latelenovela Chapter 122 Gu Chenglin's Family Harvests Beans
Chapter 122 Gu Chenglin's Family Harvests Beans
As Gu Chunsheng listened to the two talking, a bitter feeling rose in his heart. Cheng Lin was one of their clansmen.
If the clan chief hadn't treated him so well and protected him a little, wouldn't all those businesses have been handled by the Gu family?
When he returned from his military service, he felt that Chenglin had changed a lot, not just because he had changed with his wife.
It was his aura and subtle charisma that made them realize Cheng Lin was different from others.
He hadn't met any important figures, so he had overlooked it. But now that he had seen those people, he knew what that kind of energy was.
Noble air, yes, that kind of noble air, almost the same as the men on horseback.
Thinking back to the last time they divided up their sister-in-law's dowry, they saw that pile of things.
Their aunt and uncle told them not to tell anyone.
My sister-in-law said she didn't want that pile of stuff, and she just said so...
Looking up at the house not far away, Lin Yu said that the house and land of Master Tang cost more than a thousand taels of silver back then, not counting the construction.
And this grove of fruit trees...
When my sister-in-law bought it, the price had already dropped to 1,500 taels.
Fifteen hundred taels! He couldn't even imagine it. His whole family had been saving money like crazy all these years, and they hadn't even saved two hundred taels.
Every time they mention this, they are full of praise.
The shame and sorrow on his grandfather's face had disappeared.
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"Quiet Night Thoughts: The bright moonlight shines before my bed, I wonder if it is frost on the ground. I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, then lower my head and think of my hometown."
"Ode to the Goose, Goose, Goose, Goose, with its curved neck singing to the sky. White feathers float on the green water, red webbed feet stir the clear waves."
"Sympathy for the farmers: Hoeing the fields at noon, sweat drips onto the soil. Who knows that every grain in the bowl is the result of hard work?"
When the three men returned, each carrying a basket of grapevines, they heard several children reciting poems in the yard, their heads swaying and their hands clasped behind their backs.
Seeing this scene, Sun Xing felt extremely sad: "My two rascals have learned a lot from your house these days. The eldest can even read and write now."
You know what, that sand table your wife made, my two kids practice their calligraphy on it every day.
When we have time, your sister-in-law and I will write along for a while. Tell me, why didn't we think of that before?
Gu Chunsheng laughed and said, "Hehe, that's true. We also have a river to guard, and the sand there doesn't cost money."
If I don't feel like writing, I can play for a while. My two kids enjoy it too.
Even Xiao Tian can write "one, two, three," "person," "hand," "up," "middle," and "down."
"This is what Grandpa Xu meant by being influenced by one's parents. In the past, our children did learn from those who had studied."
Which one of them didn't start causing trouble while learning? In the end, they even had to be brought home.
Sun Xing sneered, "You have no idea, nowadays when our kids want to play with those kids who go to private schools..."
Adults all say that children need to attend classes, so you suggest letting your child learn something from them.
"That guy, you don't know what they're saying, like our kids just go to his house to cause trouble."
When Yang Zhu saw the three of them return, she said, "Hurry up and wash your hands and eat. Xiao Jin made noodles today, so let's have meat noodles."
Sun Xing was delighted when he heard about noodles: "That's good, my wife will peel some garlic for me."
Every time I come to Chenglin's house for a meal, it feels like celebrating the New Year.
These words are heartbreaking.
Gu Chenglin...
Third brother, from now on your family's life will be like celebrating the New Year every day.
Yang Zhu glared at the spineless man: "It's all peeled, and Xiao Jin's pickled vegetables are ready too. Don't you want some too?"
"By the way, Sun Dafa's family just came by selling a cart full of soybeans, and Xiao Jin bought them all."
Cheng Lin, what is she doing? That stuff costs three coins for two pounds at the market, but she's giving it to people for five coins a pound.
You didn't see it; when Sun Dafa's wife left with the money, I was afraid she'd get carried away.
Gu Chunsheng washed his hands and said, "Sister, it's not that strange. You don't know, Sun Dafa's family of more than ten people only owns three acres of fertile land."
