NOVPUB28: Chapter 28 The Door is Broken
28 -28 The Door is Broken
After delivering her harsh words, she hastily ran off with the aid of an old woman, carrying Wang Youcai.
Gu Youyou had intended to wait for her to calm down before telling her about pinching the child’s philtrum, but since she’d been yelled at like that, she decided to let it be.
Even though Wang’s second aunt bore four children, she still maintained her figure.
Well, letting Doctor Sun feast his eyes on her wouldn’t be too bad.
“Youyou, Gu Youyou, are you awake?”
An old woman asked tentatively.
Gu Youyou whispered, “I am awake!”
After all, she was so sick, she wouldn’t take the initiative to provoke anyone.
However, since she really had frightened the child, it was still better to clarify things.
“So…
about Wang Youcai…
And your Gu Erbao cried loudly while running over, claiming to have seen a ghost, what’s that all about?” 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Gu Youyou spoke calmly, “I’m sick, and I look quite frightening, so I dare not go outside.
The two kids were curious and insisted on seeing me, so they kicked my door in.
And when they saw me, they got scared like that!”
Everyone glanced at the door hanging off its hinges and found Gu Youyou’s explanation plausible.
The entire village knew that Gu Youyou was ill for a long time, and they all understood that a chronically ill person might look scary.
Additionally, some had caught a glimpse of Gu Youyou a couple of days before at her wedding, and it was indeed frightening.
Therefore, they believed her story to a certain degree.
“Hehe, I knew it!
How could there be ghosts in broad daylight?
It must have been Gu Erbao getting scared by his Sister Youyou.”
Everyone gave the speaker disdainful looks.
When did you ever say that?
Hands holding hoes loosened, feeling a bit confused.
Just then, Wang Shun, who had brought firewood here yesterday, arrived again.
Seeing so many people crowded at Gu Youyou’s door, he grew curious and asked, “What’s going on here?
Why are you all blocking the entrance to my Brother Jin the hunter’s place?”
Everyone laughed awkwardly, and one person said, “Wang Shun, are you delivering firewood to Jin the hunter’s house again today?”
Wang Shun nodded and replied, “Yes, Brother Jin has been busy lately and asked me to gather and deliver some firewood every day.”
After saying this, he squeezed through the villagers crowded at the door, carrying in the firewood on his back and placing it next to the stove.
He glanced at Gu Youyou wrapped up in a chair, looked at the door, and then at the villagers holding hoes and sticks, and exclaimed in surprise, “What’s this all about?
A robbery?
You’ve even kicked down the door!”
A middle-aged man holding a hoe quickly said, “That wasn’t my doing.
I’ve still got work to do in the fields, so I’m leaving.”
Once the first person started to flee, a second and a third quickly followed suit.
Soon enough, the crowd that had gathered at the door had dispersed like birds and beasts.
Wang Shun watched the villagers fleeing rapidly from the scene, indignant.
“This is too much bullying, completely outrageous.
I’ll definitely tell Brother Jin about this!”
After speaking, he found some tools in the house and began repairing the door.
From inside came the sound of Wang Shun fixing the door as he naively chuckled, “Sister-in-law, don’t worry.
This time I’ll make the door stronger, so they definitely won’t be able to kick it in.”
Gu Youyou pursed her lips without a word, thinking to herself, no matter how you fix this broken door, it won’t be sturdy, even if you plate it with gold!
Realizing that Wang Shun misunderstood the situation, Gu Youyou said after a moment, “The door wasn’t kicked by those people just now, but by two kids.”
Jin Zijin certainly couldn’t go seeking trouble with the children, could he?
Besides, there was no need to wait for Jin Zijin to trouble anyone.
She reckoned that by evening, trouble would naturally come knocking on her door.
After all, Gu Youyou had scared someone into fainting!
