Gu Beiheng clearly remembered that many of the pills were sent by the Su family, and his uncle also gave a lot of medicinal herbs. In the end, they were controlled by Zhang Yunyu, and not a single pill or straw was given to Su Qi.
He rushed out with red eyes to find a doctor.
When he came back carrying the doctor, Su Qi was holding Dabao with a dull look in her eyes and unable to cry.
Dabao's whole body was burning hot like a furnace.
He remembered what Su Qi said.
Not long after that, Dabao died on the road to exile. When he died, tears were still on his thin face.
Nestled in Su Qi's arms, he looked pitiful like a cat. "Mom, I'm so hungry. So cold." Dabao murmured these words and called out to his mother in the middle of the night.
All he could think about were the words Su Qi said to him.
Gu Beiheng stood up with a gloomy face.
"Dad, let's split up the family. What you did just now was to preserve the relationship between father and son. When we move to Jinyang Prefecture, I will give you fifteen taels of silver every year for your retirement." Gu Beiheng looked at the angry old man in front of him with disappointment.
He knew the purpose of sending him to the military camp. He clearly wanted to study for the imperial examination at that time.
However, when Gu Beiheng was 13 years old, he was sent to the military camp by Gu Wushen, under the pretext that the Gu family must establish their prestige in the military camp in order to gain merit through military service.
But the other members of the Gu family all took the imperial examination.
Gu Wushen finally retracted his raised hand and glared at Gu Beiheng with disappointment. He asked in a hoarse voice:
"Do you really want to listen to this woman and become estranged from your loved ones?"
"No. Master, give Beiheng a chance. Don't do that. Beiheng knows he's wrong." Seeing Gu Beiheng standing with his back straight and disobeying, Aunt Liu cried and went forward to hug Gu Wushen's legs.
Aunt Liu burst into tears. "Master, Beiheng is also your child. Give him a chance."
"Mom, get up."
Gu Beiheng stepped forward and pulled Aunt Liu up.
Aunt Liu turned around and refused to get up, slapping Gu Beiheng's arm with one hand.
The other hand pulled the corner of Su Qi's clothes.
"Qiqi, please don't be like this, okay? We can't let Beiheng become a homeless soul." Aunt Liu cried with tears and snot. When she howled like that, everyone else was watching the fun.
It all depends on how Gu Beiheng and his family can save the situation.
A sarcastic voice came from the side.
"Shameless thing, you dare to try to force us to split up the family property. You've just shot yourself in the foot, haven't you?"
"That's right. Such a vixen should be drowned."
"Let's see how she ends up. I don't believe she dares to leave the clan."
…
How could Su Qi, a person from the modern era, be afraid of these things?
At worst, we can create a new family tree and let Gu Beiheng be the first-generation ancestor of this branch.
It’s beautiful just thinking about it.
Su Qi ignored the curious gazes of the spectators and automatically blocked out their gossip. She despised these spectators for not eating any melon seeds and gave them a bad review.
She supported Aunt Liu and frowned:
"Mom, these people will eventually kill Dabao and Erbao. Do you still want to be with them?" If Concubine Liu turned out to be a useless piece of mud, Su Qi wouldn't mind distancing her from her children.
Taking the lives of Dabao and Erbao?
Wouldn’t Beiheng have no descendants?
It's even more miserable than being a wandering ghost.
Aunt Liu seemed to have paused, wiping her face with her sleeve. Sniffling, she took two steps back, hugging Dabao and Erbao in her arms. "Then, then I'll stay with my grandson. You can do whatever you want with the rest," she whispered.
I don't care about dividing the family.
She realized that what she said was useless and no one would listen to her.
Dabao wiped Aunt Liu's face with his little hands, and his little mouth stretched out the ending sound. "Grandma, Dabao is in pain~"
"Erbao, I'm scared~." Erbao also stepped forward and glanced at Zhang Yunyu with a look of grievance. "Grandma is so fierce."
Aunt Liu felt even more pain in her heart.
I thought it was just an accidental hit on Dabao, but it seems he had a plan all along. Maybe he's been bullying these two children in the mansion.
"Come over with grandma and I'll rub it for you."
"Okay, grandma, you have to be good too." Erbao hooked Aunt Liu's finger and followed her away.
Aunt Liu took Dabao and Erbao away and sat back down.
