Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Gu Changzong felt more at ease, he liked Hongguo so much...
As Jiang Hongguo guessed, Kong Laosan married into the mute girl's family and set up his own household.
The mute girl's parents left two jobs for her. The mute girl couldn't speak and it was inconvenient for her to take her parents' jobs, so they gave one to Kong Laosan and wanted to give the other to the family of her savior Meng Qingdai. Qingdai's family refused to take it, so the mute girl gestured to let the Kong family pay 600 yuan to Qingdai's parents, and the other job was given to the Kong family.
The eldest and second brothers of the Kong family had to pay the money to whoever they were given a job. The eldest brother's family couldn't afford it, so the second sister-in-law went back to her parents' home and negotiated with them. Her parents' home borrowed money and raised three hundred yuan. Aunt Wang sold her TV at a discount for three hundred yuan, making a total of six hundred yuan. The mute girl took the money to Meng Qingdai's parents' home and knelt at the door to beg them to accept it. The Meng family had no choice but to accept it.
The eldest sister-in-law of the Kong family cried and blamed Mr. Kong for his non-competitive character, which only brought suffering to his wife and children.
The eldest brother Kong was even more angry, because he couldn't stand his wife's pillow talk, so he agreed to her and moved to the new house where his brother's sister-in-law had just died. The villagers poked his spine and gossiped about him behind his back. Now, less than a hundred days have passed since his brother's sister-in-law died, and he wanted to rush to marry into the family during the mourning period. At least he could wait a few years. But his parents wanted to wait for three years if he didn't go through the mourning period. He couldn't wait for work, and they said Qingdai couldn't bear to see the third brother suffer, so she would definitely agree.
No matter what his family said, Kong Lao Da moved back to the old house in a hurry. He would rather squeeze in the old house with the second son's family than live in the new house and make his wife angry and go back to her parents' home. Fortunately, his son and daughter supported him and were willing to live back in the old house.
But Kong Laoer's wife didn't want to, and started to argue: "Brother, we've given you the new house, why are you squeezing in with us?"
Kong Lao Da would never live in the house earned by his deceased sister-in-law again: "When the family was divided, I was given one and a half rooms. If you are not happy, you can live in the new house."
The second son's wife was overjoyed and moved to the new house overnight, but Kong Laoer went to the county town overnight and rented a house for the time being.
After a few days of turmoil, the Kong family's matter was settled. Aunt Wang knew that the villagers would look down on her family. The mute girl happened to have no parents, so they wanted to take her in to take care of them. So she and Old Man Kong moved to the mute girl's house.
Kong Laosan was getting married in Rexiaoli. He was self-aware and didn't have the face to invite people from the village, so he held the wedding in the county town. However, the mute girl asked Aunt Wang to send an invitation to Jiang Hongguo.
Aunt Wang was too embarrassed to go back to the village for fear of being scolded, but her daughter-in-law begged her and both jobs were given to her family, so she had to come back.
"Hongguo, you have a connection with the mute girl, so just go and have a drink. It won't take much effort on your part."
Jiang Hongguo would not go. She had promised Changzong not to be friends with the mute girl. She couldn't go back on her word to Changzong for the sake of outsiders.
She was also a little angry that the mute girl escaped death and was going to enter the Kong family. Hongguo felt depressed just thinking about it.
Jiang Hongguo grabbed her collar and said gloomily, "No, I was frightened at the scene that day, and I will have nightmares if I revisit the place. Aunt Wang, I am not Qingdai's character, so it's useless for you to beg me."
Aunt Wang wanted to ask Aunt Liu to persuade Hongguo, but Aunt Liu didn't want to talk to Aunt Wang anymore. She couldn't help but say, "Meihua, Qingdai has been dead for less than two months, and you agreed to the third brother's remarriage. Qingdai is too pitiful."
Aunt Wang said, "It was all due to circumstances. It must have been Qingdai's blessing that after she died, the mute girl was allowed to accompany the third child."
Aunt Liu was jealous when she heard this. What good fortune did Wang Meihua's family have?
