Chapter 128 Robbed a wealthy family?
Seeing how uncomfortable she was, Gu Ping'an went forward and carried the stove to the outside corridor. "I'll make the medicine. The rice porridge in the pot is almost ready. Second sister, please watch the pot and don't let the rice porridge overflow."
Gu Tang sneezed twice due to the smell of the medicine and was unable to speak. He just waved at Gu Ping'an and told him to go and boil the medicine, as she would take care of the rice porridge.
After the firewood in the stove burned out, Gu Tang opened the lid of the pot and stirred the rice porridge a few times. The rice grains had turned into rice flowers. The aroma of rice hit his nose, giving his suffering nose some relief for a moment.
After scooping the rice porridge into the bowl, Gu Tang went out and took a look towards the main room. Her father just went to deliver the meal, so why didn't he come out for such a long time?
After waiting for a while, her father Gu Lianshan finally came out from the main room.
He was holding an empty bowl and basin in his hands, but he had eaten up all the porridge in the basin.
As Gu Lianshan was about to step out of the main hall, he smelled a strong medicinal odor that smelled strange and bitter!
He glanced towards the west wing corridor, frowned, and walked quickly forward.
The closer they got to the west wing, the stronger the smell of medicine became. Looking at his son boiling medicine in the corridor, Gu Lianshan pinched his nose and said, "The smell of this medicine was not strong before, why is it so strong now?"
Gu Ping'an was speechless and subconsciously looked towards Gu Tang.
Gu Tang stood up calmly and said, "This is a soothing soup. The stronger the taste, the better the decoction will be!"
So that's how it is.
Gu Lianshan breathed a sigh of relief and returned the empty basins and bowls in his hands to the kitchen.
"You've been gone for such a long time. Did you feed my grandma?" Gu Tang followed into the kitchen curiously.
"Your grandpa said that he was not in good spirits. He was already forcing himself to eat by holding the bowl, so he couldn't serve your grandma. Your grandma felt sorry for your grandpa, but you didn't let him serve her, so she asked me, your father, to feed her."
Gu Lianshan looked indifferent.
He would feed her if asked to. No matter what, she was his mother after all. Now she was paralyzed in bed. It was just feeding her, which he could still do.
After hearing this, Gu Tang didn't say anything. She couldn't stop this.
"Let's eat. After dinner, you can bring the calming soup to the main room and feed it to my grandma and grandpa. When the two elders fall asleep, you can borrow the ox cart. I will go to the east ear room to check the things in the house. When I'm done, we will take my grandma to Bei'an City."
"Okay!" Gu Lianshan nodded. "After sending your grandma away, dad will go to the clan leader tomorrow to discuss the division of the family."
This matter cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the more difficult it will be to separate the family. We should take advantage of the fact that the clan leader is currently angry and the two elders' conditions have not improved. No one can say that it is not a good idea to propose separation at this time.
After dinner, Gu Tang couldn't wait to take the medicine pot off the stove.
After boiling three bowls of water, there was about one and a half bowls left. Gu Tang thought that this would not make much difference. After all, there were two packets of medicine. So let it be.
One and a half bowls of medicinal juice were divided into two bowls, just enough for the two elders of the Gu family, one bowl each.
The boiling hot medicine was left outside to dry for a while, and when it was ready to be consumed, Gu Tang urged her father to bring the medicine to the main room.
Before leaving, she did not forget to whisper: "You let it slip. Don't say this medicine is a tranquilizer. Just say it's for curing diseases. A packet of medicine is worth dozens of copper coins!"
The two elders of the Gu family are afraid of death. If they knew that this medicine was bought at a high price to treat the disease, they would definitely eat it all without leaving a drop.
Gu Lianshan held a bowl of medicine in each hand, his brows furrowed so tightly that he could pinch a fly to death.
The taste of this medicine is too strong! The bitter taste is very obvious, which is a bit like the taste of Coptis chinensis juice.
He was afraid that the two elders would smell the odor and refuse to eat it with a look of disgust.
When he brought the medicine to the east room of the main hall, the two elders' reactions were the same as Gu Lianshan had expected. After smelling the medicine, not only did they look disgusted, they also retched twice.
"What kind of medicine is this? Can it be taken by humans?!" Feng yelled at the top of her voice, her tone extremely angry.
She was like a firecracker now, although she kept persuading herself in her heart that she could no longer beat or scold her second son at will, and that she should listen to her husband and wait for him to make the decision.
But as soon as he saw his son, he lost his rationality. No amount of persuasion was of any use. He just wanted to get angry and insult his son, showing off his power like he always did.
"Don't be disgusted by the smell of this medicine. This medicine costs dozens of copper coins for one packet! If Doctor Gu hadn't said in front of outsiders that only this medicine can stabilize your condition, your son would never have bought it!"
Gu Lianshan looked distressed, and he didn't look like he was faking it.
