Chapter 247 Busy
Aunt Zhang cursed as she entered the room, "Bah! You are all idle and dare to gossip without any reason! If I find out who started it, I will pull out his tongue!"
He Jinglan heard that there was some excitement, so she immediately put aside the matter of building the bathroom and asked with a smile, "Aunt is back?"
"Who is so hateful that I need to personally deal with him?"
Aunt Zhang paused and found that He Jinglan and Gu Xixi were both in the yard, looking a little unnatural.
"Xixi didn't go out?"
Today the employees are back to work.
After the wheat harvest, all the soil in the fields has been turned over.
Just take advantage of these two clear days to add base fertilizer, dry the seeds, mix the medicine, and then you can plant corn.
Gu Xixi said, "I got up early and took a look around. There's nothing else to do. Just leave it to Uncle Chen and the others."
Aunt Zhang nodded.
Seeing that He Jinglan was still waiting curiously, Aunt Zhang knew she couldn't get away with it, so she could only avoid the carpenters who were working and said, "Did Xixi go to see Mr. Liu one night recently?"
Gu Xixi responded naturally, "Yes."
Aunt Zhang slapped her thigh with a bitter face, "Oh, I knew it!"
He Jinglan thought about it and asked, "Did someone see it and gossip about it?"
Aunt Zhang got angry again, "What a bastard, you are either blind or you have a hidden agenda. Xixi was able to talk to Mr. Liu and stand outside for people to see. Doesn't that mean there was nothing sneaky going on?!"
"As a result, I heard people say today that Xiao Chen ran away. Xixi must be anxious to find a new partner."
"He also said that Xixi fell in love with Mr. Liu just to get revenge on Xiao Chen, because Mr. Liu is also a teacher."
He Jinglan frowned, "What is this?"
"Xixi's desire to take revenge on Chen Fang, what does that have to do with Master Liu being a teacher?"
"Right," Aunt Zhang agreed, "that's all bullshit, you're sick!"
Gu Xixi pondered for a moment and said quietly, "Maybe they think that I found a man who is also a teacher just to let Chen Fang know that without him, there are other outstanding scholars who are willing to accept me?"
Aunt Zhang, He Jinglan: "..."
He Jinglan said with a smile, "Xixi, aren't you angry after all this? You still have the mind to make fun of yourself?"
Gu Xixi said indifferently, "It's just some gossip."
"Anyway, I was almost called a man-eating witch before, so what does this mean now?"
"How can we just let this go?" Aunt Zhang became angrier the more she thought about it.
"They are slandering you! What if it gets out and damages your reputation?"
Gu Xixi asked, "What did Mr. Liu say?"
Aunt Zhang shook her head. "No, he's a weird guy."
"Some people speculate that although Mr. Liu has no wife, he is so old that he is either a widower or has another wife in his hometown."
"This rumor was just a reminder to me to be careful and not be fooled. After I asked carefully, I found out what was going on!"
Gu Xixi frowned, "Don't the villagers respect Mr. Liu very much?"
"Why are you plotting against him behind his back?"
Aunt Zhang said, "I also said that Mr. Liu is not that kind of person!"
"But it's true that the villagers respect him."
"But he is a single old man after all. People don't know his true identity, so there are many curiosity and speculations about him."
Gu Xixi couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand. In this day and age, are single people bothering anyone? !
In the end, no matter how Gu Xixi persuaded her, Aunt Zhang refused to give up.
"We are doing the right thing, why should we suffer this injustice?"
"You keep busy these days. I have a lot of free time. I must catch this bad guy!"
"I'm going to ask him in front of everyone what he saw at the time, and let him say that you have a special relationship with Mr. Liu! You bastard!"
Aunt Zhang went to the kitchen angrily and cursing.
He Jinglan chased after him and said, "Don't be angry, Auntie. I support you this time. Let's work together to find a way to catch him and expose him to the public!"
"But you don't have to get angry with yourself. It's not good for your health..."
Gu Xixi smiled helplessly and sighed.
She knew that the two men were protecting her, so she just let them go.
It's just that she has too many things to do recently, things she is doing and waiting to do, and she really has no time to think about anything else.
The next morning, Chen Dafu delivered all the finished cloth bags to his home before going to work.
The cloth bags are packed according to size, with a hundred in a pile and tied neatly with ropes.
There was also a booklet with people's names written on it, with a "positive" number after each name.
Chen Dafu waited for Gu Xixi to check the number.
Gu Xixi just looked at it and said with a smile, "Are these all the methods set by Uncle Chen?"
"It's neat and clear at a glance. Since you have already checked it in advance, I don't need to count it."
Chen Dafu was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief and said, "Thank you for your trust, sir."
The boss is so generous, he can't be stingy in doing things.
I have confidence in what I have done. Why should I ask my boss to count it again?
In the future, just make sure you don't let your boss down in the job he gives you.
Gu Xixi took out the three strings of money that she had prepared long ago and gave them to Chen Dafu along with the counting book.
"Uncle Chen went back and paid everyone their wages."
"The rest, you and the other hired brothers will share equally."
Chen Dafu declined in fear, "That's fine."
"I only counted out the coins according to the tally, and the owner kept the rest."
Gu Xixi's attitude was gentle but firm, "This time, the nine of you and your wife contributed a lot."
"It's a small amount of money, so just buy some snacks for the kids to cool down. Please don't be disgusted."
Chen Dafu could no longer refuse and accepted it.
He said sincerely, "I thank the boss on behalf of everyone."
That night, Gu Xixi's whole family worked together to pack the medicine bags and were busy for half the night.
The next day, Gu Xixi called on Aunt Qin, Aunt Zhou, Aunt Qian and others to help. After a whole day, they finally filled all the cloth bags.
There were a full two hundred more than expected.
Aunt Zhang said, "All the cloth that Xixi's mother saved when she was alive has finally been used up."
"I never thought there was so much before. It was originally a dowry for Xixi. What a pity..."
Seeing Aunt Zhang's sad face again, Gu Xixi smiled and comforted her, "It's all gone."
"My mother left me two pieces of fine jacquard brocade material, in bright red, that can be used as a quilt cover. Aren't they still here?"
Mrs. Qin also smiled and said, "Since Xixi said that these things should be donated to charity, then it will accumulate merits and blessings for Mr. Gu and Xixi's mother."
Aunt Zhang then turned her worry into joy, "That makes sense, it will bring good fortune!"
The bulk medicine bags had already been prepared, and with these cloth bags, Master Liu's men moved all the things away silently that night.
Gu Xixi and He Jinglan were lying in bed, feeling extremely sleepy but not at all sleepy.
He Jinglan opened her eyes and looked at the top of the mosquito net. "You said there will be something big tomorrow?"
"How about letting Master Liu teach you tomorrow and I'll stay home with you?"
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