Chapter 75: Xu Shi's Cheap Sale

  As she spoke, Guihua lifted her foot and was about to head in the direction of home, but was pulled back by Chu Yan Nian, "Guihua, wait."

  Being reminded by Chu Yan, Gui Hua almost dropped the handbag she was hiding in her arms, and was so frightened that her face changed color. "Brother, what are you doing?"

  Chu Yan didn't understand why his sister would react so big, but he couldn't care about that now. After taking the silver from Guihua's hand, he said to Meihua and Guihua: "You two go back home directly after this, I'll take care of the silver matter, got it?"

  Although she didn't understand what Chu was thinking, Guihua couldn't wait for someone to take the lead and deal with Xu's family. "Okay, brother, you go! I'll go home and change my clothes, then find someone to help catch the fish!"

  Plum Blossom looked at this matter and knew that it had already come to this point, so she just nodded and said: "Then I'll go call our mother and father to Grandfather's house. Such a big thing, we have to let everyone know."

  Three people consulted and made a final decision, then each went their separate ways.

  Although Mr. Xü said that he also bought fish back the day before, there was only one big fish. It is obviously impossible to make many dishes with just one fish. Even if it's used for cooking soup, I estimate that when everyone drinks it, it will be nothing but bland-tasting water with a hint of saltiness.

  So Osmanthus thought of going to the river to take a look, to see if she could catch any other fish. Even if it's just one or two more, it's still better than having only one!

  The river has always had fish, but the villagers of Xinghe Village seem to be unenthusiastic about fish. They think it tastes smelly and has many bones. If it weren't for the New Year's festival, they wouldn't even put a fish on the table to bring good luck. Otherwise, they would rather eat wild vegetables than eat an extra bite of fish.

  Osmanthus fragrans couldn't help but sigh, however, there was nothing she could do. If everyone else wasn't eating and she went ahead and prepared food, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of others.

  As soon as she arrived at the Chu family, Guihua ran directly into her own room, quickly changed out of the clean clothes she had just put on that morning and put back on the dirty work clothes from the day before. She then grabbed a pouch containing silver coins and ran to the outhouse, holding her nose against the foul smell as she dug a hole in the ground beside it. After repeatedly checking to make sure no one would find it, Guihua finally buried the pouch and ran back to the main house.

  At this time, in the main room, Mrs. Xü was holding two silver ingots and lecturing the Chǔ Lìshòu family.

  "Lao San, it's not your mother scolding you. Look at the good son you've raised! On his grandfather's birthday, he actually invited a bunch of outsiders to eat and drink together. Tell me, do I agree with this or not?"

  Xu's reaction this time was not crying or yelling, but the tone of blame in her words was no less.

  Chu Lishou stood aside, lowering his head, and didn't know what he was thinking about, but he just wouldn't speak up. Mo Shi stood at the door, picking vegetables in her hand, also not responding to him.

  Chu Yan Nian, as the main object of scolding, stood between Chu Li Shou and Mo Shi at this time, raising his head to look at Xu Shi, expressionless, and didn't know what he was thinking.

  Madam Xu went on and on, saying a few more words. Chu Li, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly looked up at Madam Xu and said emotionlessly: "Mother, if you think Nian Ge did something wrong, just give him some silver to pay it back. Today is Father's birthday, let's not make everyone unhappy."