Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

The original male owner of the Gu family passed away early, and the female owner was paralyzed in bed. The current pillar of the family, Gu Zhen, has to shoulder the heavy burden alone and live a rough life. Although the two younger siblings listen to their brother, they also live a rough life.

But who doesn’t want to sleep in a clean and soft bed and wear neat clothes without holes?

When Gu Song and Gu Tao knew that their brother was going to get married, their mother told them to listen to their sister-in-law. After their sister-in-law married their brother, their brother and sister-in-law would be the head of the family and they would have someone to take care of them.

They thought that their sister-in-law would be like the sisters-in-law of other children in the village, helping with housework, washing clothes, cooking, and working in the fields, so that they would no longer have to work as hard as they do now and could go back to the village primary school.

In their opinion, their sister-in-law should also help them clean the house and wash and dry the bedding, but when they returned to their own rooms, they were still dirty and messy.

Because of his expectations, the look in his eyes when he looked at Shi Yan became more and more disappointed, as if Shi Yan had done something unforgivable and evil.

Shi Yan was so angry when she saw these two half-grown kids acting so as though it was a matter of course that she almost laughed.

Shi Yan was willing to clean the house and do the laundry and sewing for Gu Zhen because she was going to live in that house and Gu Zhen was her "roommate".

But she was unwilling to be a hardworking and uncomplaining nanny. Even if she lived for the original owner, it was not to join this family, but to reorganize this family.

The reason why Gu Song and Gu Tao ended up like that after Gu Zhen left is not only because of the impact of the drastic changes in the family, but also because of their upbringing since childhood is also very important. A 10-year-old child is not young anymore, and he is sensible enough. He grew up in such a family, so it is impossible for him not to understand the ways of the world.

The reason why they treat her like this is naturally because there are problems with their own family education. Shi Yan naturally has to teach them well.

The three siblings all looked at Shi Yan. Shi Yan was not panicked, but looked a little puzzled:

"Brother Zhen, I remember my younger brother and sister are already ten years old. Could it be that at such an old age, they still can't wash their own clothes and bedding? I used to do these little things by myself at home since I was a child!"

Shi Yan's eyes were always on Gu Zhen. After all, she had just arrived and was still an outsider. Only if Gu Zhen stood on her side could she educate the two children. Of course, she also wanted to see Gu Zhen's attitude. If Gu Zhen also felt that if he married her, she should take care of the whole family.

Then she doesn't mind being a widow!

Gu Zhen actually wanted to say that helping Gu Song and Gu Tao clean up the house was just a matter of convenience, and as a sister-in-law, there was no need for her to care about these things.

But looking at the young wife's thin body huddled under the eaves, she did not stop working even while talking, and then looking at her slender arms, her wrinkled and white fingers caused by blisters, and the clean sheets and quilts and his clothes hanging on the clothes hangers.

He was a little speechless again and turned his gaze to his younger brother's wife. Although life at home was hard now, he was at least a strong laborer. When his father had not died in the past two years, he had not left the two little ones thirsty. Looking at him this way, his young wife's arms seemed not as thick as his younger brother's arms.

"Sigh~"

Just when Gu Zhen was thinking about how to start the conversation so that his sister-in-law and wife would not have a rift because of the issue of tidying up the room, Shi Yan, who was still sewing, suddenly pricked her hand.

"Wife, what's wrong? You pricked your hand, let me take a look!"

Drops of bright red blood oozed out from the thin fingers, and Gu Zhen subconsciously put Shi Yan's bleeding fingers into his mouth.

Shi Yan had pricked her hand on purpose, wanting to put herself in a weak position, but she didn't expect her fingertips to feel hot, and she was instantly made blush by Gu Zhen's unreserved action.

Gu Song and Gu Tao, who just wanted to complain about their sister-in-law, suddenly felt that their existence was a bit redundant when they saw their brother and sister-in-law had changed drastically.

Gu Song and Gu Tao are twins, a boy and a girl. Although they are still young, the boys usually run around in the village. He knows and has seen a lot, so he must know more than his sister Gu Tao.

So when he saw that the atmosphere between his brother and sister-in-law was weird, he quickly pulled his sister's sleeve and took the still dazed sister into the kitchen to help light the stove so that they could cook later.

"Brother Zhen, I'm fine, don't worry. Maybe I did too much work this morning and my arm was a little sore, so I didn't hold the needle firmly."

Gu Zhen relaxed his mouth, and reached out his hand to pinch Shi Yan's arm as she said. Even through the old thin cotton-padded jacket, he could still feel that there was no flesh on his young wife's arm. He pinched the bone that hurt his hand without much force.

"My eldest sister Gu Xiang used to do all the housework, but now they are old and it is time for them to learn to clean up by themselves. You just need to clean up our house."

"Forget it, I'll do it when I'm free. You should get better first. My mother is still waiting to have a grandchild. You're too thin now. You should gain some weight."

Gu Zhen felt that he was doing this entirely for the good of his young wife. Although his family was a little poor, there was no one in the entire village who loved his wife as much as he did.

Shi Yan wanted to roll her eyes. If she really wanted to gain weight, she had to have something to eat. She had just looked at the kitchen and saw that the jars containing grain were almost empty. Apart from the only edible thing, there were only a few large bags of sweet potatoes left.

"Brother Zhen, I will take good care of him, but I will still clean our house carefully, and I can't let Brother Zhen get tired all by himself."

Although the young wife is a little thin, looks a little immature and a little timid, she is at least obedient and considerate. Gu Zhen's depression about the wedding night has finally disappeared completely.

"Well, I'll go make lunch. Now that you've mended the clothes in your hands, stop working and take a good rest."

After giving instructions to his young wife, Gu Zhen went into the kitchen and saw that his sister-in-law had already lit the fire and filled the pot with water. He was very satisfied, but thinking of what he had just said to his young wife, he was ready to give her a scolding.

"Xiaosong, Xiaotao, you two are grown-up kids now. When your eldest sister was still married, she spoiled you. Not only did you have to work in the fields, but you also had to do housework."

"But your sister-in-law is not your sister. Big brother wants to marry a wife to continue our family line. You know that mom is in poor health, so you hope to see me get married and have children. But big brother is not very promising and can't afford to marry a wife on his own. That's why your sister Xiang married into the Shi family."

"Your sister-in-law has suffered a lot since she was a child. Now she is weak and needs to be taken care of. So you should do your own things. Your eldest sister has taught you how to wash clothes and dry quilts. How can you let your sister-in-law do it for you?"