Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately shouted to the two boys: "You don't have enough eyesight to hurry up and open the door!"
But what people didn't expect was that the two of them tried their best and failed to open the door. In the end, the round middle-aged man stepped forward and slammed the door open.
Along with the bang, there was not only the sound of the wooden table falling to the ground, but also the sound of panicked shouting and falling to the ground. It was obvious that they were pushing Mendu hard from behind just now.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Come forward and arrest someone!"
Following the middle-aged man's order, the two boys hurriedly stepped on the wooden planks and ran in.
"Mom! Help me!"
"Ba'er, let go quickly, this is my daughter!"
"Mother, mother!"
Then there was another shout, this time it was Gu Qi, but Zhao did not protect her.
"Why are there two girls? Which one are you selling?"
Maybe it was because of his weight, but the middle-aged man walked like one step at a time, lifting Mrs. Zhao out easily.
"She, it's her!" Mrs. Zhao pointed at Gu Jiu and shouted: "She is Gu Jiu, she was the one who wanted to sell it in the first place!"
When Ye Qing heard this, he quickly ran over and hugged Gu Jiu: "Sir, this is my child!"
"your?"
"right!"
"You bitches, you dare to play tricks on me. Tell me quickly, which one of these two do you want to sell?"
Seeing the person walking towards her with a fierce look, Zhao was frightened on the spot. She pointed at Gu Jiu and said incoherently: "It's really her. I didn't lie. She is the one who is really being sold!"
"Mother." The man raised his hand angrily and slapped Mrs. Zhao: "Do you think I'm stupid? How can you sell a child to someone else's family? I tell you, either you choose someone quickly, or I take them both away. !”
Mrs. Zhao was so slapped that her head was dazed, and there was faint blood at the corner of her mouth.
"It's getting dark, take these two away!"
"yes."
Seeing that people were really coming to arrest them, Gu Qi and Gu Ba immediately panicked and ran around whining.
"mother!"
"Mom! Mom, please help me, I will make a lot of money in the future!"
"mother!"
Seeing that the person was about to be taken out of the door, Zhao finally realized what she was doing and rushed forward to stop the leading uncle: "I will return the money to you. I won't sell it anymore. I won't do this business anymore!"
"Go away! Do you think you can sell this person if you want to, but not if you don't want to? Let's go!"
"Wait a minute, you can't take everyone away!"
The middle-aged uncle looked at the sky and said impatiently: "Watch whoever you want to keep, hurry up. If it's too late, you won't be able to keep anyone!"
In the end, Zhao chose Gu Ba even as Gu Qi screamed and screamed.
"Mom! Mom, don't you want Xiao Qi? Xiao... ugh."
"My poor Xiao Qi!" Ms. Zhao knelt on the spot and stared at Gu Qi, who was being taken away with her mouth covered. She passed out immediately.
Gu Jiu looked at the rooms of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu expressionlessly.
At first she just bombed them, but she didn't expect that they not only collected the money, but also signed and signed the deposit.
But not a word was mentioned!
Thinking about today's scene, they had already planned it. If they didn't come forward to interfere, they would let the other three of them do whatever they wanted. Anyway, they wouldn't lose anything.
But what he didn't expect was that Gu Jiu didn't follow the routine at all.
Eager to defend oneself is equivalent to admitting guilt to a certain extent.
Some kind-hearted villagers helped Zhao into the house. Seeing Zhao's miserable state, they wanted to scold Gu Jiu, but they couldn't open their mouths. After all, selling other people's children is really unethical.
"Sister, we..."
"Don't worry, close the door, no one will come in." Gu Jiu took people back to the house, closed the door, fumbled around in the bag and took out the buns he just bought from the space.
"It's still hot, try it quickly."
"Baozi! It's delicious, and it's stuffed with meat!" Gu Jing held a bun in one hand and took one bite after another, eating so happily.
Gu Jiu then opened the bag and revealed the cloth inside.
"The silkworm cocoons sold very well. I passed by the shop and pulled some cloth."
"So soft!" Gu Jing held a bun in her mouth, rubbed her hands and said vaguely.
Except for Gu Zheqi, who buys a few new clothes every year, the rest of the family never see new clothes all year round.
Ye Qing touched the fabric with joy in her eyes. She had never worn this kind of material before.
"Wait a minute, Mom will make a new dress for each of you!"
"Wow, that's great."
Gu Jiu smiled and couldn't help but poke Gu Jing's little head: "Swallow it and then talk."
"Ugh."
Because of the Zhao family, Ye Qingyi didn't have time to cook, so he simply ate steamed buns at night.
After Ms. Zhao woke up, she howled at the top of her lungs and cried again, then she packed her things and went back to her parents' home.
"Ms. Zhao, what are you doing?" Mrs. Gu asked unhappily as she stood at the door.
Mrs. Zhao packed her things again and again, wiping her tears: "Mom, I worked hard to give birth to Xiao Qi. I can't say no to it. I will go back to my parents' home to ask for help. My daughter-in-law's surname is Zhao after all, and she is the same as Zhao. You can be considered a fellow countryman, so I don’t believe you will come back!”
Mrs. Zhao was packing her things when she suddenly remembered something, put down her things suddenly and walked to Mrs. Gu: "Mom, when we signed the paintings and pledged the money, we went there together, and the half of the money also fell into your hands. . Now that something has happened, please give me the money as soon as possible so that I can exchange Xiaoqi back!"
