Chapter 73 Drunken

  Xiao Hei's dad came over specially on the weekend and said he wanted to thank us by treating Gu Mama and Gu Xiang to dinner.

  Mother Gu would never let him spend money, so she just let him buy some vegetables and eat at home.

  Gu Xiang thinks that the best thing about now is that her mother's store is very close to home, and it only takes less than ten minutes to ride a bicycle back home.

  And if you take a shortcut along the riverbank, it's even closer.

  Little Hei's dad came on Saturday morning and brought some country eggs and rice for Gu Xiang and her mom, as well as some roasted melon seeds and other things from their own home.

  Xiao Hei went to the station to pick him up, and then the two of them carried their things together to Gu Xiang's home.

  Gu Xiang knew that Xiao Hei's father was coming in the morning, so she got up early and tidied up the whole house.

  Xiao Hei's father was also surprised to see the size of the house where Gu Xiang and her family lived now. Especially when he heard that the second floor was also theirs, it seemed a bit cramped.

  Although Grandma's house doesn't look great from the outside, it has been decorated quite well in the past two years. The room is wooden floor, the living room is marble tile, and the walls are also pasted with wallpaper. The furniture is Grandpa and Grandma's favorite style, most of which are made of red wood.

  Gu Xiang wanted to take over what he was holding, but Xiao Hei's dad didn't let her take it and personally put it in the kitchen.

  "Where is this egg and rice?"

  Gu Xiang hastily took the eggs and put them in the refrigerator, saying: "Uncle, just put it anywhere, it's a bit messy here. Usually my mom and I just put things wherever."

  Little Hei's father put everything away in a corner, "How do you guys usually clean this house? It must be very tiring to sweep and dust?"

  Gu Xiang didn't have the nerve to say that she and her mom had moved in for nearly half a month, but only swept the places they would normally use, while other guest rooms were still covered in a layer of dust.

  Gu Xiang poured tea for Xiao Hei's father, and the three of them sat in the living room chatting for a while before Xiao Hei's father pulled Xiao Hei out to go buy groceries.

  He came so early just to buy vegetables.

  Gu Xiang felt that she and her mother had not thought it through thoroughly. Originally, they just wanted to save them some money, but now they had let someone come over so early in the morning.

  Gu Xiang said she wanted to go together, but Xiao Hei's dad didn't let her follow and told her to stay home and sleep for a while. When she woke up later, she could eat.

  Gu Xiang didn't have the nerve to really go back and lie down, after they went out she first tidied up the kitchen, then took out the vegetables she had bought yesterday and washed and chopped them.

  Xiao Hei and his father returned home to find that Gu Xiang had already been busy in the kitchen for a while.

  Xiao Hei Pang's dad took over and started doing it himself. Xiao Hei Pang helped out on the side.

  The guest was busy in the kitchen, and Gu Xiang felt that as the host, it would be too embarrassing if she didn't do something. So she started sweeping the floor at home. Although her mother and Xiao Hei were also sweeping, everyone had to go to work or school during the day, and at night they just swept the floor and mopped the floor, and many things in the house were not done thoroughly.

  Before long, a busy morning passed and Xiao Hei's father had prepared a table of dishes.

  Gu Xiang didn't expect a big man like him to cook so quickly and well, but thinking about it, since there's no woman in their household, he must be doing most of the chores.

  Gu's mom received the phone call and came back to eat. She originally thought that Xiao Hei's dad was coming, and he would definitely go to her store first. As a result, she waited for an entire morning without seeing anyone, and she thought he wasn't coming today.

  The lunch was very rich, Xiao Hei's father exploded a mutton, stewed a chicken, and also had beef tripe, waist flower, cold mixed jellyfish skin, cold mixed radish skin and so on, filling the whole table.

  Gu Xiang took a bite and found that the flavor was quite different from what her grandmother used to make. It was salty and spicy, but still pretty addictive.

  "Gu's mother saw this and said to Gu Xiang: 'Your uncle has arrived, why didn't you tell me? You child, how could you let the guest take action, while you just wait to eat.'"

  Gu Xiang thought to herself, "I'd like to take action, but no one gives me the opportunity. And calling you back on the phone is useless too, do I have to specially ask you to close the shop and come back to cook?"

  Gu Xiang took an empty bowl and went up to the table.

  "Have some rice, you can't just eat vegetables and expect to be full."

  Gu Xiang refused, she had gained several pounds over the New Year's holiday, and now that her fat hadn't solidified yet, she had to lose weight quickly.

  The dinner table was always where the two parents exchanged their experiences and insights on bringing up children, while Gu Xiang and Xiao Hei just focused on eating.

  Little Hei Pao's father knocked on Little Hei Pao's head with his chopsticks, "Eat slowly, you glutton! You'll starve to death in your next life!"

  Xiao Hei Fang put down his chopsticks and poured a cup of Yangmei wine for his father.

  Yangmei wine is brewed by Xiao Heipao's father himself.

  Gu Xiang looked at the bright red color and felt a little hungry, so her mother poured some into a bowl for her.

