Chapter 36 Performance Level
Though I haven’t had much contact with the Yang family, just hearing them curse outside lets me know they aren’t easy to get along with.
Gu Yu quickened his pace and soon arrived at the gate of the Gu family’s courtyard. He then discovered that in addition to several fierce-looking women who were repeatedly banging on the door, there were also quite a few villagers gathered around, watching the excitement.
Only after seeing that Gu Mengyao had not come out did Gu Yu relax his heart. Although he knew these women who came to cause trouble were no match for Gu Mengyao, it was indeed disgusting if they were to act spoiled by relying on their age and seniority.
“Everyone, I wonder what you are doing blocking my doorway and what you want?”
Knowing that Gu Mengyao was fine now, Gu Yu, while feeling relieved, didn’t delay. As he walked towards the Gu family’s doorway, which was surrounded by people, he spoke without politeness.
When the villagers heard Gu Yu’s words, they paid no mind to his impoliteness. As if they hadn’t seen enough of a spectacle, they directly moved aside, leaving a small path for Gu Yu to see more clearly the few people standing in front of the thatched house.
The matter of Gu Yu bringing wild game into the old Yang family’s residence was no longer a secret. Even if the Old Yang family had never told outsiders, other people’s eyes were not blind.
Upon seeing Gu Yu delivering things to the Yang family, everyone secretly thought to themselves… The Yang family members were acting like whores but were still setting up archways of chastity. If they truly didn’t forgive Yang Lao San’s family, they shouldn’t have accepted the wild game sent by Gu Yu!
As a result, they accepted the gifts, but their attitude didn’t change at all.
Even Madam Li, when chatting with other women outside, always referred to Gu Yu as a “little beast,” never treating him as her grandson.
And in the eyes of others, Gu Yu was spoken of highly.
Even though his father couldn’t fulfill his filial duties, he took the initiative to step up, obeying the Yang family’s every word, and being so well-behaved and filial that the village elders couldn’t help but call him a filial son.
It was as if they wanted their own children and grandchildren to learn from him. But which family could send meat every day like Gu Yu, unless they also had a wife who was a skilled hunter.
And now, after Madam Li led a group of women to block the Gu family’s door, the villagers hadn’t left to watch the excitement. However, the good show had just begun. Before the Yang family members had even clashed with Gu Mengyao and her brother, Gu Yu returned.
Although it was a bit disappointing, the villagers weren’t too disheartened.
After all, Gu Yu was famously filial in the village. Who knew what would happen when he met Madam Li later… Wife and grandmother, who was more important?
Despite thinking so, people had already guessed that the “filial” Gu Yu would definitely hand over the money from selling the wild boar to Madam Li… However, everyone was more curious about how much money Gu Yu earned from selling the wild boar.
If, as Wu Changlin had said, a wild boar sold for over twenty taels of silver, some of the young and strong men in the crowd were eager to try, also thinking of taking a stroll up the mountain.
The wild boars on the mountain were valuable and didn’t require their own breeding. As long as they caught one, they could sell it for money, which was enough to make anyone envious.
Now that the crops in the fields had been harvested, and they had nothing to do at home, most of the village sent their laborers to town to find work.
Not only was it tiring, but they also earned very little.
However, Gu Mengyao could earn a lot of money just by catching a pig on the mountain. Who would want to go to town to work hard?
They didn’t believe that a few big masters would be inferior to that scrawny little girl from the Gu family…
“Oh my, my great-grandson is finally here. If you hadn’t come any sooner, I, this old one, would have been bullied to death.”
When Gu Yu reached the doorway, Madam Li began her performance.
Before Gu Yu could even speak, Madam Li immediately let out a wail. With a look of indignation on her face, she glared at the closed door panel. Then, when she turned to look at Gu Yu, she changed into a semblance of someone who had been bullied, like a pitiable old woman asking her grandson for help.
If one were to ignore the surrounding environment and the sly gaze of the onlookers, Madam Li’s acting skills were quite high, possessing a genuine power of persuasion that made people subconsciously want to believe what she said.
However, Gu Yu, who knew the whole story, wouldn’t fall for it.
Of course, if it were Gu Yu’s previous self, upon seeing Madam Li’s pitiful appearance, he might have already started crying and calling himself unfilial, and then opened the door to give the money intended for building a house to honor the elder.
After earning the title of “Great Filial Son,” even freezing to death this winter would have been worth it!
But Gu Yu, who had transmigrated, had no intention of continuing to be a filial son. Seeing the old woman crying in front of him without a single tear, he wished he could directly kick her away.