Qian Guangzong is the shopkeeper of a cloth village, a typical unscrupulous businessman, who has long been thinking about how to sell Gu Dashan's family in exchange for some benefits.

But he asked Aunt Gu to sell Mrs. Gu to sell Gu Dashan's family several times, but Mrs. Gu hesitated and did not agree.

For Mrs. Gu, it is better to sell Gu Dashan's family than to study under her nose, as a stepmother, there is nothing more comfortable than the original children in front of her.

And leaving Gu Dashan's family, she can still give them a large family to work, which is similar to buying a family, if she sells it, the work of the family will fall on her own son, Mrs. Gu is reluctant, so she has not sold Gu Dashan's family for so many years.

But this time is different.

Aunt Gu said: "Mother, Gu Dashan's family got the green eyes of the village chief because of the water source, today the village chief spoke for their family in front of the whole village, and slapped you in the face, the third uncle and the third aunt also helped Gu Dashan's family, and Xiaoyu's girl, after the catastrophe is more and more spicy, these two days have been against us everywhere, and then the village chief supports it, after a long time, Gu Dashan's family must not ride on our head?" ”

Aunt Gu looked around and saw that Old Man Gu was so tired that he was lying on the mat not far away to take a nap, so she lowered her voice and said: "Mother, you are the stepmother, no matter how good you are to Gu Dashan's family, you can't raise them, it's better to sell them as soon as possible, we can still exchange some food and survive the next famine." ”

Along the way, there are fewer and fewer foods to find, and after walking for half a month, they may not even be able to find the leaves, grass, roots, and mountain rats, so their family must prepare early.

Gu Xiaomei also lobbied beside her: "Mother, the eldest sister is right, over the years, Gu Dashan's family has hated our family to death, this time they took great luck and found a water source for the village, and now the village is helping them, with the support of the village chief and villagers, they don't know how to retaliate against us, it's good to sell it as soon as possible." You don't have to worry about no one working after selling their family, you can let the third brother's family do it. ”

Gu Youfu is Mrs. Gu's second son, but Mrs. Gu doesn't like this son who looks like Old Man Gu, among the three biological sons, Gu Youfu is the most scolded and scolded, so that Gu Youfu's family can top the work of Gu Dashan's family, Mrs. Gu is not distressed at all.

After listening to this, Mrs. Gu's slender eyes were half-squinted, thinking about the words of Aunt Gu and Little Sister Gu.

After a while, she looked at the old man Gu who was still taking a nap, and said to Aunt Gu: "Their family is now the time for the scenery, this matter should be taken slowly, you and Guangzong will inquire first, and if there is a suitable person, come back and tell me." ”

This is an agreement to sell Gu Dashan's family.

Aunt Gu and Qian Guangzong were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together, what they had been thinking about for so long had finally come to pass.

Aunt Gu said: "Don't worry, mother, I will let Guangzong inquire in the past few days, and tell my mother as soon as I have news." ”

In fact, the couple had been inquiring about selling people for grain for money for a long time, and they had also talked to the stewards of several wealthy families, so they didn't have to worry about finding a buyer.

Gu Xiaomei was overjoyed when she heard it, the annoying family was finally going to be sold.

Zheng coaxed Gu Chengzhi not far away, and he didn't know what was going on, Brother Zhi'er's arm had been hurting, and she had been crying intermittently for a day, crying so much that she was upset, and when she heard Mrs. Gu's words that she agreed to sell Gu Dashan's family, she felt a little more comfortable.

Qian Lier was even more happy, she had long seen Gu Jinxiu's fox and charm, at the beginning of last year, the son of the shopkeeper of the restaurant in the town had seen Gu Jinxiu, and he was interested in her, knowing the relationship between their family and Gu Jinxiu's family, so he came to their house to inquire about Gu Jinxiu's situation, and wanted their family to help make peace.

She was so angry at the time, the son of the shopkeeper of the restaurant in the town, that was one of the candidates for her favorite husband, but she fell in love with Gu Jinxiu's slut.

Fortunately, in the end, Aunt Gu made a plan to let the lady who was the shopkeeper of the restaurant in the town dispel the idea of marrying Gu Jinxiu as her daughter-in-law, but this thing did not come to pass.

