flstandardbreds Chapter 221 Countryside Mansion
Chapter 221 Countryside Mansion
"Buy children to eat, and use bones to cook"
After the mother and her two children returned home, Gu Sihe approached Lin Qing and said, "Mom, you asked me to follow my aunt to find out the news. What should I do?"
Lin Qing looked at Gu Sihe and asked him to think: "Sihe, do we have a good relationship with the neighboring village?"
Gu Sihe shook his head and said, "I'm not very familiar with him. We don't usually interact with each other. I heard that he had a fight over water a few days ago."
Lin Qing smiled and said, "If that's the case, then no one will recognize you and your aunt?"
Gu Sihe followed his mother's line of thought and suddenly understood.
"Yes, then my aunt and I can pretend to be a mother and son who have fled from a nearby town. It would be best if we could say that we were being bullied in our village. I'm not afraid they won't believe us then..."
Lin Qing tapped Gu Ermiao's forehead and said, "That's right, Sihe is really smart."
Time goes back to a few hours ago.
Just as the sky was getting light, someone knocked gently on the gate of Lin Qing's house.
Gu Sanmu was startled when he opened the door, and then laughed out loud.
"Aunt, you and my second brother are thinking the same thing!"
Standing outside the door were Gou and Gu Changqing.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Gou deliberately found a worn-out patched shirt that he didn't even want to wear when working. He picked a lot of yellow mud from under his fingernails, and the cloth that wrapped his hair was so black that his original color could not be seen. The few strands of hair that were exposed were greasy and curly.
Gu Ermiao was standing in the yard wearing his old clothes, staring blankly at the colorful threads on the patches. He was shocked to find that he could no longer remember what it felt like to be naked and hungry.
This was clearly the piece of clothing he treasured most...
How come after only a few days he felt that the clothes were prickly and stiff and he wanted to take them off and throw them away?
Gu Damao looked at the troubled expression on his brother's face and soothed him softly, "Er Miao, they say, 'It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality.' It's Mother who has given us the good life we have today, but we must not forget that there are so many more who are suffering. If we don't resolve the Jia family issue, many more people will suffer as we did."
Gu Ermiao nodded heavily, a faint flame flickering in his heart.
After Lin Qing circled around the two modified people for a few times, he frowned and clicked his tongue several times.
Gou and Gu Ermiao were instantly worried, not knowing where they had failed to meet the standards.
"The clothes are fine, but you two must have been eating too well lately. You look so slippery. You don't look like you're fleeing at all."
Gou was a little embarrassed, but she immediately thought of a solution.
"That's easy. I'll scrape some ashes off the bottom of the pot and apply it on my face."
Lin Qing shook her head and said, "No, the ash from the bottom of the pot won't hold the makeup, and it will be exposed if you sweat."
He said the village head only introduced him to the Jia family's steward and then left in a hurry, apparently saying he was going to the restaurant to look for someone."
When Gou saw her son, she stood up anxiously, not even bothering to wipe the tears from her face: "Why are you here? Where is your father?"
"Don't worry, mother. Dad has gone to bed." Gu Changqing saw the hesitation on Lin Qing's face and knew what she was worried about. He said, "Don't worry, auntie. There's no need to remind the village head. I think he's probably busy enough."
Gou was stunned and looked at Lin Qing for help: "Ah, sister-in-law, what should we do? We can't just cut off a piece of meat now..."
Lin Qing was confident of victory and smiled, "Wait a moment."
After saying that, she turned and went into the house, and quickly bought the darkest color anti-fade contouring blush, blue, smoky purple and other strange colors of blush in the mall.
She is so wealthy that she doesn't even need to look at the price now, she can just pay with one click.
When she went out again, she placed a bunch of bottles and jars that no one had ever seen on the table, and smiled a little creepily.
"Come on, let me put makeup on you."
Gou and Gu Sihe were completely confused. After being pushed to sit on the chair by Lin Qing, they helplessly accepted her drawing on their faces. Looking at the frightened expressions of the other people, they felt even more uneasy.
Finally, Lin Qing finished changing their makeup and painted their exposed skin purple.
The four children looked at Gou and Gu Ermiao with their sunken cheeks, chapped lips, pale and thin faces, and bruises all over their bodies, and they admired Lin Qing even more.
Gu Damao said sincerely, "Mother can truly be called a master of the art of hearing and hearing. Er Miao and Auntie are in such a miserable state right now."
Gu Changqing was also amazed: "Auntie is really amazing!"
