"Gu Shouren!" Zhang was once again angered by Uncle Gu.

Is it really that disrespectful to people?

Ever since she married into the Gu family, they've been criticizing her appearance. She's not ugly, so what's wrong with her?

She fell for Uncle Gu simply because he was the best-looking young man in the village, and that any child born to him would surely be good-looking, right?

“Daughter-in-law, don’t deny it. Ask your sister-in-law, Aunt Xiao, and A Yuan. They’re not surnamed Gu, but they’re good-looking. Ask them if they’ve ever been scared by a ghost,” Uncle Gu patted Zhang’s back and advised.

"Eldest son, either get out of here or shut up and eat!" Seeing that Zhang was about to cause a scene, Grandma Gu had no choice but to scold her son.

"Alas! This world will eventually become a world where telling the truth is wrong!" Uncle Gu sighed deeply.

Then, taking a large bowl, he picked up a few potato pancakes, a few pieces of pork ribs, and a few boiled potatoes, and went outside to squat and eat them.

That sorrowful figure left everyone in the room speechless.

Zhang felt extremely aggrieved, but since her mother-in-law had already yelled at the person and she was still making a scene, she figured she would be yelled at and kicked out too.

"Alright, alright, everyone, eat! These potatoes are so delicious, why aren't you all eating them?" Grandpa Gu chuckled, urging everyone to continue eating.

...

In the afternoon, Lu Zheng took Gu Shouxin and half a basket of potatoes to town.

On the way, Lu Zheng couldn't help but talk to Gu Shouxin about his uncle: "Second Uncle, what Uncle said is very pertinent!"

Gu Shouxin raised an eyebrow and asked, "Which sentence?"

His older brother, who was being talked about by him, said a lot of things, and most of what he said sounded quite reasonable unless you were the one being talked about.

“Many sentences. For example, the sentence that this world will eventually become a place where telling the truth is wrong. In fact, this world has been like this for a long time,” Lu Zheng said with a smile.

“There are still many things in this world that are not to our liking. For us ordinary people, sometimes we may not even have the right to speak! But this is relative. Perhaps even the emperor has to consider the reactions of his ministers before he speaks, and sometimes he is controlled by his ministers,” Gu Shouxin sighed.

"Second Uncle has quite profound insights!" Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow. Could it be that Gu Shouxin was once an emperor before he became Gu Shouxin?

"I don't have any profound insights, I just read some history books. Compared to the emperors in history books who were controlled by their ministers, I prefer the ministers who controlled the emperor. There have been very few such people throughout history. If they could do that, then it goes beyond what I said before. They have no relative power, they only have absolute power!" Gu Shouxin added.

Lu Zheng was taken aback. Not an emperor, but a powerful minister. A powerful minister with absolute power?

It seems Master Liaowu was right: the more people with XinXin's characteristics we find, the greater the impact of change will be.

Gu Shouxin was definitely a figure close to the emperor.

What about Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian?

Gu Shouxin looked at the stunned Lu Zheng and smiled. "You brat, trying to trick me? I'll be vague and you can guess for yourself!"

"You really have no interest in the Zhou family's assets?" Gu Shouxin was bored and decided to set a trap for Lu Zheng.

It all depends on how you answer. You'll be exposed eventually. Let's see if you dare to lie now.

"What does Second Uncle think? Does Second Uncle think I'm that kind of person?" Lu Zheng asked rhetorically.

Gu Shouxin: Oh, you've got some skills!