Old Mrs. Xiao finally learned that her eldest great-grandson was sick. She rushed to the hospital, but Lingxin was already about to be discharged and was going abroad. The old lady was visibly unhappy.
Gu Nuan’s parents had to explain to the old lady, "We thought you’re getting on in years and feared you’d worry. Lingxin’s illness isn’t serious."
"Not serious? How can being hospitalized not be serious?" The old lady was not one to be easily fooled.
The two little monkeys, however, didn’t pay attention to the adults arguing and were sitting in front of the TV in the hospital room, engrossed in watching sothing.
The old lady squinted to take a look. Good heavens, how could these two kids be watching the finance channel.
"Why not put on the children’s channel?" the old lady asked.
It seed like the old lady didn’t spend much ti with the two monkeys and didn’t know their preferences. Gu Nuan’s dad chuckled and said, "They love this. If you switch to the children’s channel, they’ll be upset."
"Really?" The old lady didn’t buy it. She thought her family must think she’s truly confused, saying a child’s hospitalization isn’t serious and that a three-year-old watching the finance channel is normal, treating her like a fool.
Without another word, she picked up the TV remote on the table and switched to the children’s channel. Instantly, the screen changed from a case about Rogers to ’Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.’
Imdiately, the two little monkeys shot her a death stare, glaring fiercely at the old lady who switched the channel on them.
The old lady was stunned for a mont, then said, "You don’t like ’Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf’? What do you like? Transforrs? How about great-grandma buys you so Transforrs?"
Lingxin was puffing with anger, crossed his little arms, glanced at his brother, signaling him to get the remote back.
Mingli was equally irritated, banging his small hands on the chair he sat on, saying, "Great-grandma is bad."
When the old lady heard the child say this, she was greatly shocked, hastily saying, "How am I bad? How am I bad? If you don’t like Transforrs, just say it, and great-grandma will buy you sothing else. Tell great-grandma what you want."
"Is there any point in telling you what to buy?" Lingxin said, no longer paying attention to the old lady, returning to his bed to pack his belongings, preparing to go ho and leave the country.
The old lady’s face turned dark as a stormy cloud.
Gu Nuan’s parents covered their eyes. The monkeys’ mouths were just as sharp as Big White Dog Dad’s.
"Is this how you teach the kids usually?" The old lady couldn’t lose her temper at her precious great-grandson, thinking the child is ignorant and must be repeating what the adults taught him, pinning the bla on those raising them, like Gu Nuan’s parents, or Gu Nuan herself.
Gu Nuan’s mom heard this and knew what the old lady was thinking, so she blurted out, "We don’t teach them, the kids are just smart."
"They’re smart? Smart how? Smart enough to listen to you talk bad about , so I’m the bad one, is that it?!" The old lady spun around, unleashing her anger at Gu Nuan’s mom.
Gu Nuan’s dad quickly pulled his wife aside, trying to calm the old lady down, "That’s not it, in-law. I told you earlier, they don’t like the children’s channel—"
"You’re fooling , tricking because I’m old and confused, thinking I don’t know! Let tell you, I’m very clear on what’s happening here, not confused at all. No child is born not liking cartoons; it must be you teaching him, teaching him to pretend in front of great-grandma, trying to drive a wedge between my precious great-grandsons and , right? So they’ll both take the surna Gu, is that it?" The old lady jumped three feet in the air, yelling and pointing at Gu Nuan’s parents.
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