Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 154

The hall was dark, and the old woman lay down with her eyes closed.

The strong medicinal fragrance seemed to permeate every ounce of air in the room.

The long-bearded old man took the silk handkerchief from the old woman's wrist, and was invited by the maid who served beside the old woman to prescribe medicine.

"My medicine is a little less medicinal than last time. The old lady should take it for half a month and see."

Outside the old woman's room, several servants from other families spit at the old man's words, and they could only leave one after another, leaving the house to go to their respective homes.

The old lady of the Gu family was still speechless, and there was nothing they could do.

Now the oldest member of the Gu family is only the third girl, who is only 14 years old, so what is the use of her words?

Before the master of the Gu family left, the money he borrowed from various families seemed to be in vain.

These servants from various families came almost every day, and it was not that the old lady wanted to pay back the money.Besides, where does the Gu family have any money now?
They were just afraid that the Gu family would secretly sell their belongings, and when it came time to divide the Gu family's belongings, there would be nowhere to find money for their own money.

Dr. Pi from Zhishan Medicine even only added a few ingredients to Old Madam Gu's prescription.

why?It's not about saving some money for regular customers.

Mei Ye, the maid next to Mrs. Gu, looked out of the room with her head.

Seeing that Mrs. Yan on the second door made a gesture, she came to the bedside.The old lady slowly opened her eyes, and a shameful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"It's Dr. Pi, who is tired and bluffing with his wife."

The old doctor who was writing the prescription didn't turn his head, only sighed.

"Decades of friendship, what is this matter? I don't want to ask more about your house. But what will happen in the future, the old lady should hurry up and come up with a charter. The grandpa and brother at home are gone. , will inevitably be coveted."

With the support of Mei Ye, the old lady got up and sat on the chair, a trace of fatigue flashed in her eyes.

When she came back to her senses, she found that Mei Ye was coming in through the curtain, and Doctor Pi had already been sent away.

"Where have you seen the girls?"

"If you go back to the old lady, you have already read them all, and they are all good."

Mei Ye looked at the little tea foam in the porcelain jar, and decided not to make tea, but poured a cup of hot water and put it beside the old lady.

"Has old Tiantou come back?"

Mei Ye had a smile on her face: "Madam Yan didn't send a message from the second door, so she probably hasn't come back yet. Besides, this time you asked Lao Tiantou to go out as a thing, and you have already told him to go far. Maybe he went to Nancheng The pawn shop, the way back is still not close."

The old lady Gu glanced at Mei Ye, but she sighed: "You girl, why don't you let me let you go? You are still guarding this dilapidated nest. It used to be a house full of people, but now you are the only one left." One, I don’t even have a companion, and you have to do everything.”

Mei Ye wiped the corner of her eyes when she heard the words.

"Old lady, please don't drive me away." She held back her tears and let out a smile. "My mother died when I was seven years old, and my uncle would have sold me to that shameful place. If it wasn't for me Stopped your car, I'm afraid the bones in the grave are rotten now. Let me go, so that he can sell me again? Why don't you point out a piece of land at home, and I will burn myself in it There."

Old lady Gu gave her a wry smile.

Mei Ye glanced at the sky outside, opened the half-empty closet, chose a half-worn gray rat jacket from the inside, and was about to serve the old lady to put it on.

Seeing the jacket, Mrs. Gu sighed again.

"I wanted to be this thing the day before yesterday, but you just said it was gone, where did it come from now?"

Mei Ye smiled: "Perhaps the jacket was reluctant to leave, so she hid by herself. Seeing that it was cold today, she got out again by herself."

Suddenly, she heard Mrs. Yan calling at the second door, and Mei Ye opened the curtain to come out, just in time to see the figure of Old Tiantou standing in the second door.

"The old lady can wait, Lao Tian, ​​you come to the curtain to answer."

The old man put his hands on his sleeves, came outside the curtain with a smile on his face, and bowed to the inside of the curtain.

"Back to the old lady, I'm back."

The old lady Gu was startled when she heard his voice.

"Why did I feel relieved when I heard your voice? Could it be that people from Ji's family didn't stop you today?"

Old Tiantou replied with a smile.

