The old house of the Gu family in the north

"You said that Yang Huiyun wouldn't teach her son, and she was not afraid of being laughed at by others to teach such an unfilial son." The second daughter-in-law, Wu, said happily while choosing vegetables.

As long as she is not doing well over there, she is happy, so when she heard this rumor, she happily ate an extra bowl of rice, which provoked her mother-in-law Gao Shi was very dissatisfied and scolded a few words.

Even so, she still felt happy, and she didn't care so much about her mother-in-law's scolding.

A woman depends on three men in her life, relying on her father when she is young, her husband when she is older, and her son when she is old.

Yang Huiyun saw that these three dependences were unreliable, how could she not feel happy in her heart.

The third daughter-in-law, Jiang Shi, was silent as usual, but her ears were straight and straight, and she didn't care on the surface, but she actually listened to Wu's schadenfreude very intently, and her eyes were dark.

"Hmph, I have long seen that Gu Huai'an is not a good seedling, at a young age, he pretends to be human, and at first glance, he has bad ink hidden in his stomach!"

"Auntie, who are you talking about?" Wu was scolding, and a crisp voice suddenly came, and Gu Yuehuan walked into the stove room.

"Yuehuan, I'm talking about your lobby brother." Seeing his daughter approaching, Wu quickly took out a small piece of meat from the pot and stuffed it into her mouth, and glanced at Jiang Shi, seeing her back to him, he hurriedly whispered, "Eat quickly." ”

The meat in the house is for the men, because they have to work in the fields, so whatever good things in the house are eaten first.

The second is a few boys in the family, they are the age of growing their bodies, and they eat faster and faster.

As for the women, that's just for the sake of watching.

Since Wu is in charge of cooking, he can often steal one or two pieces while he is stir-frying.

Of course, she ate it with her back to Jiang.

But Gu Yuehuan didn't have this opportunity.

Therefore, when Gu Yuehuan appeared, she would occasionally stuff her with a piece of meat the size of a fingernail for her to taste.

"Hmm." The meat that ate into his mouth was too small, and he couldn't chew it a few times before swallowing it, Gu Yuehuan didn't have time to taste the taste of the meat, and when she heard this, she wondered, "What's wrong with Brother Lobby?" ”

Jiang was still seriously busy with the work in his hands, as if he didn't notice the movement behind him at all, and sat firmly like Mount Tai.

Wu Shi had been talking alone for a long time just now, and although she was very happy to say it, she always felt embarrassed because no one had responded.

Now that I heard my daughter take the initiative to answer, I couldn't help but say excitedly: "A-Niang is talking about your lobby brother, you have no conscience, you just care about letting yourself go to school, and you have emptied the family's money, and you don't even have the money to buy medicine for the fetus that your aunt wants to buy." ”

Wu snorted and sneered: "Some time ago, Sister Cai also introduced a job to your lobby brother, but your lobby brother refused to go, so he was rejected by your aunt." ”

"And this?" Gu Yuehuan had never heard of this before, and was a little surprised, "Didn't you say that Brother Lobby found a job copying books in a bookstore in the town?" ”

"How much money can you make?" Wu was bending down to add firewood to the stove, and said disdainfully, "He now has to go to the school in the town every day, even if he copies books, he only gets about a penny of silver a month, and he refuses to give up going to school. ”

Gu Yuehuan nodded thoughtfully, and said in a low voice: "I just think it's impossible for Brother Lobby to pronounce something famous, but now I look at it, isn't it?" ”

"Huh? What are you talking about? Gu Yuehuan's voice was too small, and Wu didn't hear what she said clearly, so she straightened up and asked in a loud voice, which startled Gu Yuehuan.

"No, no, I didn't say anything." Gu Yuehuan hurriedly denied it, then rolled her eyes, and asked again, "Then what should I do now?" Do you still read it or take the money to buy medicine for the eldest aunt? ”

"He likes to buy it or not, anyway, their family has already been separated, and I don't have the spare time to take care of the in their family." Wu hummed as he stir-fried the vegetables in the pot.

The corners of Gu Yuehuan's mouth twitched when she heard this, and she was speechless about her mother's actions.

I don't know who it is, as long as I hear the news of the eldest aunt and their family, I am as excited as if I have been beaten with chicken blood, and I often pay attention to the news of their family, and I refuse to let go of the details.

However, she knew that her aunt wanted to save face, and she didn't expose it in person, so she only casually responded and left the stove.

She had wanted to come and see what was being cooked tonight, but now that she knew about it, she didn't want to stay inside.

Wu thought about the situation on Gu Huai'an's side, and was happy, and the hand that put the salt shook twice, and when it was time for dinner, his mother-in-law Gao tasted it as soon as she ate it, and immediately scolded with an ugly face.

"You ruined mother-in-law! Put so much salt in a stir-fry! It's been a lifetime since I've given you salt? Come to our house and bring trouble to the salt! ”

In fact, Wu didn't put a lot of salt, after all, the dishes that everyone in the family had to eat, and the portions were large, even if the hands trembled and added a little more, it was nothing.

It's just that the amount of salt is controlled on weekdays, and Gao suddenly found that something was wrong, and he scolded Wu in distress.

