Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, starting with the strategy of 95 flowers to counterattack

Chapter 192 Striving to Perform Well in Front of Elders
The black Mercedes slowly drove into the front yard of the Gu family villa. Gu Yang's legs were weak when he got out of the car.

He took a deep breath and turned to look at the four female celebrities who were filing down.

Zhou Ye angrily straightened her skirt, Tian Xiwei pouted and smoothed out the wrinkles in her coat, Li Yitong chewed gum indifferently, and Zhang Ruonan stood quietly to the side.

"Mom!" Gu Yang shouted at the top of his lungs, "I'm back! And I brought two friends with me!"

Tian Xiwei's face darkened noticeably, while Zhou Ye's lips curled up.

Lin Jing came out of the kitchen upon hearing the noise, still holding a spatula in her hand.

Seeing two more beautiful young women behind her son, she dropped her spatula with a clatter.

? ? ? ? ?

Again? ? ?

Are there two this time?
What on earth is this wretched creature doing all day long?

You actually dared to bring them home together?

Oh no, my blood pressure seems a bit high...

"Happy New Year, Auntie!" Tian Xiwei stepped forward obediently, greeted her sweetly, and presented an exquisite gift box with both hands, "This is bird's nest for you."

"Hello, Auntie," Li Yitong said, handing over a gift as well. "I heard you like to drink tea, this is Pingyin rose tea from our area."

Lin Jing blankly accepted the gift, her gaze sweeping back and forth between the four girls before finally settling on her son's face, her eyes conveying the message, "You're dead meat."

"Quickly, please come in..." She forced a smile and bent down to pick up the spatula.

Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, she grabbed Gu Yang by the collar and dragged him to a dead corner in the entryway.

"What's going on here?!" Lin Jing demanded through gritted teeth.

Gu Yang glanced at Tian Xiwei, who was lagging behind and changing her shoes, and pulled her over to introduce her: "Mom, Xiao Tian is my girlfriend..."

"Xiaotian, say hello to my mom again..."

"Ah?" Tian Xiwei's face instantly turned bright red, but her eyes lit up. "Mom...!"

? ? ? ? ?

Lin Jing gasped. All she wanted to do was grab a cleaver from the kitchen and chop up that bastard!
Gu Yang gasped. "Xiao Tian asked you to say hello, and you called her 'Mom' right away?"

After Tian Xiwei entered the house, Gu Yang, with a forced smile, stepped forward and took his mother's arm, "Mom... listen to me..."

"Is such that……"

"I understand, I understand." Lin Jing waved her hand, no longer wanting to hear any explanations. "Come in and sit down, Mr. Gu!"

Gu Yang: "..."

……

In the living room, Gu Xiaotang was curled up on the sofa watching TV.

Seeing her brother return with four beautiful women, the potato chips in her hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

? ? ? ? ?

Gu Xiaotang began to question the meaning of life...

"Good sister!" Gu Yang exclaimed as if seeing a savior. "Come and say hello."

Gu Xiaotang stood up, hands on her hips: "Brother! You've gone too far!"

She glared at Gu Yang angrily, "Why are there two more?"

"You're so annoying!" She ran back to her room and slammed the door shut.

……

An eerie silence fell over the living room.

The four female celebrities sat side by side on the sofa, and the laughter from the Spring Festival Gala replay on TV sounded particularly jarring.

Gu Yang looked left and right, but something still felt off.

"Mom, where's dad?"

“The old man went fishing again,” Lin Jing said, carrying a fruit platter out of the kitchen. “He said we have guests today, and he insisted on catching a big one.”

She glanced at the closed bedroom door and sighed, "That child, Tangtang..."

"I'll go help with the cooking," Zhang Ruonan suddenly stood up, breaking the awkward silence.

“I’m going too!” Zhou Ye immediately followed.

Tian Xiwei jumped up from the sofa: "Auntie, let me help you."

Li Yitong stretched and said, "Then I'll set the table."

Before Lin Jing could stop them, the four girls had already rushed into the kitchen.

Gu Yang was about to follow when his mother's gaze froze him in place.

The kitchen suddenly became lively!
"Where's the soy sauce?" Zhou Ye tiptoed to reach the cupboard.

"Watch out!" Before Zhang Ruonan could finish speaking, the soy sauce bottle had already smashed to the ground with a "thud," and the dark brown liquid splashed everywhere.

Tian Xiwei screamed and jumped away, but still couldn't dodge it. Several "ink plum blossoms" suddenly appeared on the hem of the fan's coat.

"Let me wipe it for you!" Zhou Ye hurriedly went to get a rag, but accidentally knocked over the flour bag on the cutting board.

"puff--"

Snow-white flour flew everywhere, and Li Yitong happened to push the door open and was sprayed right in the face, looking as if she had just been fished out of a flour vat.

Li Yitong: "..."

She just wanted to be a spectator at the scene, was it really that dangerous?

"I'm so sorry!" Zhou Ye hurriedly patted her back.

