Gu Qing couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw his sister crying. How many grievances had her sister suffered in the Hou Mansion over the years.
How could I not know before that in the past few days, I have been slapped with a stick, sent to jail, dragged on the stage and sold, what kind of crime has a delicate little girl suffered.
Gu Zhang touched Gu Fei's head, his eyes were a little moist, "It's all my fault, dad. If dad hadn't been sick, he wouldn't have sold you."
"From now on, you don't have to do anything at home, just treat it as dad's compensation. " Yours."
"Also, if you want to get married, you can marry someone. If you don't want to, my father will support you for the rest of his life."
Gu Fei cried even more sadly. Her father is so good, and she really wants some space. The rice, flour and other delicious food in it were used to improve the family's life, but they couldn't, so they could only eat cornmeal pancakes.
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooottat......" poor me, I can only eat the cornmeal pancakes.
The father and son were crying happily in the room. Gu Erlang opened the door and came in, startled, "What's wrong? Is the girl's wound hurting again?"
Gu Fei raised her head and looked at him with tearful eyes, "No!"
"Why are you crying? Crying makes me feel panicked." Gu Erlang patted his chest.
Gu Qing wiped away his tears and looked at him sideways, "Why did you come in here?"
It's so annoying, you ruined the good atmosphere.
Gu Erlang understood the look in his eldest brother's eyes and felt aggrieved. "The meal is ready. Mom asked me to tell you to eat!"
Gu Fei sniffed and stretched out her hand, "Second brother, help me up."
Gu Erlang hurried over to help me . Get off the kang with Gu Fei.
The dining table has been set in the main room.
Gu Fei guessed wrong. The staple food was not cornmeal pancakes, but cornmeal batter.
There was only one pickle and one boiled wild vegetable on the table.
Gu Fei sat down with a frown on his face, "I want to eat rice, I want to eat braised pork, woo woo woo."
Mrs. Chen felt a little embarrassed when she saw Gu Fei's face, "Good girl, these are the only things we have at home. There isn't even a drop of soup left from the chicken at noon. Let your eldest brother go cut some meat and come back tomorrow, mother. I'll cook it for you alone."
Chen said generously, but her heart seemed to be bleeding.
The family has no money. Not only does it have no money, but the land has also been mortgaged. How will we live from now on?
Gu Fei quickly smiled and said, "Mom, no need, these are very good. There is a drought this year and many people can't eat. It's good that our family can have food."
Mrs. Chen nodded, "That's it. Oh my God, if there is not even a drop of rain, this will not give people a way to live!"
Gu Fei picked up her own bowl of cornmeal paste, picked a chopstick and put it in her mouth, swallowing it with difficulty.
This corn flour is not as finely ground as later generations, and the coarse particles make your throat irritate when you swallow it.
Gu Fei's throat has been raised in the Hou Mansion.
In the Hou Mansion, even the servants do not eat this kind of food. They only eat white rice and white flour steamed buns, but there are no good dishes.
Gu Fei took a mouthful of cornmeal batter and a piece of pickle. It was a difficult meal.
Gu Zhang looked at his daughter and fell silent.
He had just boasted that he would raise his daughter for the rest of his life, but his daughter obviously couldn't eat such coarse food, and as a father, he had nothing to do.
He thought sullenly that he would have to go to the city with his daughter tomorrow and find some work no matter what. He had to work hard to earn money and support his family first.
After eating for a while, Gu Qing suddenly said: "I went to the city to buy food today, and the price has gone up again."
The whole family stopped using their chopsticks to look at him. Gu Qing sighed, "The price of food has been going up since spring, and now it has gone up." It has more than doubled, and I think it will continue to rise."
(End of this chapter)