Chapter 42 Grace and Righteousness
On the way, I specially called a few clan elders to prepare to talk about everything this time, so as not to let Liu's mother-in-law come to the door twice in three days to find trouble.
Unexpectedly, before she entered the door, she heard Liu shouting and asked Gu Xiao to give her two hundred taels of silver as compensation for raising two children. Isn't she crazy, two hundred taels of silver, not to mention two children, even if she raises twenty or thirty, she won't need so much silver!
For the sake of silver, the Liu family let it go, and even the patriarch's words dared to reply: "Why are you messing around, we have raised a child for him for so many years, and he is a golden child who can earn money, what is it to ask him for two hundred taels of silver?" The dead girl made more than 160 taels on one trip to town, and didn't she earn all the money back in two trips? ”
Sure enough, it was for the silver that Gu Ye earned. Gu Xiao sneered on his face and said, "You just heard that Xiao Yezi made money, do you know where that silver came from?" ”
"Of course I know, I've inquired about it all!" Liu's expression on his face, don't want to lie to me, "Isn't it the money from the dead girl selling medicine and the thank you gift from saving people?" ”
"Humph! Confused!! Then Wu Angelica also went to the town to sell medicine, how could he not sell it for a high price of dozens of taels with his decades of pharmaceutical experience? Xiao Ye has only learned from her master for less than a month, and she can make a medicine that is more powerful than Dr. Wu? Is she possessed by a fairy? The village chief couldn't listen anymore and couldn't help but ask questions.
Gu Xiaochong nodded to the village chief and said, "The village chief is right! Among the medicines we brought over, the most valuable ones were made by Xiao Yezi's father, so they were sold at such a high price. ”
After a pause, he continued: "As for the one hundred taels of silver that saved people and gave them as a thank-you gift, they are purely false! He didn't catch his breath, and his family gave him a few breaths in his mouth, and he rescued the man. Xiao Yezi gave him the few pills in his mouth, and for his symptoms, Ding Dashao actually wanted to buy this medicine. And this medicine is also owned by Master Xiao Yezi. Therefore, as soon as the silver came back, it was all given to Xiao Yezi's master. ”
"Impossible! More than one hundred and sixty taels are her master's? Isn't the medicine she made worthless? Liu was seriously suspicious, and a pair of eyes stared at Gu Xiao, trying to find out the clues of deception from his expression.
Gu Xiao has been wandering outside for so many years, how can she, a country woman, see through it? The corners of his mouth curled into a smile, and he said, "Who said that the medicine concocted by my family's leaves is worthless?" The other than the 160 wen is the money she sells for the pharmaceutical. Xiao Yezi, take out the money you earned and show it to your 'Seventh Aunt'. lest she scold you again for being a 'money-loser' who only eats." ”
Gu Ye couldn't help but smile, took out five taels of silver from his arms, and said, "Ah, except for the money to buy paper and pens for my brother and winter clothes for my master, it's all here." Four baskets of pure medicine were sold for six taels of silver, no wonder Dr. Wu didn't farm or pick up mountain goods, and he could still live so comfortably in a small life. Pharmaceuticals are really a good way to make money! As he spoke, he deliberately showed a smug look.
It stands to reason that he earned six taels of silver in less than a month, which is indeed a lot of income. But the Liu family came for the one hundred and sixty taels of silver, how could this small five taels of silver get into her eyes?
"I don't believe it! You grandparents must have joined forces to deceive us! You unfilial thing, you have so much money in your hands, your father and your brother are almost out of food, but you only care about yourself. I...... I'm going to sue you for this beast! Liu's hands were crossed on her waist, her skin was scolding, and the fat on her body trembled with her movements.
"Howl what? The old man can't see the medical skills, be careful that Lao Tzu will go down with a pair of medicines, so that you will be speechless for the rest of your life!! "My most beloved little disciple was scolded as an unfilial little beast, and the medicine saint was not happy.
How well-behaved he is, he has such a precious pharmacopoeia in his hand but does not hide it, and he is a genius who learns medicine, and he has brought the dead to life with his Huatuo God skills. What a good child, her father and mother don't know how to cherish it, and toss her all day long. Her father doesn't love her, he, the apprentice who feels sorry for himself as a master, naturally wants to come out to speak for her.
At any time, the world has a heartfelt awe for doctors, and Liu is the same. Aunt Wu told her that Gu Ye used the method taught by her master to save a dead person, which was more powerful than a fairy. When people eat whole grains, how can they not get sick, and they may ask for the old doctor one day. Facing the Medicine Sage, Liu didn't dare to jump.
"Isn't it just a hundred and sixty taels of silver? The old man's Rongyang Pill is more than this price! Apprentice, what nonsense to talk to them, come in and fight with the master! You're not trying to learn that...... Oh, the 'quick-acting pill' approach? The foreign family paid a deposit of one hundred taels and ordered ten bottles, and our master and apprentice hurriedly made the medicine and made more money for the New Year! The Medicine Saint didn't see Gu Qiao and his wife, beckoned to the disciples, and re-entered the house.
