Chapter 30: No ancestral tomb after death

Chapter 30: No ancestral tomb after death

"These fifty taels of silver were lent to my family by Bai Shuang." Tong Huaqiong smiled faintly.

What a coincidence, it was exactly fifty taels.

Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e felt as if they had escaped death. All the strength in their bodies was drained away, and they knelt on the ground limply.

Then ecstasy appeared in his eyes.

Their family's Yaozu is saved!

"I told you that big sister wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die. In two days, I'll go to big sister and continue to apologize until she opens the door for me." Gu Dashu called her "big sister" affectionately, which gave Tong Huaqiong goosebumps.

Gu Dashu wiped away his tears, thinking that it was not in vain that he carried the bundle to the Nie family. Although the door was not open at that time, his eldest sister was still considerate of their father and was willing to lend him money after all.

"You are so shameless. Do you think your elder sister is doing this for your sake?" Tong Huaqiong pointed at Gu Dashu and cursed.

"No matter whose face you are giving, my elder sister borrowed money anyway. I told you that even though my elder sister has cut off all ties with our family, after all, bones are still connected. My elder sister still cares about Yaozu, who is her nephew." Liu Yue'e clasped her hands together, tears in her eyes, and cried.

The rest of your life!

My son is saved!

My son is saved!

Tong Huaqiong looked at the cheap son and daughter-in-law, patted the silver, and sneered: "I can't give you this silver."

What?

Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e looked incredulous.

Liu Yue'e wanted to stand up and rush towards her mother-in-law, just like the last time when she was trying to send Man'er and Chen Sufen away.

Perhaps only by knocking my mother-in-law unconscious again can her mind be cleared up.

"Why? Mom, Yaozu is also your grandson, are you willing to watch him being taken away?"

Gu Dashu cried.

This time the crying was a cry of sadness.

Gu Dashu was sad, he was really sad.

His mother was willing to sell her granddaughter for Gu Jingzhe, so why does she not care about him anymore?

"Just listen to what I have to say. Liu Yue'e, what's that look in your eyes? Do you want to kill me?" Tong Huaqiong slammed the table.

Liu Yue'e cried, "Mother, please also understand my feelings as a mother."

Tong Huaqiong curled her lips and said, "Now that you know what it's like to be a mother, why don't you take good care of Yaozu? If you still remember that you are Yaozu's mother, you should behave like a good mother. Don't you see how Yaozu has become? He is still full of foul language, loves to stir up trouble and bully others. He is unlucky to have a mother like you for the rest of his life."

After Tong Huaqiong finished speaking, Liu Yue'e didn't dare to say anything.

"I said I can't give you this silver, and there must be a reason why I can't give it to you." Tong Huaqiong said steadily, "Why are you so anxious? You don't even listen to me finish my words and start crying. Yaozu is my grandson, and he was dragged down by Gu Jingzhe this time. Gu Jingzhe was indulged by me, so I also have a responsibility. I will pay the fifty taels of silver."

Not only Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e were shocked, but Gu Taohua and Chen Sufen were also shocked into silence.

Everyone knows the situation of the Gu family very well. How could Tong Huaqiong afford fifty taels of silver?

"Mom, are you kidding? Where can we get fifty taels of silver?" Gu Dashu murmured.

"I earned it. What do you think I've been doing these days, going out early and coming back late? I'm making money." Tong Huaqiong said with a faint smile.

"Making money? Just relying on dry steamed buns, big steamed buns, or mung bean cakes?" Gu Dashu didn't believe it.

Gu Taohua was even more unbelievable. She and her mother sold cakes together and when did they earn fifty taels?

"It depends on these and it doesn't depend on these. I figured out the recipe for mung bean cakes these two days. Today, I got the favor of Mr. Huang, a wealthy man in town. He ordered a batch of cakes and gave me a deposit of fifty taels of silver." Tong Huaqiong said.

"Mother, Mr. Huang..."

"If I say fifty taels, it means fifty taels." Tong Huaqiong interrupted Gu Taohua and said softly, "When you went to relieve yourself, Mr. Huang came back and gave me fifty taels as a deposit. I was worried that you would leak the news and get robbed on the way, so I didn't dare tell you."

Gu Taohua was a simple-minded person, so she believed it.

Naturally, Mr. Huang did not give a deposit of fifty taels of silver. She estimated that even if she got the cake order for Mr. Huang's mother's birthday, she might not be able to earn fifty taels.

The fifty taels she planned to return to the Zheng family was the legacy of the dead old man.

But she had to say it.

Because she couldn't tell Gu Dashu and others that the dead old man left her seventy taels of silver. If she told them, Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e would think that you clearly have so much silver, but you don't take it out.

