The Gu sisters listened to him talk about a bunch of officials, among whom they recognized the Minister of Rites.
This Minister of Rites, surnamed Xie, is the grandfather of Xie Nanfeng and Xie Zhiyi. However, Minister Xie only favors his illegitimate grandsons and doesn't care about his legitimate grandsons and granddaughters. Moreover, he allows his son to favor his concubines and neglect his wife, making the Xie family's inner quarters quite chaotic!
So, based on just one person, the three sisters were certain that the court official this guy had won over wasn't a good person either, and they were going to tell their father (the second uncle) about it later.
This tea was originally intended as bait to lure Gu Chengyun; there aren't any tea trees in my hometown!
The three Gu sisters told Gu Chengyun that they couldn't make the decision. The main issue was that the tea was only enough for their grandparents, uncles, and other relatives to drink throughout the year. Everyone was used to the taste, so the whole family had to discuss it.
The three men then told Gu Chengyun that the tea from the Gu family in Fuzhou was indeed delicious, and that his family would definitely agree, reassuring him.
Let's discuss the specifics of the operation after they've finished their discussion tonight.
And so, Gu Chengyun took his leave, and before leaving, he even found a perfect excuse to trick Erliangcha into taking away with him.
He said he wanted to drink it more carefully, as it left a lingering aftertaste. He couldn't figure it out this time, so he would have another pot tonight.
He has a set of tea-making tools, and he wants to try them out, just in case it's good tea.
Anyway, he's just giving people hope. When they come back tomorrow, he'll definitely say, "Sorry, the taste is worse than if we used teaware."
Gu Chengyun thought so, and Gu Shouxin guessed it directly.
After seeing the person off, the three girls sat around the round table, waiting for Gu Shouxin to come over.
After Gu Shouxin arrived, the three of them chattered on and on, expressing their dissatisfaction with Gu Chengyun.
Gu Xin even began to suspect that the ancestors of the Gu family in Fuzhou might have been adopted!
By bloodline, the current head of the Gu family in Fuzhou shares the same great-grandfather as Grandma Gu.
Gu Xin thought, her grandmother was so smart, and her descendants were all smart, so why were the descendants of her great-grandfather's distant cousins so stupid?
Her words made Gu Shouxin and Gu Nian laugh.
Gu Si continued, "Third sister, my father often says that our family is considered normal, but many families outside are not! Bad bamboo shoots can come from good bamboo!"
That evening, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu found out about it.
Grandma Gu smirked expressionlessly. "The second son is really a troublemaker. I haven't even said anything about taking back the family business for my father, and he's already thinking about taking it back for Grandpa."
Grandpa Gu felt a little guilty. It was all his fault. If he had brought Lanlan back to Beijing back then, with his second son being so talented, he would be the one sitting in that position now.
The second son was much more prone to causing trouble than the emperor; what a pity, alas…
Feeling a little guilty towards his second son, Grandpa Gu decided that taking what was rightfully his from the Ye family might lead to bloodshed, but taking what was rightfully his from the Gu family would be much easier. Therefore, he supported Gu Shouxin in establishing the Gu family business in Fuzhou.
But a question arose, raised by Grandma Gu: "Second son, what are your plans after you took over the Gu family tea shop in Fuzhou? Do you intend to acknowledge your ancestors and return to the clan? Just two years ago, you persuaded your father and me to compile a family genealogy, making your grandfather the ancestor, so that we could form our own lineage."
Gu Shouxin smiled calmly: "Mother, although we have formed our own lineage, we can't let others benefit from it! My great-grandfather and my eldest uncle both missed my grandfather until their deaths. There are quite a few people in my grandfather's lineage, but my eldest uncle's lineage only has Gu Qingyuan. It won't be difficult to divide the things after we bring them back."
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