Chapter 56: The Rich Man and the Pig Share a Car
Gu Dahan had already been severely PUA'd by Tong Huaqiong. Once criticized by his stepmother, he began to blame himself for doing something wrong and making the Lu siblings suffer.
He should have insisted on taking them to a hotel in town.
Gu Dahan rubbed his hands and said to Tong Huaqiong: "I can't remember it for the moment."
Lu Zhaoyang panted and said, "Aunt, it was me who didn't let Dahan go to the hotel in town."
There is no need to mention the reasons.
Gu Jingzhe said to Lu Zhaoyang, "Mr. Lu, what a coincidence that my elder brother is your coachman. My family lives in Qinghe Bay nearby. It's so late, why don't you stay at our house for one night, and let my elder brother take you and Miss Lu back to the city tomorrow."
It’s over, Gu Jingzhe has already invited people.
Tong Huaqiong was so angry that she wanted to hit someone.
"My house is simple and I'm afraid it will be unfair to Mr. Lu." Tong Huaqiong said.
Just now, Gu Dahan kept calling Tong Huaqiong "mother", while Gu Jingzhe, Gu Dashu and others called Gu Dahan "brother", so Lu Zhaoyang already knew that the aunt and her three children in front of him were the family of the coachman Gu Dahan.
On the way here, Gu Dahan mentioned that his home was in a nearby village. In addition, Gu Dahan was usually loyal and didn't talk much. Tong Huaqiong found the root cause of Lu Zhaoyang's illness, so Lu Zhaoyang and Lu Zhaozhao both felt that their meeting with the Gu family was a fate.
Lu Zhaoyang was too weak to return home, and he seemed to not understand what Tong Huaqiong meant. He accepted Gu Jingzhe's suggestion and said, "Aunt Gu, thank you for your help."
Forget it, since it was her destiny, there was nothing she could do about it.
If the Lu brothers and sisters are willing to go to their own home, they can go.
However, Tong Huaqiong did not like being called Aunt Gu. She was not familiar with the deceased old man of the Gu family. Her surname was Tong and she wanted to stick to her original surname.
So she said, "I don't want to take the dead old man's last name. My last name is Tong. You can call me Aunt Tong."
Lu Zhaoyang was slightly startled, and said readily: "Aunt Tong, thank you for your help."
Lu Zhaozhao also said obediently, "Aunt Tong, please help me with my brother."
Tong Huaqiong smiled bitterly. What else could it be if it wasn't troublesome? The person was already lying here, and it would not be appropriate to just leave him there.
"Mr. Lu, you are not suitable to be in a confined space right now. The air in the sedan chair is not smooth, which is not conducive to the stability of your condition."
Tong Huaqiong looked at her own flatbed cart. The castrated boar was lying on it peacefully, grunting from time to time. Tong Huaqiong felt worried. There was no other way to let Mr. Lu stay on the same cart with the pig.
"Well, Mr. Lu, if you don't mind, please lie down on my stretcher."
"Aunt Tong, thank you..."
Lu Zhaozhao swallowed the rest of the word "thank you". Her brother wanted to lie down with a pig?
Gu Dahan also saw the pig on the cart and felt embarrassed. He wondered how a man as famous as Mr. Lu could lie on the same cart with a pig.
He didn't dare to speak, for fear that his stepmother would have an attack and stimulate Mr. Lu's illness.
"Mom, there are pigs on the cart." Gu Jingzhe reminded with an embarrassed look on her face.
Lu Zhaoyang's upper body lay in Gu Dahan's arms and he raised his head. At this time, the pig suddenly made a few grunting sounds.
"It's okay. I'm already very grateful that Aunt Tong is willing to take us in." Lu Zhaoyang smiled weakly.
It was impossible to say that he didn't care, but Lu Zhaoyang knew that pigs were very important to farmers. Some families' annual oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, needles and thread came from selling New Year pigs. As a farmer, the Gu family was no exception. From the pig lying safely in the car, it could be seen how much Aunt Tong cherished it. How could he ask Aunt Tong to put a precious pig above him?
Since Lu Zhaoyang said so, there was no need for Tong Huaqiong to be polite.
Besides, just because the pig's balls were smashed, she would never let the pig get off and walk, unless Mr. Lu was willing to put the pig in the carriage.
Lu Zhaozhao took the cushioned blanket from the carriage to the flatbed cart, and Gu Taohua helped to spread it out, creating a comfortable environment for Lu Zhaoyang.
The brothers Gu Dahan and Gu Dashu worked together to lift Lu Zhaoyang onto the flatbed cart, and Gu Jingzhe took out a handful of grass to place between the pig and Lu Zhaoyang.