However, she felt salty, and in the mouth of the mouth full of light smell after a busy day's sweat, she felt just right.

Therefore, Gu Jialao/Second Gu Song frowned and interrupted his mother's words: "I think today's salt is okay, it is just right to eat with rice, if A-Niang feels salty, it would be good to let her pour you a bowl of water to wash it." ”

Hearing his eldest son say this, even though Gao was full of complaints, he didn't dare to say anything.

However, when I shut my mouth, I was still very angry in my heart, and I didn't know how many eyes I handed to Wu after a meal.

Wu knew that her mother-in-law was full of displeasure, and she didn't dare to anger her at this time, so she had to bury her head and eat the food in her hand with a small bow, and she didn't dare to clip a little more food, for fear of displeasing her mother-in-law again.

Seeing that her attitude was so low, Gao finally felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and he didn't stare at her fiercely in the second half of dinner, and Wu was relieved.

After dinner, the adults all rested in the house to eat, or went to sit and chat under the big tree at the head of the village before it was dark.

Gu Chuyu was boiling water in the stove room, and Gu Yuehuan took advantage of the fact that there were no adults around, and also followed her to the stove room and sneered at her.

"Brother Lobby, I'm afraid I won't be able to read this book, Gu Chuyu, your wish is about to be disappointed, but do you have anything to say?"

Gu Chuyu slapped his hand on fire, raised his head to look at the person leaning on the side of the door, and said in a salty tone: "Brother Lobby can't read books, and he can't pass the imperial examination, do you think I'm the only one affected?" ”

If Gu Huai'an can be promoted, for their side, they will benefit the most.

After all, Gu Shan is their uncle, and compared to the other Gu family members who have already come out of the five suits, they are the relatives who have broken their bones and still have tendons.

This is a bloodline that cannot be changed even if the family is divided.

It's just that the second aunt has not been able to see this clearly, and she has helped outsiders to spread bad words about the eldest aunt's family, and Gu Chuyu suddenly complained in his heart.

If others want to see the joke, it is someone else, because even if Brother Lobby wins the Jinshi, it has nothing to do with them, so he is naturally happy to see it.

But for the family, this is an opportunity to get out of the village!

Gu Chuyu's eyes were full of gloom as she looked at the fire, and the red light of the flames dancing shone on her face, faintly appearing, feeling that her face was a little distorted at the moment.

"Hmph, is it so easy to get into the imperial examination? Uncle has been reading books for so many years, and in the end, he can only stay in the town and be a bookkeeper? I can't even get a showman's fame, do you think Brother Lobby will definitely be able to raise people in high school? Gu Yuehuan said contemptuously.

Her aunt said that the fourth uncle had been studying for more than ten years, and all the family's money was spent on him, and in the end, he didn't read a result, and wasted the money in vain.

Even the work of this bookkeeper was found by Grandpa.

For this, the family spent a few taels of silver to go out.

Therefore, Wu was very disdainful of the so-called saying that reading well and getting ahead, and even Gu Yuehuan felt that it was impossible.

When Gu Chuyu heard her words, he was very irritable, and he didn't want to worry about her, so he said perfunctorily: "Well, what you said makes sense, even if Brother Lobby continues to study, he may not be able to go to high school." ”

Gu Yuehuan saw that she agreed with her statement, and she was proud in her heart, and she couldn't see that Gu Chuyu was perfunctory to her, so she was happy, turned around and left.

Gu Chuyu glanced at her departing back, the corners of her mouth pulled emotionlessly, and her eyes were full of contempt.

This idiot, can Brother Lobby be the same as Uncle Four?

The fourth uncle is like playing, fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and the homework assigned by the master is not easy to do, so he wants to go out to play on weekdays.

Brother Lobby works much harder than Uncle Four.

And she also heard that Brother Lobby's intelligence was praised even by Master He.

Who is Master He?

That's a man! It's someone who can almost become an official!

And at this moment, Gu Changning didn't know what the people in the village had arranged their family into.

She only thought that this rumor would be like the previous times, and it would stop after a while.

This time the rumor was different from the previous one, whenever there was a sign that it was about to dissipate, the rumor rekindled like adding oil, and it intensified, and in the end, there was nothing that the entire Xinghua Village did not know.

It is not only popular in Xinghua Village, but also gradually spread to the next village.

Just when the rumors were rising, as the parties involved in the incident, Gu Huaian and Yang Huiyun were still living their lives peacefully unconsciously, not knowing that the mountain rain was coming, and another wave of incidents was coming.

Gu Changning is the same, in addition to serving the vegetable garden and chicken coop in the backyard as usual, she also goes up the mountain every day to collect firewood, is responsible for preparing three meals a day at home, and follows A-Niang to learn female red and so on.

After her hard work for so long, the firewood room has been full of firewood, and the baskets made of willow have also been piled up in the east room of the south house.

All in order to fulfill her plans in late autumn.

Gu Changning arranged his time so closely that he didn't have any time at all, and he couldn't pay any attention to the new trends in the village.

By the time she heard the rumor later, she couldn't stop it.