Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 128 Robbed a wealthy family?
Seeing how distressed she was, Gu Ping'an went forward and carried the stove outside to the corridor. "I'll boil the medicine. The rice porridge in the pot is almost ready. Second sister, please watch the pot and make sure it doesn't overflow."

Gu Tang sneezed twice due to the irritation of the medicine and was unable to speak. She just waved at Gu Ping'an and told him to go ahead and boil the medicine, as she would take care of the rice porridge.

After the firewood in the stove burned out, Gu Tang opened the lid of the pot and stirred the rice porridge a few times. The rice grains had turned into rice flower. The aroma of rice hit his nose, giving his nose a moment of relief.

After scooping the rice porridge into the bowl, Gu Tang went out and took a look towards the main room. Her father had just gone to deliver the meal, so why didn't he come out for so long?

After waiting for a while, her father Gu Lianshan finally came out from the main room.

He was holding an empty bowl and basin in his hands, but he had eaten up all the porridge in the bowl.

As Gu Lianshan was about to step out of the main hall, he smelled a strong medicinal smell, which smelled strange and bitter!
He glanced at the west wing corridor, frowned, and walked forward quickly.

The closer they got to the west wing, the stronger the smell of medicine became. Looking at his son boiling medicine in the corridor, Gu Lianshan pinched his nose and said, "The smell of this medicine was not strong before, why is it so strong now?"

Gu Ping'an was speechless and subconsciously looked towards Gu Tang.

Gu Tang stood up calmly and said, "This is a tranquilizing soup. The stronger the taste, the better the medicinal juice will be!"

So that's how it is.

Gu Lianshan breathed a sigh of relief and returned the empty basins and bowls in his hands to the kitchen.

"You've been gone for such a long time. Did you feed my grandma?" Gu Tang followed into the kitchen curiously.

"Your grandpa said he wasn't in good spirits. He was already forcing himself to eat by himself, so he couldn't help but serve your grandma. Your grandma felt sorry for your grandpa, but you didn't want him to serve her, so she asked me, your dad, to feed her."

Gu Lianshan looked indifferent.

He would feed her if asked to. No matter what, she was his mother after all, and she was now paralyzed in bed. It was just feeding her, which he could still do.

After hearing this, Gu Tang didn't say anything. She couldn't stop this.

"Let's eat. After dinner, bring the calming soup to the main room and feed it to my grandma and grandpa. When the two elders fall asleep, go borrow the ox cart. I'll go to the east wing to check the things in the house. When I'm done, we'll take my grandma to Bei'an City."

"Okay!" Gu Lianshan nodded. "After sending your grandma away, tomorrow dad will go to the clan leader to discuss the division of the family."

This matter cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the harder it will be to separate the family. While the clan leader is currently angry and the two elders' condition has not improved, no one can say that it is not a good idea to propose a division of the family.

After finishing his meal, Gu Tang couldn't wait to take the medicine pot off the stove.

After boiling three bowls of water, there was only about one and a half bowls left. Gu Tang thought that this was not much of a difference. After all, there were only two packets of medicine. So let it be.

One and a half bowls of medicinal juice were divided into two bowls, just enough for the two elders of the Gu family to have one bowl each.

After leaving the boiling hot medicine outside to cool for a while, when it was ready to drink, Gu Tang urged her father to bring the medicine to the main room.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to whisper: "You let it slip. Don't even mention that this medicine is a tranquilizing decoction. Just say it's for curing an illness. A packet of medicine is worth dozens of copper coins!"

The two elders of the Gu family are afraid of death. If they knew that this medicine was bought at a high price to treat the disease, they would definitely eat it all without leaving a drop.

Gu Lianshan held a bowl of medicine in each hand, his brows furrowed so tightly that he could pinch a fly to death.

The taste of this medicine is too strong! It has a very distinct bitter taste, which is a bit like the taste of Coptis chinensis juice.

He was afraid that the two elders would smell the food and refuse to eat it with a look of disgust.

When he brought the medicine to the east room of the main hall, the reaction of the two elders was the same as Gu Lianshan expected. After smelling the medicine, they not only looked disgusted, but also retched twice.

"What kind of medicine are you carrying? Can this be taken by humans?!" Feng yelled at the top of her voice, her tone extremely irritable.

She was like a firecracker now, although she kept telling herself in her heart that she could no longer beat or scold the second son, and that she should listen to her husband and wait for him to make the decision.

But as soon as he saw his son, he lost his rationality. No amount of persuasion was of any use. He just wanted to get angry and insult his son, showing off his power as usual.

"Don't be offended by the smell of this medicine. A packet of this medicine costs dozens of copper coins! If Doctor Gu hadn't said in front of others that only this medicine could stabilize your condition, your son would never have bought it!"

Gu Lianshan looked distressed, and he didn't look like he was faking it.

Of course it’s not fake. Although this medicine is a tranquilizing soup, it is not cheap at all!

