Chapter 69 I don’t know if this counts as a backstab
It’s coming, it’s coming, it’s finally coming.
Gu Xiaoxi followed carefully. The cart in front was pressed on a big rock, and the backpack on it was shaking.
"Be careful, these were all bought with money. You are clumsy and can't do anything!" Mrs. Mo turned around and yelled at Gu Ximing.
Gu Ximing was not good at doing heavy work, but he had already tried very hard.
Gu Xiaoxi looked at her second brother being tortured by the Mo family, and she had an indescribable feeling in her heart. Perhaps this was the emotion left by the original owner?
After waiting for them to walk away, she went forward and picked up a few chestnuts that had fallen on the ground.
Judging from the color of the chestnuts, these chestnuts are not very good. She usually picks the shiny ones because they taste sweet enough.
It seems that this idiot doesn't know anything about chestnuts. It's simply abnormal that he needs to use something to make money when he doesn't understand it.
She put the chestnuts in her pocket and quickly returned to the gate of the yard.
Xue had been waiting inside for a long time. When she heard footsteps, she looked through the crack in the door and saw her sister-in-law coming back. She hurriedly opened the door to the yard and handed the empty backpack to her sister-in-law.
Gu Xiaoxi turned around and left with the empty backpack. This was their usual procedure.
As usual, she put all the necessary thorn balls back into the yard before entering the gate.
When she entered the yard, she saw a lot of wooden boards placed under the eaves. She asked curiously, "What are they for?"
"My uncle said it's too crowded for the two of us to sleep in one bed, so he wants to get a small bed for Gu Feng to put next to us." Gu Nanming walked out of the next room.
"My uncle is so thoughtful." Gu Xiaoxi didn't expect that his uncle was such a thoughtful person.
"My uncle also said that we should build a few cabinets while the weather is not too cold," Gu Nanming said again.
Gu Xiaoxi thought about the promise he had made to work in a brick kiln, but he had almost forgotten about it these days because of his business.
"Let's go and eat first. You are hungry too." Gu Nanming urged Xiaoxi to eat first. There was still something to do after eating.
While eating, Gu Xiaoxi told everyone about her encounter with her second brother and Mo Yunsheng Lizi.
"This traitorous dog is going against us!" Xue was the most excited after the words were spoken.
She had finally waited for God's blessing and was able to make money, and she would never allow anyone to block her path to wealth.
"Xiaoxi, whatever you say, I'll go with you!" she said angrily.
Everyone was stunned to see how positive Xue was. Even Gu Dongming had never seen Xue like this before.
When Xue saw that everyone was looking at her, she realized that she was too excited.
"This, this, I, I was thinking, I finally found a job to make money, if it gets robbed, what should we do?" She said as she slowly sat down.
"There are so many businesses to do. If we can't do this one, we can do something else. As long as we work together and work hard, we don't have to worry about not making money." Gu Xiaoxi said.
"Xiaoxi is right. Although business is not so easy to do, as long as we are diligent and united and find a way to make a living, we can still do it." Gu An also agreed with Gu Xiaoxi.
"Then, if we don't do this business, what else can we do?" Gu Nanming asked.
"Chestnuts have a seasonal restriction. I need to think about building a long-term business. I haven't figured out what to do specifically yet." Gu Xiaoxi couldn't give her family an answer now.
Seeing that Gu Xiaoxi didn't have an answer in her mind, no one asked any further.
After dinner, everyone started to work.
Gu Feng came to the kitchen to help light the fire. Seeing that the child was sensible, Gu Xiaoxi smiled and continued to work.
After she finished her work, she called Gu Feng to her side and said, "Gu Feng, this is your home from now on. You are my child. You don't have to do anything to please anyone. Just be yourself."
Gu Feng stared at his mother with wide eyes. When he was with Uncle Qin before, Uncle Qin told him that if he wanted to eat more than others, he had to be sweet-mouthed and know how to read other people's expressions.
But, this mother told her that she didn't need to do anything to please anyone?
"Gu Feng, I'll call you Afeng from now on! It will be more comfortable to call you that." Gu Xiaoxi felt that calling her by his full name seemed a bit strange. She didn't want to have this strange feeling about her own son.
"Thank you, mother, for giving me the name." Gu Feng stood up and bowed to express his gratitude.
"There's no need for so many etiquette at home, and you have to forget these etiquette first. Because a child from the countryside doesn't understand these, do you understand?" Gu Xiaoxi had to explain these things clearly to Gu Feng.
Gu Feng nodded in understanding.
Seeing that Gu Feng was well-behaved, Gu An walked over and told him some things that farm kids would do.
Gu Feng wrote them all down.
"Nanming, take him out when you have time and let him learn what the children in the village do?" Gu He also instructed his youngest son.
"I understand, Dad!" Gu Nanming also liked this child very much.
Everyone cleaned up the kitchen and went back to sleep. Before going to bed, Chai locked the kitchen to prevent them from encountering any more thieves.
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The next morning, Gu Xiaoxi took Gu Nanming and Gu Dongming out with them, carrying chestnuts.
At the same time, they arrived in the city and unloaded the backpack from the ox cart.
When Brother Tan and his wife saw them coming, they took turns to help move things, but both of them looked unhappy.
"Mrs. Tan, has something happened?" Gu Xiaoxi noticed that something was wrong with them.
Mrs. Tan frowned and looked at Gu Xiaoxi and whispered, "Today, his cousin's side has also come to sell chestnuts. You will have a rival today."
Gu Xiaoxi didn't feel pressured when she heard this. Instead, she smiled with relief: "It's nothing. As long as there are new businesses, there will be people who imitate them. If we do well, we will still have repeat customers."
Seeing Xiaoxi's confident look, Mrs. Tan's expression looked better.
Gu Xiaoxi and Mrs. Tan were talking when they arrived at the stall. They saw that the faces of their eldest brother, his wife, and their third brother had also turned grim.
She followed her gaze and saw two familiar faces.
Second brother, second sister-in-law!
She felt a little pain in her chest!
I wonder if this counts as a backstab?
"These two ungrateful people!" Xue's face turned black with anger.
"You, do you know each other?" asked Mrs. Tan.
Gu Xiaoxi said embarrassedly: "That's my second brother and second sister-in-law!"
"This..." Mrs. Tan opened her mouth in surprise when she heard the answer.
Gu Xiaoxi thought about it and decided that she should tell Mrs. Tan about this matter, so as to prevent the sinister Mrs. Mo from taking advantage of the couple.
After hearing Xiaoxi's words, Mrs. Tan looked at Gu Ximing and his wife with disdain and cursed, "What a nest of snakes and rats, they all got together."
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