Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 39: Is This a Human Act?

The last bit of gratitude Sheng Shiwen felt for Gu Jiaojiao risking her life to save his mother vanished into thin air.

All that remained was anger. This was especially true considering he had skipped out on trying the liangpi today, wanting to save a little money to go see Gu Jiaojiao.

’What a joke that was.’ The thought made Sheng Shiwen so furious he could spit blood.

Seeing the veins bulge on Sheng Shiwen’s hands, Sheng Xinglian knew she had achieved her goal.

"Second Brother, don’t be angry. It’s bad for your health. You should get some rest."

With that, she bid Sheng Shiwen farewell with a whimper. The sound of her suppressed sobs made Sheng Shiwen want to march over and give Gu Jiaojiao a brutal beating right then and there.

The moment Sheng Xinglian stepped out of Sheng Shiwen’s room, she nearly burst out laughing. There wasn’t the slightest trace of sadness on her face.

She just couldn’t stand seeing Gu Jiaojiao doing well. Sure, selling liangpi from a street stall was humiliating.

But Gu Jiaojiao deserved a fate far more tragic than simple humiliation. She ought to be living in absolute misery every single day.

She had originally schemed to marry Gu Jiaojiao off to the cripple because she’d heard that Su Shuochi still received a monthly fifty-yuan stipend.

And that the two old geezers of the Su family also had pensions. That was why she had orchestrated the marriage in the first place.

Once Gu Jiaojiao got her hands on the Su family’s money, she was supposed to obediently deliver it right to her.

It wasn’t a lot, but Sheng Xinglian understood the principle that every little bit adds up.

But Gu Jiaojiao, who had been as timid as a quail in the Sheng Family home, had become a completely different person after marrying Su Shuochi.

She didn’t listen to her at all, and what was even more hateful, she wasn’t giving her the money. ’How could this be!’

’I’m the chosen one, after all!’

’I should be like the moon, high and unreachable. Everyone is supposed to worship me.’

’As for Gu Jiaojiao, who lived far too well in her past life, this time around she deserves to be like a sewer rat that anyone can step on.’

Lost in her triumphant thoughts, Sheng Xinglian didn’t see Sheng Shiwu standing around the corner.

He had just come back from Gu Jiaojiao’s place, cupping several chicken legs and a paper packet of spicy gluten strips in his hands.

Since it was high summer, his thin clothes had no pockets, so he cradled the food in his hands, afraid his family would see.

He was tiptoeing, trying to sneak back to his room, when he heard Sheng Xinglian’s voice coming from his second brother’s room as he passed by.

Hearing his own sister’s whimpering, he had felt uneasy and a wave of irritation had washed over him.

When he heard the door open, Sheng Shiwu instinctively ducked around the corner, not wanting his sister to see him.

But who would have thought that the whimpering girl would emerge without a trace of sadness on her face, looking for all the world like she was about to throw her head back and laugh.

Sheng Shiwu’s eyes reddened with fury. His own sister wasn’t just an ungrateful wretch; she was malicious to the core.

’Inciting our second brother to beat up Jiaojiao? Is that something a human being would even do?’

Recalling the foolish things he himself had done in the past, Sheng Shiwu felt an even deeper sense of apology toward Jiaojiao.

Putting himself in her shoes, if his family fell on hard times one day and Jiaojiao refused to acknowledge them...

Just the thought made Sheng Shiwu’s heart clench. ’No wonder Eldest Brother Gu fainted from rage.’

’If it were me, I’d probably drop dead on the spot!’

Seething with uncontrollable rage, Sheng Shiwu didn’t even notice that Sheng Xinglian had already gone back to her room.

"Xiao Wu, what’s wrong?" Mr. Sheng asked with concern.

He had come out to get some water and saw his third son standing at the bend in the hallway, looking utterly distraught.

"It’s... it’s nothing..." Sheng Shiwu forced himself to appear calm.

He didn’t want to disappoint his father. ’Even though my own sister is an ungrateful wretch, what he doesn’t know can’t hurt him, right?’

"You look like that and still say it’s nothing? Come to my study. Let’s talk."

"Dad, here, try a chicken leg." As they entered the study, Sheng Shiwu tried to distract his father.

Mr. Sheng was no fool. He knew his youngest son had something on his mind, and it was undoubtedly about either his daughter or Jiaojiao.

