Chapter 128: Two Faces
Chapter 128: Two Faces
Gu Tong's wife was unwilling to give up and wanted to say something, but Gu Tong said firmly, "You'd better behave yourself. If you dare to go to my second brother's house and talk nonsense again, you'll get out of here and go back to your mother's house!"
After a pause, he added, "Stop envying my second sister's family."
"When my second sister was helping my second brother's family, didn't you force me to stop helping them? Then how can you have the nerve to complain that my second brother gave more benefits to my second sister's family now?"
"The second sister got more benefits because she had already done the work long ago."
You reap what you sow. Their family didn't do as well as Gu Xing's family did in the beginning, so now they have no right to complain about the second branch giving Gu Xing's family more care.
The turmoil between the Gu and Fang families was easily resolved. After all, both the Gu and Fang families settled in Baijia Village later, and here, they had very few relatives who heard the news and came to find them.
Unlike Bai Jingzhou's family, more than 90% of the villagers in Baijia Village are related to them.
With more relatives, naturally more people come to visit than at the Gu family.
No one came to visit Bai Jingzhou's eldest uncle and second uncle's families. Wang was the only greedy one among the two families. However, she had been punished many times recently. No matter how many thoughts she had in her mind, she dared not show them on her face.
On the contrary, those members of the Bai clan who had a distant relationship with Bai Jingzhou's family felt as if they were holding a pot of charcoal in their hearts.
They felt jealous in the beginning, but secretly thought that Bai Jingzhou was a gigolo and Gu Wenxuan was a lover to them. Later on, they could no longer bear it, and came in groups of three or five, hoping to get a piece of the pie by relying on their kinship. It can be said that their mental journey took a 180-degree turn.
But will Bai Jingzhou let them have their wish? The answer is of course no.
He received all the Bai clan members who came to him with a smile, and then told them with a regretful tone, "You all know that I am just a freeloader. It is not my decision to decide who to take with me or not."
When everyone heard this, how could they not understand that Bai Jingzhou had already known about their conspiracy against him behind his back?
They quickly glanced at the other people around them, trying to use this brief glance to find out the traitors and spies among their group.
What these people didn't know was that none of them had actually intentionally revealed to Bai Jingzhou the fact that they had gathered together to pick crickets and were his gigolo.
The reason why Bai Jingzhou knew about this was because there were so many men, women, and children in this village who had a good relationship with Bai Jingzhou and would tell him certain news as soon as possible.
Bai Jingzhou didn't want to give any face to those clansmen who had been speaking ill of him secretly and were now trying to take advantage of him by using the word "relatives" because it was profitable.
After saying this in a sarcastic tone, Bai Jingzhou immediately ordered them to leave. "Okay, if you don't have anything else to do, please go back. I'm still busy at home."
He was telling the truth. During this period of time, he and his father were like mice in a rice jar. All the tools they used to collect herbs were swung by them, leaving afterimages.
I pick as much as I can during the day, and then have to do some preliminary processing when I come back at night. I am so busy that I almost wish I could borrow the paws of my two dogs.
Not only the father and son, but also Ning Cuizhi and Bai Jingzhou's younger brothers and sisters have been busy helping them during this period.
They were really busy, and those members of the Bai clan really didn't want to leave.
They surrounded Bai Jingzhou and insisted that he take them there.
"You already brought that kid Jingshan with you, so it won't be a big deal to bring a few more."
"That's right. He's only a little kid. It would be useless if he went with them. You might as well take us with you instead of him."
Bai Jingzhou smiled, "I didn't bring Jingshan here. He was chosen based on his own ability. If anyone among you can beat him one-on-one, please step forward now. I'll let Jingshan fight him for a few moves."
Everyone:......
If they had Bai Jingshan's ability, wouldn't they go up the mountain to make a fortune themselves? Why would they have to beg Bai Jingzhou for help?
Everyone looked at each other, and no one stood up to express that he was willing to fight with Bai Jingshan.
However, one of them, Bai Feng, came over to Bai Jingzhou with a grin and said, "Jingzhou, since you are helping your second uncle, there is no reason for you not to help your first uncle, right?"
He never mentioned what Bai Jingzhou said about asking them to fight with Bai Jingshan, and only talked about the fact that Bai Jingzhou gave clothes and dry food to his brother Bai Yu when he went to serve in the army.
Bai Jingzhou glanced at him with disgust, this bastard, it was his family's turn to do labor service, he won by drawing lots, but his wife suddenly played tricks and didn't let him go. He also cried and begged his parents and two younger brothers, saying that it was not easy for him to find a wife.
Seeing that their parents were in trouble, Bai Yu and Bai Yi offered to go in place of their eldest brother.
In the end, the old couple of the Bai family decided to let Bai Yu go because he was older and had a more stable personality.
Not only that, but this bastard also wanted to withhold his brother's old fur coat and dry food. At that time, Bai Li was asking Bai Rong and others to distribute things to the able-bodied men who were going to serve in the army. This bastard was among the small group of people who ran the fastest and wanted to steal the dry food and the old fur coat from their relatives.
Bai Jingzhou snorted coldly and retorted unceremoniously, "I am helping the Bai clan members who are going to serve in the army. Why, you want to go too, uncle?"
Bai Feng took a small step back, "No, no."
Bai Jingzhou looked at him with a half-smile, "I thought you, my eldest cousin, regretted it and wanted to exchange your brother back. If you have this intention, then I will help you this time no matter what."
Bai Feng was frightened. He knew that Bai Jingzhou had hooked up with a noble man, but he didn't dare to pretend to have a deep brotherly love in front of him.
He waved his hands repeatedly, "No, you misunderstood. I, I just want to go up the mountain with you and bring back some things to honor my parents."
"Jingzhou, you don't know, ever since my second brother passed away, my parents' health has been getting worse day by day. I am also worried about them, so I shamelessly came to ask you to take me with you."
Bai Jingzhou didn't believe that a man who played tricks on his own brothers and tried to steal their food and clothing would truly respect their parents.
He said, "I've told you, I don't have the final say on this matter. It's useless for you to beg me."
Bai Feng was unwilling to give up like this, he said: "Jingzhou, you underestimate yourself. I think the girl from the old Gu family really loves you, she clings to you so much, she dare not oppose your decision."
Others followed suit, "That's right, Jingzhou, you are a man, how can you be so unmanageable if you can't even control your future wife?"
"..."
Everyone was talking at once, adding fuel to the fire, trying to provoke Bai Jingzhou into agreeing to their request to prove himself.
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