Chapter 156 What’s Wrong with Him Honoring Me as His Mother?
"Your punches are thrown at an off angle, it's unlikely they can hit the target. Follow me." After saying this, Gu Xiaoxi began to demonstrate to Chen Qinian.
Not only Chen Qinian watched it very seriously, but everyone else watched it very seriously as well.
Gu Feng, who was standing next to him, took a look and his fists moved faster.
Chen Shiliu noticed this kid and muttered in surprise, "Could this kid be a martial arts prodigy? He learns really fast!"
"His bones are indeed extraordinary. He is still young now, but if he keeps training, he will become a master in the future." Gu An had discovered the talent in Afeng long ago.
This child is very smart. Whether it's martial arts or other things, he can understand them all quickly.
"Where did Xiaoxi get such an adopted son? He is obedient and smart. I also want to have an adopted son like him." Chen Shiliu was a little envious of Gu Xiaoxi.
After hearing this, Gu An said, "Then go to the road at the entrance of the village tomorrow and see if you can find one."
Chen Shiliu glared at Gu An fiercely. How could someone throw away such a good child? Who was he trying to fool?
Gu An did not explain, because he did not know the child's true origin, and perhaps Xiaoxi did not know either. He just hoped that the child would know how to be grateful when he grew up.
The morning martial arts training time still starts at Chenshi. After the time, Gu Xiaoxi asked everyone to go back to change clothes and have breakfast.
Gu Xiaoxi saw that they were too tired yesterday, so he let them take a day off from cutting down trees.
Gu Dongming and his friends were going to set up a stall today. After breakfast, they counted the things needed for the stall and loaded them onto the carriage one by one.
Gu Xiaoxi had a patient on hand, and Chen Shiliu was not fully recovered yet, so Chen Qinian and the others could not go up the mountain. After breakfast, they rested for a while, and then Chen Qinian and Ma Weiwei, master and servant, practiced martial arts in the yard.
Chen Shiliu would give them some guidance when he had nothing to do, while Gu An was busy sitting in a wheelchair.
The Chen family owed five handfuls, and there was also Dr. Luo's pharmacy. I couldn't pay both sides off completely, so I could only make two handfuls and give one to each family.
Gu Xiaoxi didn't dare to go far, so she chopped wood nearby. Seeing how hard Xiaoxi worked, Gu Changsen followed her out with a hatchet.
Gu Xiaoxi saw that her eldest cousin was indeed diligent. He hardly stopped working the whole morning. He was much better than those sneaky people.
At noon, just as everyone was about to go into the kitchen to eat, there was a knock on the door.
Chen San went to open the door, and the person who came in was none other than the shameless Zhang.
Zhang also chose this time specifically to come. She didn't believe that when it was time for dinner, her husband and eldest son could have a bite of hot food, but she wouldn't have a bite.
Unfortunately, Zhang was seen through by Gu Xiaoxi's family as soon as she arrived.
Others can't do it, but Gu Xiaoxi definitely can.
After Zhang came in, she did not go directly to see her husband, but went to the kitchen under the pretext of looking for her eldest son.
There were two big pieces of meat in her eldest son's bowl. She swallowed and reached out to pick them up to eat, but Gu Xiaoxi slapped her hand away.
"What are you eating? Brother Changsen helped us with work this morning, so we could eat meat. What did you do? Do you have any shame?" Gu Xiaoxi glared at Zhang fiercely.
Zhang snorted coldly and said, "Then this is equivalent to the meat my eldest son earned from working. What's wrong with him being filial to me, his mother?"
After saying that, she pushed Gu Xiaoxi away, reached out, grabbed the two pieces of meat and stuffed them into her mouth.
Gu Xiaoxi was furious, but what the other person said made sense. She frowned and almost pulled two of Zhang's hairs.
Zhang was eating meat happily and didn't notice this.
After eating two pieces of meat, she shamelessly ate up the bowl of rice in her eldest son's hand.
When Mrs. Chai saw this scene, she was furious and wanted to drive the person out, but was stopped by Gu Xiaoxi.
"Okay, he only has one bowl of rice for lunch. You can leave after you finish eating, right?" Gu Xiaoxi knew that there was definitely no good thing going on when this woman came to his house.
Zhang wiped her mouth, stuffed the empty bowl into her eldest son's hand, turned around and left the kitchen and went to the room where her husband lived.
When she entered the room and saw her husband lying there unable to move, she burst into tears and howled as if her husband had died.
Gu Xiaoxi and Gu Changsen followed in, and Gu Changsen went forward to comfort his mother.
"Mom, don't cry. Dad will get better." Gu Changsen said.
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Zhang's cowardly reply: "You know nothing, I just feel sorry for your father who has suffered so much."
Gu Ping looked at Zhang expressionlessly, not understanding why she always liked to yell at the eldest brother. Although the eldest brother was not as smart as the second brother, he was honest and hardworking.
"Dad has suffered a lot." Gu Changsen thought so too.
"Okay, get out. I need to talk to your father alone." Zhang drove the eldest brother out in disgust.
Gu Changsen walked out of the room and sat down honestly.
Gu Xiaoxi stood by the door, obviously having no intention of leaving.
"I want to talk to your second uncle, you go out too!" Zhang also wanted to drive Gu Xiaoxi out.
"This is my home. I can go wherever I want. What qualifications do you have to tell me what to do?" Gu Xiaoxi crossed her arms and closed the door considerately.
Zhang glared at Gu Xiaoxi angrily, but had nothing to say.
But, this is someone else's territory after all, and she has no other choice but to treat Gu Xiaoxi as invisible.
"My dear husband, Zhang Dagou only paid two taels of silver as compensation. The old patriarch said that he would give the silver to you. You must take it carefully and don't let anyone cheat you out of it.
The second son has taken a fancy to a girl from the next village, but she wants five taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and any less won't do." Zhang found an excuse to get the silver.
After hearing this, Gu Xiaoxi couldn't help but say, "Second Aunt, you're so obsessed with your life, aren't you? My eldest cousin hasn't even gotten married yet, so when will it be my second cousin's turn? Isn't my eldest cousin your biological son?"
Zhang, feeling vulnerable, yelled angrily, "Shut up! When did it become your turn to talk about our family's affairs?"
“I said what’s wrong?
I have never seen a mother like you in my life. How can you treat people differently like this?
You came just as we were having dinner. Brother Changsheng was holding the bowl and hadn't eaten yet, but you snatched it away and ate it all. He has worked all morning. As his mother, don't you worry that he will be hungry?
I originally thought this was incredible, but I never thought you could do something even more incredible." Gu Xiaoxi told me everything that had just happened in one breath.
After hearing this, Gu Ping angrily said, "You, you are the boss's mother after all, why are you stealing the boss's food again?"
Hearing what my second uncle said, Zhang did this kind of thing often. It turned out that since she was not his biological child, her attitude was completely different.
"I'm hungry too. Anyway, the boss won't be hungry here." Zhang said as a matter of course.
Seeing Zhang's unrepentant expression, Gu Ping angrily said, "I won't use the two taels of silver to marry my second son. Even if I do marry him, there should be a distinction between the elder and the younger. Go away!"
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