He didn’t know what good he could say about his daughter, and he certainly didn’t want to discuss her rights and wrongs with his son.

So he took the chicken leg. "You should get to bed early. You have school tomorrow."

"Okay. Dad, try one of these spicy strips, too. I’m heading back to my room."

Gu Jiaojiao had no idea that Sheng Xinglian, the female lead of the original novel, was once again secretly plotting against her.

Right then, she had just finished preparing the filling for the pork buns and was chilling it in well water. ’It’s about time I "buy" a refrigerator,’ she thought.

"Jiaojiao, you two should go to bed. I’ll get up early tomorrow to wrap and steam the buns, then I’ll head out to sell them."

Seeing that it was getting late, Su’s mother told Gu Jiaojiao and Su Shuochi to go to sleep.

When the members of the Gu Family saw Gu Jiaojiao and Su Shuochi return to their room, they also went upstairs to sleep.

There were three rooms upstairs for the five members of the Gu Family. Old Sir Gu shared a room with Eldest Brother Gu so they could look after each other.

The room Su Qinchun used to sleep in was given to Mr. and Mrs. Gu, while Second Brother Gu was given his own smaller room.

Su Qinchun moved to a small room on the first floor, next to her parents’ room. It was still much more comfortable than her old place in the countryside.

Besides, her sister-in-law had bought her a high-quality terrycloth blanket and a premium bamboo mat from the Overseas Chinese Store, leaving her extremely satisfied.

Gu Jiaojiao still needed to put Su Shuochi on an IV drip, which contained an antidote and some anti-inflammatory medication.

Once the needle was in place, she went right to sleep. This era might be poor, but with the supplies in her dimensional space, things weren’t so bad.

「The night passed without incident.」

The next day, before dawn, Mr. Su, Su’s mother, and Su Qinchun were already up wrapping buns. Second Brother Gu got up as well.

Old Sir Gu and the others were still recovering from their long-term malnourishment. After just one day of good food, they did the unthinkable and slept until broad daylight.

Mr. Su and the others had already left to sell the buns; there was no telling what time they had gone.

Gu Jiaojiao got up and made a lean pork congee, boiled a few eggs, and left some buns with various fillings in the pot.

Mrs. Gu said, embarrassed, "Son-in-law, your mother and father went to sell buns, yet here we are sleeping in so late..."

"Grandpa, Dad, Mom, Eldest Brother, your bodies haven’t recovered yet. Don’t blame yourselves. Let’s eat breakfast first."

Su Shuochi added, "I’m also sleeping straight through till morning now. It’s a wonderful feeling, much better than being so tormented by illness that I couldn’t sleep."

"Shuo Ci is right. Being able to sleep is a blessing in itself. Grandpa thanks you, Jiaojiao."

"Don’t be so formal, Grandpa! After you eat, you’ll have to help us work, hehe..."

Gu Jiaojiao said, blinking her eyes as she pointed to a large sack of peanuts in the living room.

In truth, she had shelled peanuts ready in her dimensional space, but she couldn’t think of a better task for Old Sir Gu and the others. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Jiaojiao, why did you buy so many peanuts?" Eldest Brother Gu exclaimed in surprise.

"Didn’t I say? They’re for the liangpi," Gu Jiaojiao retorted.

She knew the real meaning behind her brother’s question, but she didn’t know how best to answer.

The Gu Family was speechless.

’The Su family is actually rich!’ They had heard from Uncle Dong that the Su family was so poor they couldn’t afford meat, and that even getting enough rice to feel full was a struggle.

’He even said that their Jiaojiao threw tantrums all day and was completely unreasonable. Rumors really can’t be trusted!’

Each member of the Gu Family had two bowls of the lean pork congee, along with an egg and several buns.

It was the most filling breakfast they had eaten in many years.

Although their bodies could be nursed back to health with food, that would be too slow. So, Gu Jiaojiao put each of them on an IV drip with a few bags of medicinal fluid.

After cleaning up, the four members of the Gu Family stayed home to shell peanuts while Su Shuochi took Gu Jiaojiao to the black market.

Houzi gave Su Shuochi the money from the previous day’s sales. He had cleared a net profit of sixty yuan, which was equivalent to a manager’s entire monthly salary.