A Happy Wife in a Rural Family

Chapter 9: Chapter 9. Enlightenment

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Mrs. Wu glanced at Madam Hua, staring at the cakes in her hand, and handed them over.

“Mother, please take it.”

Madam Hua took it with a fierce face, “Hmph! At least you still have some conscience. Did Mrs. Jiang ask about Er Nizi’s size?”

Mrs. Wu lowered her head and nodded. She didn’t want to meet Madam Hua’s mean face.

“The Xiao family wants to make clothes for Er Nizi?”

Mrs. Wu shook her head. “I don’t know. My in-law’s mother didn’t say.

“You don’t know? You didn’t even think to ask. Idiot, get lost and feed the chickens.” Madam Hua shouted at Mrs. Wu in disgust.

Mrs. Wu left silently.

“Mei ‘er, Mei’ er, come out.” Mrs. Wu turned around, and Madam Hua shouted for Gu Qingmei at the top of her voice.

Gu Qingmei had been hiding in her room and crying ever since she came back, and her eyes were so swollen that they looked like two big walnuts.

When she heard Madam Hua calling her, she wiped her tears and came out.

“Oh, what’s wrong with Mei ‘er?” Seeing Gu Qingmei’s two walnut-like eyes, Madam Hua was shocked and quickly pulled her over to ask. The tenderness in her eyes was something Mrs. Wu had never seen before.

Mrs. Wu turned around and happened to see it, and it dazzled her eyes.

Mrs. Wu’s heart was as cold as ice. She had always thought that her mother-in-law was harsh and unkind to everyone, but it turned out that she was not. It turned out that her mother-in-law was only harsh to the four of them.

Mrs. Wu walked towards the chicken coop with tears in her eyes.

Gu Qingmei sniffled and didn’t say anything. How could she say that brother Erlang rejected her?

Seeing that Gu Qingmei didn’t say anything, Madam Hua wanted to help wipe her tears, but she was afraid of hurting her. Thinking of how her granddaughter was crying like this and that lazy woman, Mrs. Yun, didn’t know, she shouted at the top of her voice, “Big brother’s family, where the hell have you been?”

How would she marry a rich man if she cried so much?

Mrs. Yun rubbed her tired eyes and looked at Madam Hua and her grandchild. She blinked and asked, “Mother, what’s the matter?”

She couldn’t sleep in peace. Her mother-in-law was screaming every day, and Mrs. Yun was annoyed.

Madam Hua’s eyes were wide open. What did she mean? This wretched woman ate and slept daily, not caring about Mei’ er. Thinking of this, Madam Hua was so angry that she picked up the sole of her shoe and threw it at Mrs. Yun, “You lazy woman, what’s wrong? Do you want to look at Mei ‘er?”

Seeing the shoe coming at her, Mrs. Yun immediately dodged. She walked up to Gu Qingmei and pulled her over to take a look. When she saw the pair of walnut-like eyes, she was surprised.”Mei ‘er, why are you crying like this? Who bullied you? Tell mother, and mother will deal with her.”

She looked around the courtyard and towards The west wing as she spoke.

“Idiot.” Madam Hua was angry when she saw her stupid look. How could those bastards in the west wing have the guts to bully Mei ‘er?

“Alright, stop looking. Bring Mei ‘er back.” Madam Hua opened the pastry bag, took a piece from it, and stuffed it into Gu Qingmei’s hand. She waved her hand and asked Mrs. Yun to take Gu Qingmei back to the house.

Mrs. Yun glanced at the pastry bag in Madam Hua’s arms and unwillingly pulled Gu Qingmei down.

Mrs. Yun’s eyes rolled when she saw the bag, and her sleepiness disappeared. She picked it up and handed it to Madam Hua with a smile, even chuckling at the pastry.

Madam Hua glared at her. What a lazy, stupid, and good-for-nothing. Seeing her look like a cowardly dog, Madam Hua felt angry. But when she thought of her two grandsons, Madam Hua suppressed the anger about to explode in her heart and took out a small piece of pastry.

Mrs. Yun grabbed it, stuffed it into her mouth, and said vaguely, “It’s delicious.”

Madam Hua wanted to kick her off the yard.

On the mountain, the three siblings saw that it was getting late. Gu Qingli said, “Da Shuang, Xiao Shuang, let’s go back. It’ll be dark soon.”

Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang looked at the basket full of herbs and were overjoyed. They nodded.

Then, the three siblings quickly left and went down the mountain.

When Da Shuang came down from the mountain, she suddenly felt that something was different today. What was different?

Da Shuang scratched his head. Oh, right, he didn’t even feel tired after digging for herbs all day. He even looked energetic.

He looked at Gu Qingli and Xiao Shuang and found they were also in high spirits.

Da Shuang scratched his head again, thinking it must be because the siblings were happy to dig up herbs today.

When they got home, it was almost dark. Mrs. Wu and second brother Gu were waiting at the door of the west wing.

Seeing that the siblings had returned, Mrs. Wu immediately got up to help Gu Qingli take the basket, but second brother Gu was faster than her.

Second brother Gu took the basket and put it into the house. The mother and the three children were surprised for a long time, and then they looked at each other and smiled.

“Father, we’ve dug up herbs today.” The clever Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang entered the house together. One of them hugged second brother Gu’s thigh to claim credit and told their father about their harvest today with their little faces raised.

Second brother Gu was slightly surprised to be so close to his two sons. He looked down at them. Although the room was dark, and he could not see their faces clearly, their two pairs of bright eyes seemed to shine into his heart.

Second brother Gu’s heart trembled. He placed his big hands on his two sons’ small heads, and his heart ached. With his ability, he could make his sons live better life.

Second brother Gu blamed himself deeply. He was a foolish father.

“Yes.”

Second brother Gu nodded and replied gently. He didn’t even realize that his voice was very gentle. It was a gentleness that had never been there before.

“Father.” The two heard and felt it, and both rubbed against second brother Gu’s legs.

Second brother Gu squatted down and carried his two sons onto the brick bed. Only then did he realize how light his ten-year-old sons were.

The father and son’s warmth made Mrs. Wu so excited that she could only wipe her tears.

Gu Qingli smiled. Second brother Gu wasn’t a cold person nor a fool.

She stepped forward, held Mrs. Wu’s arm, and whispered in her ear, “Mother, we should be happy.”

Mrs. Wu fiercely nodded and wiped her tears. She turned around to fetch water for the three siblings to wash up. When the sky turned dark, Madam Hua would start cursing again.

Gu Qingli, on the other hand, took out the wild fruits she picked on the mountain today from her basket, which were mixed with the fruits in the space of inferior quality.

Second brother Gu’s performance today made her feel relieved. As long as second brother Gu could understand, she would feel more at ease when she wanted to help their family in the future.

However, she would make sure that she did not let second brother Gu feel it was easy, and she would not encourage him to develop a greedy heart.

What kind of person was Madam Hua? He had her genes in him, and she did not want to raise a family of ungrateful wolves and vampires.

This included Mrs. Wu, Da Shuang, and Xiao Shuang.

Gu Qingli took out the fruit and shouted, “Da Shuang, quickly help big sister get something to wash it!”

The three of them sat on the edge of the bed and whispered. Hearing the shout, Xiao Shuang jumped off the bed and walked over. Seeing the fruits, he quickly found a dustpan.

After the siblings packed it, Xiao Shuang went to wash it.

Da Shuang knew that the fruits his sister picked were delicious. He smacked his lips a few times and jumped down from the bed to help wash them.

At this moment, Mrs. Wu also came over with some water. She handed a towel to Gu Qingli and said, “Li ‘er, you can wash first.”