Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1143 This brat
That brat! He even wanted me to agree! After all that, how could I not build that house first and kick it a few times? It's really hard to vent my anger.

"Stand up!"

"You really want to kick me? I've been calling you my third daughter."

"Look at my daughter, who's she leaning towards!"

"...No need to say anything, it's definitely you."

That brat is acting all wronged. Zhou Shun is overjoyed, but let me make this clear beforehand: we can build that house first, but only if it's done according to his wishes.

With such a large plot of land, it's not feasible to build a house all at once. We can start by building a wall around the entire area, then build the main courtyard inside first, and we can finish the rest in a couple of years.

Gu Wenxuan had no objection. Once construction started, how the interior was built was up to his father-in-law, who also wanted to let his eldest daughter-in-law enter the family as soon as possible.

His in-laws have a new house in the capital, and it's not small. That house would be perfect for Dajiang to move into when he marries his new wife, but he has to say something else.

Dajiang is only a few years old this year. Even if he passes the imperial examination in three years, there will still be a long time before he passes the provincial examination. Once he gets married in the meantime, he will not be able to stay in the capital for long.

His brother-in-law married a woman of high social standing, but that doesn't mean his father-in-law is inferior to his in-laws. Wherever his parents-in-law are, the new bride will definitely have to serve them.

As for when Oe enters officialdom in the future, his wife will inevitably follow him and become a virtuous wife, that's a matter for the future. In short, they will live together until then.

Since the new residence in the capital is not a permanent place of residence before the imperial examination, this residence becomes important; it's impossible to just build a main courtyard.

Even if most of Hui-jie's dowry is left untouched in the new house in the capital, there will still be plenty of daily necessities, and the whole family will be crammed into the main courtyard.
You can tell just by looking at his wife.

His wife's possessions are considered few; she has several private storage rooms here alone, not to mention other newlyweds like Sister Hui.

Even if Uncle Qi doesn't care about saving face, Aunt Qi will say, just like his master's wife, that it's up to her niece's preferences, but in reality, she will still do it according to the custom before the eldest daughter of the former Duke of Liang got married.

His wife still enjoys the same benefits as the eldest daughter of the former Duke of Liang before her marriage, and she also enjoys the same treatment as the eldest daughter of the former Duke of Liang after her marriage.

Besides the ever-present need for clothing, shoes, hats, and accessories, the entire Zhou clan of Dingzhou mobilized as soon as his son Yuan was born.

His son, Yuan Ge'er, was truly recognized by the entire Zhou clan of Dingzhou as their eldest grandson, and his status was arguably even higher than that of the clan leader's grandson.

Of course, the reason why she has such a high status is certainly inseparable from the great contributions that the late Lady Fu'an made to the entire Dingzhou Zhou during her lifetime.

As the first child of the only descendant of the former Lady of Fu'an County, his son Yuan'er naturally had all the advantages. That's why they say it's better to be born into a good family than to work hard.

His son, Yuan Ge'er, had already outpaced 99% of the infants and toddlers in Daliang. Look how happy he is, drooling with joy!
Seeing this, Gu Wenxuan hurriedly changed to a clean handkerchief and gently wiped his son's mouth while nodding repeatedly to his father-in-law.

Anyway, I'll agree to it for now. We'll figure out how to proceed later. After all, it's our own brickyard. Once we have a large stock of bricks and tiles, it won't delay his father's expansion.

We can start construction here first, and once it's halfway done, we can start construction on both sides without delaying the completion of the other side. The only problem we'll face then is manpower.

As for manpower, there's no need to worry about that. After all, Uncle Changgen already has experience building workshops and residences at the same time, so what is there to fear?

However, the order of his husband's fellow disciples' positions is a long story, as it involves their individual abilities and the powerful figures behind them.

Thinking of this, after wiping his son's mouth, Gu Wenxuan didn't rush to take his son back but first invited his father-in-law to move to the painting table. Yes.

It's not a desk.

The rectangular table by the window in the warm room was his wife's painting table, which she had been using recently. At this moment, there was a paperweight on the table holding down an embroidery pattern.

Gu Wenxuan rolled up the rather large embroidery pattern, tied it with a blue ribbon to mark it, and then inserted it into the painting jar next to him.

Seeing this, Zhou Sishun didn't ask his son-in-law what he wanted to do or who painted the picture. He just held his grandson, who was always happy as long as he stood up and walked around.

He pointed out the window to his little grandson in his arms, listening to the little grandson speak in a language he couldn't understand. After the third son-in-law seemed to have finished his work, he "threw" the little grandson away.

Sure enough, the window in his house is much bigger than the windows in ordinary houses, and it's hot today, so the window is open.

He then "threw" his little grandson, who was still trying to jump out the window, to his maternal grandmother, who had heard the noise and was standing outside the window instead of going into the warm room.

"Hold on tight."

"How could I not know that?"

Hey, this woman, not only does she dare to talk back, she even has the guts to roll her eyes!

"Isn't that Grandma's Yuan-ge'er? Grandma isn't stupid, of course she'd hold our Yuan-ge'er tight. Ah, where do you want to go? It's getting dark~"

This not only made Li Shi, who was laughing heartily while talking to her little grandson, also extremely happy when Zhou Sishun saw his grandson still wanting to go towards the front yard.

look!
I know the way!
Without even asking his daughter, he could guess that the young couple always went out the front of the main courtyard when they took the child, rarely going through the back side door.

"You two need to be careful what you do in front of the child from now on. For example, if you have money coming in and are counting it, try not to let the child see it."

You two are used to spending lavishly, and regardless of which parent the child takes after, if the child sees this too often, it will be difficult to teach them how to be more frugal later on.

That's true!

Even if you asked Gu Wenxuan himself, he couldn't say that he, Gu Wenxuan, could train his sons to use money wisely like his father-in-law.

He's not that kind of person, and neither is his wife. How could their son possibly be a thrifty person? We should pay attention to this aspect of early childhood education.

After readily agreeing, he hesitated because of the limited time and the desire to avoid letting his father-in-law go hungry. Instead, he quickly picked up his brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote a few words on the newly laid Xuan paper.

So, Thursday, Shun saw his third son-in-law write the character "壹" on a piece of paper, followed by the character "贰", and then write the character "伍" from right to left before dipping his brush in ink.

Just right, at the very top of the paper, as if measured, it goes exactly from the first "壹" on the right to the "拾贰" on the left, and then, below the "壹", a vertical line is drawn.

coming!

His son-in-law is going to tell a story!
"This one is my eldest uncle. My eldest uncle's ancestral home is in the Kaifeng area, which was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. One of his ancestors was a Vice Chancellor during the Northern Song Dynasty, which was roughly equivalent to a deputy prime minister."

Since his great-great-grandfather passed away, although no one had become a high-ranking official in the court until his father's generation, the family still wielded considerable influence. He had a paternal aunt who was the Princess Consort of Rui. Yes, he and Princess Yongning were cousins..."