Chapter 4
4 A visitor from my mother’s family
"squeak……"
The slight sound of pushing the door made Qi Qi suddenly raise his head and stare at the door.
"Chunni." Seeing that it was her, Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He saw the plate in her hand and knew the purpose of her visit.
"Young mistress, you can make do with some." Chunni put the plate in front of Qi Qi, which contained two mixed noodles.
From the memory of the original person, she knew that this kind of mixed-noodle steamed buns was rationed by the Gu family to the servants. It can be seen that Chunni saved her own rations for her.
Qi Qi felt uncomfortable thinking about Chunni's every move today.
"Thank you." She was not pretentious. She was so hungry that her stomach ached. She was lucky to have eaten some.
It was still warm when I started it, and I felt more and more grateful to Chun Ni.
Hearing her thanks, Chunni's face was full of guilt, "I'm sorry, young mistress, our whole family has to make a living in the Gu family."
She is the maid assigned to the eldest young master of the Gu family. She should belong to the eldest family and take care of the eldest son's interests. But after the eldest young master passed away, the family will belong to the second young master. For her future survival, she can only obey the second young master.
's instructions.
Gu Xiaoci was lying on the bed humming a little tune, crossing his legs. Thinking back to today's Qi Qi and weak Liu Fufeng, I feel pity for them... Tsk tsk, he couldn't help but swallowed, and pointedly said, "It's really different."
"Can I still go back?" Qi Qi was a little surprised, but also a little moved. No matter how indifferent her parents were to her, they were her original relatives after all, so they shouldn't harm her, right?
Qi Qi was stunned for a moment, then she naturally figured it out and smiled nonchalantly, "You don't need to apologize, I'm fine. I also want to thank you, thank you for taking care of me these days, really, thank you."
"Hey, are we brothers and sisters so unfamiliar?" Qi Shujin looked at Qi Qi's big belly and obviously thin and haggard face, and felt very distressed.
Qi Qi is really grateful to her. Ever since Gu Xiaoen's accident, Mrs. Gu has never given Yuan Shen a good look. She has not left three meals a day for her. Yuan Shen seems to have lost the desire to live. He is confused all day long and doesn't know what he is doing.
I went to find some food and relied on Chunni to secretly deliver some steamed buns every night.
She stumbled, and was about to fall down. A pair of big hands supported her, and she turned out to be Qi Shujin.
Lianhua County is adjacent to Qingshan County, and the Qi family is also well-known in the local area. The family has ancestral crafts and practices medicine.
In ancient times, women were not allowed to go to the grave for burials. It was believed that women had too much yin energy. Funerals were places that were combined with the extremely yin place in the underworld. Excessive yin energy would make it inconvenient for the deceased to die.
After getting excited, he calmed down a little and said, "I'll apologize to my father when I get home. Although he... well, he actually does it for your own good and will forgive you..." The son didn't say anything about his father's fault, but...
The last sentence seems unfounded.
Qi Qi tried hard to search for her mother's family's memories, but found that there was a gap in it for a while, and she couldn't connect it. And she knew that that memory must be very important, because after that gap, everyone in the family changed their attitude towards the original person.
But the original person suddenly married Gu Xiaoen.
Gu Xiaoci had evil fire in his heart and needed to vent. He said impatiently, "Okay, I already told you that you don't understand. Why are you dawdling? Come on up."
"What are your plans for the future? Otherwise...come home with me?" Qi Shujin said hesitantly.
Qi Qi was in a daze all night and finally stayed up until dawn. The Gu family suddenly became lively. Today was the day of Gu Xiaoen's funeral.
"That's right, we can't take advantage of her." Lu Liu was worried, and his eyes rolled up and he came up with an idea, "If you mention it to mother tomorrow, she will definitely not take advantage of her."
She didn't have to worry about anything, she just knelt down and cried with her big belly, but she couldn't cry. In the end, she could only secretly wet the half-wet handkerchief, tuck the corners of her eyes and pretend to cry.
