NOVPUB37: Chapter 37: Don’t Sit with the Ghost Sister.
37: Chapter 37: Don’t Sit with the Ghost Sister.
Grandma Huangshi didn’t particularly hate Gu Youyou, just that she was a freeloader who couldn’t do any work and still needed to be waited on, which made her displeased and rather impatient.
That’s normal for most people, isn’t it?
There’s a saying, “A long illness makes one hard to please,” not to mention a grandmother.
She had a bunch of grandsons and granddaughters; having one more Gu Youyou made no difference, and having one less wouldn’t matter either.
Whether Grandma had ever entered Gu Youyou’s room to bring her food, Youyou didn’t know.
Nevertheless, since Youyou arrived half a year ago, Grandma had never visited her.
In this family, the only one who was truly good to her was Grandpa Gu.
Gu Youyou thought that he had said he was confused, which had led to her condition.
Could it be that he knew something?
When Gu Feng heard Gu Youyou say this, it was as if he suddenly remembered something, and his gaze started to dodge.
Jin Zijin, who was at the side, hurriedly interjected, “Youyou, didn’t you say you were hungry?
Let’s eat first!”
Gu Feng, as if finding an excuse to step down, quickly followed up.
“Right, right, we can’t let Youyou starve.
You’re so thin, you need to eat more.
Second uncle’s family, third uncle’s family, hurry up and bring out the food!”
Gu Youyou ignored the venomous gaze of her second aunt and acted as if she hadn’t seen it.
She had to be a qualified invalid who only waited to eat and drink.
In farming households, breakfast usually consists of congee and pickles, but today, because of Gu Youyou’s return, they had added a few dishes and even meat patties.
It was too rare.
The second uncle chuckled and asked Gu Youyou how her last few days had been.
Gu Youyou mumbled a few vague replies, and just then, the food was served.
Gu Erbao, who had been frightened by Gu Youyou the day before, hovered timidly behind Huang Xiangwen, wanting to look at Youyou but scared to do so.
His cowardly behavior displeased Grandpa Gu.
“Erbao, why are you hiding behind your mother?
Come here and eat,” he called.
Huang Xiangwen gave Gu Erbao’s arm a tug and pushed him forward, whispering, “What are you hiding for?
Hurry up and eat, it’s not like you’re hiding from a ghost!”
The mention of “ghost” scared Gu Erbao even more, and his fear intensified.
Gu Youyou glanced over with a faint smile and said, “Erbao, weren’t you knocking on sister’s door yesterday, wanting to see her?
Come here, today you can sit with sister, and let her have a good look at you!”
With a smile that was not quite a smile, Youyou observed Gu Erbao, who at the age of ten, saw, for the first time up close and for real, the legendary “Ghost Sister.”
Her hair wasn’t white, just somewhat yellow, and that face wasn’t as frighteningly fierce as yesterday, but still…
it was so scary!
“Ah…
I don’t want…
I don’t want to sit with Ghost Sister…”
Gu Erbao screamed and turned to run away.
And he didn’t come back for his breakfast!
“Hey, what’s wrong with this child!” Gu Feng seemed a bit angry and turned to Gu Erbao’s older brother, saying, “Dabao, go take a look, tell him to come back and eat.”
Everyone felt a bit awkward because of Gu Erbao’s behavior, but Gu Youyou seemed unaffected and smiled at Gu Feng, saying, “Grandpa, why don’t we start eating!”
Coming back to his senses, Gu Feng hastily replied, “Right, right, we should eat first.
Youyou mustn’t go hungry.”
Since Gu Dabao had gone to chase after Gu Erbao, two people were missing, but the Gu family still had a full table of people.
Gu Feng, Gu Youyou, Jin Zijin, as well as the second uncle and aunt, and their daughter Gu Xiaomei.
The third uncle and aunt, their son Gu Ren, and daughter Gu Xiaoqing.
Grandma Huangshi had taken Gu Youyou’s two youngest aunts back to their maternal home.
The twin aunts were the unexpected late-life children of the family, and Grandma Huangshi had always been very fond of them, taking them wherever she went.