A packet of medicine costs twenty or thirty copper coins!
"Good medicine tastes bitter. As long as the medicine is good, you don't care whether it tastes good or not. Curing the disease is what matters!"

Gu Lianshan handed the medicine bowl in his left hand to his father, and the medicine in his right hand was left for his mother.

Indeed, good medicine tastes bitter, but as long as it can cure the disease, you have to take it no matter how bad it tastes!

Old Master Gu kept convincing himself, holding the medicine bowl in one hand and pinching his nose with the other. After thinking for a while, he drank it all in one breath.

After everyone finished drinking, Gu Lianshan poured hot water from the stove in the house into the empty medicine bowl to help his father relieve the bitterness in his mouth.

"Mom, my dad has finished eating, it's your turn." Gu Lianshan helped his mother up and handed the bowl of medicine to her mouth.

There is no one better than Feng Shi who wants the disease to be cured. As long as the disease can be cured, she will accept it no matter how strange the taste is!
He raised his right hand, which was able to move, and pinched his nose like his wife, forcing himself to swallow the medicine.

After taking the medicine, I drank another bowl of water to barely get rid of the strange bitter taste in my mouth.

"Doctor Gu said that this medicine will make you sleepy. Have a good sleep, and maybe your condition will improve by the afternoon!"

Gu Lianshan was talking nonsense, but the two elders of the Gu family, who were only concerned about his recovery, actually believed what he said.

The two elders lay down as they were told, thinking that even if they were not sleepy, they could close their eyes and rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, not long after I closed my eyes, my eyelids became too heavy to open, my head felt dizzy, but my body felt light.

This medicine works really fast! Not even a quarter of an hour after taking it, I felt sleepy.

Maybe what my second son said was right. By the afternoon, the disease will definitely get better!
The two elders were so excited thinking about recovering from their illness that they soon fell into a deep sleep.

"Dad?" Gu Lianshan pushed his father and shouted loudly, but saw that the old man Gu did not move, only the snoring sound continued to be heard.

The same went for Feng. Gu Lianshan also shouted loudly, but Feng did not wake up. Just like his father, he was snoring and sleeping soundly.

Tsk!
Gu Lianshan looked surprised. Doctor Gu's tranquilizing soup was incredible! It made me fall asleep instantly. Apart from the strange smell, the effect was incredible!
He happily carried the empty bowl out of the house, went to the west wing and told Gu Tang about this, and asked her if she still had the calming soup.

"Since this medicine is so effective, Dad is thinking that after we split up the family, your grandma will definitely continue to make a fuss about favoring your uncle. If she dares to make a fuss, we will boil this medicine and feed it to her, so that she won't be able to favor anyone even if she wants!"

Gu Tang had no objection: "I still have four packs in my room. When I have some free time, I'll ask Ping An to go to Doctor Gu's house and grab a few more packs to keep as a backup."

"Okay, okay!" Gu Lianshan nodded happily.

Pointing to the east wing, he added, "Dad is going to borrow an ox cart. You hurry to the east wing. While the door to the east wing is closed, be careful and go through the east wing quickly."

"understood."

Gu Tang pulled the key from her sleeve and held it by the string, telling her father not to worry, saying she was always efficient. Seeing his daughter had a plan in mind, Gu Lianshan didn't give her any more instructions, tucked his hands into his sleeves, and walked out of the yard.

Gu Tang asked Gu Ping'an to sit in the corridor of the west wing to help her guard, one to guard against the east wing, and the other to guard against Gu Mei and Gu Laian.

He took all the oil lamps in the house, tiptoed to the east ear room, quickly opened the door and went in, then locked the door from the inside.

The people in the east wing didn't know that Gu Tang had the key to the east ear room, so they hid in the house and waited for the sisters Gu Qing and Gu Lian to invite Gu Zhi (Feng's daughter) and Wang Dagui (Gu Zhi's husband).

In the west wing, Gu Laian went back to his room and lay down on the bed after eating. It was cold and he had no thick clothes to keep warm, so he could only rely on bedding to keep warm day and night.

Gu Mei was the same, but she was always paying attention to what was happening outside and kept her eyes on Gu Tang.

At this moment, she was hiding behind the window and saw Gu Tang go to the east ear room through the crack of the window.

Everyone in this house knows what the east ear room is. Similarly, they all know that there are many good things stored in that room.

In the past, except for Feng and Old Man Gu who could enter and exit the east ear room at will, everyone else was basically the same, especially the younger generations like them. No matter whether they were boys and girls from the first house or the second house, no one was allowed to enter!

Now, that little bitch Si Ya not only took possession of the key to the East Ear Room, but she even dared to enter the East Ear Room alone?!
Why? !

A dead girl whose mother was a thief and was divorced, she is the lowest of the low! Why is her father so partial to her?

