Chapter 4 Right and wrong under the big banyan tree
The next day, Gu Chengyu was woken up by Father Gu. It seemed that in ancient times, there was no entertainment at night. It had become a habit to go to bed early. He went to bed late last night and couldn't get up today. He got up and watched in space.
I looked at the time and it was half past seven.
"Mom, Xiaobao and I will go to Mr. Li's house first. We're late, and I'm afraid he'll go out again. After we go, we'll go to eldest brother's house. We may have to come back later. If we come back late, you guys have lunch first.
"Dad Gu told Mrs. Lu.
Gu Chengyu followed her father and planned to go through the village to Mr. Li's house at the end of the village. As soon as he left the hospital, he heard the loud voice of the Zhang family's daughter-in-law next door: "Ouch! You don't know, the Gu family brought it back in an oxcart yesterday!"
I don’t know where I went yesterday. I just lost ten taels of silver two days ago, and the third and fourth apprentices have all been lost. Why are they willing to call a bullock cart? I guess, what the old Wangtou who drove the cart said!
We went to Gu Xiu's house in Huaihe Town, maybe to borrow some money? Besides, we seemed to have had a quarrel when we came back for dinner last night, and the noise was quite loud."
"I heard Lao Wangtou say yesterday that he was going to Gu Xiu's house. You tell me, the Gu family is quite wealthy! I'll give you the ten taels of silver." The wife of the lazy family at the west end of the village was extremely envious.
Her man is just lazy. He doesn't even go to town to do part-time work all year round, and he can't save any money. Ten taels of silver is a lot of money for her.
"You, the lazy family, can't do anything even if you are jealous. Who said your lazy family is really lazy? With only two acres of land, God has blessed me that I didn't starve to death. I still want money!"
"Hey? Wang Yueniang, my family is poor, but it doesn't bother you! It's your turn to talk to the men in my family. Your family has money, and you have the ability to show it to everyone." Neither does the lazy family.
She is happy. She is dissatisfied with her man, but it is not her turn to tell Wang Yueniang. What if she doesn't know? She is not young anymore. She wears fancy clothes all day long and looks at the man with hooks in her eyes.
Bah is not a thing.
"Oh! What are you doing? Let's talk to each other. We are all from the same village. The big lazy family, Yang Laosan's family is just a knife, a mouth, a tofu heart. Don't forget to take it from your heart." Huang, the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, originally
I wanted to watch the fun, but she was the one who caused the conversation, and it would not look good if there was a quarrel or a fight.
Gu Chengyu forgot about it. There was a big banyan tree at the entrance of Shangling Village. The banyan tree was very big, some years old, and its branches were luxuriant. It was very suitable for cooling off under the tree in summer. At the same time, it was also a gathering place for gossip among women in the village.
"Hmph! Xiaobao, let's go. There are some people here who like to talk about other people's rights and wrongs all day long. They can't even manage one-third of an acre of their own land, but they still have the ability to care about other people's affairs." Father Gu just said it early in the morning.
When he went out, he heard the villagers discussing the rights and wrongs of his family, which made him feel very unhappy.
The Gu family was close to the entrance of the village. Dad Gu raised his voice. Of course, the women could hear it. Seeing that the main source of the discussion had arrived, they all became a little embarrassed. Then they talked about other issues, whose puppy gave birth to puppies.
La! Whose mother is sick again!
The lazy girl felt even more embarrassed. She stood up straight and was about to go back. She didn't want to take the bullock cart to Xia Sang Village to catch the market, so it was better to go back. What's more, she also knew that everyone in the village looked down upon her.
She lives in her house. She doesn't come here usually. She just went to the fields today and passed by to listen.
Gu Chengyu felt that this was actually all free time. It was not really busy yet, and these women still had time to go to the market in Hu Tiankan. When the farming was busy, they would all be in the fields. However, this is the opportunity for Wang Yueniang to appear.
That's a lot! Why can't I run into her wherever I go?
The last time we walked along the path behind the village, Father Gu felt that something like that had happened and he felt very unlucky. Although the real owner was here this time, he didn't want to leave from there again. Who knows if there might be someone else in that place?
