Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Poisonous Spider
It was noon, when the sun was at its hottest, and people were returning from the fields.
After a long morning of hard work, everyone was exhausted. No one spoke when they got home. Everyone took a sweet potato and ate it before going back inside to rest.
Yes, even if the poor farmers come back from a day’s work they still can’t afford to eat.
Because there are many people in the family and little land, and we have to pay taxes on the crops we grow, how can the remaining food be enough to last a year if we don’t save it?
Around the time of Shen, everyone got up on time, and Gu Bailu and Gu Zhixia brought out lunch.
It was porridge made from the leftover mung bean soup from lunch and corn flour, a bowl of pickles, a bowl of boiled pumpkin, and a plate of braised eggplant that Gu Jiayue had begged for repeatedly.
No one complained, and everyone even ate faster because of the braised eggplant.
Adults and children all ate quickly, then picked up their tools and prepared to go back to the field.
Only Gu Jiayue and the two little girls were left at home.
Gu Jiayue thought the two little girls would take a break and start playing, but Gu Zhixia and Gu Bailu immediately started washing clothes for the whole family.
The patched clothes were covered with mud and sweat, and it was difficult to wash them clean without applying force.
I saw Bai Lu brought out a basin of wood ash from the kitchen, poured it into the basin, and then put the clothes in it.
Although these two little girls are still young, they are very strong.
Press your hands on the washboard and wash to make a swishing sound.
Gu Jiayue wanted to help, so she walked up to pick up a piece of clothing and fiddled with it for a long time like they did, but the stains on the clothes remained the same.
Gu Zhixia watched for a while, not wanting to dampen the enthusiasm of her second sister. She found a smaller basin and poured a bucket of water beside it. "Second sister, come over here. After my fourth sister and I finish the first wash, you can wash the second."
Gu Jiayue was stunned for a moment, then said a little embarrassedly: "Okay."
Washing the clothes the second time was much easier. The stains had been washed away by the two sisters. She didn't need to exert any effort. She just had to shake the clothes a few more times to shake off the grass residue.
But she encountered another problem: she couldn't wring out the clothes!
The clothes she had wrung out continued to drip after she hung them up.
Gu Bailu glanced at her second sister and thought that she was too weak and couldn't even wring out her clothes. She was afraid that she would be disliked by her husband's family when she got married in the future.
Alas, she has to grow up quickly. At worst, when her second sister fails to wash clothes cleanly and is beaten and scolded by her in-laws, she can go up and support her second sister.
Gu Jiayue felt very embarrassed watching the two children helping her clean up the mess.
It seems that I need to practice more and do more work in the future. I should become stronger over time.
After washing the clothes, the two of them took out the embroidery thread and started embroidering!
Gu Jiayue was greatly shocked. She thought that her life was difficult when she was young, but she had never been so busy that she had no time to rest.
And they are only ten years old!
"Second sister, if you're hungry, call me. Grandma said before she left that she could boil you an egg to fill your stomach."
Gu Zhixia was dividing the lines while giving instructions to Gu Jiayue.
"What about you?"
Gu Zhigeng stopped what he was doing and said with a smile, "We are not hungry."
How could I not be hungry? Eating only one meal a day would be unbearable even for the gods.
It’s just a habit, and it makes your stomach smaller due to hunger!
No! Improving the Gu family’s diet is urgent.
But this cannot be accomplished overnight.
Besides, as the saying goes, "help in emergencies but not in poverty." If Gu Jiayue directly took out money to improve the food, what would happen if the whole family got used to it and no longer behaved honestly?
The Gu family, with three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, live together.
Gu Jiayue has no shortage of money, and it's not that she can't support such a large family.
But laziness is a bad habit of human beings, and many people often do not know how to cherish things that are easily obtained.
Now I feel happy if I can eat meat every day, but after a while I will want to eat chicken, duck, fish, and even abalone and lobster.
If Gu Jiayue can't provide them with money in the future, they will definitely have many complaints.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. We still have to find a way for them to make money on their own.
But before that, she had to complete the task assigned by the system.
