At this moment, Gu Yanzhang saw that in recent days, the villagers outside treated his new toilet as the vegetable market in the county town. Not only did they hang out there every day, but they also held tea parties there. In the end, he couldn't help it and took the initiative to talk to Chen Xuanxuan, "Wife, we still have to think of a solution!"

"My father values ​​his own face more than anything else. Since he has promised those people in the clan, he will definitely speak to us when the time comes. I know my father's character. If we don't agree to him, he will definitely turn against us. He can say anything then. He might even ask outsiders to accuse us of being unfilial, selfish, dishonest, and worthless. If you don't give in, he will immediately turn around and scold me. He will say that I'm not a grandfather, that I have no courage and backbone, and that I can't even beat or scold my wife..."

Hearing Gu Yanzhang's chattering, Chen Xuanxuan was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and then told him seriously.

"Okay. Since you've understood everything, let's prepare some things and go directly."

Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang's eyes immediately lit up, "Wife, where are we going?"

"Are you planning to... hide at your mother's house for a while?"

Chen Xuanxuan smiled and shook her head, "This matter cannot be avoided. We have to take the initiative to attack."

"We are all young people, young and inexperienced. We are still a little short of the skills to fight with those experienced guys. So I plan to invite my mother to come out. Let my mother and my brothers come. Then let her fight with those troublesome elders of your Gu family. By then, it will be impossible for those old guys not to spend some money and bleed."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanzhang suddenly became cheerful.

Yes!

Why didn't he think of it just now? !

Just invite his wife's mother, as well as his elder and younger brothers-in-law to come, and his family will definitely have a good result.

Gu Yanzhang smiled widely when he thought that his family would not suffer any loss and would not be the kind of scapegoat who was taken advantage of by others but did not get any benefit.

He rubbed his hands excitedly and said to Chen Xuanxuan with a smile, "Wife, let's go, let's go now! I have more than 20 buns hidden here, and my parents don't know."

After saying this, Gu Yanzhang prepared all the things he wanted to bring.

Cold buns of various flavors were all packed in a sack. Three pounds of tofu skin and two pounds of dough cakes made of red sorghum were all carefully packed into a basket.

Feeling that this sincerity was not enough, after Gu Yanzhang walked around the house for a few times, he gritted his teeth and took out the snacks that Chen Xuanxuan had not finished eating from his cabinet.

A relatively exquisite wooden box contained walnut cakes worth 200 coins.

Although two of the walnut cakes were eaten by his wife, there were still eight left!!

This thing is really expensive, 20 coins each. When he bought it at the beginning, he was really heartbroken and reluctant to part with it. However, his wife wanted to eat it and loved it, and he had money on hand. If he didn't give it to her, then the outsiders would definitely get it at a discount.

Although he had never been to school and had never studied arithmetic properly, he still had a standard in his heart.

Gu Yanzhang noticed that his wife's clothes, shoes, and hair were all neatly arranged. He gritted his teeth and took out two walnut cakes from the box.

It was not that he was reluctant to give them to his mother-in-law, but because they were too expensive. He

would keep two of them so that he could have them as a midnight snack for his wife.

After everything was packed, Gu Yanzhang picked up the basket filled with various gifts and prepared to leave.

When they went out, they walked separately, one in front and one behind, in order not to attract other people's attention.

When Gu Yanzhang arrived at the entrance of Chenjia Village, he found that his wife was already waiting there. So, he ran over happily and said with a smile, "Wife, you must be impatient, right?"

Chen Xuanxuan shook her head, "I've only been waiting for a short time, less than half an hour!"

"Let's go, let's go find my mother now. My mother is not only hot-tempered, but also capable. We'll be at my mother's house later, and you, try to say less. I'll do all the talking. No matter what I say, just nod, don't say anything nonsense..."

After being carefully warned by Chen Xuanxuan, Gu Yanzhang nodded repeatedly, "Wife, I understand, I understand."

It took the two of them less than a quarter of an hour to walk from the entrance of Chenjia Village to Chen Decai's house.

It was almost noon now.

At noon, farmers don't eat lunch, because during the busy farming season, they basically only eat two meals. During the idle farming season, they only eat one meal a day.

Now it is late autumn, and poor families only eat one meal a day. In order to save energy, most of these poor people lie in the house to rest. Those who are more diligent just do some odd jobs.

Today, Chen Xuanxuan brought her husband over, and Chen Decai's family of dozens of people were all surprised.

Especially her third sister-in-law Zhang, who looked at Chen Xuanxuan and the others as if they were thieves.

After looking Chen Xuanxuan and Gu Yanzhang up and down, from inside to outside, she sneered and said slowly, "Tsk tsk tsk, third sister, is your family short of food again?" Before Chen Xuanxuan and Gu Yanzhang could speak

, Zhang began to lecture them in a bad tone, "Third sister, it's not that I, as your sister-in-law, want to say something to you, but it's really that you are such a disappointment. As the saying goes, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. You are already someone else's family, why do you come to our house all day long? Every time you come, or every time our eldest brother goes, our family doesn't know how much food is missing. ... Sometimes I really envy you, why am I not as shameless as you? I also have several brothers, if I were like you, how could our family survive?" When

Zhang said this, the rage in her heart grew bigger and bigger.

She felt that if this family went on like this, her sons would not have to think about getting married in the future.

The mother-in-law knew clearly that her sons had many children. No matter how old the sons were, they had to prepare the dowry money to get married and have children. But she, an old woman, didn't even think about her sons.

Last night, her beloved sons were all furious with her. They felt that she, as a mother, was not strong enough and had no ability, and that she should fight for her place in the family. They also said that if she continued like this, they would all be single for the rest of their lives.

Zhang was filled with hatred whenever she thought of her precious sons being dragged down by her mother-in-law and her elder and younger sisters-in-law.