Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

The "Uncle Sun" mentioned by Gu Wenxuan is Gu Wencan's father-in-law and the eldest uncle of the Zhao brothers. This stumped Zhao Sanlang.

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Looking at the two people laughing and joking, Zhao Dalang couldn't help laughing for a long time. In order to avoid being "harmed" by these two people, he didn't dare to hold the teacup to drink tea.

To be honest, Gu Liulang is not difficult to deal with. He is also a junior high school student. He still remembers that when he was a child, his uncle had already been in a high position.

Unlike Gu Liulang who can talk to everyone, in the words of my uncle - "Gu Liulang is the least arrogant scholar I have ever met."

Yes.

The son resembles his father.

The second uncle of the Gu family (Gu Erzhu) has always been the same. He is Uncle Erzhu, he is Uncle Wu, he is Uncle Second Uncle Gu, and he is still Uncle Gu today.

Even now, Uncle Gu can still be found in the city wearing just the hem of his clothes, sitting on a greasy stall, drinking mutton soup with the drivers, and chatting happily.

Everyone says that Master Wu is a very particular person. He never forgets his past even when he is successful. It is no wonder that his ancestors' graves are filled with resentment. Even his father said that Second Uncle Gu knew how to behave.

After the Zhao family became prosperous, many relatives from many backgrounds came to ask for benefits, but his second uncle Gu, who was the best friend of his third uncle, did not take advantage of them at all.

It's not that his third uncle is disrespectful because he has become rich and doesn't want to help his good brother, but his second uncle Gu doesn't want to drag his good brother down. After his third uncle went to the provincial capital, his second uncle Gu never visited him again.

Second Uncle Gu was a man of great integrity. Even though his father had sent an invitation to Second Uncle Gu when he got married, Second Uncle Gu did not show up in person even though he had presented the gift.

After that, when the Gu family had a happy event, they never informed his father. There were always people who came to his father in the name of Uncle Gu and wanted to do something. After Uncle Gu found out, the two families became less close.

Unfortunately, things did not go as he wished. Despite all his uncle's plans, Second Uncle Gu still did not get any benefits from the Zhao family and was disliked by his parents and brothers and was separated from the family.

When Second Uncle Gu finally separated from the family business, he no longer needed the help of his good brother, Third Uncle. In the words of his father, Second Uncle Gu became rich very quickly!
The work points passed in the blink of an eye. Just as someone was sent to deliver a letter to Uncle San, who hadn't received the letter yet, Uncle Gu Er had not only moved to the warm room, but by the time Uncle San replied, the fragrant soap was out!

What's the point of talking about helping a good brother? Instead, Second Uncle Gu helped Third Uncle make a lot of money, so much so that even this clever second brother was tempted to ask Sixth Lang for help.

Look, now, although she is joking with Liu Lang, she is also saying that being a clerk in the government office sounds good, but the annual salary of only six taels of silver is not enough to buy a few taels of good tea.

Is our family short of money from you?
Zhao Dalang was just about to interrupt and change the subject when he heard the footsteps of a servant approaching outside. He was so happy that he quickly reminded himself that someone was about to come in.

Zhao Sanlang was interrupted by his elder brother in the middle of his words and he could have chosen not to continue, but Gu Wenxuan felt it was not right not to respond, so he smiled and said, "Isn't it just good tea?"
They are not strangers, so if he has any good tea that he likes, he can just take it away. Then he suggested that they have lunch first and then go to the study to chat slowly after lunch.

The implication was that there was some good tea in the study, and he could pick out two jars to take back. Zhao Sanlang was so confused that he quickly said that he might have to go to the government office to work in the afternoon.

"It doesn't matter. We can talk about the afternoon things after noon. Let's fill our stomachs first. If you are afraid of delaying your work, just don't drink. There is still time."

As he spoke, Gu Wenxuan stood up and made a gesture to invite the two brothers of the Zhao family, and they moved to the side hall where food and drinks were already placed on the big round table. The food that the Gu family provided for their guests was quite good.

At a time when the only fresh vegetables are the cabbages stored in the cellar, there are garlic-mashed eggplant, emerald cucumber rolls, stir-fried vegetable shreds, and a spinach meatball soup.

There are also roast duck with skin, crucian carp with fermented soybeans, braised pork elbow, spicy tripe strips, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, tofu soup, sweet stew...

The table was filled with cold, hot, sweet, salty, spicy and crispy food, with all kinds of flavors, colors, and aromas. But how could it compare to what the Gu family ate at the Zhao family's?
Apart from a few dishes that were not seasonal fresh vegetables, the meal was not necessarily more sumptuous than every time we went to the Zhao family. This person was really good at housekeeping.

What he said was not like what he said to an outsider, but just like what he said at home. He was also very frank at the dinner table.

After picking out some things that could be said, Gu Wenxuan told the truth about the background of the newly appointed county magistrate, which was a question Zhao Dalang asked directly.

Compared with the two brothers of the Zhao family who had nothing to do with the dinner table, he preferred to associate with Zhao Dalang. As time went by, he could hide the origins of his senior brother from both Lord Zhao and Lord Zhao's in-laws.

"I only know that our county magistrate is from the south and should be a student from Qingshan Academy, but I don't know in which year he passed the imperial examination.

It was only two days ago that I learned from my husband's letter that this county magistrate is the second son of my husband's classmate and good friend. So, I should call him my senior brother.

I had intended to visit him these two days, but so many people came here for unknown reasons and asked me to ask Master Cheng to say a few good words for the county lieutenant to the county magistrate.

I dare not lend a hand like that. Not to mention that my husband is in poor health and has retired early to recuperate at home, even Master Cheng is just the county magistrate in charge of the county school.

Not to mention that I was just lucky enough to be taught by Master Cheng. If I really dared to say that County Magistrate Huang was wronged, he would kick me out immediately!"

Gu Wenxuan just shook his head and said, "I'm really stumped. What a coincidence! My father and father-in-law are not at home. I don't understand what's going on here.

What's more, all the people who came to see me were acquaintances, many of whom were elders. I saw them every day, so I had to ask the doorman to tell them that I was not at home.

Even so, there are still people who are not giving up and go to the town clinic to find my eldest brother. My eldest brother advised me that if I could lend a hand, how could I not dare to go out? It's just that I really can't help.

Don’t say Master Cheng is not the county magistrate. Even if he is, it is not something I can interfere with. I don’t know how much I weigh. They think too highly of me! "

"That's too much to ask!" Zhao Dalang glanced at Gu Wenxuan, who was talking and not tasting the food, with deep sympathy, "I don't dare to go out these days either."

Zhao Sanlang had a lot of trouble thinking about what Gu Wenxuan said while sorting out what he should ask next. He was just about to take over the conversation when he was a step late to speak. Even though he had a lot of knots in his heart, he was still amused by his elder brother's emotional words.

"What are you happy about?" Zhao Dalang glanced at Zhao Sanlang, "You go to the government office every day, but you don't know that my father and I are afraid that you will worry, so we dare not tell you. I am so worried at home.

But my father and I couldn’t let the doorman say he wasn’t at home. It didn’t matter if we didn’t go to our farm for two or three months, but we had to go to the shops. But no matter which shop we went to, we would definitely be found...” (End of this chapter)