Chapter 154 No one was blocked

Gu Yan and Li Wanqing didn't know that Gu Chongshan, Zhang Dahua and others had come in the afternoon.

The two of them happily dug up a few bamboo baskets of bamboo shoots and came back busy slicing the bamboo shoots, blanching them in water, and taking them outside to dry.

"Wife, we have almost dug up all the bamboo shoots in this bamboo forest. Let's go to the hillside behind tomorrow. There is also a bamboo forest there, and it is bigger than this one. It's just farther away." Gu Yan said while cutting bamboo shoots.

"Okay, then we won't come back at noon. We can dry them for another day tomorrow, and the herbs will be almost ready." Li Wanqing was busy blanching the bamboo shoots.

The couple worked hard until after eight o'clock in the evening before they finally prepared all the bamboo shoots.

"Finally finished, I'm so tired. Tomorrow I'll dig bamboo shoots and not dry them. I'll just put them in the space and eat them fresh." Li Wanqing patted her waist and said.

"How about we not go out tomorrow? Just rest at home?" Gu Yan felt sorry for Li Wanqing's hard work, but she wouldn't listen when he asked her to rest.

"No need, I'll just dig less tomorrow." Li Wanqing said.

"Then remember what you said. Don't be so impatient when you see bamboo shoots." Gu Yan said.

Li Wanqing was not annoyed by Gu Yan's revelation. She smiled and said, "There are so many bamboo shoots growing there. It would be a shame not to dig them up."

It’s really not Li Wanqing’s fault. Digging bamboo shoots is like picking mushrooms. The more you dig, the more addicted you become.

After digging this one, she wanted to dig that one. Moreover, Li Wanqing always felt that if she didn't take the free things home quickly, she would be at a disadvantage.

The couple talked for a few words and then went to bed.

The next morning, I got up and had breakfast. I put out the medicinal herbs and the bamboo shoots that I had blanched yesterday to dry, and then went out to dig bamboo shoots again.

When Gu Chongshan, Zhang Dahua and Gu Bei came to greet them, the door was locked again.

"Dad, do you think the third brother is hiding from us? Otherwise, why is he not at home every time we come?" Gu Bei said angrily.

Gu Chongshan also thought of this. No matter how Gu Yan knew they were coming?

Regardless of whether they knew it in advance or not, and regardless of whether Gu Yan was avoiding them, now that they needed help from him, they could only pretend not to know.

"Okay, so what if you're deliberately hiding from us? It's because you're useless. If you had kept the money well and not let your mother-in-law take it away, we wouldn't be in this situation." Gu Chongshan said angrily.

Now Gu Bei was speechless. He also regretted that he should not have handed over the family's financial power to Li Yingdi.

I regretted that I was so confused by my mother-in-law's nice words that I let her go to the store to get things.

He regretted his brother-in-law's marriage because he paid the most for the sake of face.

regret……

He regretted a lot, but it was too late to regret. Now he could only try to see if he could borrow some money from the third brother to open another shop.

In fact, he also felt a little resentful that Gu Chongshan had not been willing to help him borrow money from Gu Yan to pay the rent.

If Gu Chongshan had borrowed money from Gu Yan at the beginning, he would have been able to pay the rent, and there wouldn't be so many problems now.

But now he still has to rely on Gu Chongshan to get money from Gu Yan, he just doesn't dare to say it.

Just because he doesn't dare to say it doesn't mean Zhang Dahua doesn't dare to say it either.

In fact, Zhang Dahua has always been resentful about Gu Chongshan stopping her from asking Gu Yan for pension money.

“Huh, what’s the point of you still talking about the second one?

"In the end, this is all your fault. If you had helped Lao Er borrow money, his shop wouldn't have closed down." Zhang Dahua complained.

"Borrow money, borrow money, who can you borrow money from? Aren't you planning to take advantage of the third brother?

Or should I just listen to you and ask the third brother for retirement money?" Gu Chongshan said unhappily.

"What's wrong with asking for pension money? I'm his mother, and it's only natural for me to ask him for pension money." Zhang Dahua said with her neck stiff.

"Yes, it is natural to ask your son for retirement money, but you only have one son.

You asked the third brother to give you pension money, but do you want it from the eldest, second, and fourth brothers?

Or should only the third child give, while the eldest and second child don't have to give?" Gu Chongshan asked in return.

"How could the eldest brother and his family have any money? With three children, they all rely on the eldest brother for hunting, and their lives are already very tight.

There is no need to talk about the second child. The shops are closed and there is a baby of a few months old at home.

The fourth son just got married and his wife is about to give birth.

"Wouldn't it be embarrassing for them to ask for their retirement money now?" Zhang Dahua muttered.

When Gu Chongshan heard this, he thought that Gu Yan was the only one living a good life and should be given pension money.

If the son lives a good life, he should give his parents some retirement money.

Moreover, each family's conditions are different. As the saying goes, everyone does their best, so it is understandable that those who are better off may show more filial piety.

But all this has a prerequisite, that is, the son's filial piety from the heart.

Instead of parents pressuring him and forcing him to be filial.

Just like Gu Yan, if he wanted to be filial to them, and gave them some food, drinks and money, that would of course be great.

But if he doesn't want to, he can just follow his brothers' example and no one can say anything.

In other words, the old woman always wanted the third son to support the other three.

Of course, if the relationship is good, the third brother will definitely do it without them saying anything. After all, the saying that fathers and sons fight together in battle and fight together in wars still makes sense.

Even if brothers have conflicts in normal times, when something really happens, they will be better than others at the critical moment of life and death.

But doesn’t the third brother have a bad relationship with them and no feelings for them?

Gu Chongshan thought a lot, but he didn't want to talk much with Zhang Dahua. This old woman was very stubborn and she wouldn't understand even if he told her.

"Since the third brother and the others are not here, let's go back." Gu Chongshan said.

"Dad, look, those are bamboo shoots drying here, right? I guess they went to dig bamboo shoots. How about we go to the bamboo forest to look for them?" Gu Bei was unwilling to go back like this.

"Okay, let's go and take a look, it's not far away.

I don't know what they're doing out there every day? They're running around with a child in tow." Zhang Dahua complained in dissatisfaction.

"Do you think everyone is as idle as you? Stop nagging. Aren't we going to the bamboo forest? Hurry up and go." Gu Chongshan said in a sneer.

Zhang Dahua saw that Chongshan was getting impatient, so she stopped muttering and quickened her pace to catch up with the father and son.

However, to their disappointment, they did not find Gu Yan and Li Wanqing in the bamboo forest.

"They are not in the bamboo forest either. Let's go back first." Gu Chongshan wanted to go back because he didn't find Gu Yan and the others in the bamboo forest.

"Let's go back, old man. You can go for a walk and hunt a pheasant or something. The second son's wife said that her milk is not enough for the baby. I will make some chicken soup for her." Zhang Dahua was always thinking about Gu Bei's family.

Gu Chongshan had no objection to Zhang Dahua's suggestion to hunt a pheasant and make soup for his daughter-in-law.

I went home, picked up my tools and went out.