "Of course! So you'd better do well."
Gu Lingyu immediately perked up and happily went to greet the guests with two jugs of wine.
Sure enough, once they arrived in the hall, everyone saw this pretty young woman and some people started gossiping:
"Old Le, this girl looks unfamiliar to me."
“I’m not unfamiliar with you. She used to help us pick bayberries in Xishan every day. She looks like a delicate and pretty girl, but she’s incredibly strong. When she gets to work, I’m afraid even the two of you men can’t keep up.”
"So capable? Could she be Wu Jun's girlfriend whom he brought home sometime ago...?"
Gu Lingyu didn't care about what people were saying about her, but she made her position clear on the issue of her allegiance.
Upon hearing this, she immediately picked up the teapot containing wine and walked up to the man who had spoken, looking at him with an extremely solemn expression.
The man who had been speaking was stunned by her gaze, and it took him a couple of seconds to react. He quickly covered his glass, saying, "Don't refill my glass."
Gu Lingyu: "You really can't drink anymore. I think you're already drunk."
"..." What are you saying? He can drink two jin of baijiu, and this is only one cup of rice wine. How could he possibly get drunk? "Ha, little girl, you really know how to joke."
Gu Lingyu: "Only drunk people talk nonsense."
"..." The man was extremely embarrassed and completely baffled. He looked around at the others and forced a smile, "What did I just say?"
To be honest, the people around were also a bit confused.
The atmosphere was a bit complicated, even Mr. Shen was confused. "Lingyu, what's wrong?"
Gu Lingyu: "He just said I'm Junjun's girlfriend. Uncle, do you think he's talking nonsense?"
"Silly girl, I was just joking with you..." Mr. Chen laughed, but when he saw her serious face, he couldn't laugh anymore. His expression was complicated as he said, "Girl, do you really look down on our Junjun that much?"
"No." Junjun is her younger brother, and she loves him so much that she extends that love to him as well. To prove that she really loves him, she even praised him, saying, "Junjun is a very nice brother, and he's very likable. It's just that I can't be his girlfriend."
Seeing how seriously she was taking things, Mr. Shen couldn't help but get serious: "Then why can't she be Junjun's girlfriend?"
Gu Lingyu: "Because I am already Qiuqiu's..."
"Waaah..." Er Mao, in Dad's arms, chimed in at the right moment, raising his voice to wail.
When his beloved granddaughter cried, Mr. Shen naturally couldn't be bothered to pursue such a trivial matter, because he never even considered having Gu Lingyu as his daughter-in-law.
It's strange, really. He thought the girl was pretty, had a good personality, and was very capable when she got serious. But for some reason, he felt a strange resistance to her. He couldn't say he disliked her, but he just couldn't seem to like her.
He was busy coaxing his granddaughter, so the man who had been joking earlier stopped joking and spoke to Gu Lingyu in a gentle tone, "Little girl, don't be angry. I was just talking nonsense."
Gu Lingyu said coldly, "I forgive you."
The situation became awkward once again.
Distracted by her words, everyone naturally stopped gossiping about her and turned their attention back to Er Mao, who was crying in Chen's father's arms.
"Wow, this child looks so small, but his cry is surprisingly loud."
"Wuqiu is really amazing. I heard that all four were born naturally. Look, it's only been a few days, and all the babies are so fair and clean. They'll all grow up to be beauties..."
"These days, boys aren't as valuable as girls. Old Le, Wu Qiu is so lucky to have four daughters. She'll be so blessed from now on..."
What everyone said may not have been entirely sincere, but what Dad Shen found comforting was genuine. He no longer found Er Mao's crying and fussing annoying; on the contrary, he became even more beaming.
As soon as Er Mao started crying, San Mao, who was sleeping in the stroller, also began to stir, and Da Mao, who was in Dai Ying's arms, started to whimper.
Seeing this, Daiying immediately said to Zhao Jiujiu, "Put Simao in the stroller. The children are hungry. I'll carry Damao and Ermao upstairs."
"Okay, I'll go make the formula." With that, Zhao Jiujiu placed the well-behaved Simao in the stroller.