When she heard about taking money, Mrs. Gu's eyes immediately flashed.
When Mrs. Zhao saw this, she immediately had a bad premonition: "Mom! You can't really do what Jiu Yatou said, you have already given the money to the big house, right?"
Old Mrs. Gu clicked her tongue: "What a generous second-bedroom man? That's your uncle, and Qi'er is your nephew!"
Mrs. Zhao was angry and stood there looking at Mrs. Gu in disbelief. The next second she grabbed her with all her strength like crazy.
"What about Xiao Qi! Isn't Xiao Qi your granddaughter? Then Mr. Zhao is almost dead, why are you not afraid that something will happen to Xiao Qi? Ah! You are talking!"
"Mom, I can honestly say that for so many years, for more than ten years, you have been obsessed with our second room! I wash, cook and manage the house, and my man goes to work every day. As for Gu Wensheng, he is doing nothing every day. What about Gu Wensheng? The money we paid for Qihua is the money saved by our family! I, Zhao Xiuer, have never had a good life since I married your Gu family! Now Xiaoqi..."
Gu Jiu was sitting in the room and could hear Zhao's voice clearly across the room.
Likewise, other people can hear it too, they just pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Alas, the discord between children is mostly due to the immorality of the elderly. The Gu family's current situation is inseparable from Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu.
The fierce quarrel lasted for half an hour. In the end, Mr. Zhao moved out of her natal family, and Mrs. Gu took out the money.
As the courtyard door opened and closed, Ms. Zhao left home.
Old Mrs. Gu followed closely and knocked on the door: "Third daughter-in-law, it's mother. Open the door for mother."
With a creak, Gu Jiu opened the door and stood in front of it: "My mother is busy, what can I do for grandma? Let's talk in advance and ask for money."
"No money." Mrs. Gu stepped forward and tried to push Gu Jiu away: "Grandma has something else to do with your mother."
Gu didn't move for a long time. He didn't stand up until he heard Gu Jing coughing slightly behind him.
"Ye!" When Mrs. Gu saw Ye Qingyi, her mouth trembled, as if she was looking at a child she hadn't seen in ten years.
"Ping An has been away for so long. It's really hard for you to have two children alone. Today, when the second family told me this, I realized that I have really been sorry for you all these years!"
Mrs. Gu held Ye Qingyi's hand, like a caring elder. Gu Jiu frowned, not knowing what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd.
"Mom has arranged a marriage for you. It's Lao Mai's house in the west of the village. They don't want a dowry and they don't have any children. If you go there with your two children, they will definitely treat them well!"
"Lao Mai has a house and land, and he is an honest man. He doesn't beat his wife or gamble..."
The more Gu Jiu listened, the more ridiculous he felt. How could Lao Mai be so good and still in his forties without marrying a wife?
In this place, those who are over forty and have not yet married a wife are bound to be useless, incompetent, and extremely poor.
Housing? Land? Not to mention Gujiacun, in a village with a radius of dozens of miles, which family has no place to live or a piece of land?
"Grandma, my mother will not remarry. The government just said that no one survived, but after all, I haven't seen my father's body, so I can't believe it."
Hearing this, Ye Qingyi also nodded: "Mom, when I fled here, I had nothing. Ping An didn't dislike me and gave me a family. Now I will not and cannot remarry!"
Hearing this, the smile on Mrs. Gu's face spread like foam on the sea.
"They have come to me several times. What can my old lady do?" Old lady Gu waved her hands and looked unhappy.
Ye Qing was shocked: "Mom! You, you agreed?"
Mrs. Gu turned her head and said nothing. Her twitchy expression made Gu Jiu suddenly want to slap someone.
"Mom, don't worry, just ask grandma to return the money to others." Their family is not the only one whose husbands died in the village, but others have some conscience, but Mrs. Gu only cares about money, and she has to save money for Gu Zheqi at the cost of her life. .
"Did you take the money?" Ye Qingyi stood up suddenly, looked at Mrs. Gu in disbelief, then pointed at the door and said firmly: "Let's go! My daughter-in-law will not agree!"
If Gu Jiu and Gu Jing couldn't afford to eat, she would be resigned to her fate if she were asked to remarry! But it’s not to that extent right now!
Although Xiao Jiu didn't tell her exactly how much money they earned, they could survive this winter with just the cloth and the two ounces of money! In addition to the harvest in the fields, life is not unbearable!
"Grandma, if you don't leave, I will have to call grandpa over to talk about this matter."
Mrs. Gu had a straight face, muttered a few curses and left.
As soon as the door closed, Gu Jing quickly stepped forward and lifted the quilt, revealing the two little rabbits inside.
"Sister, are they not suffocated?" Gu Jing felt distressed and followed the little rabbit's fur.
"Will not."
Gu Jiu looked through the small window at the house of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu. For the first time, she felt so clearly that these people did not want them to live, and wanted to squeeze out all their value at every moment.
Leaving seems to be the best way, but once they do leave, Mr. Gu will definitely go to the Yamen to sue them. After all, this situation will not affect Gu Zheqi's exam.
Unless there is a natural or man-made disaster, it is impossible...
