"Second son, second son's wife, Niannian, Xinxin, come here!" Grandpa Gu waved his hand.
"Second son, second son's wife, this is your Uncle Hua. Your father met your Uncle Hua when he was young because of flowers. Nian Nian and Xin Xin, call him Grandpa Hua!" Grandpa Gu introduced.
"Hello, Uncle Hua (Grandpa Hua)!" The family of four greeted the person.
"Good, good! Good to all! Look at what your father did, he should have told me he was coming sooner! I wasn't prepared at all. How about this, I'll take these flowers, two hundred and fifty taels per pot, how about that?" The old man with the flowers stood up and said.
“Uncle Hua, 250 doesn’t sound good. Let’s use a more meaningful round number, how about 1,168? 168, may you prosper all the way.” Cai Xiaolian said with a smile.
"Oh! My daughter-in-law is quite the talker! Alright, that's settled then, 1,168 taels. I'll give you a few potted plants as a gift, you can choose yourselves!" the old man said with a smile.
"Xiao Lian, Niannian and Xin Xin, choose, choose as many as you want, I'll choose for you, this old man Hua will lose out!" Grandma Xiao urged.
In the end, the family of four didn't choose any fancy flowers, just a few ordinary potted plants.
After accepting the money, the family of four went to explore the city. The three elders stayed at the flower shop, and the old friends, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, chatted.
"Third Aunt!" The family of four arrived at the Guo family's rice shop, just in time to find Third Aunt Gu packing rice for someone at the counter.
"Oh! Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, Da Ya, Er Ya, come and sit down, wait for me!" Gu Sangu said in surprise.
Then she quickly weighed the rice for the customer, calculated the bill using the abacus, collected the money, saw the customer off, and asked a few people to wait while she went back to the inner room to call for help.
There was no manager in the rice shop, only a helper. Aunt Gu went to call her mother-in-law out.
Then he led his second brother and his family inside to sit down.
Guo Wan came out and took a look. Seeing that there were only four people, she greeted them and went back inside.
As for Guo Yan, he hasn't gotten up yet.
My third aunt's husband went out to a poetry gathering with his classmates this morning.
"Second brother and sister-in-law, is it just you two? Haven't Father, Mother, Huihui, and Sisi come yet?" Aunt Gu asked, bringing out tea and snacks.
"My parents are at the flower shop. We're going back to the village soon, and we'll come back in a couple of days," Gu Shouxin said, taking a sip of tea.
"Oh, Father and Mother went to see Uncle Hua! Then why don't you have lunch later? I'll treat you to Shiweixuan, a newly opened restaurant in the prefectural city; it's quite nice. I sent Rui'er to find his father, and he's back now. Let's go together later and invite Father, Mother, and Uncle Hua along!" said Aunt Gu.
"Third Aunt, let's talk about food later! Why don't you take us to the cosmetics shop and the jewelry shop? We've never been here before!" Gu Nian said.
"Alright! Let's go for a walk! Wait for me a moment, I'll change my clothes. By the way, Second Brother, aren't you going to continue studying? I'll take you to Rui'er's father's poetry gathering later, so you can chat with the scholars. You have exams next month!" Aunt Gu stood up and then said.
“Okay! Then you can take me there later, Third Sister!” Gu Shouxin nodded.
He had met his third aunt's husband three times, and after those three meetings, he had a pretty good idea of what his husband was capable of. If his third aunt's husband performed normally, he would definitely pass the imperial examination in the second half of the year.
Moreover, his third uncle was an upright man, and the people he associated with should be good as well. He could also see if the scholars of this dynasty gathered together were the same as those of his time.
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