Upon hearing that she would be carrying the children upstairs, Gu Lingyu immediately put down the two jugs of wine she was holding, wiped her hands, and said, "Mother, I'll carry them upstairs. You keep an eye on things downstairs."
Daiying had no objection.
Zhao Jiujiu muttered to herself, "I think you're even more attached to Qiuqiu than Er Mao and the others. You wish you could be with Qiuqiu 24/7."
Gu Lingyu pretended not to hear, took the big cat from Daiying's hands, and went to hug the second cat from Father Shen.
Dad: "Can you hold both of them?"
Gu Lingyu: "I can carry any four of them."
"..." Mr. Shen was speechless.
Gu Lingyu grabbed one in each arm and ran upstairs.
Inside the room, Shen Wuqiu's back was actually quite sore. After Gu Lingyu was called away, she lay on the bed and massaged her back. When she saw someone carrying the child in, she immediately sat up and glanced at the alarm clock next to her. No wonder she felt a bit bloated in her chest. It had been almost four hours, and the babies must be hungry.
Gu Lingyu: "Should Qiuqiu feed Da Mao or Er Mao first?"
Shen Wuqiu glanced at Er Mao, who was crying every now and then, and then at Da Mao, who was just pouting and whimpering. She picked up Da Mao first and said, "Feed Da Mao first."
It's probably true that most mothers in the world think this way: if their child is born with some shortcomings, they always feel that it's their fault as the mother, and they can't help but worry about it more.
Shen Wuqiu had plenty of milk. In just a few hours, some of her milk had already overflowed naturally. When Da Mao sucked, he was choked and cried by the surging milk.
Shen Wuqiu felt extremely distressed. "This won't do, Mianmian. Go and get the breast pump. I'll pump out some milk first. The baby is hungry and drinks very quickly, and there's too much milk."
Gu Lingyu didn't say anything. She put Er Mao on the bed, went to the bathroom, and came back empty-handed.
Shen Wuqiu was preoccupied with comforting Da Mao, who had choked on his milk, and didn't notice where Da Mao had gone. When she looked up and saw that Da Mao's hands were empty, she frowned: "Didn't you find it?"
Gu Lingyu paused for a moment, then nodded, "Mm."
"I remember putting it in..."
Gu Lingyu: "What do you need that thing for?"
"...You didn't hear me just now..."
"I can do it."
"..." Before Shen Wuqiu could react, she saw a shameless person squat down and get close to her.
"Don't worry, Qiuqiu, I just rinsed my mouth..." she said, sniffing the air and muttering, "It smelled so good, why does it taste different now..."
With that, her little red lips moved to kiss the little cherry...
"..."
Two minutes later, the cat wiped its mouth and complained, "Qiuqiu, your milk is so plentiful, I almost choked. I really need to eat less of the foods that promote lactation."
"...Get out of here..."
A note from the author:
Thank you all for your valuable suggestions. I've noted them all down for my little darling.
And thank you all for your blessings. I'm very happy, and I hope you are happy too.
Finally, I'd like to recommend my good friend "Yimengzhong's" new novel, "[After Being Pursued by My White Moonlight, I Became an Internet Sensation]," a sweet romance novel set in the entertainment industry.
On the night Qi You won the Best New Generation Actor award, the most hated thing in her career happened to her.
The agent handed over an "invitation" from an industry bigwig.
All the important information above is included—room number, time, and subsequent resources.
Ha, you've got the wrong person.
She pretended to keep the appointment, intending to teach that bastard a lesson that night.
I arrived at the room right on time, and then...
There was no sleazy man, but there was one upright and virtuous woman.
She's quite familiar with her...
It's still the white moonlight she had during her college years...
Qi You's fake smile froze on her face. She thought she had entered the wrong room, and her hands, which were holding up her sexy nightgown, didn't know what to do.
Qi You: Let me explain, I'm not that kind of person...
Chi Yuexi calmly locked the door from the inside: "I am."
Spoiled little devil x Loyal big boss
Suddenly, a series of GIFs surfaced online showing Chi Yuexi carrying Qi You's bag, holding up a mirror, and taking meticulous care of this little princess.