Chapter 95 – I Want to Play More!
After finishing breakfast, the three members of the Gu family began their rounds of visiting relatives and friends.
Since Gu Yu and Mengyao Gu were already married, even though they were only twelve or thirteen years old, they couldn’t be treated as children. In fact, when Gu Yu met children from other families, he had to give them red envelopes.
Take the village chief’s children, for instance. At this moment, they were all staring at Gu Yu with wide eyes, their faces full of expectation.
Gu Yu hadn’t known that the Gu family would be visiting other households, so he hadn’t prepared anything. Fortunately, Mengyao Gu had already prepared red envelopes and put some money inside to prevent such a situation.
The children in the village usually didn’t have much pocket money, so they were naturally overjoyed during the Lunar New Year.
Even though after the guests left, their parents would directly take the money from the red envelopes, saying they were keeping it for them.
As the children reached out to take the red envelopes handed over by Gu Yu, they kept calling him “uncle,” which made Gu Yu’s forehead break out in a cold sweat. He felt an urge to beat these little brats.
He was only twelve years old, how did he become an uncle!
No, a year had passed, and he was thirteen this year!
Mengyao Gu was now fourteen, and Qingheng Gu was nine. Everyone had gained a year in age.
When Gu Yu suddenly remembered that he had aged another year, he became inexplicably happy. He thought that it wouldn’t be long before he truly grew up, which made him very excited!
Even after being angered by the brats, Gu Yu was in a very good mood. He then turned to look at his radiant little wife, his smile becoming even brighter.
“Cough, cough, Qingheng, come here. Village Chief Grandpa is giving you a red envelope.”
“Thank you, Village Chief Grandpa! In the New Year, you will definitely get rich. Because I feel I’ll receive an even bigger red envelope next year, Village Chief Grandpa needs to work hard!”
“Oh, you little rascal!”
Compared to a bunch of kids who could only call Gu Yu “uncle,” Qingheng Gu’s level was much higher. With just a few words, he made everyone present laugh heartily. They all praised Qingheng Gu as a little treasure, naturally bringing joy to people.
Gu Yu looked at his brother-in-law, who was smoothly navigating the crowd, and twitched the corner of his mouth. He thought that Qingheng Gu’s social skills were probably perfect. This was largely thanks to Qingheng Gu always listening to gossip and interacting with many people, which naturally made him more smooth and polished.
When Gu Yu looked at Mengyao Gu, who was sitting with a group of women and chatting, he noticed that her mood was very stable. She was even chatting and laughing with other women, showing no signs of the distress and confusion from last night.
Although he had gone out for a walk in the middle of the night yesterday and comforted Mengyao Gu, Gu Qing’s influence was still too great. Therefore, it was better to pay more attention to Mengyao Gu.
Seeing that Mengyao Gu had recovered, Gu Yu was relieved.
After leaving the village chief’s house, the three members of the Gu family then visited Auntie Wang Er and Min Yan, and also paid a visit to Chengfeng Shan and Magistrate Bai. Finally, they went to the homes of Mengyao Gu’s three best friends. After paying their New Year’s visits one by one, they could finally go home to rest.
Unlike other families with their myriad of relatives, the Gu family was very simple, only visiting families they were close to. But even so, they were quite busy.
After returning home in the afternoon, the three of them went to their rooms to rest for half the day. When they felt recovered, Gu Yu saw that it was still early before dark and suddenly had an idea.
He then found many wooden boards and nails, and after some hammering and nailing, Gu Yu wanted to assemble the wooden boards.
He planned to make something good that would surely surprise Mengyao Gu and her brother.
When it was almost done, Gu Yu found a thick bamboo pole, split it in half with great effort, tied half of the bamboo to the wooden board, and then used nails to secure it more firmly.
Speaking of which, Gu Yu had previously wondered why there were iron nails in the Linfeng Kingdom. But thinking about it, this was a fictional world, so there was no need to dwell on such details.
Even if Gu Yu, being a stickler for details, wanted to find out the root of everything, what benefit would he gain from it?
It would only satisfy his curiosity. Gu Yu didn’t want to experience such a wasted effort himself.
With that time, he might as well earn more money for milk powder.
“Brother-in-law, I see you’ve been busy here for a long time. What are you doing?”
“You’ll know soon. I’ve already finished making the ice cart. Go call your sister over, and we’ll go skating.”
“Skating? Brother-in-law, wait a moment! I’ll go call my sister right away.”
Upon hearing a new word from Gu Yu’s mouth, Qingheng Gu immediately became energetic, his eyes seeming to sparkle.
Then, Qingheng Gu ran directly to call Mengyao Gu, forcibly pulling Mengyao Gu, who was still tidying up, over. They were ready to see how the ice cart was played.
What about skating? Could it be… they were going to the nearby small river?
The situation was indeed as Qingheng Gu guessed. When Gu Yu went out in the morning, he happened to see that the small river had frozen over. He even deliberately stepped on it. After discovering that the ice surface was frozen very solidly, he decided to make an ice cart.
Gu Yu didn’t know much about ice carts, but after a lot of haphazard hammering and nailing, the finished product turned out to be not much different from what he remembered.
After confirming that the ice cart wouldn’t suddenly fall apart, Gu Yu took Mengyao Gu and her brother out.
Because the ice cart was very heavy, Gu Yu started to sweat after dragging it for not too long. Seeing this, Mengyao Gu, without a word, directly took the ice cart from Gu Yu’s hands and easily carried it to the riverside.
Gu Yu looked at his little wife’s innate divine strength and sighed in his heart. He wished he could be a little stronger, at least enough to drag the ice cart!
