Chapter 37: Sending You to the Officials
Although Gu Yu really wanted to deal with the few people who had come to his door, there were too many onlookers now. He couldn’t act rashly.
However, continuing to listen to the old woman wailing at his doorstep wasn’t an option either.
So, it was better to make things clear. Weren’t the people around eager to watch a spectacle?
Today, he would let them watch to their heart’s content!
However, if they were shocked because it was too contrary to his previous image, Gu Yu would not be responsible.
“Madam Li, why aren’t you staying at your own house? Why are you crying at my doorstep!”
“Ah! Gou Dan, what are you calling me?”
“Madam Li? Or should I call you something else?”
As soon as Gu Yu’s words were spoken, the whole scene was instantly shocked.
Not to mention Madam Li, who had been wailing, immediately stopped crying, and the onlookers widened their eyes. Even Gu Mengyao and Gu Qingheng, who were listening to the commotion from inside the house, were stunned. After a glance at each other, the siblings could see disbelief in each other’s eyes.
Regarding Gu Yu’s filial piety towards the Old Yang family, others were just watching for amusement. However, Gu Mengyao and her brother were among the parties involved.
Gu Mengyao still remembered that when Gu Yu insisted on taking away the prey prepared to be sold for money, if Gu Mengyao didn’t agree, Gu Yu would stare at her intently with the gaze one would use for a heinous criminal.
Even if Gu Mengyao withstood Gu Yu’s gaze and refused to give him the items, Gu Yu later started to refuse to eat or drink. After nearly dying of thirst once, Gu Mengyao had no choice but to compromise.
Therefore, even though she heard Gu Yu say he didn’t want to associate with the Old Yang family yesterday, Gu Mengyao hadn’t taken it to heart.
However, Gu Yu’s words in front of everyone today were extremely serious, leaving Gu Mengyao bewildered now.
Could it be that Gu Yu had truly awakened?
“Oh, you little beast! I am your grandmother! How dare you call me that? Aren’t you afraid Heaven will strike you dead with lightning, you unfilial beast. My poor third son! My life is so bitter. After your death, your son also gives me no peace. Now, bewitched by that vixen, he doesn’t even recognize his own family!”
“It’s different when you’ve earned money! You don’t even recognize your own grandmother now! Gou Dan’s filial appearance before was probably just an act! It’s a good thing Third Brother died early, otherwise, how could the child have become like this.”
Besides Madam Li, who had nothing good to say, the two daughters-in-law who came with her remained silent, while the other, who looked younger, immediately spoke up, saying sharp and sarcastic words.
This was likely the wife of the second son of the Yang family, Li Mengzhu… The second son of the Yang family, Zhiwu Yang, was a scoundrel who stole chickens and dogs in the village. Seeing that he was about to become an old bachelor, Madam Li finally asked someone to find him a wife.
As a result, because Li Mengzhu was good-looking, even though she had many demands, Zhiwu Yang instantly fell for her. In the end, the family couldn’t afford it, so Madam Li reluctantly brought five taels of silver to propose marriage.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Li Mengzhu’s temperament was very similar to Madam Li’s. She was also sweet-mouthed and knew how to please her mother-in-law, so she naturally became the most favored among the Yang family’s daughters-in-law.
Her speaking up now, besides flattering Madam Li, was undoubtedly due to her coveting the silver Gu Yu earned from selling the wild boar.
“Heh! I can’t believe my mother was saying two days ago that Gu Yu was filial, but unexpectedly, he’s someone who disowns his relatives.”
“A son grows up and doesn’t listen to his mother! Perhaps the Gu family said something behind his back? Otherwise, how could Gou Dan suddenly become like this!”
“Haha, if you ask me, the Old Yang family isn’t good people either. The young wife caught a wild boar and sold it for silver, why should she hand it over.”
“This is getting lively. I wonder if there will be a fight.”
At this moment, the surrounding villagers were also discussing the matter with great interest. Most of them were accusing Gu Yu of being unfilial. Hearing this, Gu Yu’s lips curled in disdain.
Before, starving and giving up meat was filial piety.
Now, not handing over the silver made him a beast who disowned his relatives. Madam Li was truly Gu Yu’s ‘good grandmother’.
Rolling his eyes to the sky, Gu Yu no longer intended to indulge these people.
“Madam Li, I have changed my surname now. I am surnamed Gu, not Yang. Even if you cry yourself to death at my doorstep, it has nothing to do with me.”
“You little beast, my mother is your grandmother! How can you disregard your own family for another woman? Aren’t you afraid the yamen officials will come and throw you into prison for the serious crime of filial impiety!”
While Gu Yu was talking to Madam Li, the woman who had been glaring at him from beside Madam Li, upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, could no longer contain herself and immediately spoke up.
Judging by her young age, new clothes, and jewelry, coupled with her calling Madam Li ‘mother’, it was clear that this was the youngest daughter of the Yang family—Jiaojiao Yang.
However, Jiaojiao Yang, whom Gu Yu should have called his aunt, was now not only calling Gu Yu a little beast but also threatened to bring the yamen officials to arrest him. Her arrogant demeanor was so pronounced it was as if she were looking down her nose at him.
