Gu Yuanshui covered his head which was hurt by the blow and said, "Brother, I was just making an analogy. Is it necessary to be so serious?"
Gu Yuanjin, "You are the most troublesome among the brothers in the family. Don't think about making trouble all the time. Just stay here peacefully. Let's work together to expand this tofu shop.
I know you are a little wild now, are you thinking of going to Lucheng with your seventh brother and sister-in-law next year?"
Gu Yuanshui's eyes flickered, "How can I say for sure about this matter that has not been decided yet?
Brother, it's getting late, shouldn't we go back?"
Gu Yuanshui deliberately changed the subject.
Gu Yuanjin could see it, "Let's go back! My sister-in-law's business is so booming now, it seems that we have to work overtime to make tofu, otherwise we will be out of supply."
The brothers called the shopkeeper and walked out arm in arm. However, they didn't expect that as soon as they went out of the side door of the restaurant, they saw a familiar person standing there.
"Eldest brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, fifth brother," Gu Yuanlei smiled and looked at his brothers.
Looking at the thin Gu Yuanlei, Gu Yuanjin had a complicated expression. This was the good day he was running for.
"The youngest," Gu Yuanmu still felt a little sorry for his younger brother. All his brothers were living a happy life now, but this younger brother was living a rather humble life.
Gu Yuanjin, "We are in a hurry to go home, just tell me what you want to say."
Gu Yuanlei cried, "Brother, I really know I was wrong. I have suffered retribution for all these years. Can you talk to my parents and ask them to let me go home?"
Gu Yuanjin said, "This is the decision made by the clan. Besides, your name has been crossed out from the family tree. Live your life well from now on and stop making trouble."
Gu Yuanlei immediately rushed over excitedly and grabbed his hand, "Brother, now that the seventh brother is the prefect, the clan will definitely not make things difficult for me even if it's for his sake.
Please help me to speak for him, we are brothers after all."
Gu Yuanshui tore his hand away from Gu Yuanjin's, "Youngest, no, Gu Yuanlei, if we were still the peasants we were before, you probably wouldn't even want to look at us, right?
Although the Seventh Brother is now the prefect, you can't order him around like this.
Didn’t you say before that the Lan family treated you as their own child? You are really being ungrateful to their hard work by doing this.
Since we were brothers in the past, I will give you a piece of advice: a blacksmith must be strong himself, and you must not have the idea of relying on others to survive."
"What right do you have to say that to me? You are all the same. Do you think I don't know that you all depend on Old Seven?" Gu Yuanlei saw that his brothers were indifferent, and the anger in his heart surged up again.
He had pleaded again and again for the Hui people, but these people were simply unmoved.
"In fact, let's not blame anyone, deep down, you all think the same as I do.
It seems that my second brother will only go back later, but what about you? You still exclude him. Are you afraid that someone will compete with you for my place when I go back?
As long as you can let me go back, I promise you that I will not fight or compete, and live peacefully in our village. Isn't that enough?"
Gu Yuanshui smiled contemptuously, "Just talk about your business. Why drag my second brother into this? Besides, who would believe what you say? We don't want to bring back a poisonous snake for ourselves."
"Is this something a brother can say?" Gu Yuanlei pointed at Gu Yuanshui, "Have I ever hurt you?"
Gu Yuanshui rolled his eyes and said, "You should be thankful that you have never harmed me, otherwise, do you think you can still stand in front of me like this?
Considering our brotherly relationship of more than a decade, I'm giving you a piece of advice: don't dream about things that don't belong to you, or you may end up with nothing."
Gu Yuanjin glared at Gu Yuanshui. Since this kid had been with the old patriarch for some time, he had become more and more fond of preaching.
Don't you see where this place is? Is it necessary to confront him in the street?
Gu Yuanjin, "Let's go. If it rains again, we'll have a hard time on the road."
After saying that, he walked around Gu Yuanlei, and his brothers behind him followed closely.
Gu Yuanlei knew that he would return empty-handed again this time. He didn't know how many times he had to go through such pleading.
Although his brother-in-law told him that sincerity can move mountains and break rocks, he really couldn't see any hope at all.
Even his second elder brother, who had been quite kind to him some time ago, had now been led astray by his older brothers and had not said a single good word for him today.
Thinking of facing his wife's sarcasm when he returned, Gu Yuanlei simply sat opposite the restaurant and watched the diners coming in and out.
The easier the Gu family's life was, the more uncomfortable he felt. They were all brothers of the Gu family, so why was there such a big difference between them?
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As the ice and snow become denser and denser, the people of Lucheng have entered a state of winter shelter.
Gu Wenheng began to worry about the grain seeds for the spring.
No caravan was willing to come to Lucheng a few months ago, and the grains in the grain shops were all previous stocks.
The people still have some food, but some people have no food left after the whole winter, which is far from enough.
Feeling depressed, he ran to the military camp carrying the wine he had brought with him.
Zhou Shixiong, "It's rare today that you took the initiative to come to me."
Gu Wenheng, "There's nothing to do in the government office right now, so I thought of going to have a drink with Brother Zhou, but you have to send some snacks."
Zhou Shixiong laughed, "You came at the right time. They were bored these days and dug a few traps in the mountains. They just happened to catch some wild animals. I'll ask them to roast the meat now."
Gu Wenheng, "Then I am really blessed today."
Zhou Shixiong ordered his followers to go down and make arrangements, and then asked curiously, "Tell me, what are you doing here today?"
Gu Wenheng did not hide his concerns and said, "Although we have few people here, we have a lot of land. It would be a waste to leave so much land there. I was wondering if we can use it in the spring.
But now I think about it, there is no food source.”
Zhou Shixiong, "Brother, don't worry about it. Even if we have more grain seeds, we only have so few people and can't take care of them. It will be useless. There is no need to waste those seeds."
Gu Wenheng, "Brother Zhou, have these military supplies always been allocated by the imperial court?"
Zhou Shixiong, "Of course, but these bastards always get stuck or cut corners. It's good enough for us to get half of it."
Gu Wenheng, "In fact, there are not wars in our area every day. Brother Zhou, have you ever thought of giving them something to do in their free time?"
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