When Mother Qin spoke to Gu Yusheng the second time, her tone was clearly relaxed. She was not highly educated nor was she well read, and her conversation with him was about daily trivial matters, but he was not the least impatient, gladly discussing the price of eggs with her in detail.
The more they talked, the more pleased and satisfied Mother Qin was. Toward the end, she could not help but compliment his family, secretly in her heart, for having raised such an accomplished son.
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After dinner, Gu Yusheng went to the corridor and lit up a cigarette while Mother Qin and Qin Zhi'ai were washing the dishes in the kitchen.
Halfway through his cigarette, he recalled that initially, before they had started eating, Mother Qin had thought that Xiaowang was her future son-in-law.
Did Mother Qin actually think that Xiaowang is more handsome than me?
