Chapter 84 Call Me Brother
"What on earth have I done wrong to deserve to be punished?!"
"It's not my fault that my family fell into poverty, and it's not my fault that we're in trouble!"
"Just because I refused to perish with you, does that mean I'm to blame?! What qualifications do you have to accuse me of wrongdoing?!"
His eyes widened in anger as he suddenly stood up. Yu panicked and went to support him: "Second Master! Second Master, please stop talking nonsense!"
"Who dares to say I'm talking nonsense?!"
He struggled hard but was unable to break free from Yu's support. In a fit of rage, he fiercely kicked Yu in the chest: "You worthless, despicable bastard!"
"You're just a merchant's daughter clinging to my glory. I gave you all the luxury! Now you're blindly turning to the wicked son of the eldest son, begging for mercy. If I had known this would happen, I would have killed you!"
Yu was kicked so badly that she was in a state of disarray. She said angrily and sadly, "Second Master, have you lost your mind?!"
"My grandparents and grandmother were still there witnessing all this..."
"How dare you use others to threaten me?!"
Tu Suye was extremely angry and roared loudly: "I will make you, a donkey hoof, disappear completely now!"
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The next day, Tu Suye drove out of the house in a mule cart loaded with charcoal with great momentum. Yu was about to get the wooden rack for carrying the firewood when Gu Yuexuan hurriedly put down the bowl of water in her hand and gently suggested, "Second Aunt, you stay at home and guard the charcoal pit today."
She reached out to take the wood and said calmly, "The thick smoke from the charcoal pit is giving me a splitting headache. How about we switch? You can help me with my eye problems for a few days, and I'll take on the heavy burden of carrying the wood."
Yu was at a loss: "Xuanxuan, maybe we should..."
"Second Aunt, please give me a chance to be lazy."
Gu Yuexuan said nonchalantly, "By the way, I can also go to the mountains to see if I can pick some wild vegetables. If I can find any, it would be nice to add a dish to dinner."
"Tu Subo, are you ready?"
"Here I come."
Tu Subo took the wooden frame from her hand and said softly, "Let's go."
"Second sister-in-law, please keep an eye on Yan Ting and don't let her get covered in mud again."
Li smiled and replied, "I don't know what happened to this little girl yesterday. I spent half an hour washing the soap nuts and still couldn't get them clean. If she continues like this, she's going to turn into a little clay figurine."
Yu was suddenly startled, and instantly understood everything. She instinctively covered up any traces of herself that might be exposed. However, none of the people who hurried out turned back to pay attention to her.
Everyone was anxious to stock up on firewood before the snow began to fall, so they hurried along. Tu Suminyang looked around, confirmed the old lady wasn't there, and ran over to press a small bottle into Yu's hand.
"Minyang, in this bottle..."
"Keep your voice down."
Tu Suminyang said nervously, "My sister-in-law told me that this thing must not be discovered by my grandmother."
He gently pulled up Yu's sleeve to cover her hand, then whispered in her ear, "This is the medicine my eldest brother brought back from outside to treat my eldest sister-in-law's illness. My eldest sister-in-law asked me to secretly pass it to mother."
"Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Yu tightly grasped the medicine bottle in her hand, tears bursting out in an instant. Tu Suminyang frantically wiped away the endless tears, calling out anxiously in panic: "Brother!"
“Brother, you…”
"What's all the commotion?"
Tu Su Min Fei placed the bucket steadily on the ground, lowered his head to examine his palms, which were scarlet from being tightened by the rough hemp rope, and said in a gentle but firm tone, "Min Yang, don't panic."
Even if they have an incompetent father, they cannot panic at all.
As long as the grandfather is alive, the Tu Su family will never decline.
As long as the Tu Su family exists, even a minor flaw cannot cause any waves.
Gu Yuexuan was mentally prepared for her shoulders to be rubbed before setting off.
After all, everyone in the family who had been involved in the charcoal burning work for the past two months had inevitably suffered physical injuries, and she was lucky to have escaped it before.
However, all her preparations turned out to be unnecessary.
Tu Subo didn't let her touch any tools at all.
He seemed to have mistakenly believed that he was just an assistant who came to hand out water.
Every time Tu Subo rudely pushed her hand away, Gu Yuexuan couldn't help but laugh and cry. She whispered, "Brother, are you planning to take on the work of two people alone?"
Tu Su showed a playful smile at the corner of his mouth and looked at her: "What's so great about calling me big brother?"
Gu Yuexuan blinked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"Tu Su Minxu and Tu Su Yunxi call me Big Brother, and that's as it should be. If you really want to call me that, you should also call me Brother."
He lowered his head and approached, staring at Gu Yuexuan's confused eyes, and whispered, "Xuanxuan, call me brother."
"Brother, I'll bundle up some firewood for you and let you carry it for half a day. How about that?"
Gu Yuexuan frowned, suddenly realizing that the other party was teasing her. She pushed him away angrily, but before she could say anything, she laughed out loud.
"elder brother?"
"You're quite calculating in trying to take advantage of me."
"Go, go, go, don't embarrass yourself here."
Tu Subo raised a sly sneer at the corner of his mouth and said cynically, "If you don't want to speak, don't interrupt me easily. When is it your turn to point fingers when I'm doing things, big brother?"
"Come here, help me pick up that axe. I'm going to take you to a new place."
He was wielding a hatchet and bundling firewood alone, as if commanding a mighty team, showing a shocking and majestic momentum.
When they reached the foot of the mountain and reunited with the others, he held the firewood rack on his back steady with one hand, and Gu Yuexuan couldn't remove it no matter what she did. The deep, pre-planned voice echoed in his ears: "I'll carry this firewood back. Xuanxuan, you and Grandfather go to Qiushan and take a look. Grandfather wants to personally identify the difference between poisonous weed and normal wheat."
The old grandfather nodded solemnly: "We should go and take a look."
Although perhaps not many mysteries can be discerned, but now that a clue has been revealed, he must witness it with his own eyes, otherwise the old grandfather will always feel uneasy.
Gu Yuexuan seemed to have forgotten her busy schedule that day. She smacked her lips and agreed, "Okay."
"Grandfather, this way please."
The old grandfather followed, his hands behind his back, while Tu Subo squatted down and expertly swung two bundles of firewood onto his back.
Tu Suting put down the water bag in his hand, looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, took a deep breath, and sighed: "Looking at this weather, I'm afraid it's going to snow."
Tu Subo glanced at him and said nothing, but quietly quickened his pace.
He could carry the load twice each time, and after three trips, only the last bundle of firewood was left. At this moment, he felt a hint of coldness on the tip of his nose. He reached out and touched it, only to see the water droplets slipping from his fingers quickly melt into a drop of clear water.
It really snowed.
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