My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 625: What are you laughing at, When in Rome, do as the Romans do (Additional update)

Chapter 625: What are you laughing at, When in Rome, do as the Romans do (Additional update)

The village rarely hosts celebrations, and with so many people helping, the hired cook swiftly prepared a large pot of food.

The men from the brigade carried dishes on wooden platters, delivering them to each table.

There were so many people that a banquet with a continuous flow of guests was set up.

Before long, every table was filled with guests.

At that time, the meals didn’t have any extra flair; being barely enough to fill the stomach was considered good enough.

The Lin Family had prepared enough meat and vegetables in advance, so the food at the feast was quite good.

Several of the youth stared at the slices of meat in their plates, unable to help but swallow.

The next second, chopsticks immediately reached out.

Chen Wanwan took a bite of the meat and squinted her eyes with satisfaction.

"Delicious!" she said, "Comrade Lin’s family is so generous, this must be a lot of meat."

With each bite of meat, she was almost moved to tears.

The meat was too delicious!

Yu Feiyang pointed to a table not far away and whispered, "See that family over there? I heard from the villagers that they are also from the Lin Family, Comrade Lin Tang’s own aunt. If the niece is getting engaged, wouldn’t they prepare more meat, since they work at the meat processing factory?"

He was referring to Lin Anan’s family.

"Indeed, that’s true." The speaker was Meng Mingyuan, who, despite his genteel and scholarly appearance, was fierce when it came to grabbing meat.

Dong Xinyi’s family was of modest means; they rarely had meat, so he never imagined he’d get to eat meat in the countryside, almost crying into his rice.

"The meat is too delicious, sob sob sob..."

He was clearly here to endure hardship in the countryside for his sister, yet there was meat to eat—it made no sense!

Xu Hongyuan noticed Dong Xinyi’s expression and guessed what he was thinking. His mouth twitched, "How is your work going on usual days?"

It was like a bucket of cold water poured over his head.

Dong Xinyi’s expression stiffened.

Work? At this critical moment of eating meat, mentioning it would be tone-deaf.

In fact, this group from the Shuangshan Brigade was considered hardworking and easy to manage.

Perhaps because they had been effectively intimidated upon arrival, the brigade even built new houses for them and provided a stipend for those working as librarians, after which they never heard a single complaint, no matter how dirty or tiring the work was.

Yu Feiyang focused on his meal and found time to comment, "All that eating can’t keep your mouths shut."

The other youths, seeing the mountain of food in his bowl, stopped talking and started filling their stomachs.

Life in the countryside was harsh; just getting enough to eat was difficult, let alone eating well...

Few people paid attention to the noises at the youth’s table.

At the Lin Family’s table, Lin Tang was formally introducing Gu Yingzhou as family.

Actually, they had known each other for a while, but there hadn’t been a formal introduction; once they were engaged, they were family.

In her childhood village, Lin Tang was completely at ease, not at all showing any nervousness as she held Gu Yingzhou’s hand, introducing him to people.

"... This is my little aunt, and my little uncle."

Lin Anan, being married off, couldn’t often return. Each time she did, she would cling to Lin Xiuyuan and Zhao Shuzhen.

At this moment, she was sitting at the same table as the older couple.

The two young boys from her family had been taken away by Lin Zhicheng.

Seeing her niece holding Gu Yingzhou’s hand all the time, Lin Anan teased, "Look at Tangtang, she’s not letting go of Yingzhou’s hand."

If it were someone else, they would have let go out of embarrassment.

Lin Tang, unfazed, continued to hold the hand, even interlocking their fingers.

Why couldn’t she hold her own fiancé’s hand?!

Gu Yingzhou, noticing this, glanced sideways at the young lady, his eyes gleaming with mirth.

He quickly turned his attention back to the table of teasers, and said very seriously, "Little aunt is mistaken, it’s me holding onto Tangtang."

He took the opportunity to rephrase.

