Gu Jianshe was silent. He held Ning Ning's hand and looked at the tractor driving away with a rumble, taking with him the ten yuan of wages. It was a pity.
But he turned to look at Ning Ning's pale face, and immediately shook off his previous thoughts, "Does your stomach still hurt?"
Ning Ning shook her head subconsciously, saying that she had a stomachache was just an excuse she made.
How could Gu Jianshe not notice her clumsy lies? He sighed heavily and was reluctant to talk about Ning Ning.
The self-sufficient child sulked and walked forward with his head down.
Liu Chunhua really watched it from beginning to end. Of course, she also noticed that Ning Ning said she had a stomachache and lied about not letting Gu Jianshe go.
She immediately laughed and said, "Construction, construction, it's in vain that your elder brother supports you with all his heart and soul. No one else will let you go, so you are allowed to go, and this is the result?"
Gu Jianshe didn't say anything, and Liu Chunhua became even more proud. When she thought that her man was the only one who earned the ten yuan, she was filled with beauty.
"I told you a long time ago that Ning Ning is a disaster star. You have to believe it. Now you believe it. What a great opportunity to make money. Ning Ning, a disaster star, was suddenly eliminated."
When she got excited, she slapped her thigh and didn't think about it at all.
She even forgot what Gu Yao told her and jumped out like beans, "You don't know yet, right? Yao Yao said that they can make a fortune this time when they go to the reservoir. What treasure did they find? I originally wanted you to get it.
It's light, now it's better - you can't keep up with the hot ones even if you eat shit."
Gu Jianshe felt sorry in his heart, but he didn't regret it. He didn't take what Liu Chunhua said to heart.
The three of them walked back together. As soon as they reached the door of Gu's yard, they looked at Zhao Guihua, who was holding a stack of steamers and planning to go to the river to clean them.
When she saw the three of them, she was stunned for a moment and stuck her head out from behind the steamer. She was surprised and said, "Why is Jianshe here? Didn't you agree to go to the reservoir to clean up the mud with your elder brother?"
She calculated that if both of them went, they would earn cash and get back twenty yuan in five days. Moreover, the family would have two less strong laborers to eat, so it would save a lot of food.
At that time, with the money earned, the family can improve their lives and avoid having to eat glutinous rice all the time, which will make the mouths of those who eat it bitter.
Gu Jianshe couldn't say anything, he lowered his head and remained silent.
Zhao Guihua suddenly became anxious. She put the stack of steamers on the weathered stone wall and pinched her waist, "What on earth is going on? What happened?"
She thought about it and realized that the person in charge this time was Ma Shunsheng, and immediately asked suspiciously, "Did Ma Shunsheng become the captain, and when he saw two people in our family, he felt uncomfortable and kicked you off?"
She knew that this Ma Shunsheng was not a good person, putting on small shoes for the Gu family.
Seeing Zhao Guihua going up to find someone to fight for her life, Gu Jianshe quickly stopped her, "No -"
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Guihua was almost dying of panic.
Ning Ning looked at this and that, mustered up her courage, and said, "Grandma, it's me -" But she couldn't say that something would happen in her dream, and she was thinking about how to explain it.
He was interrupted by Liu Chunhua, crackling, "Mom, this has nothing to do with Ma Shunsheng. You don't know. The third child didn't go to make such a big fortune because it was all delayed by your precious granddaughter."
Zhao Guihua was already angry, but her eldest daughter-in-law, Liu Chunhua, was still showing off like this, keeping half of what she said, "Just say it, don't say it, don't say it, don't even fart continuously, it's disgusting."
Liu Chunhua, who thought it would arouse her mother-in-law's interest, never expected that she would be scolded.
But that doesn't matter, when I think of what Ning Ning did before.
Liu Chunhua was like someone who had seized Ning Ning's control and returned home with a proud look on her face, "Mom, you don't know what happened before. This construction was all put on a tractor, and Ning Ning was dragged away by force.
He came down and was not allowed to go, so he made an excuse, what's his name?" She slapped her forehead and suddenly remembered, "Oh, it's a stomachache. Ning Ning said she had a stomachache and wouldn't let the construction go."
"Mom, do you think this excuse is funny or not? As soon as Jianshe stopped, I asked Ningning, and Ningning's stomach pain stopped immediately."
"This is ten yuan, and it was wasted by Ning Ning like this." Liu Chunhua clapped her hands and made a gesture of giving up. She didn't want to take too much pleasure in the misfortune.
Brother, this can’t be pulled out!”
"What? It's from the reservoir that Ning Ning didn't let the third brother go to?" Ma Tielan, who happened to come out of the kitchen, listened and looked shocked. "If I had known, it would be better to let my family build a bathroom. At least I can earn ten yuan."
How much money can I use to support my family?"
After saying that, she immediately put down the wooden basin and turned around, "No, I have to tell Jianwei and ask him to go over now. Maybe we can catch up."
Ning Ning thought about Gu Jianwei in her previous life. He was an honest man. He never bullied her from beginning to end, let alone anyone in the third room.
So he couldn't help but said again, "Don't go."
As soon as she opened her mouth.
Liu Chunhua clapped her hands and nodded, "Yes, yes, mother, it was this expression and tone of Ningning that stopped Jianshe."
"Look, now the second brother Jianwei is going to earn this money, but she won't let him go. Mom, do you think Ning Ning has a grudge against our family? Or a big grudge? Otherwise, how could we send him to our door?
Money, push it out!?"
Zhao Guihua never expected that when the third child did not go to the Cheng Reservoir to clear the mud, it was Ning Ning who was in the middle. Ning Ning was such a sensible child, how could she do such a thing.
Zhao Guihua didn't quite believe it. She shouted coldly at Liu Chunhua who was gloating about his misfortune, "Shut up."
Liu Chunhua was so wronged that she immediately pursed her lips. The old lady was so biased.
Then, Zhao Guihua looked at Ning Ning, "Is what your aunt said true?"
She still held on to a glimmer of hope that it was Liu Chunhua, the troublemaker in the family, who deliberately created a rift. After all, it was not like she had never done this kind of thing before.
Ning Ning hummed softly, "I have a reason-" But this reason cannot be said yet, and there is no way to say it.
The rest of her words were suddenly interrupted by Zhao Guihua, "I don't listen to reasons."
"Ning Ning, you are eighteen this year, not eight. Do you know what is going on at home now? We will soon run out of salt. We will have no money to buy salt, let alone eat and study. Which of these?
Don’t you want money? Do you think these ten yuan are small money? These ten yuan are enough for our family to have salt money for a year.”
But just say it and throw it away!!!
Zhao Guihua was so angry that her heart and liver ached.
I have these ten dollars. Ning Ning wanted to say it out loud, but she held back.
This is not a matter of ten dollars, but a family matter. Once she takes out ten dollars, it will be a bottomless pit.
She took a deep breath and said, "Grandma, whether you believe me or not, I won't let my dad go. I definitely don't regret it." The only thing she regretted was not being able to stop those people.
"You -" Zhao Guihua pointed at Ning Ning's nose, looking at a child who was still guilty before, and looked at her so firmly, she was furious. "Okay, okay! You have the backbone, let me see if the backbone can
Eat it as a meal."
After saying that, she left.
Liu Chunhua also took a sip, "You fool, you are a disaster star. You don't even know how to earn the money that comes to your door. You waste such a good opportunity in vain."