Chapter 38: My Son is Not a Thing
Old Madam Gu raised her eyelids slightly and saw through the slits that Xiaohong happily retreated.

“Why, are Hui Ge’er and his wife here?”

She hasn’t seen that bastard son for the past two days and she still misses him a little.

“Is it ready so soon?”

He really has thick skin and tough flesh. Maybe I didn’t hit him lightly.

Madam Gu opened her eyes wide and looked at the hourglass, then muttered, “Why are you here at this time?”

Aunt Rong smiled and said, “The Marquis and his wife are here. I just sent someone to inform you. I saw you were dozing off. It was very sunny outside, so I asked Xiaohong to invite them in to rest.”

“Well, well,” Madam Gu stood up, “Why should I be worried about your work?”

Rong Mama hurried forward to help her up, and took a comb to help comb her hair, and said, “Does the old lady want to go out and meet them now?”

“Of course we have to go. I don’t know what they want to do now.”

When Mrs. Gu arrived at the outer room, she saw Qin Yuan talking to Xiaohong.

Although Xiaohong is young, she is very articulate and when she talks about something happy, her two pigtails swing wildly.

Gu Jinghui just stood aside and watched with a smile.

Madam Gu was touched and whispered, “They look like a family of three. I wonder when this bastard will let me hold my grandson.”

Aunt Rong comforted her, “As long as they are both well, it will only happen sooner or later.”

Madam Gu coughed lightly.

Gu Jinghui heard the noise and turned around awkwardly, licking his face and greeting, “How is mother these days?”

“Humph,” Madam Gu turned away and ignored him, only speaking to Qin Yuan: “Yuan’er, why are you here at this time? What’s the matter?”

Qin Yuan took the box of snacks from Hong Ye and handed it to Rong Mama, saying, “Mother, Yuan’er went to the West Market and bought some sugar date cakes and lotus leaf cakes at Meixiangzhai. I don’t know if you like them.”

“I like it, of course I don’t like it.” Madam Gu smiled from ear to ear and said, “It’s amazing that you even asked about this. You are really thoughtful.”

Then he said to Gu Jinghui: “Sit down too, and look at how well-behaved your wife is.”

Qin Yuan just smiled with her lips pursed. Gu Jinghui, who was standing beside her, also laughed dryly twice, sat down slowly, glanced at her, and complained: “She is indeed well-behaved. Just now, her son asked her to order some food to be sent in for dinner, but she refused and insisted on eating in her mother’s small kitchen.”

“Oh?”

Old Madam Gu and Madam Rong were both very old, so they naturally knew everything. Hearing this, they looked at Qin Yuan.

Qin Yuan hurriedly explained: “Mother, the Marquis was afraid that I would be starving. I thought it was inappropriate to do this during non-holiday seasons. If others knew, they would think I was too frivolous. It just so happened that the Marquis didn’t have much for lunch, so let’s eat in mother’s small kitchen together.”

“Then let Xiuniang cook a few of her signature dishes. Hui’er used to like her dishes the most. You can try them too.” Old Madam Gu said immediately.

Qin Yuan immediately climbed up the pole and said, “My Lord, please eat something light. I like sour and spicy food. I finally have a meal in my mother’s small kitchen, so I want to eat something good.”

Madam Gu laughed out loud.

Qin Yuan acted coquettishly again: “The maids and servants who followed me out, as well as Gu Shiliu, are still hungry. Can mother help me think of a solution?”

Madam Gu was very pleased and told Xiaohong with a smile: “You have been standing here for a long time. Go and help Madam run errands and make arrangements.”

Xiaohong’s face brightened, she let out a crisp “ah”, and ran out.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law chatted and laughed. Gu Jinghui sat on the side with a teacup in his hand. He could not get a word in. He just looked at Qin Yuan with a smile in his eyes from time to time.

Soon, Qiu Ju and the maids set the table. Qin Yuan had been hungry for a long time, so she ate with relish. Gu Jinghui sat beside her, accompanying her leisurely, and also ate a lot.

