Chapter 264: As for hooking up with men, it’s up to you!

Some of the snow on the road melted into mud, while some was compacted and spread thinly on the ground.

The road conditions were not difficult to travel along the way, which was much smoother than traveling on rainy days.

Just halfway through the journey, it started snowing again.

The snow was not heavy at first, with small snowflakes falling sparsely from the sky. But after the ox cart entered the village, the snow suddenly became heavier, with goose-feather-like snowflakes falling densely, blocking even the vision.

The village roads were deserted, and every household had their doors closed, all staying at home warming themselves by the fire to avoid the cold.

The north wind did not let up, and the strong wind covered up the squeaking sound of the wheels.

When the ox cart stopped at the door, Gu Lianshan and his party did not disturb anyone.

Looking at the heavy snow, Gu Lianshan became a little anxious. He hurriedly opened the gate and pulled the ox cart into the yard. He first helped the old man into the house, and then called his son to help unload the things on the cart.

Gu Tang was not idle either. She lit the stove, poured the warm tea in the water bag into the kettle, and put it on the stove to heat it.

By the time the father and son finished their work, the tea in the pot was hot.

Taking out the sugar jar, Gu Tang put a few spoonfuls of sugar into the tea, then poured it into a bowl. He first gave a bowl to the father and son, and gave the rest to his third uncle.

After drinking tea, Gu Lianshan felt warm all over. As previously agreed, he put on his hat and went back to the city.

"Let Ping'an go with you. The snow is too heavy and I'm worried about you going alone." Gu Tang stopped the man and wanted him to take Gu Ping'an with him.

Gu Pingan was also happy to go. He drank the tea in the bowl in one breath, put the bowl down and looked at his father with hope.

Gu Lianshan pondered for a while and did not reject Gu Tang's proposal.

With such heavy snow, it’s not enough that you can’t see far, but I’m afraid you won’t be able to see the road in a while.

My son can drive a cart. If I take him with me and let him drive while I lead the way, it will be much safer.

"Okay, then let Ping An go with you."

"Oh!" Gu Ping'an trotted to get his own hat.

"Take your cloak with you and wrap it around you to keep out the cold."

When they came back, Gu Tang and his uncle both wrapped themselves in rabbit fur cloaks, but the father and son thought it was inconvenient and refused to wear them.

She took out the rabbit fur cloaks she had bought for the father and son and asked them to put them on.

This time, the father and son did not complain about the inconvenience. They put on their clothes obediently and drove the ox cart out of the yard.

Third Uncle and Gu Tang sent them to the gate of the courtyard and gave them several worried instructions, fearing that something might go wrong on the way.

The father and son responded repeatedly, waved their hands and asked the grandparents and grandchildren to go back to the house, and told them to just rest assured.

How could the old man feel at ease? He stood at the gate of the yard, watching the father and son walking away, the worry on his face not relieved at all.

Gu Tang consoled him, "There's nothing on the cart, so it won't attract attention. As long as we get to the city safely, Gu Sanlang will definitely call on the servants to escort us. Then they'll be so numerous, and we won't have anything to worry about on the road."

That's exactly the case.

Third Uncle nodded, and Gu Tang helped him into the house.

Just as he was about to close the yard, he heard a sudden roar from behind him.

"Four girls!"

The roar was very familiar. Gu Tang recognized it as Gu Qing.

Looking back, it was indeed Gu Qing.

Gu Tang looked her up and down and found that Gu Qing had lost a lot of weight after not seeing her for a few days.

The previously pretty and round face was now dry and yellow, with dark circles under the eyes and a circle of mouth ulcers on his mouth. Coupled with his ferocious expression, he looked even more mean and vicious.

The clothes he was wearing were old clothes with patches on top of patches. Not only were they thin, but they also didn't fit him well. No one knew where he got them from.

Gu Tang tutted her tongue twice, with a look of disgust on her face: "You are a grown-up girl after all, but you dress like that toothless old woman. I am so curious, where did you get these clothes?

Where are your own clothes? In the past, your mother loved you the most besides Gu Tianbao. From childhood to adulthood, she made new clothes for you every year. Why are you in such a state now?

These words really hit home.

It would have been fine if this matter had not been mentioned, but as soon as it was mentioned, Gu Qing immediately exploded.

"How dare you bring that up! You're the one who caused me to be like this! It was clearly those kidnappers who kidnapped you, and it had nothing to do with me! But you instigated that damned girl Gu Lian and told the clan to frame me!"

Gu Qing already knew that it was Gu Tang who used medicine to temporarily blind those kidnappers, and then she and Gu Lian escaped and ran back.

When Gu Qing thought of this, he felt so angry that his teeth itched!

She hated those kidnappers for being useless and not being able to even tie up two little hooves!

