Chapter 42 His Promise Seemed Too Easy
Gu Qingye just saw that his brother's hair was wet and asked casually.
Gu Tiezhu seemed to be greatly offended. He pushed down the crutches leaning against the kang and shouted, "I am a cripple, and people laugh at me wherever I go!"
"How am I going to get out?! Where else can I go!!!"
Gu Qingye was startled, "Brother, that's not what I meant."
Gu Tiezhu seemed to be deaf and still immersed in his own world.
He beat his legs like crazy, muttering bitterly, "I'm not the only one who took her land, why am I the only one with a broken leg!"
"It's all that woman's fault! She's the one who hurt me. She's a vicious woman. She deserves to die!!"
Gu Qingye wanted to comfort him, but was too scared to go forward.
Ever since Gu Tiezhu's leg was broken, his mood has been so violent and changeable. Sometimes he is crazy, sometimes he has a gloomy face and ignores everyone.
Wait until Gu Tiezhu finally vented his anger and calmed down.
He looked up at Gu Qingye and returned to his normal state, "Have all those children been rescued?"
Gu Qingye secretly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and nodded, "Yeah!"
"I dug with them from the beginning to the end. Uncle Qian and others saw it."
Today, digging the soil to rescue people is a major event that has mobilized the entire village.
Anyone who doesn't contribute manpower and effort will be criticized later.
Gu Laosan and Liu didn't want to go, so they sent their daughter as a representative and told her to stand where there were more people and to be seen by the village chief and other important people in the village.
Gu Tiezhu said, "Now that I am useless, the burden of the family falls on you."
"You are such a hard-working girl, and it's all because of your brother."
Gu Qingye seldom heard his brother say such thoughtful words.
She was stunned for a moment, then quickly concealed her surprise and tried to look as touched as possible.
"Brother...don't say that,"
"We are a family, and whatever I do is what I should do."
Gu Tiezhu nodded.
The two smiled at each other, looking like a loving brother and sister.
Gu Xixi walked into the west room carrying a bowl. "Master said you can only eat this for now."
After Mu Nanzhao woke up, he looked much better.
He had been staring at the window in a daze, and when Gu Xixi came closer, he lazily turned his head to glance at the porridge in the bowl.
"Who wants to eat this bland stuff? I'm not dying."
Gu Xixi sat on the stool beside the bed and said, "You really have no taboos when it comes to what you say."
She deliberately stirred the rice porridge with a spoon, letting the aroma rise with the hot steam.
"Chop up the sonchus, stir-fry with a little sesame oil, and finally add egg drops and salt. Aunt Zhang put so much effort into cooking it, but it's a pity that some people don't want to eat it. It's really a waste of time."
Mu Nanzhao suddenly snatched the bowl of porridge, scooped a full spoonful into his mouth.
He didn’t say whether it tasted good or not.
But Gu Xixi saw that he looked relaxed and was eating bite after bite, so he seemed to be quite satisfied.
She sighed deeply, "Do you know why those five children are in the abandoned cave?"
"Play." Mu Nanzhao answered with one word and continued to eat calmly.
Gu Xixi was helpless. No one seemed to be interested in listening to her story, but she still had to continue.
"When the children in Huachidu Village were young, they had no adults to supervise them. They could only run around the village like sheep. When they were seven or eight years old and could work, they were given a small hoe and followed the adults to work in the fields. It was really pitiful."
She looked at Mu Nanzhao's expression and saw that there was no change, so she gritted her teeth and got back to the point.
"Because there is no school in the village, they have no choice but to do this."
"The adults are busy digging for food in the soil and have no time to look after the children. How can the little kids know what danger is?"
"Mrs. Qin said today that if there was a village school, this wouldn't have happened today."
Mu Nanzhao had finished a bowl of porridge.
He looked at Gu Xixi calmly, "So what do you want to tell me?"
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Gu Xixi blinked, "The whole village of Huachidu has been looking forward to having a teacher for generations."
"Whoever accepts this mission will not only gain immeasurable merit, but will also be respected and loved by everyone."
Mu Nanzhao hummed lightly, "Then you don't have to worry."
"With such good conditions, there should be many young talents who would recommend themselves."
Gu Xixi was choking, but Mu Nanzhao calmly handed over the empty bowl.
"I'm not full, have another bowl."
Gu Xixi snatched the bowl away and asked, "Do you think I'm your maid?"
"I see you're full, and you're bored. You know exactly what I'm going to say, but you insist on watching me beat around the bush. If you don't want to speak directly, why bother playing tricks on me?"
She turned and left, and Mu Nanzhao sighed faintly behind her, "Ah..."
"You are reluctant to give the teacher a bowl of porridge, and the teacher is about to starve to death, yet you still lie and say you respect and love him."
Gu Xixi froze in her tracks, not quite sure, "Are you really willing? Are you willing to agree so easily?"
She shook her head first, "Something's wrong!"
Mu Nanzhao raised his eyebrows slightly, "I didn't ask you to kneel down and beg for mercy every morning and evening to show your sincerity. Are you unhappy?"
Gu Xixi raised her hand and pressed Mu Nanzhao's forehead, frowning and feeling for a moment.
"I don't have a fever."
Mu Nanzhao looked up at her, with a wicked smile on his face, "You also think that being a village school teacher in a small, shabby village is not something I would do?"
Gu Xixi looked at him and nodded.
Although it was her idea and her expectation to let him be a teacher.
But the fact that it was so easy to achieve still felt unreal to her.
Mu Nanzhao said, "The original Chen Fang happened to be from a scholarly family."
"He failed the provincial examinations twice and then committed a crime, so it is reasonable for him to become a village school teacher."
"Abandon the truth to use power." A sly smile appeared in his eyes, "When a person truly integrates into the surrounding environment, it is the closest to perfect disguise."
Gu Xixi smiled with relief, "Deal, I'll talk to Lao Qian tomorrow."
Mu Nanzhao was very surprised by her reaction, "Aren't you afraid that I have impure motives or bad intentions?"
Gu Xixi said seriously, "In my opinion, people who can be honest about their motives are more trustworthy and can be cooperated with than those who reiterate at the beginning that they have no other intentions."
She quickly went and came back with half a bowl of porridge.
"You shouldn't eat too much now. This is already extra."
Mu Nanzhao shook his head and sighed, "What good is there for a man to be controlled by a woman after marriage? I really don't understand why stupid men in this world rush to throw themselves into the fire."
"Then you can rest assured." When Gu Xixi mentioned this, her expression was always solemn, as if she was swearing, "No matter whether you are a moth in this life or not, I promise that I will never be the fire you want to fly into."
Mu Nanzhao stirred the rice porridge, his eyes dimmed a little.
"The rockfall today was not an accident."
Gu Xixi was stunned. Lao Qian said that the soil above was a little loose when it rained.
So she didn't think anywhere else.
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