At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

While Lin Qing's family was having a great time in the dilapidated temple, Gu Dahuai's family was in a state of gloom and sorrow.

After everyone left, Gu Dahuai locked himself in the house in anger, panting like an old cow. The more he thought about it, the more upset he became. He wished he could catch Lin Qing and beat him up.

Gou knew Gu Dahuai's temper very well, so she stood at the foot of the wall and dared not move. Every time she heard his sigh, her heart trembled, for fear that he would vent his anger on her.

But when he looked up and saw Changqing checking the gift list in the yard, he felt relieved.

What was she afraid of? Her son was back, and no matter how brave Gu Dahai was, he wouldn't dare to do anything to her in front of him.

Gu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that nothing in the betrothal gift list was missing.

It seems that there is only one thing left for my aunt to ask for, and that is for my father to go to the Jia Mansion as soon as possible to cancel the engagement.

After closing the betrothal gift list, I was about to turn around and go back to my room to read, but I saw my mother still standing by the window, shaking. Then I listened to my father's movements in the room, and I knew why she was like that.

So he said with concern: "Mother, it's getting late and the night wind is very cold. Please go into the house and rest."

Gu Dahuai inside the house suddenly slammed the table and shouted, "Why are you coming into the house? You lazy woman, why don't you go and cook? Do you want to starve us to death?"

Gou was as if she had been pardoned. She ran to the kitchen without waiting for Gu Changqing to stop her.

Seeing this, Gu Changqing frowned and said nothing.

He knew from a young age that his father was strong and his mother was weak, but he never expected his father to be so domineering as to dare to hit his mother.

If someone else had told him this, he would never have believed it, but today he saw it with his own eyes.

In addition to being shocked, he also hated his own carelessness.

Why had he never noticed it before?

Could it be that my father is too shrewd and only beats and scolds my mother when he is not at home?

Maybe, otherwise why would my mother be so silent...

But I have been in the academy almost the whole year, and my mother must have been going through a very difficult time.

Gu Changqing was more and more afraid to think about it, and his heart ached like needles. He thought to himself that he must find a way to stop his father from doing such rude things.

how should I do it……

For no reason, I thought of my aunt's heroic deeds. Maybe she had a way to solve my problem.

Since I'll be at home these days, I might as well pack up a few old books that I don't read and give them to Brother Damao as a gift, and ask my aunt for advice at the same time.

Gu Changqing made up his mind and was about to go back to the house to pack up. As he walked up the stairs, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something extremely important.

Originally, he wanted to wait until he had dealt with the troubles at home before visiting the village head in person to tell him the good news, but when he thought of his evil heart, he no longer wanted to communicate with him.

I'd better tell Dad first. Given his relationship with the village head, he will definitely be the first to tell him the good news.

"Dad, the imperial government's disaster relief grain will soon arrive in Songyang County. I heard that this allocation is quite large. How about we take less and give more to my aunt's family?"

When Gu Dahuai heard his son say this, he jumped up excitedly, opened the door, and said with a smile:

"Of course I have to give it to you. You're a good kid who knows how to repay kindness. How can I not help you? But if there's something good like this in the future, you should tell me earlier!"

Gu Changqing looked at Gu Dahuai who was slightly excited. Although it was a bit too much to think so, he inexplicably felt that his father had bad intentions.

Gu Dahuai jumped down the stairs and reached out to pick out a pot of good wine from the pile of betrothal gifts.

"I have to tell the headman this good news right away and have him inform the whole village so everyone can be happy! You don't have to cook for me tonight, just leave the door open for me!"

Before Gu Changqing could stop him from touching the things in the betrothal gift, his father had disappeared. Gou looked at the empty doorway with a frown on her face.

She clutched her clothes tightly at her chest and asked quietly, "Did your father really go to the head of the village to talk about releasing grain?"

Gu Changqing remained silent.

"Since Dad isn't home for dinner, please make some extra food, Mom, and I'll send it to my aunt's house."

Gou nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay."

A moment later, at the village head's house.

Song Youliang had a gloomy face. After listening to Gu Dahuai's plan in silence, he couldn't help but curse out loud.

"Gu Dahuai, don't you think you haven't hurt me enough today? I've lived for decades and been a village head for over ten years, but I've never experienced such a disgraceful moment!

"I didn't kick you out of the house, and I listened to your nonsense for so long. I'm already considering our hometown!"

Song Youliang thought about how when he returned home today, fewer people greeted him than usual, and even those who spoke to him had strange smiles on their faces. He could almost imagine what those people would say behind his back.

It's really like sitting on pins and needles.

This humiliation has never happened before!

It’s all because of Gu Dahuai!

He should cherish his reputation and not care about the mess that happened in Gu Dahuai's family!

When he thought about having to go to the town to ask Master Jia to cancel the engagement on behalf of the Gu family, he became even more furious and gnashed his teeth and said:

"Gu Dahuai, not only do you not want to apologize to me, but you even want me to be your accomplice and help you do such a shameful thing. Dream on! It's getting late, so I won't keep you for dinner. Goodbye."

Gu Dahuai thought that the greedy Song Youliang would agree to his proposal without hesitation, but he didn't expect him to be so stubborn.

Humph, luckily he had already made other plans.

This is also good. Maybe it will be easier to achieve the goal if we break up sooner rather than later.

"Uncle Lizheng, you don't have to rush me away. I'm here to help you.

"Think about it carefully. You've dealt with Master Jia a lot, and you know that the Jia family holds countless happy events. Have you ever heard of anyone successfully breaking off an engagement?

"If that's the case, why bother taking the initiative and getting yourself into trouble? If the engagement can't be broken off, someone will naturally need to marry into the Jia family, don't you think?"

Song Youliang naturally thought of this as well, and closed his eyes, not wanting to listen any more.

"Then who would be willing to marry off my sister-in-law? Everyone in the village knows that my daughter is already engaged... Hey, I remember Ling Shuang is already old enough to get married, right?"

Song Youliang suddenly opened his eyes and couldn't help cursing, saying viciously: "You heartless thing, what on earth do you want to do?!"

Gu Dahuai sneered and said, "Uncle Lizheng, you are kind-hearted and don't care about trivial matters. I don't have such a kind heart. I can't learn to swallow my anger.

"Of course I want to make those who don't know what's good for them pay the price."

Song Youliang knew very well that Gu Dahuai was incompetent and vindictive, so although he did not take him seriously, the toad lying on his feet might not bite him but it would still annoy him.

After pondering for a moment, Song Youliang said slowly:

"Ling Shuang is my youngest daughter. Everyone can see how much I love her. If you want to take action against her, you should first consider whether you have enough strength to survive.

"I, Song Youliang, am only old, not dead. If you ask around, you'll find out what my reputation was when I was young."

Gu Dahuai was frightened by Song Youliang's cold eyes. When he looked at him carefully, he seemed to have turned back into the smooth peacemaker.