C5

Because she did not want to scare Madame Gu Yu and her sorry state, Jiuniang tidied up a bit in the space. However, there was no water in the space and there was no change of clothes, so there was a limit to what she could do. But luckily after resting for a while, the unbearable pain on Jiuniang's face gradually healed. In order to hide the stench, Jiuniang tried to pull out some medicinal herbs and knead them into a ball to carefully wipe her face. She wiped it back and forth several times. Although the stench was still incomplete, it was still much better than before.

Afraid that it would delay her time, Jiuniang did not dare to stay here for too long.

Stopping being exhausted, Jiuniang would never forget that her family was almost unable to keep the pot boiling. Taking the risk of being caught by Xu Baiwan, she still secretly bought 10 jin of food. Even though she was in a sorry state, she had rested in space for two to three hours. Furthermore, she had gotten used to the heavy work she did normally, so even though her body was small and thin, she still had some strength left. Carrying ten kilograms of rice on her back, she had walked for an hour before finally returning home after the sun had set.

However, she never would have thought that what awaited her at home was actually ?

"Kneel!"

Madame Gu Yu's face was gloomy as she stood at the doorway. On her skinny face, a pair of deep-set eyes stared fiercely at Jiuniang, and her dried up hands grabbed onto Jiuniang's hair. He pulled her to the front hall to make her kneel, then grabbed the bag of food in her hands and carefully put it away.

"Mother?"

It was lucky that Jiuniang was able to walk back today. Originally, she wanted to be able to rest after coming back, but she did not expect it to be like this. She suddenly felt dizzy and her vision went black.

"Kneel!"

Madame Gu Yu didn't explain anything, she only turned around and left, no longer looking at her.

Jiuniang's body and mind were both exhausted, her head was filled with tears, she had no idea what was happening, but since Madame Gu Yu asked her to kneel, she could only kneel down obediently. It was not easy for Madame Gu Yu to pull two children from a woman's house. Normally, she would not have much to say to Jiuniang, but she had never been mistreated before. Although Jiuniang was a little depressed in her heart, she was more or less clear that this was the legendary preference of a man over a woman. In her previous life, although she was also a girl, the Gu family had eight sons from front to back, and only now did she have a daughter. In her previous life, she was also a girl, and the Gu family had eight sons from front to back.

"Hehe ?"

Thinking about it, Jiuniang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

They were indeed of different lives. Although they were both called Jiuniang, their fate was not so different.

Fortunately, Gu Jinyu had been very good to his little sister ?

Just that although Madame Gu Yu was usually not good to him, she had never punished him like this before, what was going on with him today? Did something big happen?

The more she thought about it, the more Jiuniang felt that it was possible, and furthermore, she was afraid that Madame Gu Yu was still in the fields. The Gu family didn't have their own land, so they had to rent someone else's land. It wasn't easy to dig out food in this area, not to mention the fact that they had to pay rent. Madame Gu Yu was a woman, so she had been in the field for half a day. Why had she come back so early today?

"Did something happen to my brother?"

After thinking about it, the only person Jiuniang could think of was Gu Jinyu.

Since Madame Gu Yu was so angry, it could only be him.

However, just as she was about to get up to look, she suddenly felt dizzy and then fainted.

Under the dim oil lamp, there was a tattered bamboo bed, a pile of tattered quilts, and a bloody little face. It looked extremely miserable.

A pair of scrawny hands tightly gripped the blanket, his eyebrows were furrowed, his teeth were clenched, large beads of sweat rolled down his face, and his pale lips were bloodless.

The little girl's body was stiff and tense. From time to time, she would let out a small gasp, as if she was crying or whimpering. It was more like she was scaring a nightmare.

"Jiuniang be good, everything is fine, everything is fine, big brother is here, big brother is here ?"

Gu Jinyu took a few steps forward, without caring about whether it was dirty or not, he directly sat on the floor, leaned on the edge of the bed, and gently patted her. He muttered softly, and it was strange that the sleeping Jiuniang seemed to actually understand what he was saying, and after a while, he stopped sobbing, and gradually quietened down.

After patting the window for a while and making sure that Jiuniang had gone back to sleep, Gu Jinyu slowly stood up and walked towards the window, continuing what he had just done.

On the table with the missing corner, there was a half-used wooden basin with half a basin of water. On the table, there was even a handful of strange grass. Inside the room, the lighting was dim, but it did not affect Gu Jinyu, who was blind and had become accustomed to being groped in the dark. Even though his eyes couldn't see, he was still able to clearly find what he was looking for. Carefully plucking the tip of his teeth, he gently kneaded and squeezed out drops of dark green juice that slowly seeped into the water. After repeating this several times, the originally clear water slowly turned dark green. Only then did Gu Jinyu stop his hands from moving, and he had pretty much used up all the grass on the table.

Gu Jinyu carefully carried the wooden basin, and a piece of soft cotton cloth appeared in his hands. Then, he slowly walked towards the bedside.

"I'll do it!"

Madame Gu Yu opened the door and strode forward, attempting to take away the wooden basin in Gu Jinyu's hands. Unexpectedly, Gu Jinyu turned his body slightly to the side and said, "I am fine with it."