"Returning to the old lady, I went to Nancheng today, and I pawned that thing, and got more than three taels of silver. According to the old lady's order, I paid back two taels in the medicine account. I bought rice noodles for the others, and I have already recited them. The cook handed it over to Mrs. Chen. People from Ji’s family met at a place selling rice noodles. But today it was strange. They saw that I bought rice noodles. They didn’t come up to snatch them. They just spat on my face and cursed. I'm gone."

The old lady Gu also gave a strange snort.

"It's weird? In the past half a month, people from Ji's family haven't come to the door once. Could it be that they thought of some bad trick again?"

The old lady paused, but couldn't think of a reason for it.

"You've worked hard. Ask Mrs. Chen to make more bowls of noodle soup today, so that you can fill your stomach well."

"Eh!"

When Mrs. Yan replied, she said that Mrs. Chen had already done something.

Mrs. Gu sat in the hall next door, leaning on her stick, and told Mei Ye to call all her granddaughters.

Mei Ye went to Banzhuxiang, and a 13-year-old girl with a maid entered the room through the curtain.

"Greetings to grandma."

When the old lady saw the younger generation, the sadness on her face disappeared: "Girl Han is here, please sit down first, and eat later."

As soon as the words were finished, a seven or eight-year-old girl came in through the curtain, followed by a maid like a bean.

"grandmother!"

"Mu girl, how good are you today? Let's sit next to your fourth sister."

"Be good, I still read four pages."

Mrs. Chen, who was in the kitchen, brought a large wooden tray into the old lady's yard.

Mei Ye just came back and picked out the curtain for her.

On the plate were five bowls of noodles with flakes of oil floating, and there were a few shreds of pork under the noodles.

"Old lady, you should take care of Miss Wu, and she said she doesn't want to eat." Mei Ye whispered in the old lady's ear.

The curtain was lifted, and a [-]-year-old girl was about to enter the house.

She only glanced into the room and let out a huff.

"But fifth girl isn't coming to eat?" She turned around and went out again without waiting for anyone to answer.

Seeing this, Mei Ye smiled.

"But the third girl can control the fifth girl!"

But after a while, the stern-faced Gu Shuyi dragged the fifth girl, Gu Qinyi, into the door.

Gu Qinyi was only 11 years old this year, looked at her grandmother embarrassedly, and hurriedly sued her.

The old lady Gu looked around at the granddaughters who had lost a lot of weight, suppressed the soreness in her heart, and smiled.

"Let's all eat noodles."

After taking a few bites, Gu Muyi looked at Fifth Sister dissatisfied.

"Fifth sister, why do you only put shredded pork in my bowl?"

Gu Qinyi curled her lips: "I've been eating fast for the past few days, and I can't see meat. Just help me eat, why are you talking so much?"

Gu Muyi snorted, and pinched the shredded meat back, but ignored her.

Old Madam Gu's eyes were slightly red, and she was dazzled by the little white flowers on the girls' buns, and she became dizzy for a while.

Gu Shuyi and Mei Ye hurriedly helped the old lady get along.

Seeing her granddaughters looking at her worriedly, the old lady forced a smile: "Grandmother is fine, just eat."

Five bowls of noodles were finished silently.

Mrs. Chen happened to go back and forth, and Mrs. Yan each brought a wooden plate, and the small bowls of broth noodles could hold six or seven bowls.Mei Ye and other servant girls each took a bowl and went to the side for their own use.

While the servants were leaving, Mrs. Gu finally spoke to her granddaughters about her plan.

"Our Gu family lost our second child and brother Lun the year before last, and this year the eldest brother and brother Xiu also went. Now there is not even one aunt left in the family who can take care of you, just me, a bad old woman, and the four of you small."

While talking, the girls shed tears silently when thinking of their deceased parents and brothers.

"I used to have two sons and one daughter under my knees, but now, only your aunt is left. But your aunt's life is not easy. She is not up to date, and she has to be angry at home every day, making people secretly Delivered things to us a few times. The boy who delivered the things was sold by her grandpa who was a thief."

"All of you haven't left the house yet. Grandma thinks that the Gu family can't just let it go down." The old lady wiped her tears, "But your second aunt married far away to a neighboring province, and I heard that she gave birth to a brother. I thinking."

"Old lady~~," Lao Tiantou entered the second door with a look of panic, "The Mo family threw the third girl's marriage letter and resignation document at the door, and left without coming in!"

"Grandma~~!" "Sister~!"

There was a panic in the hall.

(End of this chapter)