Chapter 245 Mr. Hong
The boy looked at his sister with disapproval: "Sister, why did you say this to her? What if they are bad people?"
Geng Ru shook her head slightly and gestured with her hands for a long time.
The boy turned around and went back to his room with an angry look on his face.
The little girl saw the boy leaving and hurriedly chased after him: "Second brother."
The girl looked at the two of them apologetically and gestured with her hands.
Wen Zhenyi smiled and said, "We won't care. Aren't your parents gone?"
The girl nodded and used her hands to communicate with Wen Zhenyi.
Geng Ru didn't understand what she meant by the gestures, but after Wen Zhenyi explained it to her, she finally understood.
Wen Zhenyi also expressed his desire to see her embroidery work.
The girl agreed with a smile, got up, went to her room to get her embroidery and showed it to them.
Wen Zhenyi knew nothing about embroidery, so she handed it to Geng Ru to see.
Geng Ru looked at what she was embroidering. The embroidery was neat and the stitches were fine, which was a rare and good craftsmanship.
At this time, a woman walked in. Seeing the two people sitting in the yard, she frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
"We are just passing by and asking for a drink of water."
The woman didn't pay much attention to it. She went to the room, brought out a stool and sat down. "Xiu Gu, what have you thought about what I told you before?"
Xiu Gu lowered her head and said nothing, nor did she make any gestures.
The woman continued, "Don't be ungrateful. Although Mr. Hong is a little older, he doesn't mind you being mute and even gave you a betrothal gift of 100 taels. If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your brothers and sisters."
There was some struggle on Xiu Gu's face.
"If you leave, my eldest sister will not marry Mr. Hong."
"How can you be so ignorant? The fact that Mr. Hong likes your sister is a blessing for your Qian family."
"Bah! He's already my great-grandfather, and he still wants to marry my sister as his eighteenth concubine. Just give him up on this idea."
The woman's face turned grim. "How can you be so ungrateful, kid? Don't you think about it? Your sister is mute, and with you two as burdens, she can't even afford a decent dowry. How can you expect anyone to marry her?"
The boy was so angry that he turned around and picked up a broom to hit her: "This is our family's business. What does it have to do with an old woman like you?"
The woman dodged and cursed, "You're being so kind and ungrateful. You're just trying to kill your sister so she won't marry and can earn money to support you. You're such a heartless person. You deserve to be a cheap bone your whole life."
The boy was so angry that he picked up the broom and hit her.
When the woman saw that he was really going to hit her, she ran out of the yard, cursing as she ran.
The boy closed the gate and his eyes were red.
Xiu Gu looked at her younger brother and sister and bit her lip lightly. If she got married, one hundred taels of silver would be enough for them to renovate their house and buy a few acres of good farmland, so they would have a stable life in the future.
She gestured towards the boy for a long time.
The boy squatted in front of her and said, "Sister, you can't marry him. Mr. Hong is not a human being. The concubines who married him either died or became disabled. If you marry him, you will lose your life."
Xiu Gu's tears flowed down and she gestured at him for a long time.
The boy shook his head: "No, I don't agree. If you want to marry him, Xiuxiu and I will jump into the river. I don't want your money, we just want you to live well."
Xiuxiu saw the two crying and started crying too: "Sister, please don't get married."
Xiu Gu continued to gesture.
The boy still shook his head: "We don't want this money. I will sell my body and do hard labor. I can support you and Xiuxiu. Even if you can't get married in the future, it doesn't matter. I will support you for the rest of your life."
Xiuxiu also nodded: "I will also support my elder sister."
Xiu Gu hugged her two children and cried like a tearful person.
Geng Ru felt sad watching this, but it was a good thing for these three children to see it this way.
Wen Zhenyi said calmly, "Even if you marry Mr. Hong, your brothers and sisters will have money, but at their age, do you think they can protect the money?"
Xiu Gu was slightly shocked, looked up at Wen Zhenyi, and gestured quickly with her hands.
"As soon as you get married, the news that they have a hundred taels will spread. By then, let alone building a house or buying land, I'm afraid you might not even be able to save your life."
Xiu Gu's eyes widened and her breathing became rapid. She looked down at her two younger siblings. They were still too young and indeed could not protect themselves.
When the boy heard Wen Zhenyi helping him, he quickly said, "Yes, sister, no matter if they are villagers or hooligans, once they know we have money, they will definitely not let us go."
Xiu Gu closed her eyes as if she had made up her mind, and gestured with her hands for a while.
When the boy saw her gestures, his expression became even more uncomfortable.
Geng Ru asked Wen Zhenyi curiously: "Yi Yi, what do you mean?"
"She said she wasn't going to marry. After she raised them, she would go find a nunnery and live by her side."
Geng Ru looked at the three siblings. All three children had good character and were considerate of each other.
"Not necessarily. Maybe I'll meet a good family in the future."
Xiu Gu smiled bitterly and gestured with her hands.
Geng Ru couldn't understand and could only ask Wen Zhenyi for help.
"Aunt, she said she is mute and no one would be willing to marry a mute. She also has two younger siblings and she can't abandon them."
"It's hard to say, maybe someone will be willing to accept it."
Xiu Gu just thought she was comforting herself and didn't say anything else.
Wen Zhenyi and the others had asked everything they needed to ask and seen everything they needed to see, and then the two of them got up and left.
Xiu Gu and the others saw them off to the door.
Geng Ru and the others left the village and waited for the oxcart under a large tree on the official road at the entrance of the village: "Yi Yi, what do you think of her?"
"There's nothing wrong with his character. Although his home is shabby, it's kept clean and tidy."
"These three children are so pitiful."
"Does my aunt think it's feasible?"
"I have to go back and discuss it with your grandmother and the others."
Wen Zhenyi knew that she was a soft-hearted person, and Xiu Gu's family was indeed good people.
But this is all superficial. She still has to go back and listen to what Axiang has asked.
Geng Ru then remembered that she hadn't seen A Xiang today: "Yi Yi, where's A Xiang?"
"I asked her to run some errands. She should be back later."
"What's the matter? If you're too busy, ask your second cousin to help."
"No, it's nothing serious. She should be back by the time we get back."
The two men waited for the ox cart and sat on it without saying anything else.
They went straight to the store, and Axiang had already returned and was helping out in the store.
Wen Zhenyi knew that Geng Ru had something to say to Old Man Ma and his wife, so he took over the kitchen work.
Ma Ruier saw her come back and asked: "Cousin, where did you go?"
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