"That's ......" Gao twisted his eyebrows, his face contemplative.

It stands to reason that this shouldn't be, a temperamental person like the fifth brother can't sit idly by, how can there be no movement for so many days, what went wrong with this?

"Aunt Seven, sit down, I'll pour a glass of water." After the patriarch's wife finished speaking, she hurriedly withdrew from the main hall, and when she went to the stove room, she didn't forget to look at it, hoping that her husband would come back soon.

After all, only he can solve this situation.

I don't know if Gu Yuan had a hunch that something would be waiting for him when he went home, so he didn't go back until more than half an hour later than usual.

When he went back, his daughter-in-law had been in the main hall with Gao for a long time, and they were talking about some topics to pass the time, such as talking about the situation in their respective families these days, or chatting about the performance of the children in the family.

Most of the time, Gu Yuan's daughter-in-law listened to Gao's words, smiling and responding, but in her heart she hoped that the patriarch would come back quickly.

Seeing that he was finally willing to come back at this moment, his daughter-in-law's eyes suddenly lit up, and she quickly got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "Daddy, you're back, Aunt Seven has been waiting in the main hall for a long time." ”

Gu Yuan's feet were stunned when he first entered the house, his eyes involuntarily moved to the direction of the main hall, and nodded: "You go to cook first, you don't have to worry about the main hall." ”

That's what she's waiting for!

Therefore, after Gu Yuan entered the yard, she hurriedly went to the fire to cook.

Although Gu Yuan's family still lives with his younger brother's family, they don't build houses together, and they do their own thing.

said that it was a family, and it looked like two families living together, and only during the New Year's holidays did she cook together with her second siblings.

And all the things needed for the festival were prepared by Gu Yuan and his second brother.

After Gu Yuan entered the main hall, Gao Shi, who was a little impatient when he heard the movement, was already standing at the entrance waiting for him.

Seeing him coming, he hurriedly spoke: "His nephew, how did you discuss that matter?" ”

"Auntie, let's go in and talk......" Standing under the eaves is not a place to speak, Gu Yuan raised his hand and said a word, and went in first.

Gao followed closely.

"Auntie, the incident you came to tell me about was actually something I had already told a few uncles that afternoon." After Gu Yuan sat down, he said bluntly.

"Yes, I've heard all of this from your daughter-in-law, so what's the result now? What did your uncles say? Gao was desperate to find out.

Gu Yuan paused for two seconds, then changed the topic and asked, "I don't know if my aunt knows what this child Changning has been doing since Brother Gu Shan's death?" ”

Gao frowned, his eyes were full of displeasure: "This Gu Shan's family lives in the west, and the old woman lives in the north, with most of the village in between, how does the old woman know what she has done, and his nephew, aren't we talking about the punishment of her?" What are you doing with this nonsense? ”

"Ahem, Aunt Seven, that's what I'm going to talk about next." Gu Yuan took the teapot placed on the table of the Eight Immortals and poured himself a glass of water, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said, "Auntie, you said that Changning, this kid wants to marry into a rich family, and runs outside all day long, but what we heard is that Sister Ning has been helping at home these days, and she has no time to go out at all. ”

"Doing things? What can she do as an eight-year-old child? Gao said disapprehantly.

"That's not what I said, auntie, Changning has indeed done a lot of things, as far as I know, there are several things, this child is still very good, and he knows how to share it for the family." Gu Yuan said with an approving tone.

Gao Shi was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said in a contemptuous tone: "His nephew, at Gu Changning's age, at most, she can help the family feed the chickens, cook, and clean the yard, what else can she do?" ”

"I can do a lot, I heard that Changning is now learning embroidery with her mother, you are the mother-in-law of Brother Yang and sisters, you should also know the level of Brother and Sister Yang, that is the best embroidery girl in Xinghua Village." Gu Yuan didn't seem to see her disdain, and said happily, "And Changning not only followed her aunt to learn embroidery, such as going up the mountain to pick up firewood, picking wild vegetables, hatching chickens to feed, picking wicker to make willow weaving, etc., all to supplement the family." ”

"Oh, in addition to that, she is also in charge of the family's affairs, but at the age of eight, it is very rare."

At the time of the first crop of wicker growth, because most people are busy with farm work, there is no time to harvest.

Although some of the women also went to pick it back, they were still busy taking care of the old and young at home, and they often couldn't pull away, so Gu Changning could almost be said to have collected almost all the wicker at the head of the West Mountain.

And the wicker she retrieved was so large that it was all piled up in the firewood house and yard.

Those who came to visit Yang Huiyun could see it at a glance.

It was only when the story of her making willow weaving became known in the village.

