The first wife of the strongest peasant daughter

Chapter 3 Don't Go Begging Anymore

Apart from not having a mother, Gu Chuhan never worried about food and money.Now let her lie on the bed, waiting for an old woman and a little girl to come back from begging for dozens of miles to feed her, she can't eat!
"Jiulang..." Mrs. Gu was startled.

Gu Raniang's eyes turned red all of a sudden, "Jiulang! It's not...it's not a begging!" She still wanted to cover it up again.

"If it wasn't someone's steamed bread, who would steam white flour steamed buns with flowers on top!?" Gu Chuhan directly exposed it.

Mrs. Gu and Gu Raniang walked for tens of miles, and when they heard that a family had twin grandsons for a wedding, they rushed over early and waited before they asked for these buns.The skin that had been lit with red flowers had already been peeled off, Mrs. Gu was reluctant to waste it, and the oil lamp was not willing to pick it up too brightly, so it couldn't be seen clearly or cleaned.

"Jiulang! Grandma is incompetent! It's impossible for us young and old to starve to death here!" Mrs. Gu called Jiulang, and couldn't help crying.

Gu Raniang also lowered her head, crying non-stop.

Gu Shilang and Gu Ruoniang also wiped their tears.

Seeing that several people were crying, Gu Chuhan clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "I, Gu Chuhan, even if I am really disabled, I won't really starve us to death! I will definitely let you eat! White flour and big meat!"

Even though Mrs. Gu was relieved to hear this, she also knew that she had no choice but to say, "Jiulang..."

Gu Raniang said sadly, "Sell me tomorrow! I'll be a maid for someone else, and if I sell it for a few taels of silver, our family will have food! I can also go to a rich family to eat delicious and spicy food!"

If you sell yourself into slavery, there is no way out.

"No one will sell!" Gu Chuhan frowned and said in a deep voice.

Gu Raniang looked at her, unable to hold back her tears.If she doesn't sell herself, what will they do in the future?The family is still in debt, and the uncles and uncles are afraid that they will hate them because grandma sold the fields and houses to save their father!Even grandma doesn't want to take care of it!At any rate, she went to sell herself to work, and she could get back a little money every month to buy some food for the family!
"How much money do we have?" Gu Chuhan asked.

Mrs. Gu looked a little desperate.

"No more money?" Gu Chuhan asked.

Mrs. Gu lowered her head in shame.If there is still a penny, I will buy him an egg to make up for it.The son is exiled, the daughter-in-law is dead, his leg is still not healed, the daughter-in-law hanged herself to save him, if the root cause of the disease becomes worse...

Not even a penny!Gu Chuhan opened his mouth slightly, and for a long while, "You go to chop firewood tomorrow, and you can sell as much as you can, and you can buy thread for the money! I still have a pair of cotton boots, which I can't even wear while lying on the bed. Take them Ask to see if someone else, two papers is two papers!"

Hearing that he also took out the cotton boots for money, Gu Raniang couldn't help crying, "The cotton boots were made by my mother, I didn't even wear them last year!"

Gu Chuhan was speechless for a while, "...let's gather firewood first!"

Mrs. Gu asked her what she wanted to do, "I'll go to your fourth uncle to borrow some more!"

Gu Junshan, the fourth son of the Gu family, was the wealthiest among the brothers, but the fourth daughter-in-law was also the meanest.

"Today, Aunt Hua came over and asked her that the powder and nettles are sold well in the county. I thought of two new tricks, let's try them first!" Gu Chuhan said, and took out the ones she wove out of straw. .

She is a kid to the outside world, so naturally she doesn't know how to do these girls' jobs, and she doesn't know how to do it herself. She learned a hand from the front and back desks when she was in school, and she vaguely remembers it.

Luozi only sells a fresh pattern, and the delicate and exquisite ones can sell more.Gu Raniang also knows how to embroider, but she doesn't have any money, so she can't afford needlework and silk.Seeing the crooked but novel style of the nets she made, her eyes lit up immediately, "If you can make such nets, and if you make them delicately, you can sell them for five cents each!"

"So tomorrow I'll collect firewood first, and get a few pennies to buy thread." Gu Chuhan responded.

A few people suddenly had some hope.

But Mrs. Gu couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so she woke up the next day and went directly to her fourth son's house.

Old man Gu and Mrs. Gu were very open-minded. They were afraid that if there were too many sons, they would marry daughters-in-law, and there would be too many conflicts in living together, so they divided the homes for all five sons.

After raising pigs for half his life, old man Gu has also saved some family property, each son gets a share, he and Mrs. Gu keep a share, and when they go, this share will be discussed.

But subconsciously, the eldest son and grandson inherit the family business.The even distribution of the family property has already made the boss feel dissatisfied. It has been agreed many times that he will pay the two elders to die.

Old man Gu's death was indeed managed by the boss, Gu Chengshan. Regardless of whether his money was spent or not, the other brothers, although dissatisfied, knew that once Mrs. Gu left, the old man and lady's property would belong to the old family.

As a result, Mrs. Xie became seriously ill, and Gu Lingshan beat someone to death again, and was sent to prison. In order to save her son, Mrs. Gu sold all the house and land, including Gu Lingshan's house, and the money from the sale was so kind that Gu Lingshan was exiled. Three thousand miles.

Boss Gu's hopes were all in vain, and he hated Gu Lingshan and Mrs. Gu in his heart.Seeing her coming out of the two thatched houses and coming towards them, her face was gloomy, and Mother didn't cry, "What are you doing here again? Do you want food or money!?"

Seeing his gloomy, mocking and contemptuous face, Mrs. Gu felt extremely uncomfortable, shrinking her body, and said in a low voice, "No!"

Boss Gu didn't believe it, so he blocked the words for her first, "I haven't paid me what I owe, I want food, I want money, let me die!"

Mrs. Gu didn't stay long, and continued to walk forward.

Arriving at the door of Gu Laoer's house, Mrs. Gu slowed down, but she didn't dare to knock on the door again.

The youngest son of Gu's second son was gnawing on a chicken leg in the door. Seeing Mrs. Gu hiding behind him, she shouted loudly, "Father! Mother! Grandma is here to ask for food again!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Laoer and Lian immediately asked the eldest daughter and eldest son to pack up the delicious food, and came out of the house, "Oh! Mother is here again! We just finished eating at our house, I don't know what mother is going to do today. Come here again, but there is still some porridge that Wulang ate just now, I won't let him eat it, let's share it with mother!"

Although Mrs. Gu was a little embarrassed, she thought that a bowl of porridge would always save a meal, so she came in without saying a word.

Lianshi didn't let her into the main room, but let her go directly to the kitchen, filled half a bowl of porridge, added half a bowl of washing water, soaked in two pieces of leftover steamed buns, brought them out, and sighed, "Mother knows that too." It’s not easy for our family. We are poor. The third child borrowed money from my family several times, and now we don’t know when we can pay it back! Our family lives in belts and eats pickles every day. , not even a little oil and water!"

Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Qilang's hands behind her back, Lian's dirty mouth, and the leftover porridge mixed with water in the bowl. She didn't speak, and took it with slightly shaking hands.

(End of this chapter)