stingy landlady

Chapter 132 Guizhi Returns Home

Finally, I can go home! This is the first time I've been away from home for so long, and Guizhi misses her parents and sisters a little! Even thinking about her grandparents, who aren't with her, makes her feel comforted!

Madam Zhou was even more eager to return home! Having been away for so many days, how could she not miss her family—elderly parents and young children? She even worried about the sows she had painstakingly raised. She wondered if the last mating had been successful, and whether the sows would return to estrus this month!

In the morning, Guizhi and Zhou Niangzi prepared to take the carriage home! Wanrou and Jushuang had developed feelings for the two over the past few days, and they were reluctant to see them leave.

Guizhi waved to them and said, "Wanrou! You don't need to see us off! My Uncle Xu Hong will be back soon! Don't worry! I won't take Uncle Xu Hong away from me!"

Wanrou was still a little sad, but when Guizhi said those words in public, she blushed deeply.

"Who wants to see you off! You little brat, you're so picky! You can go on your own! I'm not seeing you off!"

After saying that, he turned to leave, but couldn't help turning back.

"Guizhi! Come back and visit us sisters more often when you have time!"

Gui Zhi nodded vigorously, as if pounding garlic!

"Don't worry! This is my home too! I'll be running back and forth between the two places! But Aunt Zhou's belly is getting big, so she'll definitely be staying home to prepare for childbirth!"

Wanrou, Jushuang! We're leaving! Remember to contact Uncle Xu Hong if you need anything!

The group didn't go to the woods; instead, they took the carriage straight back to Xiaoping Village! Li Shi had finished her postpartum confinement, but perhaps due to prolonged inactivity, she lacked strength after only a few steps, and spent her days mostly moving around at home!

While wandering around the living room, she noticed that the door opposite her room was locked, which seemed odd. She asked Guixiang about it and learned that it was a gift placed in the new house—some nice fabrics and pastries!

"Gui Xiang! Aren't we going to take those pastries out and eat them? Are we going to leave them inside to grow mold?"

Gui Xiang said:

"Mother! All the pastries we eat every day since we moved in come from there! You even praised them for being delicious! Yesterday, Guihong and I tidied up, and now all that's left is the fabric!"

Mother! You should rest for a few more days. There will be plenty of time to choose fabrics and make clothes! Those fabrics won't spoil even if you leave them unfed!

It certainly won't grow legs and run away! Hehe!

After thinking for a moment, Li asked:

"Gui Xiang! Why didn't anyone give me the key? Where is the key? Open the door so I can go in and see what kind of fabrics they have! I'll pick out a couple to make you some clothes for the changing season!"

"Mom! Guihong took the key! Dad said I'm too soft-hearted and afraid of being bullied!"

"Who would bully you in your own home! And your dad, always so suspicious! Fine! I know! What if that key got lost when a little girl took it to town? She didn't even leave it with me, I'm not going anywhere! Honestly!"

Gui Xiang didn't dare to say anything more and went off to attend to her own business!

When Guizhi arrived home, she ran into Gousheng's mother, who was chatting with Li Shi.

"Sister-in-law! I was thinking you should be out of confinement by now! The planting is finished, and I haven't had much to do, so I came to chat with you!"

"Dog's mother! I'm so bored at home! Your older brother and the kids won't let me do anything! They insist I take care of my health! In the past, this would have been a big deal! I would have done what I was supposed to do! But now that I'm taking care of myself, I'm becoming so delicate!"

Look, I'm sweating buckets just from going out for a short while!

Gou Sheng's mother looked Li up and down: "Sister-in-law! You look so beautiful now! Your skin is so white and tender! It looks like you could squeeze water out of it!"

As he spoke, he even held out his hand to compare with Li's hand:

"Sister-in-law! Look at your hands, so white and tender, those are real hands! And look at mine! They're so dark and thin, they look like chicken claws! Hehe! Sister-in-law! Your life is getting better and better!"

You should be content! Everyone in the village envies you!

Li was secretly pleased, but said modestly:

"It's all because your brother Dazhu and the girls dote on me! They don't let me do any work! They take care of everything at home and outside!"

"Hey! Let me tell you about your sister-in-law, Zhao! She's your sister-in-law. She even came to your housewarming party last time!"

"I don't know where she got the nerve to cause trouble! Luckily, your family's benefactor dragged her out and threw her into some unknown corner! They're celebrating a happy occasion, and she comes to make a scene—who wouldn't be angry!"

The first time Li heard of it:

"Is that so? Nobody told me! Where did they throw her? I'd rather throw her in the latrine, then I'd feel better!"

"Who knows! She won't tell me even if I ask her! She's even telling everyone that her older brother has become rich and doesn't recognize his family anymore! He won't even let his own brothers into the house! Her parents live in a dilapidated house and eat pickled vegetables!"

While their sons and daughters-in-law live in big houses and eat delicacies every day, they have no sons because they are unfilial and disrespectful to their elders. Sigh! There are so many examples like this!

Li's face turned deathly pale with anger.

"That lousy mouth of hers needs to be sewn up! How can she not remember! My Dazhu is so good to his parents! When he can't manage on his own, he hires farmhands to help him harvest wheat and plant crops!"

Last time, they took two strings of copper coins from me, saying we'd use the money to hire people to farm! But my old lady couldn't bear to part with them and insisted that my husband and the others do it themselves!

Dazhu couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to help with the planting! He always bought plenty of food and drinks to take home during holidays! He also frequently bought fabric for his parents' clothes!

If this isn't filial piety, how is it supposed to be! Who knows what Zhao has ever bought for her parents! And she even secretly hid money from them!

Gou Sheng's mother chimed in:

"Yes! We can't even afford to buy a few new clothes a year! We're already burning incense in gratitude if we can wear a new outfit for the New Year! She's just jealous! Sister-in-law! She's got conjunctivitis!"

"There's another woman with contempt, a woman surnamed Qian! The third son's wife in town! She's a talented woman who can write and paint! She's jealous of the shops in my town. People say the most poisonous heart is a woman's!"

She made her brother pay thugs to cause trouble at the shop! He got a beating! His buttocks were swollen so badly! Her third brother was also beaten until his head looked like a pig's!

Guihong told me about it when she got back, and that made me feel better!

DogSheng's mother never expected to hear such explosive news.

"Oh my god! Why are they going to such lengths? Even brothers sometimes have disagreements, it's fine if they just chatter away! Why hire people to cause trouble!"

Those are all rich and frivolous! At most, we'll get angry and fight! Paying people to cause trouble would only make us enemies, wouldn't it?

Absolutely not! Absolutely not!

Guizhi shouted as soon as she got off the carriage:

"Mother! Mother! I'm back! Mother, did you miss me? Mother, I missed you so much!"

Fourth Sister! Fourth Sister! Third Sister is back!

Li came out to receive Guizhi, smiling as she said:

"So what if you're back? Stop yelling and screaming. Aren't you afraid your aunt will laugh at you?"

Guizhi paused, stuck out her tongue, and said:

"Auntie's here too! Mom! I didn't know anyone was in our house!"