Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Third Brother, what you said is so true!
If it were your third daughter getting married, would our mother need to worry about her?
Don't you see how lively your daughter's wedding was?

Even now, after getting married, Da Niu is still a junior manager at San Ya's workshop, overseeing many young women and wives making soap.

Who doesn't know that Liu Lang and his wife cherish their eldest daughter?

As Gu Lao Si was thinking this, he saw Gu San Zhu peeking out as if afraid someone outside would hear him, which made him laugh.

Yes.

"There's a scholar who passed the imperial examination."

My nephew is a scholar who has passed the imperial examination.

Although I knew that my promising nephew was a top scholar and would definitely become a successful candidate in the imperial examinations, there's still a difference in the time it takes.

It's not that the two brothers, as uncles, love to fawn over their nephew; having a nephew who is neither lacking in fame nor wealth is precisely what gives them the confidence to be uncles.

Putting everything else aside, let's just talk about my wife's family.

In the past, well, things are completely different now. There's no longer any fear of a poor son-in-law bringing his whole family to visit. No wonder Third Brother is so happy.

“I never dreamed that what Dad said earlier about our family having a distinguished person would happen to Liu Lang. I was thinking that if it wasn’t Da Lang, it must have been Er Lang.”

Gu Lao Si nodded and smiled in agreement, thinking to himself that this was true. Among all the nephews in the family, in terms of appearance and personality, the most suitable candidate seemed to be the clever and eloquent Erlang!
“Our Erlang is so promising. In those two years, out of all the children in the village, Erlang was the only one chosen by Doctor Dong. I was even thinking that Erlang might be the first to stand out.”

Dalang, why are you glaring at me? Fourth brother, I know you don't like hearing me talk about Dalang, but Dalang wasn't like this before. He used to be such a good kid.

"I still remember when he was this young—" Gu Sanzhu stood up and gestured with his hand to indicate his height, "In the sweltering heat, he would still run to the fields every day."

Later, it was our dad who was worried about him getting too much sun, so my sister-in-law kept coaxing him to go to his maternal grandparents' house. I guess it was his maternal grandparents and my aunt who were worried that their eldest grandson was too honest and might have taught him something bad.

Otherwise, where would a perfectly good child learn such crooked ways? Even I, who am illiterate, know what it means to share both loss and prosperity.

This child has been studying and learning to read since he was little, how could he not understand this principle? He's become too close to the other side, he can't even tolerate a younger brother who is his grandparent.

If his temperament hadn't been changed by his upbringing, and if our father and eldest brother hadn't spoiled him, wouldn't that have been a great thing? Wouldn't Liu Lang have taught him a lesson? Unlike now!

My older brother told me the other day that he was undecided; he wanted to let his eldest son continue attending school, since his eldest grandson was already too old, and he couldn't afford to support his grandson's early education.

Upon hearing this, Gu Laosi's eyelids twitched, and he sensed something was wrong. He hurriedly looked at his second brother: "Listen to this, eldest brother is eyeing third brother!"
Gu Erzhu shook his head and smiled noncommittally, then shook his head at Gu Sanzhu, who was a beat slower and wanted to see his reaction, "I can't help you."

I'm really scared of him. If it weren't for Erniu's wedding, and your second sister-in-law saying that it's not easy for a woman to stay away from her own uncle and aunt, I wouldn't have wanted to go.

If you're short of cash, hurry up and buy me two acres of land. It's not just him who has a grandson; your Wulang will soon be a father too.
Your son is currently studying at school and receiving a lot of tuition. When he takes the imperial examinations, shouldn't you, as his father, save up some money for him beforehand?
You've had too many good days and you're so idle that you can't even take care of your own children, yet you're still thinking about his children and grandchildren. Do his children and grandchildren need your concern?
"If you dare to think your two daughters are so capable and then try to get them to support their brothers instead of their husbands' families, I'll beat you to death right now!"

Gu Sanzhu was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hands, "No, no, no, I didn't have that idea. My daughter is already married, how could I let her keep her thoughts on her parents' home—"

Gu Lao Si burst into laughter. "..." Gu San Zhu was interrupted by Gu Lao Si's laughter and didn't know what to say next to reassure his second brother that he had no such intentions.

He kept waving his hand, still annoyed that his younger brother was laughing, and glared at him fiercely, saying, "My second brother and I are talking about serious matters."

Gu Lao Si nodded hurriedly, trying to suppress his laughter. But as he tried to hold it in, he suddenly remembered that his second brother would never dare let his in-laws hear what he had said, and he burst out laughing again.

"What are you laughing at? Can Da Niu and San Niu be the same as San Ya?" Gu Erzhu asked, then couldn't help but laugh himself. "Your third brother is not the same as San Ya's father."

Sanya's father treated Sanya as his lifeblood. Before Sanya came back, it wasn't that he didn't have good opportunities to make a fortune, but he was afraid of dragging Sanya down and preferred to stay in the village instead of moving away.

Even though he couldn't stand the torment from the Zhou family elders in the village, he gritted his teeth and endured it, hoping to redeem Sanya smoothly and as soon as possible.

Otherwise, he would have become rich just from the tea money that some people asked him to do to curry favor with Madam Gao, asking Sanya to say a few good words to Madam Gao.

Those people who offered money didn't give five or ten taels of silver; the minimum was fifty taels. But he did it for Sanya, refusing to accept a single penny.

Leaving aside those people who approached him whom he wasn't very familiar with, even Manager Wang from Yunkelai in our city, the two of them were quite close.

Before Sanya returned, Manager Wang often tried to curry favor with Sanya's father during holidays, but he would never accept any gifts that were even slightly expensive.

In the words of Manager Wang, it's no exaggeration to say that Sanya is very filial to her father. It's rare for a father to love his daughter so much that he values ​​her more than his son.

Even now, logically speaking, Liu Lang's daughter deserves the most credit for his success, right? But look at how arrogant he is, doesn't he?
No, it's the same as before. They still like to come to me for advice whenever something happens, and they want to drag me along wherever they go.

Who would believe someone like that isn't thinking straight? So why is he asking me for advice instead of going to Daya's father-in-law? Have you figured it out yet, second brother?

瞅！
The second brother is biased towards the third brother!
And now he's broken it down into pieces and explained it to his third brother again!

When Gu Lao Si saw Gu Er Zhu talking and then asking Gu San Zhu, and patting Gu San Zhu's shoulder, he became envious. "I'm the youngest, Second Brother!"

"I know, I know, you're the youngest." Gu Erzhu patted him, both amused and exasperated. "You're so old now, you'll be a grandfather in a couple of years."

Gu Sanzhu laughed heartily, "Second Brother, have you forgotten? When Fourth Brother first became an uncle, he cried a lot. Our Mother was so scared, she thought something had happened to him—"

"Third Brother!"

"Hahaha……"

Seeing Gu Laosi's anger and embarrassment, Gu Erzhu recalled the embarrassing incident that Gu Laosi had made when he first became an uncle.

At that time, even the eldest son was not married yet, let alone the younger fourth son. Suddenly becoming an uncle and having to bring out delicious food, he was terrified and cried.

Yes, childhood was so much fun. Even the eldest was a clumsy, crybaby. It's just a pity that as they grew up, they became cleverer, but their minds also became more complicated.

Only the third son, who never cries or makes a fuss, never asks for anything, and keeps working himself to the bone, is probably not as healthy as the old man. (End of Chapter)