Old Madam Gu knew that dividing the family was necessary, and that removing this family would reduce the burden.
I thought about it for a while.
Old Madam Gu stumbled over. "Bei Heng, the fifteen taels of silver a year is for your father's retirement, and your grandfather and I also have to pay for ours. We both need fifteen taels of silver a year, too, plus ten dan of fine grain."
If you agree, I will take charge of the division of the family." Old Madam Gu had been fighting in the family for a lifetime and knew that Gu Beiheng and the other man were determined to divide the family.
It’s better to separate before things turn so that everyone can be better off.
Gu Beiheng and Su Qi looked at each other.
After hesitating for a few moments, he agreed readily.
"Just do as grandma said. Please ask Officer Huang to be a witness for us." Gu Beiheng didn't want to say any more. It was his duty to support the elderly.
Naturally there is no objection.
"Master Huang, please be a witness."
Old Huang took a sip of his wine, twisted the wine bag and hung it around his waist.
Don’t you have any paper and pen? I sell paper and rent pens and ink here, would you like some?”
People like Old Huang have seen many people of all kinds on the road of exile, and there are many examples of people fighting and dividing up their families.
I was also happy to prepare paper and pen to make some money.
Gu Beiheng walked over and paid half a tael of silver in exchange for two pieces of paper.
Everything is expensive on the road to exile. No wonder it is said that even after reaching the exile place, half of your life is gone.
He took out another twenty copper coins and gave them to Old Huangtou.
The monkey had already taken out the brush and inkstone from the cloth bag on the horse's back.
"Brother Heng, this is for you." Monkey squatted down and ground it for Gu Beiheng. He had heard a lot about the Northwest Army since he was a child, and this kid was born to admire brave men.
I was so happy when I knew he was going to escort Gu Beiheng.
While the monkey was grinding, Yao Wu took a piece of animal skin and put it on the ground for Gu Beiheng to write.
"You have to prepare a farewell dinner tonight, right? Leave it to us." Yao Wu laughed.
Gu Wushen looked regretful, he didn't want to separate from Gu Beiheng.
If we don't split up the family now, I'm afraid this rebellious son will really betray the clan and leave. What's good to eat at the farewell dinner?
But he didn't dare to contradict the officer who was always whipping him. "Do you want to have a farewell dinner?" Gu Wushen hesitated.
"Of course. We've split up, so we have to have a farewell dinner." Some families from the side branches wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to have a free meal, so they quickly joined in the shouting.
"Beiheng, would you like to eat?" After Gu Beiheng separated from the family, Gu Wushen became polite in his words.
The previous "I am the best" attitude is gone.
"I'll listen to you." Gu Beiheng didn't care about the farewell dinner.
Zhang Yunyu's chest heaved with anger. He hadn't expected the family to be let out so easily. And what Su Qi had said...
"We can have a farewell dinner, but you have to pay for it." Zhang Yunyu couldn't hold back the anger in her heart, and thought that there would be one less person to be bullied by her in the future.
He was even more furious and looked at Aunt Liu with hatred. "Shameless thing, you stole my man when you were young.
You are old and still pretending to be pitiful. If I were in the mansion before, I would have exposed your skin."
Aunt Liu said nothing, but timidly raised her eyes, then retracted them upon meeting Zhang Yunyu's gaze.
Others looked at it.
Madam Zhang is also jealous, but isn’t every madam like that?
These concubines are needed to win over men, but one must also be vigilant at all times to prevent them from being favored.
Gu Wushen, who never cared about women's affairs in the inner chambers, frowned unhappily and interrupted. "It's just a farewell dinner. If you have any objections, don't eat."
Madam Gu poked Zhang Yunyu with her cane and said, "You've torn our whole family apart."
Zhang Yunyu: ...Old Madam, didn’t you say implicitly that when people grow bigger, the family will split apart, and when a tree grows bigger, it will split apart?
The family division turmoil at noon passed quickly.
However, the split of the Gu family's main branch also set an example for the other branches and the second branch. Ma Qiumei quickly suggested that since the family was splitting up, the main branch and the second branch should also live separately.
Old Master Gu knew that the young people no longer listened to what he said, so he could only sigh and agree to separate the first and second wives.
So far. One noon time.
The Gu family was completely divided.
This still delayed the journey, but I still gave some silver to Old Huang.
These officials were paid, so naturally they were happy to turn a blind eye.
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