She still hated Gu Tang, so why did she come back? Why couldn't she just let herself be kidnapped?

And that little whore Gu Lian!

They are sisters!

But that little whore was very vicious and had no regard for sisterhood. She was determined to report her to the clan, causing her to suffer this punishment.

Her father and the old couple at home are just as hateful!

Seeing that she refused to leave with the Wang family, they ransacked her house and took away all her clothes and private money.

I don’t know where that old hag got the clothes I’m wearing now!

"This is really like a dung beetle wearing a mask - shameless!" Gu Tang spat at her.

"How much shit have you eaten? Your mouth is full of shit, it stinks!"

"I heard that the clan, mindful of your injuries, punished you with forty lashes, but never made you accept the punishment. They only made you kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours every day."

"Now it seems that your injury must have healed, otherwise you wouldn't be standing here spewing shit!"

"Just wait! I'll go find the clan leader soon. Tomorrow morning at the latest, I'll see you receive your punishment in the ancestral hall!"

Gu Qing's eyes turned red, his whole body was shaking, and he felt angry and scared.

"You despicable little bitch! I'm going to fight you! Even if I die, I'll take you with me!"

As she spoke, she actually took out a pair of scissors from her bosom!

Then he rushed towards Gu Tang regardless of anything.

The third uncle was startled and pulled Gu Tang back two steps, trying to close the gate.

Gu Tang didn't move. She asked the old man to hide aside. She pulled out the bolt behind the door and hit Gu Qing who was rushing towards her with a stick.

"ah--"

The screams drifted in the wind and snow, mixed with the howling north wind, and did not cause any commotion.

Gu Tang's stick hit Gu Qing in the face. She dropped the scissors in her hand in pain, covered her face with her hands, and rolled on the ground.

"Have I given you face? I haven't even come to settle the score with you for what you did earlier, and yet you're so bold as to challenge me first!"

Gu Tang picked up the stick and hit the man a few more times, beating him so hard that he cried for help.

"Alright, alright, just let out some steam. Do you really want to beat someone to death?"

Third Uncle came over to persuade Gu Tang, and his body was soon covered with snow.

"Hurry back to the house and brush off the snow. If you're still angry, I'll go find the tribe leader and ask the tribe to punish her. There's no need to argue with her."

With his third uncle around, Gu Tang couldn't kill Gu Qing even if he wanted to. He put away the stick, kicked Gu Qing again, and then went back with his third uncle.

With a bang, the gate of the Gu family's courtyard closed.

Gu Qing lay on the snow, crying and shaking all over. Her face was burning with pain, as was her body. Her hands and feet were numb from the cold.

She staggered to her feet, and the snowflakes on her body fell down.

He stared at the gate with a vicious look and it took him a while to limp home.

At the end of the village, the Gu family's courtyard, which had originally seemed a little run-down, now looked even more desolate and deserted in the wind and snow.

The courtyard gate was open. Gu Qing had opened it when he came out in the morning. Two hours had passed, and it was still open. Obviously, no one in the family had gotten up yet.

Gu Qing had to kneel in the ancestral hall before the hour of Mao every day as punishment, and someone was watching over her every day.

After kneeling for several days in a row, my legs were almost broken.

The reason she was able to hold on was because the clan elder who was guarding her said that if she admitted her mistakes with a good attitude, the forty lashes could be reduced at the discretion of the court and her life would not be taken.

Who wants to die when they can live?

Unfortunately... today she offended that little whore Si Ya again, and the forty lashes would probably not be reduced.

Gu Qing's expression was gloomy, and his eyes were sinister no matter who he looked at.

After entering the yard, she ignored the open gate behind her and went to her own room.

Now that Gu Lian is not around, she has the room all to herself. This was something she had always dreamed of, but when it finally came true, she couldn't feel happy.

When she opened the door, there was no warmth in the room. There was not enough firewood at home, so she could only light the stove at night and had to endure it during the day.

All the bedding and winter clothes in her father's room were taken away by the bad boy Tianbao, so the old hag in the main room gave her bedding to her father.

Her winter clothes were also taken away and torn apart, so that her aunt could sew two sets of winter clothes for her father.

Originally, she wanted to wear Gu Lian's clothes, but when she opened the cabinet, she found that it was empty. Gu Lian's winter clothes and quilt were all gone!

No need to think, it was either the old hag in the main room who did it, or it was Gu Tianbao who did it!

Sitting on the bed, his cold and stiff fingers touched the thin quilt, then he looked down at his clothes. Thinking that he might be whipped tomorrow, Gu Qing wavered.

Perhaps what the old woman said was right. As long as you can live a good life and survive, it doesn't matter where you are. Only by surviving can you find a way to make those who hurt you kneel at your feet.

