Chapter 327 328. Visitors
Gu Benluo took a step forward, bowed to his elders and brothers, and addressed them one by one.
Gu Yuanmu looked at the children excitedly, "Old Seven's children are already this big, they are both boys, right?"
The reason why Gu Yuanmu asked this was because the probability of the Gu family having a girl was too small, and he didn't think that the seventh child would be surprised.
"Yes, two naughty boys," Jin Qianqian knew that as long as she talked about children, the topic could be continued, so she asked them to sit down and started chatting about family matters.
Gu Yuanmu was especially excited when he heard that his parents and brothers were in Fu County, which was only three days away from here.
Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. "I thought I would never see my family again in this lifetime, but I didn't expect that my family would have such good fortune."
At the same time, I was regretting in my heart why I listened to the woman and headed north, suffering these years in vain.
"When will the seventh brother be able to come back?" After talking about the recent situation, Gu Yuanmu was eager to see his own brothers, so that he could have a more real feeling.
Jin Qianqian looked at the sky outside. Gu Wenheng should have been home by now, but she didn't know if he had been delayed again.
"He should be back soon, second brother. Eat something first. These were just made in the kitchen."
Wang Caiyue, who finally found an opportunity to speak, quickly interrupted and asked, "Sister-in-law of Seventh Brother, this Seventh Brother is the top scholar. What kind of official position is that? How high is it?"
Jin Qianqian looked at Wang Caiyue straight in the face with a smile, giving the best angle.
With Nanny Ou's constant reminders, she was able to control her emotions. "My husband is now a sixth-rank editor, and he is usually responsible for some unimportant sorting."
"Ah, isn't Seventh Brother the top scholar? How come he is only such a lowly official?"
Jin Qianqian's face darkened, and she immediately revealed a kind of majesty, "Second sister-in-law, please be careful with your words, husband, even if you are the top scholar, you only have a superficial understanding of official affairs.
Moreover, the emperor’s grace is so great that it is a great favor to allow you to stay in the Hanlin Academy to grow.”
Gu Yuanmu immediately glared at Wang Caiyue, "You stupid woman, my seventh brother was promoted to the sixth rank when he entered the officialdom, which is already a very high position. Even the county magistrates are only at the seventh or eighth rank."
Jin Qianqian corrected the couple again, "You can talk about it privately in our house, but don't say it outside.
If one word is inappropriate, it will bring disaster to the family."
Gu Yuanmu immediately stood up stiffly and said, "Seventh brother's sister-in-law, don't bother with her. I will definitely have a good talk with your second sister-in-law later."
Jin Qianqian smiled. After getting along with each other for a long time, everyone knew that this second brother was a little henpecked, otherwise he would not have agreed with Wang Caiyue in everything.
"Second brother has been in the capital for such a long time, he must have heard a lot of things that can only happen if you speak. We should pay more attention to some things in our daily lives, and don't wait until our family members are implicated, then it will be too late to regret it."
"Seventh brother's wife is becoming more and more outrageous. She can even lecture eldest uncle." Wang Caiyue blurted out without caring about her two sons' attempts to stop her.
Jin Qianqian, "I dare not. I am just giving you a friendly reminder. It's up to you whether you listen or not. Besides, we are all separated families, so even if we are implicated, it won't affect much."
Besides, given the courage and insight of this family, there is no way they would not dare to do something as big as confiscating property and exterminating the clan. If one day they really get into trouble, the worst that can happen is that we can then take some effort to separate ourselves from them. This is always better than being controlled everywhere.
The words "separation of the family" hit Wang Caiyue hard. Even though her son and husband kept reminding her when she came here, it was not as painful as hearing them just from Jin Qianqian's mouth.
"Seventh brother and sister, have you become rich and don't care about your brothers anymore?"
Gu Yuanmu turned around and glared at her fiercely, "If you don't know how to speak, then don't speak. Besides, what Seventh Brother's wife said is right. You really should change your mouth. Otherwise, the three of us, father and son, might really be killed by you.
You can't question Lao Qi's official position. Do you really think you are still standing in the same Kaoshan Village as before? No one can control you because the emperor is far away?"
Wang Caiyue pursed her lips, knowing that she had said something inappropriate before.
In the past few years, in order to integrate into this city, she has spent a lot of time gossiping with others. Naturally, she has heard many stories about property confiscation and family extermination, many of which were due to offending the royal family or bringing harm to the entire family for one reason or another.
Even though she realized her mistake, Wang Caiyue gritted her teeth and refused to bow her head.
Jin Qianqian didn't have the heart to argue with her about these things, but instead looked at her two adopted nephews.
From the time the two children entered the door until now, except for the greetings before, they have been listening quietly by the side.
It's not like she didn't notice that the two of them even quietly stopped Wang Caiyue from talking nonsense. "Le Huan seems to be getting older, right? Has he started looking for a date?"
Wang Caiyue was still sulking there, and turned her head away, not wanting to pay attention to Jin Qianqian. Gu Yuanmu could only say, "Not yet. It's hard to get two meals here. How could a girl be willing to marry here?"
Gu Lehuan lowered his head and did not mention the incident in which he almost became a daughter-in-law.
"By the way, have all the children in my eldest brother's family gotten married?" When it came to marriage, Gu Yuanmu naturally thought of his older nephews. Judging from their ages, they should have children.
Jin Qianqian only then remembered her eldest brother's Gu Letian. "There's one more thing I forgot to ask. When Letian came into the city, he wasn't with you, right?"
"Le Tian?" Gu Yuanmu was confused. "He's not with us. Why hasn't he returned home yet?"
Jin Qianqian pursed her lips and said, "Now the family is missing Le Tian. Since that day when he went to the city, there has been no news from him.
Now there are only Ledi and Lejia in the eldest brother's family. At home, they are both married and live separately."
"Brother, you should be more open-minded," Gu Yuanmu turned to look at Le Huan and Le Xi, "After you get married, you can live separately, so as to avoid being mixed up and quarreling every day."
Speaking of the latter, he deliberately glanced at Wang Caiyue, otherwise even if she was a new daughter-in-law, there would probably be endless troubles.
Jin Qianqian: "..." That's how it should be. With a mother-in-law like my second sister-in-law, she will definitely waste her time on her daughter-in-law.
"Dad," Gu Lexi couldn't help but speak, "I'm still young now, are you planning to marry a wife to take care of me?"
Jin Qianqian looked at her nephew Xi, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old. At this age, he would be just a junior high school student in modern times. If he married a wife, she would really take care of him.
"Even if you want to marry, you have to see if you can marry her." Gu Yuanmu thought of the betrothal gifts for his daughter-in-law and felt a headache. "Your brother's marriage is not completed, so it's not your turn. I was just saying that before. Don't just dream about beautiful things all day long."
(End of this chapter)
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