Chapter 130 Break the lock!
There was no concealment of the malice in Gu Liansheng's words. Gu Mei did not refute, nor did she get angry. Instead, she actually followed the meaning of Gu Liansheng's words and let her mind wander to some random thoughts.
Thinking that if she cried a few times, she could make someone die, and the first one would be that damn girl Gu Tang!
The second one is her father!
Without her father and Gu Tang, and if Sanlang is sent away as well, then all the silver hidden in their hands will belong to them and their sister!
Gu Mei lowered her head, her eyes were vicious, her face was distorted, and her heart was pounding.
Some things cannot be started. Once you start, you will keep thinking about them.
The more I thought about it, the more I became obsessed with profit and lost my mind.
Gu Mei was absorbed in her thoughts. No matter how Gu Liansheng scolded her, she kept her head down, stood there in a daze, and listened obediently. She didn't say a word of resistance and didn't dare to show any disrespect.
Her behavior helped Gu Liansheng, who had suffered from the bullying of Gu Lianshan and Gu Tang, father and daughter, to regain his face and prestige, and he pointed at people and cursed even more fiercely.
After venting all the anger accumulated over the days, Gu Liansheng felt refreshed. Even the symptoms in his body seemed to have alleviated a little. He felt comfortable and everything looked pleasing to the eye.
After his anger subsided, Gu Liansheng went to the main hall to talk to his father about dividing the family property.
He has been thinking about this matter for the past two days, thinking that they cannot be separated no matter what!
If the second son insists on dividing the family property, then let his mother come out and make a fuss. Crying and making a fuss is his mother's specialty, and she can just use it on the second son.
When he arrived at the east room, Gu Liansheng found that his father was still sleeping. He shouted loudly several times but failed to wake him up.
Looking at his unconscious father, he finally realized that something was wrong.
My mother is in a coma, and the second son is taking people to Bei'an City to ask a doctor for treatment. My father is also in a coma, so why not take him with them?
Why leave dad at home?
Gu Liansheng's brain is different from that of ordinary people. His first reaction was that the second son was reluctant to part with the money and deliberately separated the old couple.
The mother took the second child away, and the father was left to me. If one of them were to take care of one, the other would not be able to explain himself.
Gu Liansheng was so angry that he stamped his feet and yelled, "Despicable! Dirty! Unfilial thing! You are just trying to throw dirty water on me!"
There are plenty of good doctors and good clinics in Bei'an City. If nothing else, it should be no problem for me to stay alive.
But there was no one in the village except Doctor Gu, whose medical skills were mediocre, and he had no idea what his father's condition was.
If I suddenly hand it over to him now, if anything happens to his father, he won’t be able to explain himself even if he jumps into the river!
After Gu Liansheng yelled and cursed harshly, he walked over and carefully examined the old man's complexion.
He looks fine, and his breathing is steady even when he snores. So it seems that the old man is not seriously ill?
Gu Liansheng didn’t know whether his guess was correct. What if his eyesight was not good and his prediction was wrong?
Thinking of this, he became nervous again and looked hesitant, not knowing whether he should go and ask Doctor Gu for help right away.
If you ask a doctor for help, you'll have to pay for it. You'll most likely need to take medicine, and this pack of medicine will cost a lot of money.
He can't compare with the second brother. The other brother has a daughter who can earn money, so he probably won't care about the money used for medical treatment.
The two girls in my house are all freeloaders. Not only can they not earn money, they are not even very good at chopping wood.
Now I am still sick and the money I have is not enough. I originally wanted to ask my mother to give me some money secretly. But now my mother has been taken away by the second son, and if I want the money I can only wait for my father to wake up.
But if I want my father to wake up, I have to ask a doctor to come home and take a look, so that I can feel at ease.
At this point, the problem comes back again.
If he wants to hire a doctor, he has to pay for it out of his own pocket!
Gu Liansheng felt a pain on his face, he couldn't bear to do it!
After thinking about it, he walked out of the house with an angry face and asked Gu Meidong about the key to the ear room.
There was grain in the east ear room. He could use the grain to pay for the medicine, or sell the grain to villagers in exchange for money, and use the money to hire a doctor to prescribe medicine for his father.
Gu Mei had already returned to the house, but was called out by Gu Liansheng again.
Hearing Gu Liansheng asking about the key, Gu Mei raised her head and became excited again: "Uncle, you must have heard everything just now. Everything I said is true! The key to the east ear room was really taken away by Si Ya! I saw her enter the east ear room with my own eyes!"
Gu Liansheng frowned. If that was true, he couldn’t get the key right now.
