Gu Anan knocked on the door and said softly, "Uncle Huazi, is Banxia here?" The

person who opened the door was Uncle Huazi's wife, Sun Juxiang. She was still wearing an apron and busy in the kitchen. When she saw Anan and her brother and sister, she greeted them, "Anan, come in quickly. Banxia is at home. Your Uncle Huazi is picking up herbs in the pharmacy."

As soon as Aunt Juxiang finished speaking, Huazi came in with a dustpan with a lot of Panax notoginseng and Astragalus in it. It was obvious that due to the heavy snow in the past few days, there was a smell of damp in the air. The herbs were a little moldy because they were kept in the house without ventilation. He took them out and planned to put them in the sun to dry.

When he saw An An and her brother, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "An An, why do you come to see Ban Xia so early?"

An An's eyes turned red. She took Dong Dong's hand and pinched it gently. Dong Dong's tears immediately fell.

Gu Huazi was shocked. He immediately put the dustpan on the fenced yard and led An An into the house, asking as they walked, "What happened? Who bullied you? Tell Uncle Huazi, and Uncle Huazi will help you beat that son of a bitch to death."

An An's eyes were red. "My second aunt said we were eating for free and wouldn't let us eat."

Dongdong's stomach happened to growl, and he pursed his lips, "Uncle Huazi, I'm hungry!"

The pitiful look of the brother and sister broke Gu Huazi's heart. He and Gu Weiqiang grew up together with their bare butts. He saw An An and her brother being born, and An An playing well with Banxia. He treated An An as his own daughter.

He turned around and called out, "Wife, bring out a few more pancakes, and use the seaweed that Wei Qiang brought over some time ago to make some soup. I'm going to go to the old customer's house."

After that, he touched Dongdong's little head, "Come to Uncle Huazi's house, you'll be full, I'll take care of your second aunt's place, and I'll definitely give you vent."

Dongdong's eyes were full of admiration, "Thank you, Uncle Huazi."

An An was a little worried. She came to Uncle Huazi's house just to have a free meal, and in her impression, Uncle Huazi and her father had a good relationship.

She originally expected that at most Uncle Huazi would try to please her father, but she didn't expect that Uncle Huazi would not try to please her and actually go to the battle himself.

She worried, "Uncle Huazi, this is not good for you." After all, he is not her biological uncle,

and if she started to lecture him, it would cause some gossip. Gu Huazi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing good or bad. You have been bullied, and as an uncle, how can I ignore it?" After that, he didn't even want his half basket of herbs, and rushed directly to the Gu family.

On his way there, he found that rumors had already spread in the village, and he had heard a general idea.

He thought to himself, this Wang Daying is really a piece of shit.

He can be so mean to two children.

When he arrived at the door of the Gu family, he happened to meet Gu Weiqiang who had returned from outside. Gu Weiqiang was holding half a pig's trotter and a lot of peach cakes in his hands. These were all brought to the two children when he came back from the county.

In the past, he would be out for half a month to deliver goods. Now that he has no wife at home, he is worried about his two children's life. Therefore, when he went to the transport team yesterday, he chose to go to the next county to haul coal. It was closer and more convenient to go home. In this weather, it was snowing heavily. The city is different from the countryside. There is no kang to heat the bed, so people can only rely on coal stoves to keep warm.

As soon as he entered the village, he heard groups of neighbors discussing how their children were treated harshly.

Gu Weiqiang's teeth were clacking. When he was not at home, Wang Daying treated his children like this?

When he arrived at the gate of Gu's yard, he bumped into Gu Huazi. The gloomy expression on his face faded a little, "Huazi, why are you here?"

Gu Huazi pulled out the axe from his waist and threw it on the fenced yard in a domineering manner, "I'm here to vent my godson and goddaughter! Those two children are hungry and crying miserably in my house. As an uncle, how can I ignore it?"

Gu Weiqiang's expression, which had originally improved a little, suddenly became gloomy again. He entered the house and kicked open the kitchen door.

When he walked to the entrance of the village, he saw clearly that the chimney of Gu's house was smoking. It was not far from the entrance of the village to Gu's house. He could not believe that in just ten minutes, the meal was ready and there was no smoke coming out of the chimney.

Sure enough, when he kicked open the kitchen door, Wang Daying was hurriedly throwing the pancakes from the pot into the dough jar, and his mouth was still full and he had not had time to swallow them.

Seeing this, veins popped up on Gu Weiqiang's forehead. He grabbed Wang Daying's collar and lifted her up. He suppressed his anger and bit his back teeth, "You are at home with the stove, and my daughter and son deserve to be hungry???"

Wang Daying swallowed the food in her mouth carelessly and screamed in denial, "I didn't... I didn't... It was An'an and Dongdong who were disobedient and wanted to run away early in the morning."

"No, wipe the pancake off your mouth, and say no again!!!", he threw Wang Daying onto the stove, and the stone stove fell on her with a bang.

Gu Shu, Gu Dan, and Gu Shuang outside the house were startled.

Gu Shu was quick-witted and quickly pointed at Gu Shuang and asked her to call for help. Gu Shuang ran out crying.

Gu Dan hugged Gu Weiqiang's waist to stop him from hitting her.

Gu Weiqiang looked at his nephews and sneered, "You're here to control me now? Why didn't you say anything when your mother bullied your brothers and sisters?"

Gu Dan's face was red with shame, but he still didn't let go. He explained, "Fourth uncle, my mother didn't mean it. You let her off this time."

Wang Daying said quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, I didn't mean it. Gu Weiqiang, look, which brother-in-law would beat his sister-in-law? You will be struck by lightning." It would have been better if

Wang Daying didn't say anything. Once she said it,

it was like a bomb .

