Chapter 800 Chapter 802. Gu Yuanlei Extra
Gu Yuanlei sat alone in the alley, thinking back over the years. He didn't understand why his good life had turned out like this.
On the way to escape, he just fell in love with Lan Ying. What's wrong with wanting to marry her?
Several of my brothers all have their own wives and children, and they quarrel with my parents. Life is not like this.
The Lan family’s request is a bit too much, but they are not without the ability. Why can’t they give me a hand?
If you don’t want to help, then don’t help. It won’t do him any harm anyway if you just separate him from his family.
But he never expected that his previously silent seventh brother would achieve such great results.
He took the examinations for the title of scholar, the examinations for the juren, and won the top prize, and was promoted continuously. The news that came one after another made him dizzy.
The lives of the Gu brothers were getting better and better, but at this time everyone had forgotten about the youngest brother.
"You're sitting here slacking off again," Lan Ying was about to go in with a basket when she saw a shadow squatting at the entrance of the alley and shouted.
"I really don't know what bad luck I have to have to find a useless guy like you.
We are all members of the Gu family, but they live a colorful life while we still have to rely on my mother's family for support.
It doesn’t matter if I’m useless, but at least I’m helping the family, and everyone at home and outside is watching over me…”
Gu Yuanlei, "..."
"When I scold you, you look so dead. Why are you giving me such a face here? If you have the guts, go to the Gu family!
The other family is so rich, but they left you behind. The more I see this, the more angry I get."
Lan Ying didn't pay any more attention after she finished speaking. She opened the door and walked into the house carrying the basket.
Gu Yuanlei stood there, and no one knew what he was thinking. After a while, a head popped out of the door and said to him rudely, "My mother asked you to fetch some water quickly. The water in the jar is almost gone. Didn't you see it?"
Gu Yuanlei looked at the child who looked like his brother-in-law and immediately said with a smile, "Tell your mother and I'll go fetch some water."
The other party glanced at him indifferently, turned around and walked in.
Gu Yuanlei, "..."
After finally filling the tank with water, Gu Yuanlei had no time to rest before his father-in-law and brother-in-law came over.
After serving tea and water, he finally stopped. His father-in-law Lan Yongnan, who hadn't spoken to him for a long time, pointed at the stool opposite him and said, "Sit down. I have something to tell you."
Gu Yuanlei was flattered. You know, his father-in-law hadn't spoken to him for several years.
"Dad, if you have any instructions, just tell me. I have a lot of strength."
Usually, the heavy work of the Yue family was done by him. This time, he called me over, and he must be asking him to help.
Lan Yongnan stared at him for a long time before saying, "Your seventh brother is back, did you know?"
Lan Yongnan has always been dissatisfied with his son-in-law.
If he hadn't been looking for a way out while fleeing famine, he would never have let his daughter find such a person.
What's more, this person is stupid and doesn't even know how to maintain a good relationship with the Gu family.
Otherwise, with the support of the Gu family, their Lan family would have become a wealthy family long ago.
Gu Yuanlei was a little dazed. Living in the same city, the most discussed topic he had heard was what kind of promotion the seventh brother had received.
In the past, he told others that he and Lao Qi were brothers, but he was ridiculed by everyone.
If they were really Lord Gu's brothers, they would have been masters long ago and would not have competed with them for hard labor.
"Don't just sit there in a daze. Even if you did something wrong before, it's been so many years. No matter how much hatred there is, it can't stop the love between brothers.
Don't ask for this and that as soon as you go back. Reminisce with your brothers and talk about the past. Relationships are built through walking. Go a few more times. Can they still reject you every time?"
Gu Yuanlei smiled bitterly, "Dad, you and big brother have been there with me before, but they didn't recognize me at all. Even if I go there many times, it will only make me feel bored."
"So this is all your fault," Lan Yun also said, "Old people love their grandchildren. You wouldn't take Ping An back with you. It's impossible that the child has never seen his grandparents when he's grown up, right?
Even for the sake of the children, can you brothers still chase them out?"
Gu Yuanlei, "..." Ping'an's surname is Lan, how could the Gu family care about him?
As if he had guessed what Gu Yuanlei was thinking, Lan Yun patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ping An is included in the Lan family's genealogy, but if you don't tell them about this, will they check it out?
Besides, if the Gu family minds, the worst that can happen is that we change the child’s surname and let him recognize his ancestors.
The reason we included the child in our family tree was because you were expelled from the Gu family. We can’t let the child be like you, a rootless person!”
Gu Yuanlei, "..."
"Don't you want to think about the child?" Lan Yun saw that he was silent, and then continued to persuade him, "We have sent him to school all these years, but he can't even pass the examination. It seems that the child is not suitable for the imperial examination.
You can't ask him to do some hard labor for you in the future, right? Look at how many people in the Gu family have entered the government as minor officials. Even side branches can be promoted, so this nephew can't be any different, right?"
Gu Yuanlei was somewhat moved when he heard this. It didn't matter if he lived like this for the rest of his life, but what about the child? He couldn't let him follow his old path.
"As your maternal grandfather and uncle, I can't support you forever," Lan Yongnan added, seeing that he was still hesitating, "We are old now, and our income is decreasing. It's time for you to find a way out for yourself."
Gu Yuanlei lowered his head. Although he had worked hard to earn money over the years, what he could earn was limited after all. Most of it was subsidized by the Yue family. He really couldn't hold his head up.
Lan Ying and Lan Pingan also sat beside them at some point. "You are the child's father. Do you want your son to suffer the same punishment as you in the future?"
Gu Yuanlei gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go to Gaoling Village in a moment."
"Take the child with you." Lan Ying pushed her son to his side.
Lan Ping'an must have been warned by his mother and no longer looked down on Gu Yuanlei as before. He just stood aside reluctantly.
Seeing him like this, Lan Yun corrected him, "Remember not to put on such a face when the time comes. When you see your elders, you should greet them with a smile and be sweet. Will you be able to live a good life in the future? This is the only chance you can take."
Lan Pingan, "Uncle, are you sure they will accept me if I greet them with a smile?
Once I met the Gu family on the street. I introduced myself to them, but they immediately avoided me.
If we put it back on now, it won’t be too embarrassing.”
"How much is your face worth?" Lan Yongnan slammed the table and said, "If you can really return to the Gu family, you will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life.
But look at your father, he is such a coward, he only earns a few copper coins every day, he can't even afford the family's food, let alone marry you a wife and get a betrothal gift."
(End of this chapter)
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