Chapter 4 Right and Wrong Under the Big Banyan Tree
The next day, Gu Chengyu was still woken up by Gu's father, as if he had come to this ancient time, and there was no entertainment at night, it had become a habit to sleep early, he slept late last night, and he couldn't get up today, so he got up and looked at the time in the space, it was half past seven.
"Damn, Xiaobao and I went to Li Langzhong's house first, and it was too late, I was afraid that he would go out again. If you go to your brother's house again, you may have to come back later, and if you come back late, you will eat lunch first. Father Gu instructed the Lu family.
Gu Chengyu followed his father and planned to walk through the village to Li Langzhong's house at the end of the village, and as soon as he got out of the hospital, he heard the loud voice of the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family next door: "Ouch! You don't know, yesterday the Gu family was sent back by an ox cart! I don't know where I went yesterday, I just lost ten taels of silver two days ago, and the apprentices of the third and fourth were lost, why are you willing to call the ox cart? I guessed and listened to the old king who drove the car! I went to Gu Xiu's house in Huaihe Town, didn't I go to borrow money, right? Moreover, when I came back for dinner last night, I seemed to be arguing, and it was loud. ”
"I also heard the old Wang Tou say yesterday that he was going to Gu Xiu's house. You say, this Gu family still has a bit of a family background! Ten taels of silver said that the compensation would be paid. "The mother-in-law of the lazy family in the west of the village is very envious, her man is lazy, she doesn't even go to the town for a short job all year round, and she can't save any silver, ten taels of silver is a lot of silver for her.
"The lazy family, you are just red-eyed, who called your lazy family really lazy? Just those two acres of land, if you don't starve to death, it's God's blessing, and you still want silver! ”
"Huh? Wang Yueniang, my family is poor, but it doesn't hinder you from anything! It's your turn to talk about my man. You have money in your family, and you have the ability to take it out for everyone to see. The lazy family is also unhappy, she is dissatisfied with her man, but it is not her turn Wang Yueniang. What when she doesn't know? It's not too young anymore, he wears bells and whistles all day long, and he looks at men with hooks in his eyes, and hew is not a thing.
"Oops! What is this for? Everyone has something to say, and they are all from the same village. The lazy family, Yang Laosan's family is the knife mouth tofu heart, don't forget to go in your heart. "The Zhang family's daughter-in-law, the Huang family, originally planned to watch the excitement, but she caused this to happen, and it would not look good if there was a quarrel or a fight at that time.
Gu Chengyu forgot the past, there is a big banyan tree at the entrance of Shangling Village, the banyan tree is very large, some years old, the branches are luxuriant, it is very suitable for enjoying the cool under the tree in summer, and at the same time, it is also a concentration of gossip of women in the village.
"Humph! Xiaobao, let's go, these people like to Taoist people all day long, and they can't even manage their own one-third of an acre, and they have the ability to manage other people's affairs. "As soon as Father Gu went out early in the morning, he heard people in the village talking about the rights and wrongs of his family, which made him feel very unhappy.
Gu's house was close to the entrance of the village, Gu's father raised his voice, of course the women could hear it, and when they saw that the main owner of the discussion was coming, they were all a little embarrassed. Then we talked about other questions, whose puppy gave birth to pups! Whose old lady is sick again!
The lazy family felt even more embarrassed, stood up straight and prepared to go back, and she didn't take the ox cart to Xiasang Village to catch the small market, so it was better to go back. What's more, she also knows that the people in the village look down on her family, and she usually doesn't come, but she goes to the field today, passing by here to listen.
Gu Chengyu felt that this was actually all idle, and now was not the time when the farm was really busy, and these women still had time to catch up with the market here. When the farm is busy, they will be in the fields. However, there are many opportunities for this Wang Yueniang to appear! Why can you run into her wherever you go?
The last time I walked the path behind the village, Daddy Gu felt very unlucky when he encountered something like that, although this time the main owner was here, and he didn't want to go from there again, who knows if there would be someone else in that place?
