AWB Chapter 144: I knew no one would believe me.
Chapter 144: I knew no one would believe me.
Xiao Yuanshan did not believe Yang Fenglan's words, which made Zhou Jingyi, who originally believed her, also begin to have doubts.
If Mother doesn't have a mental problem, why has she become such a different person in this short period of time?
"I knew it, I knew no one would believe me," Yang Fenglan sighed.
Right now, the most important thing is to stockpile vegetables and grains, but there's nowhere to do so.
Another opportunity to make a fortune was to hoard large quantities of grain and then sell it at high prices during famines.
However, she has neither a powerful background nor the ability to make money this way, so it's better to play it safe.
Since there was no need to harvest wheat, Yang Fenglan invited Xu Yingying to Nanshan and told her about a place in Nanshan that was suitable for living but that others could not find.
However, Xiao Yuanshan refused to tell her.
She planned to talk to Xiao Yuanshan after the wheat harvest was finished.
I'll go up the mountain these next few days to stock up on more vegetables.
Besides pickled vegetables, leafy greens can also be made into dried vegetables, similar to dried cabbage, which can be stored for a longer time.
Yang Fenglan was rarely home, which gave Shen Yu a lot of freedom.
Everyone was busy harvesting, and no one was chatting idly in the village as usual, so Shen Yu naturally had no company.
I stay at home all day.
That day, while washing clothes by the river, she met Gu Siyi, who was also washing clothes there, with her younger sister who was even younger than her.
Shen Yu was worried that the two little children would fall into the water, so she called them over to wash next to her.
"Why are you two doing the laundry? Where's your brother?" Shen Yu asked.
"My eldest and second eldest brothers have gone to harvest wheat." Gu Siyi gripped the washing pestle with both hands and vigorously pounded the clothes.
"Your older brother is really something, how could he let the two of you do the laundry?"
"Our eldest brother didn't ask us to come; we came on our own. Our eldest and second brothers are very tired from harvesting wheat, and our eldest brother even cut his hand. I don't want him to do the laundry." The little girl smiled brightly at Shen Yu.
"Did you cut your hand? How serious is it?"
“It’s heavy,” Gu Siqi, the younger sister, nodded. “But my older brother said it’s not heavy.”
Looking at her two well-behaved and sensible children, Shen Yuxin almost softened. "Your eldest brother is only good at studying; he can't do heavy work."
“My brother is no longer studying,” Gu Siyi said. She didn’t know how much it would affect a scholar if he couldn’t study, but she was happy that her brother could stay home with them.
What made us even happier was that "our eldest brother is going to find us a wife, and once she's married, she'll be able to take care of us."
Gu Siqi blinked at Shen Yu, then turned to her sister and whispered, "Sister, is sister-in-law like Sister Yu?"
The child thought she was whispering, but Shen Yu overheard everything, and her face turned slightly red.
Then he was stunned again; Gu Ming was really getting married.
She should be happy for him.
but……
The words Long Aotian had once said to her involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
She is an exceptional woman, blessed with good fortune, while Gu Ming will become an important minister in the court in the future, and is no ordinary person.
Shen Yu was flustered and wanted to find Gu Ming immediately to get to the bottom of things.
No, she should get a divorce first. Given her status, it's not appropriate for her to ask others about such matters.
But what if they divorce and Gu Ming remarries?
After thinking it over, Shen Yu decided to go and ask Gu Ming first.
After washing their own clothes, the two little ones were still struggling to wring them out.
I'm too small and weak to twist it at all.
"Let me help you." Shen Yu got up to help.
I washed the rest of the clothes in no time.
They were so wet that the two sisters couldn't carry them, so they left them to dry by the riverbank until they were dry before carrying them back.
Shen Yu stared blankly at the faded robe that Gu Ming often wore.
She remembered the time she sprained her ankle; he was almost harassed by thugs, and Gu Ming saved her. He was wearing this very outfit at the time.
That night by the river, Gu Ming listened to her ramble on and on about a lot of nonsense.
"Where did your eldest brother go to harvest wheat today?" Shen Yu suddenly asked.
The little girl, unaware of her thoughts, answered the question, "In Aunt Yang's field."