Uncle Gu naively thought he was just farming, but Grandpa and Grandma Gu understood what Gu Shouxin meant and didn't remind Uncle Gu.
As for Zhang, she will still be in charge of the embroidery workshop and household affairs next year. Thanks to the conscious training by Grandma Gu and Cai Xiaolian, she is now able to stand on her own. Although she is still loud and boisterous at home, just like Uncle Gu, and seems to lack common sense, she is much stronger than the average peasant woman when she stands out.
Gu En from the eldest son's family returned to Qingzhou to participate in the imperial examination at the beginning of the year. Currently, there are no students in Kunzhou, so it is not yet ready to hold the imperial examination. Gu En will have to return to his ancestral home to take the exam.
He was gone for more than half a year. The Gu family arranged two people for him: one to take care of his daily life and the other to take care of his safety.
As for Gu Si, she'll do whatever she does this year next year.
Regarding the second branch of the family, Gu Shouxin consulted everyone's opinions. He suggested that they take a break from the yamen (government office) and expand its area. There was no need to specifically choose a location for the yamen, as everyone had lived there for a year and moving was quite troublesome. Gu Shouxin also officially handed over his winery and paper mill to Gu Nian and Gu Xin, with each sister managing one. Gu Xin could not help Gu Nian.
Gu Shouxin could see that his eldest daughter was truly capable of everything, except for being lazy. Before, because of those bad romantic encounters, she didn't like going out and preferred to stay in the laboratory. Gu Shouxin wanted to correct this bad habit of hers and make her like she was when she first transmigrated.
At this point, Gu Shouxin brought up Gu Nian's marriage again: "Nian Nian will be eighteen next year. If someone proposes marriage next year and Nian Nian likes it, how about we agree and finalize the marriage?"
After Gu Shouxin finished speaking, everyone looked at Gu Nian.
This time, the whole family, as before, didn't say much and just followed Gu Nian's lead.
Gu Nian took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "Okay."
Gu En was overjoyed. His attempt to deliver the gift for someone had actually succeeded. He asked happily, "Should I give Brother Xue a hint? Maybe he can come and propose marriage?"
The Gu family members all glared at Gu En, and Zhang Shi slapped him: "Is your second sister someone who can't get married? You go and give her advice, making it seem like our daughters are worried about getting married. If she understood, wouldn't she come herself?"
Gu En pursed her lips. "Okay, I was wrong. I was just afraid that my second sister was too beautiful and that things would get complicated."
Gu Nian smiled. Four years have passed, and her aunt has changed so much!
Uncle Gu smacked Gu En on the head again: "Do you think Xue Xiao Er doesn't understand? Brother Xue and Lao Kang both told me that their families will be coming over next January, and they even asked me to buy them a house first! A three-courtyard house in the new town we're building. They said they're bringing a lot of things and they're worried they won't be able to fit them all. I bet they're bringing betrothal gifts for our Niannian. With Brother Xue's unreliable ways, I reckon he can even bring the matchmaker along."
Gu Nian: "?"
No way, although she had agreed in her heart, it seemed that Xue Qianyu hadn't told her yet. How could his family act so quickly?
Cai Xiaolian chimed in, "Speaking of the new city, my sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, and I went to check it out a couple of days ago. It'll be available for sale by the end of January. If Prince Kang and Duke Chengen want it, let's choose a good location for them first. We can let Qianyu choose for Duke Chengen, but for Prince Kang, Jinghe and Huihui are out, so should we just make the decision for them directly?"
Uncle Gu waved his hand: "Second sister-in-law, this is no problem! They said the farther apart they are, the better. Since Xue Xiao'er has made his choice, then the spot farthest from his chosen location will go to Lao Kang."
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