third chapter
I don’t want to say anything else to this mother and son, because in their hearts, he is probably not their son or brother, but their enemy, right? In this case, he no longer has to regard them as relatives.
Gu Nanfeng was really tired today. He had been busy in the shop all day. At noon, he scooped up a bowl of tofu pudding and messed with it. It had been a whole day since he had eaten. He was already very hungry. .
But now he really doesn't have the energy to cook and just wants to lie in bed.
Gu Nanfeng went directly to the house. Even though the lady behind him kept yelling at her, he pretended not to hear and closed the door as soon as he returned to the house.
The Gu family's house is spacious, and his eldest and second sisters are much older than him. Now that they have been married for many years, it is natural that they have a house for him at home.
After sleeping on the bed, Gu Nanfeng felt that he was not only hungry but also very tired.
The Liu family was in the town, about ten miles away from home. He walked back, and his steps were fast. He didn't feel it when he was walking, but now he felt his legs were a little sore.
Lying on the bed tired and hungry, Gu Nanfeng didn't move at all. He felt something uncomfortable in his ears. When he touched them, he found that his ears were wet. It turned out that tears flowed down his face into his ears.
Biting his mouth and hammering his chest several times, Gu Nanfeng wanted to relieve the tightness in his chest, to feel more comfortable, and to stop the tears from flowing. What was there to cry about? His tears served no purpose, other than making himself look useless.
His tears won't make God open his eyes, won't make his face return to its original shape, won't make his mother love him more, and won't make his life go smoothly.
"Stop crying!" Gu Nanfeng punched his chest twice hard, forcing himself to take a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. He didn't have time to be sad now. There were many things in his mind that he had not sorted out. He had to come up with a way to deal with it tonight, and he had to plan for the future.
Gu Nanfeng slowly fell asleep while thinking about future arrangements in his mind. But while he was sleeping, his mother and his third brother couldn't sleep. The two mother and son thought about it all night and came up with a way to make Gu Nanfeng compromise.
In July, the harvest season has slowly arrived. In the past few days, the corn in the fields has been harvested one after another. Soon, the rice in the fields will also be harvested. At this time of year, the granaries in the village are the most full. When villagers feel happiest and contented.
At this time in previous years, Gu Nanfeng would get up earlier than usual every day. He fed pigs at home. In addition to the daily work in the fields, he also had to cut pigweed. During the busy farming season, he had to take time to cut pigweed. Calling back can't delay the business.
Gu Nanfeng went to bed hungry last night, and he woke up from hunger this morning. When he woke up, he stretched and got up.
Last night, he had sorted out his thoughts. He wanted to go to the Liu family with his mother today. The two families would make it clear that he would make peace with the Liu family. As for his third brother and Liu Muyuan, it was up to them to arrange whatever they wanted.
It was just the autumn harvest now, so it was just the right time for him to come back.
The Gu family's vegetable garden is next to the house, and there is a ditch next to the vegetable garden. As soon as Gu Nanfeng woke up, he went to the vegetable garden. He squatted by the ditch to wash his face, and then went to the vegetable garden to pick a handful of small potatoes. When Baicai came home, he wanted to make pimple soup.
Gu Nanfeng got up early. He originally thought that he would have to prepare breakfast before his mother and his third brother would get up. Who would have thought that when he went back with the vegetables, the two of them had already gotten up, and they looked like A special trip was waiting for him.
Yesterday, he had made his words clear to the two of them. Gu Nanfeng thought that they were ready to make a decision with him, so he motioned for the two of them to speak.
In fact, Gu Nanfeng knew the result before he even asked the question.
His third brother said that he was making peace with his husband's family, but he was actually driven away. However, the two families had some friendship before, so he made peace with the outside world because of his late father's face.
With his third brother's situation, it may be difficult to find a good family. The Liu family is the best choice. I believe they will choose to let the third brother marry him and let him live at home.
Gu Nanfeng was hungry, so he was anxious to make breakfast. He signaled to his mother and went to the kitchen. Naturally, his mother quickly followed, and even his third brother followed.
