Upon arriving in the prefectural city, they first escorted Empress Dowager Jiang and the others to the Li family's residence. Gu Shouxin then took Cai Xiaolian and several children to the estate.
The land in these estates was planted with crops. Gu Shouxin bought them at last year's market price. Three of the estates were inhabited by villagers, and the other two were inhabited by servants from the seller's household.
The seller, having sold the estate, naturally had to take the servants with him.
Gu Xin walked around for a while, then pulled Gu Nian aside and whispered, "Sister, I think we can leave these two estates empty for now, without letting anyone stay. We can come and plant fruit trees when the crops are harvested."
Gu Nian was thinking about this, and according to the choices of the four sisters, one of the two estates would be under Gu Nian's name and the other under Gu Xin's name, which would make things very easy to handle later.
Their mother will likely stay in the prefectural city for an extended period in September, and their father will follow. Saving a month's worth of jade beads for them to plant fruit trees on two estates is entirely feasible.
Gu Xin added, "But sister, when we go back this time, we'll have to trouble you to adjust the proportions again. We can't have fruit growing in our fields even though winter is coming. Just adjust the proportions so that the fruit will bear fruit next year. Also, let's have Dad buy this small hill between these two estates. We can then connect them and turn these two estates into an orchard."
Gu Nian nodded: "Yes, we'll discuss it with our parents when we get back."
The family of four never mentioned letting the rest of the Gu family know about the jade beads. They tacitly agreed not to bring it up, knowing in their hearts that it was enough for the four of them to know.
The four of them covering for each other is much better than Gu Xin knowing all along.
After visiting the village, it was already dark when they returned to the prefectural city. They stayed at Aunt Gu's house. As a result, after everyone took a bath and their hair was still wet, Aunt Gu's husband arrived.
Cai Xiaolian was getting her hair cut inside with several children, while Gu Shouxin was outside greeting Gu Sangu.
"Second brother, I was planning to go back to the village myself, but I didn't expect you to come! Second brother, I'm so sorry!" Third uncle said with a dejected look.
"What's wrong with Third Sister?" Without even asking, Gu Shouxin knew that it must be Gu Sangu's mother-in-law causing trouble again. This time, Third Sister was probably at a disadvantage, and he was a little unhappy.
You're a perfectly healthy man, with kids who are already a few years old, and you still can't balance your relationship with your mother-in-law?
Look at our Gu brothers, who would ever have their home in turmoil because of mother-in-law/daughter-in-law issues?
"Second brother, let me apologize to you on behalf of my mother. She didn't actually know Linlin was pregnant, otherwise she wouldn't have pushed her," Uncle San said with a guilty look.
"You said my third sister is pregnant and was pushed down by your mother?" Gu Shouxin narrowed his eyes. "Where is my third sister? What did the doctor say? How much of an impact will this have on her?"
"Second brother, don't worry, don't get angry!" Third uncle noticed Gu Shouxin's emotions and quickly explained, "The doctor said that you need to take good care of yourself during pregnancy, and you can't get angry or overwork yourself. The medicine has already been prescribed."
"And what about your mother? What did she say?" Gu Shouxin stared at his third uncle, his gaze making the man break out in a cold sweat.
"My mother really didn't know Linlin was pregnant." The third uncle frowned, feeling very unhappy, but after so many years of schooling, no matter how angry he was with his parents, he couldn't say a bad word about them.
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