Quick Wear: After Saving the Cannon Fodder, I Became a God

Chapter 291: The Cousin of "Fuwa" 19

"Sister Li, I heard that your boyfriend broke up with that guy? Now you can relax."

"Aunt Wang? How do you know about this?"

"It's spread all over the village, everyone knows about it!"

"You know everything?!" Li Xiuqin didn't expect that Aunt Wang would come directly to her house when she was just preparing dinner outside.

"That's right! Hey, this time you finally got your reward after all the hardship! But you and your Gu Yong are too kind-hearted. You give me 200 more coins a year. Don't you want to eat and drink?"

"You all know this too? News spreads too fast!" Li Xiuqin muttered a few words and then said, "This is the village chief's suggestion. We agreed to it if we thought it was okay."

"That's right. They finally started to behave like human beings and think about you. It can be considered as...what's the idiom?...the prodigal son returns. That's what it means anyway."

"What does it mean?"

"They were afraid that Gu Zhi's affair would implicate you, so they took the initiative to propose severing ties with you, but you and Gu Yong were unwilling to do so. You only agreed after everyone's persuasion, and then you were willing to pay an extra 200 coins per year."

"That's right..." After hearing this, Li Xiuqin thought about it for a while and then understood.

"Yes, auntie, after all, they are the elders, and it's their duty. Gu Yong and I just need to do a little more, and we'll be able to make it together in the end."

"Alas, you guys are too kind. You and Gu Yong can handle it, but what about Qianqian? Look at their Fuwa, he's so round like a real Fuwa. And then look at your Gu Qian..." She's as thin as a bamboo pole.

"Oh, aren't all girls like this? Xixi is rare. My elder brother, sister-in-law, father-in-law and mother-in-law all love her and give her everything good. Our life... you know, we have no one to help us, so it's good to be able to live like this."

"That's true, but... well, it's all due to partiality. Didn't they give your family a share?"

"No..." Li Xiuqin smiled bitterly.

"Don't they only have your son, Gu Yong, now? If they don't help him out, are they going to rely on that girl Gu Xi to take care of them in their old age?"

"That's impossible. Brother Yong and I will definitely not ignore it. Besides, my parents-in-law should have a lot of money, so life won't be difficult."

"Alas, the word filial piety can crush people to death!" If you encounter such a person, you don't know how much debt you owed in your previous life.

"Sister Li, I won't tell you anymore. I'm going back to cook!" I have to share this first-hand information with everyone quickly. I can't let anyone say good things for those two shameless people.

"Okay, Aunt Wang, take care."

Seeing Aunt Wang leave, Li Xiuqin hurried back to the room and told Gu Yong not to tell anyone about it in public.

"I understand, Xiuqin. But who do you think spread this?"

"I don't know either. There aren't many people who know about this, and the elders in the tribe aren't the kind of people who would spread such things. Even if your family spreads it, they won't say anything good about us. Then... the only one left is the village chief's family, right?"

"It is indeed possible that the village chief did not want any bad rumors to spread in the village, so he embellished the whole thing first and then spread it out, so that neither of us would refute it."

Li Xiuqin nodded. "The village chief is really amazing. We didn't even realize it yet, but he thought of everything at once."

"However, once this rumor spreads, they will probably think it was us who spread it."

"It's okay, Brother Yong. We have nothing to be afraid of now."

"Yes, thanks to His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince. But we have to be secretive in everything we do, so that no one will find out that we are well-off."

"Of course not. I just complained to Aunt Wang about my poverty."

"Xiuqin, actually I have an idea..." Looking at Li Xiuqin's gentle face, Gu Yong couldn't help but want to speak out the idea that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

"What? Brother Yong, just tell me straight."

"I want to get out of here. Staying here and relying on the weather for food is not my idea, and I am not willing to do that. I want to give you and Qianqian a better life, to eat the best food and use the best things."

“Brother Yong…” Li Xiuqin’s eyes were slightly red, with crystal tears in her eyes, “When did you have this idea?”

"When I want to marry you. I know my parents are not good to me, and I can only rely on myself to make you happy."

Gu Yong looked at Li Xiuqin and said firmly, "It's just that after we got married, when I wanted to discuss it with you, we had Qianqian. I always thought about you being pregnant with Qianqian, and I wanted to spend more time with you. After giving birth to Qianqian, I couldn't bear to let her go. I wanted to watch Qianqian grow up and didn't want to miss a thing."

"It has been delayed until now. Now with the money given by the Fifth Prince, I can take you and Qianqian to Wu County. We can settle down there and find a job to do slowly. It is better than staying here forever."

As Li Xiuqin listened to Gu Yong expressing his friendship to her and describing their wonderful future life, she could no longer hold back and tears flowed unconsciously from her eyes.

"Okay... I support you." Li Xiuqin said with a sob.

"Xiuqin, don't cry." Gu Yong gently wiped away the tears on Li Xiuqin's face, "I know you will definitely support me."

"Yeah!" Li Xiuqin held back her tears and nodded vigorously.

"I've thought about it carefully. If we move our whole family to the county town now, it will definitely arouse everyone's suspicion. So, I want to go to the county town first and buy a store. Run it for a while. When the business picks up, I'll take you over."

"But how can we afford to buy a store? Everyone will definitely be suspicious."

"I said that I was just working there at first, but later the original boss didn't want to do it anymore, so he let me take over. That boss was a good person. Seeing that I was hardworking and knowing that I had no money, he let me run the business first and I would pay him back every month with the profits until I paid him back."

"Will anyone believe this? Where in the world is there such a boss?"

"No matter whether they believe it or not, we just need to give them an excuse. They can't really think that I have that money, right? By that time, I will have already moved to the county town. Who will care about me?"

"Yeah, when are you going?"

"Just these two days, I'll go to the county town a few more times, so that everyone will think I'm going to the county town to sell things to raise money for them."

"Brother Yong, have you decided what to do for a living?"

"No, I'll go to the county and see if there's anything I can do on my own."

"Then why don't Qianqian and I go with you? I can also give you some advice."

"Xiuqin, our home... needs someone to watch over it all the time."

"That's right. Write it down and we can discuss it later."

Gu Yong held Li Xiuqin's hand tightly, "Well, don't worry."

Gu Qian looked at the affectionate look between the two and smiled awkwardly.

The downside of having a small house is that these two people really treat her as if she doesn't exist!

However, she really didn't expect her father to have such an idea! For someone who has lived in a small village all his life, it's a big ambition!