PFC Chapter 195 The Fate of Granny Gu
Chapter 195 The Fate of Granny Gu
They mocked Gu Yongliang, saying he had secretly given Li Shi's dowry money to her, and then used all sorts of nasty insults.
It all boils down to one word—cheap.
Chief Gu is despicable. He practically begged her for the money, so why should she pay it back? There are no witnesses or IOUs.
He even pointed to the notebook in Wang Shixiu's hand and said that maybe it was made up by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law themselves.
She behaves like that when she's out.
This caused Gu Yongliang and Li Shi to faint from anger.
The villagers all stared in astonishment at what was happening; Granny Gu was really being incredibly unreasonable.
When Grandpa Xu arrived and saw the clan chief and his wife, he said that the clan chief and his wife were consumed by rage.
If he were here, even a little later, Chief Gu would likely suffer a stroke and become paralyzed, or worse...
Although he didn't explain, everyone understood; they couldn't afford to be branded as someone who drove people to their deaths because of this.
Finally, the elders of the clan got up, said nothing, just sighed, and then left the ancestral hall.
Finally, someone at the door said, "From now on, the members of the Gu family should each look after themselves."
This time, no one spoke; they all left silently.
It seems they can't get the money back; they can only accept their bad luck. But from now on, it will be impossible to get even a single copper coin from them.
If someone had said something similar in the past, Gu Yongliang would have already opened the ancestral hall and punished that person according to clan rules.
Looking into the ancestral hall of the Gu clan, one sees two families, both of whom have suffered heavy losses.
Netizens commented: "What's the Gu family doing making such a fuss?"
"Who knows? Look at Granny Gu's crazy and shameless behavior. Let's see who will care if her family gets into trouble in the future."
"The clan leader is in charge."
"Hehe, stop joking. Look, Gu Qingshan is here."
"Oh, that must be Gu Meiyu, right? Wasn't she at her sister's house?"
Everyone saw Gu Qingshan, his body hunched over, holding the oxhide with one hand and without any expression on his face, stop the oxcart at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
Gu Meiyu also kept her head down in silence, not daring to look at anyone.
When she visited her sister's house, she learned about her sister's difficult life and how she was always beaten at home because her sister had seduced her brother-in-law.
She used to think that her sister found her own happiness through her own abilities, otherwise she would have had to marry that old man as his second wife.
Ever since that person injured her eyelid, she has experienced the coldness of human relationships and the fickleness of the world.
Her mother only had eyes for her younger brother, and her uncles said they had long since severed ties with her mother.
Thinking of what her second uncle had said to her that time, she...
The two walked into the courtyard of the ancestral hall, without even glancing at Granny Gu, and the father and daughter carried Gu Yaohui away one after the other.
Granny Gu just stared at them blankly, thinking that Gu Qingshan and Gu Meiyu would come back to carry her.
The villagers thought so too, but unexpectedly, after the father and daughter put Gu Yaohui on the oxcart, covered him with a quilt, and drove the oxcart out of Lingwu Village.
Seeing this, everyone looked at Granny Gu with schadenfreude.
Just then, a young woman, seeing the stunned Granny Gu, didn't keep quiet.
He said, "You all don't know, do you? I heard from Sun Ping that he went to Changhe Town to collect chickens and ducks, and he happened to see Gu Meixiang being beaten at home. I guess... you know what I mean."
Several of her close female friends chimed in, "Didn't they say her maternal family has always been backing her up?"
"It is said that Gu Meixiang's husband has fallen in love with another woman outside. I heard that the woman he is having an affair with is a maid in an official's household in Jing'an Prefecture."
When the official found out, he gave the maid ten taels of silver and sent her home.
After that, he lived outside with Gu Meixiang's man. When Gu Meixiang heard about it, she went to find where they lived.
They went up and started hitting her, and they even made that maid go into premature labor.
Later, the maid gave birth to a son who was premature, and the doctor said that the child would probably need medication from then on.
Do you think she won't get beaten up?
"If it's the Xu family, then will the Ye family just let Gu Meixiang off like that?"
Xu Hao's family scoffed: "How could that be? The Ye family wanted to divorce his wife, but in the end, it was that old woman's second brother who came out to mediate."
