Chapter 157 Decision
Now that we have talked about what’s happening inside the village, let’s talk about what’s happening outside the village.
After more than ten days of bumpy journey, Gu Leyou finally arrived in the capital.
Her mood this time was different from the last time. Last time she was more worried, but this time she just wanted to find her husband.
She came to Juxinlou, the largest restaurant in the capital.
There were many guests coming and going. It was not because she was greedy for fame and fortune, but because she wanted to try her luck here to see if she could find out anything.
She stayed in this restaurant for two days.
That evening, when she was about to leave the restaurant, she suddenly heard some people talking.
"Do you know? The great general who was once a subordinate of the Third Prince has returned and seems to be living in the palace. We don't know what exactly happened."
"You said that man is also stupid. He didn't want to be a good general, but hid from place to place every day to support a prince. It was fine when the emperor was here. Why didn't he choose a wise monarch?"
This kind of general doesn't understand the ways of the world at all.
After listening to this, Gu Leyou wondered if her husband and the prince were trying to seize power and usurp the throne. Although the late emperor had said before that the heir to the throne was the third prince, the eldest prince had used despicable means to get it. He made such a fuss last time and thought that others had figured it out, but until now the prince has not sat in that position, so the situation must have changed.
Then this matter cannot be solved so easily.
At this time, Gu Leyou saw a suspicious person.
He wore a conical hat and black clothes.
It was obvious that he came here to gather information.
She planned to start with this person.
So she slowly approached the man and found that his smell was very familiar.
The clothes on her body exuded a faint scent of jasmine.
It can also be concluded that this person is her husband.
So she asked carefully: "Are you Lu Yan?"
The other party nodded.
So Gu Leyou pulled him out of the restaurant.
Everyone looked a little confused.
These people thought that the woman was being coerced by the man.
"You left without saying a word. You didn't write me a single word in so many days. I was so worried in the village. I finally convinced my parents to let me come out to find you. You don't want your son or your daughter anymore. What are you thinking about? You only think about your career every day. I can hardly hold my head up in the village. Do you know that?"
"Madam, I'm sorry to have made you worry. What exactly happened in the village?" Lu Yan asked.
"People say that you left without saying goodbye because you had another woman outside, so you abandoned me to find a lover outside. There are still a lot of gossips about you in the village now, and we can hardly hold our heads up. If you are fine, please go back and explain to me, otherwise neither of us can stay in the village anymore. It's too shameful to stay. Although the village chief is lucky enough to protect you, how can I, but I alone, stop the gossips?"
"I want to go back, but I haven't settled my affairs yet. How can I go back so easily? After all, it takes at least ten days to drive from here to that small mountain village. The mountains are high and the roads are long. It will waste a lot of time to go back and forth. Instead of that, I might as well wait until I finish my affairs here before going back. After I go back, I won't have to come out again and can live a peaceful life with you guys."
She had heard such words countless times and didn't want to hear them again.
This time she came to see him not because she wanted to stay and face the difficulties with him, but because she wanted to ask him clearly. If she didn't want to go back with her, then forget it, she wouldn't force her.
She had already thought of a reason before she came. If he didn't go back with her, she would go back and tell her family that he was missing.
"Do you only have your prince? Don't you care about his son and your daughter? You have only seen him a few times since she was born. You don't even know how many months old she is now. How can you be a father like this? If you don't love her, then why did you give birth to this child with me? My child is so sad. She can't see her father soon after she was born."
Gu Leyou cried so sadly.
Lu Yan felt very distressed, but there was nothing he could do.
As a citizen of this country, I must be loyal and filial and sacrifice my own family for the sake of the public. If this problem is not resolved, the people will be displaced.
They still don't know whether the eldest son of the royal family wants to abdicate or not. They can only try their best to contact the prince and see what to do next. As for his wife, he can only comfort her and let her go back first.
"My dear, I know I am sorry for you, but there is no other way. As the general of this country, I should be loyal and filial to this country. Because the prince is loyal and filial, the prince is already the monarch of this country. He is just one step away from boarding the plane. I will go back only after I have settled all these things and made sure that the prince is safe and sound."
Gu Leyou was full of helplessness.
She was still worried about her children, so she set off for home after staying in the capital for two days.
On the way home, she was worried that she would be followed, so she drove carefully for more than ten days and finally returned to Gujia Village.
When she returned to the entrance of Gujia Village, she heard several old ladies chatting under a big tree. She walked over and greeted them warmly.
"You are the daughter of the second son of the Gu family. You are back, where is your husband? I heard from your parents that you went to look for your husband, so why didn't he come back with you? It's not like your eldest aunt, who already has a new wife and doesn't want you and the child anymore, is it? You are so pitiful."
This old lady is so disgusting. She cares so much about their family affairs. But she is exhausted and tired now, and doesn't want to say anything more to these old ladies.
She just smiled and said, "He works at the dock, but not at the dock near us. He works at a dock dozens of miles away. The foreman said that he can't ask for leave without a reason, so he can't come back. He can only come back after a while when the work at the dock is not too busy."
She knew exactly what her husband would not do, and she didn't want to tell people she didn't know about the things that had done her wrong, so she could only lie to them with excuses.
When he returned home, he did not think about picking up his son and daughter. He could only go home to have a good sleep and think carefully about the future situation of him and his husband. If I want to stay in this village, we have to live separately. If I don’t want to stay in this village, I can only take the children to find him.
