When they heard that the money was gone, Gong Dahai and Gong Baozhu became anxious.
"Where's the money? Don't tell me the money is missing, otherwise I will beat you to death!" Gong Dahai stared at Gong Baoyue's mother with a look as if he wanted to eat her.
"It's gone, it's really gone! I remember putting it here!" Gong Baoyue's mother said in panic.
As she spoke, her hands kept reaching into the cabinet, trying to find the cloth bag where she kept her money.
Seeing this, Gong Dahai jumped onto the kang. Without waiting for Gong Baoyue's mother to feel around inside the kang cabinet, he completely opened the cabinet and threw out all the clothes, fabrics, needles and thread inside.
Gong Baozhu was lying on the kang, rummaging through the pile of things her father had thrown out.
Gong Baoyue's mother cried while searching for the money. She had almost foreseen the anger she would face from Gong Dahai and his daughter if she couldn't find the money!
The three of them turned the house upside down, but all they found were some small banknotes, totaling a few dollars. The huge amount of money they had saved was gone.
The last three people sat down on the ground weakly.
"It's over, it's all over! The money is lost! Our whole family will be left with nothing from now on!" Gong Dahai said dejectedly.
"You are such an unlucky star. Ever since you and your daughter came into the family, not a single day has gone smoothly!" Gong Dahai glared at Gong Baoyue's mother with red eyes, and rushed forward with his fists raised.
Gong Baoyue's mother screamed in fright and squatted on the ground with her head in her hands.
Gong Baozhu was also furious. Seeing Gong Dahai's fist landing on Gong Baoyue's mother, she still didn't feel relieved. She stepped forward and kicked Gong Baoyue's mother in the stomach.
Gong Baoyue's mother fell to the ground with a scream, curled up there holding her head, and allowed the father and daughter to beat her violently with punches and kicks.
The father and daughter stopped fighting when they were tired, sat aside, and panted.
"Dad, what should we do?" Gong Baozhu glared at Gong Baoyue's mother and asked angrily.
"Go ask Gong Baoyue for money!" Gong Dahai said as if it was a matter of course.
"Why should I? I was almost beaten to death by them today! If I go again, I will be beaten again!" Gong Baozhu said fearfully.
Thinking of the ferocious looks of Jiang Si and his men, Gong Baozhu didn't dare to confront them again.
"By the way, Dad! Let this unlucky girl go! If you can't get the money back, let her get out!" Gong Baozhu said harshly, pointing at Gong Baoyue's mother who was lying motionless on the ground.
"Yes! If she can't get the money back, I will beat her to death!" Gong Dahai also glared at Gong Baoyue's mother and said.
"Even if we let her go and ask for the money, she will definitely not get it back today. We still have to eat in the next two days!" Gong Baozhu said, touching her rumbling stomach.
"There are still a few dollars, enough to eat for a few days. You can buy some pancakes and make some egg soup! Just eat it! This unlucky girl, let her starve for a meal today! She doesn't deserve to eat the food of our Gong family!" Gong Dahai said viciously.
"If you don't get the money back, I won't give her a single meal and will starve her to death!" After saying this, Gong Baozhu took the money angrily and went out to buy sesame cakes.
As she walked along the road, Gong Baozhu became more and more angry at the thought that she might not be able to eat meat for several days, but she was still very greedy.
Thinking of this, Gong Baozhu no longer cared about her next meal. After buying some sesame cakes at the grocery store, she still felt it was not enough and started wandering around the store.
The grocery stores in Kyoto at that time were equivalent to today's supermarkets. Compared with small towns and counties, the chickens, ducks, fish, meats, fruits and vegetables here were very complete, but they all had to be purchased with tickets.
Gong Baozhu held in her hand three yuan and twenty cents, a grain coupon, a meat coupon, and a sugar coupon. These were all the belongings they had found after rummaging through the drawers at home.
She bought a sesame seed bun, using four taels of food coupons and fifty cents, and bought herself a fried dough twist, using two taels of food coupons and fifteen cents.
I saw White Rabbit milk candy again and my mouth was watering with greed. It was 1.5 yuan per pound, so I spent all my candy coupons.
I didn't save the last dollar or so and used up all the meat coupons on two pounds of pork.
Gong Baozhu carried her spoils and left the grocery store humming a song.
While walking on the road, he put a piece of candy in his mouth.
The sweet taste of the milky White Rabbit candy filled her mouth, and Gong Baozhu smiled happily.
Gong Dahai never hid how much money he had from Gong Baozhu. Gong Baozhu was the favored one in the family and usually had the best food and drink.
Gong Baoyue was the one who suffered the most at home and knew nothing about the situation at that family.
I thought that the family had always been pretending to be rich and had piled all their material possessions on Gong Baozhu. Only Gong Baozhu looked glamorous on the surface, but in reality, the family was very poor and she could only be frugal.
At this time, Gong Baozhu, who was used to eating and drinking, didn't think there was anything wrong with spending all the money left in the house in one go, because she believed that Gong Dahai would always find a way to find the money.
Gong Baozhu returned home with the food she bought and put it directly on the table.
"Baozhu, have you bought the sesame cakes?" Gong Dahai said, and walked over to see the food Gong Baozhu bought.
When I opened the basket and took a look, I was stunned.
"Baozhu, why did you buy so many things?" Gong Dahai asked angrily.
Judging from the situation, the money she took out was spent all at once. The key point was that it was all food. If it was food, it was winter and the weather was cold, so it could be kept for a few more days.
I bought all the White Rabbit candies. Isn't that a disaster? It's not a festival, can I really eat this stuff?
"Dad! I want to eat meat and candy. Why should that bitch Gong Baoyue get meat and new clothes when she gets married? I don't care, I want to eat!" Gong Baozhu acted coquettishly to Gong Dahai.
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