Chapter 162 Who Stole the Cloth?

Chapter 162 Who Stole the Cloth?

Gu Lianshan was slurping his porridge, and his words shocked everyone by making them stare at him.

How old is Gu Laian? He is only fourteen or fifteen years old. If he really wants to send him away, the clan leader will definitely come to scold him.

The third uncle advised: "I know you are angry, but no matter how angry you are, you can't do stupid things. He is still young and has gone astray. He is a ignorant boy. If you send him away without thinking about anything, if there is no one to control him, I am afraid that he will poke a big hole in the sky!"

The bowl of porridge was almost empty. Gu Lianshan put down his bowl and chopsticks and told the old man what he was thinking: "This is not a matter of impatience. I have been thinking about it for a long time. I will separate him and ask someone to find a craftsman to send him away and let him learn the craft from him."

The Third Uncle paused and said, "You want him to be an apprentice? This is also a way out, but... life is not easy for anyone who follows a master to learn a craft.

Not only do you not have enough food or warm clothes, but you are also beaten and scolded day and night. This is the lightest punishment. If you meet a conscientious master, he will work for you for three years before teaching you. If you meet a wicked master, he will not teach you even if you work for him for ten years.

"This is the hard life I want." Gu Lianshan said in a heavy tone, "If I let him stay at home, he will rely on me being his father, and I will never beat him to death no matter how angry I am. He looks scared, but he is very confident in his heart!

Only by sending him out, letting outsiders beat him, scold him, and temper him, will he learn to be afraid and restrain himself. "

At this point, Third Uncle also understood what he meant and stopped trying to persuade him. He only reminded him, "If that's the case, you have to go find a craftsman far away. If you go too close, he knows the way and can't stand the hardship, so he might sneak back."

"I'm thinking of sending him north to find a carpenter to temper him!"

Carpentry work is tiring and complicated. After a day's work, the tired people cannot even muster the energy to eat, let alone escape.

carpenter……

Third Uncle's heart skipped a beat and he glanced at Gu Lianshan, not knowing whether he knew or not.

Life is the hardest when you learn a craft from a carpenter.

"You have to think carefully. There are too many people who have exhausted themselves learning the craft from carpenters but have not learned the craft."

"Don't worry, if he really gets exhausted, I'll take him back and take care of him!"

Gu Lianshan was furious. He thought that keeping a son who was stealing everywhere in the village would only bring trouble to his second daughter and second son.

After being disciplined for so many years, he had no intention of repenting at all. He wanted to beat the man to death, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Since you can't discipline the child yourself, just send him away and let someone else discipline him!

If you don't give birth to your own child, you don't know the pain and you can beat and scold others without hesitation.

Gu Lianshan closed his eyes. Only after he had suffered enough outside would he understand the goodness of home.

As for whether his son would be exhausted, he couldn't care less at the moment. He would rather raise a son who had to take medicine all day than a son who got into trouble every day!

Gu Tang, who had been listening quietly, suddenly spoke up: "I'll give you some money later. Since you're sending your brother to learn a craft, you might as well spend the money to find a good one. If your brother can endure the hardship, even if he learns 40% or 50% it won't be bad for your future life."

As soon as these words came out, they received two relieved looks, and both Third Uncle and Gu Lianshan felt relieved.

This girl is a sensible person who does not bear grudges. The brother and sister had quarreled several times and everyone thought they would become estranged in the future, but unexpectedly, this girl still lent a hand to help.

Gu Tang's eyes flickered slightly, and he continued, "All the carpenters with good skills live in the city. I wonder if there is any famous city in the north?"

There really is a famous provincial capital...

Third Uncle pointed to the north and said, "Go north from Bei'an City for about 200 miles, there is a city called Mo City. I've been there once before, and it's about the same size as Bei'an City, but it's sparsely populated and not as prosperous as Bei'an City."

"It doesn't matter whether it's rich or not, it's a city after all. Once Mei's marriage is arranged, if it doesn't snow, I'll go and ask around. If I can find a carpenter, I'll bring him over."

So urgent?

If we send it over now, the person will definitely not be able to come back during the New Year.

Gu Tang blinked, finished the porridge in the bowl in one breath, and was in a very good mood.

It seems that her father is really sad this time. I don’t know what the two siblings did.

Third Uncle also felt a little anxious. Didn’t he just say that he would wait until the beginning of spring next year?

Why did you change your mind now?

He glanced at Gu Lianshan, who had a determined look on his face.

If I continue to persuade him, I'm afraid he will be unhappy.

Forget it, it’s better to send her away early. Without this troublemaker at home, and then marry Mei off, Tang and Ping’an will be able to live in peace.

After deciding where Gu Laian would go, the heavy atmosphere in the room eased.

