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Seeing that Old Lady Gu was silent, Niuniu asked timidly, "Grandma, did Niuniu say something wrong and make you unhappy?"
Seeing the child's uneasy look, Mrs. Gu felt a little guilty and said, "Niuniu is right."
Niuniu asked again: "Since grandma also thinks that daddy is right, why is she still unhappy?"
Old Mrs. Gu was startled when she heard this.
Stared at by her precious granddaughter's clear eyes, Mrs. Gu rarely began to reflect on herself.
She also knew that she was now trying to get the whole family together out of pure wishful thinking. She wanted Gu Mingda to help his brothers, which, to some extent, was also partiality.
Just because the second brother is smart and can take responsibility, he wants to let the two stupid brothers, the eldest and the third, take care of him.
This doesn't seem fair to Gu Mingda.
After thinking it through, Mrs. Gu seemed to be enveloped by guilt. She looked up at her second son with an apologetic look and said softly, "Second son, mother is greedy."
Gu Mingda naturally would not hold a grudge against his own mother. Looking at his mother's aged face, he thought of how she had been like a workhorse, doing her best to take care of the whole family over the years.
"Mom, you and Dad have worked hard all your lives. I don't want you to worry about these things anymore. You just wait and enjoy yourself. Now that we are dividing the family, you will live with me, okay?" Gu Mingda said softly.
When Old Mrs. Gu heard this, she couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuniang.
The old lady has been in charge of the family all her life. If she continues to manage the whole family and is still the backbone of the family, she will naturally still have the final say.
But if you decide to live with one of your sons, your future will depend on your daughter-in-law's mood.
Zhang Yunniang held her mother-in-law's old hand and said gently, "Mother, I have little experience and don't understand many things. I will still wait for you to help me make decisions in the future."
When Old Mrs. Gu heard this, she changed her mind and realized that compared with her two daughters-in-law Chen Chunhua and Liu Erni, her second daughter-in-law Zhang Yunniang had never had any conflicts with her in the past.
After the comparison, her heart could not settle down. After all, her other two sons were too unreliable. She was always afraid that without her supervision, the two of them would not be able to make a living.
Gu Mingda said, "I know you are always worried about my eldest brother and third brother. When the family is divided, I don't want anything except you and dad."
Even if Gu Mingda fails to pass the imperial examination in the future, he does not plan to stay in Qingshui Village for a long time. Even if he takes the land in the village, he will not come back to farm.
Besides, he had many ways to make money and was not short of these little things. Most importantly, he had just passed the imperial examination and divided the family. If he continued to take advantage of his family, outsiders would definitely gossip.
He might as well take a little loss and gain a reputation for being generous.
At this moment, Old Mrs. Gu was surprised by her second son's generosity.
"You don't want the land and the house anymore? Second brother, do you know what you are saying? What do you think, Yunniang? Are you planning to not want anything too? You have four children! Your three sons are going to get married, and you have to give Niuniu a decent dowry when she gets married in the future. How can you not want anything?" asked Old Mrs. Gu anxiously.
Zhang Yunniang chuckled and said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, my husband and I think the same thing. Land and houses are external possessions. As long as you and father can feel at ease, that is more important than anything else."
Old Mrs. Gu suddenly burst into tears. The fact that her daughter-in-law could think this way made her feel that she didn't need to worry about her future life. With such character, she didn't worry at all that her daughter-in-law would be mean to her in the future.
"You are all good... If Chen Chunhua and Liu Erni could be a little bit like you, I wouldn't have to worry so much." Old Mrs. Gu grabbed Zhang Yuniang's hand and praised.
Gu Mingda then repeated his previous question: "Mom, can you tell me now, who has made me angry at home during the past two months of preparing for the exam? Was it my third brother's wife?"
Old Mrs. Gu didn’t want to say it yet.
Gu Mingda said, "If you don't tell me, I can ask others about it. If they exaggerate something, I will believe it."
Old Mrs. Gu had no choice but to speak reluctantly: "Liu Erni, that fool, secretly learned our tofu recipe and taught it to her brothers from her mother's side. The Liu family sells a piece of tofu cheaper than ours, causing our tofu workshop to go bankrupt."
Gu Mingda was stunned when he heard this and asked, "Our tofu can't be sold in Qingshui Village, so what about Chenjia Village? That's my sister-in-law's hometown, so no one will buy it there?"
When Old Lady Gu heard this, she got angry and said, "Those bastards from the Liu family are so quick. When the people from Chenjia Village saw that there was cheap tofu to buy, they didn't care about whether they were relatives or not! They didn't even think about it. Although the Liu family's tofu is cheaper, it is cut smaller than ours, and the ingredients are not as strong as ours! They are just a bunch of short-sighted people who are greedy for small profits!"
Gu Mingda sighed and said, "I originally thought that with the addition of a tofu-making business, my eldest brother and my third brother would have a better life. What does my third brother's wife think? What does my third brother say?"
Old Mrs. Gu was also very angry. Although the tofu workshop was just a small business, it could generate income every day. At this time of the year, many people bought tofu and she could make a lot of money.
"Your third brother is a loser. He's obsessed with his wife. He was angry about such a big thing for a few days and then ignored it. He deserves to be a peasant for the rest of his life!"
As a mother, Mrs. Gu can scold her son at will, but Gu Mingda cannot say bad things about his brother. Besides, the old lady is in poor health and cannot bear to be bullied.
"A harmonious family is the key to success. Third brother, there is nothing we can do now. We can't just give up our lives." Gu Mingda comforted him.
Old Mrs. Gu was still unhappy and said, "If it weren't for the two children, I would have asked the third son to divorce her!"
The carriage stopped outside the old Gu family's house. The eldest and third Gu obviously knew what had happened before. When they saw Gu Mingda getting off the carriage, they asked anxiously, "Second brother, is mother okay?"
Old Mrs. Gu lifted the curtain of the carriage and was helped down from it with a gloomy face.
Although Gu Mingda didn't gossip about his brothers, when he thought about the anger his mother had suffered during this period and saw that the two brothers didn't look happy, he simply didn't answer.
Mrs. Gu suddenly asked the driver loudly: "Because of my illness, will my second son have to pay you a lot more money?"
The driver didn't understand, but he answered honestly: "Don't worry, old lady. We are not the kind of black-hearted people. We will not ask for a lot for this extra trip. We only charged him five cents."
When Mrs. Gu heard the amount, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken. She asked again, "Do you remember how much it cost to treat me at the clinic?"
The driver still didn't know what the old lady was going to do, but he still answered: "I saw it clearly from the side. The pulse diagnosis and medicine purchase cost two taels of silver in total. Old lady, you are very lucky. Your second son is very generous."
The eldest and third sons of the Gu family were afraid that the money would be shared by their two families, so they hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, our second brother is the most promising person in the family. Not only is he rich, he is also a scholar. Our parents are counting on him for the future."
When Old Mrs. Gu saw them like this, she couldn't help but frown.
She had long known that these two sons were not as filial as Gu Mingda, but she still couldn't help but feel upset. She raised her voice and said on the spot: "He is not my only son. This money must be shared equally by the three of you!"
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