"Mom! I can't carry it, this wooden basin is too heavy." The little girl's childish voice sounded in the room, and she was sobbing.
"Okay, okay! Leave it alone! If you say a few words, the golden beans will drop. You go to the yard and wash the vegetables. Now you have to cook. Your father is very hungry when he is working in the iron industry, so he has to cook it early.
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Mrs. Zhang looked at the girl in front of her and felt a wave of boredom. She was lazy and didn't want to do anything, just wanted to eat something sour. She would get angry at the smallest thing, and she couldn't get enough sleep every day.
This made Zhang think of a possibility. Could it be that she was pregnant? Xiaoyue was also four years old, and her belly had been silent. She also saw a doctor and they all said there was nothing wrong with her.
Since there is Xiaoyue, there must be nothing wrong with Xiaoyue's father, but she just can't get pregnant anymore. This makes her temper more and more irritable, and Xiaoyue becomes more and more unpleasant to her eyes.
She keeps thinking, why is this not a boy? Her man is her mother-in-law's first son. Does she know that her brother-in-law pays homage to her mother-in-law a lot every year?
If she gives birth to a boy, then from now on, her mother-in-law’s things must be kept close to her son first? This is her first grandson!
As for her brother-in-law, he looked down upon the Gu family's little wealth, and she knew it very well.
Thinking that she might be pregnant, Zhang became happy again.
Ming Mo and Ming Yan looked at each other. The young master was very kind to Miss Xiaoyue. Seeing her being wronged, the young master would definitely be angry.
Gu Chengyu's face was a little gloomy. He watched the door of the room being opened, and a little girl walked out of the house, her head lowered, still wiping tears, and walked towards the well in the yard.
Gu Chengyu shouted, "Xiaoyue!"
Xiaoyue looked back and said, "Uncle!"
Xiaoyue screamed in surprise, and then ran over, and Gu Chengyu had an extra pendant on his leg.
"Uncle, when did you come back?"
"I came back yesterday to pick you up and take you to Shangling Village. Do you want to go?"
Gu Chengyu scraped Xiaoyue's nose, looked at her little painted face, and took a handkerchief to wipe it with her.
There was a piece of wetness on his robe. It was the tears that Xiaoyue shed just now, and there were dark marks on it. It must be that the ash on his hands was smeared on his face and then on his robe.
Xiaoyue hesitated, "I want to ask mother!"
"Mom! My uncle is back." Xiaoyue let go of Gu Chengyu's leg, but she still held on to the robe and refused to let go.
Mrs. Zhang was in the house listening to Xiaoyue talking to someone outside, and the voice sounded like she didn't belong to the person in charge, so she was going to leave the house to take a look.
Mrs. Zhang heard Xiaoyue calling her and went out of the house, "Ah! Is his brother-in-law really back? Come in and sit down quickly, your third brother will be here for a while!"
"Third sister-in-law!"
Gu Chengyu just looked at Xiaoyu and saw that the little girl was a little thinner, her clothes were a little dirty, and her hair was not neatly combed.
However, she looked okay, not sallow or thin, and the clothes were not picked up from Ms. Zhang’s old clothes, but were made by her second sister.
Fortunately, the third sister-in-law is not like Mr. He. There should not be many people like Mr. He in the world. She always thinks that her son is a treasure and her daughter is nothing.
Although Mrs. Zhang didn't like her daughter, she didn't do anything cruel in the end. Girls from farm families were still indispensable to help her with work.
In any case, it wasn't as miserable as Si Ya's.
Gu Chengyu sighed, it was normal for ancient people to favor boys over girls.
It was not easy for him to argue with Zhang on this issue. He could only raise it with his third brother, or take Xiaoyue to Shangling Village and follow his mother.
She is always the granddaughter. Although his mother has a straight face, she will never treat Xiaoyue badly. If his second sister gets married, then Xiaoyue can live in the village and add some popularity to the family.
