Chapter 11 Contradictions
There was no one on the road, so Boss Li winked at his daughter and made a knife gesture, meaning, did you bring the knife?
Li Yu nodded to indicate that he had brought it.
"Sister, shall we go shopping in the city?"
"What do you want to eat, sister will buy you pastries and sugar."
“I grew up not eating sugar.”
Xin Ge twirled his fingers and answered listlessly.
"I don't even eat candied haws, so I'll eat it myself."
Li Yu raised his eyebrows to look at him, then cocked his chin and winked to tease him.
"sister…"
Xingo pouted and tugged on her sleeve acting like a spoiled child.
"Hey, my sister bought candied haws and delicious osmanthus cake for you two."
"Thank you, sister."
Xin Ge smiled brightly, and Xu Yang squinted happily.
Aunt Gu and the others also have a lot of work to do in the forest.
"I have to do a lot of work today, you have to help me, I'll make the dough, steam some steamed buns, get some dough pancakes, this is easy to digest.
You go and wash the eggs and duck eggs for me, and get some yellow mud. I want to marinate them. It’s too hot to let things go bad. Also, I am afraid that there will be no firewood on the road, so I will chop some firewood for us to burn some charcoal so that we can burn water on the road. "
"Lei'er, take Miss Lin to the river to wash clothes, and wash everyone's clothes while there is water."
"Yue'er has never done rough work."
Gu Lin felt sorry for the child.
Gu Lei turned around and shook his head helplessly, and smiled ironically.
Mrs. Wang glanced at Mrs. Gu Lin, "Then you come and do the laundry. I'm going to cook with Gu's sister and steam several pots of steamed buns. There are so many people on the road that you may not have time to do it. Look, anyone can do it. .”
Spread your hands, you choose.
Gu Linshi hesitated, she doesn't know how to wash clothes and cook, that is to say, let her help and watch the fire to wash dishes.
"I go."
With tears in her eyes, Lin Yue lowered her head and put away everyone's dirty clothes. She hugged the wooden basin and planned to follow Gu Lei to find the water source.
Gu Lei glanced at her, frowning tightly, his face full of impatience, it's just washing clothes, so there's no need to cry.
Take her to the water, "You wash here, I'm going to chop firewood, don't go far, the forest is big, be careful not to get lost."
"knew."
Looking at a large basin of clothes, Lin Yue sighed dejectedly, and had no choice but to pick up a stick and start washing clothes.
After a while her arms were sore, she panted and rubbed her shoulders, seeing that there was still a pile of clothes, and she hadn't finished washing any of them, she sighed again, looked at her red hands, and shed tears of grievance.
Looking at a large basin of clothes, he kicked the basin angrily. Unexpectedly, the basin turned over, and the clothes fell into the river, and washed away along the river.
"Oh, it's over, don't run away..."
Lin Yue quickly stood up to grab the clothes, picked up this one, and the other clothes floated away, farther and farther away.
Several clothes are gone, now it’s all over, there are a lot less clothes in the basin, so I don’t have to do so much work.
When Gu Lei came back from tying firewood, he saw Lin Yue sitting by the river crying, raised her head and sighed deeply, feeling tired.
What the **** did I do? It's so difficult and I have to coax you into tears.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?"
The tone was elongated, with endless fatigue and irritability on his face.
Lin Yue raised her head, her eyes were dim with tears, and her eye circles were red, "Cousin, I... I lost my clothes..."
"lost?"
Gu Lei blinked his eyes, he could wash and lose the clothes even if he washed them, what a genius.
Lin Yue pouted aggrievedly, pointed to the river with her hand, and shrank her shoulders, "I accidentally knocked over the basin, and my clothes fell into the river... and ran away."
"you…"
Gu Lei frowned, stood where he was, took a deep breath, and squeezed his fists desperately to endure.
"You can lose your clothes even if you wash them, Miss, what else can you do."
"I, I... didn't mean to."
"Then what about these? Why don't you wash them? I've been there for a long time, and you haven't washed any of them. You don't want to do it at all. Who are you going to wait for? Who should serve you?"
He could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and his tone became cold.
"Yu'er will come back later, I won't do this, I never did it."
Lin Yue turned her face away, and this time she spoke sharply.
"Why do you think that Yu'er should do your laundry?"
The voice was cold and serious, and he couldn't restrain the anger in his heart.
