It’s true, after being reminded by Anning, Mr. Gu also realized that his improved health was Xiao Yuan’s doing.
He and Mrs. Gu muttered a few tis privately about Xiao Yuan’s great dical skills, and they were both quite grateful to him.
As the weather turned colder, the sales at the Gu Family’s bun shop beca increasingly popular.
But just at this ti, sothing quite disgusting happened.
This was stirred up by Anning’s second aunt.
Mrs. Gu’s surna is Zhu, her na is Zhu Xiuzhi, and Anning’s second aunt is Zhu Xiui.
Both sisters lived in Qing City. Initially, the Gu Family was in poor condition, while the i Family was better off, with both Zhu Xiui and her husband Liu Yu employed; Liu Yu was a manager at a company, even though it was just a small departnt, he was quite arrogant.
Zhu Xiui was an elentary school teacher.
This condition was much better compared to the original state of the Gu Family, thus, Zhu Xiui looked down upon Mrs. Gu and mocked her whenever they t during festivals.
Recently, Zhu Xiui learned about the Gu Family opening a bun shop.
She didn’t care at first, thinking how much money could a small bun shop earn, it was just enough for the Gu Family to scrape by.
But later, not just one or two people told her how good the business of the Gu Family’s bun shop was and how much money it was making.
Zhu Xiui then took the opportunity to visit once.
Indeed, she saw the long queue in front of the Gu Family’s bun shop, and Zhu Xiui felt quite envious.
If Zhu Xiui was unemployed, she would definitely ask Mrs. Gu to help at the bun shop, perhaps even thinking about taking charge of the shop.
But since Zhu Xiui had a decent job, how could she act on her envy towards the Gu Family; she couldn’t just resign.
She ca up with an idea.
She went to the Gu Family’s bun shop daily to get buns.
When the girl selling buns charged her money, she would argue that she is the sister of the owner, they were relatives, how could they charge her for eating a couple of buns?
Once or twice, Mrs. Gu tolerated it.
But it beca a daily occurrence.
Later, Zhu Xiui simply had her daughter Liu Lingling go to the bun shop for lunch every noon, and after eating ask Mrs. Gu for money to buy drinks and snacks.
Mrs. Gu, as the girl’s aunt, could afford to buy her niece snacks, but it was too much to ask every day to eat and drink at their expense.
Although the Gu Family was not short of money now, Zhu Xiui’s obviously exploitative attitude really annoyed Mrs. Gu.
But what could she do about being annoyed?
Was she supposed to drive her own niece out?
Both Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu were honest and decent people, they really couldn’t do such a thing.
Then, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu got so angry when they got back ho.
Anning didn’t know about this before.
She had been busy studying, making money, and dating Xiao Yuan.
But one ti, Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu ca ho late, and Anning started to worry, so she went over to the bun shop, where she talked for a long while with the shop employee Sister Wang and learned about the situation from her.
She was also rendered speechless at that mont, feeling that what Zhu Xiui had done was indeed quite disgusting.
If earlier Zhu Xiui and Mrs. Gu had a good relationship, or if she had helped the Gu Family before, Anning would have accepted it if she ate a lot.
But the two families originally had a poor relationship, almost not interacting, and yet she appeared at this ti to take and eat, it was really infuriating.
Later, when she got back ho, Anning discussed this matter with Mrs. Gu.
Mrs. Gu’s eyes reddened with anger when she brought it up: "I never expected your aunt to pull sothing like this. What was she even thinking? Just to spite us?"
Anning nodded, "Probably, my aunt is always trying to be on top, always hoping her family can outdo ours, that would be perfect for her. If our family does better than hers, she can’t stand it and will try every way possible to create trouble for us."
Mrs. Gu was at her wit’s end: "So what do we do?"
Anning patted Mrs. Gu’s shoulder assuredly: "Don’t worry, you both shouldn’t get involved. I’ll handle it. Trust , I’ll make sure to return the displeasure."
Anning wouldn’t let herself be taken advantage of; whoever thought to gain at her expense would have to wait.
Although she and Zhu Xiui weren’t enemies.
Zhu Xiui often mocked Mrs. Gu a bit, but she never really did anything to seriously harm the Gu Family. It wasn’t worth considering her an enemy, but teaching her a lesson was still acceptable.
After finishing her howork, Anning sent Xiao Yuan a ssage, telling him he didn’t need to pick her up from school for the next few days, and that she had so stuff to handle, so Xiao Yuan should have dinner by himself at night.
Xiao Yuan quickly asked Anning what was going on.
Anning explained the situation with Zhu Xiui.
After hearing it, Xiao Yuan was speechless; indeed, all kinds of people existed in this world.
However, thinking of his own parents, who often left him speechless, he didn’t know what to say either.
Still, he secretly resented Zhu Xiui for causing trouble, making it so he couldn’t have dinner with Anning for several days.
That day, after school, Anning went straight to Zhu Xiui’s house with her schoolbag.
Zhu Xiui was an elentary school teacher for lower grades, so she usually finished work quite early, and would head ho to cook. Despite being quite imposing outside, she was pretty agreeable at ho, making her ho quite cozy.
Anning rang the doorbell at Zhu Xiui’s place.
Zhu Xiui was cooking and thought it was her daughter who forgot her keys again, so while walking to open the door she said, "Forgot your keys again? How co you don’t just forget yourself?"
But when she opened the door, it was Anning.
She paused for a mont: "Ningning, what’s up?"
Anning walked straight in, taking off her shoes while speaking to Zhu Xiui: "Aunt, my parents have been very busy lately, always at the bun shop, and they don’t have ti to look after . I’ve been eating buns until I’m sick of them, so I had no choice but to co here. I need to eat at your place for a few days to change things up. What are you cooking tonight?"
Anning made herself at ho heading towards the kitchen: "Aunt, make so extra, I’ve been eating a lot lately because I’m growing."
Zhu Xiui was almost dumbfounded.
The original Anning had been a particularly delicate and shy child, not very outgoing nor talkative, and hardly ever visited Zhu Xiui’s house.
But Anning’s behavior now was not at all shy, acting as if she was in her own house.
"Oh my, aunt, this isn’t enough food, make a few more dishes."
Seeing the dishes in the kitchen, Anning called out, "I love shrimp, do you have any? Make so shrimp, and so braised pork too. Your braised pork is superb, I’m really craving it."
She spoke while opening the fridge to check the stock: "Let’s see what’s here, and I might just order a few more dishes."
Zhu Xiui was really annoyed.
But she was also soone who cared about face.
Though she loved to needle Mrs. Gu and take small advantages, she really couldn’t bring herself to kick out her own niece.
Anning checked what was in the fridge; when she saw it, she couldn’t help but get excited: "Oh my, aunt, you have abalone, why don’t you make so? This drink isn’t good, it has additives, just make a fresh juice please, I’m dying of thirst after running over here."
Zhu Xiui’s face turned stormy: "I don’t know how to make juice."
Anning smiled: "No worries, I do."
She picked a few oranges from the fridge, washed them in the kitchen, took a cup, and squeezed the oranges by hand, quickly filling the cup with juice.
Zhu Xiui jumped in fright: "Okay, okay, I’ll make it, I’ll make it. You’re such a little tyrant."
Anning retorted: "I can’t be, I don’t have the skills to beco your ancestor."
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