Jiang Hongguo still had nightmares in the middle of the night. As soon as she was restless, Changzong would wake up, wake her up, and kiss away her tears. Jiang Hongguo would hug him tightly. After a few nights, she finally stopped having nightmares and felt better. She made an appointment with Aunt Liu's family to go to the grain station to pay her grain tax.
To pay the public grain, people went to pull a cart. Uncle Yang pulled the cart, and Aunt Liu used a shoulder strap to pull the cart in the front. The couple worked together and pulled more grain. After paying the public grain, they sold the remaining grain.
It was the same as Hongguo's family. They pulled a full cart of grain. Hongguo was so tired halfway through that she couldn't even help pull the cart.
Gu Changzong called out to Uncle Yang to stop and rest, moved a few sacks of grain, made a seat similar to a sofa, and carried Jiang Hongguo up to rest.
Jiang Hongguo was too embarrassed. Even if she was seen by strangers along the way, she would be ashamed and panic: "No, I can still walk."
Gu Changzong refused to let her get off, and pulled up the cart and left: "I won't let you go, Guoguo, it's me who made you live in poverty, and you didn't complain, but you can't refuse me to take care of you."
Jiang Hongguo didn't dare to jump down. The grain bag was soft and comfortable for people to sit on.
She felt so happy in her heart that she didn't even dare to look at Aunt Liu's teasing gaze. She covered her face with a straw hat, closed her eyes, and leaned on the sack to rest.
The wobbly cart was quite comfortable for the people, but Changzong was tired, so she asked him to have a good rest when they got home, and she would prepare something delicious for him.
Aunt Liu looked at her with envy. She used to say that Qingdai and Kong Laosan were the most loving couple, but that was only on the surface. In reality, Kong Laosan was no match for how good Changzong was to Hongguo.
She said to her husband, "From this point of view, Hongguo and Changzong are the most suitable couple."
Uncle Yang said, "Hongguo's father was thoughtful and made the right choice in choosing Gu Zhiqing."
When they arrived at the grain station, they had to queue up. Kong Laosan took over the job of his wife's parents and started working at the grain station. When he saw people from the same village, he came over and said a few words to them.
The mute girl was gesturing over there, asking her father's old colleagues to help take care of Kong Lao San. When she saw Jiang Hongguo, she smiled at her and wanted to come over, but Jiang Hongguo turned her head away and stood behind Gu Changzong, and the mute girl did not come over.
After saying a few polite words, Kong Laosan saw that Uncle Yang and Aunt Liu didn't want to pay any attention to him, so he went back to the grain weighing table, touched the mute girl's hair affectionately, and smiled gently and sweetly.
Jiang Hongguo felt heartbroken and didn't want to look at it anymore. Gu Changzong asked her to sit under the shade of a tree for a while. Hongguo just wanted to be close to him, so she hugged his arm and put her head on his shoulder. Only then did she feel at ease.
Gu Changzong felt more at ease because he really liked Hongguo's reliance on him.
There was a dispute and noise in front, which affected the team behind. Aunt Liu went over to take a look and said that Kong Laosan wanted to show off and deliberately made things difficult for the farmers who came to pay their public grain, saying that the rice was not dry enough and asked them to take it back and come back after it was dried.
Each side insisted on their own opinion. The farmer refused to pull the animal back, and Kong Laosan refused to weigh it. Suddenly, there was a scream in front that someone had been killed. Aunt Liu ran back with weak legs and said that the farmer's stupid son took an iron fork at the side and stabbed Kong Laosan to death.
Aunt Liu's legs were shaking, and she had to be supported by Uncle Yang to stand steadily. She was a healthy person, but suddenly there were three holes in her chest, blood was gushing out, and she fell to the ground twitching and died. They were still talking a few minutes ago.
"Old Yang, we won't pay the public grain today. Let's go home. Changzong, go back quickly and don't let Hongguo scare you again."
Jiang Hongguo was indeed frightened. Kong Laosan was dead? What about the mute girl?
She wanted to go over and take a look, but Gu Changzong held her in his arms and brought her back. He whispered in her ear and explained without a trembling voice or a beating heart: "Guoguo, there's nothing to see. She got what she wanted. She won't be sad. You don't have to feel sorry for her."
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