Chapter 461: Good Words
After accepting Gu Honglian's satin, Jia took Gu Ruinian to the pawnshop in town to pawn the satin without even having lunch.
She was afraid that if she went too late, Mr. Gu would regret it.
This satin is more valuable than Gu Honglian said.
Jia asked for six taels of silver right away, but the pawnshop owner didn't bargain and made the deal on the spot, which made Jia quite regretful. She should have asked for ten taels earlier.
He used the six taels of silver, gave two taels to Gu Ruinian to buy books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and used the other three hundred coins to buy him roast chicken, meat buns, pork head and rice dumplings as a snack.
Jia held back her saliva and didn't eat any of it, stuffing it all into Gu Ruinian's mouth.
I bought the rice dumplings at Taohua Dessert.
Coming to this era, it was the first time that Gu Ruinian ate rice dumplings, which were as delicious as the ones he had eaten in later lives. This made him think that Gu Taohua was a modern time traveler who brought the peach blossom dessert baking recipe.
In addition to a feast, Gu Ruinian also wanted a new set of clothes. Jia gritted her teeth and spent five hundred coins to buy Gu Ruinian a new set of clothes.
Her son was one of only two successful candidates in the area, and a candidate for the top spot in next year's exam. The situation at home was already unfair enough to him, so how could she have the heart to refuse him a new set of clothes?
There were still three taels and two cents of silver left, and Jia planned to hold it in the hand and use it for Ruinian's studies.
She didn't intend to take care of the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, crop seeds, pesticides and fertilizers in the house. Anyway, if they were gone, Grandpa Gu would naturally come forward to ask the clan for loans.
She was afraid that Mr. and Mrs. Gu would force her to hand over the silver. Her own husband would not stand on her side at that time. Where would she keep the silver safely?
It still has to be in the hands of the youngest son.
So he handed the silver to Gu Ruinian.
Anyway, his parents-in-law love Gu Ruinian, and they will not force him to hand over the money even if they feel uncomfortable with it.
Gu Ruinian ate rice dumplings and meat buns, put on new clothes, and walked towards Qinghe Bay with Jia, holding the leftover roast chicken.
Several times along the way he felt sorry for Jia and wanted to give her the roast chicken to eat.
But it's just a thought.
It was because Jia didn't want to hire a car, saying that the weather was neither too cold nor too hot and it was suitable to walk home.
After walking for a long way, he was exhausted and planned to save the remaining half roast chicken to replenish his energy when he was hungry.
When Gu Ruinian and Jia arrived at the door of their house, they saw a group of people gathered there. In the middle of the crowd, the sound of Gu Honglian crying out in high and low voices could be heard.
Although the crying and cursing were incoherent, Gu Ruinian and Jia still caught the accusations about the second wife and her son being unkind, such as "black-hearted second sister-in-law", "Why should you be my satin", and "Gu Ruinian is a vampire".
Interspersed among them were the scoldings of Mr. Gu and the consoling voices of Mrs. Gu.
Gu Ruinian and Jia looked at each other, and a look of annoyance appeared on Jia's face.
This sister-in-law is really troublesome.
The satin has been pawned, who am I crying for?
She had to let the whole village know that her husband Ruinian was plotting against his aunt.
Gu Ruinian was also unhappy. Who was his aunt doing this for? She told the whole village that he had become her satin. Wasn't that an embarrassment to him? In his opinion, his aunt was a leftover woman who was spoiled by her family in this era. She should be married off as soon as possible.
"Ruinian, are you going to the town to pawn your aunt's satin?"
"The new clothes Ruinian is wearing were bought by pawning Honglian's satin, right?"
When Gu Ruinian and Jia were leaving the village for the town, they met villagers at the entrance of the village road. When they greeted each other, everyone naturally knew that the mother and son were going to the town.
But now everyone learned from Gu Honglian the purpose of going to the town, it turned out that they were going to pawn the precious satin.
