Nongmen scholar

Chapter 21 The Grandma Who Jumped Out
"Sell meat!"

Just as Gu Xiaobei was walking and worrying about how to make cheap and popular porridge, a shout suddenly sounded beside him.

Gu Xiaobei looked casually, and when she saw the things beside her, her eyes suddenly lit up, she finally found a way to make cheap and popular porridge!

"Miss, do you want to buy meat?" Wang Darong, the pork seller, couldn't help asking when he saw Gu Xiaobei staring at the chopping board in front of him.

Gu Xiaobei pointed at the greasy, white mass in front of his eyes and said, "Uncle, how do you sell this thing?"

"This is pig intestines. It costs four pennies a pair." Wang Darong was very happy to see someone buying something that was often unsold.

Gu Xiaobei knew that the price was already very cheap, even green vegetables cost two cents, not to mention that it was meaty food. In this era, poor rural areas often can't eat oil, so meaty food is relatively expensive. Fat meat costs more than a dozen cents a catty, except for the large intestine of course.

Because this pig's large intestine has a peculiar smell, many people don't like to buy it, so it is sold very cheaply.

"I want this pig intestine." Gu Xiaobei smiled.

"Okay!" Wang Darong happily wrapped the pig's large intestine with a few lotus leaves, then wrapped it with a few grass leaves, and handed it to Gu Xiaobei.

Gu Xiaobei took the bag while handing him the money. Since there are no plastic bags in this era, the seller uses leaf bags as the most affordable, but it is not very convenient to carry.

"Xiaohe?" Gu Xiaobei was thinking whether to buy a cloth bag to put it in, when someone patted his shoulder suddenly, followed by a cry of surprise.

Could this person be mistaken?Gu Xiaobei turned around in a daze, and before he could stand still, someone pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"My Xiaohe, have you finally come to see me as your mother?" the man shouted and wept bitterly.

Suddenly being hugged tightly by a stranger and unable to move, Gu Xiaobei was very uncomfortable, and tried his best to break away from the man's embrace: "Did you recognize the wrong person?" He raised his head while talking but was stunned.

The woman in front of her was in her early fifties, wearing a red coral flower hairpin, a dark blue skirt, white jade beads in her ears, a twisted silver bracelet in her wrist, and a brocade handkerchief in her hand. Look at Gu Xiaobei.

This person's attire is much better than that of many people passing by on the street, but to Gu Xiaobei's surprise, she clearly thinks this person looks familiar, but she can't remember who it is.

"Brother and sister, you admit it wrong, this little girl is so small, she is not that bitch like Bai He at all!" A sharp voice suddenly sounded from behind the woman in blue.

Bai He, are you talking about her mother?Gu Xiaobei frowned, turned his head to look, only to find that there was a woman wearing a red brocade dress and a golden hairpin, standing beside the woman in black.

"Which Baihe are you scolding?" Gu Xiaobei stared coldly at the woman in the red dress with a tight face.

"Except for that slut Bai He who eloped with someone right after the man passed away, who else is there?" Gu Xiaobei's eyes made the woman in red feel a little uncomfortable, and she opened her mouth and said.

Speaking of this, the woman in red suddenly stopped, looked at Gu Xiaobei's small face carefully, then pointed at Gu Xiaobei angrily and shouted: "Why do you look so similar to Bai He? "

"What do you think?" Gu Xiaobei snorted disdainfully, opening his mouth and shutting his mouth, he was a "cheap" person, really unpleasant.

The woman in blue came back to her senses at this time, and felt that her daughter was no longer at this age, but she was still excited. She remembered that Bai He had a young daughter who was at this age this year, and this little girl looked similar to Bai He. Eight points similar, presumably her poor little grandson.

The woman in blue wiped her tears and looked at Gu Xiaobei earnestly: "Are you Xiaobei?"

"Who are you?" Gu Xiaobei frowned, they really knew her.

"I'm your grandma! My little Bei, you've grown up so much!" Seeing that Gu Xiaobei didn't deny it, the woman in blue excitedly stretched out her hand to grab Gu Xiaobei's arm and stroked it up and down.

It turned out that the woman in blue was Gu Xiaobei's grandmother, Bai Li, and the woman in red was her grandmother's sister-in-law, Bai Zhuang.

Gu Xiaobei's grandfather's family, the Bai family, is a family of medicine. Although it is not a big family in Ziyuan County, it is also a wealthy family. With his excellent carpentry skills and a lot of family property, the Bai family married Gu Xiaobei's mother, Bai He, to him.

At the beginning, the two families had a close relationship, but since their father passed away ten years ago and their mother Bai He disappeared, no one came to the grandfather's side. The four brothers and sisters of the Gu family also visited the house, but they were beaten by the servants before they even entered the house. After coming out a few times, the four brothers and sisters of the Gu family were also relieved and stopped coming.

Gu Xiaobei was only four years old at that time, and now she is 14 years old. After ten years, she can no longer remember people from the Bai family.

"I'm Gu Xiaobei, but I don't have a grandma!" Gu Xiaobei coldly shook off Bai Li's hand, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Xiaobei, don't go! Go back with grandma!" Bai Li cried and held Gu Xiaobei's hand again, begging authentically.

"Brother and sister, you are crazy, take her back and see if the old man doesn't beat you to death!" Bai Zhuang said angrily, now seeing Gu Xiaobei dressed in such rags, he knows how miserable the four siblings are. Calling for help is troublesome.

"Hit it! Hit it! I haven't been allowed to take a look for so many years, so why don't you stay a moment longer when you come across it?" Bai Li said with fear in her heart, but still poised her neck.

The two sisters-in-law started arguing.

Gu Xiaobei frowned and looked at the hands clenched tightly on his arms, can he let her go and continue arguing?She didn't have so much free time to listen to their quarrel.

"Aren't the two aunts going to attend my cousin's Jiji ceremony? Why are you still here?" At this moment, a clear voice suddenly sounded from the side.

Gu Xiaobei was taken aback, looked up, and met Shangguan Shijin's smiling eyes.

"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Shangguan! It's all your fault. I finally asked Mr. Shangguan for an invitation. If you are late, I won't sue you in front of the old lady!" Mrs. Bai Zhuang gave Bai Li a fierce look. Turn around and walk straight towards Chen's house.

"Xiao Bei, grandma is sorry for you!" With tears streaming down her face, Bai Li took out the silver bracelet from her wrist and gave it to Gu Xiaobei before she could react, and ran behind Bai Zhuang, and disappeared on the street in a blink of an eye. sea ​​of ​​people.

Think we are grateful for a bracelet?Full of anger, Gu Xiaobei raised the silver bracelet in his hand and threw it to the ground, but was stopped by Shangguan Shijin.

"Even if you fall, she won't know. She thought you accepted it. If that's the case, it's better to accept it. It's not for nothing." Shangguan Shijin said with a smile.

"Alright, it's worth it when I have a chance to throw it in front of her again!" Gu Xiaobei calmed down, and put the silver bracelet into his arms.

(End of this chapter)