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

"Then big brother, we will do the laundry and clean the house ourselves. Can sister-in-law send us to school in the future?"

In fact, there is nothing wrong with doing some work, and it doesn't matter if they live a sloppy life. What they want most is to go back to school. Children of their age in the village are still in school, but they have to go to the fields every day.

Seeing his younger siblings, who had been raised in a much rougher way due to the loss of a labor force in the family in the past two years, looking at him with longing, Gu Zhen felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart, and felt that he, as the eldest brother, was really useless.

He has no special skills, and he didn't study hard when he had the conditions. Now, not only does he have to rely on his sister's lifelong happiness to get married, but his younger brothers and sisters also have to suffer as a result.

"You just listen and work hard. When the grain is distributed next month, I will go to the city with the grain and collect enough money for your schooling next year. But don't tell anyone about this. Got it?"

All the money in the family was used to buy medicine for Gu's mother. The only solution Gu Zhen could think of now was to go to the black market to exchange food for some money. However, he had never done such a thing before, but he also knew that speculation would get him shot. He could only comfort his brother and sister-in-law and tell them not to say anything nonsense.

Gu Song and Gu Tao got the approval from their elder brother and nodded happily.

"Okay, both of you, don't stay here. I'll cook dinner. Go to my mother's room and see if she's awake."

Mother Gu has been paralyzed in bed for many years. When Father Gu was alive, she could still sit up every day and do sewing and mending for several people in the family. After Father Gu died, Mother Gu completely lost her energy and spent most of the day in a coma.

Although it would be a little troublesome to wash and go to the toilet, as long as Mother Gu took painkillers and fell asleep, there was nothing to worry about. So the brothers and sisters felt at ease leaving Shi Yan, who had just come home and knew nothing, at home, and went to work in the fields together.

"Okay, big brother."

Shi Yan watched the two little ones run out of the kitchen and then enter the largest earthen house next to the main room.

Shi Yan knew that the person living inside was Gu's mother who was paralyzed in bed. She was busy cleaning the house in the morning and had not gone in to take a look. Now, when she saw the two little ones enter the house, she was wondering whether she should pretend to be virtuous and go in to take a look. Then she heard a scream from inside the house.

"Mother, mother, mother..."

When Shi Yan heard the two little ones calling for their mother in panic, her first reaction was whether Mother Gu had swallowed the porcelain pieces again. However, the timing was obviously wrong. Mother Huo committed suicide in order not to delay her son's death after the Shi family came to demand repayment. Now it was only the second day of her son's marriage. How could a mother who loved her son so much do such a thing?

Throwing down the clothes she had not finished sewing, Shi Yan hurried into the house and saw Gu Tao standing by the kang with a panicked look on his face, while Gu Song was shaking the weak and blue-faced woman on the bed with his hands, tears welling up in his eyes.

"What happened?" Shi Yan couldn't use her special abilities now, so she had no way of checking on Gu's mother's condition, so she could only focus her attention on Gu Tao who was sitting beside the kang.

"Sister-in-law, mother wanted to drink some water just now, so I fed her some water from the bowl. After she finished drinking, she kept beating her chest."

It seemed that because she saw Shi Yan, an adult, Gu Tao seemed to have found her backbone, and she immediately told the story in a crying voice.

"Go call your eldest brother. If there's something wrong with the water, your eldest brother can carry the person to the village doctor."

Watching Gu Tao running out of the house like a little cannonball, Shi Yan came to the kang and stopped Gu Song's actions. She checked carefully and found that Gu's mother was indeed in a state of suffocation. She turned her head and glanced at the ceramic bowl beside the bed and found that there were still lumps of unmelted soil at the bottom of the bowl. Shi Yan had a rough guess.

Shi Yan stretched out her hand to pull up Gu's mother, who was lying on the bed with a painful expression, and give her first aid. All she had to do was spit out the thing that was stuck in her throat. However, Shi Yan overestimated her own strength. It was impossible for her to pull up a person with her thin arms.

Looking at the 10-year-old boy next to him, he could not be relied on. Fortunately, Gu Zhen followed Gu Tao, who was running and crying, and walked in.

"Brother Zhen, come quickly, Mom is choking. I don't have the strength in my hands. Let me tell you what to do. You come and get the thing stuck in Mom's throat out."

At this moment, Gu Zhen was already extremely upset by his sister's crying. He didn't care whether Shi Yan's words were right or wrong, or why his young wife knew how to save people. He just followed Shi Yan's instructions and patted and pressed.

With a "wow" sound, Gu's mother spat out a lump of dirt the size of a thumb nail. Then the blue color on her face finally faded away, but she was still pale and had not regained consciousness.

"Wife, what should I do now?"

The Gu family brothers and sisters did not know any medicine, and seeing that their mother seemed to be better but not conscious, they all turned their attention to Shi Yan.

Shi Yan had no choice but to let Gu Zhen pinch her Ren Zhong point to wake her up. Only when she woke up could she know where Gu's mother was still feeling unwell.

Gu Zhen did as he was told. His hands were so strong that he left a deep nail mark just below the tip of Gu's mother's nose. Only then did Gu's mother moan and open her eyes.

"Boss, is mom still alive?"

Mother Gu almost suffocated to death because something got stuck in her throat. Her voice was still a little hoarse, and her eyes were full of disbelief, as if she didn't believe she was still alive.

"Mom, what are you talking about? Did you forget what you said about helping to take care of your grandson?"

"If mom is gone now, who will take care of your big fat grandson in the future?"

Gu's mother knew that her son was just coaxing her, but in her heart she unconsciously longed for such a day.

Mother Gu's expression was dazed. Gu Zhen was worried that his mother was thinking too much, so he quickly turned to look in the direction of Shi Yan.

"Wife, come and talk to me. I took medicine and went to bed early yesterday, and you two haven't talked to each other yet!"

"Mom, this is my wife's childhood sweetheart Xiaoman. Mom choked just now and it was my wife who found out. This shows that Mom and Xiaoman are destined to be together. Mom will get better and better in the future."

Mother Gu slowly turned her gaze to Shi Yan, who was already standing beside the kang, and finally a faint smile appeared on her face.

"You are a good child. I can't help you much with my current health, but this family cannot be without a mistress. Now that you are here, you will be in charge of how this family will develop in the future."

"Mother doesn't have anything good to give you. This hairpin is my dowry. Although it's just a peach wood hairpin, it's also a legacy. My hair is short and I can't use it, so I gave it to you. Even though you're married, you can still dress up."

The wooden hairpin had a very simple auspicious cloud pattern on it, but its surface was polished very smoothly, and it was obvious that it was carried around and played with by someone all year round. Looking at Gu's mother's hair that was cut short to her ears, Shi Yan thanked her and accepted it.