Si Ya went to Bei'an City with the second brother. She will definitely not come back today, and it is uncertain whether she will come back tomorrow. She needs to ask a doctor to see her mother, which will delay her for at least three to five days.
After taking a look at the east ear room, Gu Liansheng became ruthless. He turned around and called out Gu Laian, asking him to go to the backyard to get an axe and chop the key off the door of the east ear room!
Like Gu Mei, Gu Laian was very afraid of scholars like Gu Liansheng. When he stood in front of Gu Liansheng, his back was bent. To say that he was as timid as a mouse was a compliment to him.
Gu Liansheng looked down on his behavior and waved his hand to tell him to go away.
Gu Laian was so scared that he almost cried. How should he tell this to his uncle?
He had a sad face and secretly asked Gu Mei for help.
Gu Mei pursed her lips and said timidly: "The hatchet at home was taken by San Ya and her friends yesterday to chop firewood. They said it was lost on the mountain..."
Gu Liansheng's face instantly turned dark, but he didn't believe it. He turned around and called his son to the east wing.
After calling his son Gu Tianbao to come over, Gu Liansheng asked about the hatchet in front of Gu Mei and her brother.
I thought I would hear my son refute Gu Mei and her brother, but unexpectedly, my son nodded uncomfortably and said, "My eldest sister lost it..."
Upon hearing this, all the words in Gu Liansheng's heart were stuck in his throat, making his chest hurt!
More likely to cause trouble than accomplish anything!
Taking a deep breath, Gu Liansheng could only accept the reality.
Now that it has been confirmed that it was our daughter who lost it, we can no longer dwell on this point.
So he avoided the main point and changed the subject, scolding Gu Mei and her brother again.
"If you don't have a hatchet, then get an axe! You can't be flexible with such a small matter? How did your father teach you? You can't even figure out such a small matter!"
Gu Mei and her brother accepted the training obediently and did not dare to refute a word.
After being scolded, Gu Laian ran to the backyard.
The axe is in the backyard, so I dare not delay, otherwise I will be caught and scolded again!
Not long after, Gu Laian came out from the backyard holding an axe, and then, according to Gu Liansheng's instructions, he split the key on the door of the east ear room.
As the key fell to the ground, Gu Liansheng felt happy and looked behind the door greedily.
Besides food, there are other things in this ear room. In the past, my mother kept it strictly forbidden to let anyone in, but today he wants to take the opportunity to take a good look through it.
Restraining his joy, Gu Liansheng sent Gu Mei and Gu Laian away, and sternly warned them not to peek into the east ear room. If they were caught by him, they would be punished by his family rules!
Gu Mei and Gu Laian, brother and sister, are both bullies at home. When faced with Gu Liansheng's threats, they could only agree repeatedly.
If Gu Tang or their father Gu Lianshan said this, the brother and sister would definitely feel dissatisfied, and would curse in secret, looking for an opportunity to turn around and peek!
Thinking of his eldest and second daughters going to invite their younger sister and brother-in-law, Gu Liansheng asked his son to guard the corridor in case they suddenly came back with someone. If he saw anyone coming outside the yard, he should shout into the east ear room.
When he hears the sound, he will stop and come out quickly.
Gu Tianbao was unhappy about having to wait outside in such a cold weather, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He could only wait in the corridor with anger suppressed.
After making arrangements for his son, Gu Liansheng, full of anticipation, pushed open the door of the east wing and walked in eagerly.
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Since it was not an urgent matter, Gu Lianshan did not rush on the road. He just let the old ox walk leisurely and slowly go to Bei'an City.
By the time we reached the city gate, it was already dark.
When entering the city, you will pass by the clepsydra placed at the city gate. Gu Tang glanced at it and it would be the hour of Xu in another quarter of an hour. The gates of Bei'an City are closed at the beginning of the hour of Xu every day.
Luckily, they just got in by the side.
If it had been a moment later, I would have been locked out of the city.
After entering the city, Gu Tang asked her father to walk along the main street and find an inn near the clinic.
Anyway, they were not staying there, and as for Feng, she was not qualified to stay in a good inn, so she could just find one at random.
Gu Lianshan followed Gu Tang's instructions and found a slightly shabby inn near the nearest clinic to the city gate and asked for a B-class room.
Room B is the second-class room in the inn, which is a narrow little room.
Gu Lianshan went in to take a look and thought it was quite nice, much better than the house at home, so he moved Feng in.
After settling the people, Gu Tang urged her father to ask the shopkeeper if there were any maids nearby who were willing to work there.
The innkeepers have some servants who can work on the guest's doorstep. As long as the guests need help, they can call for help at any time.
This was the first time Gu Lianshan had asked for a maid, and he really didn't know what kind to look for.