"My new coat..." Tian Xiwei looked at her coat, on the verge of tears.

Zhang Ruonan tried to salvage the situation by turning around to grab a mop, but slipped on the soy sauce on the floor and stumbled.

"careful!"

Gu Yang rushed in and caught Zhang Ruonan as she fell backward.

The two locked eyes, and the gazes of the three women beside them instantly turned dangerous.

"Um..." Gu Yang awkwardly let go of her hand, "Why don't you guys go watch TV instead?"

"No need!" the four voices said in unison.

Ultimately, under Lin Jing's insistence, the four "kitchen helpers" were kicked out of the kitchen.

They sat in a row at the dining table, like four elementary school students who had done something wrong.

"I'm going to take some fruit to Xiaotang," Zhang Ruonan suddenly said.

She gently knocked on the bedroom door: "Xiaotang, it's me..."

The door opened a crack.

With red eyes, Gu Xiaotang reluctantly let Zhang Ruonan in when she saw it was Zhang Ruonan.

Twenty minutes later, when Zhang Ruonan led Gu Xiaotang out, the little girl had changed into the new dress Zhang Ruonan had given her, and her eyes were no longer red.

"I want Sister Ruonan to teach me how to cook!" Gu Xiaotang declared. "None of you are allowed to cause trouble!"

Zhou Ye and Tian Xiwei exchanged a glance and sighed at the same time.

Li Yitong stared at Zhang Ruonan with a serious expression!
I misjudged it...

Hiding in the bathroom, Gu Yang dialed his father's number for the nth time: "Dad! When are you coming back?"

The sound of rushing water came from the other end of the phone: "What's the rush? The fish hasn't taken the bait yet..."

"Stop pretending," Gu Yang said in a low voice, "I can hear the music from the square dancing by the lake!"

"..." There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone. "Hey kid, what's up?"

"The house is in complete chaos! We need you to step in and take charge!"

"What's it to me?" Gu Jianguo scoffed. "It's not like I provoked them."

"Moreover, a fisherman never goes home empty-handed!"

"Wait until I catch a big one and come back..."

After speaking, I hung up.

Gu Yang gritted his teeth and dialed his assistant's number: "Xiao Wang, go to the seafood market right now and buy the biggest grass carp to send to my dad."

"Yes, the biggest one! At least twenty pounds!"

After hanging up the phone, Gu Yang couldn't help but admire his own cleverness.

Now, old Biden should finally come back, right? ...

An hour later, Gu Yang checked his watch for the nth time, but his father was still nowhere to be seen.

He dialed his assistant's number again: "Has the fish been delivered?"

"Mr. Gu..." came the assistant's panting voice, "I've been carrying this fish around the neighborhood eight times..."

Gu Jianguo's strong voice could be faintly heard from the other end of the phone: "Old Zhang, look at this fish, it's just a casual catch. It's a little over fifty pounds, just make do with it!"

? ? ? ? ?

"Mr. Gu, your father insists that I accompany him for a walk," the assistant said, almost in tears. "Now the whole neighborhood knows he caught a 'giant'..."

"He's telling me to go drive the car and hang the fish up..."

"They said they'd take a trip around the city, Mr. Gu, what should I do now?"

Gu Yang: "..."

Holy crap, I bought a fish that's too big!

Are fishermen really that scary?

……

Dinner time...

"boom!"

The courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open, and Gu Jianguo strode into the house, carrying a huge bluefish on his back.

The fish tail was still dripping water, shimmering silver in the setting sun.

"Dad! You're finally back!" Gu Yang rushed forward and eagerly took the fish. "Wow! This must weigh over fifty pounds!"

"Fifty-three catties and six ounces..."

Gu Jianguo said smugly, "Just fishing casually..."

Before he could finish speaking, two more unfamiliar girls appeared in the restaurant.

"Hello, Uncle!" Tian Xiwei stood up obediently, her eyes curving into crescents. "I am Tian Xiwei, Uncle, you can call me Weiwei."

"Happy New Year, Uncle!" Li Yitong greeted him with a smile. "You're a really professional fisherman!"

Gu Jianguo's smile froze on his face. He turned and glared at his son, his eyes filled with "You're dead."

That brat, didn't he say there was another one to pick up?

How did it become two?
Gu Yang glanced meaningfully at the fish and gave Lao Deng a threatening look.

"Ahem..." Gu Jianguo coughed lightly, then suddenly put on a smile as if his expression had changed. "Come, come, sit down! Honey, take the fish to steam!"

Lin Jing came out of the kitchen carrying the last dish and was taken aback when she saw the fish on her husband's shoulder: "This fish..."

"I caught it!" Gu Jianguo hurriedly interrupted, guiltily wiping away non-existent lake water from the fish's body.

"You've really made something of yourself, Lao Gu!"

"So-so, just average, performed as expected..."

Before long, as each dish was served, the family banquet officially began.

The table was laden with Taihu Lake specialties: steamed whitefish, fried eggs with silverfish, drunken shrimp, water shield soup... the aroma was irresistible.