Yang Zhu: "Yes, his family has little fertile land, but a lot of dry land."
It's strange, isn't it? Besides beans, other grains don't grow very well on his land.
His family was the only one in the village who grew a lot of beans, and their harvest was also good.
Sun Xing wiped his hands and joked, "Maybe his family even made their fortune growing beans?"
Yang Zhu clapped his hands: "Don't say that, Xiao Jin said that his family's beans are plump, and if there are any more at home, he should ask her to bring them all over."
You didn't see it, but Da Fa's family was overjoyed, saying they had plenty at home, but hadn't even had time to crack the beans out yet.
I bet she won't sleep tonight; she'll be smashing beans all night.
Gu Chenglin then chimed in: "Xiao Jin said she wants to use beans to make a fresh food called tofu."
They also said that after making tofu, there would be a lot of soybean pulp, and that Third Brother would take some of it back to feed the pigs, saying that the pigs would gain weight from eating it.
Sun Xing asked excitedly, "Is there really such a good thing?"
You know, his family doesn't have much to feed their pigs. Last time, I heard that Chenglin's family used corn kernels and leaves, crushed corn cobs, mixed with bran, and the pigs actually ate it.
He was so happy about this that he didn't sleep all night.
Gu Chenglin: "Yes, that's what she said."
Yang Zhu smiled broadly: "Xiao Jin said that Xiao Zhuang and Lai Bao did a great job today, so they will each be rewarded with five coins."
They were also told that this was the first pot of gold they had earned to save for their wives.
This money can't be spent. If you want to spend it, you'll have to wait for the second payment.
You couldn't have seen how happy the three children were; Little Stone was so envious.
Gu Chunsheng raised an eyebrow: "Little Stone, aren't you heartbroken?"
Yang Zhu slapped his thigh: "Haha, it hurts! I don't know who that kid took after, a money-grubber."
Gu Chenglin smiled helplessly: "Xiao Jin said that the child is just like Cai Sheng."
Think about it, when he was born, who was the first person to hold that little stone?
When he said that, everyone knew that Gu Chenglin was still serving his corvée labor when Xiao Shitou was born.
Gu Chunsheng: "My mother?"
He remembered that only his mother and aunt were present at the time, and then they called someone to take Tian Xiaocao home.
Yang Zhu waved his hand: "The aunt was the midwife. Xiao Jin said that only the first person to hold him after he was born counts."
She took her son back to her parents' home that day, and she didn't know.
Thinking about that incident made her uncomfortable. She brought back a few eggs from her parents' home and secretly gave two to Tian Xiaocao, but Tian Xiaocao complained that it wasn't enough and called her stingy.
Those eggs were saved by her mother for her son; her mother hadn't even given them to her grandson.
Gu Chunsheng thought for a while, then clapped his hands: "It's Da Gui's great-aunt, that's right, it's her great-aunt."
Sun Xing looked at his wife's suddenly changed expression and knew that she had thought of that awful person again.
Give her a comforting look and say, "That's right. Grandma was frugal her whole life. She really knew how to stretch every penny to its limit."
It's a pity that despite being frugal his whole life, he starved to death in his own house.
A hint of sadness flashed in Gu Chenglin's eyes: "From now on, burn more paper money for her during Qingming Festival."
That great-aunt of Da Gui was Gu Qingshan's biological aunt, who was given away as a child bride when she was young.
Fortunately, that family treated her well, but later...
Sun Xing stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "We've taken turns burning offerings for them over the years. We haven't forgotten them; their graves are always clean."
"They" refers to the elderly people living alone in the village.
Some of those old people had mended Gu Chenglin's clothes, some had given him food, and some had repaired his shoes.
This great-aunt who returned was Chenglin's grandfather's sister. Her husband's family name was Du, and I heard that the family was from Liangzhou.
Back then, her family was poor, so they gave her away to be a child bride... It started when she encountered a group of bandits while fleeing, and she got separated from her family while looking for food.
It was this great-aunt who, following her childhood memories, inquired her way back to Lingwu Village, which was the place where her family had taken refuge.