Chapter 21: Fear of being scammed

Chapter 21: Fear of being scammed

"Isn't this my home?"

In the dream, Tong Huaqiong walked into a space.

She had seen this space in her dreams when she first became Widow Tong, but she had never thought of pushing open the door of the space.

This time when I opened the space door, I found that the end of the door was my house in my previous life.

When Tong Huaqiong was admitted to graduate school, her parents used the family’s demolition compensation to buy her a house in the city where she was studying. During her graduate studies, she did not live on campus but lived in her own house.

Perhaps what you think about during the day will appear in your dreams at night. She was thinking about butter and various ingredients for making pastries, so she dreamed about her room.

Tong Huaqiong walked quickly into her house and went straight to the kitchen without hesitation.

I opened the refrigerator door and saw blocks of butter, bags of sugar, and a ready-made cream fruit cake.

She remembered that her undergraduate roommate was going to have a birthday, so she made a cake a day in advance and put it in the refrigerator, planning to take it to celebrate her roommate's birthday after finishing the experiment.

Before she could even walk out of the laboratory door, she became a black-hearted widow and vicious mother-in-law with many children and grandchildren.

Tong Huaqiong has been working hard to make money at the Qinghewan Gu family these days, and there is nothing good to eat. The greedy Tong Huaqiong wants to pick up a cake to satisfy her craving.

But the cake was placed firmly in the refrigerator, and no matter how she tried to move it, it didn't move at all.

Tong Huaqiong gave up after trying several times and reached out to try to get butter, condensed milk, sugar powder, lard, eggs and milk. With these ingredients as her golden finger, she would be able to beat all the pastry shops in the town.

Butter, condensed milk, sugar powder, lard, eggs, milk and the cake were just like that. No matter how hard Tong Huaqiong tried, they just didn't move at all, as if they were stuck in the refrigerator.

Tong Huaqiong pounded the refrigerator door angrily.

Tong Huaqiong was awakened by the sound of a rooster crowing.

What space, what house, what refrigerator, what cake, butter, condensed milk, sugar powder, eggs...

After waking up, Tong Huaqiong was still lying in the Gu family's mud house as a widow and mother-in-law.

This is the first time the rooster crows. It’s time to get up when the rooster crows the third time!

Tong Huaqiong turned over in the dark and took the time to catch up on some sleep.

Soon the rooster crowed three times. Tong Huaqiong got dressed and got out of bed. She opened the door and saw that Chen Sufen had already brought her some water to wash her face.

Gu Taohua was still sleeping and Tong Huaqiong did not wake her up.

This fat girl has been terribly tired these days. Let her get some more sleep because we will still have to rely on her to keep things under control when we get to the town.

Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e hadn't slept much as they were trying to find a way to borrow some money.

At night, the couple sorted out the people who could borrow money, got up after the rooster crowed three times, and planned to knock on every door to get their money.

After Tong Huaqiong finished washing up, Gu Taohua also got up. Chen Sufen had already cooked the porridge. Knowing that Tong Huaqiong didn't like to eat millet with shells, she peeled the millet with a reluctant heart.

Gu Dashu smelled the fragrance as soon as he walked into the stove. These days, his mother went out early and came back late every day selling dry biscuits and steamed buns. I don’t know what she is going to sell or how much money she has made in the past few days.

Even a small amount of money is still meat. As long as the money can save Yaozu, it is worth it to take it.

"Mom, how is business these days?" Gu Dashu placed a bowl of thick porridge in front of Tong Huaqiong with a flattering look on his face.

"How the business is going is none of your business. Are you helping to light the fire or shouting?" Tong Huaqiong said calmly while drinking porridge.

"Mom, can you give some of the money you earn to the Zheng family?"

"Also, mother, do you have a recipe for making a lot of money?"

Gu Dashu remembered the five-day deadline that Tong Huaqiong had given to Butler He. She, who had always been a pushover, did not bargain and readily agreed.

Gu Dashu had an illusion that maybe his mother had some good idea.

Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "There are ways to make money, but it takes time. So your son's affairs still depend on you and Yue'e."

Gu Dashu was desperate and shouted angrily: "It was you who promised Butler He five days."

Tong Huaqiong said, "I was just trying to get out of this situation. Butler He was clearly well prepared. If I didn't agree, who knows what would happen in the dark wilderness."

"Gu Dashu, what's your attitude? You yell at your mother just for your son? What were you doing before? You were lazy and greedy and just went wherever you had free time. If you had worked hard, you wouldn't be so poor that you couldn't even pay fifty taels of silver."

"I've been thinking about my family for the sake of heaven and earth. I don't even care about my reputation. I'm going out to do business. What do I want? I work so hard to earn a few dollars, and you want to take it all away? I tell you, Gu Dashu, even if your second branch has no children or grandchildren, it's all because of you and Liu Yue'e."

"There are still two days left, right? You know whether you have done your best to raise the money or not. Are you just waiting for me to clean up your mess?"

Tong Huaqiong scolded Gu Dashu, gulped down the rice in the bowl, and ignored Gu Dashu, and started to ask Chen Sufen and Gu Taohua to prepare mung bean cakes and mung bean cakes.

Gu Dashu was so depressed after being scolded.

At this time, Gu Dashu wanted to try his luck in the gambling house in town.

Gu Dashu was good at gambling. He always won every time he went to the gambling house, and he would spend all the money he won on food and drink. He often lamented that the Gu family was too poor and he had no capital, so he could only win a few hundred coins to satisfy his hunger.

The people in the gambling house thought that he was poor and had a crooked mother, so they didn't dare to tempt him to gamble big, nor were they willing to give him money on credit.

Gu Dashu sighed when he thought of this. He probably couldn't even enter the gambling house now because he didn't have any capital.

His mother was angry at the time, so he didn't dare to ask for it.

Tong Huaqiong looked at Gu Dashu coldly. She wanted to test his temper in the next few days and let him experience the feelings of a person in desperate situation.

In this way he can walk on the straight path.

Two large baskets were filled with mung bean cakes, mung bean biscuits and dry biscuits.

Gu Taohua shouted loudly and lifted up the two large baskets steadily.

Tong Huaqiong thought happily that with Gu Taohua's strength, it would be better not to let her lose weight.

"Taohua, let's take Uncle Xu's ox cart to town today." Tong Huaqiong said.

Uncle Xu's ox cart travels between Qinghe Bay and Yanguan Town every day, similar to a modern bus.

Tong Huaqiong thought that walking to the town would waste time. Besides, no matter how strong Gu Taohua was, she couldn't use her strength to death. So she might as well spend some money and take a bus today.

Unexpectedly, when the two arrived at the parking place at the entrance of the village, Uncle Xu, who was wiping the shaft of the car, was shocked when he saw Tong Huaqiong and her daughter.

Before Tong Huaqiong could say anything, Uncle Xu ran away with his car.

Tong Huaqiong: “…”

"What's wrong with Uncle Xu? Why did he run away when he saw us?"

"Are the women of our Gu family man-eating tigers? Why are you so scared?"

"Don't let me catch you, you old fool."

Gu Taohua looked unhappy and started cursing, her past rudeness and harshness clearly visible.

It's not Uncle Xu's fault. It's just that Tong Dajiao has a very bad reputation. Not only is her image as a vicious stepmother and a vicious mother-in-law deeply rooted in people's minds, but she has to have the upper hand when dealing with the villagers, whether she is right or wrong.

Uncle Xu was really afraid that Tong Huaqiong and her daughter would come to his car to commit fraud, so he would rather not make that money.

And there was this fat girl Gu Taohua, who could do the work of three people. If she got on the bus, how would the others get on? Wouldn't he have lost money by earning two seats?

What if Widow Tong made a scene in the car, and the mother and daughter teamed up to bully others? Uncle Xu thought he wouldn't be able to stand it.

It’s better to pretend you didn’t see it and drive away.