Eat My Childless Life: The Little Fisher Girl is Poor and Fierce

Chapter 22 Aunt Zhou Apologizes on Behalf of the Guo Family

Mother Gu helped lead the people into the house, and without any prompting, Sister-in-law Gu had already poured water for them.

This time, Aunt Zhou didn't refuse. She had spent a lot of time talking to the Yu and Li families and was very thirsty.

After sitting down and drinking a small bowl of water, he smiled and replied to Lin Chang'er, "I should have come earlier, but unfortunately I went to the girl in town today."

It was only after arriving home that the head of the household told him about the outrageous things the Guo, Li, and Yu family boys had done.

I wonder how Erlang's wife is doing, and I haven't seen how badly the younger one is injured. I need to come and see him to put my mind at ease.

She didn't want to be caught red-handed by the Yu family and the Li family trying to slack off, so she had to give them a good talking-to.

This attitude meant that they were intentionally trying to befriend the Gu family. Lin Chang'er understood this, but in this era, with her mother-in-law present, it would be a laughing stock for her to take the initiative to socialize with her.

Furthermore, she also hoped that the Gu family members would all be able to stand on their own in the future, so she didn't rush to respond.

Unexpectedly, Gu's mother turned her gaze to her again. After these two days, she had already tacitly agreed that Lin Chang'er should be in charge of the family. Even her brothers had revealed this intention, but they had not said it out loud yet.

Seeing this, Lin Chang'er spoke again: "Thank you for your concern, Auntie. Second Sister-in-law was a little frightened, but she is mostly fine. Otherwise..." She wouldn't have let it go so easily.

Then she sighed, "It's just a pity for my Xiaoman. In order to protect her second sister-in-law, she was pushed and bumped her head, but she didn't make a fuss. Instead, she comforted the adults."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou frowned, "Poor things, those boys are really outrageous."

Thanks to the Bodhisattva's protection, Erlang's wife was unharmed; otherwise, she would have committed a terrible sin.

"I wonder what those women do all day. They can't even teach a child properly; the scolding I just gave them was too lenient."

After pausing for a moment, he said, "Our two families live far apart, and we haven't had time to visit each other before."

Who would have thought that although we had only met twice, I felt an instant connection with them. From then on, when the adults didn't have time to talk, the younger ones always did.

"Go ahead and ask Si Lang and the others to find Li Ge'er to play with."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chang'er couldn't help but admire Aunt Zhou's social skills.

Zhou Hai is the village head, and he is in charge of all matters, big and small, in Linshui Village. He can't openly favor anyone, otherwise how can he gain the respect of the villagers in the future?

But the interactions between children are not so particular.

Although both were young boys, Zhou Li was still Zhou Hai's son, and others saw him differently.

Aunt Zhou's decision to have Zhou Li take the children to play together was tantamount to indirectly telling others that the Gu family's children were under the Zhou family's protection.

In the future, if something like this happens again, the other party will always have to think twice.

Since they are truly friends, there's no reason to turn them away. Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "I'm naturally very happy that my aunt doesn't look down on me."

"My family has many children, and they're all young, so they're always a bit noisy. I hope Auntie won't bother them."

Aunt Zhou laughed and said, "We're all farmers, we don't need to be so particular. Don't belittle me."

Seeing her cheerful attitude, Lin Chang'er felt even more at ease and laughed along with Gu's mother and sister-in-law.

Meanwhile, the younger children, who were being talked about by the adults, were watching the fish by the water bucket behind the kitchen.

Looking at the basin full of stream fish, Zhou Li said enviously, "Third sister-in-law is really amazing."

Gu Xiaolu puffed out her chest and said proudly, "She is Xiaolu's mother."

Gu Xiaoman chimed in, "She's Xiaoman's aunt!"

The little goldfish remained calm, saying only, "Mom said she promised Fourth Uncle she would fry them for us tonight!"

Gu Xiaoman immediately smacked her lips, "Little Fish, delicious."

Gu Silang tapped his little head, "You, everything tastes delicious."

Gu Xiaoman giggled and snuggled into Gu Xiaolu's arms.

Gu Silang turned to Zhou Li, "Brother Li, did you get to eat fish at your aunt's house with your mother today?"

