Lu Huaijiao pouted and slapped his shoulder in dissatisfaction.
"What nonsense are you spouting in front of your grandparents and ancestors?"
Although she didn't think there was anything wrong with calling someone "ancestor," that was used in other places, not in front of her actual ancestors!
What if the ancestors hear this and stop protecting him?
Lu Huaijiao sounded very nervous.
Gu Changzheng laughed instead.
I never expected that his fearless wife would be so superstitious.
"Grandpa and Grandma can't hear."
"Who said that?"
"Okay, so even if Grandpa and Grandma hear it, they'll just think their grandson is good to his wife, right?" Gu Changzheng compromised.
Lu Huaijiao pouted.
"No matter how good she is, I won't call my wife 'ancestor'."
She muttered softly.
Gu Changzheng burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Alright, so that's the little ancestor? Let's go, little ancestor, let's go down the mountain."
"You... never learn your lesson?"
Lu Huaijiao glared at Gu Changzheng with annoyance, pinched his ear, turned around and prayed to the ancestors of the Gu family behind her, asking them not to listen to the words of this unfilial descendant, Gu Changzheng.
The "little ancestor" he referred to was not at all disrespectful to the real ancestors.
Gu Changzheng's thin lips curved into a slight smile, which lingered on his face. He carried the graves of his ancestors and his little ancestor on his back, step by step, down the mountain and headed towards the distant village.
The snow on the way down the mountain had been trampled and mixed with the yellow mud. If someone with an unstable footing, like Lu Huaijiao, were to fall down the mountain, it would be very easy for them to fall.
Fortunately, Gu Changzheng's lower body was stable enough that every step he took was as steady as a small mountain, so there was no need to worry about slipping.
Lu Huaijiao leaned against his back and reached out to grab the bamboo basket hanging around his neck.
"No need, my husband can hang it up. The bamboo basket is cold, it'll freeze his hands."
Lu Huaijiao's period wasn't over yet, and Gu Changzheng didn't want her to touch anything cold.
"It looks ugly hanging like that."
Lu Huaijiao was a little disgusted.
Gu Changzheng chuckled.
"Don't look, just close your eyes. You'll be fine after a while."
"Closing your eyes doesn't mean it doesn't exist," Lu Huaijiao retorted in a low voice.
This person's main characteristic is rebellion.
However, despite saying it, she didn't actually reach out to take it.
During her period, her hands and feet would get cold, and her stomach would hurt a lot. She was afraid of the pain, so she could only make Gu Changzheng suffer a little.
"When we get home, I'll ask Mom to give you an extra chicken leg."
Even if no actual action is taken, verbal praise is still necessary.
Gu Changzheng clicked his tongue.
"I don't like chicken legs, and I don't need Mom to give me a reward. Honey, you can just do it."
Lu Huaijiao: ...
I can't talk to him normally anymore.
She looked around, and as she looked, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Gu Changzheng, Gu Changzheng, look over there, doesn't the snow over there look like a person?"
Lu Huaijiao patted Gu Changzheng on the shoulder, gesturing for him to look to the right.
Gu Changzheng looked up and glanced around. Not far to his right, next to a small mound, there really did look like a human figure.
Not far in front of them were some villagers who looked over after hearing Lu Huaijiao's voice. Some of the bolder ones even ran over.
As the person got closer, he suddenly cried out.
"He really is a person."
He shouted loudly, then looked ahead again in fear, and suddenly exclaimed, "Changzheng, this looks like your crazy second sister-in-law!"
"??"
Gu Changzheng raised his head.
Lu Huaijiao had the same question.
"Miao Yuan? Is she still alive?"
She got off Gu Changzheng's back, wanting him to go and take a look.
Miao Yuan's life or death is none of their business, but if Miao Yuan really were dead during the Lunar New Year, He Meizhu would definitely be upset.
Lu Huaijiao didn't want her mother to be sad because her mother was very good to them.
Before Gu Changzheng could move, the person who went to check spoke up again.
"It's dead. It's been dead for a long time. Can't you see it's frozen solid like an ice cube? What a tragedy! It's the Lunar New Year, Changqing is such bad luck!"
Not only was Gu Changqing unlucky, but everyone they encountered also felt a bit unlucky.
Gu Changzheng frowned and asked a few of them to keep an eye on things nearby. He would first take Lu Huaijiao home and then go tell Gu Changqing about it.
Regardless of their brotherly relationship, respect for the dead is paramount. Since he had encountered them, there was no reason for him not to pass on a message for Gu Changqing.
The villager who was asked to do so nodded.
"Go ahead, go ahead, we'll be watching from here."
We're all from the same village, so as long as we're not mortal enemies, we'll help each other out when there's a wedding or funeral.
After the villagers said that, Gu Changzheng carried Lu Huaijiao on his back and walked quickly down the mountain.
Just as they reached the end of the village, they encountered Gu Changqing, who was also going up the mountain to worship his ancestors.
Lu Huaijiao patted Gu Changzheng on the shoulder, telling him to put her down.
"Tell your second brother that I'm going home first."
"good."
Now that someone has died, Gu Changzheng has to stay and help out, both morally and logically.
After Lu Huaijiao walked away, Gu Changzheng told Gu Changqing that he had seen Miao Yuan frozen stiff.
Gu Changqing responded with an "oh," without much of a reaction.
Gu Changzheng didn't say anything.
The two walked back to where they had started. A dozen or so villagers had gathered around Miao Yuan's body. When Gu Changqing saw them, his face, which had just been cold, suddenly turned incredibly sorrowful.
The person burst into tears.
"Yuanyuan, what's going on? It's the New Year, why are you sleeping here instead of going home? Get up!"
Gu Changqing walked forward, crying and staggering.
That was truly heartbreaking.
Gu Changzheng stood still, arms crossed, coldly watching Gu Changqing's performance.
"What's wrong with the second brother?"
A voice sounded beside him. Gu Changzheng looked to the side and saw Gu Xiangdong carrying a basket, walking up from behind.
He had just seen Gu Changqing's indifferent expression when Gu Changzheng told him about Miao Yuan's death. He was still thinking that Gu Changqing's behavior wouldn't do; even if it was just for show, he should at least appear more grief-stricken.
Before the thought had even settled in his mind, Gu Changqing had already shown a deeply sorrowful expression.
The changes were so rapid that Gu Xiangdong was caught off guard.
Gu Changzheng scoffed.
"It's nothing. It's just that I'm too lazy to even pretend in front of people who know his true colors." When I encounter people in the village who don't know his true colors, I have to put on an act at least a little.
After all, people still have a sense of shame, don't they?
Gu Xiangdong frowned deeply.
"When did the second child become like this?"
He was Gu Changzheng's cousin, and these younger cousins had all watched him grow up.
I never imagined that my personality would become so strange as I grew up.
Gu Changzheng smiled.
"Brother, you just haven't seen it clearly all along."
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