Chapter 161 No More Care

Chapter 161 No More Care

Walking along the corridor from the main hall to the east wing, Gu Tang did not hide his desire to watch the fun and squeezed into the east wing regardless of anything.

It was Gu Laian's room. There was no doubt that her father was scolding Gu Laian.

"Tell me clearly! Where did you get the firewood you carried back?" Gu Lianshan was furious. When he entered the house, he had already slapped Gu Laian on the head.

Gu Laian shrank his body, but still tried to keep his mouth shut: "I chopped it in the mountains..."

"Bullshit! You were out for only two quarters of an hour, and you didn't even bring any of the hatchets or axes from home! Even if you had eight mouths to eat together, you couldn't expect to bring back two large bundles of firewood in such a short time!"

Gu Lianshan became more and more angry as he spoke, and kicked him: "Hurry up and tell me clearly! Where did you get the firewood? Did you steal it in the village?!"

Gu Laian couldn't help but look up at his father. His father had guessed all this?

It seems that nothing can be hidden from his father.

He became more and more nervous and dared not say a word. He nodded twice with his head down and admitted that he had stolen it in the village.

Gu Lianshan took a deep breath and said, "Tell me! Whose house did you steal from?!"

"The Xu family at the foot of the mountain at the end of the village..." Gu Laian stammered, secretly preparing himself to be beaten.

Xu Family...

Gu Lianshan's face turned dark.

The Xu family at the foot of the mountain was originally a hunter family. Now there is only an old man in his fifties left in the family, who lives with his grandson alone.

When Mr. Xu was young, he could go into the mountains to hunt. In recent years, he has grown old and is in poor health. He spends about half a year taking medicine out of the year. He rarely goes to the mountains and lives a hard life.

"The father and son of the Xu family, one is over fifty years old and frail, and the other is just seven years old and cannot do heavy work. It will take the old and the young a whole day to chop those two large bundles of firewood!" Gu Lianshan was so angry that his hands were shaking.

He turned his head and looked around, trying to find something handy to beat his son with.

But after looking around, I didn't find anything that could beat anyone.

Just then, a laundry mallet was suddenly handed to him from behind.

Gu Lianshan took it subconsciously and glanced back. It was his second daughter who was always eager to watch the fun.

Gu Tang blinked, looking innocent.

When Gu Laian saw Bangchui appear, his face turned pale and he began to retreat, trying to find a place to hide.

But the room is so small that you can see everything clearly at a glance. If you want to hide, where can you hide?

Watching his father coming towards him with a hammer in his hand, Gu Laian protected his head with both hands and started screaming miserably before he was hit.

Gu Lianshan didn't let him scream in vain. He hit the man hard with the mallet in his hand, and his screams became more miserable.

After beating the man, he asked Gu Laian to bundle up the firewood piled in the corner of the room and put it on his back, saying that he would take him to Xu's house to apologize in person.

The bundle of firewood in Gu Mei's room was not left out either.

The brother and sister each stole a bundle, and after carrying it back, they hid it in their own rooms, not daring to put it in the woodshed in the backyard.

Gu Lianshan knocked on the eldest daughter's door with a cold face.

Just now he got angry and scolded his son without any concealment. It was impossible that his eldest daughter didn't hear it. After all, the second daughter heard it and ran over to watch the fun. There was no reason why the eldest daughter who lived in the east wing couldn't hear it.

But until he finished scolding, the eldest daughter didn't even show up.

Gu Lianshan had long given up on his daughter, and did not scold her as he would his son. Instead, he asked her in a cold tone to bundle up the firewood in the house, put it on her back, and follow him to the Xu family to apologize.

Gu Mei was stunned for a moment. She was prepared to be scolded before opening the door, but unexpectedly, her father didn't even scold her.

If it were in the past, Gu Mei would have been secretly proud and provoked Gu Tang, but today, for some reason, she suddenly felt nervous.

"father……"

"Tie up the firewood!" Gu Lianshan interrupted her impatiently without even looking at her.

Gu Mei's face turned pale and she felt more and more uneasy. She listened to her father's words for once, bundled the firewood in the house again, carried it on her back and went out of the house.

There was a stove in the house, so she didn't feel cold inside. But as soon as she left the house, the damp and cold air instantly penetrated Gu Mei's clothes.

The rain was still falling. The winter rain was unusually cold, and was carried by the cold wind to the corridor. Some of it fell on Gu Mei's face, and she shivered twice due to the cold.

The winter clothes she was wearing were filled with reed and willow catkins. They looked thick, but they were not very effective in keeping out the cold.

It can barely keep out the cold in a room with a stove, but it is not enough once you go out.