However, her father did not learn the family crafts, but took the road of studying and taking the imperial examination. Unfortunately, he failed to pass the examination for many years and stopped being a scholar.
Lu Liu's heart skipped a beat, and he smiled cautiously and said, "We've run out of pills at home, so let's go to bed early today."
At the same time, in the west wing of the backyard, Gu Xiaoci, Lu Liu and his wife were talking about Qi Qi.
Qi Qi stood up and thanked Fu Shen, "Thank you, brother."
It happened that she didn't want to go either, she was so tired and just wanted to go back and rest.
"Hey, what do you think my mother is thinking? She has given her so much property, but she still doesn't know whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl... Besides, she is still young, and she might remarry after three years. Then
, doesn’t it mean that with so much property in our family, it’s cheaper for outsiders?”
She was very suspicious that it turned out that she didn't want to live anymore and gave up her life.
"Ms. sir, do you think my sister-in-law is a little different today?" Lu Liu sat in front of the dressing table and slowly took care of her long black hair.
"What's going on? Mother said she would give her the top of the mountain..." In Lu Liu's heart, the top of the mountain is full of tea trees, which are worth thousands of gold.
When Gu Xiaoci heard that Qi Qi might remarry, he felt displeased. He slapped the bed board and shouted, "How can that be done!"
Lu Liu couldn't resist Gu Xiaoci. Seeing that his expression was already displeased, he had no choice but to obey, and at the same time he was secretly thinking of luck.
Qi Qi had a dark thought in her heart. Forget it, she still can't go back. She doesn't know what conflicts there are between her family and her original self, but it sounds like she will definitely be dictating her future life, so let's leave some space for each other.
Qi Shujin said excitedly, "What are you talking about? You can go back naturally. That's your home."
At the foot of the mountain, Qi Qi watched the procession of seeing Gu Xiaoen's coffins drift away, and he breathed a sigh of relief, it was finally over.
"Qi Shujin, a Qi family from Lianhua County, came to express his condolences..."
An announcement came from the door, and Qi Qi's heart tightened. It was the original eldest brother who was here.
Gu Xiaoci was disdainful of the family property over there in the old house. He had other things on his mind and said perfunctorily, "It's cheap. The old house is just a pile of junk. If you don't know, don't worry about it."
Qi Qi also collected some pictures of her childhood at Qi's house, all of which were happy and joyful.
Lu Liu took it back a hundred days after the death of the Gu family master, during the period of hot filial piety. He didn't know much about the situation in the Gu family's old house. He only thought that Mrs. Gu gave a lot of things to the eldest family.
"Don't be stubborn anymore. After you give birth to the child... my family will find a good marriage for you. Everything will be fine from scratch..."
Gu Xiaoci frowned, secretly thinking that it was bad luck, but he did not give up and urged, "What are you talking about? Just come up if I tell you to. If you don't eat for once, it won't be a problem. It's so easy to win. I'll go to the town to buy it after my eldest brother's funeral tomorrow."
I’ll just make it up for you, hurry up!”
"No, I don't want to get married again." Qi Qi interrupted him, touching her belly and said, "I just want to grow up with my children and live a simple life."
"You, why are you so stubborn? This child, hey... Xiaoqi, listen to the elder brother's advice, this child will only drag you down if he stays, especially now that Gu Dalang has gone again. If you stay in the Gu family again, if you are caught by someone who wants to
Handle, something will happen sooner or later."
What Qi Shujin said was not subtle, which made Qi Qi's heart thump and her heart beat faster. Is there really something wrong with this child?
Qi Qi did not dare to ask, nor did she respond to Qi Shujin's words. In the end, Qi Shujin left in disappointment, leaving behind words for her to think about it carefully and go home when she had figured it out.
This big brother came and went in a hurry, but he left behind a bag of explosives that he didn't know when he would ignite.
Chapter completed!