sister-in-law

Chapter 62 Buying New Year's Goods
Lying on her own cold kang every day, Gu Meiniang could hardly sleep night after night.Every day, the soil from her thatched hut rustled down, leaving her in a state of disgrace all day long, and even the rice bowl was filled with mud and sand.

She really had enough of these days.

Secretly, she also complained to her mother, Luo Shi, why she left her at home when she went out to eat, drink and see the world by herself?Isn't she the one who loves herself the most?
Gu Meiniang, who was bitten by these resentments day and night, only felt that she would never see the light of day.

Looking at the big brother's house with blue bricks and white walls, she felt as if she was scratching her heart!
Jian Tiandi thought of all kinds of ways, but Gu Meiniang didn't even have the courage to live in the eldest brother's house.

The last time I was stunned by Su Ruoli, I fell asleep in the field with my clothes on my back, and when I woke up, I heard that Lizheng's daughter-in-law, Ajuan, was caught with Yang Yiye in the field at the head of the village. She knew it well, and since then, she has been deeply afraid of Su Ruoli.

Now that Luo Shi is not at home, she does not dare to provoke trouble by herself.The last time Su Ruoli punished her for scraping the toilet, she was so disgusted that she almost vomited out her intestines, but later she gave up halfway and refused to eat.At the end of the day, she was so hungry that her chest was stuck to her back, her limbs were weak and her stomach was rumbling while lying on the kang.

She suffered a lot like this, so she naturally learned to be good.

Since I can't live in it alone, why not use someone else's name as the head office?
For example, her father Gu Hongjun?

The son and daughter-in-law live in a spacious tile-roofed house, and let the old man live in a mud house. Isn't this a bit unfilial?
It's just that she mentioned it a few times in front of her father, but Gu Hongjun always shook his head.In fact, she didn't understand that the reason why Gu Hongjun didn't live with the eldest son was because he felt that his life was coming to an end, and he didn't want to bring bad luck to the eldest son's new house.

Secondly, although this house is dilapidated, it is still the nest where he and Luo Shi have been in the same boat for more than ten years. If Luo Shi is not in front of him, he will guard this old nest for life and death, and will not go anywhere.

Helplessly, his mouth is crooked and his eyes are slanting, and he can't even speak clearly, how can he let Gu Meiniang understand?Besides, he didn't want his children to know what was in his heart.

So, Gu Meiniang had no choice but to turn around and encourage her second brother Gu Mo, "Second brother, look at the spacious and beautiful big tile-roofed house where the eldest brother and sister-in-law live, and we brothers and sisters guarding our father and living in this broken house with drafts on all sides, you won't be greedy!" ?"

I really hoped that Gu Mo could have the same thoughts as her, but what Gu Mo said made her feel terribly cold, "It's not easy for elder brother and sister-in-law. I was kicked out by mother before, but I have nothing. If they weren't capable, how could they have nothing?" Can you live in such a house? Besides, the eldest sister lives there with the children and thinks they are not busy enough? With you and me at home, why bother to make trouble for them? "

The words left Gu Meiniang speechless, she gave her second brother a resentful look, stomped her feet, and returned to her room with her plump lips pouting. The door was slammed shut with a "bang", which made the mud wall beside the door frame tremble, and a handful of loess fell off.

Gu Mo's eyes that resembled Gu Zhang's narrowed, his long eyebrows frowned tightly, and he cast a dissatisfied glance at his sister's door.

Sighing, he walked into the pot house and started preparing meals for the whole family.

In the bottom of his heart, he is content. The eldest brother and sister-in-law started from scratch. When they were kicked out by their mother, they were penniless, not even pots and pans. They lived in a big tile house in just a few months. Rice, noodles, meat, and vegetables are delivered to the family.

No one knows this heart better than him.If it weren't for the big-hearted sister-in-law, no one would think about this family.

But people are different. Gu Meiniang was so angry that she almost vomited blood because she failed to convince the second elder brother, who was the only one in the family who could make the decision.I thought to myself that this second elder brother really read too much, he was extremely pedantic, and he would not take advantage of such a good opportunity.

Leaving aside Gu Meiniang's sulky sulking, just talking about Su Ruoli and Gu Zhang who moved into the new house, they are really satisfied, and they feel that life is nothing more than that.

Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, Su Ruoli had accumulated a few taels of money because she sold medicinal materials and went to the doctor to see a doctor, so she finally had a little money on hand, so she simply took out a couple of taels, and went to the town with Gu Zhang to buy some New Year's goods.

In the only silk and satin shop in Qingquan Town, Su Ruoli bought clothes for the adults and children in the family, even Gu Lanniang's daughter was not left behind.

I went to the butcher's shop at the east end of the town again and bought half a piece of pork for half a tael of silver. At the rice shop, I bought a bag of rice and a bag of noodles.

I went to the market again to buy eggs, cabbage and radishes, and various dry goods. When the sun was setting, the two of them bought everything, and spent twenty yuan to hire a bullock cart. Go up, meandering towards Gujia Village.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the house, before he opened the door, the door was opened by someone inside.