Mrs. Gu didn’t care about not talking while eating or sleeping, and she would chat from time to time. When people get old, they like to have their children and grandchildren around to have fun.

“These two children are so good-looking and well-mannered. Every move they make is pleasing to the eye,” Old Madam Gu whispered to Madam Rong, “They are a perfect match.”

Madam Rong smiled but said nothing.

Hearing the noise, Gu Jinghui glanced at Qin Yuan quietly, his lips curled slightly, and his ears slowly turned red.

After they finished eating, Madam Gu said, “The Marquis used to live in the outer courtyard. Wutong Garden was only cleaned up when you got married, and there is no small kitchen. It is indeed not very convenient to encounter such a thing. Mother has made the decision. From now on, a small kitchen will be set up in Wutong Garden as well, and the account will be charged to mother’s account.”

Qin Yuan said: “Mother, would this be inappropriate? My sixth brother’s wife…”

Madam Gu said, “She is so sensible, she will only agree and won’t say anything else. She is the only one in charge of the household, and she is also the one who arranged your marriage, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions, so don’t take it to heart.”

Qin Yuan smiled and said, “Mom, I came here once and ate and took a small kitchen. You must come here more often in the future.”

Rong Mama joked, “Then I have to keep a close eye on all the good things in the old lady’s room.”

Madam Gu couldn’t help laughing and said, “You are such an ignorant old woman. Nothing in my house is as valuable as Brother Hui.”

Qin Yuan’s face suddenly turned red after hearing this.

Gu Jinghui, who was originally listening to them with a smile, was suddenly reminded and waved his hands hurriedly, “My son is not a good person.”

Old Madam Gu looked at her bastard son with an indescribable look.

Gu Jinghui hurriedly changed his words: “My son is a worthless person.”

Qin Yuan couldn’t help but cover the smile on her lips with a handkerchief, and Rong Mama hurriedly made amends: “How can the Marquis be a piece of shit? The Marquis is a piece of shit, ah, bah. Why are you getting weirder and weirder?”

Mrs. Gu: “…”

Gu Jinghui: “…”

Qin Yuan smiled and tried to smooth things over. “My Lord… I only know that my mother loves my Lord the most. Beating is love and scolding is love. My mother blames my Lord deeply and loves him deeply, so she is like this. My Lord knows it in his heart, but he just can’t say it.”

Madam Gu said, “Mother loves you too.”

Qin Yuan said: “My mother loves me, and she loves me too, but if I hadn’t married the Marquis, how could I have met such a good mother?”

Madam Gu, who was deeply touched, held Qin Yuan’s hand and sighed, “They say that a daughter is a mother’s little cotton-padded jacket, but my daughter-in-law is also like that. You understand the painstaking efforts of a mother, unlike a bastard son like me. It makes me angry and painful to talk about it.”

Gu Jinghui lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice, “Mother, please save some face for me in front of Madam. I know I am wrong, so please don’t be angry.”

Even though Madam Gu had a thousand words to say, because Qin Yuan was here, she could only say one sentence in the end: “You’d better be.”

Gu Jinghui stopped talking.

Qin Yuan felt tired listening to the mother and son talking.

Madam Gu no longer paid attention to her son and asked Qin Yuan, “Why did you come back so late? Are those shopkeepers difficult to manage?”

Gu Jinghui also stared at Qin Yuan and pricked up his ears to listen to what she had to say.

“They bullied me because I was young and didn’t know how to run a business, but I learned mental arithmetic from my father when I was young, so reading account books is not difficult for me. They couldn’t scare me.”

Seeing that Madam Gu was relieved, Qin Yuan continued, “My daughter-in-law wanted to stock up on some pepper, so she went to Ranxiangju to find Shopkeeper Leng, which delayed her for some time.”

Aunt Rong asked hurriedly: “How is it?”

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