Gu Tao ran back to her parents' house out of breath, with a thin layer of sweat on her face. She knocked on the door, and as soon as the door opened, she said happily: "Mom, Xu Ling really wants to..."
Who knew that the person who came out was not her mother, Gu Liu, but her father, Gu Litian.
"Who asked you to come again?"
Gu Litian's thick eyebrows were furrowed, he was wearing a bun, and the mud on his hands hadn't been washed yet. He looked like he had just come back from working in the fields.
The smile on Gu You's face faded, and he timidly called out: "Dad."
Gu Litian looked her over, snorted, and was about to close the door.
Gu Tao quickly blocked the door, "Dad, Xu Ling is going to start a vegetable garden. There are no shovels or hoes at home. I think..."
"So you want to go back to your parents' house to borrow it, and then let that bastard sell my things to the gambling house?" Gu Litian interrupted his eldest daughter impatiently, and waved his hand, "No!"
Gu You's face was full of grievances, but she was helpless. She didn't blame her father for this, after all, he had learned from past experiences.
Last time Xu Ling borrowed an iron pot from his family and resold it; last time he borrowed a hen that laid eggs and ate them...
Because shovels and hoes are made of iron, farmers can only buy them at a blacksmith shop, and a shovel costs a hundred or ten cents.
"Daliang's father!" Mrs. Gu Liu was cooking in the kitchen. When she heard the voices outside the door, she ran out without putting down the spatula.
In rural areas, people are usually called by their eldest son's name, plus the relationship between them. Gu You's mother stopped Gu Litian and said, "It's a good thing that my son-in-law has changed for the better. If you're worried, just go with your daughter and have a look. What if he really has changed his character?"
"Just him?" Gu Litian looked disdainful, "It's better to expect a sow to climb a tree than to expect him to change his gender!"
The Gu family disliked Xu Ling very much, not only because he was a bastard, but also because he ate swan meat and took their daughter back, but treated her badly and made her a joke in the village!
Even Gu Litian and his family are having a hard time in terms of face!
"Dad, I'll just listen to mother and go and have a look. If Xu Ling really changes his character, it will be good for my sister."
Gu Daliang, the eldest son of the Gu family, walked out of the house. He just married his wife last year and she was pregnant.
"Dad, why don't you go and take a look, otherwise it won't be a problem!" The eldest daughter-in-law also came out to persuade.
After being persuaded like this, Gu Litian looked at Gu Dao and asked Gu Daliang to get the hoe and shovel, intending to follow him and have a look, and shock Xu Ling by the way.
No matter how much he despises Gu Tao, she is still the daughter of the Gu family after all. If she is not living well, the Gu family will feel uncomfortable.
Xu Ling had been beaten by his father-in-law and uncle in the past, but he never changed his ways. His father-in-law asked him to help work in the fields and give him food. He had a headache one day and a fever the next, but he refused. go.
Mud can't hold up the wall, and over time, the Gu family was defeated by his shamelessness and rogueness, and even his own daughter, Gu Tao, was rejected.
A smile appeared on Gu You's face and he quickly showed his father and brother the way.
Gu Litian said: "If you lie to me, I will beat him severely in a while!"
Gu You was uneasy, fearing that Xu Ling would offend her parents' family. Xu Ling could not beat her father and brother, but would only beat her and Daya. One time, she stayed up in the middle of the night and went to Gu's house to smear mud on the wall of her parents' courtyard.
People can't afford to mess with a scoundrel like Xu Ling. The Gu family can't get rid of him, they're so annoying.
At this time, Xu Ling was picking up weeds in the vegetable patch at home. His mother went to the kitchen to cook. She was already hungry, but the slightest movement made her even hungrier. She ate wild vegetables and boiled fish. The wild vegetables were dug by Gu Tuo, and the fish was Xu Ling's. Ping Xu'an stole it back.
Xu Ling also felt a little uneasy. She had the memory of the original owner in her mind and knew how the original owner treated her father-in-law and his family.
To put it bluntly, no one would be surprised if Xu Ling was thrown into a river with a sack.
"Xu Ling!"
Just as he was lost in thought, a loud shout suddenly came from the yard, which startled him.
Xu Ling hurried to the front yard and saw two men, one tall and one short, one old and one strong, appearing in his yard carrying shovels and hoes.
Xu's mother reacted faster than him, and immediately scolded her with a slap in the face: "Hey, Gu Tao, I asked you to go back to your parents' house to borrow some things. You have moved your entire family here!"
Gu Tuo felt aggrieved: "Mother-in-law..."
Xu Ling quickly stopped Xu's mother, "Mom, what are you doing!"
Then he said to Gu Litian and Gu Litian with smiles on their faces: "My father-in-law, brother-in-law, I asked you to go back and borrow something, why did I bother you all?"
Gu Litian said with a straight face, "Where do you plan to open a vegetable garden?"
Xu Ling asked Xu's mother to continue cooking and led Gu Litian to the backyard, "It's over here."
Gu Litian went to the backyard to take a look and saw that the weeds in the half-acre square vegetable garden had been pushed aside and the larger stones had been picked up, making his face look better.
"You did all this?"
"You and I did it together." Xu Ling was a little uneasy. As the saying goes, you can't hit someone with a smiling face. He kept smiling because he was afraid that his father-in-law and uncle would beat him. He was not really Xu Ling, and his skin was not that thick. .
Gu Daliang snorted coldly, "Why are you changing your gender and thinking about growing vegetables? The sun is rising in the west?"
Outsiders are not as easy to fool as the Xu family. Xu Ling has already thought of an excuse. She straightened her back and sighed: "Isn't it my age? I almost fell to death a few days ago, thinking that the Xu family has not yet After that, I just want to live a good life with Far Far Away."
As she spoke, she looked at her father-in-law's face. Seeing that he was dubious, she continued: "Besides, my family is very poor. Even if I want to go out to play, I don't have any money!"
Gu Litian's face changed. "You!" He wanted to beat Xu Ling to death with a shovel.
Xu Ling smiled playfully and quickly hid behind Gu You, "My father-in-law, don't be angry. Didn't I just tease you because I didn't believe you?"
Xu Ling is such a bastard who doesn't even speak the truth.
"Which sentence is teasing me?" Gu Litian raised his spade to shoot.
Xu Ling begged for mercy: "I don't dare to gamble anymore!"
"Are you telling the truth?" Gu Litian stared closely at his bastard son-in-law, pressing closer and closer.
Xu Ling was waiting for this opportunity. If he changed directly, he would probably arouse suspicion. He deliberately asked Gu Tao to call his mother's family and threaten him at will, and then he would go down the ladder.
This is logical. In the future, outsiders will think that he is afraid of the majesty of his father-in-law, so he turned back.
Xu Ling secretly laughed in his heart and swore to God: "If I, Xu Ling, lie, God will accept me! Let me, Xu Ling, never succeed!"
The people in the village depended on the sky for their livelihood, and God could never be deceived by them, not to mention that Xu Ling had sworn to never have any children.
Gu Litian snorted coldly and put down the shovel. "Remember what you said. If you lie again in the future, I will hit you to death with a shovel!"