However, Gu Meixiang's husband still elevated that maid to the status of a secondary wife and brought her into the family.
Gu Meiyu is probably going to her sister's house for a banquet this time.
After the man finished speaking, several young wives covered their mouths and giggled.
These people all knew that Xu Hao's maternal grandmother's family was from the Liu family in Changhe Town, and they lived on the east and west sides of the Ye family, respectively.
Gu Meixiang's man's original fiancée was a member of the Liu family.
The wives who were close to Xu Hao all knew about this.
Granny Gu waited for a long time, but Gu Qingshan didn't come in. Then she heard that Gu Qingshan had taken her son to the county, and she started cursing loudly.
"You're talking nonsense! My daughter wouldn't do such a thing, you bunch of sluts!"
When Xu Hao's wife heard her call them sluts, she couldn't bear it anymore: "You old slut, you're here taking the blame, and you've even given birth to two little sluts."
You dare to insult us? Do you really think no one knows about your family's affairs?
Should I tell everyone about it?
A young married woman asked excitedly, "What?"
"Tell me quickly..." another young wife urged.
"Yeah, what happened?"
Before Xu Hao's family could speak, Granny Gu saw her about to open her mouth, her face turned pale, and with a scream, she fainted.
Lin Lizheng couldn't stand it anymore and came over. After saying a few words to Xu Hao's wife, he said: "Leave a way out for others."
Don't hit someone in the face, and don't insult someone by revealing their shortcomings. You can't learn from Granny Gu.
The young wives all nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, Lin Lizheng had his eldest son, Lin Yu, call two more men surnamed Xu, and then they carried Granny Gu to her house.
However, there was only a simple-minded Gu Jinsuo at home, still wearing those wet clothes.
Lin Li shook his head, thinking, "If only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."
Looking again at the unconscious Granny Gu, she truly had brought this upon herself.
He had no choice but to pay out of his own pocket to have someone clean up Gu Jinshuo's house and ordered Lin Yu to send it to the Ye family.
As for Granny Gu, nobody paid her any attention.
……
Dongfang Jin was unaware of their situation; they were currently at home eating hot pot.
Gu Yumei made thin pancakes with shredded potatoes and millet porridge for her youngest son, and he also ate snow chrysanthemum and winter chrysanthemum with them.
Dongfang Jin prepared a separate table for the younger children so they could eat by themselves, but each person was only allowed two slices of mutton, and they could eat more vegetables.
……
That night, after Gu Caiwei fell asleep, Dongfang Jin left the town again through the space via teleportation.
That night, Dongfang Jin looted all the Xingfa grain shops in Jiangzhou.
Also looted were the mansions of the officials and wealthy merchants listed on Zheng Sihan's personal list.
Jiangzhou was a major grain-producing area in the neighboring state of Rudong, similar to the "land of fish and rice" in the modern Jiangnan region.
The rice consumed and the silk worn throughout the country all came from the Jiangzhou area.
No wonder Zheng Sihan placed his most trusted people here; it's true that no matter the dynasty, food and such are always hard currency.
By the time she returned, it was already daylight.
Gu Yumei and her daughter Jun Wenhui were already busy in the kitchen.
Linglan, on the other hand, led the younger children to tidy up the house and sweep the yard.
Dongfang Jin came out and saw Xia Lan struggling to sweep the yard with a broom, saying, "Xia Lan, stop sweeping. There's nothing to sweep in the yard. You're still young, don't do these things."
Xia Lan looked up at her: "But we have nothing to do."
“You’re all still young. From now on, follow Caiwei and do whatever she does.”
Girls shouldn't get up too early; you're still growing. From now on, getting up around 7 AM is fine.
Linglan came over with a cup of water: "Madam, it's too late at Chenshi (7-9 AM). I used to get up at Maoshi (5-7 AM) at home."
Dongfang Jin...
How did she become a madam?
This kid really dares to shout.
“My family is small, not many people, and we don’t need anyone to take care of us; we do everything ourselves.”
So all you need to do now is take good care of your health. When you grow up, you won't be able to avoid doing chores around the house.