Gu Weiqiang was furious. He clenched his fists and threw away the order. He walked towards Wang Daying. "I was struck by lightning? When you, Wang Daying, tortured my child, why didn't you think about being struck by lightning?"

"Ah? What do you mean?" Gu Weiqiang punched Wang Daying in the eye, but fortunately, Wang Daying's head tilted a little and didn't hit the vital part. At that moment, she really saw the murderous intent in her brother-in-law's eyes. She

had to admit that she was afraid of Gu Weiqiang.

"Old Four, what are you doing?" Gu Weifu ran away with one shoe, took off the tattered felt hat on his head, and threw it at Gu Weiqiang.

However, the tattered felt hat fluttered and fell to the ground before it landed on Gu Weiqiang.

Gu Weiqiang retracted his fist, turned around and looked at Gu Weifu, and naturally did not miss Gu Shu who was evasive.

He snorted coldly, "What should I do? Didn't you hear it on the way? You, Gu Weifu's wife, are allowed to bully my daughter and son, but I, as a father, am not allowed to vent my anger for the children?"

After all, he was the one who was at fault. Gu Weifu yelled at that moment, but he came to his senses now. The fourth child was the golden hen of the Gu family, and he couldn't be offended.

His tone softened a bit, "It is natural for the elders to teach the younger ones. Let's make a big deal out of a small matter and get married. Don't let outsiders see the excitement."

"The elders should teach the younger ones, good! Wang Daying was not able to give my daughter any food, but he hid in the kitchen and cooked a small stove, and still complained that my daughter was eating for nothing. Naturally, I have reason to complain. Gu Shu is a waste. He has poor academic performance and just hopes to repeat a grade so that his family can pay for private tutoring from a teacher." You hurt my daughter, and I slandered your son. In Gu Weiqiang's heart, it's tit for tat. Even last time, when Gu Wei Fu privately gave Tang Lanzhi a certificate to return to the city, he was not so angry.

Children are Gu Weiqiang's Achilles' heel. He works hard outside just to make his children's life better, but he never expected that the family he takes care of would treat his son and daughter in such a way.

Gu Shu, who was called waste, raised his head suddenly and looked at his fourth uncle in disbelief, with resentment in his eyes.

Since Gu Weiqiang had torn off this face, he simply tore off the last layer of fig leaf, "Gu Shu, you spend 18 yuan a month in the county town. Tell me the truth, do you really spend all of it on tutoring?" The people around were surprised. You know, in the countryside, a laborer only gets a salary of 7 or 8 yuan a month at most, which is a lot of money.

Who would have thought that the eldest grandson of the Gu family would spend so much money in the county to study. This is not studying, this is clearly studying for gold.

Gu Shu's face turned pale and blue, blue and white, he could not admit it, he would never admit it even if he died, "Fourth uncle, I didn't."

Gu Weiqiang stared at Gu Shu's eyes deeply, but he underestimated the shamelessness of his eldest nephew. After a while, he turned to Wang Daying who was lying on the ground, and said to the ground loudly, "Gu Shu, the eldest son of the second house, has been staying in the county since he entered junior high school, not counting elementary school. The living expenses for junior high school are ten yuan a month. Including books and tuition, it is at least two hundred yuan a year. I have supported him for three years.

Since he entered high school , the living expenses doubled, plus the private tutoring fees, tuition fees, book fees, inviting classmates to dinner, etc., in the past year and a half that he has been in the county, I have given him nearly seven hundred yuan, not counting the money I gave to the public high school at home. The five new red brick and tile houses we built are also the biggest expense of mine. Wang Daying, you tell me, I gave so much money, but my daughter and son can't even have a hot meal at home. Uncles, please judge, is the money I spent in the past two years worth it or not? ? "

"Not worth it, not worth it at all."

"Nephew, if you give me this one thousand yuan, I can feed An An and Dong Dong meat every day." This is an elder in Gujia Village, a relative from the next room, and an elder of Gu Weiqiang.

Everyone looked at Gu Shu. He was wearing a white shirt with a stand-up collar, the latest leather shoes, and his hair was tied up high. If you looked closely, you would believe that he was a city kid. Just looking at the way he was dressed, he didn't look like he was from the countryside.

The eyes of the people around him seemed to want to tear Gu Shu's muscles and skin him. He wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

For a moment, he felt a little resentful of his mother for doing such a dishonest thing. Otherwise, why would his fourth uncle expose his shortcomings? How could he lose face like this?

Gu Weiqiang didn't intend to let Wang Daying and his nephew off so easily. "My dear second sister-in-law, dear nephew, when are you going to return this money to me?"

Wang Daying was lying on the ground pretending to be dead. The more she heard, the more shocked she was. She didn't even know that her eldest son spent so much money to study in the county. When she heard her younger brother-in-law asking her for money, she simply started to throw a tantrum. "Okay! You spend money on your own family, and you have to pay it back. I've never seen such a stingy younger brother-in-law."

"Yes! Of course I should, from the moment you stopped providing meals to my daughter and son, we have to settle every account."

Gu Weifu, who had been silent the whole time, took a breath. He couldn't believe it, "Fourth brother, stop making trouble. We are brothers from the same family, why do we have to settle accounts so clearly?"

His good second brother, was he planning to smooth things over???

Gu Weiqiang raised his head to the sky, and said in a firm tone, "Either pay me back or we split up!" These eight words, like thunder, blew up the old man Gu in the crowd. He took off his thousand-layer cloth shoes and smashed them on Gu Weiqiang's head, "You unfilial son, are you trying to piss me off to death? Split up the family! I'm still alive, and you see which family split up?"