Chapter 5
"Didn't I just tell you? I know the daughter of the county magistrate." Gu Xinxin had a smile on her face, and she didn't feel guilty about lying at all - at worst, she could just spend money to hire a few people to play the role of the county magistrate's daughter.
However, perhaps the money doesn't need to be wasted. As long as she works hard, she can learn self-defense skills within a month.
"We helped her, and to express her gratitude, she gave me some silver melon seeds. Rich families like to use silver melon seeds." Gu Xinxin smiled, and Gu Daniu squinted his eyes at her, and there was no sign of lying on her face.
Who is Gu Xinxin? The big boss, the anchor of the live broadcast, speaking the truth to everyone and telling lies to others.
When it comes to making money, you can say anything, it's not shameful.
The details of the silver melon seeds are very realistic. If you haven't seen it in person, you probably won't be able to describe it.
Gu Daniu was a well-informed man. When he went to the county town to sell his game, he had also met the purchasing managers of wealthy families.
"Dad, don't you want to try on the new clothes?" Gu Xinxin asked. Gu Daniu looked at the medicine bag in her hand again and smiled, "This is the medicine I got at the pharmacy. Only I can take it. Each person has his own pulse. The doctor said that we can't take medicine carelessly, otherwise even a healthy person can get sick."
The stepmother then came out of the house and looked at Xinxin with a gloomy look in her eyes: "You and your brother ate all the eggs in the house. Have you ever calculated how much you can sell those eggs for?"
Gu Xinxin blinked: "I calculated it, it's just the money to buy my grandma a set of clothes. Look, I bought two sets as a filial piety to my grandma."
Old Lady Gu opened her mouth, wanting to retort. She hadn't even eaten a few bites, so how could that be considered a gift to her? But looking at the clothes in her hands, it seemed like it was indeed a gift to her. After all, these clothes were for her, right?
If Gu Xinxin doesn't buy it, can she expect this woman to sell her eggs and buy it for herself?
She spoke tremblingly: "Xinxin is a filial child. She never forgets grandma when she gets something good."
The stepmother looked at Gu Daniu again. Gu Daniu was not in a hurry to try on the clothes, but sat down at the table: "First, tell me how you met the county magistrate's daughter."
Gu Xinxin first handed the medicine bag to Gu Xiangrong: "Go and boil the medicine. Do you still remember what the doctor said?"
Gu Xiangrong nodded quickly, held the medicine bag in his arms, and walked to the kitchen, looking back every few steps.
Gu Xinxin opened her mouth and said, "I had a terrible headache yesterday and a fever. I felt like I was going to die. But my stepmother was so frugal that she only gave Arong and me a bowl of water..."
The stepmother retorted, "That's just a bowl of porridge! It's not the busy farming season. Since you two aren't working in the fields, a bowl of porridge is enough to keep you from starving. Who in the village doesn't live like this?"
Gu Xinxin was surprised. "It's a bowl of porridge? Why isn't there a grain of rice? I thought it was just washing water. I'm sorry, I didn't recognize it as a bowl of porridge. I was almost dying of illness, and Arong was extremely worried. I thought, my mother had given birth to us two with great difficulty, she didn't want us to die of starvation or disease, so I asked Arong to smash open the cabinet, take out the eggs to boil, and then went to the county town to see a doctor."
Gu Daniu asked, "How dare you go to the county town without money?"
"If you have no money, just become a beggar first. It's better than staying at home and starving to death." Gu Xinxin said with a bit of sarcasm on her face. Maybe you can beg for a meal outside, but you can only wait to starve to death at home. Listen, do you feel better?
Gu Daniu felt uncomfortable, of course not because he felt sorry for his children, but simply because Gu Xinxin did not give him face.
He frowned and banged the stick on the table: "How do you talk to your father?"
Gu Xinxin blinked and pinched her throat: "Yes, my daughter knows she was wrong. Please don't be angry, father." Then she smiled and said: "I learned it from the little maidservant next to the county magistrate's daughter today. Do you think I imitated it well?"
A threat, absolutely a threat.
Gu Daniu snorted and laughed, "You really think you've found a backer? You're my own child. Even if I beat you to death, no one would dare to collect your body without my permission." Even if she's the county magistrate's daughter, so what? She controls everything, but can she control my father's beating and scolding of my children?
"I know Dad is very powerful, but if you kill me, the food I have eaten for the past ten years will be wasted. If you don't kill me, maybe I can exchange it for a few taels of silver for my family." Gu Xinxin knew when to stop. After all, in the face of absolute strength, if she continued to act like that, she would be courting death.
She is living well and doesn't want to die.
"Dad, don't you want to live a life of luxury in the future?" Gu Xinxin asked with a smile. When she softened her attitude, Gu Daniu also calmed down. After all, if there was room for maneuver, who would be willing to go against the county magistrate?
He sneered: "Count on you?"
Gu Xinxin nodded: "Of course they are counting on me. Now that I can marry the county magistrate's daughter, I can marry an even better one in the future."
Gu Xinxin stretched out her hand and pointed at herself: "Dad, I'm already sixteen this year."
Can get married.
Raising such a grown-up daughter, even if it was exchanged for a betrothal gift, would have earned her a large sum. Therefore, beating her to death now would be a real shame. Even if she wasn't beaten to death, she should have been more considerate of her reputation. Otherwise, if her reputation was ruined, who would pay a large betrothal gift?
Gu Daniu hesitated for a moment before saying, "You can't just let go of the fact that you ate eggs yesterday."
It’s not okay to make a big fuss, but we can’t just ignore it either, otherwise these two siblings will blow the roof off the house in the future.
He said, "Xiangrong is not young anymore, so you should follow me up the mountain from now on. Xinxin will do the housework at home, and all the things inside and outside the house will be left to you." It would be a good opportunity for her to stay at home and get married when she gets older.
Otherwise, with her current dark skin, which rich man in the city would be interested in her?
Gu Chen was immediately unwilling: "Brother Da Niu! We can't just let this go. You can tell a person's future by looking at him when he's three years old. They're not children anymore. They stole all the eggs in the house just to feed themselves. If you don't punish them for this, they might steal our money in the future!"
She had no share in the things that that damn girl Gu Xinxin bought, so why should she just let the matter go?
Gu Xinxin hurriedly said, "Dad, I also want to learn hunting from you."
Gu Daniu ignored Gu Chenshi and only frowned as he spoke to Gu Xinxin: "What's the point of learning that for a girl like you? Just stay at home and learn some sewing during this time."
Gu Xinxin smiled and said, "Although I'm a girl, the doctor said that my body is too weak. Even if I get married in the future, I'm afraid it will be a hindrance... I want to learn some skills to strengthen my body."
There's no point getting married if you can't have children.
Gu Daniu frowned and looked Gu Xinxin up and down. Is she really that weak?
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