Chapter 103: Treating Everyone Equally
After dinner, Li Wanqing and Gu Xiang cleaned up the dishes, while Gu Yan and Gu Chuan took the prey out to clean up.
"Fourth Brother, take back these two fox skins, and also take this half sheep." Gu Yan put the ones given to Gu Chuan aside.
"No, Third Brother, I only killed one fox, and the others were all killed by you, how can I take them?
I just want the fox skin I hunted, that's good enough." Gu Chuan quickly refused.
"Take it if I give it to you. If the fox fur is not enough, come again and I will take you to hunt again." Gu Yan said.
"How about this, I'll take the fox skin, and forget about the mutton. I won't take it no matter where the sheep was hunted." Gu Chuan was really embarrassed to eat and take things at the same time.
"Take it. Eating mutton is the most nutritious thing in winter. Go back and make some mutton soup." Li Wanqing also said.
Li Wanqing knew that Gu Chongshan and his son Gu Chuan could usually hunt wild sheep and other animals, but they would sell them or exchange them for food, and rarely eat them themselves.
This is in line with the old saying that those who sell kang mats sleep on earthen kangs. Although the hunters in the mountains have no shortage of meat to eat, they usually eat pheasants and rabbits, which are not worth much.
Valuable animals like wild sheep and deer are not eaten by the family.
Seeing Li Wanqing say the same thing, and thinking of his parents at home, Gu Chuan accepted it.
"Thank you, Third Brother and Sister-in-law. I will take it back." Gu Chuan said.
"Okay, you guys go back first." Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Yan asked them to go back.
"Third sister-in-law, I'm going back. I'll come to play with you in a few days." Gu Xiang was holding a small cloth bag in her hand, which was the cloth given to her by Li Wanqing.
"Well, let's go back and drive slowly." Li Wanqing said.
After the brother and sister walked away, Li Wanqing put the remaining half of the mutton into the space, and Gu Yan took the fox skin to dry.
"Gu Xiang said today that Gu Bei came back yesterday to borrow money from your mother, saying that he wanted to pay off his brother-in-law's gambling debts. Did you know that?" Li Wanqing watched Gu Yan fix the fox skin to the wall.
"I heard from Gu Chuan that Gu Bei is a selfish villain. I don't know why he wants to pay off his brother-in-law's gambling debts, but I think he must have other motives.
Otherwise, no matter how much he loved his brother-in-law, he wouldn't spend so much money to fill this hole," Gu Yan said.
“There’s a hole in Gu Bei’s head, and not only Gu Bei, but your mother is the same.
Maybe it’s because Gu Bei has been close to his mother since he was a child, I feel that they are alike.
They're all selfish and stupid. I don't know what your mother was thinking. How could she give Gu Bei the money for the fourth son's marriage to pay off his brother-in-law's debt?
If this was a debt owed by Gu Bei himself, and your mother felt sorry for her son, it would be understandable.
The problem was that the debtor was her son's brother-in-law, who had nothing to do with her. How could she have taken the money out? No one in their right mind would do such a thing." Li Wanqing was puzzled.
"Humph, as long as it's about Gu Bei, she cares deeply about it. If she doesn't confront Gu Bei, Zhang Dahua will still be a normal mother to Gu Chuan and the others.
But as long as it is related to Gu Bei, even her beloved youngest son Gu Chuan will have to retreat one step back.
Just wait and see, there will be more trouble in the future. Even though she is disappointed with Gu Bei now, if Gu Bei comes back tomorrow and coaxes her a few words, she will forget everything. "Gu Yan knew Zhang Dahua very well.
"I think if your mother continues like this, she'll be deserted by everyone. You don't even have to tell me that I have no feelings for her at all.
Today I saw that the fourth brother was also very dissatisfied with your mother. Even if the eldest brother is fine now, who knows if your mother will suddenly faint in the future and do something to the eldest brother?
"I just feel that your mother is so partial to Gu Bei that she is willing to offend her other sons for him, but is Gu Bei really reliable?" Li Wanqing said.
"Gu Bei is reliable? Impossible. When there's something beneficial, Gu Bei runs faster than anyone else.
When it comes time to take responsibility, Gu Bei always backs off. He's been like that since he was a kid, but his mother just doesn't understand." Gu Yan's lips curled up in sarcasm.
"That was her own fault, she can't blame anyone else.
However, her story still serves as a reminder to me that when we have children in the future, we must remember not to be partial.
We must treat them equally, whether they are sons or daughters. "Li Wanqing said solemnly.
"Of course. I won't let my children go through the same suffering that I've gone through myself." Gu Yan himself suffered a lot of grievances because of this, and he will definitely not be partial when he becomes a parent in the future.
But he thought that in the future there would be several children like him or his wife surrounding them and calling them daddy and mommy.
Gu Yan felt that such days were particularly beautiful, and suddenly thought that it would be nice to have a few children.
Since you want it, then take action. It's getting dark now, so it's a good time to give birth.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Li Wanqing exclaimed in a low voice.
"What are you talking about? Didn't you say you wouldn't be partial in the future? How can you be partial if you don't have a child? Let's go and have a baby now..." Gu Yan whispered in her ear.
The night was still long, and they had plenty of time to discuss the issue of having children.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and tomorrow is Gu Chuan's wedding day.
Because he promised to add a few dishes to Gu Chuan's wedding, Gu Chuan sent the washed pig offal over today.
"Third sister-in-law, I have washed the pig offal. Where should I put it?" Gu Chuan put down the backpack.
"Put it in the kitchen. Have you cleaned up the house yet? Now we're neighbors. You can come visit whenever you have time."
Li Wanqing only found out yesterday that the cave chosen by Gu Chuan was at the foot of the mountain opposite them.
Gu Chuan’s cave can be seen from their doorstep.
Although it looks close, it actually takes half an hour to walk there.
But this is already a very close distance in the mountains.
"Well, my wife and I will have to trouble Third Sister-in-law from now on. Please don't think we are troublesome." Gu Chuan said happily.
He chose this place on purpose because he wanted to be close to his third brother and visit him often in the future.
He had his eyes on this cave a long time ago. It had a good location and was close to his third brother's house. The cave wasn't very big, but it was enough for the two of them to live in for the time being.
He also followed his third brother's example and built a wooden house at the entrance of the cave as a kitchen.
The cave was also cleaned up in the same way as my third brother's house. It turned out really well after being cleaned up like this.
Although it is a cave, it is no different from a stone house.
"Come on. There's nothing to do in the middle of winter. It's a good time to talk and avoid being bored." Li Wanqing also wanted to have someone to chat with when she had nothing to do.
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