Chapter 180 Provoking Valley Taohua
After talking to Gu Taohua for a few words, Gu Dashu went into the kitchen and took the kitchen knife from Chen Sufen.
Cooking is done during the Great Cold in the Valley and frying is done during the Great Hottest Day in the Valley.
The two brothers work well together.
This is all the result of Tong Huaqiong's education. She said that in this family, no one is responsible for work, and men still have to cook and wash dishes.
After Tong Zhaodi helped Tong Huaqiong comb her hair, she wanted to win her favor again, so she went into the kitchen to help.
Tong Zhaodi was shocked to see her two cousins busy in the kitchen, her two cousins-in-law standing in the corridor talking, and Gu Taohua dressed up beautifully and fanning herself.
Why don’t the women in the Gu family do housework?
Not only does she not do the housework, but she also pushes the housework to men. This is simply outrageous!
"Cousin, let me help you cut the vegetables." Tong Zhaodi wanted to show what it meant to be virtuous in front of Gu Dashu.
Gu Dashu waved his hand and said, "The kitchen is too hot, you little girl, hurry out. Is your brother up? If he is, ask him to come in and help."
Tong Zhaodi was a little angry.
If you men from the Gu family are willing to work, just do it. Why drag her brother into this?
Tong Zhijie is the Tong family's treasure that has been obtained with great difficulty. He is going to study hard and become a high-ranking official in the future. How can he enter the kitchen like a girl?
Tong Zhaodi was full of contempt for Gu Dashu and Gu Dahan. She thought that these two cousins were too unkind and that men who worked in the kitchen had no future.
"Taohua, you are white, and you look really good in pink." Liu Yue'e praised the material on Gu Taohua's body.
The material that Gu Taohua was wearing was given to her by Lu Zhaozhao.
It is said that he came from the capital.
Tong Zhaodi looked over and saw that the material Gu Taohua was wearing was made of silk. The silk threads were shining in the sun and it looked very expensive.
They are both little girls, but she is just a money-loser, while Gu Taohua is loved by the whole family.
Tong Zhaodi was jealous and crazy.
Gu Taohua found that Tong Zhaodi was looking at her. She didn't like Tong Zhaodi's rolling eyes.
In the past, when Tong Zhaodi came to their house, took her clothes and wore her headdresses, when she wanted them back, she would run to her mother pitifully and cry in grievance. Her mother could not bear her niece's tears, so she would let Zhaodi take her good things away every time.
Gu Taohua often got angry and was accused of being ignorant by her uncle and aunt.
Now that her mother is on her side, she will not give in to Tong Zhaodi.
Gu Taohua glared at him fiercely and said, "What are you looking at? Do you want to wear it too? I tell you, don't even think about it..."
Tong Zhaodi said timidly, "I didn't want to wear it. Taohua, you look really good in this dress. By the way, will you wear it to see me?"
Gu Taohua rolled her eyes and said, "How can I be like you? My mind is full of men and dating."
She knows Tong Zhaodi too well.
Tong Zhaodi was secretly saying that she was already fourteen years old and no matchmaker had come to her house, implying that no one wanted her.
Tong Zhaodi was deliberately provoking her.
In the past, Gu Taohua would get so angry that she would quarrel with Tong Zhaodi, and then she would be known as someone who had a bad temper and bullied her cousin.
Gu Taohua is different now than before.
Although she still has a bad temper, she no longer gets angry because "no man wants her".
Ever since she saw Fan Tong's true face, she is no longer that interested in men.
In addition, everyone in the town's shops praised her for her ability, and Gu Taohua's self-confidence was now overflowing. She felt that there was no man in the entire Yanguan Town who was worthy of her.
Even her genius twin brother Gu Jingzhe was not worthy of her attention.
Tong Zhaodi was surprised that Gu Taohua didn't care about the date.
In the past, Gu Taohua cared most about people saying she was fat and that no matchmaker came to her house to meet her. Every time, she could successfully provoke Gu Taohua's anger and make her aunt stand on her side.
Now this trick doesn't work.
"Zhao Di, I heard that you meet someone every now and then. Have you decided now?" Liu Yue'e asked with a smile.
"Not yet." Tong Zhaodi said shyly.
