CHAPTER 755: CHAPTER 755: I’LL GO SLAUGHTER HIM RIGHT NOW

"Shut your goddamn mouth, if anything happens to Chunyue, I’ll fucking decapitate your entire family!" He Sanlai was almost driven mad with rage, seriously wishing he could butcher He Daqian.

However, Xiao Ji dropped a bombshell: "Your wife is fine. The Young Master took her pulse, she fainted because she’s pregnant."

"What? What did you say!" He Sanlai almost passed out himself: "You’re saying Chunyue is pregnant? I’m going to have a son?"

Xiao Ji said: "I don’t know if it’s a son, but Sister Chunyue is definitely pregnant. You should hurry in and take her back home. The Young Master said she needs to be well-nourished and take some fetus-preserving medicine for several days."

"Eh eh eh, I’ll go right in." While He Sanlai said this, he didn’t forget to shout at Fourth Son He and He Daqian: "Did you two pieces of old livestock whose ancestors’ graves have been dug up to build kitchens hear that? My Chunyue is pregnant! I’m gonna be a father!"

After He Sanlai finished speaking, he no longer bothered with Fourth Son He and He Daqian, and swaggered into the workshop residence, finally able to stand tall and be a man after years of ridicule.

It took a while for Fourth Son He and He Daqian to snap out of it: "He Sanlai’s seed has sprouted? Is God blind, letting him have offspring?"

"Pah, the fact that you two have offspring is what makes me think God has gone blind! Get lost, if you fucking linger around here again, I’ll have Dayuan arrest you and make you kneel in the ancestral hall until New Year’s," Village Chief He was truly sick of He Daqian and Fourth Son He; why can’t these two dogs learn anything good?

While everyone was talking, He Dayuan and Wang Yongfu came out, and upon seeing them, Fourth Son He and He Daqian ran like they’d seen a ghost.

He Dayuan and Wang Yongfu had beaten them up several times before; if they didn’t run, their legs might be broken again.

...

By the time He Sanlai arrived at the spice workshop, Mo Chunyue had already awakened, half-reclined in the room where Mrs. Cui was doing the accounts.

"Wife, wife, how are you feeling?" He Sanlai held Mo Chunyue’s hand, his own shaking with excitement: "Am I really going to be a father?"

Mo Chunyue, still deadly pale, now had the strength to talk and nodded with a smile: "Yeah, we’re going to be parents."

At her words, tears started to fall; with a child, they wouldn’t have to be ridiculed anymore – her life was now complete.

He Sanlai was even more elated than Mo Chunyue, bursting into tears: "I never thought I could be a father... I will definitely work hard to earn money and support him, I won’t let him suffer."

Mo Chunyue knew He Sanlai had turned bad for two reasons, one because they were poor, the other because his parents died early. Hearing these words, she understood the bitterness in his heart, and her tears fell even harder.

Gu Jinli frowned upon hearing this and said: "If you keep crying, the child will be scared away."

With that single sentence, He Sanlai was so frightened he dared not make a sound.

Gu Jinli said: "You don’t have to work today. Take your wife home and take good care of her."

He then took out two taels of silver: "This is your and your wife’s wages and bonus. The New Year’s gift and the fetus-preserving medicine will be delivered to your home by Feng Lian, go back home."

"Eh, thank you, Young Master." Mo Chunyue was the first to react, nudging He Sanlai, who then supported Mo Chunyue back home.

Mo Chunyue not laying an egg for four years and suddenly becoming pregnant became the village’s new gossip, overshadowing the affair of their family distributing mutton to the workers.

And the village women were so fierce, not only did they gossip about this over tea and dinner, but they even whispered about what position could have led to the pregnancy.

Gu Jinli was busy in the workshop for one whole day, handing out silver, and came back dead tired. With her keen hearing, she overheard these talks... She told herself, her sister was pure, her sister knew nothing.

After wrapping up the workshop’s payday, Gu Jinli became idle. The next day, she lazed in bed without getting up, with Xiao Ji bringing her lunch to the room.

Xiao Ji complained, "Young Master, why are you so lazy that you won’t even get up to eat?"

Gu Jinli turned over and sprawled out on the bed, replying, "I have money, and I’ll do as I please."

Xiao Ji pursed his lips and stopped nagging, but he reminded her, "Good Brother An said he will distribute the profits to everyone in the afternoon, so you better get up."

Today, Gu Jin’an was busy calculating the year-end profits for several families. Once finished, he could finally rest.

Gu Jinli nodded, "Mm, I know, call me before the afternoon."

Gu Jinli must have been genuinely tired. After eating lunch and moving around a bit, she nestled in her room for a nap until Xiao Ji woke her up before the hour of shen, and she got up to go distribute the silver profits to the families.

In the past three years, the tofu and spice workshops had made a considerable profit, and despite the families only receiving a ten percent share, it was quite a substantial amount of silver.

This month, the Qin family, Luo family, Old Mrs. Yan’s family, Uncle Tian’s family, Third Grandma and Third Grandpa’s family, and Gu Dafu’s and Gu Dagui’s families each received one thousand three hundred taels of silver, which attested to the thriving business.

However, Gu Dafu’s and Gu Dagui’s families received one share to split between them. Every time the money was distributed twice, Mrs. Chen would always feel pained, complaining, "Had I known, I wouldn’t have scrimped on the few taels of silver for the household registration fee; we should have split our household earlier."

Gu Dagui scolded her again, "Can’t you ever be satisfied, woman? We have so much silver, what more do you want? How much will be enough?"

Mrs. Chen retorted with hands on her hips, "No amount of silver is ever enough!"

Third Grandma angrily proposed, "How about we give you our share, then?"

Mrs. Chen was overjoyed to hear this, and her intelligence tended to escape her. She was very clever when others were scheming her silver, but became very foolish when others offered her silver freely. She actually believed Third Grandma’s words, asking ingratiatingly, "Third Aunt, are you serious? How much will you give? Rest assured, if you give your ten percent profit share to our family, we will definitely take care of you in your old age."

Third Aunt’s family had no sons, and her daughter had gone missing. She thought if they took care of Third Aunt’s family in their old age, securing that ten percent profit share would be certain.

"Pah!" Third Grandma spat directly on Mrs. Chen’s face and scolded, "These are our old bones’ burial funds, and you really want them!"

Third Grandma got a headache every time she saw her and began ushering her out, "Go on, get out. You irritate me just by being here. It’s almost New Year’s; don’t stir up this old lady’s temper."

Gu Dagui felt utterly embarrassed and quickly fled with Mrs. Chen... He swore he would have divorced her long ago if he didn’t truly love this woman; she was too much trouble for the family.

The rest of the families also took their silver and went home.

Before leaving, Elder Qin said, "I didn’t sleep well last night, I’ll have to sleep early tonight, I’m afraid not even gongs could wake me up."

Gu Jinli’s cheeks reddened, as today was the twenty-eighth, and Brother Qin was likely to return.

Indeed, Qin San Lang was punctual, saying he would return on the evening of the twenty-eighth, he did just that, with two baskets of fruits on horseback.

Upon hearing the sound of horse hooves, Gu Jinli woke up, and after a moment, she heard the familiar call of a bird.

"Young Master, that damned bird is calling again..."

Before Xiao Ji could finish, Gu Jinli opened the door and came out, "Don’t worry, I’m going to take care of it right now."