Gu Chengyu followed Mr. Gu to the courtyard door of Mr. Li's house and knocked on the door as usual. Everyone in the village got up early. There were very few people in the village who couldn't afford it until now. Some of them were just kids. Of course, the lazy guy just now was a
exception.
"Who is it? Here." The courtyard door remembered Langzhong Li's voice. He still had something in his mouth and his speech was a little unclear. Gu Chengyu guessed that he must be having breakfast. Langzhong would get up early to see others because he had something to do, so he usually got up early in the morning.
I would eat two pieces of pastry to fill my stomach.
Li Langzhong opened the courtyard door and saw the Gu family and his son standing outside. He assumed that they were here for the ginseng business. "Are they Gu and Xiaobao? Come in quickly!"
"Brother Li is still busy? We are the ones disturbing him!" Mr. Gu looked at Mr. Li as if he had just eaten. This was their fault.
"It's okay, Brother Gu, come in and talk!" Mr. Li turned sideways and moved behind the door.
"Master, who is here?" Zao Jian thought of Yao's voice.
"Brother Gu and Xiaobao are here. Please bring us two cups of tea."
"Is this little baby here? Come in and sit down." Yao still liked this little baby quite a lot.
"Hey, there's no need to bring tea. You see how polite you are every time we come back. Xiaobao and I just come to sit and leave right away." Dad Gu should be embarrassed. Last time, Xiaobao was at his house.
meal.
The three of them entered the main room, and Mrs. Yao came in from the outer courtyard with a tray. In addition to three bowls of tea, there was also a plate of mung bean cake on the tray.
"aunt!"
"Hey! Doesn't Xiaobao like to eat mung bean cake? Eat it quickly, it's specially reserved for you!" Mrs. Yao put down the tea bowl and placed the mung bean cake in front of Gu Chengyu.
Gu Chengyu was embarrassed after hearing this. Who was it that spread the rumor that he likes to eat mung bean cakes? Unfortunately, it was hard to dismiss Yao's kindness.
"Thank you, ma'am." He had no choice but to take out a piece of mung bean cake from the plate and take a small bite. When he looked up, he found Mr. Yao looking at him with loving eyes across from him. This strange feeling came again. Was he overthinking or was it true?
What's wrong with that?
"Brother Li, I followed your instructions and went to the county seat and found Shopkeeper Liu of Huichun Hall. He knew that you introduced me there, so he asked me to say hello to you and said that I haven't seen you for a long time." Father Gu thought of yesterday.
Such a scene, I almost didn’t see Shopkeeper Liu.
"Oh! He and I haven't seen each other for more than three years. Did you sell the ginseng to him? How much money did he give you? I guess he won't treat you badly." Mr. Li was also very melancholy. All his old friends have now gone their separate ways.
There were only two of them left, but he didn't want to get involved in the past. He was used to the dull and soothing life in Shangling Village.
"Shopkeeper Liu gave you five hundred taels of silver for your sake!" Mr. Gu was very excited when he talked about the five hundred taels.
"Oh? Such good ginseng is indeed worth so much. He was not stingy this time. What about the honeysuckle?"
Father Gu didn't want to mention honeysuckle at first. Langzhong Li gave him less than what Shopkeeper Liu gave. In fact, Shopkeeper Liu gave him an extra five cents per catty for the sake of ginseng. He was afraid that Langzhong Li would misunderstand that he thought it was too little, so he didn't
I wanted to say it, but Li Langzhong asked. They were old acquaintances, and it was hard for him to lie.
"Oh! I gave you 100 Wen per catty because I was selling ginseng." Dad Gu said hesitantly.
Unexpectedly, instead of being angry, Li Langzhong actually laughed out loud. "Brother Gu, don't be embarrassed. He, shopkeeper Liu, is the shopkeeper of a medical clinic. He has a lot of money, so it's okay to give you more. I'm just a country doctor, so
I can only give less, as long as Brother Gu doesn’t dislike less.”
Gu Chengyuzi had been observing Mr. Li's eyes just now and found that he was really lifeless, open-minded and not petty. Well! He was very satisfied!