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

Chapter 221 Either wear that patched-up outfit, or go naked.

Li's mother was speechless. She turned to look at her eldest son, Li, who naturally wouldn't say that he was daydreaming and hadn't heard the warning outside.

When he came to his senses, he felt that the clothes Gu Dalang had given him earlier were not presentable enough, and he couldn't very well come out naked.

With that hesitation, the shed collapsed.

Of course, this is something that absolutely cannot be said.

But there had to be an explanation for this. He pulled over a bunch of tree branches to cover his private parts and complained, "It's all because you guys have so many rules. You said you'd prepare clothes, but you went back on your word."

Gu Dalang didn't like hearing this. What did he mean by going back on his word?

He said, “Brother-in-law, you should speak with a conscience. I brought the clothes to you a long time ago, but you thought they weren’t presentable enough and refused to wear them. You even threw the clothes into the mud pit.”

"I only brought a few sets of clothes with me when I came up the mountain. I washed and changed a few sets before, but the sun only came out today, and they haven't dried yet!"

“I gave one set to my second brother-in-law, and another set to you. I wore one set myself, and you got another set dirty. Now I only have one set of patched clothes left. I thought you, my eldest brother-in-law, probably wouldn't want to wear it. I was discussing with my mother whether we should go down the mountain to borrow a set first, and then this happened.”

Lin Chang'er had no idea that Li Da disliked the clothes, but now that she heard it, she felt that her mother-in-law and brother-in-law were even more bizarre.

The boys watching the commotion started whispering among themselves, "Wow, Uncle Gu actually has six or seven outfits!"

“My dad only had three sets of clothes! One set that was half new and half old, he wore for holidays; one set that wasn’t patched, he wore for everyday wear; and one set that was patched, he wore for work.”

“Your father is still good. My father only has two sets of clothes. One set is patched, and the other set is not patched. He only got this set this year because he earned some money with Sister Lin. Before, he only had one set of patched clothes and the other set of patches upon patches.”

"Everyone's like this! It's only because Sister Lin gave us jobs this year that we've had a better life. Uncle Gu only had a few more sets of clothes made this year too!"

"Who says otherwise! We're just farmers, we're lucky if we have anything to wear, why are we being picky? Do you think Uncle Gu owns a clothing store?"

Their back-and-forth banter made the mother and son of the Li family blush with embarrassment.

Li Er also felt ashamed and closed his eyelashes tightly. "I'm sorry, my mother was worried about my brother, which is why she spoke without thinking. Please forgive me for any offense."

After saying this, he bowed to everyone present.

The onlookers were originally just trying to stand up for the wronged, but now that someone sober has stepped in to smooth things over, they naturally won't continue the argument.

Lin Chang'er shook her head, feeling that this second brother-in-law was really having a hard time.

However, the wild boar had already given that annoying brother-in-law a unique lesson, so he still had to consider his sister-in-law's dignity.

Lin Chang'er didn't press the matter further, and simply said, "Everyone, disperse! In a little while, when Uncle Hai and the others come up, we'll all help carry the wild boar down, and we'll have a barbecue tonight."

When the boys heard there was barbecue to eat, they completely forgot about Li Da's joke.

He replied with an "okay!" and went to find the vines to tie up the wild boar, leaving only a few to help clean up the tree shed.

Upon seeing this display of power, Li's mother knew that she would not gain any advantage over Lin Chang'er.

However, not everyone in the Gu family is as capable as Lin Chang'er. Since she's here, she won't leave until she's made the Gu family suffer a great loss.

Right now, the most important thing is to find some clothes for her eldest son to cover up his shame. She stopped talking to Lin Chang'er and looked at Gu Dalang, "Uncle-in-law, it's not right for my eldest son to be naked like this, is it?"

Gu Dalang twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Mother-in-law, as I just said, there's only one set of patched clothes in my luggage. My brother-in-law definitely won't want to wear it."

"I originally wanted to borrow them from down the mountain, but as you just heard, they're just peasants, where would they lend out clothes?"

He rubbed his hands together, with an expression that said, "Either wear those patched clothes or go naked."

Mother Li frowned, her gaze shifting to Li Er, thinking that her second son's clothes were probably about 70-80% new.

“Second brother,” she said.

"Third sister-in-law," at this moment, Sister-in-law Gu appeared out of nowhere, "Mother-in-law, uncles, the noodles are ready. Can we talk about anything else after we finish eating?"

Li's mother was still thinking of having Li Er return the clothes she was wearing to Li Da.

Li Da's stomach rumbled, and he didn't have the energy to think about decent clothes at the moment. He hurriedly said, "Yes, noodles should be eaten while they're hot, otherwise they'll clump together. Quickly bring me my clothes."

Li Da finally compromised. Gu Dalang's clothes had several patches, but although they were old, they were clean, so at least he wouldn't have to go naked.

Lin Chang'er secretly smiled. Gu Xiaoman, who was standing in front of her, suddenly looked up and said, "Auntie, let's go eat noodles too. After we eat, we'll go see Mother and Yudian."

"Okay!" Lin Chang'er pinched his little cheek.

Gu Erlang stepped forward and picked up Gu Xiaoman at the right moment. "Alright, Xiaoman, Auntie is busy. Don't keep bothering Auntie. Daddy will take you."

After saying that, he smiled at Lin Chang'er, picked up Gu Xiaoman, and headed towards the kitchen.

This sudden turn of events startled Madam Li. What had she just been scolding the child for? That his father was dead and his mother was gone?

Is this little girl's mother Sanya?

Li's mother's expression changed rapidly, like a palette of colors.

Lin Chang'er naturally wouldn't miss this wonderful moment.

After she calmed down, she didn't forget to add insult to injury, "Mother-in-law, everyone says that Sister-in-law Xiaoman looks very much like her, you didn't notice, did you?"

Li's mother naturally didn't notice; Sanya had always been invisible at home because of her disability.

I raised her originally for the dowry and to get her to do more chores, but now I haven't seen her for five years.

Otherwise, if their home hadn't been flooded and the Gu family had just become wealthy, they wouldn't have come to their door.

This little kid just looks like Sanya, how could she tell the difference?

Of course, admitting it is impossible.

She said, "How could that be? I just didn't look closely before, but now that I look at it like this, it really does look just like Sanya."

Lin Chang'er gave her a meaningful smile, then took Gu Xiaolu and the goldfish to eat noodles.

Inside the tarpaulin shed, Gu Ersao had just finished feeding Yudian'er when Gu's mother brought in some bone broth for her. "Let Yudian'er lie down for a bit. Chang'er made this broth for you separately. Drink some first."

Gu Ersao smiled at Gu's mother, placed Yudian'er beside her, and then took the soup from Gu's mother's hand. She didn't drink it, and her eyes were full of bitterness when she looked at Gu's mother again.

After a long pause, he raised his hand and gestured, saying, "Mother and elder brother, you've caused trouble for the family."

Mother Gu pursed her lips, picked up Yudian and played with her, and the baby's babbling filled the entire shed.

Gu Ersao's attention was quickly drawn to Yudian'er, and her gaze was entirely fixed on Yudian'er.

Mother Gu then smiled and said, "Second son's wife, although you are a daughter of the Li family, when outsiders talk about you now, you will first be a daughter-in-law of the Gu family, the mother of Xiaoman and Yunji, and then a daughter of the Li family."

"Your sister-in-law and Chang'er will handle the affairs outside. You just need to focus on your postpartum recovery and taking good care of Yudian. Don't worry about anything else."