At this time, seeing Gu Ruinian coming back from the town, wearing new clothes, holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his right hand, and a roast chicken visible through the oil paper in his left hand, I felt that this child was really a traitor to his aunt.
"Mother Fengnian, is that piece of satin really that valuable? I heard from Honglian that it was at least five taels of silver. What kind of satin is that? Why don't you open your eyes before pawning it? Did you really pawn it for five taels of silver?"
Some villagers were curious whether the satin mentioned by Gu Honglian was really that expensive?
Gu Ruinian and Jia were greeted enthusiastically by the onlookers, but they kept gloomy faces and remained silent.
What does their pawning of satin have to do with the villagers?
It's not like they are the ones.
Gu Ruinian thought with disdain that these people just liked to wield the moral stick. If anyone in their family got the expensive satin, they would probably pawn it faster than he did.
Gu Honglian cried at the door and refused to go home no matter how much Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu tried to persuade her.
She didn't know that Jia and Gu Ruinian had already pawned the satin, and thought that the mother and son were hiding in the house and not coming out.
When she suddenly heard the villagers talking to Ruinian Jia, she felt even sadder.
I originally thought that by making some noise, I could save the satin.
Now the possibility of the satin returning to her hands was completely gone.
Gu Honglian pushed through the crowd and saw Gu Ruinian standing next to Jia wearing brand new clothes and holding half a roast chicken in his hand.
Gu Honglian's eyes were blazing with fire, all these were earned in exchange for her satin.
It's all her money!
“Second sister-in-law, you bitch, you really acted like my satin.”
Gu Honglian roared and rushed over and yelled at Jia.
Jia looked at her sister-in-law with indifference.
She thought the same as Gu Ruinian, that her trouble-making sister-in-law should get married.
Gu Honglian kept calling her a bitch, which made Jia Shi unbearable. She said coldly, "You should be kind-hearted. Is that how you talk to your sister-in-law?"
Gu Honglian became even angrier. What good deeds did she say? After being her satin, did she still expect her to say good things?
"They said they pawned my satin to pay for Ruinian's education, and then they turned around and bought him new clothes and roast chicken. Look, my second sister-in-law and my nephew cheated me like this."
The bright new clothes on Gu Ruinian caught Gu Honglian's eyes.
Why should she pawn her satin so that Gu Ruinian can wear new clothes?
Gu Honglian grabbed Gu Ruinian's new clothes and tore them, causing him to stagger. Gu Honglian refused to give in, snatched the roast chicken from her nephew's hand, threw it on the ground and stomped on it until it broke into pieces.
Old Mrs. Gu was heartbroken.
This half roast chicken can be added as a dish.
"You, who can't even pass the exam to become a scholar, are you worthy of wearing new clothes and eating roast chicken? You are a piece of trash, you still can't pass the exam."
Gu Honglian put her hands on her hips and pointed at Gu Ruinian's nose and cursed.
This touched Gu Ruinian's sore spot.
How could Yaozu, who was spoiled by his whole family in his previous life, bear being pointed at and scolded by a woman in public?
Gu Ruinian was so angry that his whole body was shaking and his ears were buzzing. Gu Honglian's fingers were poking in front of his eyes, and his mouth was opening and closing. In anger, he pushed Gu Honglian hard.
Gu Honglian was pushed and fell to the ground.
She didn't expect her nephew to attack her and was stunned for a moment.
The burning sensation on my butt brought back my sanity.
Gu Honglian was both ashamed and angry. She jumped up and rushed towards Gu Ruinian with a roar, kicking and hitting him.
Gu Ruinian ignored the filial piety of that era and grabbed Gu Honglian and threw her to the ground.
"Ruinian, what are you doing? How could you lay hands on your aunt?"
Old Mrs. Gu rushed over and held Gu Ruinian's hand.
Gu Honglian took the opportunity to hit Gu Ruinian a few times.
Jia couldn't bear it anymore, so she rushed forward and pulled Gu Honglian's hair.
Her son is so smart. How can he continue to study if his brain is damaged?