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

"Mom, Brother Zhen and I went to the town to set up a stall today. We looked around and saw that there was no one else except our family."

"Although we didn't make much in the morning, that's because our stuff isn't worth much."

"But at least we can earn some money. Isn't it true that Big Brother doesn't want to work in the fields? You can also ask Big Brother to bring some things from home to sell in town. I think people in the city really like vegetables!"

Shi Yan was speaking the truth, but whether Shi's mother agreed or not was another matter.

Shi Jiacheng is the gold nugget of the Shi family. In the whole village, there has never been a man as big as Shi Jiacheng who never works in the fields.

Sure enough, as soon as Shi Yan mentioned Shi Jiacheng, Shi's mother became unhappy.

"You're a money-loser! Who allowed you to get involved with your elder brother?"

"He is indeed an ungrateful person. He is having a hard time himself and now wants to drag your big brother down with him."

"You shameless thing, I have raised you in vain!"

Shi Yan just wanted to chase people away, and didn't care at all whether Shi's mother scolded her or not.

What's more, if the Shi family is willing to listen to advice and take advantage of the fact that many people are afraid to set up stalls to do business, they will definitely be able to make a small profit.

However, the Shi family was just like people of this generation. When it came to changes in business, they didn’t believe Shi Yan’s words at all. Shi’s mother even thought that Shi Yan was deliberately trying to harm her precious son.

Shi's mother wanted to give Shi Yan a good beating, but Gu Zhen, who had been sitting aside and had not wiped his tears for a long time, quickly stood in front of Shi Yan.

Although Gu Zhen doesn't like Shi's mother and doesn't have much contact with her, he can't do anything to his elders.

So when his mother grabbed and hit Gu Zhen, he neither dodged nor fought back.

It was not until the mother stopped beating because she was tired that she found that her cheap son-in-law had been scratched several times on the face and neck, and his clothes were torn in several places. She felt a little uneasy and quickly took a few steps back to keep some distance.

"I'm educating you, I'm not telling you not to hide!"

"You got hurt because you were stupid. You can find some medicine and apply it on yourself. I won't say any more. I still have a lot of work to do at home!"

Shi's mother was afraid that she would not get the money and would be blackmailed instead, so she turned around and ran away.

But on the way home, she was actually thinking about Shi Yan's words, thinking about the sold-out cart that Gu Zhen and the others pushed back at noon.

Thinking about the noodles he had just eaten at Gu's house, he couldn't help but feel that with Gu Zhen's cooking skills, it was normal for him to make money.

After all, she has a daughter from the Gu family in her family. Even though she has cut ties with the Gu family now, she should be good at cooking, right?

Shi's mother was reluctant to let her precious son take risks to earn money, but she was willing to let the hen at home that didn't lay eggs go.

Thinking of this, she walked faster. As soon as she got home, she told Gu Xiang about setting up a stall in the town.

In the entire Shi family, apart from Gu Xiang herself who was against it, even Shi Jiacheng did not say a word to help her.

Gu Xiang felt aggrieved, especially when her mother asked her to go out to buy things, as her cooking skills were really limited.

After all, although Gu Xiang can do it, his skills are average. At home, as long as Gu Zhen has time, Gu Zhen will do the work in the kitchen and she will help.

Now that she was married, Shi's mother kept the key to the kitchen tightly locked. Even when she came back from the fields exhausted, she insisted on cooking for herself, for fear that Shi would sneakily eat while she was cooking.

Due to the lack of opportunities for exercise, the food that Shi's mother gave her was the sweet potatoes that Shi Yan and her friends used to carry during the New Year and other festivals, and the cabbage from their private plots.

Gu Xiang really had no idea what could be made of these worthless things.

"Tomorrow you go to town and sell these. If you have a shoulder pole at home, you can prepare the goods at home and carry them on the pole. If you can really make money and no one catches you, I will then ask a carpenter to make you a cart."

Gu Xiang was also jealous of Gu Zhen and the others for being able to make money. Today, she had personal contact with those in uniforms and felt that it was almost certain that no one would be caught for doing business.

But after listening to what Shi's mother said, it seemed that she was asked to go to the town alone carrying a shoulder pole. How could she be willing to do that?

She knew that Shi's mother would never pay attention to her wishes, so she had to rely on Shi Jiacheng, hoping that he would give her courage for the sake of their marriage.

"Brother Jiacheng, please come with me. I'm scared to go alone."

"Brother Jiacheng, you are smarter than me. I don't even know how to sell things. With you, I have someone to discuss things with."

After two years of hardship, Gu Xiang has long lost her former innocence and desire to get married.

Although she is not popular now because she cannot give birth to a child, she also knows how to please Shi Jiacheng.

She took the risk and started to beat Shi Jiacheng up in front of Shi's mother.

The final result, of course, was that Gu Xiang was beaten up by Shi's mother, and Shi Jiacheng was bewitched by the promise Gu Xiang made after she returned home at night, and agreed to go with her.

Gu Xiang's promise was nothing more than secretly sharing some of the money she earned with Shi Jiacheng.

Because Gu Xiang knew that Shi Jiacheng usually didn't go to work and just wandered around the village.

Recently he has become addicted to playing cards, but even though his mother loves him, she only gives him limited money. And since he has no money, no one is willing to take him to play. Now that he has Gu Xiang's promise, he is willing to get up early the next morning and follow Gu Xiang into the city.

Early the next morning.

Gu Xiang’s cooking skills were really limited, so she only roasted two bags of sweet potatoes, and then dragged the still dazed Shi Jiacheng to the city.

Before they even left the village, they saw a tall figure in the distance pushing a cart full of things.

The cart obviously looked very heavy, and there was a person sitting on it near the handle.

This person is Shi Yan, who was exhausted when Gu Zhen pulled her aside yesterday and asked her to have a baby after Shi's mother left.

After Shi's mother left yesterday, Shi Yan looked at Gu Zhen who was scratched.

Originally, I wanted to apply medicine to the person and at the same time input some supernatural powers to speed up the healing of the wound.

Unexpectedly, the always honest Gu Zhen pulled Shi Yan into the house, saying that he was kicked by Shi's mother.

She took off her clothes and then her pants, and in the end Shi Yan was just confused and let Gu Zhen toss her around.

After all, they have been married for two years. Although they don't have children yet, they are very familiar with each other.

Not being shy doesn't mean Shi Yan is not angry at Gu Zhen's lack of restraint.

So Shi Yan deliberately stayed in bed this morning, letting Gu Zhen busy herself with helping her wash and dress, and then he refused to let Shi Yan walk to town with him no matter what.

That's why the scene that Gu Xiang and Shi Jiacheng saw happened.

Shi Jiacheng didn’t have any feelings for Gu Zhen and Shi Yan. No matter whether they were close to the Shi family or not, he would be the one who would benefit in the end.

So Shi Jiacheng came up to him enthusiastically and called Gu Zhen brother-in-law, which came out very smoothly.

As for Gu Xiang, Shi Yan and Gu Zhen would ignore her.

She could only carry the shoulder pole alone and follow the few people from a distance.