What to do if you have too many golden fingers? Walk sideways!

Chapter 193 I am not a beggar!

The reason why Gu Chao was willing to put aside his status as a rich young master and work as a waiter was because the restaurant provided meals, so he could eat his fill and secretly bring some food to Aunt Mei.

As for the others, they could only eat vegetable porridge and steamed corn bread every day to get half full.

Even the previously arrogant Gu Wei now had a pale face.

It seems that we can’t survive this day.

"Father! Mother! Aunt! Good news!" Gu Chao rushed into the yard.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Isn't this the busiest time for the restaurant? Don't worry you've lost this job too!" Li had a sharp-tongued look to begin with, and now that she wasn't eating enough and had lost weight, she looked even more mean.

Gu Chao ran over excitedly and said:

"Just now I saw Sister Ying and the eldest wife's Gu Ping and Gu Yuan across from the restaurant. They are now dressed no worse than before when they were in the mansion. I asked and found out that the court has rehabilitated the Gu family and they are going back to Beijing! We can go back too!"

Hearing him say this, Gu Wei was the first to rush out and asked in disbelief:

"Really? We can go back to Beijing now?"

Gu Chao nodded heavily and said:

"It's absolutely true! Moreover, my father can be reinstated!"

This news was like a thunderclap, shocking everyone present.

Li was immediately overjoyed and hurried to the room to find Gu Yunze.

Gu Yunze lay on the tattered wooden bed, feeling exhausted, his stomach empty and so hungry that he didn't want to get out of bed at all.

He was either sighing or complaining all day long, and Li hadn't been nice to him for many days.

At this moment, Li ran in with a happy face and shouted:

"master!"

Gu Yunze even felt like he was hallucinating.

Hasn't Li been calling him useless these days?

Why are you calling me master all of a sudden?

"Our Gu family has been rehabilitated! Master, we can return to Beijing, and you can be reinstated!" Li excitedly pulled him up.

When he heard that the Gu family was rehabilitated and he could be reinstated, Gu Yunze's eyes suddenly lit up. He suddenly got off the bed, then fell back with a thump, feeling dizzy.

Li was startled and quickly fed Gu Yunze a bowl of water, and asked Aunt Ju to get a steamed bun.

At this time, Gu Chao also came in and repeated what had happened just now.

Gu Yunze took a big bite of the steamed bread, then spat it out with a "Puh" sound, threw the steamed bread to the ground, and said:

"I am about to be reinstated, who would want to eat steamed bread? Why can the eldest wife live in the inn and wear brocade clothes, but we who are implicated by the eldest wife cannot? Let's go! Let's go to the inn too!"

Aunt Mei on the side said worriedly:

"But we have offended the eldest family before, will they care about us?"

A fierce look flashed in Qi's eyes:

"How dare she! Although the Gu family has been rehabilitated, Qi Lan'er has lost her husband. She is a widow with several children. In the future, she will have to rely on our second branch. Right now, the only official in our Gu family is our master!"

When everyone heard what Qi said, their hearts were filled with hope, as if they saw the former glory and wealth beckoning back to them.

The family packed their luggage in a hurry. Actually, there was not much to pack, so they sold everything that could be sold.

At the door of the inn, the innkeeper saw that the family was dressed in rags and thought they were beggars, so he asked the waiter to bring out two steamed buns and a bowl of leftover food.

Gu Yunze was furious and raised his hand to knock the bowl to the ground:

"How dare you treat me like a beggar?!"

The shopkeeper frowned, walked over, and said unhappily:

"You, I feel sorry for you and gave you some food. It's fine if you don't appreciate it, but why did you break our bowls? Forget it, forget it. You look so poor and can't afford to pay for the bowls. Hurry up and leave!"

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Gu Yunze became even more furious and said angrily:

"I am an official appointed by the imperial court. I am staying at the hotel today. Why would I care about your steamed buns and leftovers?"

After saying that, he waved his sleeves, as if he wanted to show off his authority, but unfortunately——

His clothes were so torn that even the sleeves were gone, so he could only wave his arms.

The shopkeeper then heard clearly that he called himself "this official" and looked him up and down. He was right, a beggar with patched clothes.

But the shopkeeper had a good temper and said patiently:

"Sir, do you want to stay in a regular room or a superior room? How many rooms do you want? We have to pay first in our inn."

Gu Yunze straightened his back, cleared his throat, and said:

"Of course we have to go upstairs. Open four rooms for me first! As for the money, didn't you have a few distinguished guests in your store today? The one named Qi Lan'er is my sister-in-law, and she has three children. One is my daughter, and the other two are my nephews and nieces. You can settle the bill with them."

Seeing that the beggar was talking nonsense, the shopkeeper waved his hand impatiently and said:

"Go away, you poor bastards, you're trying to imitate others and stay in a hotel!"

There were indeed a few distinguished guests who came today and stayed in the upper room, but the family looked very rich, so how could they be the relatives of this group of beggars? Most likely they came here to eat and drink for free.

The shopkeeper was worried that they would affect business at the door, so he called a few waiters and kicked them out.

Gu Yunze's face became extremely ugly, and he shouted loudly:

"Sister-in-law! Yuan'er! I'm your second uncle, come out quickly!"

"Ying'er! I'm your father. I'm here to see you!"

Qi was in the room and was very confused when she heard the shouting downstairs.

Gu Ping said angrily:

"Mom! Let's ignore them! If they come, it's bound to be bad!"

Nanny Yun could understand Qi's helplessness and said:

"Second Miss, of course Madam doesn't want to care about them, but if we let them yell, it will be disrespectful. If they continue to talk nonsense outside, it will ruin the reputation of our Gu Mansion."

Aunt Lian hugged Gu Ying, saying nothing, with a worried look in her eyes.

Gu Yuan lay on the handrail of the stairs, looked down through the gap for a while, then ran back and said:

"Mom, my second uncle's family is dressed like beggars and is fighting with the shop assistants at the door."

Nanny Yun shook her head and said:

"Oh, forget it. He is Yingjie's father after all. Madam, please don't show up. I will take some silver and send them away."

Qi nodded and said:

"Then let's do it. If it was in the past, it would be fine. But when we return to the capital, the children's reputation is still important. Give them some silver, and when we return to the capital, we will live separately from them and not interfere with each other. Aunt Lian, what are you and Ying'er going to do?"

Aunt Lian said hurriedly:

"Madam, please don't chase me away. Yingjie and I definitely can't go back to the second room, otherwise we will be beaten to death by them."

Aunt Lian was not worried that Qi would drive her away, but she was afraid that the gang of scoundrels in the second house would try to snatch her away.

Qi saw her worry and said:

"You don't have to be afraid. As long as you don't want to go, he can't do anything to you. After all, you and Ying'er have been sold by them. The indenture is still with me. No one can take you away."

"Thank you, ma'am!" Aunt Lian said gratefully, and pulled Gu Ying along to kowtow to Qi.