Chapter 5 Sister-in-law is Reborn (Part 4)
Li Xiuniang felt that she was split into two parts——
Reason told her to stay away from the Gu family and would rather starve to death than have anything to do with the Zhao family.
But my body's instinct was screaming: I'm hungry! I'm so hungry! I want to eat! I, I don't want to die.
Pinching her palms hard, she desperately told herself not to beg her enemy.
However, her body reacted faster than her brain.
Plop! Li Xiuniang and several other little girls who were also dizzy and hungry rushed to the woman holding the baby girl.
He knelt heavily on the ground with his knees, knocking his forehead against the ground: "Buy me, auntie, please, just buy me!"
"I, I can work! I don't eat much, and I can endure hardship! Just give me a bite to eat!"
"Auntie, I have my period. I, I can have a baby!"
"And me, I, I don't want anything, just give me something to eat!"
Several little girls shouted loudly with all their strength.
Their eyes were full of pleading, just to grasp the only glimmer of hope for survival.
Li Xiuniang was also among them, and she still retained a trace of hatred from her previous life.
She knelt down instinctively, but she couldn't utter the words to beg.
"Hey, stop grabbing! What are you grabbing for? I, I didn't say I wanted to buy it."
Zhao is over 30 years old this year. Some women of her age have become grandmothers.
But last year, she gave birth to a baby girl.
When my daughter was just born, she was so cute.
The key point is that my daughter is blessed. She saved the lives of the whole family when she was still in her mother's womb.
That was when she was seven or eight months pregnant. She was fine in the morning, but by noon, the baby in her belly started to make a fuss.
Zhao was kicked in the stomach and turned over. She couldn't bear it any more.
Her husband, Gu Dahai, was a little worried. "The child is making such a fuss. Is he going to come out? Or is he feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Gu Dahai was also very concerned about this child who arrived suddenly.
He is a few years older than Zhao and is already over 40.
In ancient times when life expectancy was low, forty years old was the age at which one could call oneself an "old man" and an "elderly person".
Especially for those farmers, they don’t live as luxuriously as the nobles, so they look particularly old.
But at this age, he can still make his wife pregnant, which is enough to prove that he is not old yet.
Men of similar age to him teased him but were secretly envious.
Gu Dahai was very proud.
Therefore, he attached great importance to this child.
Seeing his wife in such a state of distress, the usually frugal Gu Dahai took the initiative to suggest, "Why don't we go to the town's clinic?"
Although Zhao felt sorry for the money, she was the one who would suffer, so she agreed.
The two sons were also sensible. They hurried to help their father pack up the donkey cart, and then helped Zhao get on the donkey cart.
The family of four left home in a hurry.
As soon as they left, wild boars from the mountains broke into the village.
The Gu family is right at the foot of the mountain, at the outermost edge of the village.
The wild boar rushed to Gu's house first and knocked down the adobe wall.
When the family returned from the town, they heard crying from afar before they even entered the village.
The wild boar killed a child and crippled a young man.
And these two families are neighbors of the Gu family.
When Gu Dahai and Zhao heard their neighbors crying, they turned pale with fright.
Looking at the collapsed courtyard wall, they were even more frightened: Fortunately, they were not at home, otherwise, they would be the children killed by the fangs or the people whose legs would be broken!
Especially Zhao, she is pregnant.
Others can run, can she? Even if she can run, if she falls, it will be a double death.
"Dad, thanks to the baby in my belly. If it weren't for her, our family would have been in great trouble!"
Zhao, who was still in shock, thought extremely quickly and immediately thought of the "hero" who helped her family escape the disaster.
"Yes! Yes, yes! Thanks to this child!"
If the child hadn't been making a fuss, Zhao wouldn't have cried out in pain.
If she hadn't cried out, Gu Dahai wouldn't have worried about taking her to the clinic.
If the family didn't go to the clinic and stayed at home, then -
Looking at the neighbor's child who died tragically and then at the man with a broken leg, Gu Dahai and his wife felt extremely fortunate.
Even the brothers Gu Feng and Gu Rao nodded repeatedly.
In this way, before being born, the baby in the belly became the hero and lucky star of the Gu family.
