Chapter 441: 441: Name
Chapter 441: Chapter 441: Name
The events at the Wu Family were not known to Tang Chuxia until the following day.
She looked at everyone with a puzzled face.
“Was it really that loud?”
Tang Chuxia still couldn’t believe it. She hadn’t heard a thing last night, and when she got up the next day, everyone was discussing the Wu Family’s matters, leaving her bewildered.
Who could have imagined that such a thing would happen?
“Otherwise? Only you sleep so soundly, such a big commotion happened!” Gu Nanzhi explained while nibbling on a bun.
Tang Chuxia felt helpless, “I really didn’t hear anything!”
She didn’t know she had slept so deeply.
How could she not have heard anything at all?
It didn’t make sense.
It was extremely frustrating.
Tang Chuxia said, “Then you guys tell me what exactly happened?”
Although she didn’t go to the scene, she still liked gossip.
Gu Nanzhi hadn’t gone to the scene either and looked towards Mrs. Gu, who had to go to work and had no time to explain to them.
Father Gu also waved his hand, “I have to go to work too!”
With the elders gone, they could only look towards Gu Beihuai.
Gu Beihuai coughed lightly, “The situation is just like this, there aren’t any specific details. If you guys can go take a look later, see if you need to help out!”
As Dangdang was getting married, it was somehow related to their family. If Tang Chuxia was going, Gu Nanzhi found it inappropriate not to follow.
Since Gu Beihuai didn’t say anything further, Tang Chuxia couldn’t be bothered to ask anymore and decided to go ask Dangdang later herself.
After eating, Gu Beihuai needed to make a trip to the company and advised Tang Chuxia not to be too curious, to avoid upsetting herself.
The four little ones were very quiet. During the meal, each held a bowl, burying their heads in eating without speaking a word.
“Let’s go, let’s check on great-grandma!” Tang Chuxia and Gu Nanzhi each took two children and went to the Wu Family.
The atmosphere at the Wu Family was not good, as Mrs. Wu had gotten up early in the morning to attend to her mother-in-law by her bed.
“What’s up?” Tang Chuxia looked at Dangdang standing in the yard and curiously asked.
Dangdang shook her head, “I dare not say!”
Her own mother-in-law was being handled by the grandmother. Should she, as a daughter-in-law, help or not?
As Dangdang was struggling with what to do, the arrival of Tang Chuxia and Gu Nanzhi thankfully saved her.
Originally, it was the second day of marriage, supposed to be filled with honeyed interactions, but because of this issue, they couldn’t do anything – no sweet interactions, and probably no good mood either.
The old lady’s frail complaints about Mrs. Wu’s neglect opened everyone’s eyes.
“Do you want to scald me to death?”
The old lady scolded, and Mrs. Wu went to add some cold water.
But after adding cold water, the old lady was displeased again, “Do you want to freeze me to death? Have you never cared for anyone before? Don’t you know how to look after a sick person? Do you want me dead, so you can be at ease?”
Mrs. Wu dared not feel aggrieved and naturally went to change the water again.
The old lady’s primary activity was causing trouble for others.
But Mrs. Wu felt more wronged; she had indeed never lived with her mother-in-law and did not know attending to her would be so difficult. She had previously listened to colleagues talk about the tricky mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships and had been feeling lucky.
And now it was her turn.
Reaching middle age, with her son married, she had become a mother-in-law herself but had to start learning how to look after her own mother-in-law.
Mrs. Wu was almost at her wit’s end.
But Father Wu didn’t look at her at all, just stood by and watched.
This was also extremely unkind.
Tang Chuxia brought Dangdang back to their new house after listening in the yard for a while.
Wu Haipeng was gone too, said he went to the unit.
He probably didn’t want to be distressed at home.
Tang Chuxia asked, “So what are you all thinking of doing with these four little ones?”
She was pointing to the children playing with Gu Nanzhi in the yard—it wasn’t that she wanted to make Dangdang upset, but if this issue couldn’t be resolved, it would probably be very troublesome.
Dangdang was overwhelmed.
“I really don’t know!”
She, a new bride, how could she know these things.
Yet she had no other way.
“Maybe you should ask your father-in-law, do not make decisions on your own.”
It should have been Father Wu arranging this best, as they are his grandchildren, but Father Wu seemed only interested in taking care of the great-grandma, ignoring everything else.
“Forget it, I’ll take care of it. If I go now, I’ll definitely get scolded!” Dangdang was afraid.
The house was in complete disarray.
Tang Chuxia really looked down on Wu Haipeng. What was he doing at the unit at such a time? Was work more important, or his wife?
A whole mess, and he runs off, leaving Dangdang to face everything. Is that humane?
Gu Nanzhi was cursing Wu Haipeng in the yard too.
“Brother Haipeng is so irresponsible! Does he think now that he’s married her, he can bully her as he pleases? Dumping four kids on us just like that—who becomes a stepmother the second day of marriage? A wife is supposed to be cherished, not turned into an old maid!”
Gu Nanzhi was very direct and spoke whatever came to her mind.
Her voice was a bit loud, alerting the great-grandma and Father Wu inside the main house.
The great-grandma quickly had Father Wu bring the children in.
Only then did Father Wu go to call the four children, but they did not respond much to him and just looked towards Gu Nanzhi.
This pleased Gu Nanzhi greatly.
They were definitely children who showed respect.
“Uncle Wu, not to speak out of turn as your niece, but regardless of what the elders think, these four children are the poorest creatures. We all got our own issues and can’t look after them all the time; can’t you think of a solution to settle them down first?”
Gu Nanzhi looked disdainfully at Father Wu.
Father Wu’s face was burning with shame.
Utterly humiliated.
He asked Gu Nanzhi to help get the children into the house to visit their great-grandma.
When the great-grandma saw the four children wearing new clothes and each looking very clean, she was moved to tears.
“Shitou, Moutou, Tietou, Langtou! All come here, to great-grandma!”
This way of addressing them made Tang Chuxia, listening by the door, want to facepalm.
They really knew how to name children.
Calling others bad at naming, but look at these names—so harsh! If you say they are good at it, listen to what those names are!
One would think they were gearing up for battle.
Father Wu was shocked by the names of his four grandsons too.
“Mother, what are their full names?”
The great-grandma snorted coldly: “Theoretically, it’s the grandfather’s job to name the children, but you act as if we are dead. These kids haven’t even started school yet. When they do, the teacher will give them proper names!”
Father Wu quickly responded, “Mother, I’ll think of proper names for the children!”
He couldn’t afford to mess up anymore, as he needed the children to help salvage some of his reputation.
The great-grandma could see his motives and was not polite, but when she saw Tang Chuxia, she beckoned her over.
“My girl, come here!”