Chapter 38 Come, Fight Here

The second young lady lay by the window, looking out through the hole in the window paper. Seeing Gu Erlang kneeling down, the second young lady wiped her tears. She also wanted a brother like this. She was a concubine, and in the eyes of her brother, the prince, she was almost invisible.

The old lady became more and more angry, "Okay, okay, your family is protecting that little girl. I just said one sentence, and so many people are protecting her."

"You didn't redeem a little girl, you probably invited an ancestor back!"

The old lady raised her cane and hit Gu Erlang a few times. The second young lady covered her mouth and shrank her shoulders.

Gu Erlang lowered his head and said nothing.

Gu Zhang and Chen were anxious, but they didn't know what to say. It was natural for the old lady to teach her grandson a lesson.

The old lady was exhausted after a few beatings. She threw away her cane and sat on the ground crying, "What sin have I committed? I have raised these unfilial descendants. I am an old woman with a miserable life. My old man passed away early. I raised them with my own hands, but now they despise me."

Gu Zhang's face was livid. If it wasn't his mother, he would have picked up a broom and chased her out long ago, but this was his mother, so he couldn't beat or scold her.

The old lady's movement quickly attracted people to watch the fun. There were no entertainment activities at this time. If there was a quarrel or a fight in any family, the onlookers would come over with small stools.

Gu Fei couldn't bear it anymore in the house, climbed down from the kang, and walked straight to the yard.

She looked at the old lady sitting on the ground, "Grandma, don't judge everyone by one stick. My parents are very filial to you."

"If you say it's wrong, it's all my fault."

"It's me who is unfilial. Come on, come on, hit me here." Gu Fei turned her back and knelt down, pointing at her back.

"Hey, what happened to Xiao Fei? Her back is covered in blood. She looks scary."

"I heard she was beaten with a stick in the Marquis' Mansion!"

"Not only that, the Marquis' Mansion was confiscated. I heard Xiao Fei was imprisoned and sold in the South City. Fortunately, Gu Qing saw her and bought her back."

"No wonder Gu Qing borrowed money everywhere yesterday."

"Yes, I heard it cost twenty taels to redeem her. She only sold her for five taels of silver that year. Now she spent twenty taels. It's a loss!"

"The old lady has made a loss-making business. Xiao Fei was beaten like this again. No wonder she is resentful."

The spectators stood at the gate of the yard and talked about it.

When the old lady heard the loss-making business, she couldn't hold her face. She wanted to say that Gu Fei was enjoying herself in the Marquis' Mansion, but she couldn't say it when she saw the blood on her back.

If she really beat Gu Fei with a cane, I'm afraid the second son's family would be alienated from her.

The old lady couldn't get off the stage and could only cover her face and cry.

Gu Zhang looked at his daughter kneeling on the ground, and his heart ached.

He stepped forward to help the old lady up, "Mom, you are old, and it is cold to sit on the ground. I will help you go back and lie down."

The old lady took advantage of the situation and hit Gu Zhang twice, "You are such a heartless son, I have raised you in vain!"

Gu Erlang also got up from the ground, and he and his father helped the old lady out of the courtyard on both sides.

Qian sneered beside her, saying that the old lady was just making a lot of noise but not doing anything. She made a fuss in vain and didn't get any advantage!

She suddenly raised her voice, "Mom, didn't you say yesterday that you were going to your cousin's house?"

"It just so happens that the second son bought a mule cart. Let us borrow it for a few days and let the eldest son take you to your cousin's house."

The old lady stopped at the gate of the courtyard and looked back at the mule cart. The green cloth curtain on the cart was brand new.