Chapter 2672

As Zhou Andong's shout faded, the laughter and chatter in the living room suddenly vanished, everyone as if remote-controlled, turning in unison toward the doorway.

"Dongzi is back." The first to speak was Gu Minglan: "The food is all ready, just waiting for you."

Third Uncle's son Gu Tao, seeing Zhou Andong arrive, this kid ran over, first picking up a pair of slippers and placing them before Zhou Andong's feet, then eagerly taking Zhou Andong's briefcase: "Brother-in-law, I'll put this bag on the bookshelf for you, higher up, so the kids won't grab it and rummage through."

Seeing Gu Tao's eager effort, not only Third Uncle and Third Aunt, but everyone else stared dumbfounded. To say Gu Tao this kid is lazy and ignorant of grains would be a bit much. But he's never been this eager toward family members, not even toward Grandpa and Grandma.

Zhou Andong laughed and patted Gu Tao's shoulder: "Not bad, kid, big reward—say it, what do you want!"

Gu Tao's eyes lit up like light bulbs, looking expectantly at Zhou Andong: "Brother-in-law, will you buy me whatever I want?"

Zhou Andong said generously: "As long as you can say it, if I can buy it, it's fine."

"I want a portable cassette player!" Gu Tao excitedly said: "The new Sony model."

"Gu Tao!" Third Aunt Chen Rong shouted angrily: "You're asking for a beating, aren't you?"

Gu Tao shrank his neck, looking wronged at his mother: "It was Brother-in-law himself who said he'd give me a reward."

"Give you a reward, but don't overdo it." Chen Rong snorted: "That portable cassette player you want costs over four thousand, that's half my yearly salary."

Zhou Andong looked at Chen Rong: "Third Aunt, it's fine, Xiao Tao's request isn't excessive."

Saying this, Zhou Andong smiled at Gu Tao: "You kid better think it over—you only have this one chance, just want a portable cassette player, nothing else?"

Gu Tao shook his head: "Nothing else, I just want the portable cassette player."

"Look at your ambition." Zhou Andong glared at Gu Tao: "Just a portable cassette player, no need to find me—go get money from your sister."

Qiu Qian glared at Zhou Andong: "You promised something—why should I be the one to pay?"

"I have no money!" Zhou Andong said righteously: "Xiao Tao, anyway I promised, if your sister won't give you money, you can't blame me."

Zhou Andong's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Gu Tao's head—this kid wanted to cry but had no tears, looking at his brother-in-law, then at his older sister.

"If you two think Sunday wasn't pleasant, find me and do it over—next time give me a heads-up so I can prepare mentally."

Gu Tao let out a long sigh, wearing an expression of utter despair: "You guys using me to get through Sunday—do you know how cruel that is?"

Qiu Qian puffed out a laugh, pulling five thousand yuan from her pocket: "Want it?"

Gu Tao's eyes lit up again—even without two hundred percent, he'd at least have one hundred percent—he stepped forward to run over, but his mother shouted: "Can't give it to him."

Gu Tao, whose leg had already stepped forward, reluctantly pulled it back, then looked at his mother, unwillingly saying: "Mom, this is something my sister and brother-in-law jointly decided—you interfering like this in their family affairs is very bad."

Qiu Qian laughed: "Third Aunt, it's just a portable cassette player—don't stand in the way."

At this moment, Third Uncle Gu Ming'an said: "Enough, this is between them as siblings-in-law—you stay out of it."

Chen Rong opened her mouth, but finally just gave Gu Tao a hard stare and said nothing more.

"Sister-in-law, your son-in-law doesn't lack these few thousand yuan—you don't need to overthink." Gu Minglan laughed: "Alright, since Dongzi is here, hurry up and serve the food—I'm getting hungry too."

The food had long been ready—fried and steamed dishes were brought out first, then one after another, steaming hot stir-fries followed. Because there wasn't a table big enough, two tables were placed in the living room—men at one, women and children at the other.

"Dongzi!" Grandpa patted the stool beside him: "Sit next to me—we two old guys need to have a few good drinks."

Zhou Andong obediently sat down, picked up an opened bottle of tribute wine, stood up to pour for Grandpa, but then Gu Tao's voice came from beside his ear.

"Brother-in-law, you sit—pouring wine is my job." As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Tao took the wine bottle from Zhou Andong's hand: "Grandpa, I'll pour for you."

This kid, after eagerly pouring for the elders, then turned to Zhou Andong, bluntly saying: "Brother-in-law, they're all old drunkards—I'll pour you less."

Gu Tao did as he said—everyone else got full cups, but when it came to Zhou Andong, only half a cup plus a bit: "Brother-in-law, is that enough for you?"

Zhou Andong raised his thumb: "Enough!"

"Smack!" Eldest Uncle Gu Mingxiang slapped Gu Tao on the head: "You kid really are asking for a beating—is that how you pour wine?"

Gu Tao looked dissatisfied at his uncle, hands rubbing the back of his head hard: "Grandpa, next time we fight, can we change the spot?"

Gu Tao's words made everyone laugh—his father Gu Ming'an, unable to hold back his annoyance, said: "Alright, hurry up and fill your brother-in-law's wine cup."

Gu Tao couldn't resist, so he had to fill Zhou Andong's wine cup: "Brother-in-law, it's not that I don't want to help—it's mainly that their hands are too hard, I can't withstand their hits."

Laughter erupted—Grandpa laughed: "Alright, no need for you to pour wine here—go eat your meal."

Gu Tao readily put down the wine bottle, turned without a word, and went to the women and children's table.

"Grandpa, I'll first toast you with a cup."!" Zhou Andong raised his wine cup, gestured slightly, then tilted his head back and drained the cup in one gulp.

Then Zhou Andong toasted each elder in turn. This scene left many onlookers dumbfounded—even the old man who'd seen battlefields was somewhat dazed.

Zhou Andong drank over ten cups in a row, yet showed no sign of drunkenness, his face neither red nor pale. Where did this kid's alcohol go? Even if he'd drunk ten or more cups of water, he'd have to run to the toilet once.

Zhou Andong finished his round, then put down his cup and looked at his young uncle-in-law: "Young uncle-in-law, did Mo Dong go to Harbin Institute of Technology?"

"He registered on the 25th, classes start on the 1st." Mo Hongbin said: "Mo Dong left on the 10th!"

Zhou Andong was about to speak when he heard Grandpa say: "Dongzi, have you been following today's Jiangzhou news?"

Zhou Andong looked at Grandpa and asked: ""Jiangzhou news?"

During the meal, Grandpa solemnly brought up this matter—this proves it's not trivial.

Grandpa laughed: "It's not trivial, but for you, it's good news!"