And Gu Dashan's family didn't know that there was such a thing from beginning to end, but Qian Lier was jealous, so she hated Gu Dashan's family, especially Gu Jinxiu.

After hearing that Mrs. Gu agreed to sell Gu Dashan's family, she quietly said to Qian Guangzong and Aunt Gu: "Daddy, then Gu Jinxiu looks good, you can give Gu Jinxiu to those stewards, just ask the stewards to say a few kind words in front of the rich lord and give us more food." ”

Qian Lier not only wanted to sell Gu Dashan's family, but also wanted to ruin Gu Jinxiu.

In the end, she added a sentence with anxiety: "You can't give Gu Jinxiu to the rich master, lest the fox charm the old man, find us to settle accounts, give her to the steward who has a daughter-in-law, and let her be a concubine for a subordinate, and suffer for a lifetime!" ”

When Qian Guangzong heard his daughter's words, he boasted: "Li'er is smart, okay, Dad knows." ”

Two or three of the stewards he knew were quite old, but they were still colorful.

Gu Dashan's family didn't know anything about Mrs. Gu wanting to sell their family.

After Gu Jinli and Aunt Gu came to rummage over things, he took Gu Jinxiu and Cheng Ge'er to the rest place of the third grandmother's house. When they were on the road, they discussed with the third grandmother's family, and they ate and slept with their family in the future.

The third grandmother was very happy and had long been looking forward to their family coming.

Gu Dashan, who had always insisted on resting with the old Gu family because of the beating of Cheng Ge'er and Cui's because of begging for food, did not object this time.

The third grandmother had already cooked corn porridge and held it in a small wooden basin, but there were not many, only a shallow bottom of the basin, and when she saw the three of Gu Jinli, she hurriedly shouted: "Xiaoyu, bring a few wooden bowls to the third grandmother, let's serve the porridge and drink." ”

Gu Jinli sighed, untied the wooden bowl strung with straw rope, wiped it a few times, and gave it to the third grandmother, she looked at the corn porridge in the basin and said, "It's corn porridge, this is good, raise people." ”

Corn is millet, a type of coarse grain.

The third grandmother smiled happily, and filled a small half bowl for each of their three sisters and brothers, and said, "Eat quickly, you are all hungry and thin." ”

Seeing that several children were as thin as skeletons, the third grandmother was so distressed that she wanted to cry.

Gu Jinli stuffed his bowl into the third grandmother's hand and said, "The third grandmother also eats." ”

She took a wooden bowl and put a shallow bottom of the bowl, drank it in less than three sips, and said with a very satisfied smile: "The rest is left for the third grandfather and my father and eldest brother to eat." ”

There was no organization in the village to look for food tonight, but the third grandfather couldn't stay idle, and followed Gu Dashan and his son, Luo family and his son to find food nearby, and he hasn't come back yet.

Gu Jinli was afraid that the third grandmother would persuade her to drink corn porridge again, so she took a wooden spoon and stirred the food in the pot next to her.

This is the staple food of the two of them tonight, it is an omnivorous stew of soybeans mixed with grass roots and leaves, although they have exchanged water for food, they can escape the famine for a long way, and the food has to be saved.

The third grandmother held the corn porridge stuffed by Gu Jinli, her eyes were red, this was the child's intention, she held the wooden bowl and ate it in a big gulp.

Gu Jinxiu and Brother Cheng saw her eating, so they ate in small bites.

When the miscellaneous food in the pot was cooked, the third grandfather and the Luo family's father and son also came back, Gu Dashan and Gu Jinan were not there, they went to deliver the food they found to the old Gu family.

A quarter of an hour later, they brought Cui Shi over, and Gu Jinli looked at Cui Shi and relieved himself after making sure that she was not beaten today.

Everyone dug water overnight last night, only took turns to rest for a period of time, very tired, the family and the three grandfathers and three grandmothers after dinner, they began to rest, slept happily, and continued to rush the next morning.

On the way, Qian Guangzong and his wife were very busy, and they always took advantage of the rest to go to talk to the stewards of various wealthy households.