Chapter 371 372. Marrying
Those villages also united to let them take in more students and help them train a few scholars for free.
But this kind of thing makes no sense at all. Before, we allowed them to go to school like the children in the village and only charged a symbolic tuition. I didn't expect these people to become so greedy that they actually wanted the same treatment as the children in the village.
Although the old clan leader was a little soft-hearted, he would not indulge them. He turned around and raised the tuition fees of those children from other villages who were originally admitted to the school by a large margin. Only then did those people calm down.
Gu Wenheng was still thinking about those who went back to move their ancestral graves, "Has the team going back to Baini'ao come back yet?"
"I haven't received a reply yet. If I don't see the date before the New Year, I will have to postpone my return until after the New Year." When talking about this, Gu Yuanshui was not worried at all, but also seemed a little excited.
He turned to look at his nephew, "Le Huan, please wait outside. I want to talk to your uncle about something private."
Although Gu Lehuan was also curious, he still went out silently and stood in the corridor under the gazes of the two smart people of the Gu family.
Gu Wenheng raised his eyebrows and looked at him. Being so mysterious must not be a good thing.
"Remember the widow He?"
Disgust flashed in Gu Wenheng's eyes, "Why mention her?"
"She's married. How sad will the old man be if he finds out when he comes back?"
When Gu Yuanshui talked about this, his face was full of gloating. It was not that he looked down on the widow, but he looked down on this person who did not recognize his own position and wanted to treat everyone as fools.
"This is a good thing. The law also encourages these widows to remarry. Maybe there will be better days waiting for them in the future." Gu Wenheng didn't want to let the fourth brother get his wish, so he continued to ask questions.
Gu Yuanshui, "." What will happen if you just cooperate?
"But since the two families are not related, there should be no need to send gifts, right?"
"Seventh Brother, you did this on purpose." Gu Yuanshui pointed at him, "Aren't you curious about what Dad's reaction will be when he comes back?"
Gu Wenheng shook his head. "I can't see it anyway, why should I be curious?"
Gu Yuanshui, "..." What you said seems to make damn sense. Does this make me look a little stupid?
"Forget it," Gu Yuanshui, who didn't want to admit that he was a fool, continued, "Since our father returned to his hometown to move the grave.
That mother and daughter came to our village to cause trouble several times, but they were driven away by your sisters-in-law.
They think they are smart and believe that as long as they can control the old man, they can control our entire family.
But she should go and find out. Although our Gu family doesn't cause trouble, we are not afraid of trouble.
As for her little tricks, she thinks she is good.
It was just a few rumors, and coupled with the incident she had caused in our village before, everyone around her knew what she had done, and they quickly spread those rumors in a very detailed manner. "
At this point, Gu Yuanshui looked at Gu Wenheng, who still had no expression on his face, and leaned over to whisper, "I don't know why. These rumors quickly attracted some ruffians to her. These people would run to their village at night to hang out, causing panic for a while."
"This rumor has nothing to do with you, right?"
"How could this be related?" Gu Yuanshui answered quickly. Seeing Lao Qi's suspicious look, he curled his lips and said, "He just complained a few times when we went out for a drink. The money that we brothers gave to Dad was all spent by him.
Maybe these people have bad intentions, think too much, and misunderstand. "
Gu Wenheng: "..." If you don't say it, what will others think?
With so many people coming to Dong Village to spy every day, not only could Widow He and her daughter not stand it, but the entire village also had complaints.
After all, with so many scoundrels coming in and out of the village, it is inconvenient for the women and children at home to go in and out.
The invisible pressure from the entire village forced Widow He to make a choice.
"But this woman is smart. She spread the word that she wanted to find a partner for her daughter and set the conditions very high, making people think that all her confidence came from our old man. Some people actually went to propose marriage.
To be honest, her daughter was lucky enough to marry a small landlord. She got a generous dowry and became a lady right after she got married.
However, Widow He was not so lucky. On the night her daughter went out, a drunk man reportedly broke into her home and trapped her in bed the next day.
At this point, the people in their Hejia Village would not tolerate her and asked her to make a choice that day: either leave the village or remarry or find a husband as soon as possible.
I heard that the woman also threatened that our Gu family would not let these people go, and that our old man had already said that he would marry her.
Speaking of this, I really have to thank you for the clan membership you decided on earlier.
In order to find good marriages for the young men in the village, the matchmakers did a lot of publicity about our clan rules. The people in Shengdong Village naturally knew about this, and they used this reason to silence the widow He.
It’s a pity that there was a lot of things going on at home at that time, otherwise I would really have gone over to join in the fun.
Things had come to this point, and the drunk man kept saying that the widow had invited him over, and that this was not the first time they had had an affair.
No matter how much hatred Widow He felt in her heart, at this point, she had no choice but to accept the fact.
When we heard the good news, we all got together and had a good meal together, but it was a pity that you were missing.”
Gu Wenheng, "...as long as you are happy.
Fourth brother, you are not just sending mother here this time, right? "
Gu Yuanshui gave him a thumbs up in admiration, and then rubbed his hands together, "I want to come over here to take a look, and if possible, I want to start a new business here."
Gu Wenheng, "Don't the merchants from Fu County always fail to keep up with their orders?"
“Those were just orders for some bean curd skin. Now that several companies have mastered the craft, they will naturally be able to catch up with the usual schedule and even have extra stock.
I thought if I could set up a workshop here, I could do more than just produce dry goods.”
There are so many types of soy products, and there are many people in Shangjing. If we can run a business here, it will be no worse than in Fuxian.
In the past two years, many people have wanted to invest in their tofu workshop, and some have even offered to buy their secret recipe for a high price, but they were all rejected by the brothers.
Although some people have studied it, the real key points have been kept strictly secret by the brothers.
Gu Wenheng, "If you want to try, you can. As long as you don't do anything opportunistic, I can still protect you in Shangjing."
Gu Wenheng knows the brothers' personalities best, and Gu Yuanshui is probably the most troublesome among them. Since they have to take this step in the future, they might as well keep him under their eyes first.
(End of this chapter)
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