NOVPUB66: Chapter 66: Snatching Food
66 -66: Snatching Food
She said those words, but could she really say she’d rather die than part with those things?
“Hehe…
Sell it…
just sell it then!”
Gu’s eldest aunt let out a forced laugh, her look of disdain towards Gu Youyou flashed in her eyes as she flung her hands and walked out.
A poor wretch of a girl, what’s the use of being pretty?
What’s the use of getting better?
Married off to a poor hunter, she’s doomed to suffer in poverty for the rest of her life!
Might as well be dead.
The second aunt arrived late, as she was married off farther away.
By the time she got there, it was almost time for the meal to start.
The grandpa and grandma had eight children, just enough for two tables of mahjong.
Five daughters and three sons, although one son and one daughter had passed away, the remaining ones along with their sons-in-law and daughters-in-law made up three tables.
The kids were seated at one table, the women at another, and the men, of course, at yet another.
Gu Xiaolian was seated at the women’s table, the only one excluded was Gu Youyou, who was sent to sit at the kids’ table.
Gu Youyou felt depressed for a long while, what was the meaning of this?
What did it mean?
Kids don’t eat like adults, they tend to care a bit about appearances.
For rural kids, the best meal of the year is on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so the moment the dishes were served, their table turned chaotic.
Gu Erbao and Gu Sanbao were the first to scramble onto the table, not even bothering with chopsticks as they dove in like clawed dragons, and the center plate of dried beef slices quickly became empty.
Gu Youyou’s eyes nearly popped out of her head.
She’d always thought that after starving for half a year she’d lost all manners, her years of cultivation utterly ruined by those six months in the dark room, but unexpectedly, a more shocking display of gluttony was waiting for her here.
Erya and Sanya were not idle either, barely slower than Erbao and Sanbao.
The three children brought by the two aunts were a bit more civilized.
They too were scrambling for food, but their movements were much slower.
This was probably because they did not match the others’ lack of manners, as they were a bit embarrassed due to visiting relatives.
Over at the other table, Grandma Huangshi scolded, “A bunch of little brats, what’s the rush?
Don’t choke yourselves to death.”
However, her words had little effect.
Even Gu Dabao, who had been hesitating and wondering whether he should join in the fray, started grabbing food when he saw Gu Youyou was not making a move.
Gu Youyou, holding her chopsticks in frustration and looking at the aftermath of the feeding frenzy, hesitated for a long time without being able to bring herself to join in.
Gu Youyou wasn’t the same as when she first came out of the dark room half a year ago.
Although she hadn’t been eating sumptuous meals daily since then, Jin Zijin hadn’t let her starve.
So now Gu Youyou’s expectations for food had become somewhat highbrow again.
She didn’t ask for much, but at least it had to be clean.
Looking at their hands, there was still mud, dark and unwashed.
With no other choice, Gu Youyou could only eat the bowl of plain white rice she held.
Out of the corner of her eye, Gu Youyou noticed Grandma Huangshi at the next table, smiling cunningly in her direction.
She instantly understood it all.
The seating had been arranged by Grandma; it was done on purpose.
She must have thought that Gu Youyou, being frail from illness, couldn’t compete with those wild children.
Little did she know Gu Youyou was deep down a lady of aristocratic upbringing, a modern person of integrity who wouldn’t stoop to fight over food with a bunch of rowdy kids unless it was a life-or-death situation. n𝚘𝚟𝚙u𝚋.co𝚖
Gu Youyou’s face fell, her mood turned very sour, and she had no interest in listening to the lively scene of Huang Xiangwen schooling Gu Xiaolian’s husband Chen Ziqiu.
After several encounters with the Gu Family’s women, this was the first time she had suffered such a huge loss.
The grandma was indeed exceptional.
In the past, it was one thing for her to dislike Gu Youyou for being a burden on the family, but now, Gu Youyou was already married.
It was just a New Year’s meal, yet she still resorted to petty schemes.
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