A Happy Wife in a Rural Family - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Chapter 10. Da Shuang’s Doubts

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Gu Qingli took the towel, which smelled of soap, and washed her hands and face.

Mrs. Wu was a little nice and loved cleanliness.

“Mother, did you drink the medicine tonight?”

“Yes, mother did.” Mrs. Wu nodded.

She glanced at second brother Gu as she spoke. She wanted to go to the kitchen to boil some medicine at night. When Madam Hua saw her and said that she was wasting firewood, second brother Gu heard it. Without saying anything, he went into the kitchen to help her boil it.

Madam Hua was so shocked that she thought second brother Gu had run into a ghost. Just as she was about to curse again, old man Gu pulled her into the house.

This stupid woman, didn’t she see that second brother Gu’s face had been gloomy for the past two days? If she annoyed him, who would do the work in the fields?

Wasn’t it just boiling medicine, not cooking something to eat? The firewood was also brought back by the second brother.

Old man Gu had scolded Madam Hua. He told her not to cause any trouble for the next half a month and to marry Gu Qingli off with the money in her hands.

Only then did Madam Hua stop making a scene.

Gu Qingli saw Mrs. Wu looking at second brother Gu. Something must have happened in the afternoon, but Mrs. Hua was cursing again.

Sigh, she was distraught. She thought that these four people would be unable to escape Madam Hua’s evil claws after she married.

How could he get their family out of Madam Hua’s grinding?

It was a headache!

Here, the parents didn’t split up the family, but you couldn’t do so just because you wanted to.

Also, the parents have absolute power in the family. Even if they sell you, you can’t do anything to them.

However, families with official careers wouldn’t sell their children. If no one in the Gu family were studying, Gu Qingli would be sold.

Gu Qingli curled her lips. If she were sold, she would probably kill someone right away.

“Father, mother, second sister, quickly come and eat.” At this moment, Da Shuang returned with a dustpan.

“Is the water drained yet?” Mrs. Wu took over and asked Da Shuang to touch the dustpan’s bottom with her hand. Naturally, her hand touched water.

Gu Qingli immediately handed her a towel, and second brother Gu also took the dustpan from Mrs. Wu’s hands.

After Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang washed their hands and faces, the family of five sat at the door and gnawed on fruits.

Mrs. Wu took a bite and thought it would be sour, but it was sweet.

Second brother Gu also thought so. When the fruit was in his mouth, he realized it was delicious.

Only Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang knew how delicious the fruit was.

Most of the basket was filled with fruits, leaving only a few picked from the mountain. Mrs. Wu kept them away so they could fill her stomach when she was hungry.

After eating, the sky had turned dark, so they closed the door and went to bed.

Gu Qingli didn’t enter her space until she heard the snoring of the four people outside.

The first thing she did after entering the realm was to take a bath. This body was too terrible. Although every part was intact, they were all underdeveloped and severely lacking in nutrition.

After soaking in the water for half an hour, Gu Qingli got up and put on her clothes. Then, she dug out some sweet potatoes and a three-seven root from her space.

It was better to go to town tomorrow morning and sell the herbs to be safe. It was not worth leaving them at home and letting Madam Hua snatch them away.

The next day, while Madam Wu was still making breakfast, the three siblings set off. They left early and returned early.

“Second sister, do you want to buy big buns today?” Da Shuang asked. He swallowed his saliva when he thought of the big bun filled with the fragrance of meat.

“We would buy. We dig herbs and sell them for money to eat. Money is earned to make better clothes, food, accommodation, and transportation.”

“Hehe, second sister’s words make sense. Second sister, how did you suddenly become so smart and bold?” Da Shuang couldn’t help but ask the question in his heart. In the past, second sister only knew how to cry and cried when scolded, just like her mother. she was also particularly timid.

Gu Qingli patted their heads and asked, “You say your sister is good now? Or the older sister from before is better?”

“Of course, the current second sister is the best,” the two answered in unison without thinking.

“That’s right. People grow up after experiencing some things. They will also understand some things. Don’t you think that father is also changing?”

“That’s right. Second sister is so smart. Why didn’t we think of that?” Da Shuang scratched his head and said in embarrassment.

Gu Qingli held each of his hands and said in a severe tone, “It’s not that I’m smarter than you; it’s just that I’m older than you. If we don’t grow up, we’ll be bullied and looked down on. Da Shuang, and Xiao Shuang, you are all brilliant children. Don’t belittle yourself. You will naturally understand many things when you go to school and learn a lot.”

Poverty not only limits a person’s imagination, but it also affects a person’s personality. Their family displayed cowardice, inferiority, and lack of confidence.

“Yes, second sister, we will study hard in the future.” When he talked about studying, his entire personality became different. His eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky, dazzling.

They wanted to study hard and change their family’s fate of not being bullied in the future so that their parents and second sister would not have to worry about food and clothing.

If Gu Qingli knew that he only had that ambition, she would satisfy them.

She wanted the two brothers to get out of there and go to the broader world outside.

The three of them arrived at the hall of benevolence while talking and ran into the Medicine boy who was opening the door.

“Yo, you guys are here so early today? Hurry and come in.” The medicine boy put down the door and called out to the three siblings.

As usual, the three siblings entered the medicine shop and handed the basket to the medicine boy.

This time, the medicine boy felt much better when he saw that the basket was full of herbs. He had picked out the weeds of the herbs sent last time before sorting them.

It took him a lot of time.

When he saw another stalk of three-seven, the smile on his face grew even more comprehensive.

In the end, it was the same as the last time. The average price of ordinary herbs was six yuan per catty. Today, this stalk of three-seven was also three years old, but it was bigger, so he gave an extra fifty yuan.

In addition to the 40 catties of herbs, the sister and brother made 690 yuan today. Like last time, they got three doses of medicine for Mrs. Wu, so they had 630 left.

The three siblings left the medicine shop and ran excitedly toward the bun shop.

The boss of the bun shop saw that it was the siblings again. Oh, another younger brother looked identical to the other; they were twins.

It was a blessing to have twins, and everyone was envious.

The boss took another look at Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang.

“Miss, how many steamed buns do you want today?” The boss wiped his hands clean and asked while holding the white cloth.

Gu Qingli stuck out two fingers and said twenty meat buns.

“Sure, please wait a moment, miss.” The boss grinned.

Gu Qingli nodded and counted forty yuan for the owner. She handed the money to the owner and collected the buns from him.

Gu Qingli took a big bag of buns and put it on the small table at the entrance of the bun shop.

The two looked at the steaming and fragrant buns and sucked in their saliva.

“Hurry up and eat.” Gu Qingli found it funny that they were still slurping on the bun. Then, she picked up a bun and started eating.