Chapter 460 Magnifying the Grievance
Gu Honglian ran out of the old house.
The more she thought about letting Satin go, the sadder she became. She hid in the pig farm and cried non-stop, and didn't even go home for lunch.
After lunch, Tong Pandi went to the pig farm to check and heard crying in the corner. He walked over and saw that it was Gu Honglian.
Tong Pandi still has some respect for his aunt's sister-in-law.
Besides, Tong Pandi couldn’t just stand by and watch a girl crying so sadly.
Tong Pandi asked, "Aunt Honglian, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying here?"
Gu Honglian looked up and saw that it was Tong Pandi. She sobbed and said, "They bullied me."
Tong Pandi asked: "Who bullied you?"
Gu Honglian cried, "Gu Ruinian, my second sister-in-law, my father, all of them bullied me."
Tong Pandi didn’t know what to say, so he comforted Gu Honglian with a few words and then went into the pig farm.
After coming out of the pig farm, they found Gu Honglian still crying. No matter how they tried to persuade her, she still couldn't be persuaded. Gu Honglian held Tong Pandi's hand and said that she was very hungry and didn't want to go back to the old house. Tong Pandi gritted his teeth and took her back to Tong Huaqiong's house.
"What's wrong? What injustice have you suffered?" Tong Huaqiong asked when she saw Gu Honglian's eyes were swollen like walnuts from crying.
When Gu Honglian saw Tong Huaqiong, she almost burst into tears, as if she had seen a relative, and she couldn't stop crying.
Especially when he saw Lu Zhaozhao and thought of the satin that was given away, he felt even more aggrieved.
Tong Huaqiong was a little suspicious whether Gu Honglian was bullied by someone in the village. After all, she had always been favored in the old house, and it was impossible for the people in the old house to make her angry.
Gu Taohua handed Gu Honglian a handkerchief and said, "Aunt, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you?"
Gu Honglian took the handkerchief and wiped away her tears, choking and saying, "My second sister-in-law Ruinian and my father both bullied me. They wanted to pawn the satin Zhaozhao gave me to buy books for Ruinian. Wuuwuwu... That was a gift from Zhaozhao, why would they pawn it?"
Tong Huaqiong thought that Gu Honglian was not to blame for this matter.
What Jia and Gu Ruinian did was indeed not fair.
What’s even more infuriating is that it was Lu Zhaozhao’s satin, which was really a bargain for Gu Ruinian.
"So you agree?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Gu Honglian said, "You have to agree. Dad has spoken."
Tong Huaqiong said: "Your father was wrong in what he did. Your second sister-in-law and Gu Ruinian were also wrong. How can you take your aunt's silk to buy books for your nephew?"
If you continue talking about this, you will just be trying to sow discord.
Tong Huaqiong quickly shut up.
Even though Gu Honglian is crying miserably now, after this incident, the old house and Tong Huaqiong had a conflict, but Gu Honglian still stood in the old house.
Seeing that Gu Honglian's hair was disheveled due to crying and her stomach was rumbling, she asked Liu Yue'e to bring her some food.
Gu Honglian cried all afternoon and hadn't eaten. When she saw the food being served in front of her, she hurriedly picked up the table and started eating.
After I finished eating and wiped my mouth, I still felt sad when I thought about that piece of satin.
So he begged Lu Zhaozhao: "Zhaozhao, can you give me another one?"
Tong Huaqiong's sympathy for Gu Honglian disappeared in an instant.
She couldn't fight against Mr. Gu, so she wanted to use Lu Zhaozhao as a scapegoat.
Tong Huaqiong said with a straight face: "Honglian, what nonsense are you talking about? You can't keep the satin. Even if I give you another piece, it might end up in the hands of your second sister-in-law."
After hearing what her sister-in-law said, Gu Honglian looked at Lu Zhaozhao with a wronged look on her face.
