Chapter 153 Do you dare to say that you are not partial?
Seeing that her sister-in-law Li Wanqing didn't respond, Zhao Cuifang tactfully changed the subject.
"Hey? Third sister-in-law, have you heard? Second brother and his family's shop can no longer operate." Zhao Cuifang moved a little closer to Li Wanqing.
"You don't know? When did it happen? How do you know?" Li Wanqing was surprised.
"Gu Chuan went to his parents' house last night, and happened to meet his second brother and sister-in-law there.
They were talking about this. Let me tell you, Third Sister-in-law, Gu Chuan came back and told me that my second brother was crying and making a fuss in front of our parents.
He doesn't want to come back unless his father-in-law finds a solution for him.
Gu Chuan said that sooner or later his parents would be upset by his anger, and this wasn't the first time this had happened. It had always been like this before." Zhao Cuifang said with a pout.
"Well, let him make whatever trouble he wants. We have separated, so it has nothing to do with us." Li Wanqing didn't care about it.
"Third sister-in-law, aren't you afraid that second brother and the others will come looking for you and third brother?
In our family, only you and Third Brother are well-off.” Zhao Cuifang's tone was somewhat gloating.
"Your third brother doesn't even recognize Gu Bei as his second brother, so why should I be afraid?
Besides, everything in our house is my dowry, and if I don’t agree to give it to others, no one can say anything.” Li Wanqing said calmly.
Zhao Cuifang was envious and jealous. The reason why Li Wanqing dared to say such things was because she was capable and could make money.
They all knew that the reason why Gu Yan and his friends lived so well was because Li Wanqing knew how to dig medicinal herbs.
She also wanted to be able to speak with her back straight, like Li Wanqing.
Unfortunately, Li Wanqing was too smooth and refused to teach her how to identify medicinal herbs no matter what she said.
But I still gained something today, at least I learned about Schisandra chinensis.
Zhao Cuifang stayed for a while until Gu Yan came back with two pheasants, then she left.
"Wife, let's eat the beggar's chicken you made last time today, okay?" Gu Bei washed his hands, came in and said while teasing the child.
"Sure, there's nothing wrong with that. Go and clean up the pheasant, and then add some mud." Li Wanqing agreed readily.
"I'll take care of it right away." There was hot water boiling on the stove, and Gu Yan used it to burn the chicken feathers.
"Cuifang just said that your second brother's shop is closed and your second brother and the others are back." Li Wanqing said.
"Humph, it's only a matter of time before a shop like Gu Bei's closes down.
Just wait and see, they'll cause more trouble in the future, his wife is not one to keep quiet." Gu Yan really didn't even look at Gu Bei.
"I'm afraid they will come looking for you again. It's easy to persuade others, but I'm afraid your dad will be persuaded by them." Li Wanqing said worriedly.
"So what if I persuade him? It's useless if I don't agree.
If not, let's pack up and go back. If we don't stay here, who else will they go after?" Gu Yan said.
"It will take two days for the herbs to be completely dried before we can go back.
Otherwise you will have to go through the same trouble when you get home.
Let’s put it this way. I think it will take two or three days for the herbs to dry, so you can go dig bamboo shoots these next two days.
This way, when they come, I can just tell them you're not home and save them the trouble.
It just so happens that we don’t have many bamboo shoots at home, and I was thinking of saving some to dry.” Li Wanqing thought for a moment and said.
"No, I can't let you deal with them by yourself. I have nothing to do at home. No matter what they do, I will ignore them anyway." Gu Yan said.
"That's fine, it's up to you, or we can both go dig bamboo shoots these two days.
The herbs have been prepared, and all that's left is to dry them. I don't have much to do at home, either." Li Wanqing suggested.
"That's fine. Let's go in the afternoon. You just stay by the side and I'll dig the bamboo shoots." Gu Yan nodded in agreement.
Thanks to Gu Yan and Li Wanqing's quick hiding, Gu Chongshan and Zhang Dahua actually brought Gu Bei with them in the afternoon.
"Dad, Mom, and the third brother are not at home. The door is locked." Gu Bei saw that the door of the cave and the door of the wooden house were both locked.
But Gu Chongshan had no time to care about this at the moment. He was checking the medicinal herbs drying at the door.
"Second brother, come and take a look. What are these? You have been running around in the mountains since you were a child. Do you recognize any of these?" Gu Chongshan had some ideas. If Gu Bei couldn't do business, it would be good if he could recognize a few medicinal herbs and then dig them up and sell them.
Gu Bei also knew that Gu Yan made money by digging medicinal herbs, and if possible, he would also like to dig them.
However, he looked at it from beginning to end and didn't recognize any of it. However, he had seen the small red fruits in the basket before.
"Dad, I've seen this. It's in the woods on the hill over there." Gu Bei said excitedly.
"Yes, I've seen this before, often when I'm hunting. I never thought it could be a medicinal herb?
"What else? What else did you see?" Gu Chongshan said after taking a closer look.
The other herbs were either sliced or steamed, so what could be seen now that they were scattered all over the place? Gu Chongshan's question was pointless.
"You can't tell anything else, but look at this white thing, is it thinly sliced?
And this, why does this look so much like a bug? Is this also a medicinal herb?
And this one, looks like dogtail grass..." Gu Bei looked at them one by one.
"Boss, can't we let the third son teach the eldest and second sons to recognize medicinal herbs?" Looking at the medicinal herbs on the ground, Zhang Dahua's heart itched again.
"Alas, the third brother doesn't know how to teach." Gu Chongshan sighed.
"The third brother is too selfish. After all, they are brothers. Isn't it his responsibility to help his brothers if he is doing well?
He's the only one who keeps holding grudges about things that happened in our childhood and won't teach me anything, no matter what." Zhang Dahua complained.
"Okay, what's the point of talking about this now? To be honest, we are the ones who are sorry to the third brother." Gu Chongshan said to Zhang Dahua.
"How have we wronged him? He has food and drink, and we even found him a wife.
Now he's blaming us. Lao Er is right, he's an ungrateful person," Zhang Dahua said angrily.
"Okay, you're getting more and more excited. Do you dare to say that you are not biased? Do you dare to say that when the third child was a child, you treated him the same as the eldest and second oldest children?" Gu Chongshan retorted.
Now Zhang Dahua was speechless. She was indeed biased, and she admitted it.
But isn't this the case with families with many children? Five fingers stretched out are not always even, let alone people?
She was just a little biased, so what? Was it necessary to hold a grudge against her until now?
The more Zhang Dahua thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and her eyes turned red.
However, Gu Chongshan and Gu Bei were busy identifying the medicinal herbs and no one noticed her.
The two people watched it from beginning to end, and except for Schisandra chinensis, they had never seen the others.
"Dad, what are these? They're either grass roots or tree barks? Are these really medicinal herbs?
Why does it look like a pile of weeds and leaves to me?" Gu Bei said dejectedly.
Gu Chongshan didn't say anything. He couldn't figure out what these medicinal herbs looked like.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com