Chapter 4
Gu Xinxin winked at Gu Xiangrong. Gu Xiangrong didn't understand, but he saw his elder sister's expression change in a second. She was fine just after getting off the car, but now she looked like... about to cry? And her body was staggering?
Gu Xiangrong quickly reached out to support her. Gu Xinxin sighed, her voice like a mourner from the countryside: "Ah, Auntie, even if we wanted to steal, we couldn't. We can't run fast, and we don't have the strength. If we steal from others, won't we just be beaten to death?"
The old lady was silent for a moment and nodded. It made sense. With the brother and sister's small bodies, they couldn't even be thieves.
Gu Xinxin continued, "I was really sick yesterday and had a fever again. Xiang Rong was afraid I'd die, so he rushed me to the county town. Look, the medicine I just got from the county town is not cheap."
After all, we are from the same village, so some people are concerned: "What did the doctor say?"
"The doctor said that he hasn't eaten enough for years, his body hasn't grown well, and he's weak inside. He looks like a human, but his insides are hollow. We were lucky to go to the hospital yesterday, otherwise he would have been burned to ashes." Gu Xinxin said. Someone else quickly said a few words of pah: "What unlucky words you said! You're just a child, don't talk nonsense. Sometimes lies become true if you tell them too many times."
As the saying goes, it came true. In ancient times, the survival rate of children was low, so it was very taboo for people who had not yet reached adulthood to talk about topics such as death.
Someone else sighed, "Oh, how much can a girl eat? Your stepmother is really too stingy. It's not like your father can't make money. Your family is one of the best in our village..."
Can afford to live in a small courtyard house.
Even if two girls in our family live in one room, it is much better than many other families - many girls in other families still live in the same room with their grandparents, with at most a curtain in the middle.
Some people were also curious: "So your stepmother has changed her mind this time and given you money for medical treatment?"
"Of course not." Gu Xinxin waved her hands quickly. "I was just lucky. My sister and I had just arrived in the county when we met a young lady from a wealthy family. She had lost her maid and was worried, but she didn't dare trust any man or woman on the street. It was only because of my brother and I, who were so thin, that she trusted us and asked us to help her find the maid."
She had to find an excuse for her money.
Most importantly, Gu Xiangrong said that Gu Daniu had a bad temper, so when they returned home, they would definitely be beaten. She didn't want to be beaten. She was kidding. She had never been spanked in her previous life, and now she was beaten after traveling through time?
So she has to find a backer for herself.
"It was only after we helped that young lady that we realized she actually had a very important background." Gu Xinxin said loudly. At this time, it was just time for dinner. Those who didn't want to light a lamp and waste oil would eat outside and chat.
The big tree at the entrance of the village is probably several decades old. It is thick and strong. In summer, this is the coolest place in the whole village.
Almost half of the village came to listen to Gu Xinxin's nonsense: "You will never guess whose girl that is."
Everyone was very cooperative: "Whose is it?"
"The county magistrate's family." Gu Xinxin kept it a secret: "The daughter of our old parents!"
"Old parents" is a kind of affectionate name for the county magistrate. Of course, only an honest official would be called "old parents". If he is a corrupt official... who would dare to call him "old parents"?
Everyone exclaimed, "Gu girl, you are so lucky! Are you really the daughter of your elderly parents?"
"Why would I lie to you? Or do you think this is money falling from the sky and I just happened to pick it up? The rich lady gave us her old clothes as a token of her gratitude to my brother and me. You see, they are new, but they are actually worn by her maids and servants. They just wear them with care. They don't have to work in the fields like us, so their old clothes must be brand new."
This made sense, and everyone nodded. After all, how could the maids and servants in the county magistrate's house do the same farm work as them?
As he was speaking, Gu Daniu's voice came from not far away: "You little bastard, you're so bold! You actually dared to boil all the eggs in my house while I was away!"
Gu Xinxin raised her eyebrows and looked at Gu Xiangrong. You see, we have been away from home for a day and a night, and he only cares about his eggs.
Gu Xiangrong was very surprised. He could tell such words from his elder sister's face without even opening her mouth?
Gu Daniu came with a stick. When he saw the brother and sister, he raised the stick and started beating them on the head without caring whether there was anyone around.
The people nearby hurriedly stopped him, "Hey, Daniel, don't be angry. The child didn't do it on purpose. Your girl is very sick, and her brother is worried, so he took her to the county town. Look, it's also good luck that he met an important person in the county town."
"Dad, the county magistrate's daughter said she would come to visit me in a few days." Gu Xinxin took advantage of Gu Daniu being stopped and suddenly shouted, "It would be ugly if I got hurt."
The crowd was silent for a moment, then suddenly exploded: "Really? The county magistrate's daughter is coming to visit you?"
Gu Xiangrong squeezed Gu Xinxin's arm. Where would the county magistrate's daughter come from? How many days would it take? What if no one showed up by then?
Gu Daniu also stopped moving, his face gloomy, and he looked at Gu Xinxin uncertainly.
Gu Xinxin looked calm: "Dad, if there is anything, let's go home and talk about it."
Gu Daniu paused for a moment, pulled back the stick, and nodded: "Let's go home."
Family disgrace should not be made public. Even if Gu Xinxin really knew some important person, she could not tell it in front of everyone at the village entrance.
Gu Xiangrong was very nervous, so Gu Xinxin patted the back of his hand and said, "Listen to me."
It was getting dark. When the father and his two children entered the house, the stepmother's sarcastic voice could be heard from inside: "Hey, our Gu family's eldest daughter and eldest son are back? You two are so precious. Yesterday, you ate up all the eggs we had saved for months. Your Gu family can't afford to support such precious people like you."
Gu Xinxin pretended not to hear and shouted towards the main room: "Grandma, I bought you new clothes, do you want to see them?"
There was a noise coming from the main room: "New clothes? What new clothes?"
The old lady came out of the main room trembling, her eyes fixed on Gu Xinxin.
Gu Xinxin opened the package and gave it to Gu Daniu first: "Dad, this is for you. Try it on first to see if it fits. If it doesn't, ask stepmother to alter it for you. I can't sew well, so I'm afraid I can't do it well. This is grandma's, too. There are two pairs. Grandma, try them on too."
Gu Daniu first looked at the clothes, then looked at Gu Xinxin: "Where did the money come from?"
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