Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 110. Funeral
They had already anticipated what would happen along the way, and of course, they had prepared some tools.

So when Gu Kaiping and his group arrived at Liu Pingkang's carriage and saw the hoes and straw mats, they were angry but helpless.

I've never felt so directly that the lives of these people are simply nothing.

"Lord Liu, we need to borrow three hoes, but we don't know about straw mats?" Seeing that his two elder brothers hadn't spoken, Gu Kaiyuan had no choice but to take on the task.

Even if there's no coffin, a straw mat should still be provided.

“This will have to be bought with money,” Liu Pingkang said. Even though he had a relationship with Gu Kaiyuan, he couldn’t let his brothers’ interests be harmed, not to mention that he also had a share in it.

"That's to be expected," Gu Kaiyuan said, fumbling around before realizing he didn't have a single copper coin on him. "I wonder how many you need?"

Liu Pingkang looked at the three brothers and said, "For the sake of our friendship, here's one tael of silver."

He could ask for less, but knowing that the three Gu brothers were not on good terms, he decided to follow the usual practice.

Besides, Gu Kaiyuan is very generous; he wouldn't care about a tael or two of silver.

Gu Kaiyuan was a little embarrassed. "Brother, do you have any silver on you? I don't."

Gu Kaiping, “…” If you have no money, why are you asking so many questions?

But she was his biological mother, and he couldn't bring himself to say he didn't have any. With a heavy heart, he took out a tael of silver from his pocket and said, "Third brother, you have to help me share half of this, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to your sister-in-law when I get back."

Gu Kaiyuan glanced at him and nodded. "Consider this money as a loan from my elder brother. I'll ask Suihe for it later."

Holding three hoes and carrying a mat, the three brothers returned to the oxcart.

"Father, we've borrowed the things, but where should we choose the location?"

Gu Baijiang looked around. This place was all barren mountains and wilderness, with no good feng shui at all.

He pointed to a high ground and said, "That place should be pretty good, and it's easy to spot. You promised your mother you'd help her move her grave later, so just settle it anywhere for now."

The three brothers then picked up their hoes and headed towards the high ground they had just been on. Gu Kaichen asked, "Big brother, do you think the three of us can dig this up?"

He's never done manual labor before, how could he possibly do something like this?

“It’s just the three of us doing it ourselves,” Gu Kaiping said, his voice somewhat dejected. “At a time like this, who would be willing to help us?”

We're not related by blood or marriage, so it's already good enough that they didn't kick us when we were down. Who knows what strange things those people were whispering about behind our backs.

The three brothers found an open space and began to dig.

But this mountainous terrain is not so easy to dig. Gu Kaichen had only just dug up a little bit of soil when he was already exhausted. "I walked for a whole day before and my feet got blisters. Now, after just a couple of digs, my hands are already blistered."

“This soil is a bit hard,” Gu Kaiping said, his hoe hitting a rock with a thud that made his arm go numb. He was tempted to give up.

"How about we go somewhere else?"

Gu Kaiyuan looked around and said, "If you want the soil to be looser, you can only find those low-lying areas, but they are prone to water ingress."

“But with just the three of us, even if we dig all night, we still won’t be able to dig it out.” Gu Kaichen simply put the hoe aside. “Kaiyuan, why don’t you go find those two strong men from the Bai family to help? It would be a way to fulfill your filial duty to the Bai family.”

Gu Kaiyuan knew he couldn't avoid this issue. After thinking for a moment, he didn't agree immediately. Instead, he said, "I can ask them for help, but even with them, we definitely won't be able to handle it well tonight. How about we contribute some money? I believe someone will be willing to help."

"This is, after all, our mother's funeral arrangements, and we as her children cannot be too careless." Thinking of Xu Huizhen, this time, surprisingly, Gu Kaiping and the others did not object.

The three brothers discussed it and decided to put down their hoes and head straight down the mountain.

Seeing them return so quickly, Gu Baijiang was a little surprised. "You guys are done so fast?"

“Dad, we can’t do it at all. The soil there is very hard and there are a lot of stones,” Gu Kaichen stretched out his palm and pointed to the small blisters on it. “We’ve only managed to dig through a thin layer, and our hands are already blistered.”

If it were just the three of us working, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to finish the job even if we worked until tomorrow morning."

"Then what do you three mean?" Gu Baijiang's face darkened. "Who said you lost your mother?"

If they treat the mothers who gave birth to them like this, what will become of him in the future?
“Father, how could we dare to have such thoughts? We just want to bury Mother as soon as possible,” Gu Kaiping said quickly. “We want to come back and ask some people to go and help.”

"Who will help us now?"

“We said we’d give them some money, and someone will be willing to do it.”

Gu Baijiang pondered for a moment and agreed with their reasoning. He took out a silver ingot from his pocket and said, "Then find a few strong men and make sure they do it nicely."

Gu Kaiping took it and breathed a sigh of relief; at least this time he didn't have to bleed again.

He turned to look at Gu Kaiyuan, who immediately said, "I'll go get help right away."

"Third brother, do we not need to give those two from the Bai family any more money?" Gu Kaichen stopped him just as he was about to leave.

"No need for that, I still have that much face." Gu Kaiyuan finished speaking and turned away, leaving Gu Kaichen to suffer the injustice of being a petty person.

Zhuang Datou and the others really have to help this time, otherwise Bai Suihe might be criticized behind her back.

Bai Suihe had also changed into a simple outfit and was waiting there early.

Gu Kaiyuan nodded slightly to her, "I'll come and pick you up."

"Dongmei, stay here and keep watch. The rest of you should go and help," Bai Suihe suggested. They couldn't stand idly by at this time.

"The one who understands me is Suihe." Gu Kaiyuan walked over and helped Bai Suihe up, and then the group walked sadly toward the Gu family's oxcart.

“Father,” Bai Suihe said, her eyes red, bowing to Gu Baijiang, her voice choked with emotion.

Gu Baijiang felt a lump in his throat. “…” He’d cried at the wrong grave. Ugh! This Bai family is really unlucky.

He waved his hand impatiently, "Go and follow your eldest and second sisters-in-law to see your mother off on her final journey."

Gu Kaiyuan helped Bai Suihe up, saying, "If there's anything you don't understand, just ask your sister-in-law."

At this moment, the curtain of the Gu family's carriage had been lifted, and the Gu family members were all kneeling outside the carriage.

Bai Suihe walked over and knelt behind Xu Yulan, "Mother, how could this happen so suddenly..."

Seeing that Chunxiang had already gone over to serve, Gu Kaiyuan then stood aside with Zhuang Datou and the others to wait.

"Second brother, hasn't eldest brother sent anyone over yet?"

"They're still negotiating with the Chen family. Lord Chen said he could leave this matter to his sons, but I just don't think they're very reliable." Gu Kaichen said with some dissatisfaction. Although the Chen family members were tall, could they really do heavy work?