Chapter 173 Bandits Enter the Village
"Dad, I'm going to go into the house and see if I can find anything good."
Wang just entered the house and saw that the furniture in the house was much better than when Old Man Gu died. She wanted to dig out some good things and take them away later.
Before she could flip through it carefully, she was interrupted by Gu Dahan who tried to stop Tong Zhijie from killing a chicken.
She washed the chicken droppings off her body, comforted Tong Zhijie, and while Gu Dahan was out buying groceries, she went back into the upper room.
Tong Zhijie and Tong Zhaodi followed behind him, and the three of them started a large-scale raid like bandits entering a village.
"Aunt's room is here... I know where Aunt keeps the silver." Tong Zhijie came to the door of Tong Huaqiong's room familiarly.
"Oh, why did Auntie lock the door?"
Tong Zhijie frowned when he saw the big, shiny lock on Tong Huaqiong's room door.
Wang said, "Your aunt must have made a lot of money from running a shop, so she's preparing for the severe cold."
Wang was very sure that Tong Huaqiong's big lock must be used to protect her stepson.
Tong Zhijie said: "When my aunt comes back in the evening, I will ask her to make me two sets of silk clothes and two pairs of new shoes, and I will also go to the best restaurant in Yanguan Town for a meal. I have been eating so much these days at home that I am almost hungry."
Wang tapped Tong Zhijie's forehead and said, "Just ask your aunt for it. If she doesn't give it to you, you'll throw a tantrum."
The mother and her two daughters tossed around in the upper room.
"This new dress must belong to Gu Jingzhe. I'll put it on first."
Tong Zhijie found a silk dress hanging on the shelf and took it in his hand.
His clothes were stained by chicken shit just now. Although Wang washed them with water, there was still a foul smell.
No matter whether the clothes belonged to Gu Jingzhe or Gu Dashu, since he wanted it, there was no reason for his aunt to refuse.
Tong Zhijie put on new clothes without any psychological barriers.
"Taohua's room is not locked."
Tong Zhaodi's impression of Gu Taohua is that she is lazy and gluttonous, eats alone, has a bad temper, and gets angry if anyone touches her clothes or food.
But her aunt indulged her.
Tong Zhaodi came to Gu Taohua's room, her eyes red with jealousy.
They are both daughters, so why is Gu Taohua the one who is loved by her family?
Not only does my aunt spoil me, but my brothers dote on me as well.
Whatever delicious food there is at home is stuffed into Gu Taohua's mouth, and she is so fat at such a young age.
Tong Zhaodi opened the closet and saw several new clothes hanging inside. She touched them with her hands and found that they were all made of fine materials that she had never worn or seen before.
If Gu Taohua wasn't too fat, she would definitely try it on.
What made her even more jealous was that Gu Taohua had a lot of jewelry.
She picked up the jewelry box and saw bracelets, earrings, and various hairpins inside.
Especially the hairpin with pearls, which looks very valuable.
"Gu Taohua is so lucky." Tong Zhaodi was both envious and jealous.
Wang poked her head in and took a look, then curled her lips and said, "Every family treats girls as straw, but your aunt treats a cheap girl as a treasure. She is fat and bad-tempered at such a young age. Who will want her in the future? I don't think she can find a good husband. Zhaodi, I'm telling you, you can't learn bad habits from Taohua."
Tong Zhaodi said obediently: "Mom, I don't want to learn from Taohua."
Then she said angrily: "Gu Taohua can't cook or wash clothes. She can only lie down and eat. When she gets angry, she even scolds Gu Jingzhe. Why does she have nice clothes to wear and jewelry to wear?"
While cursing, she picked up Gu Taohua's pearl hairpin and put it on her head.
If Gu Taohua was around, she wouldn't dare touch Gu Taohua's things, but Gu Taohua was not at home now, so she was not allowed to have her fun.
Tong Zhaodi thought she would wear it for a while and then take it off.
