Chapter 198: The longer the secret is, the better
"That won't do. We need a leader now."
"Yes, there must be a leader."
"You people are so ungrateful!"
"That's right, has the old patriarch treated you badly?"
So the two sides started arguing loudly, and Gu Xiaoxi saw Gu Dayue laughing secretly with glee.
Gu Yuntian walked out of the house, glanced at Gu Dayue without saying a word.
After waiting for a while, Gu Dayue saw that the atmosphere was right, so he pretended to be a good person and said, "How about this, let's wait a few days and see if the old patriarch can get up. We still believe in him.
If the old patriarch is in poor health, please don't make things difficult for him."
Hearing this, those who supported the old patriarch looked at Gu Yuntian.
Gu Yuntian finally spoke: "My father is indeed old, so let's do as Brother Dayue says!"
The matter was settled, and Gu Dayue took his people away.
Gu Yuntian also asked those who supported his father to go back first.
Gu Xiaoxi went in to see the old patriarch and told them what they should not feed the old patriarch. She left the old patriarch's house and took a walk in the village.
After what happened last night, everyone in the village was terrified.
Sure enough, those old women and young wives who often loved to quarrel stopped arguing and planned to go to the town to buy dogs. The village was noisy even in broad daylight.
Gu Xiaoxi didn't stay for long. He walked around and hurried home.
Gu He and the others also want to know what the current situation in the village is?
After Gu Xiaoxi came back, everyone gathered around him.
Gu Xiaoxi told her family about the situation and expressed her concerns.
“Dad, Mom, we have quite a few courtyards now, and I’m worried that if the village gets more chaotic, some people with bad intentions might come to our side.
If they wanted to move in, we wouldn’t be able to keep them in such a spacious yard.”
After hearing Xiaoxi's words, Gu An immediately understood what she meant and said, "Are you planning to have all of us live in one courtyard, and then have two more families from the two neighboring courtyards move in?"
Gu Xiaoxi nodded after listening and said: "If there is chaos outside and we don't know what will happen, I want to bring grandpa and his family over. My uncle's family has two courtyards, which is enough for grandpa and his family to live in.
The yard that my second uncle just built is not small. It also has two courtyards. One of the courtyards is larger. The larger one is for the old patriarch and his family to live in, and the smaller one is for my sixth grandfather and his family to live in.
We can’t control other people, but these two families have always been very kind to our family, so I want to help them at this time.”
After hearing this, Gu He and the others were silent for a while, and everyone was thinking about this matter in their hearts.
Chai was also worried about her family, especially her father, whose health was already poor. If something like this happened in this village, there was no guarantee that the same thing would happen in the other village.
She wanted to talk about this last night, but she felt that there were so many people from her mother's family around and she was worried about disturbing everyone.
"Okay, I agree!" Gu Ping spoke first.
The old patriarch and his family have always been very good to their family. Even when their parents were alive, the old patriarch took good care of them.
"I agree too." Gu An also nodded.
"Dad, the more chaotic the situation is, the more we need to stick together for warmth. Even though my eldest and third brothers have some martial arts skills, they can't stand up to the large number of bandits." Gu Xiaoxi felt that they would be safer this way.
Even if they are robbed by bandits, they will be more confident in resisting with more people.
"Then do as you say. Your mother actually wants to do the same, but she just hasn't said it yet." Gu He had long seen through his wife's thoughts. Even if Xiaoxi didn't mention this matter, he planned to discuss it with Xiaoxi.
"It's decided. After breakfast, Mom and Dad will go to Grandpa's house. Ah San and Ah Si, please come with us.
"My uncle will talk to Sixth Grandfather, and I'll talk to the old clan leader." Gu Xiaoxi made the specific arrangements.
"Okay, let's do as you arranged and eat." Gu He said and picked up the chopsticks.
After breakfast, Gu He and his wife went to Chai's house with Ying San and Ying Si.
The situation in Chaijia Village is similar to that in Xixia Village, except that everyone there has the surname Chai, and they are a little more united than here, but there are still some troublemakers and idiots.
Just then, someone came to quarrel with the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chai family early in the morning, which made Mrs. Chai very angry. She helped her daughter-in-law to have a fierce quarrel with that person early in the morning.
"Mom, how are we going to live from now on? These people keep picking on trivial matters to cause trouble." Cai family's eldest daughter-in-law, Dara Luo, had a worried look on her face.
There weren't so many troubles in the village when it was peaceful before, but ever since the child-stealing incident, all kinds of troubles have started to happen.
Why……
Mrs. Chai sighed deeply and said helplessly, "The poorer we are, the more chaotic the world becomes. I guess we won't have any good days this year."
"Mom, you can't let Dad know about this. He still needs to take care of his body." Daluo reminded her mother-in-law.
"We can hide it for as long as we can. It's in chaos every day and we don't know when it will end..." Old Mrs. Chai was afraid of this kind of world where human lives were worthless and the government could do nothing about it.
As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, Old Man Chai came out with a cane.
Seeing the old man appear, Mrs. Chai and Mrs. Daluo both shut their mouths.
"Even without you telling me, I guessed it. The dogs have been barking so loudly late at night these past few days. They must be restless.
This year's disaster has left many people without food, so it's normal for things to get chaotic. Don't go out during normal times. Have Chai Gu and Chai Feng secretly buy some food and store it there.
Why……
It's a pity that Zhixin finally found a suitable match, but I don't know if this marriage can still be successful. "Grandpa Chai is worried about his grandsons. The older ones don't get married, and the younger ones don't get married either.
The eldest grandson and the second grandson are both sons of the eldest son Chai Gu.
The eldest grandson, Chai Zhixin, teaches at a private school in the county town and has a stable income. He has always refused to get married. This year, he finally found someone he likes and had originally planned to propose marriage in the next two months, but now it seems that the possibility is unlikely.
The second grandson, Chai Zhiguang, was not good at studying and helped with farm work at home.
The third and fourth grandsons are the sons of the second son, Chai Feng.
The third grandson, Chai Zhiyuan, had passed the examination for becoming a Tongsheng and was studying in a school in the city.
The fourth grandson, Chai Zhixian, was not good at studying and did farm work at home.
None of the four grandsons is willing to get married yet, which makes Grandpa Chai and everyone else very worried.
"There shouldn't be much impact in the city. Let Chai Gu go and ask when he has time." Old Mrs. Chai was really afraid that her husband would worry too much and fall ill.
After hearing what his wife said, Mr. Chai said nothing.
The betrothal gifts for girls in the city are quite high, I wonder if my eldest grandson can afford it?
Thump thump thump!
Footsteps were heard and Chai Zhixian ran in happily.
"Grandpa, grandma, aunt, aunt and uncle are here, and they have also arrived with two horse-drawn carriages." Before he ran to the elders, the voices arrived first.
When Old Master Chai heard this, he was not happy. Instead, he complained, "It's such a mess outside. Wealth should not be shown to the public. Why did they still drive two carriages here?"
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