Chapter 34: Elders are not just bricks

Chapter 34: Elders are not just bricks

"Xiaofeng, I was wrong in the past."

The genius boy Gu Jingzhe clenched his hands. It was too embarrassing. Asking him to apologize to his nephew who always ranked last in academic performance was even more embarrassing than running around naked in the sun.

Nie Xiaofeng usually looked down on his uncle, and he looked down on him even more since he learned that he wanted to trade his cousin Maner for his future.

He and his mother are both in the coal industry, and they have evil hearts.

"Uncle, what's the matter?" Nie Xiaofeng exuded an aura that kept strangers away.

Normally, Gu Jingzhe and Nie Xiaofeng had little interaction in the private school, and they didn't even say hello when they met.

Nie Xiaofeng is tall and mighty, while Gu Jingzhe is a weak and fragile scholar. At this moment, Gu Jingzhe feels like he is being crushed when he stands in front of Nie Xiaofeng.

"I want to borrow fifty taels of silver from you."

Gu Jingzhe lowered his head and spoke with difficulty.

"I can pay you back with interest!"

"I promise to pay it back within a year!"

"What are you going to give back?" Nie Xiaofeng interrupted Gu Jingzhe.

"Oh, I know what my uncle will use to pay back..." Nie Xiaofeng stretched out his voice, "By selling Man'er. If the Zheng family alone is not enough, with my uncle's ability, maybe he can get close to the Li family, the Wang family, the Zhang family... There will always be families who want to buy a daughter-in-law. When the time comes, you can sell Man'er for another two hundred taels, and the money will come, right?"

"Speaking of which, little uncle, you are really good at making money. You can make a huge profit. It is more profitable than my porcelain shop. My shop still needs costs, but your business of selling people does not require any costs."

"You don't even have to give birth to a daughter yourself, you can just sell someone else's daughter. Wow, my uncle's calculations are really brilliant!"

"I just wonder if the teacher at Wanliu Academy would praise my uncle for his extraordinary talent if he knew about my behavior."

Nie Xiaofeng caught Gu Jingzhe and started to scold him.

On the one hand, it was to vent the anger of Gu Baishuang and Maner, and on the other hand, it was for his own pleasure.

He had long wanted to find an opportunity to criticize Gu Jingzhe. If it weren't for Gu Jingzhe's uncle's reputation, if he touched Gu Jingzhe, his mother would be caught in a whirlpool of fame. He really wanted to punch this cheap uncle's head.

Gu Jingzhe's face turned red after hearing Nie Xiaofeng's continuous scolding.

"Oh my, the sun is rising from the west. You, my little uncle, are blushing too. How rare, how rare, tsk tsk tsk!"

Nie Xiaofeng continued to display his Yin-Yang skills.

Normally, Gu Jingzhe was always arrogant. He had long wanted to have a head-on confrontation with Gu Jingzhe. How could he let go of this opportunity?

He and his mother went to the Gu family in Qinghewan yesterday and found out why Gu Jingzhe wanted to borrow fifty taels of silver.

Only the old widow Tong Dajiao could make such a deceptive thing.

The aunt also said that Widow Tong had become a better person. In his opinion, it would be impossible for someone who could raise a child like Gu Jingzhe and sell his niece for his future to be cleansed.

I don’t know what evil he is up to. Only a kind-hearted person like my aunt would be deceived by him.

What made him even more upset was that, despite his attempts to object, his mother just gave fifty taels of silver to the second branch of the Gu family.

According to him, Gu Yaozu should not be saved, and all the evildoers including Widow Tong should be wiped out at the same time.

"Uncle, you are so capable, why do you still ask me to borrow money? Don't forget that the Nie and Gu families have severed their relationship at grandpa's funeral. Didn't you say that it's not a gift given out of pity? I'm afraid that if I lend you money, it will tarnish your noble character." Nie Xiaofeng said.

Gu Jingzhe raised his head with red eyes and said to Nie Xiaofeng: "Why do you have to ridicule me? After all, I am your uncle."

Gu Jingzhe thought that for a nephew like Nie Xiaofeng who was only tall but not smart, it was a great honor for him, Gu Jingzhe, to be willing to speak to him.

If one is not desperate, who would be willing to endure such ridicule?

After all, he was still a teenager and lacked self-cultivation. He couldn't stand Nie Xiaofeng's harsh words.