Suddenly, Gu Dahuai from the next yard started making a noise, and he hurriedly bowed and said goodbye.
Gu Sihe brought out a basin of water and asked them to look at their own shadows, which scared both of them.
This……
This is a bit too tragic.
Lin Qing went back into the house and took out the sack she had sewn last night and stuffed it into Gu Ermiao's arms: "It contains steamed bread for the journey. I only put a little water in it so as not to break your disguise."
Gu Ermiao excitedly picked up his backpack, said goodbye to his mother and brothers, and headed towards Songjiazhai with brisk steps.
Lin Qing looked at his back and suddenly felt sad that the little chicken had grown up and was about to leave her.
The children all noticed that their mother was in a bad mood and began to comfort her in their own ways.
Gu Damao was the most sensible: "Don't worry, mother. Er Miao is a smart child. He will definitely protect himself and take good care of aunt."
"Mom, I've learned how to harrow the ground. I got up early and plowed the ground in our yard!"
Gu Sihe was originally hugging Lin Qing's waist and acting coquettishly. Upon hearing this, he quickly raised his head, and his fierce look scared Gu Sanmu.
"What, what's wrong, fourth brother?"
"There are the seeds I just planted. Ahhhh, Third Brother, you are so hateful..."
Lin Qing looked at his noisy sons and his heart was instantly healed.
Let’s talk about the two people who were on their way. They deliberately avoided the crowded roads in the village and chose to walk on remote paths.
Before the sun climbed up the hillside, the two of them had successfully walked out of Songsi Village and climbed to the top of the hill where the two villages met.
Seeing beads of sweat on Gou's forehead and her slow pace, Gu Ermiao hurriedly helped her sit on a rock under a dead tree. He pointed to the village at the foot of the mountain in the distance and said, "Aunt, I'm careless. Let's rest here for a while. Look, that's Songjiazhai at the foot of the mountain."
Gou looked up at the village that seemed to be still on the horizon, pounded her aching calf, and couldn't help saying, "Thank goodness Sanmu told us in advance, otherwise how could we have found this shortcut."
Gu Ermiao handed her some water and asked her to take a few sips. He asked incredulously, "We've been walking for so long, and this is actually a shortcut?"
Gou smiled and said, "Yes, after our two villages severed ties, all contact was severed, so naturally there was no road. Otherwise, you'd see the grass growing ten feet high on both sides of the road."
Seeing Gu Ermiao's puzzled expression, Gou explained, "This happened a long time ago, so it's normal that you didn't know. It was after I married you that I heard from your grandfather that Songjiazhai and Songsi Village share the same roots. When our dynasty was first established, a remarkable figure emerged. After returning home with great success, he built an ancestral hall for the Song family and compiled a family tree."
Gu Ermiao raised his eyebrows curiously, his eyes sparkling as he asked, "They actually have such powerful ancestors? Then why have I never heard of them?"
"That's how it all happened. A great opportunity turned into a catastrophe. It was because right after the ancestral hall was completed, a prominent figure was found guilty of treason and his entire clan was executed. The ancestors of Song Village 4 were distant relatives of the Song family, and they were making a big fuss because they weren't included in the family tree. When this happened, they quickly moved their entire family here and hid out, even changing their surname to Song."
Gu Ermiao sneered upon hearing this and said, "So their mean-spirited attitude and hypocrisy started from their ancestors."
Gou smiled. She didn't think the Song ancestors had done anything wrong.
Since Daya might be married into the Jia family, she felt that being alive was more important than anything else.
Originally, she was eager to get Daya married to a perfect husband like Wang Runhe, but now she has come to her senses.
As long as Daya can survive, she is willing to be an old maid for the rest of her life.
After a short rest, the two set off again.
The sun was getting hotter and hotter, and they were almost peeling off their skin.
Finally arriving at the stone bridge in front of Songjiazhai, Gu Ermiao couldn't help but gasp as his thin straw sandals stepped on the hot stones.
Even so, he did not forget to comfort Gou, who was also jumping up and down beside him: "It's okay, aunt, just bear with it, we will be there soon."
After crossing the stone bridge is the Songjiazhai archway. The street behind the archway is obviously wider than that of Songsi Village, and the houses are built neatly and beautifully. But the strange thing is that there is not a single person on the road.
Only faint cries could be heard from the ancestral hall in front, which seemed to be intermittent. Even though it was noon, it was creepy enough to make people break out in cold sweats.