eurekapd Chapter 290: The Cousin of "Fuwa" 18
Chapter 290: The Cousin of "Fuwa" 18
Who is he? He is the youngest and longest-serving village chief in the history of Ke Village. How can he manage things if he doesn’t have something?
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I don't need you to support me, just go now! Tell Mrs. Wang first, and you'll get twice the result with half the effort."
"Got it, Dad! Do I need you to tell me this? Then be careful on the road. I'm leaving now."
The village chief's son acted quickly. With him and Mrs. Wang, it didn't take long for everyone in the village to know what had happened.
"Hey, this old man Gu has been confused for half his life, and finally he has done something humane!"
"Yes, she has cut off the relationship with Gu Yong so decisively. No matter what happens in the future, it will not affect Gu Yong. But, when did Gu Ming care about Gu Yong so much?"
"What's the big deal? He only had two sons. One is gone, so Gu Yong is the only one left. He must be protected!"
"That's right. Gu Yong is grateful and has forgiven past grudges. He actually offered to pay an extra 200 coins per month! This is 200 coins. Is he willing to give it?"
"You think they are you! Everyone knows Gu Yong's character over the years. The old couple treated him badly, and they were as hard as cement. Isn't this repaying evil with kindness?"
"Okay, okay, this involves me again. I won't talk to you anymore."
At this time, Gu Ming and Zhao Mei, who had just returned home, heard the villagers' discussions and their faces turned green with anger.
The two men walked into the house with gloomy faces, regardless of how the people outside called out to them.
"Who spread this news?" Gu Ming kicked over the chair at his feet as he entered the room and said angrily.
"It must be Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin! How could these two sinister and cunning guys act so quickly?"
"It's possible... Even if we go out and say something bad about Gu Yong now, it won't have any effect. Everyone believes this rumor!"
"Old man, at least they didn't spread bad things about us. I'm afraid if someone knows that we get an extra 200 coins a year...will it cause trouble?"
Thinking of this, Gu Ming's face turned even greener.
"These two people are so heartless and worse than pigs and dogs that they still try to trick me. I think they just don't want to give me the money!" As he spoke, he threw the wooden basin next to him to the ground.
On the other side, Gu Qian's family, who had already returned to the house, were looking at the things that Cheng Shangyu gave them.
"Brother Yong, I haven't even looked at these things yet! This box is so delicate, I'm afraid it might get broken."
"Let's be careful!"
After opening all the boxes, they were stunned to see what was inside.
One of the smaller boxes was filled with silver notes with a face value of one hundred taels, as well as a lot of small change, which looked like money that was collected at the last minute.
Perhaps it was because of their inconvenience that they were not given silver or gold ingots.
The second slightly larger box was filled with jewelry worn by my daughter.
In Gu Qian's opinion, these jewellery items will never go out of style and will not look old-fashioned even after ten or twenty years.
It's not particularly precious, but it's great in quantity.
But they really can't use these now, because their family is known to the outside world as poor. Li Xiuqin can't wear them, and Gu Qian is young, so she can't use them at all.
So these are destined to be kept at the bottom of the box.
The last big box was filled with cloth.
Gu Qian dared to guarantee that with these fabrics, her family would not need to spend money on fabrics at least until she came of age.
"Oh my God! How come the Fifth Prince gave us so many things?" Li Xiuqin exclaimed.
"This... this..." Gu Yong was also shaking constantly, not daring to believe what he was seeing.
"Brother Yong, we really shouldn't have accepted it! We feel unworthy of it..." In addition to these, he also accepted a jade pendant and a promise from the other person.
How dare they!
Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin sat on the bed in confusion, looking at the pile of things in front of them.
Gu Qian felt helpless when he saw this scene.
Her parents have too strong a sense of morality and too weak a sense of worthiness.
If he had learned one tenth of what Gu Ming and Zhao Mei did, this wouldn't have happened.
Tsk, it seems she is the only one who can take action...
"Daddy and Mommy, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah? Oh, Qianqian, Daddy is thinking about how to return these to His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince." Gu Yong, who was thinking, was interrupted by Gu Qian's words.
"Why should I return it? My brother gave it to me!"
"Qianqian, we just rescued the Fifth Prince from the mountains, and it's wrong for him to accept such valuable things!" Li Xiuqin said with a sigh.
"But my brother said that without my father and mother, he would die. Is my brother's life not as important as these things?"
"This..." Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin were speechless. The Fifth Prince's life was of course more important than anything else...
"Besides, my brother secretly told me that these things are not worth mentioning to him, but if he gives them to me, I can live a good life and have meat to eat every day. Dad and Mom, I want to eat meat~"
Yes! This little money is just a little slip out of the fifth prince's fingers, and it is not worth mentioning to others.
Why are they bothering here?
Besides... looking at Gu Qian, whose eyes looked particularly big because of her thin cheeks, their sense of guilt increased sharply.
Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
"Forget it, since it is the Fifth Prince's good intention, let's accept it." Gu Yong said.
Li Xiuqin also nodded to show her agreement.
Seeing this, Gu Qian immediately cheered: "Great! We can finally eat meat!"
As Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin looked at their happy daughter, their worries gradually dissipated.
"Qianqian, tell your mother, when did you tell these things to His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince?" Li Xiuqin asked curiously.
"My brother told me that before we ate the meat porridge."
"So early?"
"Yes! My brother said that if he gets out alive, he will give me a lot of money to buy meat!"
After hearing this answer, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin looked at each other helplessly and smiled. So that was how it was.
At this time, Gu Qian didn't know that because of her lie, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin thought that she really liked eating meat.
So she would be given meat for almost every meal.
Even if they had to hide it, they would definitely cook a meat meal for Gu Qian.
Later on, Gu Qian wanted to vomit when she saw the meat.
In fact, having meat dishes is a good thing, but the key is that they are reluctant to eat them. Every time they are given to Gu Qian, she can't refuse.
As a result, Gu Qian, who was still growing up, ate so well that at the age of 29, she had a well-proportioned figure and was almost 1.75 meters tall.
At first, Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin didn't take it seriously, thinking that children wouldn't grow any more after they were fourteen or fifteen years old.
However, unexpectedly, when he was fifteen years old, Gu Qian, who was already 1.68 meters tall, was still growing rapidly.
It was at this time that Gu Yong and Li Xiuqin finally realized that something was wrong and began to control Gu Qian's diet.