As he spoke, he picked up the needle and thread and started sewing the insole blank that had been cut.
Compared with the third brother Gu Lei, the fourth brother Gu Xing's fingers are much more flexible. With years of training, he is very good at sewing insoles.
When Gu Jiu saw the other person holding the embroidery needle with her orchid finger, he couldn't help but think of the charming little boy who danced square dance with his grandmother, and it was an eyesore.
This world is so toxic.
About a quarter of an hour (15 minutes) later, Gu Xing finished sewing the first insole. Just when he was about to show it off to Gu Jiu, he found that Gu Jiu had fallen asleep.
Yes, Gu Jiu fell asleep.
Gu Jiu fell on the rattan chair and snored evenly, feeling very comfortable.
Gu Xing patted Gu Jiu's calf, trying to wake him up, but Gu Jiu's calf reflexively bounced and hit Gu Xing on the forehead with a loud bang, kicking Gu Xing several meters away.
Gu Xing touched his forehead painfully and found that the pimple in the center of his forehead had been kicked and burst. He couldn't help feeling pain and anger.
He was anxious to get Gu Jiu to work, and for a moment he forgot that Gu Jiu should not be touched while he was sleeping.
Gu Jiu is very dangerous when he is sleeping. Many people who try to contact him are always attacked. Afterwards, he said that he had no idea about it.
Everyone in the Gu family knew about this because half of the family had been attacked by him, including Gu Jiu's poor old father and Gu Xinyue, the authoritative mother of the Gu family.
He even dared to attack the head of the family, which proved that this guy was not pretending.
If Gu Jiu's father had not desperately held on to the thigh of Gu Jiu's mother, who was beaten so hard that she had a panda eye, Gu Jiu would probably have suffered a crazy attack from the head of the family.
It's scary enough when women get angry on Earth, but it's even more exaggerated in this world.
In the end, after Gu Jiu's father was beaten and screamed all night, Gu Jiu was spared corporal punishment, but was still put in solitary confinement for half a month.
After that, it became a tacit understanding in the family that Gu Jiu couldn't be touched when he was sleeping. Unexpectedly, Gu Xing got so excited today that he forgot about it!
After being tricked, Gu Xing learned his lesson and picked up a stick to poke Gu Jiu's belly.
But as soon as the stick was poked, Gu Jiu's belly bulged out like an inflated sheepskin raft, causing the stick to retreat and hit Gu Xing's abdomen with a "pa" sound.
Gu Xing half-knelt on the ground, in so much pain that he even vomited yellow water.
At this time, Gu Xing wanted to cry and sob loudly.
He can't stand this grievance!
He suffered for many years, while Gu Jiu enjoyed happiness for many years. What’s so great about being good-looking?
Today I finally had the chance to see Gu Jiu making a fool of himself while sewing things, but I didn't expect that he actually fell asleep.
What the hell have you become? You can’t even sleep like a pig!
After a while, Gu Jiu woke up, shook his head, and said in confusion: "Ah, how long have I been sleeping? Hey, Fourth Brother, what's wrong with your forehead?"
Gu Xing: “…”
Gu Lei: “…”
As a bystander, Gu Lei witnessed the whole scene and really didn't know how to describe his feelings.
Yes, he was once jealous of Gu Jiu for being good-looking and not having to work, but compared to Gu Xing, he had gradually accepted this setting and was not as unwilling as Gu Xing.
What Gu Jiu is worried about now is getting married, while what they are worried about is not being able to get married.
We have the same parents, why does he look so good while we look so ordinary?
Gu Xing covered his stomach, enduring the pain, and said to Gu Jiu: "If you don't work, you probably won't have lunch today. Mother said that you can only eat after you finish your work, including you."
Gu Jiu looked embarrassed and said a little aggrievedly: "Brother, but I don't know how to do it."
If Gu Xing was a girl, she would probably be soft-hearted when faced with Gu Jiu's handsome face and aggrieved look.
But Gu Xing was not a woman, but a jealous guy. He gloated and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. Sewing insoles is very energy-consuming. My third brother and I don't have time to help you."
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Then you sew one first and I'll learn."
Gu Xing sneered and began to demonstrate his skilled skills, while his third brother Gu Lei couldn't help but sigh softly.
He knew that sewing insoles looked easy, but it was not easy to do in reality. When he was learning it, his fingers were pierced with countless small holes. He couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Gu Jiu's subsequent situation.
Gu Jiu felt so bored watching Gu Xing sewing insoles that he couldn't help yawning. Halfway through, his eyelids started to droop again and he fell asleep again.
Seeing Gu Jiu fall asleep again, Gu Xing was so angry that he found a feather duster.
