Transmigrated into a Farmhouse: The Stepmother Spoils Her Child to the Heavens

"If he doesn't want to get up, just let him be. You adults are just going to live your lives like this, but are you going to let those two kids live their lives like you?"

Gu Jinniu genuinely wanted his younger brother to take responsibility, which is why he said those words, and Zhao Laidi naturally understood his meaning.

But this wasn't something she could decide. Whether Gu Yinniu worked or supported the family was not up to her as a woman.

Besides, they've been married for so many years and raised their child to adulthood. Isn't it a bit too late to catch them now?

Gu Jinniu probably knew that his younger brother was beyond saving, so he turned to his wife and asked the same question again.

"Guixiang, have you prepared your mother's meal? If you have, please give it to me and I will bring it to her."

Upon hearing this, Li Guixiang was startled. She looked at her man and said, "No, how can this be?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Gu Jinniu frowning at her. Li Guixiang realized that she had spoken too loudly, so she continued speaking.

“Aren’t you going to work? It’s already late. If you’re late, you’ll definitely have your wages docked. Leave Mom’s affairs to me. Don’t worry, I will take good care of her.”

"I just wanted to see how Mother is doing lately. Why are you shouting like that, you old woman? But you're right, it is indeed getting late. Well then, I won't go see her anymore. I'll be going now."

Upon hearing this, Li Guixiang quickly ran to the kitchen, grabbed two cornbread buns and two boiled sweet potatoes, and handed them to Gu Jinniu.

"You're in your fifties or sixties, don't you even know if you've eaten? How can you work well on an empty stomach?"

Gu Jinniu was stuffed with food and laughed, saying that his wife was the best. Then he took the food and left.

Zhao Laidi watched the whole thing and couldn't help but clap her hands. No wonder Li Guixiang was able to control Gu Jinniu for so many years without letting him find out that she was abusing his mother.

They have their methods; otherwise, how could they do such a thing?

If it were her, Zhao Laidi would never do such a thing.

When Li Guixiang turned around, she saw the smile on Zhao Laidi's face. She walked over and asked, "What are you smiling about?"

"Of course, it's Sister-in-law Xiao who's really good at this."

"No wonder you haven't noticed this in the family all these years. It's not that we're stupid, but that you, sister-in-law, are really amazing."

"Zhao Laidi! Stop being sarcastic. If you really care, so many years have passed, why didn't you ask about it?"

"No matter how I've treated people, at least they're still alive. If I hand them over to you, can you guarantee they'll still be alive?"

Zhao Laidi remained silent. She truly could not guarantee anything; she couldn't even guarantee her own life, so how could she guarantee others'?

The conversation in the courtyard was heard by everyone inside the house. Gu Xuewen looked at Gu Jiao'er, who had somehow entered his room.

"If you want revenge, go find them. Why are you coming to me?"

"I need you to help me."

Hearing Gu Jiao'er's self-righteous words, Gu Xuewen scoffed, "Hmph, my dear sister, if you want your brother to help you, you have to give your brother something in return, right?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jiao'er took out a silver ingot from her bosom, and the five taels of silver were placed on the table.

Gu Xuewen reached out to take it, but Gu Jiao'er took the money back: "Help me."

"Of course, of course. You're my sister, how could I, as your older brother, not help you?"

Gu Xuewen took the silver and quickly put it in his pocket. Gu Jiao'er stood up and left. She didn't know when her brother had become like this.

Back then, she knew that she couldn't rely on others, not even her own family. So over the years, she secretly hid a lot of money, which even Li Guixiang didn't know about.

Gu Xuewen was also surprised that Gu Jiao'er still had money. Although it was only five taels, it was already a good amount for him at the moment.

Having agreed to his sister's request and already received the money, he naturally had to get things done. However, he needed to think carefully about who should be in charge of it.

The old lady settled down in the Gu family's house. They had originally arranged for her to stay in a room, but she refused and insisted on going to the woodshed.

Scarface thought this was a good opportunity; if someone wanted to take the woodshed, he could leave or find another place to live.

But Lin Cai's decision almost made him cry!

"What did you say? You want to partition this place so I can live here with the old woman?"

"What's wrong? Is it not allowed? Do you want to sleep outside? If you want to sleep outside, I have no objection."

"No, Lin, what are you thinking? If the old lady wants to live here, just let her. Why should I stay here?"

Lin Cai looked at him with a puzzled expression: "You already live here. If you don't want to live here, then where do you want to live?"

Without even thinking, Scarface blurted out, "Of course, it's the room you prepared."

“Didn’t you prepare a room for the old lady? If she doesn’t want to stay there, then I’ll go stay there. I’ll give this room to the old lady. I’m willing to make do with what I have.”

Hearing what he said, Lin Cai rolled her eyes at him and tossed him a rope: "Hurry up and tie these up and move them out. You have to get them out by tonight, or you'll have to sleep in the yard tonight."

Sleeping in the yard in the dead of winter, he'd be turning into an icicle by tomorrow morning. Scarface thought about the cold wind outside and felt like he was about to freeze solid.

Reluctantly, he moved all the wood from the woodshed outside. After cleaning up the woodshed, the space became larger, but there was nothing inside. How could he sleep at night?

Lin Cai brought in the bamboo that Gu Dachui had brought back. The bamboo had been split outside and used to build fences that looked like hedges.

However, the width and height have been increased to the size required for the room, so we have to be careful when bringing them in piece by piece, otherwise they will be difficult to carry.

Scarface, who had failed to move out, could only watch helplessly as they built an empty woodshed and divided it into two rooms.

The old woman's side had a table, chairs, and a bed, but the man's side had nothing but a bed.

Scarface wanted to offer his opinion, and just then he saw Ershi. Before he could speak, he saw the kid point to the roof.

Following the scar on the kid's hand, he looked up at the roof, where a fist-sized hole was gleaming white light, taunting him arrogantly.