Seeing that her father was in a dilemma, Gu Tang simply bypassed him and went to talk to the shopkeeper herself.
The shopkeeper was already accustomed to customers asking maids to do work for him. He smiled and nodded, then asked Gu Tang what kind of maid he wanted, and whether there was any age requirement.
Gu Tang pointed to the room where Feng lived and said bluntly, "The one in the room is my grandmother. She had a stroke and has lost sensation on the left side of her body. Her left hand and left foot are also out of control. She can only lie in bed all day. I came here today to ask a doctor to treat her.
My family runs a small business and everyone in the family has to work. We really can't spare anyone to look after the old lady, so I'm thinking of finding two younger maids, preferably ones with some strength, who can help the old lady get up at night and go to the toilet, etc.
I have to help boil medicine, feed her medicine, feed her meals, serve her day and night, have a good temper, and keep my mouth shut. Since she got this disease, she has become crazy and stupid, has a bad temper, and talks nonsense all day long. My family doesn't want outsiders to spread rumors!"
The shopkeeper was still smiling and kept agreeing that these were basic requirements, not out of the ordinary or difficult.
"I have noted down what you said. I will ask the waiter to bring the person here later, and then you can personally select one."
Gu Tang paused and said, "Can you bring the person here right now? We will have to go home to unload the goods in a while, and we will have to let the maids come in to take care of the person tonight. Of course, we will also calculate today's wages as a day's wages."
The shopkeeper was a little hesitant at first, but when he heard that today's wages would also be calculated on a daily basis, he felt relieved. This was the only thing that would make the matter easy.
He waved to the waiter and carefully explained to him what Gu Tang had just said, asking him to bring the people over according to these requirements.
The waiter was very quick. Not long after he went out, he brought in six old women.
Gu Tang glanced around casually and picked out two women who were about thirty years old, tall and strong, with honest and simple faces.
The two old women, one surnamed Sun and the other surnamed Song, spoke neither hurriedly nor slowly, which was very pleasant to listen to.
The remaining women who were not chosen were taken out by the waiters.
After the waiter led the maids out of the house, the two maids left behind, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Song, came forward to greet Gu Tang and bowed to him. Gu Lianshan and Gu Ping'an also greeted him and bowed to him one by one.
The two old women called Gu Tang "Miss", Gu Lianshan "Master", and Gu Ping'an "Young Master". After they called each other that, except for Gu Tang who looked normal, Gu Lianshan and his son Gu Ping'an all blushed and looked very uncomfortable.
Gu Tang called the two maids to the bedside and asked them to take a good look at the people they were going to serve.
The two maids followed the instructions and took a closer look. At first glance, they could tell that this old lady was difficult to get along with and her temper was probably harsh and difficult to please.
At second glance, I felt that this old lady was really a good sleeper. There were people talking in the room the whole time, but despite all the noise and commotion, the old lady was not woken up and was snoring loudly. One could tell at a glance that she was sleeping soundly.
Gu Tang told them that Feng drank the tranquilizing soup when she came, and gave them a special idea: "My grandma is a little crazy because she is paralyzed and can't move. What she says is nonsense. If she makes a fuss too much, you can make a bowl of tranquilizing soup and trick her into drinking it."
Gu Tang took out three packets of tranquilizing soup from the bag he brought with him and handed the medicine over.
The two old women quickly caught it with both hands and felt relieved.
The boss was a reasonable man. He knew that the old lady was difficult to take care of, so he allowed them to feed her some calming soup, which was really the best thing that could happen.
Gu Tang added: "We will come when we are free during the day. If we are not free, I am afraid we will not be able to come. Regardless of whether we come or not, you just need to serve the old lady as I said before. The daily food and drink, including yours, will all be provided by the inn."
"Yes." The two old women bowed their heads and responded.
Gu Tang stretched and felt relaxed all over. Now that she had found an inn and hired a maid, her father could rest assured.
Leave Feng here temporarily, and come back to pick her up after the separation is completed.
She tugged at her father's clothes, signaling him that he could leave.
Can we go now?
Oh yeah! It’s time to go!
Gu Lianshan came to his senses, pulled up his still blushing son, and followed Gu Tang out of the inn.
The ox cart was parked outside, and the shop assistants fed it water and fodder, so it was full now.
Sitting on the ox cart, the father and his two sons changed their route and headed for the small courtyard that Gu Tang bought.
It was already dark at this time. Gu Lianshan lit a torch and held it up. He did not take a car, but instead held the rope and walked in front of the ox, using the torch to lead the way.
The temperature at night was much lower than during the day. Gu Tang wore a fur coat and a rabbit skin blanket, but he was still so cold that his teeth were chattering.
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