The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

Tuniu Village

In order to prevent the three from waking up too early, Gu Qinghuai touched the circuits of the three again before leaving.

After putting the electric baton into the space, Gu Qinghuai looked around vigilantly and ran quickly towards Tuniu Village.

Zhou Liuya huddled beside a big rock, looking nervously towards the intersection.

It wasn't until she saw a big-bellied woman running with a huge bag on her back that she breathed a sigh of relief.

However, is the baby in my second sister-in-law's belly really okay if she runs like this?

Zhou Liuya looked at her second sister-in-law's belly worriedly.

Gu Qinghuai noticed her gaze and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine. Your nephew is fine!"

The two of them smiled and held hands as they entered Tuniu Village.

The sky was already slightly brighter, and the sparse, low-rise houses in Tuniu Village had clear outlines.

Most people who get up early are reluctant to light the oil lamps and cook breakfast in the dark. From time to time, the sound of water buckets falling into the well and the clattering of pots and pans can be heard, and smoke rises from the roofs of the houses.

This kind of fireworks atmosphere makes people feel at ease.

Gu Qinghuai felt a little happy in her heart. She really escaped from the apocalypse where people eat each other!

Although the Great Xia Kingdom was not very stable and was poor and weak, it was already a paradise compared to the end of the world.

She will cherish this life, try her best every day, live happily and live the best life.

As for the troubles brought by the Zhou family, she treated it as an exciting real-life game. When the time was right, she would knock them all out one by one!

Zhou Genchang and Wu Quezi were still lying naked in the road. Gu Qinghuai wanted to avoid suspicion and tried to stay away from people while walking.

Fortunately, the original owner's mother's home was on the north side of the village, close to the foot of Black Cloud Mountain. Walking from the outskirts of the village, she really didn't meet anyone.

However, just as I was about to reach home, a middle-aged woman came towards me.

The woman was wearing a dark blue linen dress and carrying a bamboo basket with a small iron shovel in it. It looked like she was going to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.

Gu Qinghuai recognized who she was.

Li Tao, Li Chunwei's mother.

Li Chunwei was the eldest brother's childhood sweetheart, and the two got engaged early on.

The eldest brother often goes to help her family with work, and he always brings gifts during festivals. He really treats the Li family as his own.

But on the third day after her eldest brother's accident, Li Chunwei wanted to cancel the engagement with her eldest brother.

The eldest brother agreed without hesitation. Apart from taking back his engagement letter, he refused to take any of the festival gifts, betrothal gifts or bride price that had been given out.

The Li family was too embarrassed to even mention the money and gifts that should have been returned.

Half a month later, Li Chunwei married the son of a carpenter in the town.

In fact, my eldest brother and Li Chunwei have already reached the age for marriage, but the Li family has been postponing the wedding for various reasons.

The reason is that Li Chunwei has been looking for a better partner and secretly looking for someone else.

Although the eldest brother is handsome, hardworking and capable, his family is too poor and the burden is heavy. Li Chunwei is barely satisfied with him as a person, but she despises his family.

Li Chunwei was beautiful and charming, the most popular girl in Tuniu Village. As a result, she was often sought after by the young men in the village. Over time, she really believed that she was beautiful enough to deserve a more "noble" family, and that the country folk were not worthy of her at all.

So, when something happened to her elder brother, it was simply God's will to help her, and she easily got rid of her elder brother.

In the rural mountain villages, where there are aunties and grandmas, it is easy for all kinds of gossip to breed. Li Chunwei's affairs were widely spread in the village, and the original owner had certainly heard a lot of gossip about her former and future sister-in-law.

After the Gu and Li families broke off the engagement, their relationship became distant. Although they no longer interacted with each other, they did not fall out.

Gu Qinghuai didn't want to pay any attention to Li Tao and was ready to leave.

Li Tao's eyes swept over her several times, and she curled her lips slightly, then suppressed her contempt and said enthusiastically, "Hey, isn't this Xiao Huai? Why are you back? Who is this little girl?"

Gu Qinghuai treated her as air and pulled Zhou Liuya, walking forward without looking around.

When Li Tao saw that Gu Qinghuai was so disrespectful to her, her face immediately fell and she spat viciously at Gu Qinghuai's back.

"Bah! A jinx who brings bad luck to her husband, a widow! You deserve to be slaves to the Zhou family! You are a poor, useless family, and you still have the nerve to act noble!"

Li Tao turned and left, cursing.

Tuniu Village, Gu Laosi’s home.

In a small courtyard with earthen walls, a middle-aged man, so thin that only bones were left, sat on a wooden chair with a dull expression and drooling uncontrollably.

Although the gray linen clothes he was wearing were very worn, they were washed very cleanly.

To prevent saliva from staining clothes, I wrapped an old cloth around my chest.

Next to him, an equally skinny, long-legged young man was bent over a man-wide wooden board, grunting as he weaved a bamboo basket with his hands.

Zhao Ying looked at her foolish husband and then at her paralyzed eldest son, and her heart sank so hard that she could hardly breathe.

"Miaomiao, take care of your father and brother at home. I'm going to the fields," Zhao Ying said to her youngest daughter Gu Qingmiao, then picked up the hoe and prepared to go to the fields.

She forced herself to straighten her back, not wanting the kids to see that she had back pain.

"Hey! Mom, I know!" A little girl of four or five years old was standing on a small stool washing dishes by the kitchen stove. When she heard Zhao Ying's instructions, she turned her head and responded, then smiled sweetly, revealing two cute dimples.

The thin young man who was lying on a long wooden board weaving a bamboo basket looked at Zhao Ying and smiled with ease: "Don't worry, mother, I'm still at home."

Zhao Ying squatted down, straightened her eldest son's messy hair, and said with a loving smile: "Song'er has gone to the mountains to trap rabbits. If he can catch any, he will come back to nourish you and your father."

Zhao Ying was afraid that something might happen to her husband and eldest son because they were too thin.

The young man's eyes were filled with gentleness and he smiled, "Mom, Song'er is still young. Don't let him go into the mountains too often. It's too dangerous."

"Okay, I'll tell him that the kid always thinks he's a man and can stand up to the world..." Before Zhao Ying finished her words, her eyes inadvertently swept across the gate of the courtyard and she was stunned.

Gu Qingshan followed his mother’s gaze and was also stunned.

The first rays of morning light shone into the courtyard, and a faint warm red covered the entire courtyard.

At the gate of the yard stood a pregnant woman carrying a large bag and a dark and thin little girl.

The two seemed to have come in a hurry, both were slightly out of breath, but their hands were tightly held together, and they looked at the people in the yard with blank faces.

Both parties were stunned for a moment when they looked at each other, and they were a little afraid to recognize each other, because everyone had changed a lot in just one year.

At this moment, they are no longer the same as before.

Zhao Ying stood up suddenly, surprised and happy: "Xiao...Xiao Huai? You...you're back!"

“Third sister?!” Gu Qingshan dropped the work in his hands.

Gu Qingmiao, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, also ran out, his deer eyes wide open and shining brightly.