Gu You came up to him with a look of fear on his face. Before he could say anything, Xu's mother scolded her.
When she saw the used rice bowl, her arrogance became even stronger.
"Your man is working hard outside, so it's better for you! You've eaten all the food at home! You didn't say to take a look!"
Gu You lowered his head and stood there with his hands and feet tied up. Xu Ling and the others ran out, and Daya wanted to follow suit. She coaxed her daughter to eat some fish, and tried her best to coax her to sleep, but she didn't even have time to eat a bite.
She kept these words in her heart and Gu You didn't say a word. She was already used to it.
"Gululu..."
Gu Tao's stomach made a hungry growl.
Xu Ling was closest to her, wary of Xu's mother hitting her when she was angry. He glanced at the unreasonable mother and said helplessly: "Mom, stop talking. Let's eat while the food is hot."
Xu's mother's face improved a little, and she quickly went to the kitchen to heat up the food. She kept saying, "I think you are just too good to her, and that's why you spoil her so badly!"
"..." Xu Ling was speechless. He had just not hit Gu You for the past few days. In the eyes of Xu's mother, was he too good?
It seems that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been a big problem at home and abroad.
Xu Ling tried to reason with Xu's mother, but she couldn't understand it at all.
He gave up wasting words and said directly: "I still expect her to give me a son. How can I give birth to a son if she doesn't have enough to eat every day and is beaten every day? Mom, please stop talking. I'll take care of my own wife."
Xu's mother couldn't listen to the truth, but she could listen to Xu Ling's words.
Once she heard that Gu Tao would have a grandson, she finally stopped scolding him.
Although the meal was postponed, it made no difference to the Xu family who were not engaged in childbirth. In order to fill his stomach these days, Xu Ling endured his nausea and ate boiled fish for several days. This was not the boiled fish with all the color, fragrance and flavor in his previous life, but fish boiled with wild vegetables. The smell of fish was very strong, and he felt guilty for eating it. nausea.
But the Xu family ate with gusto.
Xu Ling took a few bites of rice and left the table on the pretext of changing into clean clothes.
On the bed in the house, Da Ya was sleeping soundly in a ball. The sun shone through the broken window and shone on her, making her face as red as a red apple.
Xu Ling touched her little face, which was very smooth. After taking off her clothes and putting them on the window to block the sun, the little girl slept even more soundly.
His shirt was not wet, but his pants were wet. He searched through boxes and cabinets in the house for a long time to find clothes, but he still couldn't find them.
Xu Ling scratched his head and had no choice but to find foreign aid.
"What, where are my pants?"
Gu You came quickly, kneaded his hands together and said, "This is the only pair of pants you have. Mom said I will change them into new ones for you later."
Xu Ling: "..."
Come on, why don’t you change some shitty clothes.
"I'm going out."
Xu Ling found a shirt and put it on casually. The clothes were also in tatters. They had worn them for who knows how many years and had burrs on them.
Gu You was a little unsure about Xu Ling's attitude. She had not planned to ask, but she still couldn't help it.
"Where are you going?"
Xu Ling's treatment of her was indeed different these past two days.
He didn't beat her or the child, and he still protected her in front of his mother, which gave Gu You a little hope in his heart. Maybe Xu Ling would really turn around.
She wished Xu Ling could be at home every day, just like this.
As soon as Xu Ling said he was going out, she wondered if he was going to cheat, gamble or steal again.
Xu Ling didn't think about her that much at all. His head injury was almost healed, and it was time to do some money-making work.
He's good at water, so I'll go catch fish first to see if I can get some money and buy some other food to improve the taste.
Xu Ling expressed his thoughts, and Gu You remained silent, which could be regarded as acquiescence.
Xu's mother and younger brothers and sisters went out and asked again.
Xu Ling told the truth, Xu Ping and Xu An were also clamoring to go, but Xu Ling refused and told them to think about their mistakes at home and not to go out to do bad things recently.
After making arrangements at home, Xu Ling walked out of the house.
He was in a hurry when he went out this morning. He didn't have the time to observe the scenery outside. Now he was wandering around the village and found that the scenery in Lianhua Bay was quite good.
Looking south of the river, one can see the rolling mountains, which seem to be hidden in the fog and cannot be seen clearly. As the saying goes, if you look at the mountain, you will run to death. For Xu Ling, that mountain is just out of reach.
He had never been there in his memory.
Lianhuawanzi is very close to several nearby villages. Every household lives in a compact place. The main food grown here is rice. There are also some places where water is inconvenient to grow wheat. There are people working in the crop fields. Xu Ling can be seen from a distance. He bent down again.
Xu Ling didn't meet anyone who greeted him, except for a few mischievous gangsters.
Lianhuawanzi was so big that it was impossible for Xu Ling to be the only bastard. Not long after walking, Xu Ling encountered a pig from the village wandering around on the road.
As soon as he saw Xu Ling, Zhu Dan was like a fly seeing that and ran over quickly.
"Xu Ling! Where are you going?"
"Are you going to town? How about taking me with you?"
Zhudan was short in stature and very mean-looking. He had always envied Xu Ling's luck in marrying Gu You. He had previously felt that it was not appropriate for Xu Ling to beat his wife every day, so he had given suggestions to the original owner.
However, the original owner felt that Zhu Dan had evil thoughts about Gu Tao, so he was so angry that he beat Zhu Dan, and then beat Gu Tao again when he got home, for fear that she, Hong Xing, would cheat on him.
When Xu Ling flipped through the relevant memories in her mind, she really wanted to beat up Xu Ling, a scumbag.
She couldn't hold it back and suddenly slapped herself.
But Zhu Dan was frightened.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you beating yourself?"
Xu Ling said seriously: "I promised my father-in-law that if I go gambling again, I will let him break my legs. I am reminding myself."
"Hey, it's just us two brothers. As long as I don't tell him, how will he know!"
Zhudan also knew that Gu Litian used to have a good temper, but in the past two years, it was like someone owed him ten taels of silver and refused to pay back, acting like a donkey every day.
Xu Ling still refused Zhu Dan, "I won't go, you have to go by yourself."
Zhudan felt a little pity and said angrily: "If you don't go, then I won't go either. I don't have any money."
As he spoke, he became excited again, "If you don't go gambling, then what are you doing out here in the middle of the day when it's so hot?"
Could it be that you want to sneak around while others are out working? He can do this together too!
Xu Ling had a dark look on his face and took Zhudan directly to the riverside. It happened that he also needed a helper.
…
Half an hour later, Xu Ling kept rising and falling in the river like white stripes in the waves. He caught a fish and threw it to the shore. Zhu Dan skewered the fish's mouth with a grass stalk on the shore and nailed it into the mud with a branch. Those fish were tied up like dogs and could still swim in the water.
Xu Ling was afraid that the fish would die, so Zhu Dan came up with such a good idea.
"Is that enough?" Xu Ling swam out of the river again, feeling that his legs were about to cramp. He was panting, his face turned pale, and he threw another grass carp ashore.
After counting the pig eggs for a long time, Xu Ling saw that there were thirteen fish and just called it a day.
