Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 1146 That Was Later
"That was later, when your great-grandmother got old and it was your great-grandfather's turn to be the clan chief. Not only did your great-grandmother not visit other people's homes, but your great-grandfather also rarely went out in the village."

Back then, when your grandparents were fighting, your great-grandfather wouldn't even leave the house. It was your great-grandmother who would go to your grandparents' side to support your grandmother.

Otherwise, how could your second grandfather have married your second grandmother? His in-laws even helped him wholeheartedly. Your great-grandmother was a well-known good mother-in-law in our surrounding area.

Few people can say that on the day they pass away, regardless of their son and daughter-in-law, or their daughter and son-in-law, and regardless of who is right or wrong, the only one at fault is their son and daughter.

Your great-grandmother did just that. On the day of her funeral, not only were all her husbands and brothers present, but even her husband's sisters were there.

"Your great-grandmother was a very good person, that's the key!" "Yes, those are the two words you always say, Third Son-in-law." Zhou Sishun nodded to Third Son-in-law.

Then he laughed first, "That's right, your great-grandmother wasn't like Sanya who was blindly kind. Do you know what Sanya's great-grandmother said to me when she was alive?"
She said that if her generation needed help from the Gu family, they would rather have their own men go to your great-grandfather than deal with your great-grandmother.

Zhou Banxia, ​​who was called out, was speechless.

Gu Wenxuan laughed heartily upon hearing this. Having just dried his hands, he gestured to his father-in-law to walk ahead, saying with a smile, "My great-grandmother is amazing."

"Yes, it's rare for a woman to be as virtuous as your great-grandmother. It's a pity your grandfather didn't know how to behave, and he scared his sisters' husbands."

That's right. I've never heard anyone say that his great-grandparents spoiled their youngest son, yet out of their many children, his grandfather was their only son.

If it weren't for his father's sake, those aunts would have cut off all contact with his grandparents long ago. Of course, even if they hadn't, their relationship wasn't very close.

When Erniu got married this time, those families only sent their eldest daughter-in-law, who was of the same generation as the couple, to add to the dowry. No one else could come along.

Unlike his great-uncle and great-uncle's families, when there was a happy occasion, even his great-aunt and great-aunt, who were still alive and quite old, insisted on coming to offer their congratulations in person.

Ultimately, relationships are based on give and take; they only exist when there is a reciprocal exchange.

He only knows how to take in money and not how to give it out. He also uses the favors his mother has shown him to ask his sisters for help in times of emergency. No sister wants to associate with a brother like that.

Even sisters are impatient with this brother, let alone his sister's husband. No matter how great the kindness of the mother-in-law is, would she repeatedly help her brother-in-law with conditions?

The old man doesn't understand this principle, or perhaps he does understand but is happy to pretend to be ignorant. In any case, even his nephew dislikes this uncle.

“Your uncle is just like your grandfather. He’s so old and still doesn’t know how to repay what he borrows. It’s not hard for him to ask again, but he’s too ambitious and incompetent, even going into debt to buy a whole shop.”

That's right!

It's all about family!
"How dare your uncle be so disrespectful to your father? He even has the nerve to say outside that your father only cares about choosing daughters-in-law. If you two brothers weren't good enough, would your father have chosen anyone else?"

Thank you for the compliment, my dear father-in-law. You don't know that Gu Yangwen inherited this trait from his grandfather. His father has always been dissatisfied with his second grandfather.

“If it weren’t for your father’s help since he was a child, and my older brother taught me how to do everything to give him face, what would he be? He’s not even as good as your Uncle Ma.”

I must say, it's a really vivid comparison.

Even if Uncle Ma is lazy, if he owes someone a debt, even if he can't pay it back right away, he will at least give the person a bundle of firewood first.

There's no comparison.

Not long ago, Uncle Ma came to Jiaxing and said that his nephew was about to get engaged, and he owed his elder brother 300 coins. If he didn't pay it back, he would lose face in his elder brother's family.

The key point is that Uncle Ma didn't actually want to borrow 300 coins from Jiaxing and his wife; he just wanted to do odd jobs for them. When asked if they needed any heavy work, he refused even a supervisory job and ended up working at his father-in-law's brickyard carrying bricks.

But once he had saved up four hundred coins, he indeed became lazy and stopped working.

They have a whole set of reasons for it.

He said he had paid back 300 of the 400 coins, leaving 100 coins. He said 100 coins was enough to live on, so why work so hard? He even used this as an excuse to advise his father-in-law to lie down and not to keep busy.

Whenever Gu Wenxuan thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh. Wasn't this just like the fisherman in the story of the rich man and the fisherman? Look how insightful he was in living life!
"I'm just saying these things, but don't mention them to your father." Seeing that his son-in-law was still grinning happily, Zhou Sishun had no choice but to stop and say a few more words.

You can't just leave it at that. If the son-in-law doesn't take it to heart and lets it slip to his in-laws, they might start to think he's been secretly plotting against him.

“Your grandfather is still your father. No matter how angry he is with your grandfather, he, as his son, will not be happy to hear me talking badly about your grandfather behind his back.”

“I understand. Just like how I feel when someone disrespects me, how can I be happy? Disrespecting my father-in-law is no different from slapping me in the face, so get the hell out of my sight!”

Before Zhou Sishun could react, Li, who was walking behind the father-in-law and son-in-law and listening with great interest, burst into laughter.

Her smile was highly contagious, and the room erupted in laughter. Even the maids waiting outside couldn't help but smile, even though they didn't know why.

Hall.

Several thick candles were lit early in the morning, so bright that you could see from afar that the octagonal table was laden with every dish. There were only a few people; why such extravagance?

That's too extravagant.

This is also why Zhou Shun didn't want to eat here. His third son-in-law was always afraid of neglecting him, so whenever a new or rare dish was served, it was sure to be there.

Every time I say something, he responds so quickly, saying things like "okay" and "I'll listen to you," but then he goes back to his old ways. This time, I even made him some mandarin fish with scallion oil.

There were only five live mandarin fish of this size in total, and someone delivered them yesterday. Two of them were given away, one to his family and one to the Ma family.

There are only three left. My in-laws burned one in their yard last night. There aren't any left. Why would we steam them if we didn't keep some for ourselves?

And that wine jar, you can't tell what kind of wine it is without opening it and smelling it. It's just a dark wine jar, what kind of wine could be inside?

Gu Wenxuan was very perceptive. Following his father-in-law's gaze, he smiled and said, "If we don't drink this wine now, it'll be lost."

Even Uncle Zhao, who loves to drink strong liquor, asked me a few days ago how many jars of liquor I had left. I told him I had plenty of jars, but they were all empty.

He was quite disappointed, saying that if he had known Peach Village had hidden some good wine in the cave, he would have definitely rushed to buy it. I had no choice but to give him a jar.

"Shouldn't County Magistrate Huang be heading to the Northwest by now?"

Gu Wenxuan thought of everything as he spoke, but he never expected his father-in-law's first reaction to ask this question.

He hadn't really paid much attention to that. However, considering the distance between the two places, and assuming a daily journey of fifty li on the road to exile, how far would it take to reach the northwestern border?

"It shouldn't be that fast. What's wrong?"