He knew he could never lift it like she did, so he stopped fantasizing.
However, Gu Yu was only twelve years old, and his body hadn’t fully developed yet. He could look forward to the future, when he would definitely be able to drag the ice cart!
“Brother-in-law, we’ve arrived at the riverside. What should we do next?”
“Sit on the ice cart, hold these two wooden sticks in your hands, and push them hard to slide on the ice.”
As Gu Yu spoke, he handed the two wooden sticks to Qingheng Gu. Then, Qingheng Gu, with a look of excitement, sat on the ice cart, wanting to be the first to try out the ice cart.
Brother-in-law is so amazing. He always invents unique things.
Compared to his brother-in-law, those scholars who participated in the imperial examinations didn’t even qualify to carry his shoes!
After Qingheng Gu boasted about Gu Yu in his heart, when he sat on the ice cart and held the wooden sticks in both hands, he wanted to use them to propel himself forward.
Because nails were hammered into the bottom of the wooden sticks, pushing them down would leave a small pit on the ice surface.
Precisely because of this, the ice cart could move forward.
However, perhaps because Qingheng Gu’s strength was too small, even though he poked the wooden sticks back and forth on the ice surface, the ice cart didn’t move at all.
This made Qingheng Gu look at Gu Yu in confusion, wondering why the ice cart wasn’t moving.
Seeing this, Gu Yu asked Qingheng Gu to move forward to make space, and then he sat behind Qingheng Gu, took the two wooden sticks, and pushed them hard against the ground. The ice cart immediately slid forward quickly.
Then, amidst Qingheng Gu’s continuous exclamations, Gu Yu also slid with him for a long time. Finally, when his hands hurt from sliding, he finally returned to the original position and stopped.
“Brother-in-law, it’s so much fun! I want to play more!”
“Play more? I’m almost dead from exhaustion.”
“Hmph, brother-in-law, you’re too weak! My sister is better! Sister, I want to play more~”
As it was his first time on the ice cart, and the feeling of sliding on the ice was very exhilarating, Qingheng Gu was somewhat addicted. After mocking his brother-in-law’s stamina, he went to beg his sister to take him to play again.
Hearing his brother-in-law’s words, Gu Yu raised his hand and tapped Qingheng Gu on the head. He immediately ran behind Mengyao Gu and stuck out his head to make a face at Gu Yu.
Mengyao Gu was also clearly curious about the ice cart. At Qingheng Gu’s plea, she finally decided to take Qingheng Gu to play again.
In this regard, Gu Yu naturally couldn’t say anything. Although he originally wanted to skate with Mengyao Gu.
When Mengyao Gu, who was in front, was startled, she would instinctively turn around and hug his body, and Gu Yu would take the opportunity to hug her back.
As it turned out, Gu Yu could only think about this in his dreams.
However, because it was Mengyao Gu’s first time seeing an ice cart, Gu Yu didn’t immediately let her skate with Qingheng Gu. Instead, after some instruction, he let Mengyao Gu try it herself.
Then, seeing that Mengyao Gu controlled the ice cart very well, Gu Yu nodded and told Mengyao Gu that she could go skating with Qingheng Gu.
“Mengyao, I didn’t have time to give you your New Year’s gifts yesterday. Take a look, do you like them?”
While Mengyao Gu and her brother hadn’t left yet, Gu Yu took out the New Year’s gifts he had prepared long ago. He thought that if both Mengyao Gu and her brother were happy, taking out the New Year’s gifts wouldn’t be awkward.
After all, the incident encountered at the New Year’s Eve dinner yesterday was not a pleasant memory.
“This is…”
Mengyao Gu looked at the two small boxes Gu Yu took out, not knowing what was inside. Then, as soon as she opened them, she found a silver circular ring.
It was carved with two intertwined trees, which made Mengyao Gu’s face turn red immediately as she understood the meaning behind it.
This was a “lianshangzhi,” a symbol of an affectionate couple.
“Mengyao, these are rings I specially ordered in town. Look, this ring is engraved with ‘Gu Yu,’ and my ring is engraved with ‘Mengyao.’ Now we each have one, and we should never be separated, just like the intertwined trees.”
“Mhm.”
Hearing Gu Yu’s words, Mengyao Gu nodded shyly and then extended her hand, letting Gu Yu put the ring on her.
Afterward, Mengyao Gu looked at the ring on her hand and felt as if her chest was filled with something, making her exceptionally happy at this moment!
“Brother-in-law, what about me, what about me!”
“Here, this is yours.”
Just as the atmosphere was pleasant, and Gu Yu was about to say something more, Qingheng Gu’s voice suddenly sounded, directly breaking the ambiguous atmosphere. Gu Yu immediately gave him an annoyed glare.
Then, Gu Yu took out a delicately carved small gold pig bracelet from his pocket and gave it to Qingheng Gu.
Compared to the “lianshangzhi” rings, he felt that this bracelet seemed a bit too casual.
However, Qingheng Gu loved it very much. The reason was simple: this little gold pig was made of gold.
“Haha, brother-in-law is truly amazing! Sister, I’m so happy now. Let’s go ice skating quickly, I want to shout!”
“Okay, come and sit properly, we’re about to depart.”
Then, Gu Yu watched helplessly as Mengyao Gu and her brother left, regretting in his heart… why didn’t he make a three-seater ice cart?
Why did it have to be two seats?
As Gu Yu, feeling depressed, was still watching the receding backs of the two, his eyebrows suddenly furrowed. He clearly felt a strong gaze behind him, secretly watching him at this moment.