Of course it’s not fake. Although this medicine is a tranquilizing soup, it is not cheap at all!
A packet of medicine costs twenty or thirty copper coins!
"Good medicine tastes bitter. As long as the medicine is good, you don't care whether it tastes good or not. What matters is curing the disease!"
Gu Lianshan handed the medicine bowl in his left hand to his father, and the medicine in his right hand was left for his mother.
Indeed, good medicine tastes bitter, but as long as it can cure the disease, you have to take it no matter how bad it tastes!
Old Master Gu kept convincing himself, holding the medicine bowl in one hand and pinching his nose with the other. After thinking for a while, he drank it all in one breath.
After everyone finished drinking, Gu Lianshan poured the hot water from the stove in the room into the empty medicine bowl to help his father relieve the bitterness in his mouth.
"Mom, my dad has finished eating, it's your turn." Gu Lianshan helped his mother up and handed the bowl of medicine to her mouth.
There is no one better than Feng who wants the disease to be cured. As long as the disease can be cured, she will accept it no matter how strange the taste is!
He raised his right hand, which was able to move, and pinched his nose like his wife, forcing himself to swallow the medicine.
After taking the medicine, I drank another bowl of water, which barely got rid of some of the strange bitter taste in my mouth.
"Doctor Gu said that this medicine will make you sleepy after taking it. Have a good sleep, and maybe your condition will get better by the afternoon!"
Gu Lianshan just talked nonsense, but the two elders of the Gu family, who were only thinking about his recovery, actually believed what he said.
The two elders lay down as they were told, thinking that even if they were not sleepy, they could close their eyes and rest for a while.
Unexpectedly, not long after I closed my eyes, my eyelids felt too heavy to open, my head felt groggy, but my body felt light.
This medicine works really fast! I felt sleepy within a quarter of an hour after taking it.
Maybe what my second son said was right. By this afternoon, the disease will definitely be alleviated!
The two elders were so excited thinking about recovering from their illness that they soon fell into a deep sleep.
"Dad?" Gu Lianshan pushed his father and shouted loudly, but the old man didn't move at all, only the snoring sound could be heard.
The same went for Feng. Gu Lianshan also shouted loudly, but Feng did not wake up. Just like his father, he was snoring and sleeping soundly.
Tsk!
Gu Lianshan looked surprised. Doctor Gu's tranquilizing soup was amazing! It made me fall asleep as soon as I said it. Except for the strange smell, the effect was really amazing!
He happily carried the empty bowl out of the house, went to the west wing and told Gu Tang about it, and asked her if she still had the calming soup.
"Since this medicine is so effective, Dad is thinking that after the family splits up, your grandma will definitely continue to make a fuss about favoring your uncle. If she dares to make a fuss, we will boil this medicine and feed it to her, so that she won't be able to favor her even if she wants to!"
Gu Tang had no objection: "I still have four packs in my room. When I'm free, I'll ask Ping An to go to Doctor Gu's house and bring back a few more packs for later use."
"Okay, okay!" Gu Lianshan nodded happily.
Pointing to the east wing, he said, "Dad is going to borrow a bullock cart. You hurry to the east wing. The door to the east wing is closed now. Be careful and go through the east wing quickly."
"knew."
Gu Tang took out the key from her sleeve, held it by the string, and reassured her father that she was always very efficient.
Seeing that his daughter had a plan in mind, Gu Lianshan didn't give her any more instructions. He put his hands into his sleeves and walked out of the yard.
Gu Tang asked Gu Ping'an to sit in the corridor of the west wing to help her guard, one to guard against the east wing, and the other to guard against Gu Mei and Gu Laian.
He took all the oil lamps in the house, tiptoed to the east ear room, quickly opened the door, went in, and locked the door from the inside.
The people in the east wing didn't know that Gu Tang had the key to the east ear room, so they hid in the house, waiting for the sisters Gu Qing and Gu Lian to invite Gu Zhi (Feng's daughter) and Wang Dagui (Gu Zhi's husband).
In the west wing, Gu Laian went back to his room and lay down on the bed after eating. It was cold and he had no thick clothes to keep warm, so he could only rely on bedding to keep warm day and night.
Gu Mei was the same, but she was always paying attention to what was happening outside and kept her eyes on Gu Tang.
At this moment she was hiding behind the window, and through the crack in the window she saw Gu Tang go to the east ear room.
Everyone in this family knows what the east ear room is. Similarly, they all know that there are many good things in that room.
In the past, except for Mrs. Feng and Old Man Gu who could enter and exit the east ear room at will, everyone else was basically the same, especially the younger generations like them. No matter if they were boys and girls from the first house or the second house, no one was allowed to enter!
Now, that little bitch Si Ya not only occupied the key to the east ear room, but also dared to enter the east ear room alone? !
Why?!
A dead girl whose mother was a thief and was divorced, she is the most lowly person! Why is her father so partial to her?
