Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 828 What does it mean?

There is a kind of brother who is worthy of being called "the eldest brother is like a father". Gu Wenxuan must know why his eldest brother doesn't want him to interfere in the old man's affairs.

Just as his elder brother was worried that he would be praised too highly and become complacent, he nodded heavily to show that he understood.

After saying goodbye to Gu Erlang and watching him walk eastward, he turned back to the west courtyard. As expected, at this time, his wife was still pretending to sleep.

"Just woke up. I've been dozing for a while." The inner room was lit with candlelight and the bed curtains had not yet been drawn. Zhou Banxia could easily tell what Gu Wenxuan's expression was.

Without him asking why they were still waiting for him to come back, Zhou Banxia explained first and then asked when Zhou Molan and the others had left her.

What she meant was that she was not like Gu Wenxuan who needed to go to the outer courtyard to host a banquet for guests. After the female guests left, she would have enough time to have a good sleep.

Gu Wenxuan shook his head and smiled without comment. He reached out and touched the kang bed, covered her with the quilt, told her to lie down peacefully, and went to the quiet room first.

After a quick wash and change into pajamas, he returned to his room. I don't know if it was because he was fast or his wife was just being obedient, but she was still lying on her side in the bed.

"Not sleepy yet?"

"I just went to the toilet and drank a glass of water. I can't fall asleep for a while." Zhou Banxia said honestly, "Do you want to go into the city with them tomorrow?"

"No need. Zhiming has brought back a message. You can go with Big Brother the day after tomorrow. You don't have to come out too early tomorrow. Tell me, what do you want to ask me?"

Watching Gu Wenxuan get on the kang and reach out to pull the hanging bed curtain, Zhou Banxia waited quietly for him to finish speaking, then she cooperated by raising her head so that he could stretch out his arm for her to use as a pillow.

"I didn't ask anything, I just wanted to see if you were sleepy. If you are, go to bed early and we can talk tomorrow. You are not like me. The thing I lack the most right now is sleep time."

Carefully hugging the person in his arms, Gu Wenxuan said jokingly, "Why don't you suddenly compare yourself to a pig? Did my daughter kick you tonight?"

"It's the same as yesterday. I won't kick you hard. I'm pretty well behaved. I'll kick you a few times to show my presence. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll tell you. I won't hide it.

Aunt Chen said tonight that the baby will be born in at least ten days or half a month, and asked Aunt Lan not to worry. I think so too. Aren't there irregular uterine contractions when the baby is about to be born?
I haven't had it yet, so it's still normal. I think it's probably because I didn't calculate the date of pregnancy correctly like my sister-in-law, and got pregnant at the end of the month. There's no need to be too nervous."

What you said, should I announce the good news to you tonight? Gu Wenxuan hesitated for a moment, "It seems that your sister-in-law is like this. She gave birth the day before yesterday."

"Of course, what?" Zhou Banxia's eyes widened in disbelief. "You said that my sister-in-law gave birth the day before yesterday, and no one told me the good news. Who told you that?"

"Calm down, wife."

"Are you kidding?"

"No, I heard the news from Zhiming's senior brother, saying that your eldest brother and his wife had a baby boy the day before yesterday, and that girl raised pigeons.

It was a carrier pigeon. He had just received the letter, so he wouldn't joke about it. He also mentioned that Dajiang had already completed the betrothal gifts smoothly.

If my guess is correct, judging from the time, the betrothal gift to Dajiang should have been arranged, and on the second or third day, your sister-in-law would have shown signs of going into labor.

Dajiang has found a good daughter-in-law, what a good omen, the engagement has just been made, your eldest brother's son was born, but his parents may be back two days later." Zhou Banxia was very happy that her uncle and aunt, who were over 40 years old, finally had a legitimate grandson, and her eldest sister-in-law also came out of the shadow of the aborted child.

Before she could even open her mouth to lament that good people are rewarded, she heard Gu Wenxuan mention that Dajiang was a good choice of daughter-in-law, and she was immediately delighted, "It's double happiness."

"Otherwise, why didn't Madam Gao return your indenture contract earlier? Wouldn't it make your master more grateful to her? You are a well-deserved lucky star.

Can you calculate whether Master Gao was promoted back to Beijing before you left the Gao Mansion and then successfully became the Minister of Personnel? But tonight I heard Master Wang mention something. "

what's up?

Why don’t you continue?

Zhou Banxia's attention was suddenly diverted by Gu Wenxuan's sudden silence and his behavior of patting her on the back as if to comfort her or to avoid scaring her.

"Something happened to Lord Gao? Impossible. He has only been the Minister of Personnel for a short time. Anyone who wants to recruit him to the side would not be so anxious as to give him a warning.

Moreover, leaving aside the influence of his maternal family, the Yue family, he himself is not a simple person. Otherwise, no matter how helpful Madam Gao is, it would be impossible for him to make steady progress.

Could it be that the Crown Prince, no, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's position is still very stable now, Lord Gao can't be a fool, even if he wants to stand on the side of the Second Prince and the Ninth Prince, he will not offend the Crown Prince's faction-"

"Stop!" Gu Wenxuan covered Zhou Banxia's mouth with one hand, thinking about something. "I want to talk about Master Gao Wu. Master Wang talked to Master Gao Wu tonight.

What he meant was that Fifth Master Gao was supposed to be promoted to the position of prefect before the New Year, but he has remained in the same position until now. Did you bring all your good luck back by leaving the Gao Mansion?"

"..." Can they be connected in this way? Zhou Banxia couldn't help laughing, and pushed his arm to make him take his right hand away from her mouth, "What does it have to do with me?
Not to mention his brothers who served as officials in the court, and not to mention Lord Gao, an important official in the court, Lord Gao has been the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture for many years.

Going a step further, will the Gao Mansion produce another important official? Can you compare the locations where the Gao Mansion officials served as county magistrates, co-magistrates and prefects?"

Jiangnan, Hanzhong, and Northwest China are almost all occupied by the adults in Gao's mansion. Gu Wenxuan narrowed his eyes. So, does that mean there will be a disaster in the second year of high school?

"Think about it again. Why didn't Madam Gao's Yunkelai restaurant chain expand to Jiangnan? Could it be that she is short of money or connections?"

"No, the target is too big."

"That's right. Let's not talk about the power of the Gao family now. Just talking about the family wealth, it has been accumulated for hundreds of years, and the mistress of each generation has a dowry of ten miles of red dowry.

If you consider that the eldest son of a wealthy family has the lion's share of inheritance rights, then how much of the family fortune has Mr. Gao inherited if he is not greedy for anything?

Anyway, according to my estimation, the Gao family's assets must be much more than what my uncle returned, so I said that the three generations of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law should focus on food.

It just happens that we have an excuse to supply Yunkelai. If there is a famine or foreign turmoil, how much grain can be stored in the Taiping Warehouse? Then, it will just be a good opportunity to donate grain to show loyalty to the court. What a good reputation you can have. "

Hahaha, this daughter-in-law never forgets that we must store food these days. Gu Wenxuan laughed out loud, "So should we also store food in every farm in the future?"

"Needless to say, we definitely need it. In this age of food dependence, every good family will store grain. I am even thinking whether we should start a one-stop grain processing business."