But it only eased for a while.

Soon, the curtain hanging at the door was randomly pulled open, and Gu Mei and Gu Laian, brother and sister, walked in huddled with wet hair, feeling so cold that they had lost all warmth in their bodies.

Originally, this was nothing. Since they had cleaned it, it was only natural for them to come in and eat.

But I don’t know what happened to the brother and sister, they both changed into new clothes so late in the evening.

Gu Tang didn't take it seriously at first. He just glanced at it casually twice, and then he couldn't take his eyes off it.

The material of the brother and sister's clothes looks familiar.

Gu Tang's unconcealed gaze made Gu Mei feel very uncomfortable. She hunched her chest slightly, feeling guilty. She wanted to hide but didn't dare to, and secretly regretted it in her heart.

I was so cold just now that I felt dizzy. I shouldn't have been so greedy to wear this thick coat.

Lai An did the same. Seeing her change into new clothes, he followed suit and changed into new clothes as well.

Compared to Gu Mei's guilty conscience, Gu Laian showed no signs of anything unusual. He sat down at his seat, picked up the spoon from the rice bowl, poured the porridge into his bowl, ate it noisily, and at the same time quickly picked up some dishes.

Each chopstick was filled with food and then stuffed into his mouth.

There was still food and porridge in his mouth that he hadn't swallowed yet and was still chewing, but now he stuffed the chopsticks back in.

When the chopsticks were pulled out of his mouth, they were stuck with some chewed vegetable leaves.

Gu Tang watched the chopsticks covered with chopped vegetable leaves reach straight into the plate in front of him and viciously picked up a full pair of chopsticks, almost emptying the plate.

Seeing this scene, the atmosphere in the room turned cold again.

Gu Tang's face turned black, and he stared at Gu Laian's head with a heavy gaze, his hands ready to move, wanting to put the plate in front of him on his head!

Eat eat eat!

I'd better choke you to death!

The uncle beside her probably saw through Gu Tang's thoughts, and quickly pushed the plate in front of her away, and comforted her in a gentle voice: "This pickled vegetable has a strong taste, it's not good for a girl to eat too much. There are eggs in the kitchen, can I make you some steamed egg custard?"

Gu Tang took a deep breath and suppressed his anger: "Don't worry, I'm full. It's just... I feel sick!"

Hearing this, Gu Laian didn't even raise his head and deliberately smacked his lips, which was very uncivilized.

"If you smack your lips to me again, get out of here immediately! You have no manners or manners! The beggars out there are more human than you!" Gu Lianshan cursed harshly.

Gu Laian shuddered all over, and his smacking lips became much smaller, but he was still smacking.

This time it was not intentional, but a habit he developed since childhood.

Gu Lianshan scolded him many times for this and asked him to change, but Gu Laian just wouldn't listen. He only cared about his own pleasure and never cared about these things.

Seeing that Gu Laian was scolded again, Gu Mei dared not get close to her father and sat to the right of Gu Laian.

Gu Tang was sitting right to Gu Laian's right, with a seat between them. Gu Mei sat in the middle seat, so she was right next to Gu Tang.

Gu Tang's gaze fell on Gu Mei again. The material of this new dress was bean green fine cloth, which would look good only on people with fair skin. Gu Mei had dark yellow skin, and after putting it on, her skin tone became one shade darker, which looked very mismatched.

I glanced at Gu Laian. The material on him was the same as that on Gu Mei. They should be made from the same piece of cloth.

But, for some reason, the material of the dress seemed more and more familiar the more she looked at it, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

Not only Gu Tang felt that they looked familiar, but Gu Ping'an on the opposite side was also staring at the clothes on the siblings, his eyes spitting fire and his face looking extremely ugly.

The material for this dress was bought by dad for my second sister!

How did it end up in their hands?!

Gu Pingan became angrier and angrier as he watched, thinking that the siblings had stolen it. He could no longer hold back and stood up, pointing at the siblings and shouting, "Little thieves!"

The room suddenly became quiet. Except for Gu Mei who was trembling with her head down, everyone else's eyes were on Gu Ping'an.

Gu Ping'an was not at all nervous. He pointed at the clothes on Gu Mei and her brother and complained to his father: "Dad! Didn't you see? The material of their new clothes was bought by you for my second sister! Now they have stolen it and made new clothes!"

Gu Lianshan was confused: "What the hell?"

"This clothes material!" Gu Ping'an rushed directly to Gu Laian, grabbed his clothes and motioned for his father to look.

"When my second sister turned eleven, you visited several cloth shops in Bei'an City and picked out a piece of fine pea-green cloth and brought it back as a birthday gift for my second sister. Have you forgotten?!"