Obviously, I am older than Si Ya and the eldest daughter in the family, so the key to the east ear room should be given to me for safekeeping!

But her father was a muddle-headed man who only cared about favoring Si Ya and never cared about her.

The more Gu Mei thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She was angry and jealous, her face twisted and full of resentment.

……

In the east wing, Gu Tang did not dare to open the window, for fear of attracting the Gu family. She only lit the oil lamp she brought with her, barely illuminating the room.

She took a quick look at the layout of the house, including the bags of grain, large vats, granaries, etc. These were easy to check, so she quickly checked them all and found nothing.

In addition to these, the most common things in the house are tanks, large and small, about ten in total, most of which are placed side by side, with only two placed alone.

One is placed in the southeast corner and the other is placed in the northwest corner.

Both of these tanks are big-bellied tanks, about as high as Gu Tang's thighs, and only about one meter wide, not too big, and they are filled with some miscellaneous items.

There is not much dust on it, so the things inside must be used frequently.

Gu Tang casually rummaged through the jar and found hemp ropes, a hoe without a wooden handle, a shovel, large and small sickles, large and small wooden wedges, high-legged clogs for wearing on rainy days, etc.

They are all common things in farmers' homes and are not worth much money, but it would cost a lot of copper coins to buy them all at once. It is reasonable to put them in the east ear room.

The strange thing is that these two tanks are placed in the wrong place.

The things in this tank are commonly used. Logically, they should be placed at the door so that they are convenient and easy to use and can be obtained as soon as the door is opened.

But now these two vats are placed in the corner of the wall, and there are other objects piled around them. If you want to take the things in the vats, you have to move the things blocking the way away.

This is too much effort!

Feng is not stupid. Doesn’t he know that the two jars are placed in the wrong position?
Gu Tang's eyes flickered slightly, and he stepped forward to move away everything near the two vats, piled them aside, and cleared the area around them.

I looked at the ground and didn't find anything wrong. It was just solid soil with no bricks on it.

Rubbing his hands, Gu Tang moved the vat away with force, revealing the ground underneath.

The ground under the tank is a little different from elsewhere. The soil on the top is not the kind that is firm when stepped on, but looks a little loose.

Gu Tang's heart moved and he vaguely guessed it.

Gu Tang took out a hoe without a wooden handle from the jar, squatted down, and started digging the ground with the hoe.

Although the soil looked a little loose, the house was dry and there was no moisture on the ground, so it was still a bit difficult to dig.

After digging for a while, Gu Tang dug out a small hole. When he dug further, he hit something hard with the hoe, but there was no sound.

After clearing away the loose soil in the pit, Gu Tang saw a wooden box buried at the bottom of the pit, and he instantly became excited!

He quickly dug out the box, then violently broke the small iron lock on the box, opened the box with excitement, and then Gu Tang stood there in a daze.

What was in the box was beyond Gu Tang's expectations.

She thought there was silver hidden inside, but unexpectedly, it was actually a box full of various jewelry!

After rummaging around a few times, I found three pairs of bracelets, four hairpins, and the rest were all various rings.

The materials are either gold or silver, especially the hairpins, which are inlaid with white jade and red jade.

Gu Tang's heart sank. This was not something that ordinary people could afford.

She took out a hairpin and held it under the oil lamp for a closer look. She found the word "Chen" on the inside of the hairpin.

This is even more terrifying!
Gu Tang hurriedly took out all the bracelets and other items in the box and took a closer look. Sure enough, there was a word "Chen" on them.

Were these things hidden by Feng or by Mr. Gu?

Is he going to rob rich people?!
After closing the lid with a "click", Gu Tang took a deep breath, put the box into the system backpack for safekeeping, restored the ground, and moved the cylinder back to its original position.

Using the same method, he moved the other vat and dug a hole in the ground. At the bottom of the hole, Gu Tang found another wooden box, which was exactly the same as the one just now.

He forcefully opened the box and looked at the scattered silver coins inside, and Gu Tang breathed a sigh of relief.

The things in this box should be the Gu family's wealth.

Gu Tang also stored the box in the system backpack, quickly restored the ground, and then put the things piled around it back to their original places.

After doing all this, she no longer had the heart to check other places, so she opened the door and left the east ear room.

When this chapter was updated, 4,000 more words were added, turning the 4,000-word chapter into an 8,000-word chapter.

I didn't have many drafts saved, so I immediately revised it to 4,000 words with a heavy heart.

But later I found out that the charges were calculated based on the first release, that is, the charge was based on the first 8,000 words, and subsequent revisions were not counted.

Later, I thought of publishing the first version at 4,000 words, and then revising it to 5,000 words (still charging based on 4,000 words), until I made up the 4,000 words I owed.

But the editor suddenly said that some readers still complained to the customer service, saying that they spent an extra 20 coins. In this case, I can only publish a separate chapter and put it in the free chapter as compensation for the treasures~

The reissue is in the previous free chapter~