"Oh, now you know I'm an elder. Why didn't you think of yourself as an elder when you sold Man'er? Why don't you think of me as your elder when you usually look down on me? An elder's status is not a brick that you can move around however you want."

"You are now borrowing money like a grandson, so stop showing off your authority as an elder."

The news of Gu Jingzhe borrowing money from the private school had spread everywhere, and Nie Xiaofeng naturally heard about it too.

It would be better if he couldn’t borrow it. Gu Jingzhe now knows how bad his reputation is.

But it doesn’t matter. Anyway, my aunt said that the black-hearted widow has stopped Gu Jingzhe from studying.

"Xiaofeng, you, you are going too far."

"If you don't want to lend it, then don't lend it. Why say such harsh words?"

Gu Jingzhe was teased by Nie Xiaofeng for a long time and was furious.

"I'm bullying you, so what? Do you think the person who borrowed the money is the boss? Even if you are my uncle, I can't do that."

Seeing that the sarcasm had almost reached its peak, Nie Xiaofeng lifted his feet and walked away with a relieved look on his face.

Anyway, he won’t see this uncle in the private school anymore, so Nie Xiaofeng is not afraid of offending him.

Looking at Nie Xiaofeng's leaving back, Gu Jingzhe fell backwards in anger with his eyes red.

At this time, he wanted to take the examination for a scholar, pass the imperial examination, and go to Beijing to take the imperial examination to see who would dare to look down on him.

Thinking of this, he felt depressed because Tong Huaqiong no longer allowed him to study. In addition to borrowing money, he also had to say goodbye to his teacher in the private school today.

When he thought about leaving the private school and having to work in the fields, the ambitious and talented young man Gu Jingzhe burst into tears.

"Third brother, why are you crying?"

Gu Dashu came to the private school and walked around for several times before he found Gu Jingzhe under a crooked locust tree in the backyard of the school.

Gu Jingzhe leaned against the locust tree and cried heartbrokenly.

Gu Dashu thought he was going to hang himself.

"Don't be upset, Third Brother. Just go home and farm the land."

Gu Dashu stepped forward and supported Gu Jingzhe.

After all, they are brothers from the same mother, and he doesn't want anything to happen to Gu Jingzhe.

It would have been better if Gu Dashu didn't try to persuade her, but the more he persuaded Gu Jingzhe, the harder she cried.

"Don't make it seem like you're going through fire and water. Mom and Taohua have gone to town to set up a stall to sell cakes. Is it unfair for you to farm?"

Gu Dashu was a little annoyed and punched Gu Jingzhe twice on the back.

He didn't go to school, but he lived a good life.

"Mom, I'm sorry."

When Gu Jingzhe heard Gu Dashu mention that Tong Huaqiong was selling cakes in town, he couldn't suppress his sadness.

It is not easy for a widow to raise them.

Yesterday he saw his mother working hard to sell cakes opposite the Su Shi Yuan. In order to sell cakes, she held plates and asked passers-by to try them.

My mother had never even left the village, but she started to make money to make a living.

He used to think that he was the hope of the whole family and that only he could give his mother a good life.

Now, because of her greed, she owed money to the Zheng family, forcing her mother, a widow, to go out in public and sell cakes.

The more I think about him, the more uncomfortable I feel!

"Second brother, do you think that everything I did for studying was wrong?" The genius boy finally became confused.

Gu Dashu thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "I don't understand the truth and I don't know if what you did is right or not. I only know that if Yaozu is sent away, we won't be brothers anymore. These few days, I finally understand the mood and situation of my sister-in-law when she was about to send Man'er away. I think I was such a piece of shit before that I actually encouraged you to marry into the Zheng family."

Gu Jingzhe raised his head and looked at Gu Dashu.

This is the second brother whom he has always looked down upon, the lazy and gluttonous second brother, who can actually express such insights.

Could it be that Gu Jingzhe really did something wrong?

"I haven't raised the money, I wonder how much my second brother has raised?" Gu Jingzhe didn't dare to look into Gu Dashu's eyes. If Yaozu was really sent away, his second brother would probably kill him with his own hands.

"I came to you just to talk to you about this."

"Mother has earned fifty taels of silver, and she is willing to return it to the Zheng family."

Gu Dashu patted Gu Jingzhe on the shoulder.

"What, mother can earn fifty taels of silver?"

Gu Jingzhe's expression was as if he had been struck by lightning.