A Happy Wife in a Rural Family

Chapter 7: Chapter 7. Second Brother Gu’s Reflection

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Not long after, they heard the howls of wild boars.

After a while, the howling stopped, and Xiao Yunjing reappeared with a black-skinned wild boar weighing about 200 pounds on his shoulder.

At night, Gu Qingli waited for old Gu and his wife in the upper room. She didn’t wake up Mrs. Wu and Xiao Shuang until the whole family had fallen asleep.

“Li ‘er, what’s wrong?” Madam Wu felt much better after taking the medicine tonight. She also woke up better than usual and no longer coughed.

“Shush, mother, don’t make a sound.” She stuffed a meat bun into her hand.

When the soft, steaming bun fell into Mrs. Wu’s hands, she almost cried again.

She couldn’t even remember how long it had been since she had a bun.

It wasn’t good enough to have three meals daily, let alone buns.

“Hurry up and eat.” Gu Qingli said in a low voice.

Xiao Shuang woke up. He couldn’t see what his second sister had given to his mother, but he smelled the fragrance. He knew he would have something when his second sister woke him up. He would wait.

Sure enough, Gu Qingli immediately put one in Xiao Shuang’s hand.

“Second sister, what about you?”

“Shush, hurry up and eat. I’ve already eaten.” Gu Qingli whispered in his ear and kissed him. This little thing didn’t forget to ask if she had any.

It touched her heart a little.

Xiao Shuang nodded. He was starving. He only ate two meals a day in winter, so he had nothing to eat at night.

After the two finished, Gu Qingli asked Xiao Shuang to wake up Da Shuang and second brother Gu.

There were two heated beds in their room. Gu Qingli slept in a small one in the inner room, and there was a large one outside. Xiao Shuang and Mrs. Wu slept on one side, while second brother Gu and Da Shuang slept on the other.

When second brother and Da Shuang woke up, Gu Qingli asked Xiao Shuang to give them two each.

Da Shuang took it and devoured it.

Second, brother Gu held the bun long without eating it.

Gu Qingli couldn’t see clearly, but she could hear. She walked over with her hand on the edge of the bed and said, “If father thinks I should give it to grandfather, grandmother, and uncle, then don’t say anything. It’s up to you whether you want to eat it, but there will be no share for you in the future.

You have to think clearly, who are your wife, children, and brick-bedhead?

Also, what does it have to do with you when other people’s children become successful?

Does he care about your food or your accommodation? Or care about you?

Don’t forget they have two hardworking sons in front of you.”

She meant, ‘You have a son, so why should we care about you?’

Gu Qingli hoped that second brother Gu would change and stop listening to Madam Hua’s nonsense.

They would work like cows and horses for big Gu and third Gu for their entire lives, and they would not be able to gain anything.

She couldn’t look after them all the time after she got married, so the best way was for second brother Gu to stand up and protect his wife and children.

Second brother Gu seemed to be in deep thought.

“Yes, father, second sister is right. Look at what we eat and what we wear. If cousin can go to school, why can’t we? Second sister said that Xiao Shuang and I will go to school next year.” Da Shuang shook second brother Gu’s arm at the right time.

Gu Qingli gave Da Shuang a thumbs-up, thinking he was an intelligent boy.

After a while, second brother Gu said, “Father knows.”

Then, he ate the two buns.

Gu Qingli and Da Shuang’s words shocked Lady Wu and Xiao Shuang.

“Li ‘er, is what you said true?” Mrs. Wu even got out of bed and held Gu Qingli’s hand, her voice trembling.

Li ‘er suddenly changed a lot, making her have an unreal feeling.

But thinking of Madam’s personality, Li ‘er was more like her daughter like this. Perhaps Li’ er had gone through this big wave and revealed her true nature.

The people she felt most sorry for in this life were not only Li ‘er and Madam but also the children of her previous family.

Back then, when Madam chose her to be Li ‘er’s nanny, her daughter was only a month older than Li’ er. She was so young; she wondered if she was still alive now.

If possible, she must go back and look, even if it was to see the situation of her eldest daughter.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wu couldn’t help but shed tears.

Gu Qingli helped her onto the bed and let her and Xiao Shuang lie down. “Mother, you must believe me.”

“Yes, yes, mother believes you.” Mrs. Wu finally couldn’t help but cry again.

Xiao Shuang patted Madam Wu sensibly.

On the other side, second brother Gu listened to the conversation between the mother and daughter with his eyes open while thinking about Gu Qingli’s words.

He didn’t pay much attention to this adopted daughter in the past. In his opinion, not talking about helping someone raise a child for free, what good would he get after she married?

According to his mother, he was a complete loss/failure.

He would still have to rely on his two nephews in the future.

However, the words they had thought of as a money-losing good had subverted his previous understanding. Putting aside the fact that he would ignore what she said, would they care about him when his two nephews became successful in the future?

What right did he have to control them?

Were they just based on their family working at home to pay for their education? If they didn’t work, did that mean they wouldn’t be able to study?

No, no, no. Even without them, there was still Aunt Yun and family.

Second brother Gu felt that he had thought too highly of himself. Any farmer could do farming work.

With money, they could also call for people to plant it. They had been doing free labor all these years.

What do you mean by ‘all for good? Bullsh*t! Why didn’t ma Xiucai from the neighboring village take his brother to enjoy life?

Second brother Gu was deeply suspicious of Madam Hua. The three brothers had been indifferent to him when they fought with Madam Hua. They called him when there was a job, and when there was nothing, they ignored him.

When he reached the age where he should get married, he either had no money at home or had to pay for his third brother’s studies.

The money that third brother wasted on his studies was enough for him to marry ten wives.

Otherwise, how could he have picked up Mrs. Wu as his wife?

Second brother Gu had been suffering from insomnia since the beginning.

The next day, Gu Qingli gave the medicine to Mrs. Wu and went up the mountain with Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang.

When Madam Hua saw the three of them, she only pouted. Thinking of the ten taels of silver she had just received, she couldn’t be bothered to care. Anyway, she didn’t have many days at home. They could do whatever they wanted as long as they didn’t waste her food at home.

“Mei ‘er, what are you doing so early?” Seeing Gu Qingmei leave so early, Madam Hua asked in confusion.

“Grandma, I’m just going out for a while. I’ll be back soon.” She covered the things in her arms and quickly ran out.

Every morning, Chen Erlang would take the ox-cart to school, while Gu Qingmei would run to the village entrance to wait.

Not long after, father Chen drove an ox-cart over, and Chen Erlang was sitting on it.

“Brother Erlang,” Gu Qingmei called out shyly.

Father Chen quickly stopped the cart. Chen Erlang frowned and said, “What’s the matter, big sister Gu? You’re going to town?”

He thought that Gu Qingmei was here to hitch a ride.

“No, no, no, I’m here to give brother Erlang something.”

“Gift?” Chen Erlang looked at Gu Qingmei and then at father Chen. What was in Gu Qingmei’s head? Why did she give him something in front of the adults? Wasn’t this like yellow mud wrapping his crotch? Even if it weren’t sh*t, it would still be sh*t.

It was alright to accept it.

He sneered in his heart. How could he like this kind of woman?