As soon as the mother and son arrived in the kitchen, the two people following Gu Nanfeng got closer and closer, and then there was some pushing between each other, as if they were trying to get each other to speak.
Gu Nanfeng naturally noticed the movement behind him, and he impatiently chose to speak first.
"Tell me, what do you want?" From the looks of it, do they think that what he said yesterday fell on deaf ears, and they just forgot about it, and are they still thinking about their previous delusions?
The kitchen of the Gu family is also very spacious. There are three iron pots on the large stove. The three large, medium and small iron pots are very convenient to use. Even when the pigs are fed at home, they have to use an iron pot to cook the pig food, and the rest Two pots are enough for cooking.
Behind the stove is the chopping board for cutting vegetables. It is made of stone bricks and slabs, which is stable and clean.
Seeing that the two of them were still pushing and shoving, Gu Nanfeng simply started to fetch water and noodles. They were probably still holding on to their dream of yesterday, thinking about letting him be a concubine in the Liu family, and continue to serve and serve. The Liu family also has his third brother.
"My third brother and I, only one of us can stay in the Liu family. The Liu family naturally hopes that it will be my third brother. Mom, please think about it yourself." Gu Nanfeng stirred the basin with both hands quickly, and spoke with his mouth He also spoke for them. There was no room for negotiation on this matter. Only one of the two brothers could be in the Liu family.
There was obviously no room for change in Gu Nanfeng's attitude. Gu Qingyao lost his temper for some reason at this moment. He stood aside with his hands clasped in fists and a dark face. After his mother coaxed him for a few words and failed to coax him, she just said He was able to speak to Gu Nanfeng.
"Nan Feng, you should know how difficult life is for a brother who has returned home from home, and how difficult life is for a brother who cannot get married. There are many examples in our village. Look at the youngest son of the Wang family. , you still dare to come back? Moreover, your eldest niece is about to get married. Your coming back with Li at this time must not affect her marriage. Is this what your uncle and his family are willing to do?
Besides, A Niang and your third brother really do this for your own good. Your third brother is married. One of you brothers is dedicated to serving your husband, and the other is dedicated to taking care of the Liu family's business. Now, aren't you two brothers the only ones who own the Liu family? Don't be confused. "When Gu's mother said this, her face turned cold. She felt that her son didn't know a good heart, and she was doing this for his own good!
Gu Nanfeng was about to be offended by his mother's words. Cooperating with him and Li would affect the daughter of the Gu family, but his third brother would not, right? The partial view is not so biased, besides! Other people's eyes don't grow on his mother's eyes. His mother can be blind if she is biased, but others won't!
He knew why he came home because he needed his third brother to marry into the Liu family. Others were not fools. Even if he didn't say anything, others would naturally understand.
I don't know why these two people were so naive. Gu Nanfeng didn't want to talk to them anymore. He kept stirring the batter with his hands, but suddenly his hands stopped.
He suddenly understood that his third brother insisted on letting him stay in the Liu family. In fact, in addition to wanting him to stay and serve others, it was also because it would make him look good. When others talked about the two brothers, they would only say that they were I work with a husband, but I won’t say that he stole his brother’s husband.
"It's a good plan!" After Gu Nanfeng figured it out, he was so angry that he moved his hands even more. When his mother saw this, her face darkened. She no longer had any scruples and said directly to people:
"Yesterday, you gave me two ways to go. Today, my mother will give you two ways to go. Either go back to the Liu family and be a concubine and take good care of the Liu family and your third brother, or get out of my Gu family, my Gu family There is no such ungrateful and unfilial son as you, and a rebellious son who disobeys his mother."
"What do you mean?" Gu Nanfeng finally stopped moving his hands. What did he mean? If he doesn't return to the Liu family as a concubine, will he be kicked out of the house? "Why? Have I violated the Gu family's house rules?"
The Gu family is a common surname in Gujia Village, so it naturally has its own family rules, but this is the way the world is. Except for the emperor, nothing is bigger than the parents who gave birth to you. If you disobey your parents, not to mention ordinary people, even those with official status will be punished or even jailed.
