Chapter 16: Asking for forgiveness

Chapter 16: Asking for forgiveness

Tong Huaqiong was not in a hurry at all.

Tong Huaqiong has money.

Eighty taels in total.

The eighty taels of silver were saved by the stingy husband of the original owner, Tong Da Jiao, who gave them to Tong Da Jiao without telling his children before he died. He forced Tong Da Jiao to swear that the silver was for Gu Jingzhe to use in the imperial examinations in Beijing in the future and could not be used for anything else.

What does Tong Da Jiao’s oath have to do with her, Tong Huaqiong?

Originally, Tong Huaqiong planned to use the money as capital to start a small business and then slowly figure out how to expand the family business.

Now we need this money to fill the hole.

As a person with modern civilized ideas, even though she didn't like Gu Yaozu, she couldn't bear to see her four-and-a-half-year-old child being enslaved.

But she was not in a hurry to take out the money.

People don't cherish things that come easily.

She will torture her scumbag daughter-in-law in the next five days.

For two consecutive days, except for Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua, who was fat and happy and enjoyed everything she ate, everyone in the Gu family had a gloomy look on their faces.

Especially Gu Dashu, Gu Jingzhe and Liu Yue'e, they were so worried that they wanted to steal and rob.

But Tong Huaqiong forced them to raise money.

It is said that a penny can make a hero fail, let alone fifty taels of silver.

"Don't even think about taking my land, house, or livestock. If I sell them, how will I eat and live? You are all unfilial. Why don't you sell me too?"

Gu Dashu, who really couldn't raise the money, was scolded by Tong Huaqiong as soon as he showed the idea of ​​selling land and house.

After being labeled as a mourner, he never dared to think about the land and the house again.

Gu Dashu thought of someone who could come up with the money.

That is my half-sister Gu Baishuang.

Gu Baishuang's husband's family is in the porcelain business and has shops in the town and the county. They are one of the richest families in Yanguan Town, so they are naturally well-off.

However, since the funeral of Gu's father, Tong Dajiao made a scene in the mourning hall because of the burial of Gu's father and his ex-wife. Gu Dashu even threatened to scatter the ex-wife's body. Gu Baishuang was so heartbroken that she cut off contact with the Gu family.

Now I don’t treat Gu Dashu, Gu Jingzhe, Gu Taohua and the others as brothers and sisters at all.

This is not Gu Baishuang's fault. With a stepmother who is always making trouble and a bunch of bad guys, who would want to be involved with the Gu family?

At the beginning, Gu Baishuang married Nie's stepson, who was three years older than her, as a concubine. Although it was Gu's father who made the decision, Tong Dajiao often fanned the flames.

Gu Baishuang got married in winter. Tong Dajiao accepted the money from the Nie family but did not give her even a piece of thick clothes as a dowry.

If his father were still alive, it would be a different story. But now that his father is gone, Gu Dashu doesn't even dare to visit the Nie family because of what his mother and he did to his eldest sister.

"Sister-in-law."

Gu Dashu shamelessly wanted to ask Chen Sufen for help.

As Gu Baishuang's brother's wife, Chen Sufen will at least give her some face.

Gu Dashu wanted Chen Sufen to go to the Nie family to ask Gu Baishuang for help in raising money.

"Sufen, you are so considerate. The dry biscuits you make on the griddle are even more delicious than the sesame seed biscuits from Wu Laosan's shop in town. They were sold out in just half a day after we went to town."

Tong Huaqiong stepped into the room and interrupted Gu Dashu who was about to ask Chen Sufen to go to the Nie family to raise money.

"That's right. I was thinking there would be two left for me, but I didn't expect there would be none left." Although Gu Taohua felt sorry for not getting to eat the dry biscuits, she couldn't suppress her joy in her tone.

"We made eight hundred coins today. Mother said it's called net profit."

I didn't expect that making money would feel so good.

"Really?"

Chen Sufen was a little bit unbelieving.

Almost catching up with one or two.

If you can earn 800 wen every day, you can save a lot in a year.

You have to know that you can only earn a few taels of silver from farming throughout the year.

The last time my mother-in-law went to the Zheng family in the county town to break off the engagement, she sold out all the big steamed buns she brought with her. Today, she sold out all the dried biscuits she baked in the town as well.

