Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

It was still far from time to eat. The Gu family had always eaten dinner at 5 PM, regardless of whether it was the dead of winter or the sweltering summer.

One reason was that they wanted to wait for Gu Erlang to come home from the clinic before having dinner together, but the main reason was that the Gu family was used to having three meals a day and a snack in the evening.

When you're not hungry, you naturally eat dinner late.

Unlike other farming families who eat two meals a day during the off-season, the Ma family still eats three meals a day on weekdays, and they still finish dinner before dark.

Seeing that it was getting late, Aunt Ma declined Liu's offer to stay and took her grandchildren home first, otherwise her daughter-in-law would have to send someone to call them after preparing dinner.

As a result, she had just come out and hadn't even reached the intersection leading to her home when her eldest granddaughter told her to take a look.

On the other side?

The young couple rode together on one horse.

It was only natural that he would take care of his family and rise to prominence.

They're all incredibly good at coaxing their wives.

"Auntie, where are you going?" Zhou Banxia called out to them deliberately, avoiding the word "horse." "Wait a moment, we'll go back together—"

"Stop!" Aunt Ma shouted, then laughed. "Don't come down! Liu Lang, stop your wife! Go home, the children are waiting for you two."

People do not blame.

Gu Wenxuan quickly helped Zhou Banxia down to the ground, bowed, and waited for them to exchange pleasantries.

As the two women continued talking, Aunt Ma brought up the issue with him again. How could he possibly know how Ma Dahu and his wife were doing living behind the county government office?

If it weren't mentioned, he wouldn't have known that Ma Dahu and his wife were still living in the back of the county government office. Didn't they say they were going to move to some small courtyard they had prepared?
"I haven't seen Brother Dahu since I came back, but I heard from my senior brother that Brother Dahu and the others are working very hard." As soon as he said this, he realized that he was slow to react.

This wasn't really about asking him how Ma Dahu and his wife were doing in the house behind the county government office; it was more about getting him to put in a good word for Ma Dahu and his wife with Brother Qian.

To be honest, he had never heard that Sister-in-law Qian had invited Sister-in-law Ma to her home.

"Did Sister-in-law Qian run into Sister-in-law Ma while she was visiting recently?"

After saying goodbye to Aunt Ma and her grandchildren, Zhou Banxia was almost home. Too lazy to mount her horse again, she shook her head when she heard Gu Wenxuan ask this question.

Why are you suddenly asking about Sister-in-law Ma? Oh, I see. "No, my cousin-in-law always travels light when she comes here, otherwise many ladies would want to come with her."

Gu Wenxuan thought so too. After all, she was the wife of the county magistrate, and there were countless people trying to curry favor with her. How could he possibly bring people along and disturb the two of them in their private time?

"Besides, my cousin's wife has been busy with something for the past two weeks. Just a couple of days ago, she sent a maid to say that she couldn't get away and would have to wait until you had a day off before coming with my cousin and senior brother."

Despite Luo Jinyi's repeated requests to change her address to Qian Huaizhi as "cousin," Zhou Banxia still felt uncomfortable adding "senior brother" when it came to actually addressing him.

Gu Wenxuan smiled knowingly upon hearing this, "I thought that Sister-in-law Ma had recently seen my master's wife at our house, and Aunt Ma was trying to remind me since my master's wife hadn't invited Sister-in-law Ma into the mansion to meet her yet."

Zhou Banxia shook her head noncommittally, "If we wanted to see her, we would have done so already. Last time, when my eldest sister stayed at the county government office for two days, I sent someone to pick her up and invite Sister-in-law Ma."

My cousin's wife wouldn't usually invite ordinary relatives to our home; she's even more averse to trouble than I am. And with my senior brother Qian being such a popular and well-liked county magistrate, she has even less interest in showing favor to the female relatives of her subordinates.

Ultimately, it all comes down to different backgrounds. The education they received from childhood instilled in them the concept of dividing people into different classes. Otherwise, try replacing her with the first wife of a poor county magistrate.

Putting aside whether she needed to lower herself to act as a virtuous wife and bestow favors upon her subordinates and female relatives, how could she, as the wife of a county magistrate, simply ignore some of the wives of the powerful in Qingyang County?

It seems that the wife of the previous magistrate is the most powerful woman in the county. But alas, why didn't the previous magistrate's wife dare to give Aunt Wang a hard time? It's because Aunt Wang has the backing of the Gao family.

Can?
"She still has the confidence to do this; it would be more appropriate for her not to form cliques during Senior Brother Qian's term. Let's not talk about her anymore, hurry up, Mom should know you're back soon enough." Don't look at who has longer legs, urging me to walk faster. With your short legs, one step from me is equivalent to two of yours!
If she doesn't want to talk, then so be it. No matter how much power Luo Shi has, she won't dare to give you a hard time!

"Do you want me to help you away? Don't worry, it won't be against etiquette."

Who still cares about those old-fashioned rules of etiquette in front of their own house!
Zhou Banxia decisively placed her left hand on Gu Wenxuan's outstretched right hand and scratched it with her fingers.

"..." It seems that not only did he miss his wife terribly, but his wife missed her too! Gu Wenxuan squeezed her hand with great relief, "Let's go to bed early tonight."

“No need to study—” Cough, almost misunderstood, that rascal! Zhou Banxia glared at him, both amused and exasperated. “Hurry up and go!”

Oh dear, you're blushing again. You already have a child, yet you're still so shy. It's only possible with your wife. I can't think about it anymore, or I'll embarrass myself.

Gu Wenxuan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, then decisively put aside his distracting thoughts and thought about his son. He wondered what his son looked like now, since he hadn't seen him for half a month.

Do you think our son will start talking early, calling us "Dad" and "Mom" before he's even a year old? Your dad said you started talking early, calling "Dad" when you were eight or nine months old.

Oh right, "And you?"

"Me?" Gu Wenxuan recalled himself, not mentioning his past life, "My parents told me that when I was little, I wouldn't speak no matter who tried to coax me, but when I call them 'father' and 'mother' later, I'll speak very clearly."

That's too late.

No wonder your parents never mentioned how old you were when you started calling them "father" and "mother." Instead, they often said that so-and-so was "a late bloomer."

"I was able to call them 'father' and 'mother' a long time ago, but I was too lazy to say it until I felt like it. Otherwise, how could a child call 'father' and 'mother' clearly?"

That seems plausible.

Why does this reason sound so familiar?

You said something similar a long, long time ago!

"What are you laughing at? That's just how it is. Otherwise, who would have said that if I had been too slow to speak when I was little, she would have been complaining that our mother gave birth to a mute."

Also.

Mr. Oda?

You've convinced me.

"Based on my analysis, whether it's like you or me, our sons will most likely call us 'Dad' and 'Mom' before they turn one year old, since we're not late to start talking."

"You've already said so much, how can I object?" Zhou Banxia nodded with amusement in agreement. Should she let this guy continue?

They might just lose all sense of reason again, comparing their child to other parents to prove that their son must be exceptional because of his superior genetics.

There is nothing we can do.

Since having her son, whenever he's mentioned, she becomes so sentimental that she even talks about her beloved nephew, not caring if it hurts her brother's feelings.

"We've arrived. My sister-in-law is home."

“I know, Aunt Ma just left—” Gu Wenxuan subconsciously took over the conversation, and wanted to say—of course, my sister-in-law is definitely at home.

He was amused when he quickly realized what was happening.

Do you think I'm stupid?
Is it really appropriate to joke about the size of a small lock in public? (End of Chapter)