Chapter 83: Aunt, what’s the matter?
Uncle Gu had a plan in mind, so he turned around and walked back.
As soon as I walked out of the courtyard gate, I saw Gu Jiayue and Hua Chao walking slowly from the east.
Uncle Gu, who had nearly lost his mind with anxiety, breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the two children still talking and laughing, he was furious for a moment.
When the two men approached, he didn't even give them a chance to call for help. He spoke first, "Where did you go? Why didn't you tell your family?"
When the family heard the noise, they all went out.
Surrounded by the whole family, Gu Jiayue was a little overwhelmed. She said weakly, "Well, we met the third grandfather. His grandson caught a cold and had a bad cough, so I asked Hu Zi to take him to the county clinic."
This...what's going on?
"What? You went to his house? Didn't he stop borrowing money from you?" Grandma Gu's voice suddenly rose. Then, as if remembering something, she glanced around and found no outsiders. After pulling Gu Jiayue's shoulders, she asked, "How much did you lend him?"
"My third grandfather didn't borrow money from me, but I saw that Uncle Xiaoan was coughing so badly. If he didn't get treatment quickly, he might not survive. So I asked Hu Zi to send him to the county town." Although she didn't know why Grandma Gu asked this, Gu Jiayue still answered honestly.
Grandma Gu stomped her feet fiercely and asked why her right eye was twitching all the time!
If your right eye twitches, it means you will lose money, right?
"Ah." At this point, Grandma Gu was speechless. She could only sigh and turn back.
Gu Jiayue was confused and pulled Li's mother's arm. "Mom, what's wrong with my milk?"
Mother Li patted the back of Gu Jiayue's hand soothingly. "It's okay. Your grandma is just worried about your money. Your third grandfather's family is in financial difficulty, and he's borrowed a lot of money from the villagers over the years. But his family is so old and young that they can't even pay it back. That's why everyone in the village is afraid of his family."
"Your grandma thinks you can never get the money back."
I see.
If you don’t want to come back, then don’t come back. You can’t just watch a child die in front of you, right?
As soon as Gu Jiayue entered the yard, her aunt came over stealthily. "Jiayue, Jiayue."
Looking at my aunt's expression, if you didn't know, you would think she was doing something shameful.
"What's wrong, aunt?" Gu Jiayue also imitated her aunt, lowering her head stealthily and asking in a low voice.
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you have hired enough workers?" The aunt-in-law felt a little embarrassed.
But she had no choice. Her family was poor. Her three older brothers and two younger brothers were idle at home with nothing to do.
Seeing Hu Zi's suggestion today that he could do as many jobs as he wanted, she got an idea. She wondered if she could also ask her brothers from her mother's family to do the work. Twenty wen a day, five brothers would make a hundred wen a day. And if all five brothers' wives came along, God, that would be two hundred wen a day.
They even provide meals, isn’t this pure profit?
As for sleeping? The tough farmers don't care about that. They can just chop down a few trees in the mountains and build a shack to live in.
It's so hot, you won't get sick, and it might even be more comfortable than staying at home.
So that's what it is?
In fact, it makes no difference to Gu Jiayue who the workers are. She insists on waiting until the busy farming season in Taohua Village is over before starting work. Isn't it because she wants to give the villagers of Taohua Village a chance to make money?
Since the villagers can give this opportunity, then relatives should give it even more. As long as they work hard, whoever they want can be used.
However. "Aunt, I have handed this matter over to Hu Zi and Big Brother. You can go ask them, but I think as long as the uncles can work hard, there will be no problem."
My aunt's face lit up with joy. "Of course! My brothers have been farmers for over a decade. They're very strong and I promise they'll do the job well for you!"
Jiayue asked her to ask Dashan, so isn’t that a done deal?
He is his uncle, how dare he disagree?
Oh, why hasn’t the mountain come back yet?
Gu Jiayue didn't know how anxious her aunt was, but after her aunt reminded her, Gu Jiayue remembered that she had been back for so long and had not yet visited her grandmother's family.
The gift prepared on the first day after returning was also sent by Li's mother.
Logically, Gu Jiayue should have gone with him to pay a visit, but Li's mother wouldn't let her.
On weekdays, I never hear Li's mother mention her parents' home.
Is it that my mother doesn’t get along with her family?
As she was thinking this, she saw Li's mother coming out of the kitchen carrying something. She hurried over. "Mom, I have something to tell you."
Mother Li put the things in her hands on the stove and asked, "What's the matter?"
Gu Jiayue whispered, "Now that the busy farming season is basically over, I figured my three uncles wouldn't have much to do, so why not have them come work? They make sixty cents a day, which is pretty good. If my aunts come, too, it would be even better."
Mother Li widened her eyes. She didn't expect Gu Jiayue to talk to her about this matter.
But she still felt warm in her heart. Although Jiayue was overly independent and autonomous, not very close to her and the head of the family, and usually didn't act like a spoiled child, she still thought about them in her heart.
"No, they probably won't come." Thinking of her own family, Li's mother's voice became much softer, and her inner helplessness became even more intense.
Her father did not agree with this marriage at the time, but Li's mother and Li's father fell in love with each other and were determined to marry him.
In the end, for the sake of his daughter's reputation, he had no choice but to compromise and agree to the marriage, but on the condition that they would never have any contact with each other.
Over the years, all the New Year gifts sent by Li's mother were thrown out during the holidays, and Li's mother was never allowed to enter the Li family's door.
Thinking of this, Mother Li felt a little guilty. "The gifts I prepared for them when you first came back were all thrown away. I was afraid you'd be sad to see them, so I bought them and exchanged them for silver to keep for you."
Gu Jiayue was stunned. She didn't expect that there would be such a thing between her mother and her family.
In this age of marriages being arranged by parents and matchmakers, isn't this kind of free love from my parents really too far ahead of their time? I truly admire them immensely.
She carefully looked at Li's mother's expression and was relieved when she found that she was not very sad.
That's right, it's been so many years now. No matter how sad it is, I've accepted it. "It's okay, there's no such thing as an overnight grudge between father and daughter. Grandpa will get over it."
After giving Li's mother a few dry words of comfort, Gu Jiayue left the kitchen because it was time for the afternoon class.
Early the next morning, the entire Taohua Village became bustling with activity.
The young and strong men in the village leaned on the tools at home, talking and laughing as they walked towards the foot of the South Mountain of Taohua Village.
"Hey, what do you think the little girl from the Gu family is going to build after buying so much land?"
Everyone was walking and chatting.
"What can be built? A big house. I heard that she plans to build a big house with five entrances and five exits."
"My God, how much money will that cost?"
"You only care about money. Don't you think the Gu family is lucky? When the yard is finished, the whole Gu family will move in, and they'll buy a few hundred acres of land to farm. Then they'll be landlords, and we won't be able to afford them."
When this person said this, everyone was shocked.
Yes, the Gu family is always different from them.
"No young man is so lucky to marry such a rich man."
"Anyway, it won't be your Er Gouzi, haha."
The villagers were talking and laughing, and no one noticed the five strong men not far away.
"Brother, is the person they are talking about my eldest sister's niece?" A boy in his early twenties asked the burly man walking in front in a daze.
The burly man was eight feet tall, with a muscular body and a full beard that added a certain ferocity to his appearance. The villagers passing by saw that they looked unfamiliar and approached to talk to them.
After chatting for a few sentences, I found out that these five people were my aunt's older brothers and younger brothers.
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