Obviously, I am older than Si Ya and the eldest daughter in the family, so the key to the east ear room should be given to me for safekeeping!
But her father was a muddle-headed man who only cared about favoring Si Ya and never cared about her.
The more Gu Mei thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She was angry and jealous, her face twisted and full of resentment.
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In the east wing room, Gu Tang did not dare to open the window, for fear of attracting the Gu family. She only lit the oil lamp she brought with her, barely illuminating the room.
She took a quick look at the layout of the house, the bags of grain, the large vats, the granary, etc. These were easy to check, so she quickly checked them all but found nothing.
In addition to these, the most common things in the house are tanks, large and small, about ten in total, most of which are placed side by side, with only two placed alone.
One is placed in the southeast corner and the other is placed in the northwest corner.
Both of these tanks are big-bellied tanks, with a height about reaching Gu Tang's thigh and a width of only about one meter. They are not too big and are filled with miscellaneous items.
There is not much dust on it, which means that the things inside are often used.
Gu Tang casually rummaged through the jar and found hemp ropes, a hoe without a wooden handle, a shovel, large and small sickles, large and small wooden wedges, high-heeled clogs for wearing on rainy days, etc.
They were all common things in farmers' homes and not worth much money, but it would cost a lot of copper coins to buy them all at once. It made sense to put them in the east ear room.
The strange thing is that these two tanks are placed in the wrong place.
The things in this tank are frequently used. Logically, they should be placed near the door so that they are convenient and easy to use and can be reached as soon as the door is opened.
But now these two vats are placed in the corner of the wall, and there are other objects piled around them. If you want to take something from the vat, you have to move away the things blocking the way.
This is too much effort!
Feng is not stupid. Doesn’t he know that the two jars are placed in the wrong position?
Gu Tang's eyes flickered slightly, and he stepped forward to move away everything near the two jars, piled them aside, and cleared the surroundings.
I took a look at the ground, but didn't find anything wrong. It was all solid soil with no bricks on it.
Rubbing his hands, Gu Tang moved the vat away with force, revealing the ground underneath.
The ground under the tank is a little different from other places. The top soil is not firm when stepped on, but looks a little loose.
Gu Tang's heart moved and he vaguely guessed it.
Gu Tang took out a hoe without a wooden handle from the jar, squatted down, and started digging the ground with the hoe.
Although the soil looked a little loose, the house was dry and there was no moisture on the ground, so it was still a bit difficult to dig.
After digging for a while, Gu Tang dug out a small hole. When he dug further, he hit something hard with the hoe, but there was no sound.
After clearing away the loose soil in the pit, Gu Tang saw a wooden box buried at the bottom of the pit, and he instantly became excited!
He quickly dug out the box, then violently broke the small iron lock on the box, opened the box with excitement, and then Gu Tang stood there in a daze.
What was in the box was beyond Gu Tang's expectations.
She thought there was silver hidden inside, but unexpectedly, there was actually a box full of various jewelry!
After rummaging around a few times, I found three pairs of bracelets, four hairpins, and the rest were all various rings.
The materials are either gold or silver, especially the hairpins, which are inlaid with white jade and red jade.
Gu Tang's heart sank, this was not something that ordinary people could afford.
She took out a hairpin and held it under the oil lamp for a closer look. She found the word "Chen" on the inside of the hairpin.
This is even more terrifying!
Gu Tang hurriedly took out all the bracelets and other items in the box and looked at them carefully. Sure enough, there was a word "Chen" on them.
Were these things hidden by Feng or by Mr. Gu? !
Is he going to rob the rich?!
Gu Tang closed the lid with a "snap" sound, took a deep breath, put the box into the system backpack for storage, restored the ground, and moved the cylinder back to its original position.
He used the same method to move the other vat and dug a hole in the ground. At the bottom of the hole, Gu Tang found another wooden box, which was exactly the same as the one just now.
He forcefully opened the box and looked at the scattered silver coins inside, then Gu Tang heaved a sigh of relief.
The things in this box should be the Gu family's assets.
Gu Tang also stored the box in the system backpack, quickly restored the ground, and then put the things piled around it back to their original places.
After doing all this, she no longer had the heart to check other places, so she opened the door and left the east ear room. . .
When this chapter was updated, 4,000 more words were added, turning the 4,000-word chapter into an 8,000-word chapter.
I didn't have many manuscripts saved, so I immediately revised it to 4,000 words out of great pain.
But later I found out that the charges were calculated based on the first release, that is, the first 8,000 words were charged, and subsequent revisions were not counted.
Later, I thought of publishing the first version at 4,000 words, and then revising it to 5,000 words (still charging based on 4,000 words), until the 4,000 words I owed were made up.
But the editor suddenly said that some readers still complained to the customer service, saying that they spent 20 extra coins. In this case, I can only publish a sequel and put it in the free chapter as compensation for the treasures~
The reissue is in the previous free chapter~
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