Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 698 What's the big happy event?

Zhou Banxia didn't know that her mother was smart enough to trick her father, so she followed closely and finally got home before her father-in-law and uncle.

Liu looked at her old daughter-in-law who came back on time with amusement. She was too lazy to say that there was no need to follow the rules in her own home. She even wanted to wait for her eldest son to come back to pick up his wife.

The east wing of the Gu family.

When Ma Shan heard Zhou Banxia coming back, she thought she had taken a nap and overslept, so she went out to see, "Why are you back so early?"

Listen, even your sister-in-law thinks you are too honest. Liu shook her head and smiled and went into the kitchen to take a look. Before she came out, the man of the family came back.

The laughter of Gu Erzhu, his father and his two sons, along with Xiao Changsuo, kept coming from the front yard, which surprised Liu. She hurried to the front yard.

What's the good news?
"Mother/grandmother."

Liu readily agreed and asked her two sons to take the eldest grandson back to his room to wash up, eat a bowl of noodle soup, and have a good rest to save space for the New Year's Eve dinner.

As soon as Gu Erlang and Gu Wenxuan heard this, they knew that their mother felt sorry for them standing in the ancestral hall for such a long time. In the end, she helped to organize the offerings they brought back before returning to her room.

Gu Wenxuan still remembered what he had agreed with his wife last night, that he would accompany her back to her parents' home today. However, he changed into casual clothes. Did he not want to go out again?

Gu Wenxuan pushed the door open and came in, still feeling a little cold. He was in no hurry to come forward, but Zhou Banxia quickly waved him to sit by the brazier, "Come and warm yourself by the fire."

The conditions here are not as good as those at the manor. Not only is there no floor heating, there is also no fireplace. Two more braziers are needed, and the windows need to have wider gaps.

Zhou Banxia knew what he was thinking as soon as he looked around, "It's very warm, you can tell by just wearing an extra jacket.

It's been a while since I roasted sweet potatoes here, it's fun. Is the ancestral hall very lively? Did you offer silk or burn incense today?"

The eldest branch of the Gu family, as the head of the clan, was naturally the main priest. Last year, it was Gu Wenyu's father who accompanied the priest in the sacrifice. Gu Wenyu's eldest brother offered silk, his second brother held incense, and Gu Wenyu guarded the burning pool.

This year, a new clan leader took office, and Brother Gu Wenyu became the one to accompany the sacrifice. But this year, there were two more scholar husbands in the clan, so naturally, the rules had to be followed.

Just like her Zhou family, her eldest brother Dajiang was recommended as the candidate to hold incense during the ancestor worship ceremony today, but I don’t know what task Xuanzi will be responsible for in the end.

"It's a silk offering."

"Great!" You have occupied the position of the real eldest grandson of your old Gu family. Zhou Banxia covered his mouth and laughed, "What about my eldest cousin?"

"To accompany the sacrifice."

"Then aren't you a generation shorter?"

"No way, isn't the eldest uncle the clan leader? My eldest cousin will accompany the sacrifice, I will offer silk and Wen Yu will hold incense. We are just of the same generation, and the eldest uncle's eldest grandson also has a mission.

There are a set of rules for all these. But when I came up like this, Gu Dalang was embarrassed. His smile in the morning was uglier than his bitter smile. And my uncle is a vengeful person.

He didn't cause any trouble inside the ancestral hall. When we came out, we had to wait for the old man to lead the way back so that it would look better. As soon as we walked out of the ancestral hall gate, my uncle came.

There were still a lot of people there, and the uncle patted Gu Dalang on the shoulder with a smile, "Nephew, you have to let your uncle take a good look at you standing at the front one day!"

Zhou Banxia was successfully amused.

Thinking of the previous scene, Gu Wenxuan was also amused, "Third Uncle was so scared that he didn't care about the crowd and hurried to cover the mouth of the old uncle." "What happened next?"

"Uncle San grabbed Uncle Lao and ran away in a hurry. He dared not let Uncle Lao stay any longer."

"Where's the old man?"

"My face turned black. Fortunately, we were outside the gate of the ancestral hall, so we couldn't make any noise. Otherwise, as a nephew, it would be difficult to talk back, and as a father, how could I not scold my son?"

"Where's our dad?"

"Of course I hurried away. Fortunately, my eldest brother had picked out the offerings earlier. He picked up the burden and shouted, "Dad, hurry up! Grandma is waiting at home."

Upon hearing this, my father reacted quickly. He shouted, "Brother, I'll leave it to you." Then he picked up Changsuo and ran while holding my hand.

When I was about to come in, even if I was told not to pull me, I would not run after him. Changsuo said that it was not good for scholars to run away, which made us all laugh. "

No wonder the laughter was so loud. Even without listening carefully, one could hear the laughter outside. "Uncle is trying to please you a little, right?"

"That should be the case, but the main reason is that the old man wanted him to lend money to his uncle a few days ago, and he didn't want to pay for Dalang. Before he could finish his words, he was stopped by his uncle.

He was on guard against the possibility that Dalang might want to take part in the county examination next year. If he borrowed money at that time, it would not be like his uncle's family owing debts to others, so it would be difficult for him as an uncle to refuse.

But in our family, my father went to the old courtyard in person to help you collect the debt but he didn't get back a single tael of silver. The third brother was afraid that we would have an excuse not to give out the silver, and he would be targeted.

After all, although Third Uncle is honest, he cannot make the decision. Wu Lang basically has the final say in his family now. Only Uncle can no longer pretend how afraid he is of Aunt and Yue's family.

If he continues to say that his Yue family despises him, and that he has no say, and that he dares not touch his wife's dowry, no one will believe him. If the old man doesn't keep an eye on him, who else can he keep an eye on! "

Zhou Banxia couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You are really smart. Finally, someone can share our father's pressure. It will also help the old man see who is the real filial son."

What I said first is correct, but it’s hard to say what I said later.

If our father was not filial, he would have taken on the responsibility of supporting the family since he was young. The old man is not stupid and can't even see this.

He was just pretending to be asleep, but he still thought he was the father. Everything his son had belonged to him, so how could he not know which son could support the family?

The key point is that his father has woken up and is not used to him pretending to be asleep. What should he do now that he can't pretend anymore? Naturally, he wants to change his son so that he can continue to pretend to be asleep.

The eldest son is in control, but he is also worried that the second son, who has a richer family than the eldest son, and the third son, who is also making good money, will not be dragged down by the eldest son?

"...but my uncle just wouldn't buy it. Grandpa can say anything to my uncle, and my uncle will never lack food or drink, but he can't mention money.

Who wouldn't be afraid that he would have a few copper coins in his hand and would want to secretly give some to his eldest grandson? He said that he would not be partial now and didn't want to care about anything, but who would believe him!
Let's not talk about the distant past, just recently, the uncle's wife went to the old aunt to borrow money but couldn't. What does it have to do with him? It's still a matter of kinship, even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected.

My uncle said something very right. This is not the way to borrow money for turnover. You won’t be charged any interest. Whoever lends the money must come forward to use it.

For example, Sanlang didn't mention the money we borrowed, but Silang denied it. In front of our father, he said that day that both of our loans were spent by his eldest brother.

Although he said this at the time, it was clear that he didn't owe us any favors, but it was still a fact that he didn't acknowledge the debt. How could the uncle not be afraid of the debt owed by the eldest uncle, and his sons didn't acknowledge it?"