Chapter 78 Stench

  Mother Gu's words were too serious, Gu Xiujing's lips trembled, and finally she didn't say anything to refute.

  The incense burning in the room made Gu Xiujing breathless. Gu's mother's face could not be seen clearly through a bead curtain.

  Gu Xiujing thought of a cat she had raised when she was a child. The little milk cat is the size of a palm, and can't even open its eyes.

   It hid in the rockery tremblingly, and was discovered by the young Gu Xiujing when he was dying.

  At that time, Gu Xiujing had a lot of schoolwork, and as the eldest son, he was placed with high hopes by the Gu family. The ardent hope and harsh teaching almost bent his back. Only when he feeds the cat in that small world can he feel a little happiness.

   A little crumbs, a glass of water. For some reason, the little man raised the cat.

  At first, Gu Xiujing was worried that this cat would be discovered by Gu's mother, until the little milk cat grew up, and it has been safe and sound for a year.

  He gradually relaxed his vigilance.

   Until the cat raised by him was drowned in the lotus pond in the backyard.

  Big lotus flowers covered the dead body of the cat in the pool. When Gu Xiujing found it, the dead body was already swollen.

  Bursts of stench rushed towards him, making Gu Xiujing overwhelmed. He knelt on the ground and even vomited out the acidic water in his stomach.

  That night, Gu Xiujing developed a high fever.

  In a daze, he seemed to hear the voices of his mother and father.

  They insisted on their own opinions and argued endlessly.

  Mother Gu's voice was very low: "It's just a small animal, if you kill it, you will kill it. The master said that Jing'er's schoolwork has deteriorated a lot recently, and I will never allow him to play around at this time!"

   "Jing'er is still a child of a few years old, are you being too strict with him like this?" Gu's father's voice was full of disapproval and reproach to Gu's mother.

"I'm strict? Who am I doing this for?!" Gu's mother was a little agitated. It’s because others don’t even know the name of Lord Guo. You have to muddle through, and I won’t stop you. But Jing’er is still young, so I have to plan for him. If you don’t suffer a lot now, how can you gain a foothold in this capital in the future?”

   "Unreasonable! Now that the child is lying on the bed, don't you, a mother, feel any distress?"

  Mother and child are connected, how can Gu's mother not feel distressed. But she couldn't help it, Gu's father didn't live up to it, and she was a woman herself. There is always someone to prop up the huge courtyard.

   Father Gu's question made Mother Gu silent for a long time. After an unknown amount of time, she finally spoke again, her voice tired and hoarse: "People are born to gain and lose, and this cat is the same. When Jing'er becomes stronger, she can keep what she wants. In time, he will understand me."

  Little Gu Xiujing didn't understand anything at that time, but now she does.

  For the first time, he raised his head to look at Gu's mother's face seriously. She was wearing a dark blue dress and her hair was neatly arranged. On his forehead, he wears a forehead embroidered with blessing patterns, and a ruby ​​inlaid on it is very precious.

  The corners of her mouth drooped slightly, and the skin on her well-maintained face had begun to loosen.

  The fine lines at the corners of the eyes, the silver threads hidden in the dark hair.

   It is obvious that Gu's mother is old.

  Gu Xiujing's hands clenched tightly into fists in his sleeves, his heart was beating fast. A strange impulse had broken out of the shackles, rushing through his limbs.

  The room was very quiet, and all the servants retreated far away, so as not to die if they heard something they shouldn't hear.

   "Mother, you really don't want your child to marry Jiang Luo?"

   Gu Xiujing's calm and solemn question made Gu's mother feel uneasy, and the prayer beads in her hand turned a little faster.

  "Yes, unless I die."

  Hearing Gu's mother's answer, Gu Xiujing laughed: "Mother's words are serious. As a son of man, how could I force my mother to die."

   Obviously there was a sense of relaxation in the words, but it made Gu's mother feel even more uneasy.

   "Jing'er, you—"

"Mother is right." Gu Xiujing knelt straight, and he looked directly at Gu's mother as if he really regretted: "Jiang Luo and I disregarded human relations, and disregarded mother and Gu's family regardless of virtue and unworthiness. Choose a day I will write a letter to reach the sage, asking the sage to remove my son."

   With a "click", the beads in Gu's mother's hand broke, and the beads scattered all over the floor.

  Mother Gu seemed to be meeting Gu Xiujing for the first time, his cold eyes made people panic. She stood up in a hurry, and the chair behind her made a harsh voice: "Are you threatening me?!"

  Mother Gu couldn't believe it, the old Gu Xiujing never said a single serious word to her!

  (end of this chapter)

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