"Aunt Yang, I... I'm sorry to Taozi." Gu Yansong lowered his head, his voice choked with sobs.
This tall man's back was now even more hunched over.
"What's the use of saying sorry now? Do you know what kind of life my peaches have been living?"
She fell into the water and injured her health; she's been married for so many years, but still doesn't have a child.
"The Wang family..." Aunt Yang couldn't help but wipe away tears again when she talked about this.
Peach doesn't come back often, but every time she does, she looks haggard and lifeless, almost like a puppet on a string.
Every time Aunt Yang saw her like that, her heart ached.
This made them hate Gu Yansong and the Gu family even more.
They're the ones who ruined the peaches!
"I'm sorry." As the saying goes, a man doesn't easily shed tears, but at this moment, Gu Yansong's eyes were filled with tears, and he choked out the words.
"Gu Yansong, I'll beat you to death!" Aunt Yang cried, throwing herself at him and pounding Gu Yansong repeatedly.
"Enough, all you do is blame my brother."
Peach Sister's current situation is all your fault. If you hadn't forced her to go through the marriage exchange, she would be in this situation.
Will she become like she is today?
Ultimately, the reason my brother and Sister Peach are in this situation is all your doing.
"Do you think my older brother has it easy?" Gu Yanliu grabbed Aunt Yang's wrist and flung her off balance.
"No, Taozi's current situation is all Gu Yansong's fault, all the fault of your Gu family!" Aunt Yang sat down on the ground and shouted in a broken voice.
Gu Yanliu's words struck a chord with her deepest secret.
She couldn't accept this explanation, and for years she insisted on blaming the Gu family for the incident, which made her feel a little better.
"If you hadn't asked my grandfather for 500 yuan as a bride price, would my older brother and Sister Taozi have broken up?"
Gu Yanliu sneered and tore off the last fig leaf.
Su Nianxue also glanced at Aunt Yang with disdain. Five hundred yuan?
Just a few years ago, we still had a collective responsibility system!
Back then, a dowry of 100 yuan was considered a great gift.
She really dares to ask for such an exorbitant amount!
"If I don't ask for a bigger dowry, how will Gangzi find a wife?"
Where am I, a mere woman, supposed to earn money?
Ultimately, it's because your Gu family doesn't value Taozi; otherwise, why wouldn't you even spend five hundred yuan?
Aunt Yang wiped away her tears as she picked up mud from the ground and threw it at Gu Yansong.
"You make it sound so easy. Even if we sold our whole family, my grandfather couldn't scrape together five hundred yuan." Gu Yanliu had been putting up with her for a long time.
Aunt Yang's family usually ignores her, and she doesn't like her either!
She dared to bully her older brother again today; she wouldn't tolerate it.
"My peaches!" Aunt Yang cried, covering her face. Her voice was shrill and mournful.
Seeing her like that, Gu Yanliu lost interest in arguing with her anymore.
"Brother, sister-in-law, let's go. Don't pay any attention to this unreasonable old woman." Gu Yanliu glared at Aunt Yang on the ground and led them away.
At the foot of the mountain, Gu Yansong planned to go back.
"Yanliu, you can't be so domineering at home. You have to listen to your sister-in-law, understand?" Gu Yansong looked at his sister with a complicated expression.
The little girl who used to follow behind him has grown up and knows how to protect him now!
He felt both gratified and helpless.
"I'm usually very obedient at home, you can ask my sister-in-law if you don't believe me." Gu Yanliu said a little embarrassed.
Su Nianxue nodded, "Yes, Yanliu is fine, big brother, don't worry!"
"Sister-in-law, I'll be going now. You should go back too!"
"From now on, I'll be relying on you to take care of Yanliu and Grandpa!" Gu Yansong forced a smile and said goodbye to them.
"Brother, why don't you stay at home for the night before you leave?" Gu Yanliu said, trying to persuade him to stay, as it was getting late.
"No need, I have things to do at home. I'll come see you again when I have time!" Gu Yansong patted her scalp, turned around and strode away.
"Big brother, you have to come back often in the future." Gu Yanliu didn't cry when she was talking to Aunt Yang, but now, looking at Gu Yansong's back, she burst into tears.
"Okay, let's go back!" Gu Yansong's voice came from afar.
"Let's go back!" Su Nianxue sighed and pulled her back.
"Sister-in-law, actually, my brother isn't having a good time." Gu Yanliu seemed eager to confide in someone.
But Su Nian didn't know how to answer her.
She's only been with the family for three days and doesn't know anything about their affairs yet, so it's really not appropriate for her to make any rash comments.
Fortunately, Gu Yanliu didn't expect her to respond and continued talking on her own.
"My sister-in-law has never come to our house, not even once."
Even after Huihui was born, she didn't mention bringing her to show Grandpa and us.
I also ran into her at the market, but she ignored me.
We all know she looks down on our family!
"Alright, Yanliu, don't think about it too much. These things are not something a young girl like you can control."
She sighed softly. According to the village's custom, a man who comes to live with the family is treated the same as a woman who has married out of the village.
Generally, only men who are poor or unable to find a wife will become live-in sons-in-law.
"Sister-in-law, you're the best. You always think of Grandpa and me when there's something good to do."
They won't think we're a burden.
"You have no idea how happy Grandpa is every day. We are all happy for Second Brother." Gu Yanliu affectionately pulled her arm and shook it.
"I didn't do anything! Besides, you weren't a burden to begin with!"
She was telling the truth. Gu Yanliu was diligent and sensible, and her grandfather was strong. How could they be a burden?
"Grandpa said that once you have a child, he will cover all the expenses."
"And me, I'll help you take care of the kids too."
When Gu Yanliu talked about this, his face lit up with excitement, and he forgot all about the sad things that had just happened.
"Your brother and I have only been married for a short time, where would a child come from?" Su Nianxue's face flushed slightly. They had only been together for two nights, and things had progressed so quickly?
How long has it been since they started thinking about the child?
"Isn't that normal?"
Married people usually have children; my grandfather and I are just talking about it for now.
Besides, we won't rush you, so just don't feel pressured." Gu Yanliu took the fruit basket from her hand.
"Here, sister-in-law, give it to me. Let's go back and eat loquats."
When they got home, the two sat under the pomegranate tree and ate loquats.
A small, round head peeked out from outside the door, glanced at Gu Yanliu, and then shrank back inside.
Gu Yanliu naturally saw it too, but ignored him.
She just had a fight with Aunt Yang and is still angry!
After a while, the little round head peeked out again.
Su Nianxue picked up a bunch of loquats and asked him, "Want some?"
Gou Dan'er nodded, but then glanced timidly at Gu Yanliu.
Gu Yanliu glanced at him and slowly turned her body away.
"Come in and get some if you want." Su Nianxue picked up a bunch of loquats and placed them on the stone table beside her.
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