"Third sister-in-law, Xiaoyue is still young, so it's better not to let her do too heavy work. I won't go in and sit down. Mom asked you to go back for dinner together. Fourth brother and the others will also go back. Xiaoyue, I will take her back first, and she
Grandma hasn’t seen her for a long time.”
The smile on Mrs. Zhang's face froze as she listened, "Hey! Then take Xiaoyue back! We're going back in the afternoon."
Her brother-in-law is now a candidate, and her family will rely on him in the future, so she doesn't dare to refute.
However, if the brother-in-law likes Xiaoyue, that is also a good thing. Of course she will be happy if someone wants to help raise her daughter.
Especially since there is another baby in her belly, she has no energy to take care of Xiaoyue now.
Xiaoyue immediately showed a big smile. Although Nai was also stern with her, her father would give her delicious food and there were friends in the village to play with. The happiest thing was that her uncle was at home.
"Then let's eat here!" Mr. Zhang is not as stupid as Mr. He. Why would he be in trouble with his brother-in-law who is rich and will soon be powerful? I'm afraid he is not stupid.
"No need to bother, third sister-in-law and third brother tell me, I will take Xiaoyue back right away. You guys should come back early this afternoon."
Although Gu Chengyu was standing at the door of the inner courtyard, he opened the curtain so that he could see the movement in the outer room.
However, since his third brother was not around, he had better avoid suspicion.
"Xiaobao! Xiaobao! We've run into each other, hurry up! Something happened to your family!"
Mingmo and the others drove the carriage and were walking back to the village when they heard Aunt Wang's voice.
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised. Aunt Wang should have returned to the village at this time, why was she still halfway there? She also said that something happened to his family?
Gu Chengyu looked outside the carriage and saw that Aunt Wang was riding in the ox cart owned by the old Wangtou from the village, driving towards the town.
"Aunt Wang! But what happened?"
Aunt Wang was sitting in an ox cart. When she arrived in front of the carriage, she jumped out of the cart and hurriedly climbed onto the carriage. "Go back quickly. I'll tell you on the way."
"The fifth son of the Gu family, go back quickly! Something happened to your family!" Lao Wangtou was waiting on the roadside and said to Gu Chengyu.
"Aunt Wang, what happened?" Gu Chengyu was worried. Could it be that something happened to Mr. Gu and Mr. Lu?
Aunt Wang had just climbed onto the carriage and entered the carriage. She took a breath and said, "Isn't it your good second brother? He and Wang Yueniang rolled into a bed, and Wang Yueniang's in-laws caught her, saying that they were going to kill them.
Soak the pig cage! Everyone is tied up."
"Ah! Look at me! Xiaoyue is here too!"
Aunt Wang didn't expect Xiaoyue to be in the car, so she hurriedly snarled, how could the little girl listen to such a thing?
"Grandma Wang!" Xiaoyue called out obediently, and then sat next to Gu Chengyu, very close to her.
"Why did my second brother go to Wang Yueniang's place again?" Gu Chengyu was relieved to hear that it was not Father Gu and the others who were in trouble.
As for the second brother, he only heard Aunt Wang talk about this matter this morning, and within a few hours, he got the news.
Wang Yueniang also went to town in the morning. It must have been when she came back that her second brother went to her place.
He was originally planning to tell his uncle, but he didn't expect that his second brother would make such a big mistake before he could tell him.
"Your second brother and the others are also seeking death! They went to Wang Yue's parents' house in the clear sky. Your second sister-in-law is really stupid. The man has someone outside. How come your second sister-in-law didn't know about it? She didn't even know it until now.
When I see her, I don’t know where she went.”
Speaking of this, Gu Chengyu was also a little puzzled. His second sister-in-law was at home last night. If she was gone early this morning, could it be that she went back to her parents' house again?
"Auntie, tell me about the situation here in detail!" Gu Chengyu calmed down now. Since she can still come to him, Auntie Wang also said she wanted to soak the pig cage, which means it hasn't been soaked yet!
Before going back, he had to think of a countermeasure. His father couldn't just watch Gu Chengyi die, he must find a way to save him.