Chapter 80: Fight
Old Lady Liu gritted her teeth and kowtowed several times. Everyone present heard the muffled sound.
Old Lady Liu was the mother-in-law of Old San Gu, and by a rounding ratio she was also Gu Mingda's elder. Gu Mingda did not dare to accept her gift, so he stepped aside and pulled Old Lady Gu over.
Old Mrs. Gu had been sulking about the tofu incident for a long time. If someone else had stolen the recipe, she would have gone to the door and beaten them up long ago. But it happened that the person who did it was Liu Erni, her own daughter-in-law.
She had been throwing things around at home for many days, and Liu Erni had to endure it all. The Liu family outside had directly squeezed the Gu family's tofu business so that it could not go on. In fact, Mrs. Gu had been holding on to this anger in her heart, making her feel uncomfortable.
Now, with Old Lady Liu kneeling like this, the anger in Old Lady Gu's heart suddenly dissipated, and the depression that had tormented her for a long time completely disappeared.
"Sister-in-law, we are from the same village and are relatives. Please forgive us this time." Old Lady Liu knelt down and kowtowed hard.
Liu Erni also joined in.
Old Lady Gu was very serious. When she was comfortable enough, Gu Mingda pretended to say, "Mother, although Aunt Liu kowtowed and apologized, this matter is related to the future of our descendants. After thinking about it, I still think we should go to the government office."
Hearing this, Old Lady Liu naturally started crying again.
However, Old Mrs. Gu received a hint from Gu Mingda. The mother and son did not need to communicate in advance. At this time, they had already skillfully played the good cop and the bad cop respectively.
"Second brother, your Aunt Liu is Xiaoya and Xiaobao's grandmother after all. If... we really send her to the government, people in the village will laugh at us and say that we are too fussy..."
Hearing what Old Lady Gu said, Old Lady Liu was immediately shocked and nodded vigorously: "Scholar, please forgive us this time for the sake of Xiaobao and the fact that our Erni gave birth to two children for your old Gu family."
Mrs. Gu took advantage of the situation and looked at Gu Mingda, saying, "Second brother, for the sake of the children, let's just forget about it."
Gu Mingda looked unhappy and said, "We can't just let this go so easily!"
Chen Chunhua also echoed loudly, saying: "Either go to jail or pay us money, give us my family's ten thousand taels of silver!"
When everyone present heard this, they all looked at Chen Chunhua strangely.
Uncle Chen couldn't help but reach out and pull her, whispering some advice.
Chen Chunhua became anxious and said, "Why don't you let me ask for the money? My second brother has calculated the account clearly. It's 10,000 taels of silver. We, the eldest family, should get half of it!"
Liu Lao Niang said quickly: "Even if you sell our whole family, you still can't come up with 10,000 taels of silver! If you really want that much money, you might as well kill me! Can't my family stop selling tofu?"
Chen Chunhua immediately said viciously: "If you don't pay me, you will pay with your lives!"
After hearing these words, Liu Erni was so angry that she almost fainted. She hit Chen Chunhua on the spot: "If you dare to take the lives of my mother and brother, I will take your life!"
Old Mrs. Gu just wanted to make fun of the Liu family, not her own family. When she saw her two daughters-in-law fighting with each other, her brows immediately frowned.
Niuniu immediately reminded Gu Mingda: "Dad, grandma is unhappy again!"
Gu Mingda had not expected that things would develop to this point. Right now, it was just the eldest sister-in-law and the third brother's wife fighting, but if things continued to get more involved, the eldest brother and the third brother might become enemies.
But it was not convenient for him to get involved in matters between the sisters-in-law, so he glanced at Zhang Yuniang.
Zhang Yunniang immediately understood what he meant and shouted, "That's enough! Why are you arguing?"
The fighting sisters-in-law paused.
Old Mrs. Gu finally came to her senses and reprimanded the two of them as a mother-in-law: "You have brought shame to the Gu family. Old brother and youngest brother, are you going to stop doing this? If you don't, you two will be kicked out together!"