Su Ruoli didn't care, thinking it was Gu Lanniang who opened the door when she heard the noise, but when she looked up, she saw a white and tender smiling face with a little baby fat.

"Brother is back?" When Gu Meiniang saw that Gu Zhang was sitting on the ox cart, the cart was piled with big and small bags full of New Year's goods, she immediately beamed with joy, and hurried forward to meet him, as if she didn't see the person sitting on the side Su Ruoli.

As soon as Gu Zhang saw Gu Meiniang, he frowned tightly, his handsome face with bright eyebrows was not at all happy, he just asked her lightly, "You are not at home to take care of your younger siblings, why did you come here?" In his tone, Full of displeasure, obviously did not expect Gu Meiniang to come to their house.

Gu Meiniang's pink face suddenly collapsed, but this girl is also good at acting. In just a moment, she pouted, climbed onto Gu Zhang's arm, and acted coquettishly like when she was a child, " Big brother, why don’t people come to see my eldest sister and niece? What’s more, my eldest brother’s home is my home, so why can’t my own sister come?”

This "my family" was deliberately prolonged by her, and Su Ruoli heard it, which had a special charm.

Speaking of this, it's hard for Su Ruoli to drive her away. Can the eldest brother not let his younger sister come?

If she was really like that, she would become an unreasonable shrew.

She lowered her head, pursed her lips, and greeted Gu Zhang, "Let's unload the things first, the people and carts are still waiting to go back."

Without saying a word, Gu Zhang rolled up his sleeves and walked into the house with big and small bags.

Gu Meiniang glanced at those colorful paper bags, and she probably knew what she was thinking, so she leaned over happily, "Brother, let me help you too."

She was so familiar as if she really came to her own home, and she never called her sister-in-law from the beginning to the end, and she completely forgot that Su Ruoli was a living person.

Su Ruoli is a smart person, she knows exactly where Gu Meiniang is pulling her tail and pulling shit.Seeing her greedy eyes never leaving the things he bought, he couldn't help but secretly sneered.

Ignoring this dog-legged and impure-hearted sister-in-law, she carried two bags and walked into the main room.

Originally, the door of the main room was locked, so when Gu Meiniang came, she went to the east and west room to have a look.

The floor paved with smooth marble, the furniture polished to shine and painted black, although the styles are not very complicated, and the patterns are also common, but this is enough to make her eyes overwhelmed.

After talking to Gu Lanniang with envy and hatred, she was absent-mindedly thinking about how to stay here.

It's a pity that the main room was locked, so she couldn't go in for a stroll.

At this time, seeing Gu Zhang opened the door, she hurried past Su Ruoli in a few strides and rushed into the room.

With her eldest brother around, even though she was afraid of Su Ruoli in her heart, she became much more courageous.

As soon as she entered the room, Gu Meiniang's upturned peach eyes widened, her plump lips could no longer be closed, and she stared blankly at the decorations in the room.

Since the main room is Su Ruoli's residence, all the furnishings inside are placed by her personally.

Entering the door is a bright hall, with a long table in the middle and two carved chairs on both sides, all of which are painted with red lacquer and have a new style.

Gu Zhang's chair made of hare skin was thrown on top, and the red and white contrasted very well.

There is a beauty couch by the window, on the couch is a quilt with blue flowers on a white background, two pillows made by Gu Lanniang herself, embroidered with cross-necked mandarin ducks on them, obviously for Su Ruoli to lean on for her daily rest .

The furniture is all made by Gu Zhang himself. Although it is not as good as those in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles, the style is new and ingenious, and the colors are well matched.

Gu Meiniang, who has never seen a good thing growing so big and sleeping on the kang, suddenly couldn't see her eyes.

My God, big brother's house is so good!

With a sigh in her heart, she put the bag in her hand on the long table like a fool.

At this time, Su Ruoli had already picked up the cotton curtain in the color of the imperial concubine in the inner room and entered.

At that moment, Gu Meiniang, who had hooked eyes, had already seen clearly the furnishings inside.

There is a layer of transparent tulle curtains hanging on a carved red lacquered bed, and a three-tiered small cabinet beside the bed contains sundries such as lamp stands, kettles, tea cups, and a yellowed torn book.

What's even better is that there is a small door between here, which is just open to her.Facing it is a large full-length mirror with a wooden frame inlaid with a person's height. This is a new product in the town from Beijing, and it is said that it cannot be bought without two taels of silver.

Next to it is an oval-shaped, low-pound stone hewn, and I don't know what it's used for.There is also a big moso bamboo passing through the window, leading directly into the small door.

Gu Meiniang stood stupidly for a while, blinking her eyes, thinking about it.

At this time, Su Ruoli had put down his things and came out from the inner room, and Gu Zhang also moved the things on the bullock cart into the house and sent people away.

When Gu Lanniang saw her younger brother and daughter-in-law coming back from shopping, she also came over to join in the fun with her daughter who had just turned one month old.

All the big and small bags surrounded by the few people on the long table were all in high spirits.

(End of this chapter)