Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 996 The next morning
It's impossible to visit the old man first thing tomorrow morning. As in-laws, there are certain etiquette rules for the first visit to an elder.

Although due to the tight schedule, the formal procedure of sending an invitation to the Gu family's old residence to express the desire to pay respects to Old Master Gu was omitted, the time was still chosen to be after 5 a.m. the next day.

Mao hour is right.

After Zhou Changshun, Zhou Changping, and Zhou Changyan, the eldest son of the Zhou clan chief of Qinghe Village, met at the intersection of Yuyuan and Qinghe Village, they greeted Zhou Changzheng, Zhou Changwu, and others.

It's the beginning of time.

Zhou Changzheng, Zhou Changwu, Zhou Changshun, Zhou Changping, Zhou Changyan and others, along with their sons, nephews and sons-in-law, set off from Hexi to the Gu family's old courtyard.

The son-in-law here is Li Chunsheng. He has four days off this month. He was transferred to the same group the day before yesterday, and tomorrow will be the last day off.

While his father-in-law and brothers-in-law were going to visit Grandpa Gu, he also brought gifts and accompanied them to visit his brother-in-law's grandfather.

However, the gifts were relatively few, whether it was a formal visit to the elders of the family or a visit to elders who were recuperating.

Among them, Zhou Changzheng and Zhou Changwu brought gifts of four boxes of pastries, two cans of tea, and a ginseng or a box of lingzhi mushrooms, respectively.

As for the gifts Li Chunsheng brought, well, his father-in-law picked and chose, taking away half of them, only telling him and his brothers-in-law not to come empty-handed.

Since the Zhou family is going to visit Old Master Gu, even if they don't mention when they'll go, with Ma Shan's tip-off, the Ma family can't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Fortunately, the Zhou family chose a time that wasn't too early, and the Ma family group, led by Ma Dazhuang, managed to catch them at the intersection before they arrived at the Gu family's old residence in Hedong.

Third brother (Zhou Changshun), you're not being fair! You ran off without even saying a word.

Regardless of whether it was kind or not, Zhou Sishun would never admit that he intentionally did not invite Ma Dazhuang to visit Grandpa Gu beforehand, after all, Ma Dazhuang was not him.

He was celebrating his grandson's third-day celebration, a joyous occasion. Even though he had heard that Old Master Gu was ill, he wouldn't go to the celebration beforehand to avoid bad luck.

Yesterday was his grandson's third-day celebration, and today his brothers are going to the Gu family's old home. As for Brother Ma, there's nothing joyous happening at home, so he can go whenever he wants.

Of course, Zhou Sishun couldn't say it so openly, but the news that Zhou Changzheng, Zhou Changwu, and the others were about to return home tomorrow could no longer be kept from the Ma family.

"You've come all this way, why don't you stay a few more days? You haven't even come to my house for a visit yet, how can that be? Aren't we really in-laws?"

Unlike Zhou Changwu, who had never had much interaction with ordinary people, Zhou Changzheng was very down-to-earth because he had lived in exile for many years.

Upon hearing this, he first laughed heartily, showing no sign of adopting his usual scholarly demeanor, and then immediately punched Ma Dazhuang with his fist.

Moreover, the first thing he did was ask me if we weren't really in-laws. My brother is the third brother of the three sworn brothers of the Peach Garden Oath, so we're more than just in-laws; we're true family.

Beside him, Zhou Changwu smiled and nodded in agreement, then took over the conversation, trying not to be too formal, saying that he would have to trouble Brother Ma to take care of his cousin Zhou Changshun's family in the future.

Besides them, Grandma Gu also got up very early today, much earlier than her second son. She really woke up before dawn.

This was only because her second son had guests and was too embarrassed to sleep in, so she told him and his wife to get up early, just like yesterday.

Seeing her second son's helpless expression, Old Madam Gu was in a great mood and, accompanied by her second son and daughter-in-law, enjoyed a delicious breakfast served by maids.

What a wonderful day.

This is the life a human being should live. It's just a pity that after breakfast, her rascal son seems to never see her at ease, saying that his in-laws and their group will definitely go to the old man's house to check on him before noon.

What to do?

Let's go back.

Before she could even go to the west courtyard to chat with Zhou Banxia, ​​Old Madam Gu asked Liu to pass on a few words to Zhou Banxia, ​​and hurriedly dragged her son to the old courtyard.

Even though Liu repeatedly said there was still time, that it would be enough to go to the old courtyard in half an hour, Old Madam Gu dared not stay a moment longer and insisted on going back first.

She was the one who didn't want to go back to the old house before, leaving Grandpa Gu alone at home, but now she can't wait a moment longer and is eager to go back.

Unlike Ma Shan, who arrived late to pay her respects at the main courtyard and was completely baffled by the situation, both Liu Shi and her son Gu Erzhu understood the meaning behind this action.

No matter what he said, even though he had already sent people to take care of the old man, his mother was still afraid that he would hold a grudge against the eldest son and have someone expose why the eldest son was recuperating at home.

The old man is blatantly biased, while his mother is subtly biased. I don't know what she's thinking. Does she still think his wife is not very bright and that she's easy to mess with?
"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up."

Gu Erzhu was speechless upon hearing this.

Why should he go to the old folks' home so early to see the old man's face?
"Hurry up!"

"Don't rush me, you're just making things difficult for me. You know my dad dislikes me the most these days, yet you still want to drag me there early. Are you deliberately trying to get me there sooner so my dad can vent his anger first?"

Damn boy!
Before leaving the hall, Old Lady Gu lifted the curtain so the maids couldn't see her. Her second sister-in-law and granddaughter-in-law were behind her. She glared at her son and blurted out whatever came to mind, "I told you your father is old and confused, but you didn't believe me."

My dad wasn't very old back then, and he wasn't very clear-headed either... Gu Erzhu held back, giving his mother face, and didn't argue back. Otherwise, given his dad's personality, he would have a lot to say.

“If you go there now, I guarantee your father will be overjoyed to see you. He won’t scold you at all; he’ll be too busy doting on you. No other son is as filial as my Erzhuzi. If your father dares to say anything bad about you, I’m not living with him anymore.”

Don't!

Gu Erzhu was startled and waved his hands.

"Don't argue with my dad over our son. He can't handle it. A young couple is meant to be companions in old age. If you stop living with my dad because of our son, he'll be committing a terrible sin. It's not like he hasn't been scolded by my dad before. Let him scold me if he wants."

As long as he's happy, that's all that matters. After all, I'm his son. At most, he might not like me, and he gets angry every time he sees me. As his son, I try to avoid him as much as possible so he doesn't get in his way, and then he'll be at peace.

Grandma Gu had thought of everything, including how her son would pick up where she left off, but she hadn't expected that her son would openly say that he, as her son, would try his best to avoid his father and not get in his way.

For a moment, in front of her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, she didn't know what better or more appropriate reaction to make. She was stunned for a moment, and when her son helped her walk closer to the threshold, there were already maids waiting for her to go out through the curtain.

What to say?

Nothing I say will be appropriate.

"Watch the threshold, Mother."

"You brat, I should thank you for the advice!" Old Mrs. Gu gave her son a deep look. "I know. Second son, I'm going back now. You and Hu Niu don't need to come out."