"Auntie's cooking is amazing!" Zhou Ye picked up a piece of scrambled eggs with silver fish and flattered her, "The heat control, the seasoning, it's much better than my dad's!"

"Amazing! Even a Michelin three-star restaurant can't compare to this lady!"

“Exactly,” Zhang Ruonan scooped a spoonful of water shield soup for Gu Yang, “This soup is even more authentic than those old restaurants.”

Li Yitong went even further, pulling out her phone to take a picture: "I'm going to post this on Weibo, and the title will be 'An Encounter with a Folk Chef'!"

Lin Jing smiled perfunctorily, but her gaze remained fixed on Tian Xiwei.

The girl didn't utter a word, but her chopsticks moved so fast that she finished two bowls of rice in the blink of an eye, leaving a small mountain of drunken shrimp shells in front of her.

"Weiwei..." Lin Jing couldn't help but ask, "Is the food to your liking?"

Tian Xiwei lifted her head from her rice bowl, her cheeks puffed out like a hamster's: "Mmm..."

She didn't say a word, but it was as if she said everything...

Gu Jianguo stared in disbelief, muttering to himself, "Wife, when did your cooking become so good?"

"???" Lin Jing lowered her voice, "I've been cooking for thirty years and it took you so long to figure it out?"

Tian Xiwei finally swallowed the food in her mouth, her eyes sparkling: "Auntie, how do you make the sauce for this drunken shrimp? Can I learn from you?"

Lin Jing immediately beamed with joy: "Okay, okay, I'll teach you tomorrow!"

Zhou Ye and Zhang Ruonan exchanged a glance and then reluctantly put down their chopsticks.

When it comes to eating, none of them combined can match Tian Xiwei!

At the dinner party, Tian Xiwei won!
crushing...

……

As soon as dinner was over, Zhang Ruonan was the first to stand up and clear the dishes.

She deftly stacked the plates together and neatly arranged the bowls and chopsticks, her movements as practiced as a professional waitress.

"Auntie, let me help you wash the dishes," she said softly, already wearing an apron.

Seeing this, Li Yitong immediately stood up and said, "I'll help too!"

Just as Tian Xiwei was about to follow, Zhang Ruonan gently stopped her: "Xiao Tian, ​​you are a guest!"

"Take a break, I can handle this!"

"Huh?" Tian Xiwei looked to Li Yitong for help.

"With too many people in the kitchen, there's not enough room to work..." Li Yitong added with a smile, "You just ate so much, sit down and digest for a while."

Tian Xi opened her mouth slightly, watching the two people flanking Gu's mother as they entered the kitchen, where laughter and cheerful voices soon followed.

She poked her round little belly with a pitiful expression, like a little hamster whose food had been stolen.

Zhou Ye's eyes darted around, then he turned his attention to Gu Jianguo, who was picking his teeth: "Uncle, I heard you like to drink tea? I learned tea ceremony at home, can I show you how?"

Gu Jianguo's eyes lit up: "Great! Great!"

The two moved to the tea room, where Zhou Ye set out the tea set in a very professional manner, boiling water, warming the cups, and rinsing the tea, his movements fluid and graceful.

Gu Jianguo nodded repeatedly, completely unaware that the girl had secretly glanced at the tea ceremony tutorial on her phone three times.

Tian Xiwei was completely dumbfounded.

She stood in the middle of the living room, like a forgotten doll, watching as the kitchen and tea room were occupied, and stamped her feet in frustration.

These shameless women, how can they all be so good at putting on a show? If this continues, she's going to lose!

Suddenly, she noticed Gu Xiaotang sitting on the sofa playing on her phone, and her eyes lit up.

"Little Sugar!" She rushed over and sat down affectionately next to the little girl. "Don't you have anything to do?"

Gu Xiaotang looked at her expressionlessly.

"Um... how about I tutor you? My grades are really good!"

? ? ? ? ?

Gu Xiaotang was completely devastated...

……

After dinner, Lin Jing quietly pulled Gu Jianguo into the kitchen and whispered, "Old Gu, hurry up and find a way to get the girls away!"

Gu Jianguo peeked into the living room and saw the four girls gathered around Gu Yang, discussing where to go tomorrow.

He pulled his head back, looking embarrassed: "How do I bring this up?"

"Just say there's no room at home!" Lin Jing pinched him. "Go now!"

Gu Jianguo forced himself to come out, coughed twice, and said, "Well... it's getting late, and there are only two rooms in the house!"

"If there's not enough room, I'll have Gu Yang arrange accommodation for you..."

“Uncle!” Zhou Ye suddenly raised his hand, “Ruonan and I can share a room! We often chat all night together!”

Zhang Ruonan nodded obediently: "Yes, it's okay if we squeeze in."

“Sister Yitong and I can also sleep in the same room,” Tian Xiwei said, linking arms with Li Yitong. “We slept together when we were filming.”

Gu Jianguo: "..."

Is this really harmonious?

What's wrong with this world?
(End of this chapter)