Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1091 Like His Home

Why is it that no member of the Gu family has ever married a niece from the maternal family as their eldest daughter-in-law? If they have, it's always the second daughter-in-law. Gu Lao Si thinks he doesn't understand this too well.

Like his family.

His eldest daughter-in-law is his niece, and his mother always favors her. His second and third sisters-in-law have suffered a lot of grievances, and even his wife doesn't dare to mess with his eldest sister-in-law.

It's different when it's the second daughter-in-law. There's an elder sister-in-law above her. No matter how much trouble the younger sister-in-law causes, or how biased the mother-in-law is, she still has to consider who she'll live with in the future.

His mother was thinking about how she would live with her eldest son and his wife in the future, so she always made his second brother suffer. Now that his second brother has woken up, they have a grudge.

"How did it work out later?"

Gu Lao Si almost thought he had asked the question himself, but when he saw it was Gu San Zhu, he was overjoyed. It turned out he wasn't the only one wondering; his third brother couldn't hold back either.

"This brings us to your second brother, Erzhuzi." After saying this, Uncle Tian quickly glanced at the door and window, secretly relieved that everything was alright, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Nobody's here, Second Uncle."

“We won’t tell anyone, not even Second Brother.” Gu Lao Si quickly moved the chair he was sitting on more. “Second Uncle, tell us quickly.”

"...After being interrupted by the two of you, I don't know what to say anymore."

"No way, we're not just talking about this, we're already bringing up my second brother. Why would I want to switch to my second brother? Third brother, you're only two or three years younger than my second brother—"

"I won't switch," Gu Sanzhu interrupted decisively, scratching the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly. "Switching to Second Brother is even worse."

Not only in the eyes of our eldest and second uncles, but also in the eyes of our grandparents, our second brother is also our father's eldest son. The more our father dotes on our eldest brother, the more our grandparents will dote on our second brother.

Furthermore, our grandparents wouldn't let my second brother marry someone several years older. Look at my eldest cousin, he's our grandparents' eldest grandson, and he's going to be the clan leader.

Our grandparents never found a wife older than our eldest cousin for their eldest grandson, but they still found one of the same age. Our grandparents themselves did the same.

Our grandparents are the same age, one celebrated their birthday in the first month of the lunar calendar, and the other at the end of the year. Our uncle and aunt are also the same age; saying they're too far apart in age is not acceptable.

Grandma and Mom were saying their niece couldn't be the eldest daughter-in-law; they were really pushing it off, they didn't want a marriage between close relatives. I could tell, couldn't you?

I can say that I understood what Grandma meant a long time ago. It's not that I didn't have time to say it, but I also didn't want to make it too clear in front of my second uncle and his father.

"Second Uncle?"

What do you want me to say?

Tian Da, the older cousin, glanced at his two younger cousins ​​with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, thinking to himself, "You don't know what kind of person my father is. Would he say to his nephews who your mother favors?"
Look how troubled his father is!
"Dad, it's no big deal if Erzhuzi hears it. He's a bit simple-minded, but not really brainless. You can't hide it from him. It's just that your mother always had a crush on your sister-in-law back then."

Your mother said that when she gets older, she will still have to live with her eldest son and his wife, and that Dazhuzi is good at studying, and Erzhuzi is clever but will eventually have to move out, and so on.

Back then, not only your mother and father had the same dream, but your maternal grandparents also thought that your eldest brother would definitely become an official in the future, so they couldn't bear to part with this marriage.

Your grandmother secretly checked the horoscopes of your eldest brother and sister-in-law first. Later, I don't know what your mother said to your grandmother, but your grandmother's words implied that whoever gave birth to the child should take care of him/her.

Now that these words have been spoken, your maternal grandparents naturally can't bring up the marriage again, so they can only let their granddaughter visit her aunt's house more often. But every time she comes, Erzhuzi sends her back. Because of this, your uncle has scolded Erzhuzi a lot at home, so it's not without reason that Ergouzi can't stand seeing him doing well. Your sister-in-law is Ergouzi's own older sister.

