Chapter 400: Dressed as a Widow Without a Man (5)
Chapter 400: Dressed as a Widow Without a Man (5)
"Okay, don't take people like that to heart. Tell me, aunt, was it because Grandpa's backpack was not taken down when they said this?" Shuangshuang changed the subject naturally.
"Yes, Auntie, you didn't go, did you? How did you know?"
"That aunt guessed it, go on, go on."
"Then my grandfather got very angry! You have no idea, his face was as black as the coffin my father and uncle made for my grandfather. I was scared at the time.
Then the grandfather said, since you say she is unfilial, then let her be unfilial. I believe you will not look down on this pheasant that I carried from the mountain with great effort, so I will take it back to give to my daughter to nourish her body.
After saying that, Grandfather stormed off, and we followed him back."
After Laicai finished saying this, everyone looked at his father with a slanted expression. Not to mention that Laicai's description was very accurate, it was indeed as black as a coffin lid.
But Cailai, aren’t you afraid of getting beaten to a pulp when you describe your grandfather like this?
After hearing this, Shuangshuang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Dad, I've already told you that those people are not good people. They are just a bunch of people who curse and swear, but you just won't listen."
Qi Dazhuang was also very frustrated. He just wanted his wife to have a family, but he had no idea that those people were so unreliable.
"Your mother..."
"My mother is not as well off as their family. How many times have you seen my mother mention her family over the years?"
"But after all, he is her brother and sister-in-law. I also thought that we don't interact much on a daily basis, so giving him something will be enough as long as we continue to interact.
But I never thought they would be so shameless, taking things away but not seeing the person.
After all, those who went today are all blood relatives!"
"Oh, Dad, do you think other people value family ties as much as you do?
"You think the man who betrayed my mother to marry me is a good person?"
Old Man Qi was silent for a long time before he sighed, "I was too self-righteous. Perhaps your mother would be better off without these relatives."
"Alright, Dad, don't worry about the unimportant people. You should pay more attention to the affairs of Hongyun Tower."
"Well, I'll go back and get all the stuff from your cousins' houses. If there's anything missing, I'll go find some from other people's houses."
"Okay, then. I think you and your brothers should go back, and let your nephews stay. I'll buy some pigs tomorrow to make bacon."
"Why do you need so many nephews here just to make bacon? Just leave the younger ones here, and the older ones can come back with me."
"That's fine too. Then you can stay only after the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and tenth fortunes come."
“Why keep so much? Where can we fit it in our house?
What's the point of keeping the money? He can't do anything."
"No, I want to stay. I can do anything!"
The old man naturally disagreed, but as the youngest in the family, he didn't even know how to write the word "fear". He just lay on the ground and rolled around, refusing to get up.
The old man was so angry that he wanted to slap him twice, but he blocked it. "Dad, Cailai is still young. If he wants to stay, then let him stay. I just need him to do something."
"What can you ask him to do?"
"That's great. If it succeeds, it will be another income."
"Well, brat, you have to listen to your aunt, okay?"
"Don't worry, Grandfather. I will definitely listen!"
Qicai, Bacai, Ninthcai and Tenthcai are all very happy, they are still little boys.
After the matter was settled, Qi Dazhuang could no longer stay. "Okay, it's time for us to go too."
"Ah, you're leaving so late?"
"It's not even dark yet."
"Let's leave tomorrow morning. We're traveling so late at night. We didn't sleep last night."
"No, we have to leave tonight and arrive home tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, we won't be able to rest assured that there are only a few elderly, weak, women and children at home.
Besides, if we do a good job with Hongyun Building this time, he will definitely think of us first if anything happens to Hongyun Building in the future."
"Okay then. Wait a quarter of an hour and I'll pick up some buns for you to eat on the way."
After the buns were ready, Shuangshuang started to wrap them with lotus leaves. One lotus leaf could wrap three buns, so they made more than ten buns.
Each person was given a packet, and Shuangshuang put the remaining items in a large clean bag, filled with dozens of them, and let them eat them on the way.
The old man gestured to his eldest grandson to take it and prepared to leave.
When he came, he brought a chicken coop and a backpack. When he left, he only had a backpack with buns and copper coins. He left the rest with Shuangshuang.
After seeing the person off, Cailai jumped three feet high with joy!
"Hahahaha, I'm finally free!"
The seven, eight, nine, and four fortunes also smiled secretly with their lips pursed. It was the most fun at my aunt's house.
However, in the following days, they realized what it meant to be in dire straits.
In the evening, Shuangshuang cooked a big pot of millet porridge, and everyone ate the buns with the millet porridge.
Shuangshuang said to everyone, "Starting tonight, Dunzi will teach you how to read."
"Ah, Auntie, what other words do we need to learn?"
Jiucai touched his head, his face full of surprise.
At that time, the clan leader grandfather in the valley wanted them to memorize medical books with him, but they all thought that it was difficult to learn and were too lazy to memorize it.
Later, my grandfather wanted to leave them at my aunt's house and go to a private school with Dunzi to study and learn calligraphy, but they were fooled by his throwing a tantrum.
But he didn't expect that his aunt would still want them to study. Wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?
"Aunt, we don't need to learn calligraphy. I can do my math right anyway. My dad even says I'm the best at it!"
"Alright, alright, alright, just study if I ask you to. Will your aunt harm you?"
The few rich men all hung their heads and followed him to Dunzi's house.
Dunzi was puzzled when he saw the dejected people. Isn't studying much easier than going to the mountains to hunt and collect firewood?
But after all, they were all his cousins, so Dunzi still asked patiently.
"Can you tell me why you don't want to study?"
Laicai has the most say in this matter.
"Brother Dunzi, you don't know, whenever I hear the clan leader reading the Treatise on Febrile Diseases and the Compendium of Materia Medica, I will fall asleep.
It was the same when learning to read. Anyway, he knew me, but I didn’t know him.”
"Okay, okay, have you ever thought about the fact that you can't even write your own name?
When you grow up and become rich, make a contract with others.
But you can't write your own names, and you don't even know how to read. Doesn't that mean you can let others fool you in any way they want? "
"Brother Dunzi, you didn't lie to us? We still have a chance to make a fortune, and we even signed a contract with someone."
"Who can say for sure? Just like when wealth comes to you, maybe you will be just like your name, with money coming from all directions, and all the money will just go into your pocket."
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