Chapter 197 Going out to look for someone
"Dad, we've been all the way to Eagle's Beak Cliff but haven't seen my little sister and the others." Gu Nian picked up the cup and took a big gulp of water and said.
"Didn't you receive it? Have you seen Eagle's Beak Cliff?" Gu Chongshan stood up worriedly.
"I looked for them, but couldn't find them. Dad, do you think they didn't come at all?" Gu Chuan actually guessed the truth inadvertently.
"Impossible, today is the day to visit your parents-in-law in three days. If you don't, you will be laughed at.
Any decent family wouldn't do that." Gu Chongshan thought about it, but still felt it was impossible.
"Then why haven't you come yet?" Gu Chuan said from the side.
Yes, if it was coming, it should have arrived long ago. Why hasn’t it arrived yet?
It's not true to say that something happened on the way. Gu Nian and Gu Chuan had already gone to look for him. They walked almost half the distance but didn't see any sign of him.
"What should we do now? Nothing will happen to your sister, right? Boss, why didn't you take on more calls instead of coming back?" Zhang Dahua said with a complaining tone.
"We're already halfway there, how can we continue? If we go any further we'll be heading out of the mountains to their home.
Besides, it's good enough that the fourth brother and I went to pick them up on an empty stomach. Do you still want us to go to her house to pick her up?" Gu Nian said dissatisfiedly.
"Go pick her up? Yes, you go pick her up.
"Big brother, fourth brother, go pick up your sister." Zhang Dahua was reminded by Gu Nian's words.
"Mom, we haven't eaten yet, and it will take several hours to walk through the mountains.
Besides, who would ask someone to pick you up after you return home?" Gu Nian was even more dissatisfied with Zhang Dahua's behavior of not caring about him at all.
"Then you guys eat first, and then go to Gu Xiang's house after dinner. I will feel uneasy if you don't go to see her." Zhang Dahua said again.
Gu Nian looked at Gu Chongshan to see what he meant.
"Let's eat first. After dinner, you two can go and take a look." Gu Chongshan thought about it and decided to go and take a look.
Gu Chongshan spoke, and Gu Nian and Gu Chuan said nothing even though they were dissatisfied.
When Zhang Dahua heard that the old man also agreed to go and take a look, she quickly asked her two daughters-in-law to serve the food.
"Cuihuaer, Cuifang, hurry up and bring the food over."
Not only Gu Nian and Gu Chuan, but everyone else was still hungry, except for the children who had eaten first.
Fortunately, the food was kept warm in the pot and could be eaten as soon as it was served.
"Big brother, fourth brother, you two should eat quickly, and leave immediately after you finish eating." Zhang Dahua urged as he sat down.
Gu Nian and Gu Chuan looked at their anxious mother and had no choice but to speed up their eating.
"You guys go to the Guo family and see what's going on. If nothing's wrong, that's even better. If there's something wrong, go find the third brother.
"But it's too late today, so don't rush back overnight." Gu Chongshan warned before leaving.
"Brother, what's going on? We've been walking all the way and haven't seen Gu Xiang and the others.
Do you think they didn't come at all?" Gu Chuan complained to Gu Nian as he hurried on.
"Who knows? I told them not to marry into a wealthy family that day, and just marry someone from the village, but they refused to listen.
She insisted on marrying in town. Look, on the wedding day, no one in the Guo family looked down on us.
The whole family surrounded the third brother and flattered him, as if the third brother was the only brother Gu Xiang had. "Now when he thinks of the scene on Gu Xiang's wedding day, Gu Nian still feels indignant.
Gu Nian was also angry. He didn't go out hunting today in order to wait for Gu Xiang and the others to come home.
The five members of his family depend on him for hunting for their livelihood. Every day of delay means a day's loss of income.
Besides, they came out today and it’s already afternoon, so it’s impossible for them to go back today.
I can only go back tomorrow, which will delay another day.
Although the two people complained, they did not stop and kept speeding all the way.
The two grown men who were used to walking on mountain roads wanted to travel faster, so they arrived at Guo's house half an hour earlier than usual.
At this time, Gu Xiang and Guo Erlang had already arrived home, and Gu Xiang prepared dinner with her sister-in-law.
Guo Erlang was talking to his father and his eldest and third brothers about his visit to his parents' home today.
"Brother, this Gu Yan is really stubborn. No matter how much I try to persuade him, he insists that the shop has been rented out and cannot be taken back." Guo Erlang sat on the chair with his legs crossed and leaned back.
"Gu Yan has built up such a huge fortune, so of course he can't just give you the shop based on a few words from you. This is human nature.
If you want a shop, you need to interact with them more often. Once you are familiar with them and have a good relationship with them, you can ask Gu Yan for it.
"Oh, by the way, the shop is out of the question for now, so what about picking herbs? Has he agreed?" Guo Dalang said.
"Oh, don't mention it. He didn't agree. He also said that the skill of picking herbs would be considered his wife's dowry.
No one will teach them except their children. I heard from Gu Xiang that her eldest brother, second brother, and fourth brother all want to learn how to collect herbs.
But Gu Yan refuses to teach anyone, even his parents are useless," said Guo Erlang.
Guo Dalang didn't expect this to happen, which made things difficult.
If they can't get any benefits, then wouldn't it be a loss for them to marry Gu Xiang?
"This matter still has to fall on your wife, after all, she is Gu Yan's biological sister.
There are some things you can't say, but she can." Guo Dalang thought for a moment and said.
"I understand, big brother, I think we might have made a wrong move. I don't think Gu Yan is someone who can be fooled easily.
If I had known this would happen, I would not have married Gu Xiang, a woman from the mountains.
Now I don't even dare to go out, for fear that my brothers will laugh at me." Guo Erlang really felt a little regretful.
He was initially blinded by his elder brother's words about the benefits of marrying Gu Xiang.
Now think about it, they took everything for granted.
Gu Yan is obviously not someone who is easy to talk to. He is a typical example of someone who loses both the wife and the army.
"Erlang, you're overthinking it. Gu Xiang is Gu Yan's sister after all, he can't really ignore her.
Do you think that if Gu Yan knew that Gu Xiang was not having a good time at home, would he find a way to help?
Even if Gu Yan didn't care, what about Gu Xiang? Would she go and beg Gu Yan?
And your father-in-law and mother-in-law, if they knew their daughter was not doing well, would they go to Gu Yan?" Guo Dalang rolled his eyes and had an idea.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? You're really smart, big brother.
"I know what to do. Big brother, tell my sister-in-law and the others that Gu Xiang will do all the housework tomorrow. I won't be going home tomorrow because I have something to do." Guo Erlang said.
There was no feeling at all that Guo Dalang was plotting against his wife, as if Gu Xiang was a stranger.
"Erlang, please don't do anything rash. Widow Song is not a good person.
She is not just following you. I heard that Li Dapao, Liu Ermaizi and Zhao Shan are all having an affair with her.
Although Gu Xiang is not pretty and is a girl from the mountains, at least she married you with a pure virginity.
You can’t be stupid, just play around, don’t take it seriously.”
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