Later, I don't know how it happened, but I guess your maternal grandparents said that when your eldest brother took the imperial examination, since he was both your eldest grandson and your son-in-law, they would provide travel expenses or something.

Your father agreed first, which led to the second round of birth chart analysis. I guess he was afraid your grandparents wouldn't approve, so your father secretly exchanged birth charts with your uncle.

There was no mention of a bride price or anything like that. My dad only knew that your dad was worried that your older brother would be distracted from his studies, so he said that he would hold a big wedding for your older brother to marry your sister-in-law when she turned sixteen.

As you all know, Erzhuzi was still thinking about saving money so that his older brother could marry the daughter of a scholar, which led to a falling out with your grandfather.

He has the nerve to blame your maternal grandfather for keeping things from him. He even complains about my father. What could my father possibly know about family matters? He even scolded me for not treating him like a brother.

If he hadn't come to apologize to me later, I would have ignored him. What a dimwit! He didn't even realize that his own parents and his good older brother had kept it from him.

I'm not saying your second brother deserves it, but if it were someone else, back then everyone knew his parents and eldest brother didn't take him seriously, so why would he be working so hard?

He's got it all figured out; after supporting your eldest brother, he's now supporting your nephew. That's why I always say my aunt is shrewd. My father and his two brothers combined aren't as smart as your mother—”

"Eldest brother!" Uncle Tian interrupted hurriedly as Da Er's words became increasingly inappropriate. "Everyone makes a mistake sometimes. Your aunt has changed for the better now."

Ah!
My cousin Tian really wants to say that if Erzhuzi doesn't catch the old daughter-in-law that my aunt doesn't dare to mess with, and if he doesn't skin Erzhuzi alive, then she's not my aunt!
“Many things have happened, it’s not your aunt’s fault—” Uncle Tian said, turning to face his two nephews, “It’s not your mother’s fault for being so confused.”

If you have to blame someone, blame your maternal grandparents. They set a bad example; they had the same sons, yet they divided them into several different classes.

That's why they say when it comes to marriage, you have to look at the parents. Your mother is much better than your maternal grandmother. Even if she's confused, your four brothers are all more important than your father.

As for you four brothers, the fourth one, I won't say anything. You're lucky to have such a mother. The third one and your second brother are the ones who are suffering.

There's nothing I can do. I don't even want to talk about your father. If he weren't like that, if Erzhuzi hadn't become successful early on, your father wouldn't have been able to support himself.

There's no question of whether he deserves it or not. Your second brother has been clever since he was little. He and your mother both realized early on that you can't rely on your father. If he doesn't stand up for himself, the family will fall apart.

Your mother, no matter how capable she is, what way can a woman like her support the family? Your uncles helped her once or several times.

Your grandparents didn't leave your parents much wealth. You three brothers are only a few years apart in age, and your father isn't a hard-working man. Life is tough for you.

After raising you three brothers with great difficulty, your mother finally breathed a sigh of relief, but your father immediately started causing trouble again, insisting on sending your eldest brother to school.

We've barely scraped by, where are we going to get the money to send your older brother to school? Your mother's refusal is no use, and your father has gone to your uncle to tell him that the land deed has been pledged to him.

"Did your uncle dare refuse to lend your father money to send his nephew to school? This debt was actually paid off by Erzhuzi from the profits he made from buying and selling chickens."

When Tian's cousin heard about this, he couldn't help but say, "Not only chickens, but Erzhuzi didn't even miss the first sprout of vegetables in our village."

He was so young then, not even as tall as a basket, and couldn't even hold twenty copper coins in both hands. I was afraid he would lose himself if I didn't take him to town.

That cunning bastard, even at such a young age he knows how to boss me around. That despicable fellow, I do all the work, he just talks and he gets a 50/50 split, I'm losing money hand over fist!