"But..." Gong Yi Shui Qing paused: "Since the guests are willing to follow local customs, it is also our honor."
"It's not that I'm just adapting to local customs. It's just that the floor is so clean here that I feel sorry for the workers who clean it..."
Gongyi Shuiqing smiled slightly: "Thank you very much for your understanding..."
Bai Xiaoqian said "Huh?" "What do you mean by that?"
"Father always cleaned the porch floor himself. Occasionally I would help out—though I can't say that I do all the work in the Gongyi family myself, but at least we make tea, forge swords, maintain antiques, and clean the porch ourselves."
"Really... he's not arrogant at all." Chu Shangli was quite surprised.
When she was at the Chu family, Luo Yunjiang and Chu He didn't allow her to get involved in housework, so that's why she had a big argument with her father and brother while cooking.
However, after being emphasized so many times, the rule that the nobles of the empire cannot do the work themselves has been deeply ingrained into their brains.
Besides, what she saw with her own eyes was just like that—
Be it Wei Shengfan, Ouyang Huanshi, or Zi Shuhui and Ouyang Shixian of the previous generation, no one would do it personally.
Gongyi Tianhe - it should be said that the entire Gongyi family will not deliberately emphasize this point, so when they help out at the banquet, it will basically be regarded as complete courtesy, and it will not be considered that they really do it themselves for a long time.
When he saw them and heard their words in an identity other than Chu Shangli, an indescribable emotion surged in Chu Shangli's heart.
"Arrogance?" Gongyi Shuiqing was quite confused. "Why do you think the Gongyi family should be arrogant? This is just a gathering place for the descendants of warriors. Just focus on the competition arena. If you put on airs in your daily life, then something must be broken in your being. I don't know the rules of other families, but at least for a family like the Gongyi family, which makes its living by practicing martial arts and swordsmithing, if you can't distinguish between the competition arena and your daily life, you might fall into evil... This is absolutely forbidden. If anyone in the Gongyi family falls into evil, we must punish them according to the laws of our society. If a fair judgment cannot be given, then we must resolve it ourselves. This is also the rule passed down by our ancestors. If wealth does not foster kindness, but instead leads to indifference, vast wealth and power will become weapons far more terrifying than swords. Therefore, we must eliminate the evil in order to ensure the long-term survival of the family, not stop wielding the sword out of concern for so-called bloodline. So... to avoid arrogance, we must definitely not put on airs in our daily lives."
Qiu Feishuang sighed, "What a hassle."
"That can't be helped. We were born with much more privileges than others, so we have to endure some unusual trials to even things out a bit."
Ouyang Huanshi held Gongyi Tianhe's hand and followed Gongyi Shuiqing silently.
Within the Gongyi family, and in front of Gongyi Tianhe's parents, she was a quiet and well-behaved lady from a prominent family. Perhaps to avoid any mistakes when speaking, she simply kept her mouth shut. Her outstanding appearance and the melancholy that occasionally emanated from her temperament made her like a red maple leaf under the autumn frost, gorgeous yet with a sense of tranquility.
After entering the tea room, the waiter in the tea room saluted them.
"Master, do you need us to prepare tea?"
"No." Gongyi Shuiqing shook his head, smiled leisurely, and glanced at them with a warm and gentle look: "Dear guests, I will serve tea myself."
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