A Happy Wife in a Rural Family

Chapter 13: Chapter 13. Notorious

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

At this moment, the two of them looked at Gu Qingli, who shook her head and held their hands tightly, indicating that she was okay.

Her intuition told her that she could trust the shopkeeper’s character.

Sure enough, after a few minutes, the shopkeeper came out with two silver notes and put them in Gu Qingli’s hand. He smiled, “Miss, your ginseng is good quality and has full roots. It’s a hundred years old. This old man will buy it for one hundred and twenty taels; what do you think?”

“One, one hundred and twenty taels?” Da Shuang’s eyes widened, and his tongue was tied. Great, that’s a lot of money.

The corner of Gu Qingli’s mouth twitched. She patted Da Shuang’s head. This child was not calm at all. Look at Xiao Shuang; he was even more composed than she was.

With such a calm personality, this child Xiao Shuang would become extraordinary when he grew up.

“Thank you, manager,” Gu Qingli said with a smile.

Xiao Liuzi came over with the basket and a string of copper coins. He handed them to Gu Qingli. “Today, you have 32 catties of herbs, which is 192 yuan. Do you still want to get more herbs?”

“Yes, yes, yes.” Gu Qingli took the money, counted sixty copper coins, and put them on the counter.

“Young lady, you don’t have to pay for the medicine today.” The shopkeeper pushed the copper coin back to her.

Gu Qingli waved her hand. “You can’t do that, shopkeeper. You’ve already paid us enough money for the ginseng. We can’t take too much advantage of you. Although it’s not a lot of money, that’s a separate matter.”

He had to pay back what he had taken advantage of.

The shopkeeper did not say anything. He just nodded and took the money.

Indeed, the price he offered was already very high. Even if she sold it in the county, she wouldn’t be able to get that much.

He was happy to do Gu Qingli a favor because she had delivered it to him in time, and he could earn back the money immediately.

This girl would send him all the good things she got in the future.

Although he was a doctor and never did anything against his conscience, he still had to earn money to support his family.

Gu Qingli put away the bank notes and the medicine. She carried the basket on her back, greeted the shopkeeper and Xiao Liuzi, and left the medicine shop with the two of them.

When they came out of the medicine shop, Da Shuang walked with his hands and feet as if he couldn’t even walk.

Gu Qingli found it funny that this little guy didn’t know how to hide his emotions. He showed them all on his face.

Fortunately, he was still tight-lipped.

Only Xiao Shuang, the little thing, had been very calm.

Gu Qingli rubbed their heads and asked, “What do you want to eat today?”

“Second sister, how about we go eat noodles?” This time, it was Xiao Shuang who spoke.

Gu Qingli nodded.

They would get sick of eating buns every day, no matter how delicious they were.

The three siblings found a noodle shop and ordered three bowls of whistle noodles. The whistle noodles were home-cooked salted vegetables and stir-fried minced meat, which smelled fragrant.

The three siblings finished their meal.

“Oh, Er Nizi brought your little brothers here to eat noodles? Is your grandma willing to give you money? Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, you’ve been a miser all your life, yet you’re so generous today. Three bowls of noodles must be quite expensive, right?” The three siblings had just gotten up and were about to leave when Zhang Qiaozui walked up to them. When she saw them, she kept on patting them.

Gu Qingli’s face turned dark, thinking this woman had a big mouth.

She looked at her with disgust and said coldly, “Clever-mouthed Aunt, let’s call you long-mouthed Aunt. We’re eating noodles, and you’re already talking much.” She carried the basket on her back as she spoke and walked away with the two of them.

If she were to go back and tell Madam Hua about this, something would happen again for no reason.

I wouldn’t say I like this kind of gossip.

“You … What’s wrong with saying a few words, you broken shoe? Do you think I can’t say anything?” Zhang Qiaozui said angrily and even pulled Gu Qingli’s basket. Gu Qingli lost her balance and stumbled back, then fell on her butt, falling with her two brothers.

Many people immediately stopped to watch. A woman pointed at Gu Qingli and said,” so this is the second girl of the Gu family from Qinghe village. She looks like a good girl. How could she do such a thing?”

“What’s there to be suspicious about? There’s a girl in our village who married over from that side. She’s just a broken shoe who lost her virginity before the marriage.”

“Yes, I heard that he’s engaged to the third son of the Xiao family in her village. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, a wife jinx, a pair of broken shoes. But this broken shoe’s life is tough; how come she didn’t die from the jinx?”

“She’s not dead now, but I’m afraid she’ll be jinxed to death one day.”

…

The onlookers were spewing nasty words, but the instigator, Zhang Qiao, kept her mouth shut and looked at Gu Qingli from the corner of her eyes.

Gu Qingli turned a deaf ear. Others would say she should cover people’s mouths, but she immediately asked, “Did you hurt yourself?”

Shaking their heads, they glanced at the people who had scolded Gu Qingli with hatred in their eyes, as if they were trying to remember all of them.

Da Shuang stood up, pointed at those people, and shouted fiercely, “All of you, shut up. You’re the ones who are broken shoes. Your entire family are broken shoes. I won’t allow you to scold my second sister.”

“Hey, you little brat, how can you be so uncultured? Be careful, or I’ll beat you up.” A woman said as she gestured to draw a pair of oversized shoes.

Seeing this, Xiao Shuang let go of Gu Qingli and stood before Da Shuang. He stared at the woman and said, “You have good manners, so why are you talking about my second sister here? Has my second sister eaten your rice or drank your water? She’s not worried about eating salty radishes.”

The little child’s tender voice had an intimidating aura, causing the woman to go hoarse and her face to turn red from anger.

“You …” the woman didn’t say anything more. She left the crowd.

The others knew that these two children were not to be trifled with, so they all kept quiet.

Some just left.

Some people were thick-skinned, and even a child knew how to worry about salty radishes. What kind of heart did they have? It was none of their business.

Xiao Shuang rolled her eyes at those people and pulled Da Shuang to help Gu Qingli.

Gu Qingli smiled. She liked these two characters. They weren’t soft-spoken at all, especially Xiao Shuang’s mouth. He hit back at a critical point at such a young age. This child would be unique when he grew up …

She raised her head and looked at the smug-looking Zhang Qiaogui. She said coldly, “One day, you’ll die because of your stupid mouth.”

Those who knew Zhang Qiaozui all gave her a meaningful look.

Zhang Qiaozui mumbled,

The two boys supported Gu Qingli. They walked out of the crowd and out of the town.

“Second sister, I will remember those people. I will take revenge for my sister.” After they left the town, Da Shuang clenched his little fists and looked up at her.

“Yes, I believe you, but the premise is that you must be capable before taking revenge. You can’t hit a stone with an egg and can’t do things that will hurt the enemy and yourself. You have to make sure that you’re unscathed, understand? ”

Gu Qingli didn’t mind the two of them growing into bloodthirsty people. One day, people bent on tolerance and submission would be like second brother or Mrs. Wu. Who wouldn’t dare to sit when others let him stand?

She wasn’t worried that the two would grow crooked with her around.

The two looked at her, and only Xiao Shuang immediately nodded.

Da Shuang thought for a moment and nodded. “Yes, second sister. I understand. We will study hard.