Oh, where can I find a student who is willing to study?
"Come here!" Gu Jiayue was sitting under the eaves, sighing and watching Gu Zhixia and her sister embroidering. At this time, a seven-year-old child came from outside the house.
Isn’t this the original body’s youngest brother?
"What's wrong?" Gu Jiayue stood up and walked to the yard, and squatted down considerately to look the little one in the eye.
"Come closer." Gu Yuhe's two black eyes turned quickly, and he stretched out his little hand to greet the curious Gu Jiayue.
Who was Gu Jiayue? She was the smartest teacher in the entire school, and she could tell at a glance that this kid was up to no good.
She didn't expose him, but leaned forward obediently. Anyway, she had nothing to do, so she just wanted to play with the child.
Seeing Gu Jiayue approaching, Gu Yuhe suddenly pulled out a palm-sized spider from behind her and threw it at her. "I'm telling you, don't think you're great just because you have a few bucks. Wangshu is my only sister in my heart. You're just a scoundrel who's after wealth and fame!"
The spider landed on Gu Jiayue's back, and then continued to crawl up her neck, as if looking for a way home.
Unfortunately, this road was blocked, and the spider became irritated and opened its mouth to bite the animal mercilessly.
"ah!"
Gu Jiayue wasn't afraid of spiders, so when the spider was thrown at her, she didn't scream. Instead, she thought about catching the spider herself and scaring the kid.
But she didn't expect the spider to be so fast, and she was bitten before she could catch it.
"Oh oh oh...the bad woman was bitten by a spider!" The silly second brother who was following next to her jumped and danced, clapping his hands and shouting.
"Second brother, run quickly, the bad woman has been punished!" Gu Yuhe was frightened. He just wanted to scare this woman who suddenly appeared, let her get out of his house, and then exchange his second sister back.
But who knew that this spider would suddenly bite people?
But Ergou said that this kind of spider is not poisonous, and the bite will only hurt, so it shouldn't be a big deal, right?
After comforting himself, he pulled Gu Yuchuan, who was still grinning foolishly, and tried to run away.
Gu Jiayue had no time to care about them. She used her last bit of strength to grab the spider behind her and threw it to the ground.
This spider is large and brightly colored, and it is obviously a poisonous species.
"Hua Chao! Zhi Xia!" Gu Jiayue only had time to call out two names before she felt difficulty breathing and her vision blurred.
The two heard the shouting and ran out quickly. "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
"Second sister!"
"Quick, get me a basin of warm water. Zhixia, do you know where I can find some wine? Go get it for me!" Gu Jiayue took a deep breath, trying to sober herself up and appear calm.
There are children in the house. If I panic, they will be even more panicked.
"Zhixia, what's wrong with you?" Gu Huangtai in the room also heard the shouting and wanted to know anxiously what happened.
He was missing a leg and couldn't do much in the fields. Everyone had to take care of him, so they let him rest at home.
But how could someone who had toiled for half his life sit idle? He asked Li to bring a few bamboo sticks into the house when she left. He would weave some bamboo baskets inside and sell them at market time. Every penny he could get was a penny; it wasn't like he was eating for free.
While weaving bamboo baskets, he listened to his newly returned daughter chatting with her sisters, and he felt very motivated.
But suddenly he heard Jiayue's weak cry for help. He wanted to go out to check, but he couldn't find his crutches for a while.
"Dad, we're fine. We just bumped into something accidentally. It doesn't hurt anymore." Gu Jiayue pulled the corners of her mouth, endured the pain, and comforted Gu Huangtai who was unable to walk, fearing that he would get into trouble too.
Hua Chao quickly got some warm water and, following Gu Jiayue's instructions, used a ladle to rinse the wound.
Ke Zhixia searched the house thoroughly but couldn't find any wine. Then she ran out anxiously. "Second sister, no, there is no wine at home."
Gu Jiayue was almost unconscious at this point. "Hua Chao, give Zhixia some money and tell her to go find someone in the fields to buy some wine."
After saying this, Gu Jiayue completely lost consciousness.
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