Chapter 72: Asking for the Third Brother

Worried about going to Baolinju again, Boss Mu immediately arranged to deliver three pots of acorn tofu every morning.

He also pulled Song Zhenping aside and asked him for a long time. Finally, he believed that the Song family really had a younger brother, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that I was really too nervous at that time and my eyes were blurry.

Seeing that he didn't ask, Song Zhenping also breathed a sigh of relief.

Be sure to warn Heijin when you get back and don't come out to scare people.

I also need to teach Xiao An not to open the door casually.

When Song Zhenping returned home, it was already dark, but he was so excited that he didn't want to sleep. He started grinding acorns at night. It seemed that he didn't want to go to bed until he made five or ten pots of acorn tofu.

Song Liyun did not stop him, but helped him make a fire and boil water.

The boat begins to set sail, and with a push from the current, the sea and sky will be vast.

The tree trunks in Baolinju are sprouting, but Song Defu in Xiaoshi Village is experiencing the coldest winter of his life.

Sitting on the warm kang, Song Defu didn't even take off his coat, but just put his hands on his waist and panted.

In just over a month, he changed.

The originally rosy, fat face has now become at least half as narrow, revealing the mandible that had been hidden for decades.

However, the half-worn cotton-padded jacket he was wearing fit him very well, and it was obvious that he had bought it after losing weight.

Mrs. Gu sat cross-legged on the kang, with a tattered quilt wrapped around her legs, and most of her messy hair was white.

Wearing a patched short jacket, he looked ten years older, and had the air of a frail old man.

At this moment, she was furious, pounding the kang mat with her fists and shouting, "You're going to go to Song Laohei to get her, even if you die. If he doesn't give it to you, you won't come back. That bitch was abducted by his third son."

Song Lao Er shouted impatiently, "Yes, yes, yes, yes. You just keep urging me to go get it back. His third brother has told me countless times that the person got separated along the way. He doesn't know where he was taken."

Ever since Song Liyun and her two siblings disappeared and the government filed a case, Mrs. Gu has become a little weird.

She guessed everything about everyone in the village and offended everyone in the village.

Hearing her son still speaking for an outsider, Mrs. Gu was so angry that she beat her chest and said, "That was a lie, and you believed it. If he didn't kidnap her, then who could it be?"

"Who is it again! Mother, you've said this a hundred and eighty times. Do you still want me to get beaten?"

Every time he went to someone's house to ask, Song Lao Er would be ridiculed and laughed at, and if he met someone with a bad temper, he would even be beaten.

Hearing that he had to go find someone himself again, Song Lao Er really couldn't stand Mrs. Gu's nagging, so he got up angrily and went to the side room.

After Song Shuirong was taken away by Mr. Xue, little Gu moved into the side room to recuperate after giving birth.

She had a miscarriage after being beaten by Song Lao Er. She was filled with resentment and no longer cared about the mother and son of the Song family except for eating three meals a day.

Even after the confinement period, she was still eating and sleeping every day. Everyone else was thinner, but her face had become fatter.

At this time, seeing Song Laoer come in, little Gu was originally half lying on the kang, and she groaned and fell asleep in the quilt.

Song Lao Er's face darkened, but he managed to suppress his anger and lowered his voice, "I went to Master Xue's house today and saw Shui Rong!"

Little Gu sat up instantly: "How is she? Did that old man... abuse her?"

After a month, I finally got news about my daughter.

Song Lao Er frowned and said, "When a girl grows up, she has to get married."

He didn't dare say that Shui Rong went to bed with Master Xue on the day she was taken away.

I have been going to the Xue Mansion every day for the past month. Today, I squatted at the back door of the Xue Mansion and waited for a whole day before I finally met Song Shuirong.

Shuirong was wearing a satin flowered jacket and skirt, her hair was covered with pearls and jade, and her hands were adorned with gold bracelets and jade beads.

With her hair tied up and her eyebrows and eyes untied, she looked more charming and looked like a typical rich lady.

Even the purple eye sockets and the dark red spots on his neck that could not be concealed even by thick makeup confirmed some of the rumors about Mr. Xue's habits.

When Song Shuirong saw her biological father, although her eyes were red, she did not complain, but only asked about the family situation. When she heard that her mother had a miscarriage and had no money to take care of herself, she took out the smallest gold bracelet and asked Song Laoer to take it home and exchange it for money to take good care of little Gu's health.

When little Gu heard Song Lao Er say "Women will always get married", tears rolled down her cheeks and she kept calling her daughter.

This was something she had expected a long time ago, but the thought of Shuirong having to sleep with that old man who even trembled when he walked made her feel anxious.

How could my daughter, who was as fragile as a water chestnut, end up like this?

After much thought over the past month, Xiao Gu finally realized a fact.

The three bastards of the first wife are all disasters to the family.

One is an ungrateful person, one is a jinx, and the other is a troublemaker.

If the star of injury does not leave, he will protect her from disaster and the baby in her belly will not fall out.

And Song Liyun brought disaster back to her home. Not only did she attract thieves, she also harmed Shui Rong. She was the one who harmed her entire family.

Seeing little Gu crying so hard, Song Lao Er hurriedly sat down on the kang and took out a string of copper coins from his arms, along with a small paper bag. "Don't cry, this is the money Shui Rong gave you. There's also a bag of snacks inside. They were all given to me. I didn't steal any of them. I'm giving them all back to you."

Ever since he kicked away his unborn son and was beaten by his father-in-law's family, Song Lao Er has become obedient and started to curry favor with little Gu. After all, he is now penniless and it would be difficult for him to marry again.

Seeing that there was money, Xiao Gu felt better. After all, Mr. Xue's family was rich, and Shuirong could also enjoy a good life.

She snatched the money from Song Lao Er's hand and stuffed it into the quilt. She blew her nose and wiped it on the quilt before asking, "Lao Er, have you gone out to ask around? I heard that Song Dekui is back, but the cripple and the idiot haven't been found yet?"

Song Lao Er had just been pressed by Old Gu, and now Young Gu was asking again. He also had to go to the headman's house to be scolded. He said worriedly, "I've asked, and Song Dekui said they weren't assigned together. He doesn't know either."

"Don't know? Song Dekui is smart, I'm afraid it was his idea."

In this regard, Xiao Gu and Mrs. Gu are worthy of being from the same litter and have similar ideas.

The conversation was not going well, so Song Lao Er turned around and got off the kang with a gloomy face. Little Gu asked hurriedly: "It's getting cold, why hasn't Xiaobao come back yet?"

When something unexpected happened at home, Song Xiaobao also came back from school for a few days.

At home, not only did she have to take care of her sick grandmother and her mother who was in confinement, but she also had to go up the mountain to collect firewood, otherwise there would be no firewood for heating the kang and cooking.

He had been spoiled for more than ten years and could not bear this hardship. He cried and wanted to go to school after only ten days. He also said that the teacher said, "Learning is like rowing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat." If he didn't go to school, his studies would be delayed.

These flowery words shocked Song Laoer and the others so much that they exclaimed that the child had become smart and sensible, and they dared not neglect his studies anymore.

Song Laoer sent Xiaobao back to the town academy and paid two taels of silver for food and accommodation.

(End of this chapter)