Chapter 64 What other sins did the original owner commit?

"Little beggar, how did you fall into the pond?" Gu Xiaoxi asked in surprise.

"Need I ask? They must be here to steal duck eggs. Many little beggars from nearby have been here. One of them almost drowned last time. These little beggars are really risking their lives for a little food!" After the duck boss said this, he looked at the little beggar with disgust.

Gu Xiaoxi forced out an awkward smile and exchanged a few words with the duck boss, who then left.

Gu Dongming and his friends found some firewood and lit a fire in an open space nearby. Gu Nanming took off the little beggar's clothes and wrapped him in his coat.

Gu Xiaoxi took out the meat buns she had bought for the children from her backpack and handed them to him: "Eat!"

"Thank you, yawn...sister!" The little beggar was shivering with cold. After thanking her, he took the bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

"Eat slowly and drink some water. If it's not enough, there's more." Gu Xiaoxi handed the kettle to the third brother, picked up the little beggar's clothes and went to find a clean stream nearby to wash the little beggar's clothes.

While washing clothes, she felt something in the clothes. She took it out and took a look. It didn't look like it belonged to a poor person.

Worried that it might be lost, she put it on her space.

She found a kind of grass nearby, crushed it, and wrapped the juice on her clothes to remove the fishy smell in the fish pond.

After washing, she wrung out the clothes and dried them over a high fire.

While the clothes were drying, the little beggar fell asleep.

When Gu Nanming was dressing him, he woke up in a daze, put on his clothes and fell asleep again.

"Sister, you are not going to take this child back, are you?" Gu Dongming saw that his sister had no intention of leaving.

Um!

Gu Xiaoxi didn't explain too much. He took the person back first and asked what happened.

Xue opened her mouth to say something, but her man glared at her fiercely, and she shut her mouth.

Gu Nanming carried the little beggar on his back, Gu Xiaoxi carried the basket with duck eggs, and Gu Dongming and Xue took the remaining baskets.

The few of them walked to the side of the road, and Gu Xiaoxi stopped a carriage. They got off the carriage outside the village as before, and took a detour back to the gate of their own yard.

Seeing that they had not returned for a long time, Chai sat at the gate waiting.

I saw them coming back from a distance and went over to help them get their things.

"Why, why is there a child here?" She looked at the child sleeping on Gu Nanming's back curiously.

Suddenly she thought of something and slapped her youngest son: "Stinky boy, this child could be yours..."

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Gu Nanming was really impressed by his mother's brain. How could she think of anything?

Gu Xiaoxi was amused by her mother's words. If her third brother really had a son that old, he would have brought him back long ago.

When Chai heard this, she realized that she had made a mistake and hurriedly followed in to find out what was going on.

Gu Xiaoxi was the last one to go in. She closed the gate of the yard and put the basket of duck eggs in her room.

Making preserved eggs still requires some ingredients, so let’s wait until we have everything we need.

In ancient times, there was no preserved egg powder to make preserved eggs, and the ingredients needed were rather complicated. She first wanted to see what happened to the little beggar?

Gu Nanming took the little beggar back to his room and put him on his bed.

The little beggar looked very sleepy, and it was unknown how long it had been since he had a good sleep.

Gu Xiaoxi went in to check and didn't find anything wrong with the child.

However, he did not sleep peacefully. He looked tense, clutching the quilt tightly with both hands, and shouting, "No, don't go, don't go!"

"This child is having a nightmare." Chai said.

"I guess so." Gu Xiaoxi gently patted the little beggar's hand, and then said softly: "Don't be afraid, it's safe now."

"It's safe, it's safe..." the little beggar muttered, and finally slowly let go of his hand.

After waiting for the little beggar to calm down, Gu Xiaoxi asked Dani to come over and keep an eye on him while they went to the yard over there to talk.

Coming to the kitchen, Gu Xiaoxi handed the duck to her sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, don't throw away the duck feathers. They are valuable."

"Okay!" Xue knew that she would have meat to eat tonight, so she was very happy to work.

Chai asked about the child: "Xiaoxi, what happened to that child?"

"He was a little beggar who had helped me before. He was originally taken care of by an older man. I don't know what happened to him, but when we went to buy duck eggs, we saw him struggling in the pond, so we brought him back.

"Mom, please don't chase him away." Gu Xiaoxi said.

Chai looked at her daughter intently, and always felt that there was a reason for her behavior.

"Mom, why are you looking at me?" Gu Xiaoxi felt inexplicably uneasy when she was stared at.

"Tell me honestly, what are you thinking?" Chai's expression became serious.

Gu Xiaoxi bit her lip and saw that everyone else was busy and only she and her daughter were left in the kitchen. She finally told them what she was planning.

"A divorced woman with only two daughters cannot support herself without a man.

"Mother, do you understand what I mean?" she said.

After hearing this, Chai Shi couldn't help but said with some worry, "This child's origins are unknown, and I'm worried that he will cause you trouble in the future.

If you really want a boy, I'll go out and find one for you. If you can't afford to raise one, you can adopt one."

Gu Xiaoxi shook her head after hearing this: "It's impossible to raise someone you know well enough. If someone finds him after he grows up, it would be a waste of time."

Mrs. Chai felt that what her daughter said made some sense, but she could only wait and see what happened.

"Mom, don't tell them about this. Wait until I make a decision." Gu Xiaoxi said in a low voice.

"Mother understands." Chai nodded and stopped talking about it.

After Gu Xiaoxi waited for her sister-in-law to finish cooking the duck, she made a pot of duck with dried bamboo shoots, and then told her mother: "Mom, call my uncle for dinner. I'm going up the mountain. Ask my third brother to help me take care of the child and wait for me to come back."

"Okay, I got it. Come back early." Chai instructed her daughter.

"It's not possible to be early. Someone is watching me. I won't be back until midnight. Mom, thank you for taking care of the family." After giving the instructions, Gu Xiaoxi went out with the backpack on his back.

When Gu Nanming saw his sister go out, he hurriedly chased after her.

"Third brother, don't ask anything. I've explained everything to mother. If you don't understand something, go ask mother.

Also, make sure who's outside before opening the door." Gu Xiaoxi said this and hurried down the mountain.

It was getting late and she had to go up the mountain as soon as possible.

There are still two trees on the mountain that have not been harvested yet, and we must not let others get them for free.

However, she didn't expect that someone would follow her so late at night, and this time the people following her were not the same three women as before.

Oh my goodness!

What other sins did the original owner commit?

She suddenly wanted to curse her ancestors!