Chapter 54 Help! Something's happened!
Gu Yin was halfway out when she saw Li Xiaohua running towards her. Upon seeing Gu Yin, she hurriedly said, "Did you run into them?! Damn it, I just went to the bathroom, and they came back as soon as I came out. I was so scared that I ran over here immediately!"
Gu Yin shook her head and walked forward: "We didn't run into them, let's go back."
Li Xiaohua breathed a sigh of relief, but thinking of what Ayin had said, she said angrily, "Like father, like son! The old man is wicked, and the young man is wicked too! How can such people exist in this world! It's infuriating! The old man's knee seems to be much better; he's started walking around the village again these past two days! Why isn't he crippled again!"
Gu Yin, upon hearing this, advised, "Don't meet him alone, don't trust those people, just be careful in everything you do!"
Li Xiaohua nodded and followed Gu Yin toward the Gu family's residence.
Halfway there, a man staggered towards them from ahead. Li Xiaohua gripped Gu Yin's hand tightly: "Who is that? Can you see him clearly?"
Gu Yin squinted. The drunken man carrying a bottle of liquor in front of her was clearly Li Dahu, Juanzi's husband. He must have been drinking in the next village. Gu Yin patted Li Xiaohua's hand: "Don't worry, that's Fengni's father."
When they reached the other side, Li Dahu saw them, stared at them for a while, and laughed, "It's Ayin and Xiaohua! You've grown up so fast! Study hard, get into university, and leave this dirty place! Work hard!" After saying that, he took a big gulp of rice wine and then staggered forward.
Gu Yin paused, turned around to look at his swaying back, her eyes filled with deep thought.
"What did he mean by that? But he doesn't seem like the sexist Aunt Juanzi said. He even reminded us to take the college entrance exam." Li Xiaohua looked at Gu Yin with doubt.
Gu Yin shook her head: "Let's go."
The adults of the Gu family returned in the afternoon. The money had already been deposited. Not long after they entered the house, the old village chief came over. He was surprised to see Gu Da and Gu Er. He looked into the house and asked, "When did you get back? Where is your father?"
The Gu family lives near the foot of the mountain. If they are careful, they will not be discovered when entering or leaving the village, unless someone is working on the dry land near the foot of the mountain.
Gu Qingming smiled and said, "My dad hasn't come back yet. The construction site kitchen can't do without him. We came back last night, and I had to go out this morning. Come in and sit down?"
The old village chief waved his hand: "No, don't sit there. Call everyone in your family and come over. There are a lot of people over there, so go help out. We'll eat together later! My family slaughtered two pigs! We've brought out half of one to treat everyone to a meal! Let's go."
In the village, families who get along well usually help each other out if the other family invites guests, so the old village chief doesn't hesitate to ask people to come to the Gu family's house.
Upon hearing this, Gu Qingming went inside and called all the adults away, instructing Gu Shu to remember to take his younger siblings out for dinner later.
About half an hour later, the phone rang at home. It was Grandma Gu calling from the village chief's house, saying that the food was ready and inviting them to come over and sit down.
Gu Shu and the others called Li Xiaohua and walked together toward the village chief's house.
Passing by the convenience store, I saw Li Dalong and the others watching a movie there. Nowadays, movies are played on DVDs in a DVD player and then shown on TV. The convenience store often shows movies there, and most of the village children come to watch after school. Before the incident in my previous life, the Gu family children also liked to come and watch, only going home when their parents called them. When Gu Yin was first reborn, Gu Shu would still come every night, but now that he's been confined to his home, he doesn't come anymore.
"Brother Long, let's go eat!" Gu Shu shouted to the crowd.
Li Dalong came out when he heard the noise, and the others followed. When they heard that they could eat, they all dispersed.
"Wow, your village has such pretty girls?" A flirtatious voice came from the crowd.
Gu Yin looked over and saw that it was Li Chengming's classmate. She didn't look at anyone else, just glanced at that person, and then turned around and continued walking.
"What's so pretty about her? She's not even as pretty as our school's beauty queen! She's so tacky." Li Chengming scoffed. Wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket and trousers, she looked like an old lady. What was so pretty about her? Their school beauty queen was so beautiful, with curly hair, a short skirt, and little leather shoes. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it made him itch with envy.
"What do you know? This beauty is like the kind of elegance described in books, you know what elegance is! Like a model student! School beauties are pretty, but after a while they're just average. Hey, are you familiar with her? Want to introduce me?" the man continued.