He was afraid of being hurt by mistake again, so he gently scratched Gu Jiu's cheek with the feathers on the feather duster.
"Stop it." Gu Jiu touched his itchy face and woke up from his drowsiness. He said drowsily, "Ah, have you eaten yet?"
"Eat your big chicken leg and get to work!" Gu Xing said depressedly.
Gu Jiu looked at Gu Xing and yawned, "We'll sew five pairs each today, right?"
Gu Xing nodded and said, "Yes."
Looking at Gu Jiu's nonchalant look, Gu Xing seemed to have seen Gu Jiu screaming in pain from being pricked by the needle, and he couldn't help feeling excited.
At this time, Gu Jiu picked up the needle and several insole blanks, put them together, and then took a long breath.
After the next few dozen breaths, a cool breeze blew into the room, causing Gu Xing and Gu Lei to squint their eyes slightly.
When the wind stopped, five pairs of sewn insoles were already placed in front of Gu Jiu.
Under the almost suffocating gazes of Gu Xing and Gu Lei, Gu Jiu stretched and said, "This kind of thing is really difficult. I'm exhausted. I'm going to sleep. Remember to call me when it's time to eat."
After saying this, a steady snoring sound came from his nose.
With two ding sounds, two embroidery needles fell to the ground. Gu Xing and Gu Lei slapped their faces to confirm that this was not a dream or an illusion.
How the hell is this possible!!!
Gu Xing picked up the pairs of perfectly sewn insoles in front of Gu Jiu and felt his world collapse.
This must be a fucking hallucination!!!
Thinking of this, Gu Xing picked up the weapon and hit himself on the butt, and then a pig-killing scream suddenly sounded in the house.
……
No one knew how Gu Jiu completed the task in less than a hundred breaths, just as no one knew when he would fall asleep.
Gu Jiu just took a quick look at how Gu Xing did it, and then he learned how to do it.
With his current abilities, even Dongfang Bubai, the most skilled acupuncturist in martial arts novels, would have to call him Grandpa, let alone a few pairs of insoles.
Chapter 7 Sister Xiaoxiao
If Gu Jiu's beauty made fourth brother Gu Xing jealous beyond recognition, then Gu Jiu's performance in sewing insoles today would probably make him so jealous that his face would explode like a chrysanthemum.
Gu Xing gets angry every time he thinks about how his younger brother Gu Jiu doesn't have to work just because of his pretty face. This is the same as in modern society where beautiful women get jealous when they follow tall, rich and handsome men.
Being a boy is already stressful, and with a younger brother like this, Gu Xing's pressure is even greater.
He was not as open-minded as Gu Lei, so his depression accumulated and turned into acne, which crawled onto his face.
As a result, his face, which was not good-looking to begin with, became even uglier, and he couldn't help but feel even more depressed, and this vicious cycle continued.
Gu Xing originally thought that by watching Gu Jiu make a fool of himself today, he could relieve his recent depressed and almost abnormal mood.
But what was unexpected was that Gu Jiu completed the sewing of the insole in an incredible way. Not only was his speed extremely fast, but his degree of completion was even higher than his.
At this point, Gu Xing was not only jealous of Gu Jiu's face, but also jealous of Gu Jiu's craftsmanship, and his face couldn't help but twisted.
Gu Xinyue secretly observed him several times and found that although Gu Jiu slept a lot every day, he was still able to complete the tasks with quality and quantity. So she decided not to rush to marry him.
Although the Gu family is considered a wealthy family in Linshui Town, it is still a step away from the real upper class, not to mention compared with the families in big cities like Yanyang City.
In Gu Xinyue's mind, if she wanted the Gu family to squeeze into the upper class of Linshui Town, she could rely on her eldest daughter Gu Ningshuang who had entered the Yunshan Sword Sect, and her beautiful youngest son Gu Jiu was her other card.
At first she was in a hurry to marry Gu Jiu, firstly because of Gu Ningshuang's suggestion, and secondly because Gu Jiu was too lazy.
For a family like theirs, a boy should be somewhere between a lady from a wealthy family and a beautiful girl from a common family. Even if he doesn't have to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, he must at least be good at embroidery and weaving.
Because men who master these skills are often better at managing the household and are more likely to be favored by upper-class families.
In everyone's perception, Gu Jiu's laziness made it impossible for him to be skilled in embroidery and weaving, so he would not be very "valuable". However, no one expected that Gu Jiu, who had just worked for two days, showed amazing talent.
Not only are the insoles sewn to be durable and beautiful, but the embroidery on the back is also a unique feature.
Even Gu Xinyue was amazed by the half chrysanthemum he embroidered yesterday.
If such a Gu Jiu is trained further, she will definitely be a rare treasure. Not to mention marrying someone from an upper-class family as a mistress, it is possible for her to become a mistress.
