In Gu Shouxin's mind, he and Gu Qingyuan shared the same great-grandfather, and his grandfather and Gu Qingyuan's grandfather were brothers. According to the Gu family of Fuzhou, their family was of the same lineage as Gu Qingyuan.
Ever since Gu Shouxin learned that Gu Qingyuan was searching for his relatives and that his parents had acknowledged the matter, he sent people to investigate the Gu family in Fuzhou. The branch of the Gu family in Fuzhou that is currently in charge is a concubine's branch, and the ancestor was his great-grandfather's half-brother.
In his grandfather's generation, his grandfather left home, and his eldest uncle had few children and was simple-minded. He was framed by the concubine's son and failed to hold onto his position as head of the family.
His great-uncle was Gu Qingyuan's grandfather. By the time of Gu Qingyuan's father's generation, they were bullied in the clan. After Gu Qingyuan's parents passed away, Gu Qingyuan was kicked out and severed ties with the clan.
His grandfather wanted to return to his roots, and Gu Qingyuan harbored resentment towards the Gu family of Fuzhou; the two could easily join forces.
Grandpa and Grandma Gu were unaware that their second son had written a letter to Gu Qingyuan shortly after learning about the matter.
Gu Shouxin wrote to Gu Qingyuan mainly because he had a very good first impression of Gu Qingyuan. He liked Gu Qingyuan very much, based on what Gu Nian and Gu Ren had told him, and he agreed with Gu Qingyuan's actions.
If there were such a brother in the clan, Gu Shouxin believed that even without the identity of the royal Ye family, the two of them could further strengthen the Gu clan, making the Gu clan of the Great Zhou Dynasty only second to the Ye clan, and even have a way to prevent the Ye clan from easily harming the Gu clan.
As for the tea plantation of the Gu family in Fuzhou, it was really not of any interest to him. He just wanted to use this matter to see Gu Qingyuan's strength, and then take the opportunity to send his grandfather back to his roots in Jiangnan.
After all, it's the old man's wish, and as his descendants, they naturally have to fulfill it.
When Grandpa and Grandma Gu heard what he said, they didn't ask any more questions and let him do it himself, since he liked to cause trouble anyway.
Thinking about their conversation with Gu Chengyun during the day, the three Gu sisters couldn't sleep. They pulled Huo Yanyu along and started praising Gu Shouxin to the skies.
Huo Yanyu greatly admired Uncle Gu. She even lamented, "It's a pity that Uncle Gu has two daughters and doesn't want an adopted daughter. Otherwise, I really want to recognize Uncle Gu as my godfather!"
Sigh, my uncle also said he has two daughters and doesn't want an adopted daughter!
I feel so wronged!
The three Gu sisters gave Huo Yanyu a suggestion: "Our fourth uncle and aunt don't have a daughter yet. Why don't you become the fourth wife's maid, Gu Hanhan?"
Huo Yanyu thought to herself, her fourth uncle wasn't as fun as her eldest uncle, nor as shrewd as her second uncle, but he wasn't stupid either, and there was also her fourth aunt, who was quite straightforward, but they were both young!
My fourth uncle and aunt are only in their early twenties, while I'm already twelve!
I don't know if they agree or not.
But in order to join the Gu sisters, Huo Yanyu gritted her teeth and wrote a letter to her parents overnight, explaining her intentions. She would then handle things with the Gu family herself.
Well, she just wants to be a girl from the Gu family, and wants to be brothers and sisters with the Gu family siblings.
Over the next few days, Gu Xin and the other two followed Gu Shouxin's plan and contacted Gu Chengyun.
Gu Chengyun kept trying to get information out of the three of them, wanting to know how the tea trees were grown, but he also wanted to make them feel that he didn't care. He was having a hard time, as he felt exhausted every day when he got home, as if he had been carrying goods all day.
Even so, he still hadn't managed to get any information out of them about how they grew the tea trees. The main problem was that he had to be careful not to let them realize that their tea was the finest of the finest. It was a real headache.
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