In addition to wearing the hairpin, Tong Zhaodi also opened the rouge and powder box on the table.
I smelled it and it smelled nice.
These rouge and powder were given by Mr. Huang’s daughter Huang Jingshan.
Gu Taohua just put it on the table.
"These gouaches look better on my face than peach blossoms."
Tong Zhaodi put on powder and rouge.
When I left Gu Taohua's room, I saw a soap bar on the washstand.
Tong Zhaodi felt even more unbalanced.
She had seen this pancreas at her eldest sister Pan Di's sister-in-law's place, and she said it was a very expensive item, used only by young ladies from wealthy families in Pingchuan County.
Pan Di's sister-in-law got the pancreas from a young lady of a wealthy family as a gift when she went to attend a banquet in Pingchuan County. She usually was reluctant to use it and placed it on the table like a treasure.
However, Gu Taohua casually placed such a precious soap on the washstand.
Why does she live a more pampered life than the young ladies from wealthy families?
Tong Zhaodi picked up the soap, dipped it in water, and washed her hands vigorously with it.
"Hey, here's a plate of cakes."
Wang took out a plate of butter cookies, ate one herself, and passed it to Tong Zhijie.
Tong Zhijie picked up the biscuits and gobbled them up.
"Zhijie, give me one."
If it were any other time, Tong Zhaodi would definitely not ask Tong Zhijie for it.
But the aroma of the pastry was too tempting. She had been hungry for a whole day and had just eaten only a leftover steamed bun in the kitchen. She really couldn't resist it anymore.
"It's not enough for me to eat." Tong Zhijie refused without even thinking.
Wang scolded, "How dare you, a little girl, snatch your brother's cakes? Are you worthy? If you eat one more piece, your brother will eat one less piece. Don't you know that your brother hasn't eaten much all day? You don't say you feel sorry for your brother, but you still want to snatch his cakes."
Tong Zhaodi was scolded by Wang and walked out of the upper room holding her saliva.
Tong Zhijie had long been accustomed to Wang scolding Tong Zhaodi, and he shrugged his shoulders at Wang's scolding.
"Eat slowly, don't choke." Wang looked at her son's neck stiffening from eating and patted Tong Zhijie's back with concern.
Then he yelled outside, "Zhao Di, are you just watching your brother eat cakes? Go get him a bowl of water and give it to him."
Tong Zhaodi held back her saliva and went to the kitchen, poured a bowl of water and brought it to Tong Zhijie.
The mother and her two sons searched the upper room but did not find any silver or other things, so they left the room.
At this time, Gu Dahan came in carrying meat and vegetables.
Gu Dahan didn't understand why his cheap uncle Tong Fusheng gave him two taels of silver to buy meat and vegetables, but since he was given it, he spent it all.
He bought chickens, ducks and geese from other families in the village, and the big carp caught by the village chief's son Liu Tong was also bought by Gu Dahan.
There were also two jars of wine and a plate of tofu.
Because the oil at home had run out at noon and he had no time to buy more, he used the silver given by Tong Fusheng to buy a large barrel of rapeseed oil.
"Cook quickly, I'm starving." Tong Fusheng saw Gu Dahan coming in with meat and vegetables, and ordered like a boss.
"Dahan, you take care of the chickens, ducks and geese. Zhaodi and I will cook. You don't have to go into the kitchen." Wang said.
Wang didn't want Gu Dahan to get involved, mainly because she didn't want Gu Dahan to eat these meat dishes.
Gu Dahan nodded naively and said, "Okay then."
Wang quickly lit a fire, took out eggs and flour, and planned to make omelets.
Anyway, it was the oil from her sister-in-law's house, so it would be a waste if she didn't use it. Wang poured a lot of oil into the pot.
Gu Dahan prepared the chickens, ducks, geese and fish and brought them to the kitchen. When he saw the oil on the pancakes, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Under normal circumstances he would feel bad, but at this moment he didn’t care, since the money for the oil was given by Tong Fusheng anyway.