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Seeing that the gifts brought by Xiaolan and her family were still spread out, Xu asked Cui cautiously, "Grandma, should I pack all these things up?" Xu knew that Cui had a strong desire to control the trivial matters at home. Even for such a small matter, she would ask Cui before taking action. However, it was also thanks to Xu's meticulousness that Cui, who could find fault with even the smallest details, could hardly find fault with her.

"Let's clean it up." Cui said. After that, she saw Sheng Nuo coming back listlessly. Seeing Sheng Nuo sitting in the corner without saying a word, Cui called out to Xu, "Xiaohong, please leave the peanuts on the tea tray and help me peel them. We'll serve them to your father tomorrow."

When Sheng Nuo heard Cui mention him and said that she would prepare some snacks for him tomorrow, he looked up at Cui. However, Cui ignored him and just lowered her head and started peeling the peanuts on the tea tray.

The corners of Xu's mouth twitched. Although she was tired of this drama in her heart, she still put on a happy expression on her face, because now it was her time to show her talent. She smiled and said, "My grandma still loves her children and grandchildren the most. You know that Daya's grandfather hasn't drunk for several days. Grandma, is this just peanuts for drinking?"

"We need to prepare all kinds of delicacies for him. Aren't these peanuts enough for him? Look how angry he makes me. It's all in vain to give him all the good things to eat." Cui didn't even raise her head, but she was still peeling peanuts in her hand, but she was still talking angrily.

Sheng Nuo also knew that it was his turn to speak. "Mom, you've been scolding me for so long, but I didn't say a word," Sheng Nuo tried hard to force a smile on his face, with a pleading tone in his voice.

The family was already used to this drama. After hearing what Sheng Nuo said, Cui finally raised her head. She glared at Sheng Nuo, but her tone was already full of anger, and the glare was not fierce. "How about you scold me and settle the score just now?"

Sheng Nuo lowered his head, chuckled twice and said, "Mom, how dare I do that? Besides, that's not what I meant."

Cui snorted coldly, "Aren't there the pig heads we bought yesterday outside? Let's braise them tonight, so that they won't complain about having nothing to eat with their wine when we drink tomorrow." Cui thought for a moment and then instructed Xu.

Xu agreed immediately and flattered Cui, "My grandma is the one who loves her son."

This drama has been played out countless times in the old house. Except for Cui, who never tires of it, everyone else in the room, such as Sheng Nuo and Xu, is deeply tired and annoyed. But if they don't follow Cui's routine, Cui will continue to make trouble endlessly until they are willing to cooperate with her performance.

Today's coordinated performance by Sheng Nuo and Xu completely satisfied the old lady's wishes, and she was in an especially good mood. She asked Xiao Cao to take down the snacks sent by Xiao Lan's family from the cupboard, and then she picked out two pieces, handed them to Xiao Cao and Daya, and then picked out another piece and handed it to Xu.

"Grandma, I don't want to eat. You guys eat it." Mrs. Xu waved her hands.

"Do you think I'm an old woman or something?" Cui said unhappily. In Cui's opinion, she was able to share some snacks with Xu, which was her greatest favor to Xu, but Xu didn't want it. She was given face but she didn't want it. "Here, you eat it. We won't give these two boxes of snacks to others. We just eat them for fun."

Xu knew Cui well. No matter whether she was a daughter-in-law or a granddaughter-in-law, they were all outsiders in the eyes of the old lady. As an outsider, she would suffer first and enjoy later. Therefore, when Cui gave her some snacks, her first reaction was to refuse. However, Xu was very good at reading people's faces, so she was still somewhat decent in front of Cui. However, she was not proud of it. Instead, she was more cautious in front of Cui, for fear of making Cui angry.

Xu had some ideas for doing this, because she was respectable in front of Cui, so Cui would sometimes give her some delicious and useful things, but at this time, Xu couldn't accept Cui's gifts, because Cui sometimes just said it verbally, if she asked for it sincerely, Cui would be unhappy, and she would definitely say she was greedy behind her back. But today, Xu heard Cui say this, and she knew that Cui wanted to give it to her from the bottom of her heart, so she accepted it, "Grandma, everyone knows you, you are the neatest and cleanest old lady on this street, you always don't despise us for being dirty, we are all secretly happy, who dares to despise you, I will be the first to disagree." Xu smiled.

Xu's words made the old lady even happier. Cui has always labeled herself as being neat and tidy, and she also likes others to flatter her in this way.

"When I was young, I was a hundred times more neat and quick than I am now. Now I'm not as good as I am now.... You are considered a clean young person, but you are still far worse than I was back then." Cui said with a smile.

"That's right. I dare not compete with you." Mrs. Xu said with a smile.

Cui picked out another piece of cake and asked Daya to pass it to Sheng Nuo, then she chose another piece for Sheng Hong. Finally, she chose a soft dessert for herself and started eating it bite by bite with the tea brought by Xu.

Seeing that Cui was in a particularly good mood at the moment, Xu thought of what Sheng Xuan had just said about Xiaolan's engagement, and wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Cui. "Grandma," Xu smiled and said carefully, "Xiaolan is getting engaged, we have to give her something, it's such a big deal, Xiaolan is your granddaughter."

Cui swallowed the last bite of snack and drank two sips of tea. "I don't have anything. You heard me just now. I don't want my little stuff."

"Grandma, this is a big deal after all... We can't be too polite, otherwise people will blame our family..." Xu continued to persuade, "I don't think my uncle and aunt expect us to give them gold, silver, or other valuables. They know our family situation best... We should give them something, as a token of our appreciation, right?"

"I'm so old now, I can't earn a penny, what can I have? Even if I have money, it's given to me by his family. How can I give it to him? It's better to give him nothing than to go back and forth like this." Besides, he can't expect me to do some work for Xiao Lan, right? "