Gu Lianshan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

After carefully examining the clothes of the eldest daughter and the eldest son, he looked unhappy and immediately asked Gu Tang: "Where is the cloth I gave you that year?"

Gu Tang was also confused. He quickly flipped through the original owner's memories in his mind and finally came across the memory of the cloth.

"I was afraid that my mother and grandmother would find out, so I kept it at the bottom of the box..."

This is all I remember. The original owner put the cloth in the box and never took it out to look at it again.

At that time, the original owner had endless work to do every day, both openly and secretly. He was exhausted and scolded at the same time. He was like a walking corpse, numb and soon forgot about the cloth.

"Go look inside the house to see if it's still there!"

Gu Tang nodded, stood up and walked out.

In fact, there was no need to look, there was no such cloth in her room.

She had already searched through all of the original owner's things, and there was not even a piece of cloth left, let alone a whole piece of cloth.

Watching Gu Tang actually go back to the house to look for cloth, Gu Mei could no longer conceal the panic in her heart, and it was all exposed, and was seen by Gu Lianshan.

Before Gu Mei could think of a way to get away with the matter, she saw Gu Laian push Gu Ping'an away, snatch the hem of the clothes from his hand, and show off the clothes with a proud tone.

"Who stole it?! Don't accuse me! This dress was given to me by my aunt!"

"Nonsense! Your aunt is a well-known stingy person! When you go to her house, you always come back hungry! How could she be willing to give you clothes to wear? You must have stolen them!"

Gu Ping'an shouted that he didn't believe it and insisted that Gu Laian had stolen it.

Gu Laian slammed the table and stood up, extremely angry. It was rare for him to tell the truth, but this little bastard Gu Ping'an dared not to believe him!

"What are you doing?!" Gu Lianshan glared at him, subdued him, and his eyes fell on Gu Mei.

"Tell me! Where did this dress come from? If your aunt is willing to make new clothes for you and your sister, Dad will go to her house and kowtow to thank her!"

It is clear that he does not believe what Gu Laian said.

Gu Mei was completely panicked and couldn't utter a word.

Gu Lianshan didn't rush her and waited patiently for Gu Tang to come back.

After a while, Gu Tang lifted the curtain and walked in.

Her face was gloomy, her lips were tightly pursed, and she spat out two words in a hateful tone: "It's gone!"

Gu Lianshan sighed tiredly. Since it was gone, there was no doubt that the matter was true. The clothes on the brother and sister must have been made from the material stolen from the second daughter.

He looked at Gu Mei steadily, "Still not telling? If you tell me today, I'll make the decision and let it go. If you insist on not telling me, then you'll kneel in the yard all night and let God decide your life or death. How do you think that is?"

Gu Mei was shaking violently and her eyes turned red.

Her father never said empty words to scare people, and when he said he would make her kneel in the yard all night, he was absolutely telling the truth.

Her father really took ruthless action this time!

Gu Mei was afraid of death. It was still raining outside. If she really had to kneel in the yard all night, she would definitely die.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally told the truth: "...Last year, my aunt came over to see how my sister and I were doing. You were not at home that day, and neither were Si Ya and Si Ya. My aunt said she was tired and wanted to rest for a while, but she thought my room was smelly, so she went to Si Ya's room to rest.

I thought my aunt was just taking a rest, but she actually took advantage of Si Ya's absence, rummaged through Si Ya's cupboard, took out the cloth, and refused to give it up, saying that she had chosen a favorite of it. Finally, she took it away secretly.

My aunt was afraid that I would complain, so she used the cloth to make a set of clothes for me and Lai An, saying that it was to shut us up and stop us from complaining..."

This statement is full of loopholes. You can tell at once that it is not true, or it is a mixture of truth and lies.

Gu Lianshan didn't want to listen to her nonsense anymore, so he waved his hand at her and said, "Go back to your room, you don't have to eat dinner tonight."

The tears accumulated in her eyes rolled down instantly, but Gu Mei didn't dare to show any displeasure and left without saying a word.

Gu Laian stood there stupidly, not knowing whether to go along with everything.

His mind was a little confused now. Was the material used for this dress stolen from Si Ya by his aunt?

This is really unexpected!

However, this has nothing to do with him. He was not the one who stole the material, and he was not wrong about the clothes. They were indeed given by his aunt. Although her intention was not pure, she really gave them to him.

"You go back to your room too." After chasing Gu Mei away, Gu Lianshan started to chase Gu Laian away.

Gu Laian glanced at the food on the table reluctantly. He was not full yet...

"Get out of here!" Gu Lianshan glared at him impatiently and successfully drove him away.

Without his eldest son and daughter who were in his way, Gu Lianshan looked at Gu Tang and gave her an explanation: "The cloth will be your eldest sister's dowry. When she gets married, the family will no longer prepare a dowry for her."

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