Chen Sufen suddenly felt that what her mother-in-law said about everyone living a good life together was not just talk.

"It's all because of my mother's good teaching methods." Chen Sufen said with a smile.

My mother-in-law never worked, let alone cooked.

I didn't expect that after turning over a new leaf, he actually had such great skills.

In the past I only knew that the griddle was used to make pancakes, but I never thought that by using a different method to bake the pancakes dry they would have a fragrance that could spread from miles away.

Tong Huaqiong was very happy.

This dry biscuit is slowly baked on a griddle over low heat until it becomes golden and crispy, sprinkled with sesame seeds and a layer of syrup.

Can it not be delicious?

No matter what era, if you want to win the reputation of your food, you have to be willing to put out some good stuff.

Especially for dry steamed buns, if you don’t put a lot of sesame seeds and sprinkle a layer of sugar on them, they will not be able to attract passers-by under the siege of pastry shops in the town.

For the Gu family, sugar is a very precious thing. The two bags of sugar in the house were given to Chen Sufen by Gu Baishuang for body nourishment. Chen Sufen was reluctant to drink them, so now they are all used by Tong Huaqiong to make delicious food.

"When we make some money, we'll buy you some new clothes. Your current clothes are too plain."

Tong Huaqiong frowned.

Chen Sufen's clothes were not only plain, but also gray and full of patches.

Chen Sufen was flattered and shook her head repeatedly.

She is already content with her current life. Last time her mother-in-law went to the county town, she brought her some steamed buns and pastries. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to handle more.

"Have you washed the mung beans that I asked you to wash?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Chen Sufen smiled and said, "It's almost dry."

Tong Huaqiong nodded, indicating that she was satisfied with Chen Sufen's execution ability.

She plans to make mung bean cake.

Last time, Gu Jingzhe bought her mung bean cake from the best shop in town, but she didn’t think it was very delicious.

She even tasted the cakes she bought for Maner in the county and found that they still had room for improvement compared to the delicious cakes of later generations.

"Mom, you and Taohua must be hungry. I'll go cook." Chen Sufen didn't expect her mother-in-law to come home so soon, so she didn't prepare dinner.

Tong Huaqiong waved her hand and said, "Don't worry! I ate the steamed buns I brought this morning at noon."

"Mom, I'll go to Aunt Qin's house. She borrowed the sieve from our house last time and hasn't returned it yet. I'll go get it." Chen Sufen said.

"Go ahead." Tong Huaqiong waved her hand.

"mother……"

Gu Dashu was very afraid of Tong Huaqiong these two days. When he saw Tong Huaqiong returning home from selling dry biscuits in the town, he didn't dare to say anything. Only when he saw his sister-in-law go out did he come up to her with gritted teeth.

"What's the matter? If you don't go out to collect the money, what are you doing at home? Are you really planning to sell your son?" Tong Huaqiong glanced at him with her sharp eyes and said nothing nice.

Gu Dashu thought that his mother was really cruel. She should have changed her temper, but you treated everyone equally, but you tortured your own daughter to death.

"You just treated your sister-in-law like a god. I knew what you were up to at a glance. You want your sister-in-law to borrow money from the Nie family, right?" Tong Huaqiong exposed Gu Dashu's intention.

"Mother, you know that only my eldest sister's family can afford fifty taels of silver."

Tong Huaqiong sneered, wanting to transform into Aunt Rong and use a needle to wake Gu Dashu up.

This call of "big sister" is so intimate.

Can you recognize Gu Baishuang?

"If you want to borrow yourself, don't assign the job to your sister-in-law. Gu Yaozu is not your sister-in-law's son." Tong Huaqiong said coldly.

Gu Dashu: "..."

Mother is really good at touching people's hearts. How could she not know Gu Baishuang's attitude towards her and her children?

We don’t care whether we dare or not, we should just give it a try.

There are only three days left, if it’s any later my son won’t be saved.

"That's fine. I'll go and apologize to my elder sister right now."

Gu Dashu stomped his feet in anger, took a bunch of brambles and tied them on his back, gritted his teeth and went out.

He was going to the Nie family in the town to find the eldest sister Gu Baishuang and apologize, and he would let Gu Baishuang beat and scold him. As long as Gu Baishuang was kind enough to lend him money, he would be willing to do anything.