There is Room For Abandoned Women In the 1980s

Chapter 369: A self-deprecating smile

Haven’t you had enough to eat? Mr. Gu called the waiter in and ordered her to pack two drawers of steamed dumplings for Li Xiuqin to take away.

 “No need, old man, you can keep it to eat.”

Gao Guilan's face turned red and she stopped Mr. Gu. She loved to take advantage, but she was not shameless. Especially today, she couldn't let the Gu family look down on her.

Li Xiuqin's mouth was full of oil. She was afraid that her mother-in-law would tell her to leave and she would not be able to eat, so she stuffed her mouth full. She wanted to swallow all the steamed dumplings in one mouthful. When her mother-in-law refused to pack them, her eyes flashed with anxiety. "Why?" don't want? It would be good to take it back and feed it to the children. I quickly stuffed another steamed dumpling into my mouth.

Gao Guilan glared angrily at Li Xiuqin, who had her mouth full of blisters and couldn't wait to stuff steamed dumplings into her mouth. She picked her up with a sullen face and scolded her in a low voice: "Are you starving to death?"

Li Xiuqin was pulled up by her mother-in-law and saw her gloomy face. She was so frightened that she swallowed hard. Naturally, it was not easy to swallow so much food in her mouth. She stretched her neck and swallowed hard.

Zheng Xinyue wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into her sister-in-law's greedy appearance, as if she had never eaten anything good in her life.

Zheng Xinyue glanced around and saw Mr. Sun looking at his sister-in-law with disgust, holding his stomach as if he was about to vomit, and whispered to Mr. Gu: "You have to check the friends Changfeng associates with, who are these people?" ah?"

His voice was not loud, but Zheng Xinyue was close enough to hear it clearly.

 It is indeed better for people of different classes not to be together.

Zheng Xinyue had a self-deprecating smile on her face, and a coldness rose in her clear black eyes. She pushed away her chair and stood up from her seat, apologizing to Mr. Gu.

“Thank you for your hospitality, grandpa. We don’t have enough food in rural areas, so our thirst for food is strong. Hunger makes us forget our manners and make you laugh.”

“It’s nothing. When I was hungry, I ate grass roots and tree barks. This is nothing. Grandpa doesn’t worry about it at all.”

Mr. Gu raised his eyebrows when he heard Zheng Xinyue's neither humble nor arrogant words. He remembered the poorest days. Not to mention such fragrant steamed dumplings, he wolfed down even the spoiled grain cornstarch, and the others looked at him with ridicule. , he ignored the sarcastic voices. Hunger made people forget their self-esteem. During those days, all he thought about was food.

 Those who have never tasted it have no right to laugh at others.

 “We won’t disturb you anymore, let’s take our leave first.”

After listening to what Mr. Gu said, Zheng Xinyue put a light smile on her face, nodded slightly and said goodbye to Mr. Gu, always maintaining the proper courtesy.

Mr. Gu frowned and felt that there was alienation in Zheng Xinyue's smile, and there was a touch of indifference on her body that seemed to repel people thousands of miles away.

He felt very uncomfortable. He seemed to have hurt this girl? He still liked the way she looked before, down-to-earth and generous, with a bright smile that made people feel happy just looking at her.

Zheng Xinyue didn’t stop for a second after saying goodbye to the old man. She whispered to Gu Changfeng, who had been looking at her:

“Director Gu, I’m sorry for embarrassing you.”

After saying that, without waiting for Gu Changfeng's reply, she lowered her head and left the single room.

“Old man, come to my house another day and ask my third son to get you some game.”

Gao Guilan said politely to Mr. Gu, then grabbed her daughter-in-law and followed her daughter closely behind.

Looking at her daughter's straight body and proud back, she felt as if a volcano was about to explode in her heart, and her eyes were filled with distress.

“Grandpa Sun, you and grandpa take your time to catch up on old times, I have to leave first.”

Gu Changfeng stood up after they left, looked at Mr. Sun with a solemn expression, said something in a cold voice, and then looked at Grandpa.

 (End of this chapter)