Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 908 - 910: Inquiring

Gong Zheng and Mo Litong sat on the sofa, eating nonstop.

Miao Cuihua was busy in the kitchen, feeling all kinds of anger.

"One after another, they’re so troublesome."

"And they’re supposed to be cultured university students."

Miao Cuihua complained while stir-frying, glancing outside frequently, worried that this couple might walk off with something.

"Gong Zheng, why are you spitting stuff on the floor while eating? Don’t you know it’s a wooden floor?" Miao Cuihua got angry seeing Gong Zheng spitting shells on the floor.

She put the freshly cooked dish into a bowl and stormed into the living room to collect all the snacks from the coffee table.

Gong Zheng and Mo Litong were dumbfounded, "Miao Cuihua..." How shameless is this?

Mo Litong pouted, "No manners."

What? She actually said they had no manners. Miao Cuihua grabbed Mo Litong, "Look at what you’ve eaten, spitting shells on the floor."

"Is your mouth leaking, or what?"

Miao Cuihua yelled, "Still claiming to be university students with manners."

"You just show up without notice, so I’m supposed to serve you? Get out." Miao Cuihua was truly fed up with them many times.

This time she really couldn’t take it anymore; she’s worried if she keeps tolerating this, she’d be furious to death.

Mo Litong was about to speak when Gong Zheng stopped her.

Gong Zheng initially thought that with Miao Cuihua running a business, she’d have mellowed out, and since she hadn’t lost her temper the past few days, he forgot about her temper.

Seeing the fiery Miao Cuihua in front of him, he could only admit defeat again.

Gong Zheng kept consoling himself, thinking he couldn’t leave; otherwise, they’d have to eat out, which costs money.

Plus, they had prepared a lot of dishes today for welcoming Gong Tao and the others. Why is there such a huge gap between brothers? Gong Zheng was really annoyed.

After being subdued by Gong Zheng’s gaze, Mo Litong also quieted down.

Miao Cuihua didn’t expect this couple to suddenly become well-behaved, and was quite annoyed. If they caused a scene, she could have thrown them out. But since they didn’t, how could she force them out?

"Clean up the living room. Really, don’t you know how to pick a wife who can’t even do housework?" Miao Cuihua complained about Mo Litong.

"I’m a university graduate." Mo Litong was unhappy, feeling snubbed by a semiliterate person.

University graduate? "What else are you besides that?" Miao Cuihua was sick of hearing it.

"Is being a university graduate so great? Can’t even afford a house."

"Didn’t you say you were capable? Why not buy a big house in Yangcheng on your own then?"

Hmph, they keep bragging about how great they are. Look at Ni Zi and them, they’re still students but already bought a villa in Yangcheng, while this couple has to borrow money just to buy a small house.

"Property prices in Yangcheng are high." Mo Litong rolled her eyes. "It can’t compare to here."

"Didn’t you say salaries are high there? Of course, high salaries mean high property prices, while low salaries mean low property prices."

"Though I bet you couldn’t afford one here either." Hmph, if they were really making big money, their clothes wouldn’t look so mediocre.

Miao Cuihua didn’t get brand names, but she knew high-quality clothes had good shapes.

"Stop talking about how great Yangcheng is. Your second and third brothers go there often, a few times a year, and they know all about what’s trendy over there."

"I get many of my clothes from Yangcheng through traveling with your sister-in-law."

Always bragging about Yangcheng as if they think we’re fools? "Xiao Ming and Xiao Xin even went to Yangcheng last year to celebrate Ni Zi getting into high school."

What? Gong Jiaming and them have been to Yangcheng? Gong Zheng was shocked, remembering how he always talked about Yangcheng but never saw the two kids step up and say anything. Were they just watching his antics?

Hold on, "Ni Zi has been to Yangcheng? That should have cost quite a bit." Seems like the second brother is earning well. Gong Zheng never saw Gong Tao as a big shot to leech off of but now thought maybe something could be squeezed out.

Now, how could he miss the chance? He mustn’t be polite, otherwise, he’d probably regret it.

"No idea how much they spent, they have friends in Yangcheng." Miao Cuihua suddenly realized she might have said too much.

"Plus, some of the kids paid for it themselves."

The kids paid for it? Gong Zheng couldn’t believe it. All this to avoid lending him money... the nerve.

Gong Zheng didn’t argue with Miao Cuihua about this. He could find a chance to ask. Even if Gong Tao was tight-lipped, Gong Ruwen’s kids could still be asked.

While Miao Cuihua went busy in the kitchen again, Mo Litong asked quietly, "Is it your brother studying at Jing University?"

Gong Zheng really didn’t want to mention Gong Tao. Besides Gong Qiang being a waste of space, the others either outshone him in academics or money, which was endlessly frustrating.

"Your sister-in-law, she went to Jing University too?" Mo Litong gasped. To be honest, her pride mostly came from her university degree, but thinking about facing people with Jing University credentials made her a bit apprehensive.

"Yeah, my brother’s good friends and my sister-in-law’s brother all went to Jing University."

Mo Litong was stunned. Goodness, they’re all from Jing University? Are they planning to take over Jing University?

"My brother’s friend’s wife graduated from a medical university and was even mentioned in a newspaper." Jealous, truly jealous. From childhood, Gong Tao had few friends, but having such a friend gave him great opportunities.

Reading about it in the news, Mo Litong almost fainted. What kind of amazing people are these?

No, something’s not right. Mo Litong tightly held onto Gong Zheng’s clothing. "Why haven’t you considered going to Beijing?"

Yangcheng is fine, but how broad their career prospects there were was a question within their understanding.

Go to Beijing to develop? Gong Zheng hadn’t thought about it. That one time he went to Beijing, Gong Tao’s family’s disdain was written all over their faces, bright as day.

Gong Zheng remembered vowing as he left that he’d make it big, enough to mock Gong Tao to his face, proving his prowess.

How could he think of going to Beijing? It’d just be setting himself up for ridicule.

"They’re quite arrogant, you understand." Gong Zheng mumbled evasively.

Recalling the New University graduates at her workplace, Mo Litong nodded, "They are pretty arrogant."

"But so what? They got into Jing University through their abilities, but it doesn’t mean their kids have abilities." Mo Litong wanted to say they benefited from the concessions of a winter national exam, which was simpler then.

Miao Cuihua came out to fetch something and overheard, "Gong Ruwen, your second brother’s eldest, got into Jing University last year, ranking in the top fifty in all of Beijing."

Hmph, they think too highly of themselves, without recognizing the vast gap separating them.

"Ni Zi, in this year’s joint exam among the top five high schools in Beijing, topped the exam. A second-year high school student, expected to become a top scorer in the national college entrance exam next year."

No way, Gong Zheng was dumbfounded. Those results were phenomenal. But wait, Gong Zheng calculated Gong Ruwen’s age and believed he wasn’t even old enough for such exams yet.

Hmph, surely Miao Cuihua was deceiving him; yes, it must be that way.