Chapter 35 Second Aunt Complaint
"What? How dare they be so rude to you? No, I must go find my eldest brother and ask him how he raised his children to treat their elders like this.
"My eldest brother came over a few days ago and wanted me to find a job for the second child. Just because the third child is like this, the second child won't be much better?" Gu Chonghai said angrily.
"That's right, head of the family, you have to have a good talk with eldest brother. I've already told you that our daughter wanted the hairpin in order to attend the banquet hosted by the daughter of County Magistrate Wu, but Third Gu ignored her." Wang Jinhuan added fuel to the fire.
"Don't worry, I will definitely tell Big Brother that I won't let that bastard off.
Oh, isn't my daughter going to a party? Please prepare her clothes and jewelry.
I heard that this banquet is for the young master of Wu County to find a girlfriend. It would be great if he would like our girl.
From now on, our family will have a backer in this county.
Even if the Wu County Magistrate's family doesn't like her, won't there be other wealthy ladies in town going there tomorrow? You can just dress her up nicely anyway." Gu Chonghai squinted his eyes and thought.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll make a new dress for my daughter tomorrow and buy some jewelry. It's all Gu Yan's fault for being stingy, otherwise he wouldn't have to buy the hairpin." Wang Jinhuan was still muttering.
She doesn't even think about why people should give you the things they bought for free?
Don't say that a sister-in-law should give a gift to her sister-in-law. You are still an aunt, but you didn't give a penny.
At this time, Gu Mei also came back with a pout.
"Mom, didn't you promise to buy me a hairpin? Why did you come back by yourself? You made me embarrassed there." Gu Mei complained as soon as she came in.
When Wang Jinhuan saw that it was her daughter, she remembered that she had forgotten her daughter in the jewelry store when she ran back.
"Blame me, blame me. Later, I will take you to buy a new set of clothes and a hairpin, and then buy you a pair of earrings." Wang Jinhuan said as she looked at the plain hoop earrings on her daughter's ears.
"Really? Thank you, mother. I knew you loved me the most. When I marry into the family of County Magistrate Wu, I will definitely be filial to my parents in the future." Gu Mei said.
"What do you mean by marrying into the Wu family? You're not ashamed of being a grown-up girl. You can't say that outside.
"The Wu family is not a very good family, and you can't just marry them if you want to." Wang Jinhuan warned.
"Mom, I'm telling you in secret, I met Mr. Wu at the Wu family's old house, and he smiled at me at that time.
Anyway, I have my eyes on Master Wu, and I must marry him." Gu Mei felt sweet in her heart when she thought of Master Wu smiling at her.
"But will the Wu County Magistrate's family be interested in you? I heard that not only the people in our town are eyeing you, but many families in the county also want to marry into the Wu family." Wang Jinhuan had no confidence in this.
They are just ordinary merchants. Although they run a small restaurant, they may be considered good in the eyes of the country people, but in the eyes of people like Wu Xiancheng, they are nothing.
The reason why Gu Mei was able to attend the banquet was because she accidentally helped the old lady of the Wu family when she was out for fun one day.
Mrs. Wu asked Miss Wu to invite her to the Wu family twice. That was also how Gu Mei was able to attend the banquet at the Wu County Magistrate's house.
Speaking of County Magistrate Wu, he is one of the most promising people in Qingshan Town.
After passing the Juren exam, he took it again twice, but failed to pass the Jinshi exam. He then gave up and found a job in the county government.
Now he has become the county magistrate, and he has considerable influence in Fuyuan County.
"I don't care. I'm going to marry Mr. Wu. If that doesn't work out, I'll be his mistress." Gu Mei said stubbornly.
Wang Jinhuan and Gu Chonghai looked at each other and felt that being a mistress was not a bad idea. After all, given their family background, being a mistress to the son of the county magistrate Wu would be too high a target.
If they could get close to County Magistrate Wu, their business would definitely be able to reach new heights, and they might even be able to open a restaurant in the county town.
"Okay, ask your mother to buy you two nice clothes tomorrow and pick out two hairpins," said Gu Chonghai.
When Gu Mei heard that her father promised to buy her two sets of clothes and jewelry, she immediately thanked him happily: "Thank you, father. When I marry Master Wu, I will definitely help the family."
Gu Chonghai nodded. This was exactly what he wanted to hear. Otherwise, he would not have bought such good things for a little girl.
But he really had to talk to his eldest brother when he had time. This third brother couldn't do this. It was just a hairpin, wasn't it? His cousin liked it, but instead of offering it to him, he refused even when the elders asked him to. He really had no manners at all.
Gu Yan had no idea that his second uncle Gu Chonghai was secretly preparing to complain to his father.
At this time, two people were driving a mule cart to the foot of Daqing Mountain.
All these things need to be transported to the mountains.
In the car, Gu Yan also told Li Wanqing about his second uncle: "Although my second uncle can't be considered a son-in-law, he is not much different.
We agreed at that time that if we had sons, one of them would have the Wang family surname.
I don't know much about my second uncle. I was still young when he was at home. Later, he found my second aunt and moved to the town, rarely coming back.
Second Aunt was even worse. She had never been into the mountains. I did go to their restaurant once, but Second Aunt seemed to look down on us and didn't let me in. She just took the things at the door and let me go back.
I saw her a few more times later, but that was always when I was delivering things to my second uncle with my father. But I never saw my second aunt look happy.
Anyway, we are just being polite to Second Uncle and the others, so you don’t have to worry if you meet them in the future. Our relationship with them is just like that.”
Li Wanqing didn't take Wang Jinhuan and the others seriously. They were just relatives. If they got along well, they would spend more time together. If they didn't get along well, they would spend less time together.
Now that Gu Yan said this, I didn't take it to heart anymore.
"Well, I get it, but your second aunt is too shallow. How can she open her mouth and ask others for things?
She also said that the sister-in-law should give a gift to the sister-in-law, so why doesn’t she, as an aunt, give a gift to me?
And your cousin is also a little scheming, I don't think she'll ever stop being so." Li Wanqing could tell at a glance that Gu Mei was restless.
"Don't worry about her, we don't know her well." Gu Yan said.
As the two were talking, they came to the foot of the mountain where they usually went up.
When they reached this point, the mule cart could not go up any further, so Gu Yan and Li Wanqing could only get off and carry things up little by little.
"Wife, you stay here and watch the mule cart while I move the things up." Gu Yan carried two bags of rice.
"Okay, be careful on the road." Li Wanqing said.
"I understand." Gu Yan's voice came from afar.
Gu Yan was used to walking on mountain roads and soon disappeared.
Li Wanqing found a shady place to rest and cut some grass to feed the mule.
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