Chapter 34 35. Asking for

Gu Datian looked at his dry lips, his eyes full of confusion, "Didn't we just get water yesterday? Did you spill it all?"

Li Cuicui, who was sitting next to him, sneered, "Your brother Dashi has a kind heart. He used all his water to help others."

From yesterday till now, Li Cuicui has been blocking her other sons, so the three of them haven't had a drop of water in the whole day.

"What? Who did you give the water to?" Gu Datian scratched his ear, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

Gu Dashi felt dizzy. If he was not given water, he would not be able to hold on any longer. "Give me some water first, and we will talk slowly later."

He now finally understood that Li Cuicui was only aggressive on the surface, but what was truly amazing about this woman was her ruthlessness. She was cruel not only to others, but also to herself.

It has been more than a day, and she not only prevented the father and son from talking to their other sons, but she herself could also drive away the children even if they brought water to her.

"Old Four, if you give the water to your brother, I won't acknowledge it."

As soon as Li Cuicui opened her mouth, Gu Dashi suddenly felt that he was about to faint, but his mouth was already very dry, and every word he spoke would pull the corners of his already dry mouth.

Gu Datian was the first to soften his heart and handed over the bamboo tube that had been tied around his waist.

Gu Dashi seemed to have grasped the source of life-saving. He opened the bamboo tube and started to drink it up.

"That's enough, that's enough," Gu Datian was so distressed that he didn't care about brotherhood and tried to snatch the bamboo tube back.

Gu Dashi was unwilling to let go when he got the chance. He held the bottle tightly with both hands. Gu Datian was so anxious that he called out to his sons, "Mingchun, Mingxia, come quickly. Your uncle is stealing my water."

Li Cuicui sneered and said the word "yes", then turned and walked towards Gu Wenheng.

"Mom," Jin Qianqian looked at the old lady with some concern, wanting to persuade her a few more times, "Don't..."

"Bring me some water. I need to drink a few sips. I can't hold on any longer."

Jin Qianqian mechanically handed the water to her but didn't dare to ask anything.

"Mom, I still have some water." Gu Yuantu also handed over his water.

Li Cuicui didn't even look at it. She took a few more sips before returning the bamboo tube to Jin Qianqian.

"No, I'll come find you next time I'm thirsty."

"Mom, there's no need to be so serious with Dad and the others. In fact, if we all save a little, we can get by."

Just as Gu Yuantu finished speaking, Li Cuicui took out a ball of wild vegetables and stuffed it into Jin Qianqian's hand, "Use this to offset the water. No matter who comes to find you, your father or someone else, the same conditions apply."

Jin Qianqian was a little confused. Why did the old lady do this?

Just as she was hesitating whether to collect it, Gu Wenheng reached out from the side, put the wild vegetable ball directly into his mouth and took a big bite, his mouth full of disgust, "This thing is dry and woody, and it still takes a lot of water."

"You still dare to despise it?" Li Cuicui put her hands on her hips. This Old Seventh Brother was really itching for more. He didn't even look at his own conditions. Could it be that the rice bran could compare to this ball of wild vegetables?

Gu Wenheng picked up a stone and said, "At least my teeth won't knock against each other when I drink water. If I knock against each other a few more times, my teeth will fall out."

Mom, can you pick out the wild vegetable dumplings next time? Look at your little stone, it's almost as thick as my finger."

Li Cuicui slapped away the hand gesture that Gu Wenheng had made, and scolded with a smile, "Beggars, you think the food is rotten. If there was water, I could make eight or ten dishes for you, so that you could eat them with your teeth."

Gu Wenheng felt better when he saw the old lady finally smile. "Then I have to wait and wait for my mother to conjure up eight or ten of them for me."

Li Cuicui thought about the current situation and sighed, "You should just close your eyes and go to sleep. You can dream about anything."

Gu Wenheng said in an exaggerated tone, "Mom, you remembered everything I said to mock others the day before yesterday, and now you're talking about me instead. How can I mock others next time?"

"So careless," Li Cuicui laughed out loud, shocking the other brothers beside her.

"This Seventh Brother is getting more and more smooth-talking. He has coaxed Mom so quickly?" There was a hint of complexity in Gu Yuanmu's words. In the past, he always played the role of coaxing people, but he didn't expect that the Seventh Brother was better at fooling people than himself. Look how happy the old lady is.

"Isn't it good?" Gu Yuanjin breathed a sigh of relief. The ones who suffered the most from the old couple's bickering and quarreling were their sons.

"Gu Yuanjin, you brothers must give us an explanation today. Look at what your father has done? He drank up most of the water in my bamboo tube. Is it such a waste?" Gu Datian looked at the bamboo tube that was almost empty. He felt so miserable that he had no tears left. He could only think of a way to get compensation.

Gu Yuanjin and the others also saw the farce just now. Before they could say anything, Li Cuicui stood in front of them and said, "Old Four, before you gave him the water, didn't I remind you that we won't take responsibility for this? This is all your own will. You can't blame us."

"Why don't you admit it? It was obviously big brother who drank the water. Sister-in-law, you can't play tricks like this." Gu Datian was panicked. Before a new water source was found, this water was his lifeblood.

"Aunt, where is your water?" Gu Mingchun knew that his father was not good at talking and it was difficult for him to speak.

Li Cuicui did not hide anything. Under the gazes of the crowd, she blurted out all the stupid things that Gu Dashi and Gu Yuanlei had done. Finally, she said, "You have to settle accounts with them, father and son. After all, your eldest cousin and his family all got a share of the family property."

Gu Mingdong, "But the son should pay for the father's debt, we can't let our family suffer any loss."

"It's no problem for a son to pay off his father's debt. We still have the youngest son, so he will pay off the debt." Li Cuicui pointed at Gu Yuanlei who was still following Lan Ying in the distance.

Gu Mingchun shook his head and said, "How can this be possible? Didn't Gu Yuanlei give all the water to others? What can he use to compensate?" Is he trying to deny his mistake?

"Then there's nothing we can do about it," Li Cuicui spread her hands, looking helpless, "How about you beat up your uncle? He's the one who caused this trouble anyway, so it's right to go after him."

The troublemaker Gu Dashi, "..."

After much discussion, Gu Mingchun and his team finally had no choice but to compromise. The owed water would be deducted from Gu Yuanlei's share when a water source was found for distribution.

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It was time to release the water again. Jin Qianqian looked at Gu Wenheng with some concern, "Senior, this is the last time."

She used bottled mineral water to get the drinking water. If the drought could not be alleviated, she really had no other options.

Gu Wenheng, "It should be about the same. This place should not be far from Shangjing. If we save a little more, we should be able to hold on."

(End of this chapter)