When the first ray of dawn in the morning shone into the dilapidated thatched hut, Gu Shuixiu was dreaming. In the dream, she was praised by her boss for her hard work. She was about to be promoted in another week, but she was suddenly hit by a small car running a red light on the way off work.

Gu Shuixiu suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the beams covered with spider silk. A trace of helplessness flashed in her eyes. She jumped up from the wooden bed covered with hay, and the bed board was shaking and clattered.

The busy woman outside the house heard something in the room, raised her eyelids and called out at the top of her throat: "Daya, go wash your clothes, and get some pig grass back, this is the weather..."

The woman is officially a woman named Shuixiu, now her mother, Zhao, and Zhao is still chattering and mumbling.

Gu Shuixiu in the room sighed, responded quickly, and went out of the room.

"Mom, how is my father's health today? Do you want to go to Dr. Li to get some medicine?" Gu Shuixiu picked up the torn wooden basin containing dirty clothes, looked at Zhao's eyes and asked tentatively.

Zhao paused his hand, his face darkened, he glanced at the inner room, and whispered in a low voice: "What doctor is there to look for? Where can we have money in our family? It's just an old problem. I'll just apply herbs later. You can go out quickly. When you come back late, the pig will be howling again."

Zhao impatiently pushed Gu Shuixiu out of the house.

Gu Shuixiu looked at the shaking door and felt even more annoyed. She walked away without looking back with her head in the wooden basin.

On the way to the stream, Gu Shuixiu was thinking about how to survive in the next year.

It’s not her fault for being so worried. Now Gu Mingde, the head of the Gu family, has broken his leg and cannot walk like a normal person. Not only that, Gu Mingde’s health is getting worse and worse, and he often has minor problems. The Gu family is now dragged by Gu Mingde’s body and is almost out of trouble.

What's even more terrible is that Gu Shuixiu and two younger brothers, both of whom are poor and I don't know how to do a good job, but I eat more than anyone else. It's not that Zhao's reaction when he heard Gu Shuixiu say that hiring a doctor would be like that.

Just as Gu Shuixiu was distracted, he slapped her from behind.

"Shui Xiu, what are you thinking so much? I didn't respond to me after calling you a few times! Why are you weird lately?" Gu Zhenzhu pouted and looked at Gu Shui Xiu suspiciously.

This Gu Zhenzhu used to be Gu Shuixiu's friend. Gu Shuixiu trusted her very much and told her almost anything.

Gu Shuixiu smiled awkwardly, her face covered with a bit of sorrow.

"Oh, Pearl, it's not my father's business. Now, in order to treat him, my family is almost out of trouble. I'm thinking about how to live this year!"

"How else can I live? As usual! Uncle Mingde's health has not been a day or two. I can live before, so why can't I live this year?" Gu Zhenzhu didn't care and didn't care about Gu Shuixiu's worries at all. It seemed that she didn't like to hear Gu Shuixiu complain about these things.

He turned around and said, "Tell you, my father came back from the town yesterday and brought me two silk flowers. How about it? Is it good-looking?"

Gu Zhenzhu turned her head from time to time and fiddled with the silk flowers on her head for Gu Shuixiu to see, with pride and satisfaction in her eyes.

Gu Shuixiu knew it in her heart and echoed a few words of praise.

Gu Zhenzhu became more and more arrogant. After washing her clothes at will, she immediately evacuated from the stream. She wanted to show off her other young sisters in the village.

When Gu Zhenzhu walked away, Gu Shui Xiucai was safely washed his clothes and beat pig grass.

When he got home, Zhao had already prepared breakfast. The so-called breakfast was wild vegetable porridge, a handful of wild vegetables and few rice grains, and he could count them all.

Gu Shuixiu's two younger brothers, Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu, finished their breakfast early and went down the field. Now it's spring farming. Gu Mingde can't work, so Zhao can only count on these two sons. Although the two kids work slowly, they are better than those who can't do it, right?

Gu Shuixiu held her eyebrows and ate a bowl of wild vegetable porridge in a hurry to deal with it. She quickly went to feed the pig.

When Zhao returned home, seeing that everything at home was only in order, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, and the voice calling for Gu Shuixiu also eased a lot.

As soon as the two Gu Daniu brothers entered the house, they immediately scooped cold water into the water tank and poured it on their bodies.

Gu Shuixiu looked at it and wanted to stop it, but Zhao didn't react. When she said that she was talking, she swallowed it again. After all, she had only been in this body for a month and had no feelings for the Gu family. Based on the principle of protecting herself, Gu Shuixiu worked hard every day, but she talked less and less.

"Mom, when can I start eating? I'm starving to death."

Gu Daniu Meng took two sips of cold water and asked loudly to Zhao in the kitchen.

Zhao did not answer, and it seemed that his hands were moving much faster as he heard the movements.

At this time, Gu Mingde walked out of the house with the wall, coughed twice from time to time, his eyes were muddy and unconscious. He looked at the children in the yard and asked weakly: "Big Niu, Er Niu, how are you busy with your work in the field?"

Erniu said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry, we brothers are about to finish planting. My mother has also helped us with a lot in the past two days, and we are so busy."