Zhou Li shook his head, "My cousin can't get any water, so it's all up to my aunt."

Gu Silang tossed his head and said, "It's alright, I'll bring you some fried small fish tonight."

Zhou Li's eyes lit up. "Then I'll take it seriously. Don't try to fool me."

"Of course," Gu Silang patted his chest to assure him.

Zhou Li's smile widened, then he suddenly remembered something, reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of candy, about five or six pieces.

"My mother told me to bring these over, one for each person."

Gu Silang and the others thanked him, happily took the candy, but didn't eat it, instead hiding it in their pockets like a treasure.

Zhou Li was unwrapping a candy when he saw them doing this and asked curiously, "Why aren't you eating any?"

Gu Silang said, "Third brother is gone, and now our whole family is relying on third sister-in-law to support us. She's having a very hard time."

My third brother said girls love sweets, so I'm saving them for my sister-in-law.

Zhou Li said "Oh," and looked at the twins, "And you two?"

Gu Xiaolu tilted her head, looking very serious. "I love Mom, so of course I should give her the good stuff."

The little goldfish said softly, "Mother has to raise us, it's very hard for her, so I'll leave it all to her too."

Zhou Li scratched his head, then turned his gaze to Gu Xiaoman, "You too?"

Gu Xiaoman, her tiny hand holding a candy, said in her childish voice, "Auntie loves Xiaoman, and Mommy said Xiaoman should also be filial to Auntie. All the good food should be for Auntie..."

As he spoke, he carefully stuffed it into his pocket.

Zhou Li: "..." It seems like he's the only one who's completely clueless.

Resentfully, he rewrapped the candy wrapper and put it back into his small cloth bag. "Then I'll save it for Mom too."

The children carefully put away their candies, then suddenly grinned and laughed out loud.

After laughing, Gu Silang looked up at the sky and asked Zhou Li, "Brother Li, did your aunt come over today for something?"

Zhou Li curled his lip, somewhat disgusted, and said, "It's all because of Guo Dabao. Uncle Guo works so hard running the boat, and he gets all the good stuff, while this wild monkey gets to run rampant in the village."

"Bad guy, hit Mom, pushed Xiaoman, stole Xiaoman's duck eggs!" Gu Xiaoman said angrily as soon as she heard Guo Dabao's name.

Zhou Li glanced at the smallest little bean sprout, whose delicate eyebrows were almost furrowed into knots, and whose small features were squeezed together, looking indignant.

He was clearly furious. I patted his head and said, "It's okay. When Uncle Guo comes back, Uncle Li will go and talk to him and ask him to beat him up to vent your anger."

Gu Xiaoman felt comforted, the small bump between her brows relaxed, and she said in a childish voice, "Thank you, Uncle Li. Hello, Uncle Li."

Gu Silang said thoughtfully, "Isn't his father the most precious to him? Would he really be willing to beat him? When my third sister-in-law took us to demand an explanation at noon."

He also said that when his father comes back, he'll make him beat us to death!

"He was really fierce back then," Gu Xiaolu added, still feeling a bit scared.

The little goldfish beside him didn't say anything. He clenched his two little fists, his expression slightly serious, thinking to himself that he wished he were a little older, so that he could protect his mother and family with his strength.

Zhou Li scoffed, "Listen to his bragging. In all these years, Uncle Guo has only spent a few days at home in order to support his family."

If I knew his mother raised him to be like this, I'd beat him up first.

My dad also said that this matter will not be taken lightly. No one had complained to his dad before, but today, many people in the village are demanding that Uncle Guo's family be driven out, so naturally we can't let it go any further.

As they were talking, they heard a voice calling from the other end of the main room, "Li-ge'er, let's go back."

"Coming," Zhou Li replied, and before leaving, he said to Gu Silang, "Don't worry, Uncle Guo is reasonable, unlike Guo Dabao and his mother."

In the main room, when Aunt Zhou saw Zhou Li return, she also got up. "We'll go back first. The Guo family is a muddle-headed person, and they're probably stubborn and unwilling to admit their mistakes."

These two eggs and half a pound of brown sugar were gifts brought by the head of the household as an apology.

Please bear with what happened today. When Brother Guo returns, the boss will definitely demand an explanation from him..."