The abandoned wife married into a wealthy family, and the scumbag father wailed every night

"That's easy. Let's dig a bigger cellar, and I can go to the county town and bring back a few carts of food!"

Gu Yubai didn't care. Gu Yuze and Gu Yu'an always listened to Gu Yubai, so when they heard him say that, they nodded in agreement.

Gu Xiucai sighed as he looked at his three simple-minded and silly sons who were unwilling to think when encountering problems.

He made up his mind that after everything was arranged for a while, he must focus on their studies. It is unwise not to study. These three are smart, but they don't use them in the right way and it ends up causing trouble!

Yang, Gu Yingxue and old lady Yin are all typical ancient women who believe that men should make the decisions on household matters.

Therefore, at this time, everyone was listening quietly and had no objections.

Gu Yiyao had read the book briefly and knew that the famine would last for three years.

This year is only the first year. Many places in the south have had a total harvest this autumn, and by next year there will be a large number of refugees.

Her grandfather was really powerful. He made a prompt decision and left as soon as any signs of trouble appeared.

If we set out from the south now, we will encounter a large number of refugees on the road. At this time, the refugees are so hungry that they have lost their humanity and it is not uncommon for them to eat children. If they take me and my brother with them to escape the famine, they will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

After all, fair and tender children like her and her brother are the most popular.

She remembered reading in the book that refugees who had been hungry for a long time would snatch children when they saw them, and then cook and eat them!

When she thought of this, Gu Yiyao couldn't help but get goose bumps!

"What my second brother said makes sense, but we can't bring back a few carts of food so openly. If the villagers see us, when we run out of food, everyone in the village will come to borrow food. We have to buy food, but we can't attract other people's attention."

Gu Yulang pondered for a while and then said to Gu Xiucai.

"I'm going to go talk to your uncle Dechang about building our house. We can take the opportunity to go to the county town to buy more food and bring it back. We can put it under the materials so that others can't see it."

There are only two rooms in this house and we have to build new ones, otherwise there will be no room to live in.

"Old woman, give each of the children five taels of silver. When they grow up, it will be convenient for them to go out with some money in their hands."

After hearing what Mr. Gu said, Mrs. Yin turned around and went into the house and took out 30 taels of silver, giving 5 taels to each of Gu Yulang and the others. Yang's face turned red with nervousness as she held the silver, and the silver seemed to be burning in her hand.

"Mom, I still have some. If you give it to my husband, you don't have to give it to me."

"Take it, eldest daughter-in-law. You are a good person. I believe you will not spend it recklessly even if I give it to you."

After going through so many things, Old Lady Yin recognized her eldest daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart, so she was very generous to her.

Tears welled up in Yang's eyes when she heard this. It is said that a daughter-in-law will be tortured by her mother-in-law after she marries into the family, which is what people call "toughing the daughter-in-law".

But she has never been bullied by her mother-in-law for a single day. She has been married for so many years but still has no son or daughter. If it were another family, they would have wanted to divorce her long ago.

But the mother-in-law not only did not despise her, she also kept comforting her, telling her to take good care of herself and that she would eventually have a child, and not to worry.

Gu Yingxue and Yang have a very good relationship now. When she saw Yang wiping her tears, she quickly handed her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Sister-in-law, your life will get better and better. Don't cry. I will give you my brother's money later. Just give him 100 coins."

Gu Yingxue quietly gave advice to her sister-in-law.

Gu Yulang was cherishing his new silver. To be honest, he had never received so much silver before!

Hearing his sister giving bad advice to his wife, he was so scared that he quickly hid the silver in his sleeves. Stay away from this couple so that the silver can be kept safe!

The Gu family discussed some specific details about building the house for a while, and then Gu Xiucai got up and went to Gu Dechang's house.

Although he had been away for many years, the village was still the same as before and had not changed much, so he found Gu Dechang's home without any effort.

Country people are not used to closing the door, so Gu Xiucai saw Gu Dechang who was weaving bamboo baskets in the yard at a glance.

Gu Dechang had many sons and high expenses, so whenever he had free time he would weave some things and take them to the county town to exchange for some copper coins to supplement the family income.

As soon as Gu Xiucai appeared at the door, Gu Dechang's wife saw him, but she did not say hello but turned around and continued knitting.

When Gu Xiucai saw Gu Dechang's wife in the yard, he carefully identified her and felt relieved. This was indeed the Zhao who was engaged to Gu Dechang.

He was also worried that Gu Dechang would not be able to come up with the bride price and the marriage would fall through!

"Brother Ming, why are you here?!"

Gu Dechang had originally planned to go find Gu Xiucai after he finished weaving these baskets, but he ended up coming here on his own!

When Zhao heard Gu Dechang calling for help, she turned around reluctantly and forced a smile, but still did not speak to him.

She was really furious!

Back then, Gu Dechang gave him the betrothal money for marrying her, which caused her parents to almost sell her to a lame old bachelor in the next village.

It was only after she threatened to jump into the well that her mother agreed to let her marry Gu Dechang.

But they asked her to give 5 taels of silver to her parents' home within two years of marriage, and sent her off to get married without even preparing a dowry for her!

To this day, people in the village still laugh at her for not having a dowry!

But how could she save 5 taels of silver in two years? In the end, her mother came to the house and made a big fuss. The mother-in-law was really forced and had no choice but to sell an acre of land to let her mother rest in peace!

Gu Xiucai knew from Zhao's expression that she was unhappy. Although Gu Dechang did not mention what happened back then, based on his understanding of Zhao's family, Zhao must have suffered a lot of grievances before marrying into the Gu family.

"Sister-in-law, I came here today to discuss building a house with Brother Dechang, and secondly, to pay back the money."

After saying this, Gu Xiucai handed Zhao a purse. It was the purse that he gave to Gu Dechang yesterday, but that Gu Dechang refused to take no matter what.

Zhao touched the purse that Gu Xiucai placed in her hand with a look of shock. It was a full purse and so heavy!

"I... my boss only lent you five taels of silver, you... you just need to pay back five taels."

Zhao was a little afraid to look at him. In fact, although Zhao had a rather hot temper, she was a typical person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

She knew that the Gu family had just moved back and had a lot of expenses, so she didn't dare to take the purse and wanted to return it to him, but Gu Xiucai refused to take it.

"Sister-in-law, please accept it. I have been very unfair to you over the years, and you must have suffered a lot. You must accept this money, otherwise I will not feel at ease."

After hearing what Gu Xiucai said, Zhao burst into tears. When she knew that her parents were going to marry her to the old cripple, she threatened to jump into the well because she really didn't intend to live!

Half of her body was in the well, and she was pulled out by Gu Dechang who came rushing over.

Her parents were afraid that they would end up losing both their money and their lives, so they reluctantly agreed to let Gu Dechang sign a document to give them five taels of silver within two years. They let Gu Dechang take her back without even preparing a set of clothes for her.

If her father-in-law and mother-in-law hadn't saved their reputation by hosting a few simple banquets, she wouldn't even be considered the Gu family's legally married daughter-in-law!

How could she not feel hatred in her heart!