Master Zhou knew Uncle Gu and Gu Shouxin. The original owner of this body, Gu Shouxin, had been numbed by alcohol and gambling over the years. Besides these two things, there was only his white moonlight in his mind. He did not remember his childhood events as clearly as Uncle Gu.
Therefore, when Gu Nian said that Lu Zheng's mother was the daughter of Master Zhou in the town, Gu Shouxin did not find any information about the Zhou family in the original owner's memories.
If it were Uncle Gu, he would definitely remember.
Uncle Gu still remembers what Lu Zheng's mother looked like when she was a child. Back then, Grandma Xiao and Grandma Gu were close friends. Lu Zheng's mother, Zhou Roujia, was four years older than Uncle Gu. When they were little, Uncle Gu liked to chase after pretty girls.
Zhou Roujia got married at the age of sixteen. At that time, Uncle Gu was only twelve years old and Gu Shouxin was ten years old.
Not long after Lu Zheng was born, Zhou Roujia passed away, Grandma Xiao fell out with Master Zhou, and the Gu family never had any contact with Master Zhou again.
In Gu Shouxin's heart, Master Zhou's wife and daughter died, leaving only his granddaughter and grandson in the capital, making him a very pitiful old man.
“Uncle Zhou, we only dug one basketful, leaving half a basket at home to eat. We brought this half to show you; we haven’t dug the rest yet,” Gu Shouxin replied.
"Shouxin, can you tell me how you grew it?" Master Zhou asked.
"My eldest daughter said that we didn't have many seeds, but the seeds you gave us had several sprouts on each one, so we cut them into pieces along the sprouts, cultivated them for a period of time, and then planted them in the ground," Gu Shouxin answered truthfully. This planting was meant to be promoted anyway, so there was nothing to hide.
"So that's how it is! No wonder, no wonder! Your eldest daughter is so clever!" Master Zhou exclaimed, slapping his forehead in realization.
He had the people on his estate plant their seedlings, and then he complained that the sprouts weren't pretty enough and had them broken off. No wonder they wouldn't grow!
"Then, what about the red potatoes and golden rice? Have you grown them yet?" Master Zhou asked again.
"We haven't planted them yet, but they look like they can be preserved, so we plan to plant them after the first month of the lunar calendar. My wife said she's seen golden rice before; it doesn't grow on the ground or underground, it grows on the stalk. And those red potatoes, she said they're called sweet potatoes, they grow underground like potatoes. So, we plan to intercrop them," Gu Shouxin said.
"I've seen her before! Where?" Master Zhou asked in surprise.
These three seeds were obtained by him last year from a foreigner. I guess his wife met that foreigner last year too, since she even knows his name. Does that mean his wife is fluent in a foreign language?
"I've seen them outside, but I can't say exactly where. Uncle Zhou must have heard about my disgraceful deeds from a few years ago. I feel truly ashamed of my wife and daughter!" Gu Shouxin said embarrassedly.
"I see!" Master Zhou nodded, then, seeing Gu Shouxin's expression, asked again, "Shouxin, you really didn't do anything right before. Tell me the truth, are you still thinking about Xie Jiaoniang?"
Gu Shouxin was taken aback.
Seeing his son lost in thought, Master Zhou was exasperated: "Do you know what your mother did for you back then? Your mother single-handedly drove Xie Jiaoniang's husband's family out of Zhoujia Town. A few years ago, after Xie Jiaoniang lost her husband and took her daughter, she was kicked out by her husband's family and tried to cling to you. You almost fell for it. You're not still thinking about Xie Jiaoniang, are you?"
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