Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Old Mrs. Gu is so fed up with this nephew from her natal family. He is just like her brother's wife and doesn't know how to read people's moods. Her eldest niece was a fine girl, but now she has become a mess.

If I had known that my eldest niece would grow up to live with her mother, I would have beaten her to death rather than agreed to the marriage. Not being able to marry her into the family has caused discord among my sons and the brothers have become estranged.

In the past, her sons were very filial and whatever she said was the truth. Even their fathers did not dare to get angry with her. But now, she has lost all her face.

Tian Ergouzi didn't dare to provoke the hot-tempered old lady Gu, so he could only secretly poke his wife who was sleeping on the kang, asking her to take action.

As for himself, after his wife woke up and saw that it was her aunt who wanted to sleep over here, he picked up the oil lamp and left, going through the main room to find his eldest brother-in-law.

Gu Yangwen, like Old Man Gu, had not fallen asleep yet. The only advantage of the separation was that they now had more space to live in. Tonight he had his own room and did not need to close his eyes and pretend to be asleep.

Listening to the noise outside, he heard someone walking towards his room without saying a word. He closed his eyes decisively.

"Don't pretend, you've been snoring since you fell asleep, I know you're awake," Tian Er Gouzi pushed him, "Are you still mad at me for playing a joke on you?"

"Are you kidding?" Gu Yangwen suddenly opened his eyes and stared at his brother-in-law with his dark eyes. "What did I tell you before?"

Tian Ergouzi subconsciously shrank his neck, then realized what he was afraid of, "Blame me? My wife found out that you gave the girl to me, why didn't you tell her?

Don't lie to me. You scholars have a saying that there is no smoke without fire. Don't talk about things that don't exist. I treat you closer than my eldest brother. Are you doing me justice?
Do you want me to wake everyone up right now, and I'll tell you everything from beginning to end, so that everyone can help me figure out whether you are tired of playing with people--"

Gu Yangwen quickly covered his mouth, "What nonsense are you talking about? I've told you many times before that I never dreamed that you would fall in love with her and make you almost break up.

How many times do I have to tell you before you believe me? Brain, I even bought the shop through your recommendation, I don’t know a damn thing, you were already in love with her at that time.”

"Really?"

"Think about it yourself."

"Then how did she know that my father had this valuable jade pendant? Don't say that I might have been drunk and was tricked. You are just trying to fool my parents.

I am a person who, when I wake up from drinking and getting blackouts, I can't remember what I said or did before. I thought about it for several days and I really didn't mention it to her.

I do brag in front of her, and I can't help but brag about how glorious my ancestors were, but I'm also afraid that she will ask me for money, so how could I dare tell her that I have any valuables?

I asked my father these two days, not to mention my mother, even my aunt didn't know that my father had this jade pendant. Only you and Dalang knew about it.

I just told you two that. You said it wasn't you, could it be Dalang? She told me that Dalang looked down on her. Do you think Dalang would say that?"

Gu Yangwen waited quietly for him to finish, “The jade pendant was originally left to your father by your grandfather, so how can you be sure that apart from your father, not many people know about it.

I also said that maybe even my five brothers and sisters, except for the fourth and the youngest sister, have already known that grandpa has something for you. "

"It's impossible. My grandparents love you as their grandson the most. Even you don't know about it, so it's even more impossible for Erzhuzi and the others to know about it.

Otherwise, if your elder sister and Sanzhuzi didn’t tell him, Erzhuzi would have told my uncle about it, so how could my father have hidden it until now? He would have made a fuss when my grandma left.”

"Maybe my second brother and the others don't want to get involved—"

"Alright, my brain isn't as good as yours. You said it, so what? I can't ask you to sell everything you have and make my sister's life miserable." Gu Yangwen's eyes flashed, "Whether you believe it or not, I swear I haven't mentioned this to anyone, not even to my parents."

Tian Er Gouzi curled his lips and pulled the quilt up to his neck, "Hey, why are you still talking about this? If we divide the family property this time, I can only get five acres of land at most.

Even if you can get five acres of land, at least half of it must be bad land. Otherwise, if my wife says that her family found out that you gave the person to me, how could I be so angry that I would hit you.

You are my closest cousin and my elder brother-in-law. You tell me yourself whether I, as your younger brother, treat you well. Before today, I have never said a harsh word to you.

I am angry because I treat you as my elder brother. I would never let you down even if I let my parents down. If you plot against me, you are really not a human being.

For you and your son, I have done all kinds of immoral things. Let’s not talk about Liulang, let’s talk about Erlang. He was much better than Dalang when he was studying.

My elder sister came to me to cry, I really didn’t want to provoke Erzhuzi, but you said something different, you don’t need to say anything more, did I get everything done——"

"Be careful!"

Tian Ergouzi slapped his mouth with his hand, "Looking like my parents are going to look for Erzhuzi tonight, I can only rely on you, brother-in-law."

You dare to threaten me?
Gu Yangwen opened his mouth, thought about it and swallowed his words back, exhaled, "In the city, it is better for you to stay out of the limelight for now."

"Are you afraid that I will stay by your side when I come to the city and ruin your reputation? That's not what you said earlier, cousin. You said you would never forget me when you become successful."

Gu Yangwen smiled bitterly, "You know what kind of life I'm living now. Don't worry, as long as I have something to eat, you will never starve.

You should rest at home for a while. After the New Year, I will try to find a way to ask my classmates and friends for help to find you an easy job in Lin County."

"It's still after the New Year, and I'm not from here. My family can't even afford to eat. After this happened, I finally managed to coax my wife, and she won't let me go far away."

"I have some money on hand, but I spent it all when I was helping you find someone a few days ago, and it's not easy to ask your father for it. Wait until Dalang takes a day off on the 15th, and I'll give you two taels of silver."

"Only two taels——"

"Don't go too far. I've been thinking about who to turn to first for the two taels of silver. If you hadn't been making a fuss today, I could have turned to my mother."

"My aunt is very well-off?" Tian Ergou's eyes rolled. "It seems that Erzhuzi is still close to my aunt and gave her money without telling my uncle."

Gu Yangwen's heart skipped a beat. "Don't think too much about my mother. If you make her angry, Erzhuzi won't care if you are his cousin or not, he will definitely punish you.

Things are different now. He is rich now and doesn't care about his relatives. If he wants to deal with you, he can't just beat you up twice and be done with it.

And that brat Liu Lang is powerful now. If you dare to provoke his father, it would be easy for him to mess with you in private instead of making an example of you.

He has at least two or three hundred servants at his disposal now. Even if he beats you to death, one of his servants will take the blame. He has become powerful and can no longer suppress you. He can only give in."

"Are you willing?" (End of this chapter)