The pig nudged Lu Zhaoyang through the grass.
Tong Huaqiong: “…”
It is really shocking to see a rich young man riding in the same car with a pig!
"Aunt Tong, please come on the carriage with this girl." After settling Lu Zhaoyang, Lu Zhaozhao invited Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua to get on the carriage.
"My name is Gu Taohua, you can just call me Taohua." Gu Taohua said.
Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua got on the carriage one after another. It must be said that this carriage was much more comfortable than Uncle Xu's ox cart and their own flatbed cart.
The wind can't blow it, and the rain can't get it on it.
That tall horse was much more majestic and handsome than Uncle Xu's cow.
If Uncle Xu’s ox cart is a Wuling Hongguang, the Lu family’s horse carriage is a BMW.
Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe were still responsible for pulling the cart, one pulling and the other pushing it, while Gu Dahan drove the horse-drawn carriage, and the group drove through the dense forest towards Qinghe Bay.
"Hello, my name is Taohua, what's your name?" Gu Taohua asked Lu Zhaozhao.
"My name is Lu Zhaozhao, you can call me Zhaozhao." Lu Zhaozhao said.
"Your family is so rich, why are you still so thin?"
Gu Taohua looked at Lu Zhaozhao's slender arms, pointed chin, and big watery eyes, and a hint of jealousy welled up in her heart.
It is understandable that the girls in the village are so skinny. After all, they are regarded as money-losing goods by their families, working every day but not having enough to eat.
But Lu Zhaozhao looks so rich in the way he dresses, he travels in a carriage, and he must eat very well. How come he is so thin despite living a life of luxury?
It's so unfair!
Lu Zhaozhao didn't understand and said with innocent eyes: "I have been like this since I was a child."
Gu Taohua snorted and became even angrier.
Lu Zhaozhao didn't understand what was going on, so she took off her pearl hairpin and put it on Gu Taohua's head and said, "Miss Taohua, I think this hairpin looks good on you, so I'm giving it to you."
Gu Taohua was so surprised that she couldn't help but touch the hairpin. When she felt the round pearls, she couldn't bear to pull it off.
Big sister doesn’t even have such a good thing!
Tong Huaqiong simply couldn't bear to see Gu Taohua taking advantage of her.
It’s so annoying!
"Taohua, how can you take Zhaozhao's things? Pull them off and give them back to him." Tong Huaqiong scolded Gu Taohua with a stern face.
Although Gu Taohua was reluctant, she could not resist Tong Huaqiong's sharp gaze, so she pulled it off and handed it to Lu Zhaozhao.
Lu Zhaozhao waved his hand and said, "What I gave you is yours. I have no reason to take it back."
Then he said to Tong Huaqiong, "Aunt Tong, it's just a hairpin, you don't have to take it to heart. How about this, I think the velvet flower on Taohua's hair is beautiful, why don't I exchange it for a pearl hairpin."
After saying that, without waiting for Gu Taohua to finish, he plucked the pink velvet flower from Gu Taohua's head and put it on his head.
Now that Lu Zhaozhao has said this, what else can Tong Huaqiong say?
Gu Taohua became happy and took Lu Zhaozhao's hand and started chatting.
Just halfway through the journey, the two girls were already beginning to become best friends.
Tong Huaqiong saw from Tong Dajiao's fragmented memories of her previous life that Lu Zhaozhao in her previous life treated Gu Taohua like her own sister, and gave her food, toys and daily necessities like running water.
Gu Taohua and Fan Tong had an affair without a matchmaker, and Gu Taohua married Fan Tong while she was pregnant. In order to support Gu Taohua, she gave Gu Taohua a full twenty-eight loads of dowry.
The piles were filled with everything from gold, silver, and jewelry to silks and satins, from shops and farms to fertile fields and woodlands.
But Gu Taohua was a brainless person and stuffed all these things into the bottomless pit of the Fan family.
The only thing that Tong Huaqiong found admirable about Gu Taohua in her previous life was that she remembered Lu Zhaozhao's good points and always stood on Lu Zhaozhao's side.
After Gu Jingzhe married the princess without telling her that he had a wife, Gu Taohua went to the princess's door to seek justice for Lu Zhaozhao and scolded Gu Jingzhe.
In this life, as if destined, the Gu family met the Lu brothers and sisters again.
Tong Huaqiong wanted to change the direction of the plot so that Lu Zhaozhao could be Gu Taohua's best friend, but she should no longer be Gu Taohua's sister-in-law.