novelraw Chapter 44: Grandchildren Earn Money and Spend It on Themselves
Chapter 44: Grandchildren Earn Money and Spend It on Themselves
Chapter 44: Grandchildren Earn Money and Spend It on Themselves
From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, Gu Tang didn't meet anyone, which made her feel relieved.
She just brought back a sheep yesterday, and brought back a deer today. She dared to guarantee that in the future, she, Gu Tang, would be a household name in these villages!
After walking out of the foot of the mountain, Gu Tang did not dare to go home from the village road in the middle of the village, but chose a small road behind the village, from which he could go around to the backyard of the Gu family.
There is a small door in the backyard of the Gu family. It is basically open during the day, so there is no need to worry about not being able to get in.
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On this side, Gu Tang was walking home happily with a deer on his lead. At the same time, the Gu family was arguing about the sheep that Gu Tang had sold yesterday.
The whole family, young and old, was in a big fight!
This matter was inseparable from Gu Mei's mouth. She not only told Feng about Gu Tang stealing the rice, but also told Feng about the sheep she saw yesterday.
When Feng heard about this, she was furious and insisted on settling the score with the second son, asking him if he still cared about her as his mother!
After catching the goat, it would have been fine if he didn't inform her as its mother first, but he actually dared to take it away and sell it without permission!
She, the mother, is still alive and she is the one who makes the decisions in the family. Selling the sheep without her consent is extremely unfilial!
Old Master Gu was also irritated by the goat, so he didn't stop Feng and followed her to find his second son.
Gu Lianshan was making shoes for Gu Tang in the house when Feng stood in the yard and called him out.
When the other person came out, he started questioning him about the goat, and also shouted out all his complaints just now, and finally cursed a few times out of anger.
Gu Lianshan remained unmoved after being scolded. He still held the needle and cloth shoes in his hands, stitching the shoes one stitch after another, his expression as calm as ever.
After Feng had finished cursing, he replied indifferently, "Are you getting senile? What does that goat have to do with you?"
Feng was furious at these words. "Once that goat entered our house, it's ours! It's definitely my business! If I don't approve, you'd be incredibly unfilial if you sold it!"
This doesn't make sense.
Gu Lianshan ignored his mother and looked at the old man behind her. "Dad, do you agree with what my mother said?"
Old Master Gu paused and nodded slowly: "Second brother, Dad knows you have complaints about us, but you can't sell the sheep privately!"
"Tsk! You two elders really don't want to save face at all!"
Gu Lianshan sneered, and his words made the two elders of the Gu family change their expressions instantly.
Before Feng could start to curse, Gu Lianshan pointed to the east wing and said, "Years ago, my eldest niece accidentally dug up an orchid in the mountains. My son remembers it, but he sold it for several taels of silver.
At that time, the son of my son was ill, and the doctor said he needed to eat something good to nourish himself. My son asked you for money, but you said you didn't have any. My son then said that the old family had just received some money, so how could you not have any? Do you remember how you replied to my son that day?
Feng was confused.
Aren't you talking about sheep?
How did it get to the old house?
Besides, it had been many years since the incident with Lancao. When it was brought up, she really couldn't remember what she had said in response.
Confused, Feng subconsciously turned around to look at her husband.
How did she respond?
Old Master Gu also looked confused, he couldn't remember either.
Seeing the reactions of the two elders, Gu Lianshan suddenly smiled: "You told your son that day that it's not easy for the grandchildren to save some money, so they don't need to hand it over. Just keep it for your own use, just like my daughter went into the mountains to collect herbs.
By then, my daughter would have learned to collect herbs, and even after months of hard work, she wouldn't have been able to save much. You looked down on her and told her to save it herself, just like my daughter. You told me to borrow money from my eldest niece if I absolutely needed it, and you said you couldn't control it.
Feng remembered and her face changed instantly. She did say that.
Mr. Gu also remembered this.
At that time, the son was asking his wife for money in the outer room of the main hall. He did not go out, but just listened in the inner room.
The money earned from selling the orchids was indeed not handed over, but it was not left to the eldest son's daughter either. Instead, it fell into the hands of the eldest son. First, he bought a few long gowns for visiting friends, and then bought some writing brushes, inkstones, and other items.
Before long, all the silver was spent.
These things had been hidden from the second brother, and I didn't dare let him know, but who would have thought that the second brother would ask for the silver again.
There was nothing we could do at the time, so my wife discussed it with herself and found an excuse to get away with it.
I didn't expect it to be dug up today. I'm afraid the second brother will catch me and use it as a pretext to talk about the goat.
Old Master Gu's guess was accurate. Gu Lianshan smiled and said, "Today, I will tell you what you said back then: 'Grandchildren, it's not easy to save money. You don't have to hand it over. Just keep it for yourselves, just like the daughters of my eldest brother's family back then. Just keep it for yourself.'"
"No matter whether my daughter caught a goat or something else, the wild animals she caught belong to her. No one is allowed to touch them or lay hands on them! Otherwise, I don't mind going to the government office again!"
These words stunned the two elders of the Gu family. They stood there in a daze, unable to speak.
Just then, Gu Tang emerged from the backyard leading the moose.
Looking at the confrontation between the two sides, she raised her eyebrows, stretched out her tone, and spoke sarcastically to Feng.
"Hey! What are you doing, grandma? Are you itching to curse again? Come on, come on! Let's call Gu Tianbao out, and let the three of us, the grandparents and the grandchildren, have a good fight!"
When Feng heard Gu Tang's voice, she was furious and her scalp went numb.
He raised his eyes and was about to curse, but was suddenly startled by the moose behind Gu Tang and opened his mouth wide.
"W-what is this?!"
Feng had lived for most of his life, and had only seen a deer once when he was a child, and that was a young sika deer.
The one in front of her looked like a deer but not a deer. It was bigger than anything she had ever seen, even bigger than the wild boars in the mountains!
Old Master Gu was more knowledgeable than Feng. He confirmed through the antlers that the deer in front of him should be a deer, but it was not one of the common deer species in Bei'an City.
But no matter whether it is a common deer or not, as long as it is a deer, it is very valuable, and it will be worth dozens of taels of silver!
Especially the one in front of me, it can be sold for a hundred taels!
For a moment, Mr. Gu felt dizzy and asked Gu Tang with a red face: "Fourth girl! Did you catch this deer?!"
Wow! The old man has a good eye.
Gu Tang grinned: "I brought it back, so of course I caught it. If someone else caught it, I wouldn't be allowed to bring it back."
After being rebuked in a neither soft nor harsh manner, Mr. Gu was not angry at all. He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by his son Gu Lianshan.
"Why did you come back just now? Just now your grandma was asking about the goat."
Gu Tang blinked, mentally prepared.
They live in the same courtyard, and the villagers also know about the goats, so the Gu family will find out sooner or later.
Gu Lianshan winked at his daughter secretly and said, "Your grandma just mentioned a rule in our family. Please listen carefully..."
"Second!"
Feng came to her senses and interrupted her son in a stern voice.
Gu Tang glanced at the faces of the two elders of the Gu family and had a guess in his mind.
Gu Lianshan ignored his mother's gloomy face and said to Gu Tang, "A few years ago, your grandma and your grandpa made a rule that all grandchildren in the family, whether boys or girls, don't have to hand over the money they earn themselves. You can keep it for yourselves..."