The first wife of the strongest peasant daughter

Chapter 42

Because of the Lantern Festival, the moon is sparse, and the bright white moonlight fills the yard.

The tall and thin man in gray clothes covered his face with a black cloth, climbed over the low wall into the small courtyard, and went directly to the door.

Gu Raniang and the others were exhausted and slept deeply.

Because I had to get up at night to go to the latrine, the door of the house was only stumbling up and down on the two inner door stumbles, and it was not locked.He tried it with a small knife, and moved the door tripper little by little.

The door tripper was removed little by little, the upper and lower two were pushed open, and the door was gently pushed open.

The sleeping Mrs. Gu turned over.

The shadow that entered the house was frightened and stopped for a while. Seeing that there was no more movement, he groped in the house again.The money earned must be in the box!
The box was locked by Mrs. Gu, and she didn't open it after digging for a long time. She couldn't help being anxious, and her hands became stronger.

Mrs. Gu took care of her grandchildren, and basically knew who got up at night. Even though she was so tired these days, she still woke up when she heard the noise, but the moonlight shining through the window saw a tall and thin figure in the room playing with boxes. , Shocked all over, and immediately shouted, "Who!?"

The black shadow who was picking the lock of the box was also taken aback, and turned around abruptly.

Mrs. Gu's loud shout made Gu Chuhan jump up reflexively, "Who?"

Seeing that they were all awake, the black shadow ran out.

"Thief! Thief!" Mrs. Gu shouted anxiously.

Seeing that the black shadow was about to run, Gu Chuhan jumped off the bed and chased after him.

However, the black shadow ran fast and had been in the dark for so long, he had already adapted to the dark light.

When Gu Chuhan chased him out, he had already run under the low wall and wanted to climb over it.

"Stop!" She yelled angrily, reached out and grabbed the broom beside her, and galloped to catch up, hitting the black figure's head with the broom in her hand.

With a muffled sound, the black shadow climbed over the low wall and ran as far away as possible regardless of the severe blow on his head.

At home, Mrs. Gu, Gu Raniang, and Gu Shilang all got up.

Seeing that Gu Chuhan also climbed over the wall to chase her, Mrs. Gu hurriedly called her, "Jiulang, don't chase after him!"

Gu Chuhan wanted to chase after him, but he couldn't identify who it was because of the direction in which the black shadow ran away. Seeing that Mrs. Gu ran over to pull her barefoot, she had to look outside and get down from the low wall.

Seeing that she didn't go after her, Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief, "I saw the knife that that person was holding, so I can't go after her!" Even if she can punch someone, she is still a girl, and the thief dared to steal them with a knife. At home, if it turns against Jiulang, it will be over!

Under the moonlight, the family of five was still in shock. Gu Raniang hurried into the house and lit the oil lamp to see if the money in the box had been stolen.

"The lock is about to be opened!" Gu Chuhan looked at it, opened the box, and took out the silver bag.

They had quite a lot of silver, but who knew they had silver in their hands and stole it through the door?

"Our family is the poorest in the village. Years ago, we couldn't even eat bran noodles. Our relatives and neighbors avoided us like snakes and scorpions. They were afraid of causing bad luck if they got close to us. Then why did the thief come to steal our house?" Gu Raniang thought more and more. The more frightened I was.

Gu Shilang hesitated to guess, "Could it be...someone is watching us and stealing when they see us selling for money!?"

Gu Chuhan narrowed his eyes dangerously.Ever since she crossed over, she has never been able to go smoothly!I still don't know what happened to Mrs. Gu's food poisoning. Except for making clothes for Mrs. Qin and getting Gu Raniang out quietly, there is nothing smooth about it.
Mrs. Gu felt too unsafe!She's just an old woman with a few children, the more she thinks about it, the more unsafe she is now!
Seeing that several people were worried, the more they thought about it, the more frightened they became. Gu Chuhan didn't explain her doubts, and comforted them, "The story of our lanterns must have been spread to us all over the world! I went to sell wontons yesterday, and there must be some Many people know about it. Thinking that we have made money today and we are orphans, they came to steal us!"

Seeing that what she said made sense, Mrs. Gu nodded in agreement, "It's possible! You can't steal it from others, and our family is easy to steal!"

"Then... will the thief come again?" Gu Raniang asked worriedly.

"No! If you get caught by us this time, you won't come again! We won't make much money selling wontons!" Gu Chuhan shook his head.

Mrs. Gu and Gu Raniang all looked at the bulging purse, which contained a lot of money including principal and interest!How can I not earn a few! ?

"I won't be able to sleep right now, so why not just count the money! Save money and count it tomorrow!" Gu Raniang didn't want the family to be counting the money, and then someone from the second or first house would come.

Mrs. Gu has no objection either, she also wants to know how much she has earned.

In the middle of the night, the family of five counted money in cotton-padded jackets and quilts.

The numbers are stringed together, so that they can be exchanged for silver with others.

After counting for a long time, it was also Gu Chuhan who was fast, "The revolving lantern made a tael of 240 Wen. The tiger skin wonton won't cost 190 Wen for four taels!"

"And these!" Gu Ruonian pointed to another pile of copper plates and broken silver.

It was snatched by Gu Chuhan from several robbers, and there were more than four taels.

At that time, I was only afraid, but looking at this money, Gu Pozi and Gu Raniang both felt bad, "After all, it was stolen..."

"I snatched it by my ability." Gu Chuhan pursed his lips.

"It's their bad luck that they fall into my hands." Gu Chuhan said again.

Looking at her, Gu Pozi and Gu Raniang were helpless, "Then this money..."

Gu Chuhan ignored the money matter directly, "Go to bed! We have ten taels now, and the capital is eight taels, and there are still eighty steps away from 100 taels, and we will continue to work hard tomorrow!"

Seeing that she just lay down and fell asleep, Mrs. Gu looked at each other in blank dismay, so she had no choice but to sleep. If she didn't sleep, it would be dawn soon, and she would have to set up a stall tomorrow.

The days are long in winter, and they light up quickly.

Lian Shi came over without breakfast, followed by Gu Qilang.

"Mother, when did you come back from setting up the stall? I brought you glutinous rice balls, but I have come here several times and I haven't seen anyone!" After entering the door, Lianshi looked in the main room of the kitchen.

Gu Qilang has already gone to the guy on the flip scooter.

All the useful ones have been moved into the house, so there is nothing else to find, Gu Chuhan also gave Xue Jinxiu the leftover lanterns.

"There's a stall for dinner, so I came back a bit late." Mrs. Gu was busy frying cabbage. She didn't have a good meal yesterday, so she even scrambled an egg.

"Now that you've cooked two dishes for one meal, you must have sold for a lot of money, right?" Lian asked with a smile as he rolled his eyes.

Mrs. Gu didn't raise her head, "I'll just sell you two hard-earned money!"

Gu Chuhan looked at her calmly, the second room and their third room had no enmity... No, there was no deep hatred, but the hatred was certain.Just wait for Lian's next words.

"The family owes a whole lot of debt. If I really earn two hard-earned money, my mother will not be willing to cook two dishes for a meal! This must be earning money! What kind of tiger skin wontons are made, let us learn to set up a stall !" Lian said unceremoniously.

Gu Chuhan's eyes froze instantly.

(End of this chapter)