"She is more capable than me. Besides, she usually does it. I haven't done it at home. It's the same when she comes back to wash. I'll help my aunt cook."
Lin Yue muttered, why should I do the laundry, she does the easy work.
"Since fleeing famine, Yu'er has worked the most and the hardest. It's not like you haven't seen it. She's so busy that she doesn't do much. What did you do?"
"You think I didn't see it. You said you were helping your aunt cook, but you've been slacking off. You can't even make a fire, so why can't you help? Are you treating others like idiots!"
"Yu'er deserves to be bullied by you if she is capable, and deserves to serve you, a rich lady. Why should she serve you?"
Gu Lei beat her up like a cannonball, and didn't save her face at all.
Lin Yue stood up angrily, her face flushed from being squeezed, "Cousin, why do you always speak for outsiders, and besides, she is not capable, and those who are capable should work harder."
"I have never done rough work at home. She is so capable and let her do it well. Anyway, she wants to curry favor with the Gu family. Who knows what she is trying to do."
Rolling his eyes and snorting, his eyes were full of jealousy and disdain.
Gu Lei was trembling with anger, pointed at her, and yelled at her: "In terms of family background, your family is only a fourth-rank official. How can you say such a thing? You have never done rough work. Li Yu is a super-first-rank official. The eldest daughter of the mansion is much more noble than you, why do you think that she should do rough work."
"Why do you bully others? You think too highly of yourself. You're flattering the Gu family. Who is currying on the Gu family? Do you need me to explain clearly?"
Gu Lei was so angry that he turned around in circles, wishing he could jump into the river to calm down.
Pointing at her, eyes spitting fire, his face dark as ink, he scolded her: "Li Yu doesn't need to curry favor with the Gu family, it is your Lin family who is following the trend, not her Li Yu."
"If you can't finish your work, you will live here, you trash."
"I'm quitting. Do whoever you like. You will protect Li Yu. I'm going to tell my aunt."
Lin Yue kicked the pot over with a kick that vented her hatred.
"roll!"
Gu Lei roared, Lin Yue ran away crying in fright.
Lin Yue ran back crying all the way. Everyone was busy working, and even the two old men were weaving baskets and taking their children to study.
Seeing Lin Yue came back, they all looked at her in wonder.
"What's going on here?"
Gu Lin hurriedly asked.
"Auntie, woo woo woo...my cousin scolded me for being a sycophant to curry favor with the Gu family, my cousin...bullied me."
Lin Yue was crying so hard.
Gu Lei came back with his clothes and threw the basin on the ground.
"Look at the good things your niece has done. She hasn't washed a single piece of clothes, and even lost several pieces. Tell her a few words, and what do you think this young lady will say?"
A pair of peach blossom eyes are full of contempt and ridicule.
"What are you talking about, and...the clothes are washed away anyway."
Third Aunt Gu picked up the clothes and took a look, and found that none of them had been washed. She turned her head to look at the person who was still crying in the arms of her sister-in-law, and shook her head in disgust.
"People say that Yu'er is capable. When she comes back to do it, I will reprimand her a few words, and she will say that Yu'er is flattering the Gu family. If Yu'er is capable, she should do more. She is a rich lady, and she has never done rough work. Li Yu who is capable will do more work." .”
Gu Lin's face turned cold, and he asked his son in a cold voice, "You said that Yue'er was fawning on the Gu family."
These words stimulated her sensitive self-esteem, completely disregarding right and wrong, right and wrong.
"Yes, that's what I said. The Li family doesn't need to curry favor with the ruined Guhou Mansion. It's your Lin family who have been currying favor with the Gu family. Li Yu is the eldest daughter of the Yipin State Duke Mansion, the daughter of the Langya Wang family, who is better than your niece. It's much more noble, this is what I say in my heart, and I have endured it for a long time."
Gu Lei gritted his teeth and finished speaking, his emotions reached the point where he couldn't bear it. This month's fleeing life, this cousin really disgusted him.
He doesn't save face for his mother at all. Since you don't love me, why should I care about your mood.
Gu Lin's body shook for a moment, his whole face was as pale as paper. It turned out that this is how his son viewed his maternal grandfather's family in his heart.
"cousin…"
Lin Yue looked at Gu Lei in disbelief, tears fell down unconsciously, her eyes were full of shock and embarrassment, her face was hot, it was the pain of being slapped several times in the mouth.
So I was the clown.
(end of this chapter)