Gao looked at him with suspicion on his face, not believing that this person would be Gu Changning at all, "His nephew, did you hear it wrong?" Gu Changning did all this by himself? How can it be! ”

Gu Yuan knew that she would say this, and shook his head helplessly: "Aunt Seven, the recent big and small things that have happened in the village have more or less involved Sister Ning, if these are rumors, everyone would have found out about them, and they would not have spread like this until now." ”

For example, the two disputes between her and Zhou Damiang, as well as the fact that Li Niangzi sold a prescription that was not worth fifty yuan to their family, and the boiling incident of being arrested by Uncle He, caused the villagers' attention to be on her.

If the above things about her are all fake, and Gu Changning has not done such things as subsidizing the family, then under the attention of everyone, someone has already discovered the problem, how can it be that the opposition of the villagers has not been heard so far?

And this also shows that Gu Changning is indeed as rumored.

After listening to Gu Yuan's words, Gao's face suddenly became very ugly, and she probably understood what the patriarch meant.

Because Gu Changning's performance was enough to wash away the stigma on herself, several elders didn't believe Gao's words, and they wouldn't severely punish Gu Changning for this matter.

Thinking of this, Gao's face became more and more ugly, because she thought of the house where Gu Changning's family lived, and she couldn't get her hands on it for the time being!

"Since the patriarch you plan to condone Gu Changning's behavior, the old woman is not easy to say, but the old woman has already put her words here, and she will do something more out of line in the future, which will affect the clan, don't blame the old woman for not reminding you." Seeing the failure of the goal, Gao's tone turned cold, and he left the patriarch's house with an indifferent look.

Gu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief after she left, shook his head and went back to the house to change clothes, he was not involved in the conflict between the Gao family and Gu Shan's family.

It is said that it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, not to mention the contradiction between the stepmother and the stepson left by the original partner, it is even more difficult to adjudicate, and Gu Yuan is very helpless in his heart.

After the Gao clan left the patriarch's house, he walked all the way home with a gloomy face.

Many people who knew her on the road wanted to say hello when they saw her.

But seeing her angry face, I knew that she was in a bad mood at this time.

The villagers on the side of the road were silent for the moment you look at me and I look at you, and silently watched her leave, not daring to come forward to communicate with her.

Gao returned home with a black face.

When I got home, I saw that Wu was washing the vegetables he had chosen, and the vegetables he picked were thrown on the ground on the side, and he was furious and shouted, "Are they all dead?" Don't see what's on the ground and haven't been cleaned up? I have to be reminded by an old woman to see it? Then do you want me to collect it for you? ”

Wu was startled by her shout, turned his face to see the terrible expression on his mother-in-law's face, closed his mouth in fright, and hurriedly picked up the garbage on the ground without daring to say anything.

Jiang was boiling water in the stove room to clean the pot on the stove, and was startled when he heard his mother-in-law's roar, and subconsciously turned his head to look out of the door.

However, she quickly withdrew it again, kept fishing out the water from the pot, and pretended not to hear anything, but her heart turned several times in an instant.

After marrying in all these years, she knew that her mother-in-law had a very impatient temper and lost her temper at every turn.

But when she had never been so angry, Jiang Shi was silent and couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart, not knowing what was going on

Wu was originally slow, but after being scolded by his mother-in-law, he became much more honest, and quickly cleaned up the garbage on the ground, served the washed vegetables, and walked back to the stove without stopping for a moment.

While Jiang was pondering, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a shadow cast at the door of the stove room, knowing that it was the second sister-in-law who came in, she was busy collecting her thoughts, and quietly asked about her own affairs without asking anything.

She could endure it without asking, but Wu couldn't help but have a temper, not to mention that Fang Cai's mother-in-law's face was still so ugly.

So Wu came to the stove lightly with the vegetable basket in his arms, put the basket in his hand, and asked in a worried voice: "Third brother and sister, did you hear your mother-in-law's voice just now?" Why is she so angry today? ”

Jiang Shi touched it and said, "...... I don't know. ”

"You say, could it be that someone is angry with my mother-in-law outside?" Wu said with a guess on his face.

Although he had just been scolded by his mother-in-law, he still had some trouble getting over his face.

But Gao has rarely been so angry over the years, and she is still more curious about why her mother-in-law is so angry.

Jiang continued to lower his eyes, and there was only an indifferent light in his eyes: "Our clan is also a big clan in the village, generally speaking, it is unlikely. ”

"That's what you said." Wu nodded slowly, contemplating seriously.

Besides, with her mother-in-law's temper, how can she be so easy to be bullied.

If you annoy her, it is possible to get started by yourself, she is not the kind of person who will take care of face, and there are really few people in the village who dare to make face for her mother-in-law.