Lu Zhaozhao said, "Aunt, let's not talk about the fact that what Aunt Tong said makes sense. Now that you asked me for extra satin, I don't have any. The satin I gave you is very rare. It is said that a lady in the palace can only get two pieces. If I had known that you didn't keep it, I shouldn't have given it to you. It's a waste of a good piece of satin."
Lu Zhaozhao and Tong Huaqiong shared the same hatred for the enemy. She was really angry that her good silk had fallen into the hands of Gu Ruinian.
He is not worthy of it!
"Aunt, you have had a bad temper since you were young. Everyone knows that good things should be kept for you. How could you tolerate Gu Ruinian taking your things? What's wrong with him being a student? Can a student take away aunt's things? Doesn't a student care about filial piety? He is taking your satin in the name of buying books now, and he can take your betrothal gift in the name of spending money for the exam in the future. Think about it, even if the old house is broke, grandpa and grandma have never thought of touching your things. Why are they touching your things now just for Gu Ruinian?"
After hearing what Gu Taohua said, Gu Honglian fell into deep thought.
"Maybe you are paving the way for Gu Ruinian's future. You probably didn't get any good results by giving up the satin. Instead, they said you were stingy and ignorant. You cried all afternoon and they didn't come out to look for you."
Gu Honglian gritted her teeth.
"Aunt, where is your temper? Why don't you cry and make a fuss for them, but hide outside and cry instead? The more you do this, the more proud Gu Ruinian and Second Aunt will be. If you don't cry or make a fuss, they will think you are easy to bully. Just wait, there will be greater grievances waiting for you in the future."
Gu Honglian stood up, left Tong Huaqiong's yard gate with a gloomy face and turned towards the old house.
Gu Taohua pulled Lu Zhaozhao behind to watch the fun.
The more Gu Honglian thought about it, the angrier she became, and the more aggrieved she felt.
Gu Taohua was right. If she gave in this time, she might have to give up something in the future.
"Gu Ruinian, you bastard, don't think you can bully me, your aunt, just because you are a student. You have studied so hard that you have lost all your filial piety in order to buy books. You even pawned my clothes."
Gu Honglian was stimulated by Gu Taohua and suddenly became smart.
She had no conflicts and did not leave the old house, nor did she return to the old house to start cursing again. Instead, she walked and cursed and cried all the way.
Gu Honglian thought it over and realized that with Old Man Gu holding the satin hostage, there was a high probability that she would not be able to get it back.
In this case, she cannot let Jia and Gu Ruinian get away with it.
She wanted to let everyone in the village know that Gu Ruinian was unfilial and that he bullied his young aunt who had no family.
Sure enough, the villagers were attracted by Gu Honglian’s scolding and followed her to watch the show.
"Honglian, what did Ruinian do to make you so sad?" The woman in the Gu family, whom Tong Huaqiong called Second Aunt, came up and asked.
Since failing the exam, Gu Ruinian's reputation in the village has plummeted, and it has also had a negative impact on the clan.
Everyone also heard that Gu Ruinian ate alone at home, and always ignored the family's life and death on the pretext of studying. Now he acted as a little aunt's clothes. This made the second aunt, who always cared about the family affairs, have an even worse impression of Gu Ruinian.
Gu Honglian held her second aunt's hand and cried as she talked.
She exaggerated how Gu Ruinian instigated Jia to force her to give up the expensive satin that Lu Zhaozhao had given her.
She knew clearly in her heart that Gu Ruinian was not present at the first moment when Jia proposed to pawn her satin.
But she wanted to put the blame on Gu Ruinian, because the money from the pawning of the satin would eventually be spent on Gu Ruinian.
Why does he just hide behind and take all the benefits, but give her the label of being stingy?
Gu Taohua was right. If she didn’t tell everyone about her grievances now, Gu Ruinian would sacrifice her in the future.
After listening to Gu Honglian's crying, everyone's contempt for Gu Ruinian became even stronger.