Gu Erniu's original intention was to make Gu Mingde worry, but Gu Mingde sighed after hearing this, as if he was very upset about himself who was not good at doing things.

Zhao came out of the kitchen and interrupted the silence in the yard.

"It's time to eat."

Gu Shuixiu looked at Zhao's numb face and dejected Gu Mingde, and wanted to say something but couldn't say anything. She had to silently help Zhao's placing dishes and chopsticks.

After all, it was all about poverty. Now Gu Shuixiu is at the age of discussing marriage, but there is not even a decent dowry item at home. In two years, Gu Daniu and Gu Erniu will also say they will kiss each other. This series of things makes Zhao breathless.

In fact, the villagers in Caozi Village are not rich. Caozi Village is located in the rolling Qingping Mountains, which belongs to the Neishan Mountains. It takes about four hours to cross seven or eight mountains from Caozi Village to the nearest Panlong Town. If the villagers want to enter the town, they must set off when the rooster crows, otherwise they will definitely not be able to come back.

There is only one donkey cart in Gu Zhenzhu's family in the village, so Gu Mingzhu's father Gu Laifu started to recruit people and often traveled to Caozi Village and Panlong Town. He is one of the few people in the village who have "see the world".

This is why Gu Zhenzhu always feels superior in the village.

At this time, Gu Laifu's family was in a big fuss. The reason was that Gu Laifu drank some horse urine and showed off to his wife Huang, "Wife, our family will soon be able to climb to a high branch. It will not be a problem if you want to wear gold and silver!"

When Huang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he ignored the occasion, he chased Gu Laifu and asked, "Boss, what you said is true? Why did our family climb to a high point? Tell me quickly."

Gu Laifu was very satisfied with Huang's reaction and immediately told the story.

It turned out that the owner of the grocery store in Panlong Town wanted to marry a wife for his youngest son and release the conditions. As long as he was an innocent girl, he would give him ten taels of silver as a bride price.

What does ten taels of silver mean? The villagers of Caozi Village only cost five or six hundred cents to marry a wife. Huang was immediately moved and asked Gu Laifu to ask him to settle the marriage quickly so that others would take the lead.

The couple decided to go to the town to talk about marriage immediately. As soon as they went out, they met Gu Zhenzhu's grandfather and Dad Gu.

When Mr. Gu heard that he was talking to Gu Zhenzhu, his face immediately became dark and pulled Gu Laifu into the yard. He immediately said that he had already agreed to a marriage for Gu Zhenzhu. Although the other party was a hunter, he had a very good character and had been kind to him back then, so Gu Zhenzhu had to marry him.

When Huang heard that he was very good, he had to wait for a widow to marry a hunter every day. If something happened accidentally, wouldn’t her pearl be ruined in this life?

Huang was the first to object, but Gu Laifu did not agree. He also hoped to marry Gu Zhenzhu to a good family and support their family.

The family had a very unhappy quarrel over this matter.

After hearing what happened, Gu Zhenzhu naturally didn't want to marry a hunter, so she immediately gave Gu Laifu an idea.

"Dad, you and my mother quietly went to the town to settle the marriage. When grandpa knows, there is nothing to do. Then I will cry again, and I guess grandpa won't make things difficult for us."

Gu Zhenzhu's eyes shone with a bright light that was determined to win, and she provided cover for Gu Laifu and his wife, allowing them to successfully walk.

It was too late to wait until Dad Gu received the news.

Mr. Gu immediately fainted from anger and scolded Gu Laifu for being unfilial.

However, things have become like this, and no matter how angry Mr. Gu is, it will be useless.

When Dong Chenghu brought a mountain pig to Gu Laifu's house to hire him, Mr. Gu was so ashamed that he couldn't raise his head.

Huang looked at Dong Chenghu in front of him. He was tall and big, but the bearded man looked like he had not taken care of for more than ten or twenty days. A faint smell of sour and stinky blood came from the torn clothes on his body.

Huang covered his nose and stepped back.

Dong Chenghu saw Huang's reaction and became even more uneasy.

Seeing that his father didn't say anything, Gu Laifu thought of what Mr. Gu said, "If Dong Chenghu's father had not saved his life, he would have been eaten by a wolf."

This marriage was decided by Mr. Gu and Dong Chenghu's father in the early years. Many people in Caozi Village know about this. If there is news that they regret their marriage, they may be drowned by Shishizi when they go out in the future.

Gu Laifu thought about it in his heart and treated Dong Chenghu with a smile.

Dong Chenghu was a little flattered. Thinking about his family's situation, he looked at Gu Laifu's family. If he married Gu Zhenzhu in the future, he would really be wronged by the other girl.

After a greeting, Gu Laifu said in contemplation: "Nephew, uncle knows the purpose of your visit to our house today. However, we did not know about my daughter's marriage in advance. It was only my father said these two days. The current situation is..."

Dong Chenghu came out after less than a cup of tea in Gu Laifu's house. The neighbors were still curious about when Gu Laifu's house had such a relative, but the man left so quickly.
Chapter completed!