Chapter 3

The crowd who came to watch the fun also dispersed.

Mother Gu stroked Gu Yunchi’s face with shaking hands. Her four children were the apple of her eye and she had never hit them before. But today her daughter was beaten in front of her. She wanted to fight back at that time, but she couldn’t. She wouldn’t live long and she couldn’t bring disaster to her daughter.

“Mom, I’m fine, it doesn’t hurt,”

Afraid that his mother wouldn’t believe him, Gu Yunchi forced a smile.

Mother Gu suddenly burst into tears.

Gu Yunchi hurriedly wiped his mother’s tears, and his own eyes also turned red.

“Big sister, get a divorce.”

Gu Yunchi is the heroine in the book. She is a twin with Gu Yunze. She is smart, generous, and capable. She fell in love with Qin Gang at first sight. At that time, Gu’s father was still alive and Qin Gang treated her well. The two had a sweet life after marriage. But the good times did not last long. After Gu’s father passed away, the Qin family’s attitude towards her plummeted. Qin Gang protected her at first, but turned a blind eye after she gave birth to a pair of twin daughters.

Because family planning has been implemented, in rural areas, if the first child is a daughter, you can have another one. But Gu Yunchi had two children at once, so there was no possibility of having another child. Qin Gang was an only child, so in the eyes of Qin’s father, Qin’s mother and Qin Gang, their Qin family would have no descendants.

It just so happened that Qin Gang had made some money, so he started keeping a few children outside. Gu Yunchi couldn’t tolerate this, but the original owner ran away with all the money in the family. Gu’s mother was so angry that she fell to the ground and never woke up again, leaving Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan with no one to take care of them. Gu Yunze wanted to retire from the army, and Gu Yunchi wanted him to stay in the army while she would take care of his younger siblings.

At first, the Qin family was very happy. Sixty yuan was enough for them to eat meat every day. As for Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan, they just needed to eat something to keep them from starving. But Gu Yunchi didn’t give the Qin family a penny. The Qin family was angry and embarrassed. They didn’t treat her well and made her do all the work at home.

Gu Yunchi endured all of this silently. He not only took good care of Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan, but also paid for their college education.

This is not the most important thing. When she found out that Qin Gang had someone outside, she pretended not to know and treated Qin Gang well “wholeheartedly”. She also helped him solve problems when his business had problems. Over time, Qin Gang let her participate in his business. It took Gu Yunchi five years to set up a company, and she sidelined Qin Gang, severed ties with the Qin family, and only gave Qin’s father and mother 200 yuan a month for living expenses. Later, she ran the company very well and became a famous strong woman.

Hearing her words, Gu Yunyang, who was still pulling the cart, instantly straightened his small body. It was not enough that this woman brought disaster to their family, she even instigated her eldest sister to divorce!

“Your mother-in-law dared to treat you like this in front of so many people. She should treat you worse on a normal day. It’s better not to have such a marriage.”

Gu Yunchi shook her head subconsciously. She had never thought about divorcing Qin Gang. No matter how bad Qin Gang was, he was still the father of her two daughters. He would protect her two daughters if anything happened. If they divorced, not only would her two daughters have no one to protect them, they would also be criticized by the villagers.

Mother Gu also wiped away her tears. She also did not agree with her daughter’s divorce. She did not have much time left. It was okay for her daughter to come home for a day or two, but if she stayed for too long, Jiang Yiyi would not tolerate them.

Jiang Yiyi stopped trying to persuade her and stopped talking. She wanted to go back to her room and lie down. She had a high fever last night and her body was very sore and weak.

Then he thought of something and said, “Yun Yang, there is a box under my bed, go get it.”

Gu Yunyang didn’t know what she was up to. After hesitating for a moment, he pulled the cart back to its original place, went to Jiang Yiyi’s room, found the box under the bed and brought it to her.

Jiang Yiyi and the others had already returned to Gu’s mother’s room. Jiang Yiyi sat down, took the box and opened it. Inside were several rolls of Great Unity and some change.

She took out two rolls and handed them to Mother Gu. “This is the money Yunze sends every month. A total of one thousand yuan. Take it.”

Gu’s mother waved her hands in panic, but Gu Yunyang snatched the money and stuffed it into his mother’s hand. This was the money that his eldest brother gave to the family, so why shouldn’t he want it?

Jiang Yiyi opened another roll, took out five big unity notes and gave them all to Gu Yunchi along with the fifty yuan. “Big sister, please go buy some meat and noodles and make something delicious. Mom and my brothers and sisters need to replenish their bodies.”

Gu Yunchi took it and figured that in addition to buying meat and noodles, he could also use the money to take his mother to the hospital for a check-up. Although his sister-in-law gave him one thousand yuan, his mother would definitely not be willing to spend it.

Jiang Yiyi went back to her room.

Seeing her leave, Gu Yunyang slowly relaxed and said to Gu Yunchi, “Sister, don’t listen to her. She has no good intentions.”

Gu Yunchi touched his head and said with a smile, “Sister-in-law is doing this for my own good.”

Gu Yunyang didn’t believe it.

Gu Yunchi stood up and said, “You stay at home with mother and little sister. I’ll go buy some meat and noodles.”

“I’ll go with my eldest sister.”

“No, just prepare the firewood at home and clean the pot. I will come back and stew the meat for you.”

Gu Yunyang hadn’t eaten meat for almost two years. Hearing this, he swallowed a big mouthful of saliva and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Jiang Yi leaned against the head of the bed and looked around the house. After Gu’s father made money, he rebuilt the house. It was a spacious five-room tiled house, the first of its kind in the village.

The walls of the house were painted very white, and the windows were the large windows that were popular in later generations. On the windows were pasted the big red wedding characters from the time the original owner and Gu Yunze got married. Two years had passed, and the characters had faded a little.

There are large wardrobes, tall and low cabinets, and a dressing table which is extremely rare in this era.

After looking around, Jiang Yiyi let out a breath. Such conditions were top-notch not only in Gujia Village, but also in the area within dozens of miles, not to mention that she had a lot of money.

Thinking of the money, Jiang Yiyi opened the box and counted the money inside. There was less than two thousand yuan. In this era, this amount of money was still a lot, and it would be much easier for her to do whatever she wanted.

Gu Yunchi came back very quickly and spent all the fifty yuan that Jiang Yiyi gave her. It was not because she loved spending money, but because she was afraid that Jiang Yiyi would regret it and ask for the money back. If she spent the money, Jiang Yiyi would not be able to get it back even if she wanted it back.

Gu Yunyang and Gu Yuncan were waiting eagerly at the door. Seeing Gu Yunchi pulling the things back, they ran up to help push the cart. When they saw the cart full of things, their eyes widened.

Glancing towards Jiang Yiyi’s room, Gu Yunyang lowered his voice and said, “Sister, put the things in my mother’s room.”

If it was placed in her mother’s room, Jiang Yiyi couldn’t steal it even if she wanted to.

Gu Yunchi shook his head at her with amusement. Although she was also afraid that Jiang Yiyi would go back on her word, she couldn’t let her brothers and sisters have such thoughts. “Since my sister-in-law asked me to buy it, it’s for you to eat.”

Gu Yunyang didn’t think so. The woman was suddenly so well. She must have had a fever and her brain was confused. When she was fully awake, she would definitely hide all the money and these things.

But mother and eldest sister were confused by her appearance. He just advised mother to find a place to hide the money, but mother refused to agree and said that the money was originally given to that woman by eldest brother, and that woman should go back. Now eldest sister is doing the same.