The coldness continued to seep into his body, and soon his lips turned purple and his whole body was shaking.

Gu Laian was the same, he felt like he had the fever and was completely out of control due to the cold.

Gu Lianshan ignored the condition of the brother and sister, handed them the hat, and then took the brother and sister to Xu's house.

After watching her father leave the yard, Gu Tang did not stay in the east wing for long and turned to go to the main room.

An oil lamp had been lit in the main room, but the dim light was limited and did not illuminate much of the room. Third Uncle was sitting at the eight-immortals table, reading a book in his hand by the light.

Seeing Gu Tang coming in, the third uncle put down the book and asked, "Did your father really take people to the Xu family to apologize?"

"I'll pay them back with firewood and copper coins. I hope the Xu family won't be too difficult to deal with. If they ask for too much, I'm afraid they'll use it as an excuse to cause trouble."

Gu Tang frowned slightly. She didn't know the Xu family, nor did she know what the temperaments of the old and the young were.

The Third Uncle knew the old man of the Xu family. He could hear Gu Tang's worry and said, "Nothing will happen. The old and young in the Xu family are all honest people with very good tempers. Your father apologized without hiding or avoiding it, and the Xu family will not make it difficult."

That's good.

Gu Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but in the end they were in the wrong in this matter.

"I'll ask my father to take my elder brother and elder sister into the mountains and ask them to cut two bundles of firewood and send them to the Xu family. If they are really honest and don't care, we can't just let it go. After all, my elder brother and elder sister are not human beings! They actually stole something!"

Third uncle was also worried. They had the same father, and Zhu (Gu Mei and Gu Laian’s mother) was no less evil than Zhang. Both were vicious and stupid, but the children they gave birth to were very different.

The siblings Gu Mei and Gu Laian are not like their father Gu Lianshan at all. In fact, their temperaments are very much like their biological mother Zhu, and they have learned most of Zhu's bad habits during her lifetime.

However, Gu Tang and Gu Ping'an, born to Zhang, were of good family background and did not go astray. One of them could earn money and the other had a talent for studying. Anyone could see that the siblings would have a good life in the future.

"There's a lot of unchopped firewood in the backyard woodshed. I'll talk to your father later and ask him to force your eldest brother to chop firewood starting tomorrow. This will temper his temper and also help him separate from your eldest sister."

Third Uncle could see clearly that Gu Laian had no backbone and was often instigated by Gu Mei to cause trouble.

"Well, find him something to do so he won't get into trouble."

Chopping wood is a tiring job. Just let Gu Laian chop for half a day. I guarantee that he will be so tired that he will have no mind to do bad things and will just eat and sleep.

This method had been tried before, but each time it was obstructed by the two elders of the Gu family, who said that her father was torturing his son.

Now that they have been adopted, the two elders of the Gu family are no longer qualified to ask her father about how he disciplines his son, so they can take this opportunity to teach Gu Laian a lesson.

It's probably not possible to change it. I just hope that in the next few years, before I separate him, he can behave himself and not cause trouble.

After deciding on Gu Laian's future destination, the grandfather and grandson chatted for a while. The curtain at the door was lifted, revealing half of Gu Ping'an's body, and he said that the meal was ready.

The meal was ready, but her father Gu Lianshan had not returned yet.

Gu Tang asked his third uncle to eat first as it was cold, so he should sit in the bed to warm up after eating.

Third uncle waved his hand and refused, insisting on waiting for Gu Lianshan to come back to eat, "It's more delicious when the whole family eats together! If Grandpa eats alone, even big meals of meat will not be delicious."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade the person, Gu Tang stopped forcing him.

The old man has lived alone for all these years. Now that he has a family, he naturally misses the atmosphere of the whole family sitting together for a meal.

Gu Lianshan didn't talk too long.

Just as my third uncle said, the Xu family's grandparents and grandchildren, both the old and the young, are honest people without any ulterior motives.

After hearing that two large bundles of firewood in his home were stolen by Gu Lianshan's daughter and son, Mr. Xu was stunned for a moment.

If Gu Lianshan hadn't brought his daughter and son to apologize, he really wouldn't have known about this!

But it's not a big deal.

It was just two bundles of firewood. The man personally brought his daughter and son to apologize and returned the firewood. Mr. Xu didn't say a harsh word. He just said that the children were still young and didn't know much, and they could change their ways in the future.

Gu Lianshan was relieved that Mr. Xu was so easy to talk to, but he still forced his daughter and son to kneel and kowtow.

Since you are coming to apologize, you have to pretend to do so. You can't just try to get away with it because the other person is easy to talk to.

Gu Mei and Gu Laian were filled with indignation because of the act of kneeling and kowtowing. They kept shedding tears and were jealous of the Xu family and his father.