Gu Chengyu followed Gu's father to the courtyard gate of Li Langzhong's house and knocked on the door as usual. Every family in the village gets up early, and there are few people in the village who can't afford it until now, and some of them are also little babies. Of course, the big lazy just now is an exception.
"Who? Here it comes. The courtyard gate remembered Li Langzhong's voice, there was still something in his mouth, and his speech was a little blurred. Gu Chengyu guessed that he must be having breakfast, and Li Langzhong would get up early to see others because he had something, so he usually ate two pastries in the morning to cushion his stomach.
Li Langzhong opened the courtyard gate and saw that it was the Gu family's father and son standing outside the courtyard gate, so he risked coming for ginseng. "It's Brother Gu and Xiaobao? Come on in! ”
"Brother Li is still busy? But we bothered! Father Gu looked at Li Langzhong as if he had just eaten, but this was theirs.
"It's okay, Brother Gu came in and talked!" Li Langzhong turned sideways and let go behind the door.
"Sir, who's coming?" Kaoma remembered Yao's voice.
"It's Brother Gu and Xiaobao who are here, you bring two cups of tea."
"Is Xiaobao here? Come in and sit. "Yao still likes this little baby.
"Hey, you don't have to serve tea, you see that every time we come back, you are so polite, Xiao Baolai and I just sit and leave immediately." Daddy Gu should be embarrassed, Xiaobao had a meal at his house last time.
The three of them entered the main house, and Yao brought a tray and came in from the outer courtyard, on which there were three bowls of tea and a plate of mung bean cake.
"Auntie!"
"Hey! Doesn't Xiaobao love mung bean cake? Eat it, I left it for you! Yao put down the tea bowl and put the mung bean cake in front of Gu Chengyu.
Gu Chengyu listened to it for a while, who rumored that he loved mung bean cake? Helpless, it's not good to brush off Yao's kindness.
"Thank you, auntie." I had to take out a piece of mung bean cake from the plate and bite it in small bites, and when I looked up, I found Yao looking at him with loving eyes on the other side. This strange feeling came again, was he overthinking it or was there really something wrong?
"Brother Li, I went to the county seat according to your words and found the shopkeeper Liu of Huichun Hall, he knew that you introduced me, and he dragged me to say hello to you, and said that I hadn't seen you for a long time." Father Gu remembered yesterday's scene and almost couldn't see Shopkeeper Liu.
"Alas! I haven't seen him for over three years. Ginseng was sold to him, right? How much silver did he give? I guess I won't treat you badly. Li Langzhong is also very melancholy, the old friends in the past are now going their separate ways, only the two of them are left, but he doesn't want to be involved in the past, he is used to the dull and soothing life in Shangling Village.
"Shopkeeper Liu gave five hundred taels of silver for your face!" Daddy Gu was also in high spirits when he talked about five hundred taels.
"Oh? Such a good ginseng is indeed worth so much, and this time he was not stingy. What about honeysuckle? ”
Daddy Gu didn't want to mention honeysuckle, Li Langzhong gave less than Shopkeeper Liu, but in fact, Shopkeeper Liu also gave an extra five wen and a pound for the sake of ginseng. He was afraid that Li Langzhong would misunderstand that he was too little, and he didn't want to say it, but who knew that Li Langzhong asked, they were old acquaintances, and he couldn't lie.
"Oh! gave 100 wen a catty, which was given more for the sake of selling ginseng. Father Gu said hesitantly.
Unexpectedly, Li Langzhong was not only angry, but also laughed. "Brother Gu doesn't have to be embarrassed, his shopkeeper Liu is the shopkeeper of a medical hall, he has a lot of silver, it's nothing to give you more, I'm just a countryman, I can only give less, as long as Brother Gu doesn't dislike less."
Gu Chengyuzi had been observing Li Langzhong's eyes just now, and found that he was really not angry, open-minded, and not small-bellied. Well! He was satisfied!
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