More than a month later, the little guy was born. He was fair and clean, with incredibly delicate eyebrows and eyes.
"Is this my daughter? Why does she look so much like the golden boy and jade girl under the seat of Guanyin?"
Logically speaking, a tiny baby cannot tell what is beautiful or ugly.
However, the daughter born to Zhao was so beautiful that everyone who saw her could not help but admire her: She was so fair and beautiful, could she be the reincarnation of a fairy from heaven? Not to mention their small Gujia Village, even if you look at the entire county, you probably can't find such a beautiful child.
The Gu family had always valued her as an "old girl" and now that she had saved their life and given birth to a beautiful child, the whole family held her in their hands and cherished her like a baby.
For example, at this moment, if it were any other child "playing tricks" with his mother and saying he wanted to buy a girl or something, the mother would definitely raise her hand and slap the child on the butt twice.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
As for the little girl of the Gu family, Gu Qingcheng, not only did she not attract any punishment from Zhao, but Zhao did not even say a harsh word to her.
Zhao's slightly harsh face even had a loving smile on it, and she coaxed him softly, "My dear, let's not watch this. Mother will buy you some candy."
"Candy! I want some!"
Gu Qingcheng, who just turned one year old, has a fair face, delicate features, thick eyebrows and black hair.
There is a vague shadow of Zhao in her eyes and eyebrows, but she is more than ten times more beautiful than her.
Mrs. Zhao was very proud of her daughter. Her daughter looked like her, but was also pretty, not like a farm girl. Instead, she was more noble than the ladies in the city.
When the little kid heard about candy, his attention was diverted. He clapped his chubby pink paws and said, "I want candy!"
Buying a maid or something like that has been thrown aside by her.
Seeing this, the thin girls kneeling in front of Zhao all showed despair in their eyes.
Their last bit of life was also cut off!
Li Xiuniang couldn't say how she felt. She should be happy that she was not involved with the Gu family.
But, but she is really hungry.
Her stomach was burning and she felt anxious and desperate. The extreme hunger had devoured her sanity, the resentment from her past life, and her dignity and bottom line as a human being.
She grabbed Zhao's skirt and said, "Aunt! Please, buy me. I can be your child bride."
Zhao was stunned for a moment. Child bride? Yes, the last two years have been bad, and there are many taxes and levies.
Her eldest son, Gu Feng, is fourteen years old this year and it is time for him to get married.
The girls around here asked for two cents of silver as betrothal gift.
Her family does have some savings, but they can't all be given as a betrothal gift.
Her little darling also wants to eat fine grains and eggs, wear fine cotton clothes, and the money must be saved for her.
Otherwise, give her a few kilograms of coarse grains and exchange her for a refugee girl? If she is capable and honest, she can stay at home.
If it doesn't work out, you can just sell it.
While Zhao was clacking away on her abacus, the other girls were also inspired and gathered around her, shouting:
"Auntie! I can do it too! I have my period, I, I can have a baby!"
"Aunt, I can work and I am obedient! Choose me!"
Several people were trying desperately to promote themselves, not wanting to miss this only opportunity.
It was Li Xiuniang who had the memory of her previous life. She suddenly remembered something and shouted at the baby in Zhao's arms, "My dear, choose me. I will play with you and I will serve you!"
Hearing the voice, Gu Qingcheng, who was muttering "sugar" in her mouth, noticed Li Xiuniang.
But the other girls also reacted quickly and they all shouted at Gu Qingcheng.
Some even made faces on purpose to make Gu Qingcheng happy.
Gu Qingcheng was indeed amused, and her pretty eyebrows and eyes were curved with laughter.
When Zhao saw her precious daughter was happy, she also smiled.
After Gu Qingcheng finished laughing, her big watery eyes swept across the faces of the girls one by one.
All the girls whose eyes touched her couldn't help but hold their breath.
They knew that their survival depended on this little baby with only a few teeth.
Li Xiuniang clenched her fists and gave a flattering smile to the vicious sister-in-law whom she once resented.
Perhaps it was her stiff smile that made her dark and thin face look a little strange, and Gu Qingcheng's gaze actually stayed on her.
Then, Li Xiuniang heard the heavenly voice she had longed for: "Mother, I want her!"
(End of this chapter)
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