"You disobey mother, what else is it if you are not disobedient?" She glared hard at the person who dared to speak loudly to her. At this moment, Gu's mother returned to her usual arrogance, and she even raised her head slightly.
She was a widow in her thirties and raised four children by herself. No one in the entire Gu family village could criticize her or say anything wrong about her!
"Mom." Gu Nanfeng looked at his mother, thinking of many past events in his mind.
Since he was a child, his mother has loved his third brother. When there is delicious food at home, his third brother is the first to eat. He and his second sister do all the work at home. Before he got married, he didn’t even wear new clothes. His clothes were all given to him when his third brother didn't wear them anymore.
Gu Nanfeng never felt anything about those things in the past, and he never felt bitter. He also knew that he was ugly and unlovable. It was normal for his mother to like his third brother, but now it was a major event related to his life. Why did his mother Still can't you think about him?
He didn't even ask his mother to make the decision for him to stop the Liu family from marrying his third brother. He just wanted to leave the Liu family and live his own life. Wasn't that enough?
"Auntie, I am a human being too. I am also your son. Why can't you think of me? I am the husband of the Liu family who is being married by the matchmaker. You want me to stay as a concubine and work as a cow or a horse for others?"
"Why are you just treating yourself like a cow? I am your brother, how can I abuse you? Don't talk nonsense!" Gu Nanfeng's mother didn't reply to the question, but Gu Qingyao did, and she responded as a matter of course. It was as if it was a gift that he allowed Gu Nanfeng to stay in the Liu family as a concubine, and Gu Nanfeng had to be grateful.
Gu Nanfeng couldn't even see clearly the cutting board and knife in front of him now, and his mind was even more unclear. He threw away the knife in his hand and cried out all the grievances he had suffered for many years, as if he was in a daze. , beating himself again and again with a muffled cry.
His behavior directly angered Mother Gu!
"How dare you attack your own mother!"
"I didn't!" He just stuck the knife in his hand on the cutting board, and the knife fell to the ground by itself.
How big a crime is matricide? Gu Nanfeng naturally wanted to refute it, but it was useless to refute it now. His mother had already made a fuss.
There were relatives on both sides of the Gu family. The one on the left was at his uncle's house, and the one on the right was also a relative. There was a commotion in his house, and within a short time, people from both sides came.
Gu Nanfeng clearly heard the word "break off the relationship" from his mother's mouth amidst everyone's scoldings. He couldn't believe that his mother could do this for his third brother.
In order to let him stay in the Liu family and serve his third brother, for the sake of his third brother's face, he actually had to cut off his escape route, leaving him with no support.
After the family broke up with him, he had no family to return to. He had no place to return to. There was no place in the world, so how could he leave the Liu family? He must stay obediently.
"Ha, okay, okay, if you don't recognize me, then I won't." Anyway, she didn't seem to treat him as a son.
"Nan Feng, are you confused? What's wrong? Kneel down and admit your mistake to your mother." Uncle Gu was really anxious! It's just a trivial matter, why did it get to the point of breaking off the relationship!
"I'm not wrong. Even if I go underground to meet my father, I can still hold my chest high and say that I am not wrong! I am not wrong! I am not wrong!"
The escape route he thought of last night was gone, but he wouldn't really have no way out.
Gu Nanfeng seemed to be going crazy now, and every word he spoke seemed to be roaring.
He was immediately criticized for being like this. His mother even sat down on the ground and cried sadly about his father who died young. She also cried about what she had been through all these years. She also cried about how she was a widow and had been raised by herself. The four children suffered so much and suffered so much.
Damn it, everyone started preaching and blaming Gu Nanfeng again, trying to persuade him to admit his mistake, but he still didn't compromise.
Seeing that he still refused to compromise, his mother began to cry and cry for death, so after a while, there were many more people in the family, and there were also three more divorce documents.
Gu Nanfeng looked at the three divorce documents. His mother, village chief, and Gu family elder's name and fingerprints were already on them. Now the only thing missing was his.