Li Chengming was speechless: "I'm not trying to discourage you, but you know she's a good student. Do you think she'd be interested in you? That girl, I heard she's number one in the school, a top student in a key high school, and she's won first place in essay and speech contests in the city. What do you have? Let's go, let's go, it's more sensible to eat some more meat!"
The man got angry too, and laughed, "Isn't it said that the worse a man is, the more women love him? Maybe she likes someone like me? If you won't help, then don't. I'll ask her myself later!"
Ignoring him, Li Chengming led his men quickly toward the village chief's house, thinking they should eat more later as it was getting cold.
There were many people, and plenty of food was prepared. Gu Yin even managed to grab half a braised pork knuckle for Gu Le while eating. The other aunties couldn't get any but were too embarrassed to say anything, since Gu Le was the youngest at the table. Saying anything would only make them seem mean. Anyway, there were plenty of other meat dishes, so everyone quickly started eating.
Gu Yin didn't eat much; one and a half bowls of rice were enough to fill her up. After finishing, she didn't rush to leave. She waited until Gu Shu and the others had finished eating, then went to tell the adults and went home together.
As soon as they stepped out of the village chief's house, they saw Li Chengming and a few others sitting by the roadside eating with bowls in their hands. When they saw them come out, one of the men nudged Li Chengming, then stood up and walked over to them.
Gu Shu frowned: "What are you doing?"
A man with a buzz cut smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I just want to be friends with you, how about it?"
Hearing the voice, Gu Yin knew that this person must be the one who had just called her beautiful. Gu Yin glanced at the group of people nonchalantly, and even when she saw the tattooed man, she didn't stop and pretended not to recognize him. When she turned her gaze away, she could clearly feel that the man breathed a sigh of relief.
“We’re not on the same path, Brother Chengming. You know my family is very strict.” Gu Shu didn’t look at the other man, but at Li Chengming.
The Gu family's children are the kind that belong to other people's children. People like Li Chengming, who don't do well in school, hate being friends with them the most. So he said impatiently, "Go away, go away, what's with your high and mighty attitude! You think I want to be friends with you? Get lost!"
The man with the crew cut glanced at the group a few times before walking up to Gu Yin.
Gu Yin frowned, immediately stood in front of her older sister and spread her arms wide: "What are you doing? I'm going to call for an adult!"
The crew-cut man rolled his eyes: "I just want to be friends with your sister, what's with the 'adult' thing! Kid, get lost!"
Gu Yin pulled A-Le behind her, her face expressionless and cold, and said, "Be my friend? What can you do? Have you ever been first in the whole grade? Have you ever gotten full marks in Chinese, math, or English? How well do you write essays? Do you have any certificates at the county level or above? Can you have a conversation in English?"
The crew-cut guy retorted angrily, "I don't have any of those! But I'm rich, and I'm handsome!"
Gu Qing chuckled, "To me, they're all useless trash, understand?" After saying that, she stopped looking at him, pulled Gu Le along, and looked at Gu Shu and the others, "Let's go."
The crew-cut man was clearly angry. He put the bowl in Li Chengming's hand and shouted at Gu Yin, "Who are you calling trash? Stop right there!" He then tried to pull her away.
Gu Yin released Gu Le without turning around, grabbed the outstretched arm of the crew-cut man, pulled him, bent down and threw him forward with a thud. Apart from the crew-cut man's groan, everyone else at the scene quietly looked at Gu Yin.
Gu Yin squatted down and looked at the crew-cut man: "Are you still going to stop me?"
Looking into her cold, emotionless eyes, for some reason, the crew-cut man shuddered, turned his head to the other side, and stopped talking.
Gu Yin got up, took Gu Le's hand, and walked towards home.
Around 6 p.m., the adults still hadn't returned. Gu Yin had been reading ever since she came back. Gu Shu and the others didn't dare ask her anything, for fear that they might do the same thing to her and break her back!
Gu Yin looked at them helplessly: "It's been several hours. Ask whatever you want. Why are you staring at me?"
Gu Shu immediately laughed, and was about to ask Gu Yin how she knew this thing when a cry for help that echoed throughout the entire village came from afar.
"Murder! Help! Li Dahu has killed someone! Help!" Juanzi's terrified voice rang out.
Gu Yin's expression changed: "I'll go out and check. You all stay home and don't move! Big brother, stay home and watch over them. Close the door and don't come out!" After saying that, she picked up a wooden stick and ran out quickly.
Gu Shu also wanted to go see, but when she saw her younger brother and sister-in-law, she had no choice but to close the door and then call the village chief's house.
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