By then, the Gu family will have a strong support, and coupled with the fact that the eldest daughter of the Gu family has made some achievements in the sect, won’t it soar to the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?
The head of the family, Gu Xinyue, was very happy with her plan and quickly rejected all those who proposed marriage, saying that the child was still young and she couldn't bear to let him go.
A few days later, Gu Jiu successfully escaped the crisis of being married off with the help of her skills.
He only embroidered half a flower every day, which took less than an incense stick of time (5 minutes), and then he would go back to sleeping as usual.
On this day, Gu Jiu, who was squinting in the sun, suddenly felt that the sky was overcast. He opened his eyes involuntarily, and then a not too deep ravine appeared in his sight.
He raised his head slightly and saw his sister's cute face.
The women in this world are of relatively high appearance, generally above five points. With a little grooming, they can be considered beauties on Earth.
Gu Xiaoxiao, who is two years younger than herself and is fourteen years old this year, can be considered an eight-point beauty. She has fair skin with a rosy glow, big eyes, and a cute bob hairstyle. She is really good-looking.
But Gu Jiu had no interest in this younger sister. First, he was lazy and didn't want to deal with others. Second, this younger sister, like her elder sister Gu Ningshuang, looked down on male compatriots, especially Gu Jiu who didn't work.
This cannot be blamed on Gu Xiaoxiao. The world environment is that women are superior to men. She has been influenced by this since she was a child, so it is not surprising that she has been influenced.
Gu Jiu and Gu Xiaoxiao have always kept their distance from each other, but they didn't expect that this girl would come to their door today.
Gu Xiaoxiao was smiling and looked like a little fox.
She looked at Gu Jiu and suddenly said gently: "Brother, you are awake."
After hearing the word "brother", Gu Jiu felt it was a bit fresh, because Gu Xiaoxiao probably hadn't called him "brother" for several years, and usually just called him by his name.
Today the girl was wearing a white silk blouse, which looked very soft, like moonlight, and paired with a pink gauze skirt, she looked even more beautiful than the peach blossoms in the yard.
Gu Jiu stared at the white spot on the other person's chest when she leaned over, raised an eyebrow and said, "Little sister, is there something wrong?"
Gu Xiaoxiao nodded quickly, then poked her finger and said a little embarrassedly: "I want to ask you for a favor."
Gu Jiu wrinkled his nose and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Help me embroider something on my clothes." Gu Xiaoxiao stammered.
After hearing this, Gu Jiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking: "As expected, I am asked to work."
As a brother, I couldn't refuse the first request made to me by such a beautiful and lovely sister in so many years.
If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely agree directly. After all, the family is still dominated by women. However, Gu Jiu is not an ordinary person. He is a lazy person, an extremely lazy person.
So he asked, "First, tell me what you want me to embroider. Is the pattern big? I won't do it if it takes too long."
After hearing this, Gu Xiaoxiao pouted and complained in her heart: "I came to you to give you face, but you ended up serving it."
However, she remained calm and said with a cheerful face: "Brother, it's not difficult. It's just embroidering a sword and a cloud."
Gu Jiu suddenly remembered something and said, "Looks like the Yunshan Sword Sect's logo?"
Gu Xiaoxiao nodded immediately and said, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Gu Jiu's elder sister Gu Ningshuang would return home once a year. Every time she returned home, she would wear the Yunshan Sword Sect's uniform, which had a symbol of a sword and a cloud intersecting on the chest.
The sword was half hidden in the white clouds, and it looked like it was inserted into a very high mountain. It was simple and freehand, so Gu Jiu had some impression of it.
Gu Jiu coughed and said, "This thing is equivalent to a 'copycat'. Are you sure that Big Sister won't expose the fakes when she comes back?"
Gu Xiaoxiao didn't understand what the term "shanzhai" meant, but she understood what fighting against counterfeiting meant. She couldn't help but pout and said, "I'm just wearing it for fun. My eldest sister only comes home once during the Chinese New Year, so I won't wear it when she comes back."
Gu Jiu nodded and said, "I can help you embroider it, but I have one condition."
Gu Xiaoxiao frowned slightly and said with some displeasure: "Brother, do you have any conditions for embroidering something for your sister?"
Gu Jiu said: "Of course. Just because you are pretty doesn't mean I should work for nothing. Look, I have to do so much every day and I don't even have time to rest."
Gu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and thought to herself, "There are twelve hours in a day, and you spend nine of them sleeping. That's not even a break?"
But she still held her temper and said, "What do you want? I'll even give you my pocket money for this month."
Gu Jiu let out a long breath and said, "I don't want your money, but can you ask my mother to give me a few days off?"
Chapter 8 The Night is Too Late
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