But she has to discuss it with her parents first, otherwise they will worry.
But I couldn't tell them the truth, so I had to lie and say the same thing as they and the ladies under the tree, otherwise there would be discrepancies.
But that night, just after I had rested for a while, there was an urgent knock on the door.
She quickly put on her clothes and went out to open the door, only to see her mother appear at the door holding her daughter.
"Mother, why are you here? Why did you bring my daughter here? What happened to her?"
"Your daughter hasn't been in good spirits these past few days. She seems to be a little sick. You should take a look at her right away. I know you have some medical skills. Take a look at your own daughter right away. Don't let her get sick from the fever. Otherwise, it will be very bad."
Gu Leyou took her daughter in and touched her forehead. She found it was indeed a little painful. She quickly thought of using the previous method to cool her daughter down. After a night of care, her daughter's fever finally subsided and her spirits improved a little.
After his daughter's illness was completely cured that day, Gu Leyou took his son back home. Then the family sat together for a meal and decided to talk about the matter at the table.
"Mom and Dad, I'm going to cook you a meal today because I have something to tell you. I know I'm the only one around you now. My brother has gone out to study and I don't know when he will be back. I don't want to leave you, but I have to. My husband works at a dock dozens of miles away and we can't live apart. After all, we've only been married for a few years and the child can't live without seeing his father all day. So I want to take the child to find him and live out our lives for a while. We'll come back when we've saved enough money."
Gu Laoer was a little reluctant to leave. After all, he had developed a deeper relationship with his child and daughter over such a long time. If the three of them, mother and son, left, he would only be left with his wife.
If the couple gets sick or suffers a disaster in this village, they can only rely on the help of their neighbors. Having a daughter by their side is better than having no one.
Their family is somewhat similar to the village chief's family, in which the village chief also has only a little girl left.
"If you and your son, the merchants, have to move dozens of kilometers away without even a place to live, are you going to end up on the streets? Are you going to become beggars?" Lin asked.
"I know you are worried about us, but we have to grow up and go out. We can't stay with you forever. We have our own family. You raised us to adulthood, so it is absolutely impossible for you to stay with us forever."
"But we are worried about you two going out. Why don't we go out together? That way, if you two go out to find work, we can help you take care of the child. Besides, your grandson is weak, and we, as old people, are worried about him wandering around with you."
It seems that there is no point in talking today. I finally cooked a meal, but I guess everyone ate it so well that all the thought I put into it was useless.
After finishing the meal, he sat in the yard again.
Just then, the village chief came with her daughter.
"Brother Gu, I heard that you read more books than I did. Can you please help me find a solution? My parents-in-law want us to pay for the young couple to build another house, and then live closer to the border of the two villages."
"Aren't they living well in your house? Why did you change your mind after going back and say you want to move out? You have to build a house. Building a house these days costs a lot of money. I guess your two families combined don't have that much money. You can't take it out in your other world. You should have a good discussion with your in-laws. Don't be so anxious to build a new house. Isn't the house you have good? Your sons are all out of town and can't come back. You only have this one daughter. If they go out again, won't your family be almost the same as ours?"
"Father, won't the village chief laugh at you for saying this? Aren't you still by my side? You haven't left yet, so why are you saying such things to the village chief? Besides, this is someone else's family affair. If I ask you to make a decision, you should just say it quickly and don't keep me in suspense."
"Isn't your daughter at home? Why is he not at home? Is she going out too? This won't do. We old people have done so much in our lifetime, isn't it for the children?"
"Yes, she also wants to take her child to join her husband. Her mother and I both disagree."
Gu Laoer hadn't come up with any good ideas yet, so Gu Leyou coaxed the child and said, "If it doesn't work out, why don't you two families pool your money together and build a house for that girl? That way it will be more convenient for you to visit the child, and it will also be more convenient for them to visit the child."
Gu Laoer felt that this method was not reliable.
If you already have a house at home, why do you need to build one outside to live in? Wouldn't that be more inconvenient?
"Don't talk nonsense, kid. We adults are talking about something. Just scare your child. As for your matter, we will discuss it later. What we are talking about with the village chief now is the most important matter."
They talked until the evening but still couldn't come to a conclusion, so the village chief went home first and planned to talk to his wife again. If it really didn't work, he would give them some money and let them build a house outside, so that there would be someone to take care of his parents-in-law. After all, the son-in-law he found was an only child.
After seeing off the village chief, the yard fell into a brief silence. Gu Leyou looked at the sad faces of his parents and knew that they were worried about their own small family and could do nothing to help with the affairs of the village chief's family.
Lin sighed softly, breaking the silence: "My daughter, regarding you and Lu Yan, it's not that I don't agree with your reunion, but life out there is not that easy. You have two children with you, what if something goes wrong?"
Gu Leyou held her mother's hand, her eyes slightly reddened: "Mom, I know you are worried about our family, but I also want the children to have a complete family. Lu Yan is working hard outside so that we can live a good life in the future."
Gu Laoer smoked a pipe and said in a muffled voice, "It's not that Dad doesn't want you to leave. Where will you live? What will you eat? Are you four going to beg along the way? The world is not peaceful. There may be wars and chaos everywhere. It's safer to stay in this small mountain village."
Gu Leyou was speechless for a moment. She had thought about these questions before, but at this moment, she was more determined to be with her husband.
"Dad, Lu Yan and I will find a way. We are young and we can always get through it."
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