The eldest and third sons of the Gu family hurriedly pulled their wives back.
Liu Erni's hair was disheveled at this time, but she was still concerned about her mother's family. She said to Mrs. Gu, "Mom, can we just let the tofu incident go? Do you really want Xiaobao to lose his grandmother and uncle?"
Old Mrs. Gu frowned and said, "The Liu family is not allowed to sell tofu anymore."
Chen Chunhua was anxious: "Mom, how can we let them off so easily! Let them pay! If they don't have 10,000 taels, forget it, at least they should pay 100 taels!"
When Old Lady Liu heard this, she couldn't help but say, "If my family had a hundred taels of silver, my youngest son wouldn't be a bachelor."
Liu Erni also chimed in: "My family has no money, don't even think about asking for too much."
Old Mrs. Gu looked at Gu Mingda, and Gu Mingda shook his head gently. The old lady naturally understood what her son meant, which was that he did not agree to ask for money.
"If it's not a hundred taels, there must be dozens of taels. You have been selling tofu for two months, so aren't you making any money?" Chen Chunhua said angrily.
Mrs. Liu said, "We sell tofu cheaply, so we don't make that much money. That's why we bought a big stone mill and put all the money we earned into it."
Chen Chunhua immediately asked for the big stone mill.
Having to borrow a mill from other families to make tofu was like having someone hold your neck against you, so the Liu family simply built a stone mill. But now that Chen Chunhua asked for it, how could they give it to her?
As the two were arguing, Gu Mingda suddenly said, "We don't want your family to pay us money, nor do we want your millstone."
"His second uncle!" Chen Chunhua couldn't help but scream.
Gu Mingda didn't look at her, but looked at Old Lady Liu and said, "I want your four sons to run around the village three times tomorrow, shouting as you run that you know you are wrong and will never steal other people's secret recipes again."
Compared to going to the government office or paying compensation, this plan would only hurt her face. Although the four sons were reluctant, Liu Lao Niang agreed as soon as she opened her mouth.
After finishing the Liu family's business, Gu Mingda turned around, bowed to the head of the Gu family, and said, "Uncle, there are so many people in the family and so many things to do. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Upon hearing this, Clan Leader Gu waved his hand and said approvingly, "Waiter, you handled this matter very well. We are all relatives. If you insist on taking it to the government office, you will be known as a mean person."
The family scandal has been dealt with, and the next step is the division of the family property.
Mrs. Liu was standing there stupidly with her four sons, but Gu Mingda asked meaningfully, "Is it the rule of the Liu family that five people should be in charge together?"
When Old Lady Liu heard this, she thought of how she had been treated terribly by Gu Mingda and could not help but shudder. She left behind only her eldest son Liu Dashan and ran out with the remaining three sons. No matter how Liu Erni hinted at her with her eyes, she no longer dared to think about getting more wealth from the second branch of the Gu family.
After leaving the Gu family's gate, Liu Yaoer, who had not yet married, asked anxiously, "Mom, are we really going to stop doing the tofu business? Wouldn't that stone mill be bought for nothing? When can I save enough money to get married?"
Old Lady Liu had a gloomy face and said, "Do it, why don't you do it!"
"Aren't you afraid of going to the yamen? Aren't you afraid of Gu Laoer?" Liu Saner asked cautiously.
Liu Lao Niang said: "Gu Lao Er is indeed capable, but I don't believe he stays in the village every day!"
After hearing this, the three sons immediately felt that it made sense.
Old Lady Liu said indignantly: "We are all in the tofu business, why can the Gu family earn a hundred coins a day, while my family only makes twenty or thirty coins? We will raise the price later!"
The Gu family behind them had already started fighting for it.
Old Mrs. Gu originally thought that she and her husband would be pushed aside by the eldest and third sons, but she did not expect that after her sons went back to their room and discussed the matter for a night, she would become the most popular.
Boss Gu: "Mom, you will live with us from now on."
Gu Laosan was also very anxious: "Mom, Erni and I really want to take care of you in your old age, you will live with us in the future!"
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