Then the torment they have suffered in the past few days will turn into hatred and rush towards her.

Even though she didn't like the couple, they were still her son and daughter-in-law, and she still needed them to work for her.

Only if these two guys are grateful to her and remember her kindness will they be willing to listen to her, and only then can she completely set them right.

"Mom, is this true?" Liu Yue'e asked in a trembling voice.

It’s not that she didn’t believe it, but her mother-in-law didn’t usually have the ability to earn fifty taels of silver.

"Liu Yue'e, what do you mean? Do you think I can't make money in a legitimate way? Do you think that a widow like me has to rely on selling her body to make money?" Tong Huaqiong did not look good to Liu Yue'e.

Liu Yue'e waved her hands hastily and said in defense, "I didn't, mother, I didn't mean that."

Gu Dashu took the opportunity to teach Liu Yue'e a lesson: "How do you talk to your mother?"

"I know you two don't believe I can come up with fifty taels of silver."

Tong Huaqiong walked into her room, took out the silver, put it in the package she brought with her to collect cash at the market, then walked out and opened it.

Gu Dashu and others were stunned. Their mother could actually earn fifty taels of silver.

"I told you last time that we should work together to live a good life. I am not just talking nonsense. I really want to lead you to live a good life. Look, if I didn't have the intention to live a good life and try to make money these days, how could I have such great luck?"

Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to teach the evil Zhu in front of him.

Tong Huaqiong's firm attitude infected Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e.

"Mom, I will live an honest life with you from now on." Gu Dashu's sadness was swept away.

"Well...me too." Liu Yue'e nodded. She had no choice but to believe it. There was no other way.

Tong Huaqiong nodded and said to Gu Dashu, "Since I have a way to get the fifty taels from the Zheng family, Dashu, go and return the silver to your elder sister tomorrow morning, and tell her that I have made a note of this favor. Just tell her that I promised to put her mother's tablet together with your father's tablet, and when your elder brother comes home, we will choose a good day to bury her mother and your father together. Also, I will not be buried in the Gu family's ancestral tomb in the future."

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, this damn old man and this old cucumber, whoever wants it can have it, but she doesn’t want it!

As soon as Tong Huaqiong finished speaking, Gu Dashu and others felt as if they were struck by lightning.

It is understandable that Tong Huaqiong agreed to bury Gu Baishuang's mother and Lao Gu together and put their tablets together, after all, Gu Baishuang's mother was the original wife. But what does it mean that Tong Huaqiong did not enter the Gu family's ancestral tomb after her death?

"Mom, are you going to remarry in the future?" Gu Taohua asked innocently.

Tong Huaqiong glanced at Gu Taohua and said, "If there is an eighteen-year-old man willing to marry me, I might remarry. But with a bunch of you guys as burdens, who can I marry? I married your father, an old widower, when I was fourteen, and I have always felt wronged. I don't want to serve him in the fields after I die."

"Mom, I understand! What you said makes sense. I will be filial to you in the future and will go wherever you go." Gu Dashu expressed his opinion.

Gu Dashu thought that his mother had deliberately embarrassed his older brother and sister by burying his father's original wife together with his father at the funeral hall. Now that his mother had come to terms with it, there was nothing wrong with it.

From now on, let Dad stay with my eldest brother and eldest sister’s mother. He and Gu Jingzhe will set up a separate tablet for my mother.

"Mom, I've taken note of what you said. I will repeat it to my elder sister tomorrow." Gu Dashu said.

"Yue'e, you are so proud, don't complain that your father only lent you ten taels. No one is well-off. You still have your sister-in-law and brother. You should burn incense and be grateful for lending you ten taels."

"Your father lent you ten taels of silver. You should give it to your father and catch a chicken as a thank you gift."

Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to educate Liu Yue'e.

Liu Yue'e nodded with tears in her eyes and said yes!

After giving all these instructions, Tong Huaqiong told Chen Sufen: "We are hungry! Sufen, stew the mutton I bought. We will have mutton soup tonight. Stew all four pounds of mutton and we will have a good meal."

"Mom, I'll go and stew it now."

Chen Sufen had not yet recovered from the shock of Tong Huaqiong not being buried in the ancestral tomb. As she walked towards the kitchen, she thought that she would have to discuss it with him after the Great Cold came. It would be too great a sacrifice for her mother-in-law not to be buried in the ancestral tomb.

"Sister-in-law, let me help you light the fire."

Liu Yue'e wiped her eyes. She had been worried about Yaozu being taken away these past two days. She finally understood Chen Sufen's situation and rushed to help Chen Sufen light the fire and cook.