Chapter 92 Help Me
For the next two days, Gu Yan and Li Wanqing didn't go anywhere and just stayed in the cave to do their work.
Gu Yan made deerskin boots for Li Wanqing, and Li Wanqing made fur coats for herself and Gu Yan.
Li Wanqing's own was made of fox fur, and the one she gave to Gu Yan was made of bear fur.
Fox fur was easy to sew, as it wasn't that thick. Li Wanqing finished it in one day.
But Li Wanqing took great pains to make a fur coat for Gu Yan out of bear skin.
The main reason was that the bear skin was too thick and Li Wanqing was not strong enough, so it was very difficult to pull the needle out after it went in.
Later, Gu Yan couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the cut bear skin and sewed it himself.
"Gu Yan, husband, how come you are so amazing? You can even sew a leather coat?
I am so happy that my husband is so great and kind to me.
Not only can she sew fur coats, she also made me deerskin boots." Li Wanqing praised Gu Yan with her little mouth.
No one has ever praised Gu Yan like this in his entire life, and now he is so dizzy and confused that he doesn't know what to do.
"Wife, leave all these chores to me from now on. I'm really good at them.
I can also make cloaks. I think the tiger skin is nice. I'll make one for you when I have time." Gu Yan blushed at Li Wanqing's praise.
"There's no need for a tiger-skin cloak. This fox-skin coat is fine for me when I go out.
You should keep the tiger skin, but if you like, you can make one for yourself." Li Wanqing felt a chill in her heart when she thought of herself walking around wearing a tiger skin.
"I don't need it, I just have this bearskin coat.
I think the tiger skin should be given to you, my wife.
You are afraid of the cold, but unlike me, you are already used to this kind of weather.
This is your first year spending the winter in the mountains. It would be terrible if you get frostbite." Gu Yan was still trying hard to persuade Li Wanqing to agree.
"No, I don't like tiger skin cloaks. I won't wear them even if you make one." Li Wanqing refused firmly again.
"Okay, then tell me when you want to wear it and I'll make it for you." Gu Yan's tone was a little regretful that he couldn't make a tiger-skin cloak for his wife.
However, Gu Yan quickly cheered up. Since his wife didn't like tiger-skin cloaks, he could make her a rabbit-skin hat and gloves.
Gu Yan and Li Wanqing stayed at home, eating and drinking well every day, and when they had nothing to do, they made clothes and shoes for themselves and each other.
He had no idea that the Gu family was very lively now.
"Dad, I was wrong. Please help me again, one last time. Please help me one last time." Gu Bei and Li Yingdi, who was pregnant, knelt in front of Gu Chongshan and begged bitterly.
"Dad, for the sake of your unborn grandson, please help us. We really have no other choice, Dad." Li Yingdi held her big belly and burst into tears.
"Wake up, you remember me now? How come you didn't know I was your father when you had something good to offer?
Oh, by the way, you were a good son-in-law of the Li family at that time.
What? Something happened now? You knew to come to me? Why didn't you go to your good father-in-law?
Go away, don't kneel to me. I haven't paid back the money I borrowed from your second uncle to open this grocery store for you.
What did you tell me at the beginning? You said that as long as I helped you set up the grocery store, you could pay back the borrowed money yourself.
You paid the lion's share for Gu Chuan's marriage, but what happened? You made some money, but the benefits went to the Li family.
Not to mention paying for Gu Chuan's marriage, you didn't even pay back the money you borrowed. What? Now that something's happened, you remember me?
Humph, don't say I have no money. Even if I did, I wouldn't help you anymore." Gu Chongshan kicked Gu Bei angrily.
Gu Bei didn't dare to get up even after being kicked, and crawled back to where he was and knelt down: "Dad, I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again.
It's all Li Yingdi's fault. It was she who told her brother to work in the grocery store."
It turned out that ever since Gu Bei and Li Yingdi opened a grocery store in the town, Li Yingdi's family had been like a thorn in their side.
He would go to the grocery store from time to time to eat and take things away, and later he even sent Li Yingdi's younger brother there to collect the money.
If it were just like this, it wouldn't be a big deal. Even though Li Yingdi's family was sucking their blood, Gu Bei and the others could still live a decent life.
However, Gu Bei's brother-in-law was lured into gambling, and at the beginning he only made small bets. Even if there was less money on the counter, Gu Bei and the others didn't care.
But recently, he has been gambling more and more, not only losing all the spare change on the counter.
Even the money that Gu Bei had prepared for purchasing goods and the family savings were used for gambling by him.
This is because the shop is rented and they don’t have a title deed, otherwise he would have lost all the grocery store.
Even so, they couldn't survive in the town. One reason was that they had no money to buy goods. Another reason was that Li Yingdi's brother had borrowed money from a loan shark at the casino. Everyone knew that Gu Bei was his brother-in-law, so the casino people would often go to make trouble and ask them to pay back the money.
Li Yingdi's family was extremely poor and they definitely couldn't afford to pay back the money, so the casino people targeted Gu Bei.
The people in the casino had already made a firm statement yesterday. If they didn't pay back the money in three days, they would take Li Yingdi's brother's hand, and Gu Bei's grocery store would no longer be open.
So Gu Bei and Li Yingdi didn't care about the difficult road after the snow, nor did they care about Li Yingdi's pregnant belly, and went into the mountains early this morning to ask Gu Chongshan for help.
When Gu Bei saw that Gu Chongshan was determined not to help him, he turned to Zhang Dahua, who treated him better.
"Mom, please persuade Dad to help me. I really know I was wrong.
I was thinking that when I made money in the future, I would buy a small house in town and bring you and my father over.
This way, my dad won't have to risk his life hunting, and you, Mom, can enjoy a few days of peace and quiet. "Gu Bei knew how to control Zhang Dahua the best.
Zhang Dahua already loved him, and now her son said that he would take them to live together in their old age after he bought a house. How could she not be tempted?
"Second brother, it's not that Mommy doesn't want to help you, it's that our family is really out of money.
You also know that in order to open this grocery store for you, your father borrowed thirty taels of silver from your second uncle, and now the money has not been repaid yet.
Besides, Gu Chuan is engaged, and the wedding is scheduled for half a month later. My family really can't help you." Although Zhang Dahua felt sorry for Gu Bei, she also knew the current situation at home.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Li Yingdi immediately grasped the key point, which is that since Gu Chuan is going to get married, the betrothal gifts must be prepared.
But now Gu Chongshan was still sitting there staring at them hungrily, so she didn't dare to say anything.
Li Yingdi quietly tugged at Gu Bei's sleeve and winked at him. Then she pursed her lips to indicate that she had something to say.
Gu Bei nodded, indicating that he understood. Li Yingdi was a man of many ideas, and most of the family affairs were also Li Yingdi's ideas.
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