Lin Anan seemed surprised that this handsome young man would be so protective, momentarily taken aback.

Then, she was happy for Tangtang.

"Then it is we who are mistaken," she said, her face breaking into a teasing smile.

Fine, fine, let’s give the young couple some face.

Lin Tang coolly replied, "It’s exactly that way."

She kept her composure as if it were the truth.

Gu Yingzhou couldn’t help smiling, lightly pinching the girl’s fingertips, "Let’s continue."

"Hmm." Lin Tang nodded.

The two of them continued to meet relatives, and he changed the way he addressed them.

In order to follow local customs, the refined Gu Yingzhou called everyone "Dad" and "Mom," "Grandpa" and "Grandma," much to Lin Tang’s amusement.

...It was too funny!

Gu Yingzhou, hearing the stifled laughter, appeared resigned.

"What’s so funny? When in Rome, do as the Romans do," he said calmly.

He didn’t mind what he had to call them, but he wanted to make his future in-laws feel comfortable, didn’t he?

All these moments were captured by Xia Yunxiu on camera, leaving behind countless images.

In just that short time, an entire roll of film had been used up.

Gu Yingzhou was already very familiar with the Lin family, so the introduction of relatives was quickly over.

The two newlyweds finally sat down.

Lin Tang moved her feet slightly, frowning.

"Are your feet uncomfortable?" Gu Yingzhou asked with concern.

"A little," nodded Lin Tang.

She was wearing a new pair of leather shoes today, brought to her by her third brother from the Provincial City, which she had not worn before and didn’t realize would rub.

Gu Yingzhou stood up and said, "Let’s go; I’ll take you back to the room to change your shoes."

Without waiting for Lin Tang to speak, he politely acknowledged the others at the table.

"Tangtang and I will excuse ourselves for a moment."

After speaking, he draped an arm around Lin Tang’s shoulders and led her back to the room to change shoes.

The Lin family members sitting at the table were all happy to see this.

Gao Ping said with a smile on her face, "Xiuli, you must be satisfied with your son-in-law, aren’t you?"

"Of course, I am," Li Xiuli asserted.

Everyone thought she was about to praise Gu Yingzhou, but they were mistaken.

"With Tangtang’s judgment, is there any doubt?"

Having praised her daughter, she continued to compliment her son-in-law, "Yingzhou also has good taste."

Su Qi and Gu Ren were present, and she equally praised them both.

Lin Anan laughed softly, "Second sister-in-law, just say they’re a match made in heaven; isn’t that right?"

Li Xiuli slapped her thigh, "Exactly!"

The room erupted in laughter.

In the room.

Gu Yingzhou took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet before he could walk over, Lin Tang’s gentle voice rang out, "No slippers!"

She was getting engaged today... wearing slippers... was that even proper?

"We’re at home; slippers are comfortable," Gu Yingzhou said, brushing her soft hair, and murmured, "Be good."

Faced with the man’s tender, spring-water-like gaze, Lin Tang fell silent, muttering, "Slippers aren’t pretty."

Pause in speech, she added in a soft voice, "... wearing slippers makes me look shorter."

Gu Yingzhou almost laughed out loud.

Pulling up his trousers, he half-squatted down.

He took off her leather shoes, trying to console, "They look good."

As for the latter part of her complaint, he pretended not to hear... for he had no response.

Seeing that the back of Lin Tang’s heel was rubbed raw, Gu Yingzhou’s brow furrowed slightly, asking, "Where’s the ointment?"

"In the cabinet," Lin Tang pointed.

Gu Yingzhou found a tube of ointment, knelt down again, and carefully dabbed some on her foot.

"Does it hurt?"

His touch was light, and Lin Tang, ticklish, squirmed her toes.

"It doesn’t hurt; hurry up," she said.

Gu Yingzhou heard her voice becoming urgent.

Looking up in surprise, he saw the young girl’s face turning red.

One seated, one looking up, their eyes met just as a quiet click sounded from outside the window.