sjar Chapter 693 Marrying the Wrong Man or the Right One? (14)
Chapter 693 Marrying the Wrong Man or the Right One? (14)
Seeing the woman close the door, Wu Chenlin finally remembered what he was here for. He knocked his head and cursed: "What a piece of wood!"
Looking at the tightly closed door, Wu Chenlin looked at the brocade box in his hand that had not yet been given away, and smiled at himself.
While Gu Yuxi continued to weave brocade, she was thinking in her heart why Gu Fenghuan was jumping around like this, was it because she wanted her to go to the capital as well?
Now she has no interest in weaving brocade anymore. Gu Erfang has started to get anxious because he has not received money from his mother, but the people in the first house are even more anxious.
The inspector my uncle worked for was a minor official of the ninth rank, with a monthly salary of four taels. If he wanted to curry favor with his superiors and win over his subordinates, this salary was not enough for him.
Even if he was a clean magistrate for ten years and earned 100,000 silver coins, his uncle still couldn't achieve that.
Now that there is no money even to reward the servants, the place has become lively again. However, Gu Erfang’s anxiety is his own business.
The exclusive formula in the dyeing workshop is only known by the father and daughter of the Yang family, so Gu Erfang never dared to act rashly. However, they have gained a lot over the years, and their ambitions have expanded, and they need to learn a lesson.
After opening the courtyard door, she saw several hired workers dyeing cloth inside the dyeing workshop. When she arrived at the cloth shop counter, Gu Yuxi saw the accountant was troubled with the accounts, and her mother was frowning beside him.
Gu Yuxi walked over and asked: "But the account doesn't match?"
"Miss, the account doesn't match. It says 230 taels were received this month, but 32 taels don't match."
"show me."
Gu Yuxi held the account book and moved the abacus beads in his hand. It was true that the thirty-two taels were not enough.
"Sir, I remember that the account was settled five days ago. You should try to recall where the money went."
"Miss, I have worked in this cloth shop for decades, and I will never ruin my job."
"Of course I know your character, but we need to recall it carefully... I bought twenty coins of red paper in the store a day ago..."
Suddenly, the accountant said, "Oh, right! The boss took another 15 taels, saying that he was going to buy a wooden horse for the inspector's youngest son, and the remaining 5 taels was to buy donkey-hide gelatin for his wife to replenish her body."
"That gigolo from Gu Erfang has never changed his bad habits!"
"Heh!" Gu Yuxi sneered. The mother and daughter walked through the dyeing workshop, closed the door and began to discuss.
"This money has been going out but not coming in. Apart from the wages every month, we don't have much left. We have finally saved some money in the past few months, but I didn't expect your troublesome father to give us money again."
"Mother, the accountant said that Dad bought you some donkey hide gelatin again. Did you get it?"
"I did get it, but it tasted terrible. I left it in my room."
"It tastes bad?"
"That's not a good thing. If you want to eat it, I'll give it to you."
Gu Yang walked quickly into the room and took out a few pieces of donkey-hide gelatin. Gu Yuxi picked them up and smelled them, his brows becoming increasingly furrowed.
"What's wrong, Xi'er? Is there something wrong with this thing?"
Gu Yuxi looked into the study and said, "This donkey-hide gelatin contains a drug that makes people sleepy. It's okay to take it occasionally, but if you take it for a long time, your body will become weak, and you can imagine what will happen in the end."
The woman's face turned pale, and she had another violent cough. Gu Yuxi felt her pulse and pressed acupoints such as Fengfu, which relieved the symptoms a lot.
"No ruthlessness, no hero. Back then, I thought he would be ridiculed if he came in as a son-in-law, so I told others that he was not a son-in-law and that the child would have his last name. I never thought he would treat me like this!"
"Mom, don't be angry. We are here to avenge you."
"Xi'er, why is my life so miserable? If you had married such a vicious husband, you and Xin'er could have lived a life of ease and comfort, but your father is always concerned about everything, which makes it hard for you."
"Don't cry."
"He has really changed over the years, and he often keeps mistresses outside. If you hadn't discovered it half a month ago, I wouldn't have known that his illegitimate child is several months older than Xin'er."
Gu Cixin walked out of the study with his head lowered, his eyes red. Seeing his mother coughing violently, he went to comfort her, feeling nervous.
"Mom, is what you and sister just said true?"
Gu Yuxi: "Brother Xin, I have nothing to say if you still respect your father, but he is not as honest as he seems. Do you know that he has a son and two daughters? Over the years, he has been using the money that mother has worked so hard to earn from embroidery and dyeing cloth to support outsiders!"
"I...how could he do that?" Gu Cixin was at a loss. The respect and love he had for his father in his heart was slowly being worn away over the past few months.
Thinking back to the years when he had not been liked by his father, Gu Cixin thought it was because he had not studied hard enough, but he did not expect there was another hidden story.
"Of course he doesn't. That illegitimate child is the child of your eldest uncle Aunt Ning's sister. His name is Ning Guigu. He goes to the same school as you and his academic performance is better than yours. The money used to hire a teacher in Gu Erfang came from my place." The woman said angrily.
Gu Yuxi also said: "Xin brother, father often says that you are not suitable for studying, that is because he thinks others are more suitable for studying than you."
"Are you going to lie to me too, sis?"
"I'm not that bored. If you really don't believe me, go to the house on West Street that has a pear tree in front of its door. It's very cozy inside, and every night there's a candle waiting for the man to come home."
Gu Yuxi saw that Gu Cixin's eyes were full of anger, so perhaps it would be better for him to know the truth as soon as possible rather than being framed and counting money for the other party in the future.
"Mom, please don't eat this donkey-hide gelatin anymore."
"Xi'er, I still can't accept the fact that he wants to harm me. He must suspect that I know about him because I have been going against him all this time."
"Mom, if we cut off his money, I don't believe he can still secretly spend money on outsiders."
Gu Yuxi quickly prescribed a medicine for his mother to eliminate the poison from her body, and Gu Cixin remained silent until his mother fell asleep.
When the two came out of their mother's room, Gu Cixin suddenly took Gu Yuxi's hand and said, "Sister, can you accompany me to the place on West Street?"
"Xindi, you still don't believe it?"
"I just find it ironic. Dad has become more and more powerful in front of Mom in recent years, but..." Gu Cixin's voice became weaker and weaker. Gu Yuxi could only pat him on the shoulder and had nothing more to say.
That night, Gu Yuxi took Gu Cixin to a side courtyard on West Street in the dark and quietly climbed up the wall.
"Sister, it's late now. Maybe you made a mistake." Gu Cixin had just finished speaking when his head was pressed down and a familiar voice came to his ears.
"My husband, you are here."
"Daddy."
"How are your studies these days, my son? The painter I hired for fifty taels is a famous painter in the capital. Don't play around and miss out on your studies."
"I naturally know what Daddy means."
"You and your son should not chat outside the door. Talk inside."
"My dear little ancestor, you are heavy, and it would be bad if you get bumped or bruised."
The man caringly helped the woman into the house, and the young man beside them followed in, and the family was happy together.