"Captain, you are too kind. I am just born with great strength and a strong body. I can only work hard and exert my full strength." Gu Shichu said politely and modestly to the captain.
The captain encouraged her to keep up the good work, and Gu Shichu agreed and took his note to go to the granary to move his own grain.
Little did she know how much attention her harvest had attracted.
"How come Gu Shichu has so many work points? She earns more than three or four strong laborers! Could it be that the team leader miscalculated her?" asked a sour person.
"How could it be wrong? It has to be checked every day after work. Do you think the scorekeeper is stupid? Gu Shichu has indeed become more and more capable in the past two years. She gets full work points for the work she does every day. She rarely takes leave, so how can she not accumulate a lot of work points in a year?" The other person with a clear mind explained to Gu Shichu.
"Tsk tsk, she's just a girl, but she got so much money and food. She must be able to have enough to eat every meal, right? She's so lucky!" People who have large families and eat more said enviously.
"That's right. The things she got were enough for her to live a comfortable life... After her father died, she was like a completely new person. She became smart and capable, and lived a much richer life than when her father was alive. Could it be that her father's death stimulated her and made her stronger?" Some people with creative minds were curious.
"What? Are you envious? If you are sure that she started to work hard because of her father's death, then why don't you have a father who dies first?" The others sneered.
When the curious man heard what he said, he immediately got angry and cursed, "You rotten pillar! You cursed my father to die early? I will beat you to death!"
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Gu Shichu quickly moved the food she was allocated back to her home, but the news that she had distributed a lot of food and money spread out, and immediately many people began to target her.
A group of people still wanted to be her matchmaker. They not only wanted to get her money and food, but even wanted to take her back to their family. After all, with her, they would have a strong labor force who could continuously earn money and food for their family, just like a hen that laid golden eggs.
Although Gu Shichu's previous extremely bizarre blind date conditions scared everyone away, wasn't it a long time ago that that happened? Everyone had a fluke mentality, thinking that she would give in and lower her requirements, so they wanted to give it a try.
But how could Gu Shichu give in? Not only did she not lower her requirements, she even raised them. Her reason was that the work points she earned last year were enough to prove her intelligence and ability, so the conditions had to be improved to be worthy of her.
A trick is never afraid of being old, as long as it works. This trick is particularly useful, so those who wanted to propose marriage were scared away by these harsh conditions.
Another group of people who targeted Gu Shichu were the idle, evil-minded thugs in the village. They were lazy and could not earn many work points themselves, but they were jealous of other people's gains and just wanted to get something for nothing all day long.
As a result, Gu Shichu, who was weak and helpless but had been given a lot of money and food, was treated as a fat sheep by those who bullied the weak and feared the strong and wanted to slaughter him.
Li Ergou, who had a pointed chin and monkey cheeks, found Cui Pangzi, who had a face full of fat. One of them was a gangster who couldn't even get married in his thirties, and the other was a villain who did not work all day and exploited his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law. They just happened to get together and set their sights on Gu Shichu, hoping to make a big fortune.
"Can it be done by just the two of us? Should we call a few more people?" Li Ergou wiped his nose and asked hesitantly.
Fatty Cui looked away with disgust when he saw his move, and said contemptuously, "We two grown men can't handle a little girl? Li Ergou, are you so weak? Besides, if we call more people, we have to divide the food into more portions. Are you willing to do that?"
When Li Ergou heard that they were going to give more to others, he immediately changed his mind and responded repeatedly: "You are right! It is enough for the two of us. I can't bear to share those things with others. Then let's think about how to rob that girl..."
The two villains who were looking for something for nothing began to discuss how to take Gu Shichu's money and food for themselves.
"Hehe, that girl is pretty and capable, why don't I take her in as well? I'm still in need of a wife!" After saying the serious business, Li Ergou began to daydream.
Fatty Cui was not a good person either. Thinking of the day when Gu Shichu went to distribute food, with her fair face and slender figure that could not be covered up by her thick cotton-padded jacket, he suddenly felt hot all over and said, "Damn! That girl looks so hot! I wonder what she tastes like? I want to try it too..."
Li Ergou was immediately displeased. He still wanted to occupy Gu Shichu as his wife, so he said unhappily: "I fell in love with her first, you can't snatch her from me!"
Fatty Cui was a bully who loved to bully men and women. He was arrogant and overbearing. He didn't understand Li Ergou's rebuttal and said angrily, "So what if you like her? I like her too! I really want to taste her. What can you do to me?"
"I'm already over 30 years old and finally have a chance to find a wife, but Fatty Cui is really trying to snatch her from me..."
"Just rob it, can't I afford it..."
As the two talked, they became more and more angry and started fighting.
In their conversations, they treated Gu Shichu as their own property, as if they had already obtained the ownership of Gu Shichu and could do whatever they wanted with her, without considering that Gu Shichu was not yet theirs.
The two men fought and both were beaten black and blue, but in the end, they were motivated by interests and finally gave in. They agreed that Li Ergou would let Fatty Cui have a taste of Gu Shichu, and Fatty Cui would have to get less money and food. They would split the money 40% and 60% respectively, with Li Ergou getting 60% and Fatty Cui getting 40%.
The two villains with evil intentions agreed on the time to rob Gu Shichu and began to make preparations.
Gu Shichu didn't know that someone was targeting her. She still lived her life according to her previous routine, studying on time with Zhang Weihong and spending time with Ji Mingtao at night. She lived a happy, relaxed and comfortable life.
No one goes out much in the winter, and Gu Shichu's home is at the remote end of the village, far away from the center of the village. Naturally, this makes Li Ergou and Fatty Cui more confident. They believe that with the right time, right place and right people, they are destined by God to make a big fortune.
That day, Gu Shichu was nestling in Ji Mingtao's arms, sleeping comfortably.
Ever since Gu Shichu disliked going out at night in the winter because it was too cold and therefore rarely took the initiative to look for Ji Mingtao, Ji Mingtao came to him on his own initiative. After finishing the job, he refused to leave immediately and stayed until dawn. Sometimes, even when they did nothing, he would come to find Gu Shichu and just sleep under the quilt.
When a handsome man came to her door, Gu Shichu naturally would not refuse. Of course, it was also because it would be more comfortable to have someone warm the bed in the cold winter, so she turned a blind eye to the fact that Ji Mingtao stayed more and more in her house.