Gu Taohua mercilessly exposed Tong Fusheng's plan for Tong Zhaodi's marriage and said, "How could my uncle decide on a marriage for her so quickly? In my uncle's mind, he wants to sell his daughter for a good price when she grows up, so he has to carefully choose a buyer."
Tong Zhaodi smiled awkwardly and weakly retorted: "Dad loves me and wants to keep me for a few more years."
Gu Taohua said, "Come on, your situation at home is no different from the pigs in our pigsty, all waiting to be fattened up and slaughtered. Your life is worse than that of my pigs, at least my pigs can eat their fill every day. What about you? You are not even allowed to sit at the table at home, and yet you are still speaking for your parents."
"Are you looking for a buyer? You are waiting for the buyer to choose. Cousin, I have never seen anyone as stupid as you. Your uncle wants to sell you, but you are still happily helping to count the money. You even have the nerve to laugh at me for why no one is looking for you. Is it because my mother doesn't want to sell me?"
Tong Zhaodi was speechless after hearing what Gu Taohua said.
These words were extremely outrageous to her.
She couldn't understand why her father asked her to marry a good family for Tong Zhijie, so Taohua said she was selling her?
Wouldn't she also benefit if she married into a good family?
Tong Huaqiong naturally heard Gu Taohua's sarcasm towards Tong Zhaodi.
It’s no wonder that there is a gap in the thinking between Tong Zhaodi and Gu Taohua.
Although Gu Taohua had an unhappy marriage in her previous life, it was her own fault because she was in love. Tong Dajiao would not use her to pave the way for Gu Jingzhe and others. After she got married, not only did she not give anything to her parents' home, but her parents' home would subsidize her.
It is absolutely impossible to ask her to be a sanctuary for her mother's family like Tong Dajiao and Tong Zhaodi.
In this life, Tong Huaqiong would not let her get married and have children early like most girls of that era.
So no matter in her past or present life, Gu Taohua is very confident in being herself.
"Zhao Di, Tao Hua's words may be a little blunt but true. You are sixteen years old now and it's time for you to think about yourself. Don't think about Zhijie for everything. He is not your son." Liu Yue'e said.
Liu Yue'e was treated similarly when she was at her mother's home as Gu Taohua was treated in the Gu family. These two sisters-in-law were the lucky girls of this era.
Liu Yue'e's words were unpleasant, but she also meant to wake Tong Zhaodi up.
Tong Huaqiong stood in the corridor and shook her head. Tong Zhaodi would not wake up.
Tong Fusheng, Wang and Tong Zhijie were awakened by the sound of talking outside.
Wang looked outside through the crack in the door and really found Gu Dahan and Gu Dashu busy in the kitchen, while the women of the Gu family were waiting for breakfast in the corridor.
Wang smacked her lips, her sister-in-law's family style was becoming more and more outrageous.
How can a man sneak into the kitchen?
Tong Fusheng and Wang Shi became angry when they heard Gu Taohua talking nonsense about their daughter. Taohua's words were too harsh.
"Listen to your niece, she is instigating Zhaodi to become bad." Wang gritted her teeth and said, "Gu Taohua and Dashu's wife are the only two stupid people. Everyone raises a daughter for the sake of her brothers, but these two are the ones who are trying their best to cheat her parents."
Wang was really afraid that Tong Zhaodi would become Pan Di, and the Tong family would have raised two daughters in vain.
Tong Fusheng's face also looked very bad. Gu Taohua's words to Tong Zhaodi, "You were sold out by your uncle," hit the nail on the head.
He really wanted to sell his daughter to a wealthy family as a concubine, and it would not be a problem to sell her for a good price based on her looks.
Tong Fusheng didn't feel ashamed, but he was embarrassed when Gu Taohua pointed it out in public.
Tong Zhijie turned over and said, "Dad, Mom, Gu Taohua is jealous of my second sister. She is so fat, ugly and has a bad temper that no man wants her. She is jealous of my sister's beauty and that's why she said that to me."
Tong Fusheng said: "Taohua really needs a good lesson."
Zhijie was right. If she continued like this, she might not be able to get married.
A girl who can't get married will bring a lot of trouble to her brothers.
As her uncle, it was his responsibility to straighten her out.
Tong Fusheng stood up, opened the door, smoothed his clothes, and walked into the yard to teach Gu Taohua a lesson.