Chapter 201: Embarrassment
The mountains of gifts sparkled with alluring light under the sunlight, dazzling the eyes.
The villagers gathered around the gifts in groups of three or four, full of curiosity and amazement.
The villagers had no idea of the exquisite porcelain and beautiful pastries. Having lived on this land for generations, they had never encountered such exquisite objects and had no idea of their true value. But the sight of a hundred dan of grain truly astonished them.
I saw the hundred loads of grain neatly stacked in a corner of the yard, and bags of white rice glowing softly in the sun.
You have to know that a pound of rice costs five cents, and an adult man can only earn enough money to buy two pounds of rice after working hard in the fields for a day.
But this guy named Zhang Sheng would give out a hundred loads at a time.
Everyone kept muttering, "One hundred loads! That's one hundred loads!" Their voices were filled with disbelief.
Zhang Sheng stood aside and was a little surprised when he saw everyone's reactions.
He had originally thought that Master Gu had to support so many people for free, and his daily food expenses were astronomical. Since his family happened to be in the grain business, he thought of sending some grain to Master Gu, which would both express his gratitude and actually reduce his burden, a win-win situation.
He never expected that his seemingly ordinary gift would successfully overshadow the porcelain, calligraphy and paintings carefully selected by others.
At this moment, a shy smile appeared on his face, and he thought to himself: It seems that this gift is the right one.
Gu Jiayue stood in the middle of the yard, looking at the mountain of things in front of her, her brows slightly furrowed.
There were so many gifts that she didn't know what to do with them.
"Master, these are all our gifts, please accept them." Yin Siqi walked forward with a sincere face and respectfully presented the gift list with both hands.
Gu Jiayue looked at Yin Siqi, and the words of refusal were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't say them.
Today was a good day, the courtyard was decorated with lights and filled with laughter. If she didn't accept these gifts, it would really be embarrassing for these students.
She sighed softly in her heart, forget it, just accept it, at worst she can be stricter with them later, and she must make sure that every one of them can pass the exam and become a scholar this year!
While Gu Jiayue secretly made up her mind, she arranged for people to move these things in in an orderly manner, and at the same time warmly welcomed Yin Siqi and others into the house.
Several teachers from the school were sitting under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard. The sunlight shone through the gaps between the ginkgo leaves, casting mottled light and shadows.
Yin Siqi looked at the people under the tree, and a sense of resistance suddenly surged in his heart. He glanced at his companions, his eyes revealing a hint of hesitation. But since he was already here, it would be impolite not to visit the teacher.
In desperation, everyone could only bite the bullet and walk towards the teachers.
Jiang Luli was sitting under a tree. When he saw these young people who were more capable than him, he suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart.
His face turned gloomy, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Okay, okay, they actually discussed giving such a big gift on their own without informing him?
His hand hidden in his sleeve unconsciously rubbed the carefully carved seal, and he always felt that it was not good enough to just give such a seal as a gift.
Su Yichen and Yin Siqi looked at each other. They were both sharp-minded people and immediately noticed that Jiang Shanchang was in a bad mood.
They were already nervous about meeting the Master, and now they were even more uneasy.
Their bodies trembled slightly, and their eyes were filled with tension and anxiety.
"There's not much time left until next year's college entrance examination, so you should focus on your studies." Jiang Luli's voice came out coldly, as if with a hint of chill, "Don't go for this meaningless limelight!" There was a hint of severity in his eyes, staring straight at Yin Siqi and others.
"Yes." Yin Siqi and others lowered their heads and answered in a low voice.
It was natural for a teacher to teach his students. What could they do? They could only listen obediently. Although they felt a little aggrieved, they also understood that the teacher's words were for their own good.
"Well, time is money, and every moment should not be wasted. Now that you are here, find a place to sit. I was just discussing the severe drought in Suzhou with Principal Min. You can also listen and express your opinions." Jiang Luli's tone softened a little, and he pointed to the open space next to him.
The students who originally just wanted to come and pay their respects to the teacher and then go out to play suddenly lost all interest after hearing this.
Gu Yuhe just said that they were going to the mountains to hunt birds. That would be such an interesting thing, and they also wanted to go.
"What? You don't want to accompany us?" Jiang Luli saw their expressions, frowned slightly, and asked again.
Yin Siqi quickly reacted, forced a smile on his face, and said, "Yes, yes, Master. Please wait a moment, we will go and move the stool over."
How could they dare to say no? That would simply be asking for trouble.
Yin Siqi and a few other students hurried over to fetch stools, and soon everyone was seated around the ginkgo tree. They tried to concentrate, listening to Principals Min and Jiang discuss national affairs and the severe drought in Suzhou, but their minds had already wandered elsewhere.
A serious academic discussion was going on here, but outside it seemed like a boiling pot.
Aunt Zhang, who was in charge of cooking, stood by the stove, looking at the big hole that suddenly appeared in the basin, her face full of confusion.
She remembered clearly that she had covered the pot of meat tightly with bamboo strips. How come there was a big hole now?
"This must have been stolen!" Another aunt leaned close to Aunt Zhang's ear and whispered.
Aunt Zhang spat and her face turned very ugly in an instant. She cursed angrily: "Who is this wicked and unlucky guy who did such a shameless thing? He actually stole the meat from other people's homes? Isn't he afraid of being stuffed to death?" Her eyes seemed to be spewing fire, she put her hands on her hips, and stomped her feet in anger.
"That's right, he is so shameless that he secretly eats so much, and he is not afraid of getting diarrhea!" The aunt next to him echoed.
This meat is used to make braised pork belly, so they steam it until it is half-cooked. Eating one or two pieces of this kind of meat may be fine, but eating too much will cause diarrhea.