  She drank it and felt that this didn't taste like wine at all. The bayberry flavor was very strong, but it tasted more like a beverage. It was sour and sweet, and strangely refreshing to drink.

  Taking advantage of her mother's conversation with Xiao Hei's father, she secretly drank a little more.

  After lunch, Xiao Hei's father still helped with washing dishes.

  Gu's mother naturally wouldn't let him do these things again, so she sent Gu Xiang to the kitchen.

  Gu Xiang washed the dishes and came out, Xiao Hei and others were about to leave, still pushing and shoving each other with her mother.

  It's obvious that Xiao Hei's dad wants to give money, but Gu's mom refuses to accept it.

  Two people were still pushing and shoving, Xiao Hei's dad said: "It's not a lot of money, just to buy some food for Ya Ya. I didn't even give her lucky money for the New Year, you can consider it as saving for the kid."

  "I didn't give Haohao any pressure money either, you can take it back and consider it as a gift from me to Haohao."

  The red envelope finally ended up in Mrs. Gu's hands.

  Gu Xiang went over and asked: "Did your uncle really give you money?"

  "It's not like it can be pushed away."

  Gu Xiang took it over, opened it and saw that there was 1,000 yuan inside. "Taboo uncle gave too much. But anyway, can't push it back now, might as well buy something for Chen Hao later."

  Gu's mom also said: "This money is given too much, Hao Hao in our family is just adding a pair of chopsticks."

  As she spoke, Gu Xiang suddenly felt a bit sleepy and yawned.

  Mom said: "You got up early? Go back to sleep for a while."

  "It's okay, I just got up at 8 o'clock." Gu Xiang also found it strange, she usually gets up before 6 o'clock to go to school and hasn't seen herself so lacking in spirit like today.

  Gu's mother was in a hurry to go back and open the store, so Gu Xiang climbed onto the bed to take a nap.

  She fell asleep and felt something was wrong, her head was still dizzy.

  It feels like being drunk.

  Unexpectedly, that Yangmei wine was quite potent. Gu Xiang wanted to sleep again and felt dizzy and a bit nauseous, wanting to throw up.

  The phone suddenly rang, and Gu Xiang answered it with ease.

  "Hey, Gu Xiang? Have you done your English homework? Are there some multiple-choice questions with no answers?"

  "Who are you?" Gu Xiang's mind was a complete muddle.

  That man chuckled again, "How's your business? Are you sleeping?"

  Gu Xiang murmured a vague "uh-huh" and fell asleep with her phone still stuck to her face.

  Gu's mother closed the shop door and went home, only to find that all the lights in the house were turned off. Not until she had finished cooking dinner did Gu Xiang get up.

  Gu's mother opened the door halfway, walked to the bedside and saw that Gu Xiang was still sleeping soundly. She gently patted her: "Get up and have dinner first, you've been sleeping for so long and your head will hurt later."

  Gu Xiang also felt uncomfortable sleeping, "En, I'm getting up." Only after speaking did he realize that his throat was hoarse.

  "What's wrong with your throat? Are you uncomfortable?" Mrs. Gu heard and went to touch her forehead.

  Gu Xiang said: "It seems like I drank it at noon when I was drinking Yangmei wine."

  "Go ahead and be gluttonous!"

  Gu Xiang got out of bed, wrung out a hot towel and wiped her face, then drank a cup of hot tea, feeling much more refreshed.

  "Your mother is serving dishes while saying: 'You're still so young and already greedy for wine. Now you have a headache, serves you right.'"

  "Mom, I'm having a hard time right now, can't you just say a few less words?"

  Her mother saw her looking like she was dying and got a bit anxious: "Are you really uncomfortable? Do you want to vomit or not? Otherwise, I'll go out and buy some medicine for you?"

  "It's enough, I haven't drunk much." Gu Xiang felt her way to the dinner table, she couldn't eat anymore, so she had two bowls of chicken soup and some cold dishes.

  After dinner, Gu Xiang watched TV for a while and still felt dizzy.

  Gu's mother pressed her to drink a cup of strong tea and then drove her back to her room to lie down.

  Gu Xiang slept a lot in the afternoon and drank strong tea, so she couldn't sleep at all. She casually flipped through a CD and lay on her bed listening to it.

  Humming while lying down, I reached for my phone on the bedside and was ready to play a game of Snake.

  There is an unread message on the phone, sent by Chai Zi Yu, with only two words: Haha!

  She seems to have forgotten something.

  Gu Xiang flipped through the chat records and indeed she had answered the phone when she was sleeping in the afternoon.

  The call log shows that the caller was Chai Zi Yu, and this phone call lasted for almost a minute...

  Mom, I don't remember what I said at all! What's that haha thing again?! oao

  Gu Xiang rolled over on the bed several times in frustration and angrily bumped his head against the headboard.

  "Mom Gu came in just in time to see her rolling around, 'What's wrong? Are you going to dismantle the house?!'"

  Gu Xiang hummed and stomped her feet.

  Her mother was about to come over and lift up her quilt: "What's wrong? Does your head hurt badly?"

  Gu Xiang weakly vowed: "I will never drink again."