After sitting stiffly for a while, Gu Qingqing's purple face was full of determination, and he stood up and left the house.

After coming out of the house, she didn't stop and went to the main room with gritted teeth.

The main room of the Gu family was originally clean and tidy, but because no one had cleaned it for a long time, it had become messy and dirty, and you could smell the odor of feces and urine as soon as you entered.

Feng had difficulty walking, and it was snowing outside. To avoid slipping and falling, she urinated and defecated in the urine bucket in the east room.

If someone diligently helps to empty the urine bucket and ventilates the room from time to time, there will be no smell of feces and urine in the room.

But Feng couldn't clean up by herself, Old Man Gu was lazy, and Gu Liansheng was a scholar and couldn't do such dirty work. The whole family relied on Gu Qing, who was punished to kneel down every day, to empty the urine bucket.

Gu Qing is not Gu Lian. If you want to order her to do something, she will be very cunning and will try her best to deal with you.

Every day when she came back, she said her legs hurt and she needed to slow down before she could work.

If anyone dared to force her, she would cry loudly until the neighbors came to her attention.

After a few times, the Gu family became afraid of her and simply let her do as she pleased, but Feng kept the food in her hands.

Not working?

Then don’t eat!

Gu Qing was also stubborn. She waited until Feng fell asleep and then secretly ate a little, but she refused to empty Feng's urine bucket.

Counting the days, it has been two days since it fell.

The main room already smells of feces and urine, so you can imagine the smell in the east room is probably comparable to that of a toilet!

Enduring the smell, Gu Qing was about to go to the east room when the door to the west room suddenly opened.

When she turned around, it was her grandfather!

Old Master Gu was wearing a coat and leaning on a cane. Seeing that Gu Qing had a wound on her face, he asked her in a bad tone if she had caused trouble again.

"What's wrong with your face? Did you get into a fight?"

Gu Qing froze for a moment, then replied with a stiff upper lip: "I ran into Si Ya, and she beat me up..."

"That little bastard is back?" Old Man Gu's eyes widened as he asked hurriedly, "Is your second uncle back? We don't have enough firewood at home. We need to ask your second uncle to go into the mountains and get some."

"I didn't see Second Uncle, but I saw Fourth Aunt and Third Uncle, he's back too."

When Mr. Gu heard the words "Third Uncle", his face changed and was full of disgust.

"What Third Uncle? What kind of Third Uncle? You call him affectionately, but he looks down on you!"

Gu Qing lowered her head and gritted her teeth, then asked something else casually. She didn't want to talk about this anymore because she was afraid that the old man would scold her.

"Master... why did you come out from the west room? Where's my grandma?"

Mr. Gu's anger paused for a moment, and his face became uncomfortable.

He said, "Your grandmother is in the east room. Ever since she became ill, she's been waking up very easily at night. I didn't want to disturb her rest, so I moved to the west room last night."

Gu Qing sneered in his heart. Was he afraid of disturbing the old woman's rest? Ha! Was she unable to bear the stench in the room?

"Hurry up and go to the east room and empty the urine bucket there. This room smells of shit and urine!"

Old Master Gu had a disgusted look on his face. He waved his hand and told Gu Qing to go quickly, then turned around and went back into the house.

After the door of the west room was closed, Gu Qing raised his head, spat softly at the west room, and turned to go to the east room.

I lifted the curtain and pushed open the door, and an extremely disgusting smell hit me in the face!

Even though he had expected it, Gu Qing couldn't help it at this moment. He turned his head, bent over and retched a few times.

Hiccup!!!

Feng, who was lying on the bed in the room, had lost a lot of weight. The skin that was originally bulging with fat had become loose, causing many more wrinkles on her face. She looked much older, like an old woman in her seventies or eighties.

She rarely used crutches and just lay in bed day and night without washing, looking disheveled.

The quilt on my body had not been washed for a long time, and it was covered with grease and dirt, and was black.

Fortunately it is winter. If it were summer, I’m afraid maggots would be growing in the house!

Gu Qing's retching sounds were unconcealed. Feng, who had originally closed her eyes, opened them at this moment, and the anger in her heart instantly soared to a high point!

She supported herself with her arms, struggled to sit up, and cursed outside with a ferocious face.

"She slept with that wild man! In broad daylight, she actually opened her mouth and vomited! You really take after your mother, you love to hook up with men and get into bed with them!"

Gu Qing was so angry at these words that he was shaking, and his vision was getting darker and darker. The hatred that had been pent up in his heart for a long time burst out immediately.

"My mother can't compare to you! I'm from the Gu family, so if I have to follow someone, it's you! When it comes to seducing men to sleep with, no one can compare to you!"