The other aunt's eyes rolled, as if she had thought of a good idea, and she whispered a few words to the others.
Aunt Zhang's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said excitedly, "What a good idea!"
Then, she waved to her husband, put her mouth close to his ear, and whispered, "We found that someone had stolen a lot of meat. Go and call a few people now, and have them pay attention to the toilet and see who keeps running to the toilet!"
When Aunt Zhang's husband heard this, he was shocked. He was shocked. How dare someone steal meat? And steal so much. How could this be tolerated?
Gu Jiayue is the person that the whole village is grateful to. Who is so heartless as to do such a thing?
His face instantly turned gloomy, and he said loudly: "Okay, we still have to tell the village chief about this."
Humph, don't let me catch who it is! Otherwise I'll definitely chop off his disobedient hand!
The man turned around angrily and went to find the village chief. Aunt Zhang didn't take it to heart, but turned around and continued to busy herself with making dinner.
"There's not enough meat, so add more salt and vegetables." Aunt Zhang said helplessly.
Salted vegetables are a delicacy unique to Annan County. They're made by shredding a plant called kohlrabi and rubbing it with salt. They're delicious whether served cold or stir-fried. However, they're best when combined with meat to make braised pork belly.
"This is the only way." The other aunts nodded in agreement.
While working, everyone was speculating on who had done such a wicked thing.
In the backyard of the Gu family, Sun Laihu was holding his stomach, his face as pale as paper due to the pain.
His forehead was covered with beads of sweat and his body was shaking constantly.
He ate the most meat. In order to grab more, he didn't even have time to chew the meat that was already put into his mouth before hurriedly stuffing new meat into his mouth, swallowing it whole.
"Boss, what happened to you?" Gu Dongxue searched for a long time and finally found Sun Laihu. She happened to see him rolling on the ground with a pale face. An anxious look appeared on her face, and she hurried over to ask.
"Hiss, my stomach hurts so much. It must be because the meat I just ate was not clean." Sun Laihu said with difficulty, gritting his teeth.
"What?" Gu Dongxue was immediately anxious upon hearing this. Her eyes widened and she said angrily, "How dare they give you unclean meat? I'm going to go and ask them for an explanation."
As she said this, she turned and walked out.
Sun Laihu quickly grabbed Gu Dongxue and said weakly, "Silly woman, if you say that, won't you be telling others that I stole the meat?"
There was a sly look in his eyes. "I'm going to the bathroom first. I'll say I have a stomachache when we have dinner. They'll have to pay a lot of money by then!"
After hearing this, Gu Dongxue's face immediately lit up with joy and she praised him, "The boss is really smart."
Sun Laihu picked up two leaves at random and hurried into the toilet, holding his stomach.
But he really ate too much, not only did he have diarrhea, but he also couldn't stop vomiting.
After going back and forth twice, I was exhausted.
After hearing what the man said, the village chief immediately asked a few people to watch the toilet.
So after Sun Laihu ran away twice in a short period of time, the village chief and others already knew the truth of the matter.
But when they saw that this man was the eldest brother-in-law of the Gu family, they were a little confused for a moment. "Village chief, what... should we do?" A villager looked at the village chief and asked cautiously.
The village chief was also feeling a headache. If this had happened to someone else in the village, she, as the village chief, could have made him apologize and compensate. But now it was the son-in-law of the Gu family who did this. After all, they were family.
"How about we go and tell Mr. Gu?" another villager suggested.
"Okay, Gu San, go tell this to Mr. Gu. See if he wants to pursue it." The village chief nodded and said.
While they were discussing, Sun Laihu suddenly collapsed. "Ouch, village chief, hurry! He's fainted!" a villager shouted. Everyone rushed over.
Just as he was about to help, he saw Sun Laihu fainted in his own vomit. In the vomited dirt, there was still a lot of undigested meat...
Everyone was so disgusted that they couldn't bring themselves to pull him away for a moment.
Just as they were hesitating, Grandpa Gu came over with his uncles.
After seeing this, what is still unclear?
Grandpa Gu snorted, his face looking very ugly, and asked his two sons to pull the man back to the room.
When Grandma Gu saw this, she quickly stood up and asked in surprise, "Oh, what happened?"
Along the way, Sun Laihu vomited twice, making the Gu family's new yard dirty and smelly.
"I don't know, second brother, go and ask Dr. Lin to come." Grandpa Gu's face was gloomy and he was unwilling to say more.
Grandma Gu didn't ask any more questions. The most important thing now was to ask Doctor Lin to come over.
Lin Yi was naturally in the Gu family's yard. When he heard someone calling him, he hurriedly followed his uncle to the room.
As soon as Lin Yi entered the room, he saw a pale man lying half-dead on the bed. He thought he was a terminally ill patient. He thought in his mind that if he died, he could ask his relatives to perform an autopsy on him.
But after taking his pulse, hey, he's not going to die from eating too much raw meat. "Don't worry, everyone. This big brother just ate too much meat, and his spleen and stomach are stagnant. He'll be fine after he vomits out the meat and has diarrhea. Then he can eat some stomach-nourishing food, and he'll be fine." Lin Yi put down his hand and said easily.
Everyone in the room was speechless.
Seeing him vomiting all over the yard and then fainting with a pale face, unable to be woken up, they thought the eldest son-in-law of the Gu family was dying. It turned out he ate too much meat.
"Oh, just now I heard Aunt Zhang and the others say that someone stole the half-cooked meat they were going to make braised pork. Could it be..." A villager said halfway and suddenly realized that he shouldn't say it.
But who among those present is a fool? He could guess it in just half a sentence.
Hey, the eldest son-in-law of the Gu family actually stole the meat from his father-in-law's house and even vomited it.
It's so embarrassing!
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