Uncle Gu was taken aback and looked at Cai Xiaolian with a puzzled expression.
Cai Xiaolian ignored him and picked up a pastry to eat.
Uncle Gu felt he understood, but it seemed he didn't quite understand.
My mind is a mess.
Uncle Gu is not yet thirty. He is the youngest in his family. He has an older brother who is lively and unruly, a capable older brother, and an even more unruly older sister. They have already taken up most of their parents' energy and attention.
He had a comfortable childhood, was not mischievous, did not do well in school, learned a trade from carpenter Yang, and lived a simple and ordinary life.
In terms of personality, he didn't have any outstanding qualities. Among the Gu siblings, he was really the most ordinary one. Grandma Gu rarely felt upset when she saw him.
We never had to worry about food and drink in the past, and we have even less to worry about now.
He felt that he would be fine living like this for the rest of his life.
However, his wife's words just now made him realize that this idea was wrong. He couldn't only think about himself; he also had to consider his wife and children.
But he had never thought about such a complicated problem before, and he really had no idea what to do.
Now that Cai Xiaolian has said such things, Uncle Gu can't help but wonder if his second sister-in-law is hinting that he can become the Vice Minister of Works or the Minister of Works.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Ministry of Works managed all engineering affairs, overseeing the system of civil engineering construction, the methods of utilizing tools and equipment, the methods of dredging and lowering canals and weirs, and the regulations for the construction of imperial tombs. This included civil engineering, water conservancy, machinery, mining and metallurgy, textiles, and more.
He was only proficient in civil engineering; what qualifications did he have to become the Vice Minister of Works, let alone the Minister of Works?
He felt that his second sister-in-law thought too highly of him.
Neither Gu Shouxin nor Cai Xiaolian spoke; they simply watched Gu Sishu quietly.
Uncle Gu pondered for a while, then sighed, "Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, I won't disturb you any longer. I'm going back now. You should get some rest too!"
After saying that, he got up and left.
Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian exchanged a glance, then smiled helplessly.
Cai Xiaolian whispered, "Could it be that Fourth Brother went back and started thinking about how to get promoted?"
Gu Shouxin smiled and shook his head: "It's not impossible that he'll go back and think about what you said. It's just a matter of not knowing where he'll start working on it."
Cai Xiaolian was somewhat surprised: "Huh? Could it be that our family is really going to produce two ministers?"
Gu Shouxin pursed his lips, looking at Cai Xiaolian with a dangerous glint in his eyes: "In Madam's heart, the highest position I hold as husband is that of Minister of Rites?"
"Ah, this..." Cai Xiaolian quickly waved her hand, "No, no, that's not true. How could the highest position of a dignified Nine Thousand Years Old be merely the Minister of Rites? Lord Gu, please don't be so modest."
Gu Shouxin grasped Cai Xiaolian's waving hand and placed it under his chin: "But to my ears, that's exactly what you meant, Madam. I'm a little hurt. Madam, don't you think you should make it up to me and comfort me?"
Cai Xiaolian rolled her eyes at him: "Stop fooling around, we still have things to do!"
As she spoke, she stood up and tried to pull her hand away, but Gu Shouxin pulled her into his arms.
Alright, forget about work tonight.
...
The next morning, in the palace, the Xue family, the Peng family, the Lu family, the Huo family, and other families with good relations with the Gu family sent gifts one after another to congratulate the Gu family on the birth of a child.
Zhang arranged for people to categorize and put these items away, and then record them one by one, so that they could be used as a reference for returning gifts later.
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