Gu Fei fell asleep in a daze.

Gu Fei didn’t know how long it took, but she was woken up by the strong smell of chicken soup.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Li Chunhua pushed the door open and came in, smiling: “Sister, you’re awake. Mom has already prepared the meal. Can you stand?”

Gu Fei nodded: “Sister-in-law, give me a hand.” If there was chicken soup to drink, she would crawl over it.

Gu Fei was helped to the main room, and the two teenagers ran over happily: “Sister, you are finally back.”

“Second brother, third brother.” Gu Fei called.

At this time, a little girl with two braids that could reach the sky ran over and hugged Gu Fei’s leg, “Aunt, you are back.”

Gu Fei looked down at the small bean child and smiled. This was Gu Qing’s child, whose nickname was Xiao Cao. She was a little over three years old.

Li Chunhua hurriedly pushed her away, “Your aunt is injured, please stay away.”

Mrs. Chen took a cushion put it on the chair, and then asked Li Chunhua to help Gu Fei sit down.

The whole family also sat down.

There was a pot of chicken, a stack of cornmeal pancakes, a bowl of pickles, and a bowl of green beans on the table. This is the extent of the New Year celebrations at home.

Gu Fei’s eyes squinted when she smelled the aroma of chicken soup.

Xiao Cao sat in Li Chunhua’s arms and clapped her hands, “Oh, it’s time to eat chicken. Let’s eat——”

“Hey, after redeeming the money-losing goods, you kill the chicken to eat ?” Xiao Cao’s cheerful words were interrupted by a sharp voice, and a middle-aged woman with a droopy face and a long green cloth dress walked in from the door.

Gu Zhang frowned and said: “Sister-in-law, my Xiao Fei is not a money-losing good. Please be careful of what you say.”

“What is she if she’s not a money loosing goods?” Mrs. Qian walked in quickly and almost poked Gu Fei in the face with his finger, but Gu Fei hurriedly got out of the way.

“A girl like her is worth 20 taels of silver? If she can’t work for two years, she will get married off, and she will have to pay a dowry. Brother, I think you have lost your mind!”

Gu Zhang stood up with an ugly expression: “Sister-in-law, how much I am willing to spend to redeem Xiao Fei is our family’s business and has nothing to do with you. Our family has been separated for a long time!”

Mrs. Qian turned around and pointed at Gu Zhang and spit at him: “It has nothing to do with me? Then don’t come to our house to borrow money!”

“While I was away, you coaxed your honest eldest brother to get a tael of silver. Do you think I got the money out of nowhere?”

Gu Qing lowered his head when he heard this. He was the one who just went to his uncle’s house to borrow money.

“Give me back my money!” Mrs. Qian spread her hand with her palm facing upward.

Gu Qing looked at Gu Zhang, he knew that Gu Zhang still had two taels of silver in his hand.

Gu Zhang hesitated for a moment but then said: “Sister-in-law, I can’t pay you back the money right now. In 2 days, I will go to the city with my sons to find work. I will pay you back the money before the end of the year.”

He still had some use for the two taels of silver in his hand. He had to go to the Yamen to cancel Gu Fei’s slave registration, and he also had to transfer Gu Fei’s household registration back. This all costs money, and two taels might not be enough.

“Bah!” Mrs. Qian spat fiercely: “Don’t lie to me. The drought has been like this this year, and there is no work in the fields. Many people have all gone to the city to find work. I’m afraid there are hundreds of people under the city wall. You are going to look for work? When do you think it will be your turn?”

“I don’t care, I want the money now!”