Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 5821 Flexibility and Stretch
Looking at Gu Zhihua's back as he turned and left, Shuhua didn't chase after him. She didn't know what problem she could solve or what predicament she would change even if she caught up.

She is also very tired now, and she also wants to find a place to hide and have a quiet time and rest.

A dinner ended in such a heavy and desperate atmosphere, and everyone went back to their own rooms with their own thoughts.

The entire Gu family and the two large courtyards were enveloped in this oppressive atmosphere, and the servants came in and out cautiously.

That night, in Gu's mother and Gu's father's room, the lights were on all night. The old couple sat on the bed together and talked all night. At dawn, an idea was discussed.

Gu Zhihua, who hadn't slept all night, was called to him by Gu's father and mother.

"Zhihua, your mother and I called you here mainly because we have two things to tell you." Father Gu's eyes were bloodshot and his voice was a little hoarse.

"My son is not filial, please give me a lesson from my parents." Gu Zhihua stood in front of his parents with his head drooping and his hands hanging like a child who made a mistake.

Gu's father took a look at his right hand wearing a black glove, and his heart felt as painful as a knife.

He turned his eyes back to Zhihua's face, and continued: "The first thing is to tell you that there have been accidents in our Gu family this time, which seem to be unrelated, but in fact they are all connected, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence .”

"Your father and I were born and raised in Wanghai County, and our business is doing well. We have some connections. Someone told me in private that this trip was because our family offended someone who shouldn't be offended, and that's why we suffered revenge."

Gu Zhihua suddenly raised his head, "Someone took revenge? Could it be... that poisonous woman Huahua?"

Father Gu nodded, then shook his head again.

"It definitely has nothing to do with her, but no one from her and her poor mother's family has the ability to shake us, let alone Qing'an County is involved?"

"So behind this matter, it must be that Huahua and the others have found someone capable to help, and that capable person, needless to say, you should know it well!"

Gu Zhihua's complexion changed drastically: "Father, you mean... the great general who protects the country?"

Father Gu nodded, "The Great General Protecting the Nation himself may disdain to take action in such a matter, but his wife Yang is Huahua's distant cousin. Yang and your mother-in-law Ping'er even handkerchiefs!"

Gu Zhihua's complexion was changing rapidly, all of this seemed to be within his expectations, but also seemed to be beyond his expectations.

"Father, the general's wife never showed up for the affairs between me and Huahua before, so why did she intervene suddenly this time? And the strike was so heavy and ruthless..." Gu Zhihua gritted his teeth, his fists creaking.

In this way, I and the general's wife's cousin, Sun Dajie, are still classmates. The general's wife...that woman is too ruthless!

Father Gu glanced at Gu Zhihua's face distorted by hatred, and sighed: "If you don't want to die, put away those thoughts of revenge as soon as possible, let alone people like us, even the magistrate of Wanghai County Well, the well-known families in Qing'an County don't have the ability to break the big tree of the General Protector, let alone the Yang family, she is not only relying on the General Protector, but her brother is the number one scholar. She is also a very powerful person. A woman can do business in the capital and even become an imperial businessman. Can she be simple? Is it possible for a small person of your level to shake it? Maybe you can make yourself, us The whole family is taken in!"

Beside, Gu's mother also wiped her tears and sighed, resentfully and helplessly said: "Your father told me all night last night, that Yang's is obviously behind the scenes, from the present, she doesn't seem to want to take us Kill them all, otherwise, we will not leave fifty acres of land, a shop, and this house."

"Zhihua, your father told you this to let you understand that there are some people we can't afford to offend, and we can only bear with some grievances..."

Gu's father glanced at Gu's mother, and interrupted her impatiently: "Okay, don't talk about enlightening, how old is he? You can think clearly by yourself."

Mother Gu shut up.

Father Gu: "The second thing is to tell you about our family's current wealth."

Speaking of this, Gu's father swept his majestic eyes around. This is his and Gu's mother's dormitory. At the moment, the three of them are here. Shuhua didn't even let her in.

The family of three closed the door and talked privately.

"This trip we were tortured by the general's wife. From Wanghai County to Qing'an County, from the shop field that I have worked so hard for many years to your disused right hand, our Gu family has been exhausted and exhausted."

"Right now, only fifty acres of land, a grocery store, the two courtyards where we live, and ten taels of silver in your mother's hand are left to live on."

"At present, in addition to the three of us, we have added Shuhua and Xin'er. There are five people in total. In addition, we count the six servants who guard the gate in the front yard and the four servants who cook and do laundry in the backyard. The family has fifteen mouths to eat, and these ten taels of silver will last ten days."

"Ten days later, not to mention paying wages to ten servants, they can't even afford to eat. The problem is very serious. Let's think about how to get through this difficulty!"

Father Gu explained everything that needs to be explained clearly, and then it was Gu Zhihua's turn to think.

Father Gu was not in a hurry, picked up the tea bowl next to him, lifted the lid to skim off the foam on it, and waited patiently...

Gu Zhihua stood there with a dark cloud above his head, and his face was shrouded in gloom and mist. He never dreamed that his family would return to poverty overnight!
Fifty acres of land, a shop, and two courtyards, even in the county town, they are considered well-to-do.

But for a family who was used to a hundred acres of fertile land, seven shops, and two real estates, where jewelry alone can be exchanged for more than 300 taels of silver, it has really plummeted now.

Gu Zhihua raised his right hand to look at it, and finally lost all confidence.

"Father, my path to the examination of merit is considered broken. You and mother should not place any hope on me on this, so as not to be disappointed again."

Gu Zhihua raised his head with self-blame and apology, and spoke sincerely to the elders of the Gu family.

Gu's father and mother looked at each other, and they both sighed.

"Don't worry, we have given up on your studies. The only hope right now is that you, a juren, can find a job in the yamen, eat official meals, and support your wife and children."

Father Gu also threw out a way out, "But the problem right now is that the general's wife is stuck, let alone go to the court to find an errand, I am afraid that even the next season the court will control the rice grains in the counties under its jurisdiction." You may not be able to receive the subsidy of pen, ink, paper and inkstone!"

(End of this chapter)