Gu Ye obediently greeted the elders in the courtyard and walked towards the east house where the master lived. Passing by Liu's side, he made a big grimace at her.
"Hey...... Hey, boss, you have something to say! Seeing that the main master was called away, Liu was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
"Wait!" Gu Qiao finally spoke the moment Gu Ye stepped into the East House.
He raised his head, looked at the patriarch and the clan elders, and finally said to Gu Xiao: "Fifth uncle, you have a stepchild, but you are just supporting you for the elderly, and you will break the banner and break the pot after a hundred years." That's what boys do...... Ye'er is the only girl in our family, and after she left home, I still missed her. I think it's better for Ming'er to stay in your house, and Ye'er will be brought back by me......"
"No way!!" The first one to jump out and raise an objection was, of course, Gu Ming, a sister protector. With a pair of red eyes, he stared at Gu Qiao, gritted his teeth and said, "You will take it back, and then throw it on the mountain to feed the wolves?" Sell her again? ”
"What are you talking about, you kid! Ye'er is my daughter, how could I, the father, do such a thing? Those things were all done by your stepmother without me. Now that I know, how could I allow her to continue to do nonsense? Don't worry, I'll take care of my daughter. Gu Qiao looked at Gu Ye and pretended to have a loving expression.
"Daddy...... This is the last time I'll call you Daddy! Not because I passed on to Grandpa, but - you don't deserve it!! Gu Ming burst into tears, looked at Gu Qiao with disappointment in her eyes, and said slowly,
"Why didn't you protect your sister when she was about to starve to death; At a young age, she was called to cook, wash, feed the pigs, chop wood, and go to the fields...... Why don't you protect her? Why didn't you protect her when she was tricked into going to town and sold to Ya Po? Now that she can make money and get benefits from her, she wants to take people back, saying that she will protect her. You just use her as a tool to make money, just like the plum and her father in Qianwa Village!! ”
The plums in Qianwa Village are good at embroidery, a handkerchief can be sold for ten cents more than others, and a pair of pillows can be sold for a good price of one or two silver. In order to squeeze more money out of her, her father forced her to do embroidery work day and night, and kept people until she was twenty years old, and still didn't tell her about her in-laws.
Meizi is only in her thirties, and because of long-term overuse of her eyes, her eyes have become blurry, and she can't do embroidery. Her father didn't want to raise a useless waste, so he sold her to an old widower with a very bad temper, and was beaten all day long, and she was tortured for just over a year.
"Tiger poison doesn't eat children! How can there be such ruthless fathers in the world!! Gu Ming cried so hard that she couldn't stop crying.
"Bastard! The Son does not speak of the Father!! You unfilial thing, dare to count your father like this, don't you? Uncles, this rabbit cub should let him kneel in the ancestral hall and ask his ancestors for his guilt! Gu Qiao listened to his son's accusation, and his face was red and white. He couldn't come up with any words to refute, so he could only take out the shelf of the elders and convict Gu Ming of the crime of unfilial piety.
Gu Xiao snorted coldly, his eyes widened, and the momentum of his whole body burst out: "Gu Qiao! Gu Ming is now my Gu Xiao's grandson, why are you in charge of Lao Tzu? Besides, he was wrong about that? It's not him who should kneel in the ancestral hall, but you ungrateful, unkind thing!! ”
The old patriarch also looked at Gu Qiao with disappointment, and said, "Gu Qiao, what have you done over the years, which can stand up to others' attention?" This matter ends here, Gu Ming and Gu Ye, these two children, have been passed on to the fifth child, so they have nothing to do with you. They are too poor to eat, and they will not come to your house to ask for a bite; They're so rich, you don't want to take a penny. If you indulge your mother-in-law again...... Then we, the Gu clan, will expel your family from the clan. The Gu family does not tolerate the corruption of morality, and the people who forget their righteousness when they see profit!! ”
The people of this world value clans very much. If you are expelled from the clan, it is like a lost dog, like duckweed without roots. Gu Qiao didn't expect this incident to bring such serious consequences, so he immediately closed his mouth, not daring to say another word.
"But......" The unwilling Liu family muttered quietly in his mouth, "We can't raise children for more than ten years for nothing, fifth uncle, you have to compensate for some of it." ”
Gu Ming walked up to her sister and said to her, "Sister, the five taels of silver will be borrowed from my brother first." Gu Ye didn't say a word, and handed the silver to his brother's hand.
"You sold your sister for two taels of silver in the town." Gu Ming walked up to his father, looked at him with disappointed and resolute eyes, and said slowly, "This is five taels of silver, just when you sell me and my sister." From now on, you ...... It's just our distant seventh uncle! Other than that, we brothers and sisters have nothing to do with you! ”