Gu Lianshan saw clearly the hatred in the siblings' eyes, but he was not angry. After saying goodbye to Mr. Xu, he put on his hat and strode into the rain alone without waiting for the siblings to catch up.

The brother and sister came to their senses and hurried to follow.

Because of the rain, it got dark earlier today than usual. The Xu family is a bit far from the third uncle's house, and the brother and sister don't dare to travel alone in the dark.

Gu Lianshan could hear the footsteps coming from behind him, anxious and messy, but he had no intention of stopping to wait for them. He continued to quicken his pace and hurry on in the dark.

He has been walking on the village roads for decades, and darkness does not affect his rush home.

When passing by Gu's house, Gu Lianshan suddenly stopped.

Looking at the lights on the east wing of the Gu family's main hall, he remembered that he had allegedly found Wei in Bei'an City during the day.

He originally planned to wait until dark when there was no one on the road and then come over to tell the father and son what had happened.

But who would have thought that the eldest daughter and son would steal firewood.

He was in a very bad mood at the moment and no longer had the heart to care about Wei's affairs.

Retracting his gaze, Gu Lianshan continued walking eastward.

He will talk about Wei's matter when he is in a better mood. After all, she has been missing for such a long time, so it won't hurt to wait a few more days.

He walked quickly all the way, and when he got home, Gu Lianshan only had some mud on his feet and his clothes were wet by the rain.

But the siblings Gu Mei and Gu Laian who followed behind him were not so lucky.

The brother and sister were not used to walking at night and were afraid of the dark night. At the beginning, in order to catch up with Gu Lianshan, they jogged.

Unfortunately they forgot that the roads are slippery when it rains.

The mud on the road was very slippery. After running a few steps, the brother and sister both fell to the ground, with their whole bodies, including their faces and mouths, covered with mud.

The brother and sister screamed a few times and soon the situation became chaotic.

Even this failed to make Gu Lianshan in front stop and wait for them.

After Gu Lianshan changed his clothes and shoes, Gu Tang and Gu Ping'an brought the food to the table, and the family of four were ready to eat, Gu Mei and Gu Laian supported each other and arrived home.

At this time, the brother and sister were so dirty that it was unbearable to look at. Their hats were thrown halfway on the road and not picked up. The mud on their hair was dripping down along with the rain, and they looked extremely miserable.

Gu Lianshan completely ignored this and while eating, he asked the siblings to go to the kitchen to boil water.

"Boil some water and wash yourself clean. When you are clean, you can sit down and eat."

Is this a disguised way of punishing the brother and sister?

Gu Tang blinked, thinking that the punishment was useless and not painful at all.

In fact, this was not a punishment. Gu Lianshan just didn't want to see the brother and sister at the moment. He was afraid that he would be so angry that he couldn't eat.

He had given up on the siblings and would no longer care about them.

The brother and sister seemed to have noticed something.

If their father had yelled at them, they would not have been so scared.

But their father spoke in a calm tone, as if he was talking to a stranger, without even looking at them.

No matter how dumb the brother and sister were, they realized that something was wrong. Their father shouldn't have reacted like this.

The brother and sister were in a panic and stood shivering in the main room. Their clothes were soaked. The stove was lit in the room but they didn't feel warm. They only felt colder and colder.

The third uncle sitting in the main seat glanced at his adopted son and saw that he was eating by himself, occasionally picking up food for Tang girl with chopsticks, as if he didn't see that Gu Mei and her brother were trembling.

They are all stubborn!

He sighed secretly, and in order to prevent the siblings from continuing to be stubborn, the third uncle had to smile and comfort them.

"Listen to your father. Go boil some water and wash off the mud on your body. Change your clothes. It's cold. Wearing wet clothes can kill you if you catch a cold!"

With the help of Third Uncle, Gu Mei and her brother calmed down and stopped being stubborn.

The warmth in my body was dissipating too quickly and I couldn't hold on any longer.

Now that there were steps, the brother and sister showed a rare bit of gentleness, turned around and went to the kitchen trembling.

After the others left, looking at the curtain swaying at the door, Third Uncle sighed and talked to Gu Lianshan about asking Gu Laian to chop wood to temper his temper.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Gu Lianshan directly denied it, "They are holding a grudge against each other, and now they hate me so much. I can't afford to have such a daughter and son."

“This…” Third Uncle was speechless, thinking about how the siblings usually behaved, holding a grudge against their own father… They could really do such a thing!

"The matchmaker will come to our house the day after tomorrow. If we can arrange a marriage for Mei, we will try to marry her off before the New Year. After the beginning of next spring, I will move out and live alone. I hope that they won't bring trouble to the family."

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