Shaking his head, although Gu Jinyu could not see it, he still avoided Madame Gu Yu's face. He walked straight to the bedside, put down the wooden basin, dipped the cotton cloth in the basin's water and carefully wiped Jiuniang's face. Although he could not see it, he could still accurately avoid Jiuniang's eyes, ears and nose.

Under the dim oil lamp, his white jade-like fingers were stained with the deep green colored juice. Time and again, he rubbed the broken pustules on Jiuniang's face.

The pustules released a terrible stench, and the entire room became extremely unpleasant, but Gu Jinyu acted as if he did not smell anything, and just kept on wiping the pustules.

"This ? this isn't appropriate!"

Madame Gu Yu awkwardly stood behind Gu Jinyu, she nervously rubbed her hands together, her sunken eyes filled with unease.

There were several times when she wanted to go up and grab the towel in Gu Jinyu's hand. His hand was Duan Wen Wen's hand, how could he do this kind of work.

"What's wrong with that?" If not for me, what else could Jiuniang do? "She was hurt, and as an elder brother, I don't have the ability to protect her. Don't tell me that I can't even clean her up?"

Baji threw the cotton towel into the basin, and the dirty water stained his entire body, but Gu Jinyu did not seem to feel anything, he only raised his head, with a pair of clear eyes filled with anger, he quietly stared at Madame Gu Yu.

"You ?." You... This ? this is her ? She should... "

Twisting her clothes, Madame Gu Yu originally wanted to say that she should do this, serving her family was what a girl should do, furthermore ? Besides...

However, he couldn't say what he was about to say.

That pair of abnormally clear eyes made her feel somewhat guilty.

Obviously, even though he knew that his eyes couldn't see anything, but it was as if he could see through her skin and bones. Madame Gu Yu couldn't help but take two steps back, and the gaze that landed on Jiuniang became more and more unfriendly.

"She is my sister, my sister."

In the room, it was quiet, the two of them looked at each other, and after a long while, Gu Jinyu finally opened his mouth. At the same time, he reached out and caressed Jiuniang's face tenderly, not leaving a single word on the puddle of pus on her face. Her warm fingertip gently caressed Jiuniang's face, slowly, softly as if he was afraid of hurting her, and again and again as if he wanted to carve her appearance into her heart.

She is my younger sister, my younger sister to Gu Jinyu.

Madame Gu Yu stared blankly at Gu Jinyu, and after a long while, she looked at the still unconscious Gu Jiuniang, and a taunting look flashed past her dry eyes.

Unfortunately, even though Gu Jinyu's senses were sharp, they were still unable to completely replace his blindness.

"The three of us are a family, and I hope we're all right."

After waiting for a long time, but unable to hear a response from Madame Gu Yu, Gu Jinyu could only open her mouth again.

12 or 13 years old, still a half-grown boy. In two years time, he would become an adult. If it was a normal person at this age, they would have already kissed him. They naturally wouldn't treat him as a child.

However, with his appearance and his family background ?

"It's never right for adults to fall into the hands of juniors, not to mention that Jiuniang has already forgotten about it. She's my sister now, and I don't want it to happen again. "

As Gu Jinyu said that, his clear eyes stared at Madame Gu Yu without blinking.

Instantly, Madame Gu Yu felt as if she was seen through, her expression changed greatly and her body trembled slightly. She subconsciously retreated two steps, and did not dare to look straight into Gu Jinyu's eyes.

At this moment, she suddenly had a feeling ?

He knew, he actually knew, moreover ? And it always seemed to know.

Then, his words today must be to warn him, right?

When they thought about this, Madame Gu Yu's face became so pale that it was devoid of any color. Everyone just thought that Gu Jiuniang fell into the water because she was being bullied by the children in the village. However, only she knew in her heart that she had schemed against him in order not to be suspected of having schemed against him for such a long time.

Originally, she had planned to wait until she was older and sell it to get some silver.

However ? But who knew that there were more and more pustules on her face and the stench from her body made people not dare to come close. Not to mention selling it, no one would even want it if they gave it away.

That was why she had thought of quietly killing him. She might even be able to get some compensation. However, she didn't expect this girl to be so lucky. She had obviously sunk in for a few minutes, yet she was still alive. And not only did he survive, he even seemed to have become smarter ?

"I know you're upset, but you have to remember that whether it's you or me or her, we're all dead."

Lowering her head, she laughed bitterly. Gu Jinyu knew the hatred, hatred, and anger in her heart.

But what was the use of all this?

With great difficulty, he managed to pick up a life. It wasn't easy to barely survive, so what was the point of making a ruckus again? Would he die again?

Sure enough, after Gu Jinyu finished speaking, the originally silent Madame Gu Yu immediately spoke out: "I ?. "I got it ?"

A trace of hostility flashed across her skinny face. She was unwilling, unwilling ?

But so what if he was unwilling?

"You can't blame Jiuniang for what happened today. She was just looking for trouble to begin with, even without Jiuniang."

With a deep sigh, Gu Jinyu reluctantly explained once again.

She had punished Jiuniang to kneel, and only heard that she had been wronged, but what did it have to do with Jiuniang?