coobybook Chapter 23 Register
Chapter 23 Register
Dongfang Jin shook her head and waved her hands: "No, no, I don't want them to call me 'little mother,' I don't like it. If they have to call me 'little aunt,' they can call me 'auntie,' or even 'auntie.'"
Gu Chenglin: "..." Aunt, what is aunt? Oh well, let her call me that if she likes it.
"I'll listen to your mother."
Dongfang Jin: "..." Still yelling!
Seeing his father give up, Shi Tou nodded: "Yes."
During the meal, the little girl was wearing a peach-pink dress, and she walked with her arms and legs moving in unison, being very careful as if she was afraid of getting her clothes dirty.
Seeing this, Dongfang Jin felt a pang of sadness: "Little girl, come here. Don't worry about getting your clothes dirty. Auntie will buy you new ones if they get dirty. Girls should dress up beautifully to look good."
"Is...is it okay?" the girl asked excitedly.
"of course."
The little girl wrinkled her chubby face: "But...but I still have to work."
"Work? What kind of work?" Dongfang Jin asked, looking at Gu Chenglin. "Do we have chores for her to do?"
You dare to say that? This child is only four years old. You're abusing a child. Besides, does her family have any work? This dilapidated house has nothing. What kind of work can she do?
Gu Chenglin felt a tickle in his heart as she glared at him: "No, there's no work to do at our house."
The girl clutched her clothes nervously, looking timidly at Dongfang Jin: "Then...then can my brother and I...have a meal?"
Seeing the child like this, Dongfang Jin wanted to kick Gu Chenglin, but as soon as she raised her foot, she saw Gu Chenglin's crippled leg right in front of her.
She... never mind, what bad luck. If she kicked him like that, wouldn't she be bullying a disabled person?
Oh dear, this family... she can't make things worse for them.
Thinking about it, I looked down at my own body, then looked up and around at all these unlucky people... Oh well... time to eat.
Gu Chenglin saw her retract her foot and smiled where she couldn't see. He looked up and saw his son, Shitou, staring at him: "Eat up, try your little...mother's cooking and see if it's good."
Seeing the two children staring at her, unable to pick up their chopsticks, Dongfang Jin pretended to be unhappy and said coldly, "Eat up, or I'll take this food to your Uncle Sun's pigs later."
Shi Tou immediately picked up his chopsticks: "No, I'll eat, little sister, eat quickly."
The girl glanced at Dongfang Jin, then picked up the pancake and began to eat it in large bites.
This young lady is such a spendthrift! She's going to feed all this good food to Uncle Sun's pigs. That won't do! She wants to finish it with her brother.
Dongfang Jin ate a few bites of cabbage, and to her surprise, it was really delicious. The cabbage had an exceptionally pure sweetness, making it a truly natural and pollution-free vegetable.
Thinking of something, she realized that there seemed to be a lot of empty space in her space, so she wondered if she should plant all of it.
The variety of vegetables here is pitifully small. It's mostly Chinese cabbage and bok choy. I heard that even green beans are rare, supposedly due to low yields.
Not to mention potatoes, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, and so on; she happened to have a lot of seeds there.
She bought it specifically so that the elderly people could cultivate a vegetable garden on the small farm.
Are they elderly? They all like to do some gardening to cultivate their minds.
The loofah they ate today was something she saw at the market. Nobody bought it, saying they didn't know how to eat it, but quite a few people watched it.
After the four of them finished eating, Gu Chenglin asked the two children to watch the house while he took Dongfang Jin, carrying a piece of meat and a bag of pastries, and went to the village head's house.
On the way, Dongfang Jin learned from Gu Chenglin that Lingwu Village currently has four major surnames: Lin, Gu, Sun, and Xu.
These four families are also the most populous surnames in the village. Other surnames have as many as four or five households, and as few as one.
Lin Li's real name is Lin Peisheng, and the Lin family was the first family to settle in Lingwu Village.
It is said that the entire village fled here back then, and only a very small number of people returned home after the disaster subsided.
However, after returning to their hometown for only a few years, those people came to Lingwu Village again due to other disasters, and never left again.
The reason the Gu family is so high-profile is because they have produced a scholar, and this scholar is also very promising. He passed the preliminary examination for the imperial examination at the age of fifteen.
They said that in two more years, he would be able to take the imperial examination to become a scholar.
If you feel you have a solid foundation, you can take the imperial examination for the lowest level of the imperial examination next August.
Despite the praise Yaohui received from the teacher at the academy, who said that if he worked hard this year, he could try the prefectural examination next August. If he passed, he could then proceed to the provincial examination, and if he passed the provincial examination, he would become a scholar.
When Old Lady Gu heard this, how could she not be smug?
From then on, she would tell everyone she met how intelligent her youngest son was, saying he was a literary star descended from heaven.
In the past, she would always be eager to talk to the village head's wife, but now? She looks down on everyone and won't stop until she's made a few sarcastic remarks.
When the two arrived at Lin Lizheng's house, his whole family was there, and the main person they were talking about was Dongfang Jin.
"Uncle Village Head, Aunt Lin, Brother Yu, Sister-in-law..." Gu Chenglin greeted them one by one.
He placed the snacks on the table and handed the meat to Lin Jiang.
Lin Lizheng was displeased to see them carrying things. He said, "Why are you carrying things? Take them back quickly."
Dongfang Jin stepped forward to stop him: "Uncle Village Head, isn't this my first visit? How can I come to your house empty-handed?"
Lin and I are in our current situation, so we only have what we have. Once we're better off, we'll definitely buy them something better.
Besides, we'll be counting on you to be our support in the future, so this little bit is nothing."
When the village head's wife, Lin Fengshi, heard her say this, her smile became more sincere: "Xiao Jiang, then keep it. But you mustn't do this again when you come to my house next time."
Dongfang Jin smiled and said, "Okay."
"Let me introduce you. This is my eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Min, and this is my youngest daughter-in-law, Xiao Fang. She's gentle and doesn't talk much. You can come visit us anytime and chat with them."
Dongfang Jin looked at the two daughters-in-law of the village head's family. They were not particularly outstanding in appearance, but they were pleasing to the eye, both with big eyes and double eyelids: "Yes, hello to both of you sisters-in-law."
Lin Min smiled and replied, "Hello."
Feng Xiaofang simply smiled and nodded.
Just then, Lin Li came out of the inner room with a stack of notebooks, 32K in size.
His eldest son, Lin Yu, placed inkstone, brush, and paperweight on a table to the side.
Lin Li looked at the two of them seriously and said, "Cheng Lin, you've now left the Gu family. Once I write your name in this book, there's no going back. Have you thought it through?"
Gu Chenglin stared at him with his deep black eyes: "Uncle Village Head, I've made up my mind, and I won't regret it."
“Chenglin, I’ll ask you one more time. Once I put pen to paper, there’s no going back. Otherwise, you’re no longer a member of the Gu family.”
Gu Chenglin nodded firmly: "Uncle, I don't regret it. At that time, all the elders of the Gu clan were present except for Uncle Gu. Since none of them stopped the clan leader, it means they acquiesced."
Seeing his insistence, Lin Lizheng looked at Dongfang Jin and asked, "Are you sure you want to live with him?"