Chapter 569: Chapter 569

With that thought, Grandmother Gu felt even more indifferent. Grandfather Gu rarely spoke up, so it was Grandmother Gu who said, "Sit down."

Gu Nuan and Xiao Yebai moved little stools to sit next to the elders, careful not to disturb their television watching.

The two elders seemed too lazy to even ask or pay attention to them.

The living room was filled with an indescribable awkwardness and stiff atmosphere.

Aunt Gu gave the two young people each a glass of water and gestured to Gu Nuan, "Your mom said you two, when did you get married? Auntie’s memory isn’t so great—"

Grandmother Gu snorted through her nose, "You didn’t tell anyone? No wonder your dad spoils you and your mom rotten. But getting married off is still a good thing."

This was truly Xiao Yebai’s firsthand experience of the saying "A dog can’t spit out ivory." The mouth of the old lady in front of him, although his wife’s grandmother, seemed even fiercer than the four tigresses in his own family.

Saying such things in front of someone’s husband was clearly beating around the bush. Aunt Gu couldn’t help but flash this thought in her mind, glanced at Gu Nuan, then at Xiao Yebai, and then she escaped to the kitchen.

There was a feeling that the elder’s scolding was far from over.

Indeed, once Grandmother Gu opened her box of complaints, there was no shutting it. She went on nonstop, complaining especially about the day Gu Nuan’s mom upset her, "That temper of your mom’s, you must never learn from her, you hear? Especially now that you’re married, if you act like her, how will your husband’s family tolerate you?"

"Grandma." Xiao Yebai suddenly interrupted.

The old lady narrowed her eyes.

Xiao Yebai said, "Grandma, my mother passed away early. Nuannuan doesn’t have a mother-in-law to take care of."

Grandmother Gu coughed twice, "No mother-in-law, but there’s a father-in-law, and others, too. Don’t you still have to get along with them?"

"Grandma, Nuannuan can’t hear."

It meant that whatever old Grandma Gu was scolding Gu Nuan about, it was to no effect.

This fact infuriated Grandmother Gu the most. She had long been itching to scold this child who looked like Gu Nuan’s mother, but, unfortunately, the child was deaf and wouldn’t be able to hear her, no matter how she scolded. Moreover, she, Grandmother Gu, was illiterate and basically could not write, so there was no way to write down her scolding for Gu Nuan to read.

Grandmother Gu was choking with anger she couldn’t expel or swallow and waved her hand dismissively, "Fine. Do whatever you want."

Seeing that the elders were about to send them away, Gu Nuan and Xiao Yebai couldn’t be more pleased. In such a place, with such elders, they didn’t want to stay a moment longer. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⁂𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⁂𝓷𝓮𝓽

Remembering what his mother-in-law and father-in-law had said, Xiao Yebai took a red envelope out of his pocket and placed it on the table, saying to the elders, "This is our first meeting, a small token of respect, I hope Grandpa and Grandma will accept it graciously."

Seeing the red envelope, which implied money, Grandfather Gu’s and Grandmother Gu’s eyes instantly lit up, and even Grandfather Gu, who had been watching the TV, immediately shifted his gaze to the red envelope.

Grandmother Gu inhaled deeply, as if opening a Christmas present, eagerly, full of anticipation of a delightful surprise, snatched the red envelope from the table and held it in her palm, while saying, "Why so formal? I know your family, and Nuannuan’s, are both strapped for cash. It’s the sentiment that counts."

"With grandma’s words, I am reassured," Xiao Yebai curled his lips into a smile.

After getting the red envelope into their hands, the elderly couple habitually pinched and weighed it, as if holding a gold bar, feeling for its weight. But no matter how they felt it, it seemed like there was only a piece of paper inside.

Grandmother Gu’s brow furrowed, thinking that the highest denomination of RMB is only a hundred yuan. She remembered this very well.

Could it be that this red envelope only contained a hundred yuan?

Usually, when Father Gu gave her red envelopes, they were at least five hundred yuan. She hadn’t expected Gu Nuan’s husband to be even stingier.

You can imagine the sense of disappointment in Grandmother Gu, but she thought, a hundred is still a hundred, and with that, she could still buy a nice piece of clothing.

Besides guessing it might be a hundred yuan, Grandmother Gu preferred that it contained a high-value check that she could cash at the bank.

Anxious and unable to guess, Grandmother Gu quietly opened the seal of the red envelope and took a quick glance inside: