Chapter 2 Let’s make peace

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Lin Ling, who was dying of illness, sat up in shock, her eyes shining.

God finally treated her well and gave her a golden finger.

For her at this moment, meat buns were of course the first choice, but when she thought of her family, she held back.

Although white noodles taste good, black noodles can satisfy hunger better and have more quantity.

"I'll choose black noodles. Wait, are these three options the only ones? Nothing else?"

The voice in my mind replied: "Currently, your total points are not enough. You can only choose from a few options given by this system. You have no right to choose independently."

Lin Ling quickly asked: "How many points are needed?"

"One hundred thousand."

"Okay." I wonder if it will take until the Year of the Monkey to accumulate so many points.

So she exchanged it for a pound of black noodles.

But it is temporarily stored in the system, and I have to find an opportunity to take it out tomorrow.

The sky gradually darkened, and the village fell into silence.

"Mom, it's time to eat."

I don't know how much time had passed, but Lin Ling heard someone calling her while she was in a daze.

When she opened her eyes and stood up, Xiao Si came over to help her and skillfully helped her put on her shoes.

The original owner favored boys over girls, and had always used the child as a child laborer, doing laundry, cooking and even working in the fields. She had to learn to do this since she was three years old.

Although the other three are sons, their situation is not much better.

Because the original owner was forced by her mother's family to marry into the Gu family, she was extremely careless about her children. Beating and scolding were commonplace. They were not allowed to have enough to eat when there was no famine before, let alone in the past two years.

When Gu Yunting was around, the original owner didn't dare to be too arrogant, but he had served as a soldier in the army a few years ago. After he came back, he often worked hard everywhere to make money. He rarely spent time at home, so it was difficult to control him.

Lin Ling was still dizzy and staggered when she walked. Xiao Si held on to her all the way and successfully entered the main room.

"Mom, sit down."

The eldest daughter-in-law stood by and looked at her timidly.

Dinner was a mixture of green wild vegetables and dried sweet potatoes, without a drop of oil.

It was said to be mushy, but actually half the bowl was filled with water.

Lin Ling lowered his eyes and was shocked.

"Is this... rice?"

Gu Yunting came out of the kitchen and glanced at her lightly, frowning slightly.

The third child scratched his head: "Mom, this is the only thing in our family."

Don’t they eat these all the time? Moreover, there has been a famine in the past two years, so it is good to be able to eat wild vegetables and dried sweet potatoes.

Dried sweet potatoes were brought back by Gu Yunting today, and they have already been eaten at home.

"Then eat." Lin Ling was depressed and wanted to cry. Others traveled through time and dressed up as rich ladies, but she could only dress up as a peasant woman at the level of a mother-in-law, and she was living in a drought and famine.

There are six people in this family, and it’s very crowded sitting around a table.

During the meal, no one spoke, and there was only the sound of chopsticks and bowls clashing in the room.

Gu Yunting sat next to him with a cold expression, like an iceberg. Lin Ling felt like Mount Tai weighed on top of her. She was under great psychological pressure and felt uncomfortable no matter what.

The taste of wild vegetables is very bitter and astringent, and it is a bit irritating to the mouth. It is really difficult to swallow.

Lin Ling chose two pieces of dried sweet potatoes to eat.

There is a faint musty smell, it seems that it has been stored for a long time.

With tears in her eyes, she couldn't help shouting in her heart: "Oh my God, please accept me!"

"Xiaosi, I'll give it to you, mother." Lin Ling pushed her bowl to her daughter and turned back to her room. Gu Yunting just glanced at her back and ignored her.

Xiaosi opened his eyes wide and asked in confusion: "Dad, what's wrong with mom?"

My mother is the most protective of food and never lets go of the food in her bowl.

"Don't worry about her, just eat it if it's given to you." Gu Yunting poured the paste into her bowl.

The children were gray and skinny, because he was an incompetent father.

Lin Ling lay on the bed, tossing and turning, too hungry to sleep.

"System, system, can you advance a meat bun to me?"

"Sorry host, I don't support credit here." The system replied emotionlessly.

"Alas." Lin Ling had no choice but to bear it.

About half an hour later, the door was opened and someone came in with a lighted oil lamp.

Her eyes were so stimulated that she couldn't open them. Lin Ling subconsciously raised her hand to cover it, then turned around to look.

Gu Yunting's cold gaze also happened to fall on her.

He first placed the oil lamp on the worn-out cabinet beside the bed, took something out of it, and walked to the bedside.

"I have something to tell you."

"Oh." Lin Ling sat up with her sore body.

Gu Yunting's tall figure blocked a large area of ​​light in front of her and cast shadows, which made people feel very oppressive.

Lin Ling mumbled and said, "Can you sit down and talk?"

Gu Yunting pulled out the only seat in the room and handed her a few coins.

"Let's make peace. This is your fare home."

In fact, the original owner's natal family is in Dongshan Village next door. It can be reached in more than an hour, and there is no travel expenses at all. He just thinks of the love between husband and wife for so many years, and feels that it is unreasonable to let her leave empty-handed.

"I won't leave."

Lin Ling brushed her hair away from her temples and tucked it behind her ears, her eyes firm, "I won't leave even if you hit me."

Although her natal family treated her well, they also had a large population and she had no place to live when she returned.

Besides, He Li sounds nice, but in the eyes of people of this era, it is no different from being divorced, and he will become the laughing stock of the whole village.

The original owner's father wanted to save face, so it would be strange not to break her legs.

Gu Yunting looked surprised: "Why don't you go find Guo Xiucai to renew your relationship?"

Guo Xiucai was the sweetheart of the original owner, who was also from Dongshan Village. Although he had married and had children these years, the original owner still missed him and kept in touch with him in private.

Guo Xiucai's first wife passed away the year before last. The original owner was eager to go to Guo's house more and more frequently. He sent whatever good things he had there and gave his own savings to Guo Xiucai so that his son could study.
  At the beginning of the year, Guo Xiucai's eldest son got married and was short of a fortune as a gift. She stole Gu Yunting's hard-earned money and used it to make up for it, making it seem like the Guo family and his son were her husband and children.

When Lin Ling thought about it, she felt that Gu Yunting had such a good temper. If it were her, she would have divorced this woman long ago.

"I'm not looking for him, I've already broken up with him."

"Broken?" Gu Yunting tugged at the corners of his lips and gave a low sneer, "It hasn't been broken for more than ten years, and it wasn't broken yesterday, but it suddenly broke today."

He has never asked about her and Guo Ming in these years, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know.

Before they got married, she had eloped with Guo Ming and had her family capture her and marry her into the Gu family.

Gu Yunting felt guilty every time he thought about this. He was in the army and not at home, so the marriage was completely decided by the parents of the two families.

"I'll officially break up with him tomorrow, just watch it." Lin Ling lay on the bed, turned over and threw him on his back.

After a moment of pause, he moved further in to make room for him.

"We can't leave anyway, unless you tie me up and throw me back to my parents' house."

(End of this chapter)

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