My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty
Chapter 270 This Is Love
CHAPTER 270: CHAPTER 270 THIS IS LOVE
Third Grandpa felt he might not be able to catch his breath, he didn’t even want to acknowledge Tang Chuxia’s nonsense.
What does she think she is?
Does she not know that after the founding of the nation, animals were no longer allowed to transform into spirits?
Cough cough cough...
But I digress.
Tang Chuxia followed behind Third Grandpa, full of an eagerness to learn.
Seeing that she was willing to correct her mistakes and her desire to learn was so strong, Third Grandpa explained to her, "All these dead insects are poisonous ones, and naturally they’re attracted to other poisonous things!"
These words enlightened Tang Chuxia.
Could it be that elder sister-in-law was poisoned?
Third Grandpa, seeing the look on Tang Chuxia’s face, guessed that she must have figured it out, then added, "However, the Buddha Beads that the old monk gave to your elder sister-in-law are indeed precious; they can neutralize any poison. Otherwise, do you think she would have survived?"
Now Tang Chuxia was completely reassured. As long as elder sister-in-law was completely safe, she could help the original host fulfill a wish.
But just as she was about to relax, she saw Third Grandpa stride towards the kitchen. Upon seeing what licorice was preparing, he questioned Tang Chuxia, "Why prepare something nice to eat only for the old monk? What about me? I’ve also contributed a lot!"
Tang Chuxia: ...
How did I forget? These two elders, already over a hundred years old when combined, are so competitive.
Tang Chuxia had no choice but to ask licorice to make some additional marinated meat dishes. Third Grandpa could eat the meat, while the old monk could enjoy the marinated tofu prepared with the leftover marinade. The flavor of the meat would seep into it, giving the old monk a taste of ’vegetarian meat’.
Today was the first day of the lunar New Year after all, and the visitors were endless. Moreover, with elder sister-in-law giving birth to a child, many people heard that the child was born on the first day of the New Year and said that it was a very auspicious sign, bringing a fresh start to the New Year. Children born on the first day are always considered good omens.
Congratulations kept coming, and soon even Tang Chuxia couldn’t stay idle, but also had to attend to the guests.
That evening, as people came with brown sugar and eggs to visit elder sister-in-law and the baby, Madam Tang arranged for Tang Chuxia to join licorice and others in the kitchen dyeing eggs.
Even the future third sister-in-law was there helping out.
"Why dye the eggs green? Red is festive, but what’s with green?"
The future third sister-in-law didn’t understand, and evidently, neither did Tang Chuxia, who could only look to licorice for an explanation. Licorice said in a low voice, "Joy eggs are both red and green!"
Tang Chuxia still didn’t understand, and the third sister-in-law next to her didn’t either.
"It’s mainly to make them distinguishable, convenient for the family to keep count. The in-laws get the red eggs, and the maternal family gets the green eggs. It’s just a small custom, both are joy eggs!"
Grandmother also came by and happened to hear their discussion, so she explained a bit.
Tang Chuxia didn’t pursue the matter further, instead, she curiously watched as grandmother tied a string of red-dyed peanuts and a piece of red cloth onto a little bow and arrow, instructing Tang Jianbing to hang it at the front entrance above the door.
This time, Tang Chuxia didn’t need to ask; she knew the reason.
The bow and arrow signified that a boy was born in the house; if it were a girl, there would only be a piece of red cloth.
After the grandmother arrived, Tang Chuxia accompanied her to see the little one.
Grandmother touched the little one’s head, very pleased: "He’s blessed!"
Madam Tang’s eyes were glowing with joy.
Seeing that the house was filled with many people and that she didn’t need to keep an eye on the kitchen all the time, Tang Chuxia went out to see what everyone was up to. As soon as she stepped out, she bumped into Gu Beihuai and Qin Zhan squatting by the door.
"What are you two doing here?"
Tang Chuxia was a bit surprised but still took out two red eggs from her pocket and handed them over.
The two of them didn’t stand on ceremony, each took one, cracked the shell open on the spot, and ate the joy eggs.
"It’s just that I wanted to see your nephew, but I was afraid of scaring the kid!"
After Qin Zhan finished speaking, Tang Chuxia waved her hand, "You guys might as well forget it, that kid is especially ugly, all wrinkled up like a little mouse, who knows how my mom saw any resemblance with my eldest brother. I, for one, don’t dare to look!"
Beihuai was speechless.
He had never seen anyone openly despise a child’s looks like this.
Qin Zhan was amused by Tang Chuxia’s description, "All babies look the same when they’re born. You were the same when you were born. Back then your eldest brother even told us you were so ugly, how could you possibly be his sister? How would we look at you when you grew up?"
Tang Chuxia: ...
It seems contempt can be contagious.
Her eldest brother disdained her, and she disdained her eldest brother’s son.
Fair and square, no problem at all.
Tang Chuxia did not want to continue this topic, but instead asked Qin Zhan, "Did you guys visit Brother Haipeng? Is he still in the hospital?"
Tang Chuxia hadn’t seen Wu Haipeng today, so she guessed that he must still be in the hospital.
Qin Zhan shook his head, "He’s already back home, but since he needs to use crutches, he doesn’t go out at all. I guess he’s still feeling miserable!"
Tang Chuxia wondered, what was Wu Haipeng feeling miserable about?
Just when she couldn’t figure it out, Dangdang arrived.
"How’s my sister?"
Tang Chuxia let out an "ah" and then remembered Dangdang.
During Chinese New Year’s Eve, Dangdang was not at the Tang Family’s place because Wu Haipeng was still in the hospital. The Tang Family told Dangdang to have dinner and then go to the hospital to keep Wu Haipeng company, so he wouldn’t be miserable alone in the hospital.
Dangdang also thought his elder sister-in-law seemed in very good spirits and couldn’t possibly give birth on Chinese New Year’s Eve, so he went to the hospital.
If Mrs. Wu hadn’t gone to the hospital this morning to tell Dangdang that his elder sister-in-law had given birth, he probably wouldn’t have known.
Dangdang hurried back, but because Wu Haipeng was also coming with him, and Mrs. Wu didn’t mention the dangerous situation from the previous night, Dangdang just thought the birth went smoothly and planned to send Wu Haipeng home before coming over.
Who would have thought that when he got to the Wu Family, hearing Father Wu mention the danger his elder sister-in-law faced last night, Dangdang ran straight to the Tang Family.
He had just come back and hadn’t seen his sister yet.
"She’s fine now, your elder sister-in-law is alright!"
Dangdang hugged Tang Chuxia and wailed, "I’m such a bastard, if I hadn’t left, I wouldn’t have missed my sister giving birth!"
Especially after hearing about the elder sister-in-law’s difficult labor, Dangdang felt even more self-blame.
Tang Chuxia patted her back, "Nonsense, childbirth is unpredictable, and with so many people at home, your elder sister-in-law was bound to be alright. You’d only add chaos by being there."
Dangdang’s emotions were still hard to stabilize until Qin Zhan went to call Wu Haipeng over. Only then did Dangdang stop crying, afraid to see her elder sister-in-law directly, worried she might be angry.
Wu Haipeng, who initially refused to come out, was now clumsily comforting Dangdang with one lame leg.
Tang Chuxia stood next to Gu Beihuai, her face full of envy.
Beihuai looked at her suspiciously, not understanding what Tang Chuxia was feeling sentimental about.
"What’s up?"
Tang Chuxia pointed at Dangdang and Wu Haipeng, "This is love!"
Beihuai made an "oh" sound, "So you want me to lame a leg?"
Tang Chuxia: ...