Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 974 Who is coming?
Following the report from the guard sent by Qian Huaizhi, another rider on a fast horse came back moments later. This time it was the Gu family guard, but the convoy was also about to arrive.

In less than a cup of tea, the convoy appeared.

Zhou Sishun was surprised that the length of the convoy had exceeded his imagination, but in the next moment he heard his good nephew bowing to Gu Erzhu and others and then telling him a "good news".

——The eldest nephew of the eldest branch of the Yangzhou family has arrived.

Who is coming?
Didn’t you say that the gifts have arrived? Why is the person here if he can’t come?

Seeing that the leading carriage had already given way to the carriages and mule carts behind and slowly stopped in the open space in front of the inn, and there were people everywhere and it was inconvenient to talk, Zhou Sishun had to nod to show that he understood, but at the same time he had to suppress his confusion and went forward with Gu Erzhu to greet them.

The first person to get off the first carriage was Zhou Changzheng from Zhoujia Village, who was well known even to Gu Erzhu and was also the current patriarch of the Zhou family in Dingzhou.

He was not originally supposed to be the clan leader, but because the Duke of Liang's Mansion suffered an unjust accusation that year, the entire clan was implicated, and the Dingzhou Zhou clan leader also suffered heavy losses.

Although the branch of the Zhou clan in Dingzhou was not like the branch of the then head of the family, the Duke of Liang's Mansion, which only saved Zhou Huan, almost only one in ten of them survived when they were exiled to the border.

Zhou Changzheng is the second surviving son of the patriarch of the Zhou family in Dingzhou. Before the rehabilitation, only his eldest brother's widowed sister-in-law and young son were left in his eldest brother's family of seven.

Even so, thanks to the secret help of Princess Fu'an, who did a lot of private arrangements for the members of her mother's clan while she was still alive, there is still no complete family even among the side branches.

If Zhou Changzheng were allowed to choose, he would definitely not want to be the patriarch. From his father to his eldest brother, they were still worried about the family before they died.

But there is no choice now. His nephew is still young, and most of the surviving elders in the clan are weak. If he does not follow his eldest brother's last wishes and take over the burden, he will be ashamed of the county lady.

It was the county lady who gave up her dignity that allowed her to stay out of the affairs and was willing to be a slave to serve her mother's clan. How could he have the face to deserve to be called a good son of the Zhou family!
"Xia'er gave birth to a baby boy smoothly?" Why didn't she give birth to a daughter? Zhou Changzheng couldn't wait to ask, feeling quite regretful.

Gu Erzhu didn't hear anything at all. To be more precise, he didn't understand what this person was thinking at all. He thought that his eldest son, the second uncle, was thinking about his niece.

He nodded hurriedly and said yes, yes, before he could continue to say that his old daughter-in-law was said to be able to walk yesterday and that a new face had appeared.

He looked to be about 30 or 40 years old. He was not from Zhoujia Village, nor did he look like the man from the Xu family in Yangzhou whom I had met in the capital before.

Besides, if I can ride in the front of the carriage with Zhou Changzheng, it won't happen that when the Xu family's relatives come, I won't ride in the same carriage with the Xu family's master...

quickly!

No need to guess, the answer came immediately.

Fifth uncle from Yangzhou Prefecture?

Suddenly, when he heard Zhou Yanhai say who the other party was, Gu Erzhu thought he couldn't react for a moment to figure out who the other party was.

"Is it Brother Changwu from the eldest uncle's family?" Unlike Gu Erzhu, Zhou Sishun did not wait for his nephew to finish. Although he asked out loud, his tone was very certain. Zhou Changwu nodded with a smile, "Is it my second brother? I heard your eldest brother talking about you. This must be Brother Gu, I have heard of your great name for a long time, and Brother Changsheng has mentioned you a lot."

At this moment, Gu Erzhu immediately recognized that the Changsheng brother the other party was referring to was most likely Lord Zhou Huan. He laughed and bowed in return.

Once again, before he could open his mouth, the other party had something to say again, and his eyes were sharp, immediately targeting his eldest son.

Well, it’s another “our son-in-law”. Listen, how warm it is. It is true that there are talented people in Jiangnan. He can even praise people with this word easily.

Listen, she not only praises "our brother-in-law", but also recites a string of poems without leaving out any of the children around her, and she praises everyone in the same way.

Gu Erzhu believed that if it had not been for the three-way intersection, the carriage carrying the women behind would have gradually moved forward. This Zhou who came from Yangzhou, who was his name, could have kept praising the children in a bookish manner, and could have continued to praise the beautiful mountains, waters, and scenery.

Oh, no, actually this guy could even walk onto the carriage and continue boasting. It’s just that the managers from various prefectures didn’t come here to say hello. He is a real scholar.

At this time, Gu Wenxuan didn't know that his father was secretly comparing him with Zhou Changwu from Yangzhou to see who looked more like a scholar. Moreover, his father was secretly glad that he was not originally from Jiangnan, otherwise it would be difficult for him to pass the examination to become a scholar if he returned to his rented land, let alone win the third place in the imperial examination.

The group introduced themselves to each other, bowed, and exchanged pleasantries. One by one, they came. Those who did not feel like taking the carriage had to walk to Yuyuan.

It was not yet evening, and the market at the intersection of Guan Road was still bustling. It was unclear whether they were looking at the passers-by or the passers-by were looking at them.

Gu Wenxuan discovered that he didn't know whether it was due to Qian Huaizhi's arrival a few days ago, or because the clothing and accessories of the other guests were so exquisite that they gave people the impression that they were not easy to mess with, but now they were far from the same as before.

Before, not only the people in the village near the market, even the villagers in the neighboring villages would call his father and father-in-law by their nicknames from afar when they saw him.

Now, even those unreliable uncles and aunts in the village who were relatively close to them when they passed by, they all deliberately avoided them as far as possible.

Even if his father and his father-in-law greeted them first, they would be very polite and would not come closer. Instead, they would stand from a distance, or even walk a step further away and respond loudly, "We are honored guests. We will talk later."

It must be said that these folks are really great. When people who are not familiar with the situation come here for the first time and see the scenery and feelings, they really deserve praise for the good customs in this area.

"…It's not far from the village in front. The area between the two villages was originally a wasteland. Nothing grew there, only grass. Even the people in the eldest brother-in-law's village were unwilling to come here to open up the wasteland. It was the third brother-in-law who chose that place, and that's how the big market is now."

Listening to Zhou Changshun, one of the elders in front, who was introducing the surrounding buildings to Zhou Changzheng and Zhou Changwu and even praised his two sons-in-law, Li Chunsheng couldn't help but make some small moves.

In front of several brothers-in-law and Gu Erlang, he couldn't help but pat his brother-in-law Gu Wenxuan on the shoulder and said, "My son was adopted."

What this means is that the second uncle loves his daughter more than his son?
At this moment, Zhou Yanhai began to believe what Zhou Yanfeng once said, that people from the same family are one family, and that the eldest son-in-law of his second uncle's family was not a narrow-minded person.

However, we need to look further. After all, my second uncle's eldest daughter and my younger sister are different. It is the younger sister who depends on my aunt. Even after she gets married, it is still the younger sister that my aunt cannot let go of.

If the eldest son-in-law of the second uncle's family thinks that he and Liu Lang are both sons-in-law of the Zhou family and feel dissatisfied, he is very wrong.