My name is Gou Yanshun, nicknamed Gouzi. There is actually no detailed ending for me in the text. I have been a bohemian and freedom-loving person all my life.
When I was young, my parents disliked me because I was unruly and loved freedom. They sent me to the small commune where my grandparents lived, saying it was to prevent me from getting into trouble.
Tsk! Who wants to follow them! When I grow up, I must show them how successful I am!
Probably the happiest thing when I was a child was going to the army to visit my brother. It was so much fun there, with a group of soldiers taking me everywhere to play.
Whenever I see any of my brother's teammates, I call them brother, just like I am my own brother. Maybe they don't have any younger brothers, so they treat me like their own brother.
Every time I wrote to my brother, asking him to call me when he was not on a mission, I would go and play with him.
Although my grandfather is quite strict with me on weekdays, he never restricts me with money.
The money for the train tickets to visit my brother was either given by my grandparents or asked for by me in letters to my parents.
I have no shame in asking for this. They have never taken on the responsibility of raising me since I was a child. What's wrong with them giving me some money to go out and play?
In fact, my grandfather is quite strict with me. He hopes that I can be more obedient, find a stable job in the future, focus on my studies, and marry a daughter-in-law they approve of. My life should proceed step by step under their arrangements.
But I won’t!
I won't do whatever they want me to do, because I have always been a free-spirited and uninhibited person.
When I was playing in the army, although I was not older than the soldiers, they all called me Brother Gouzi.
They would ask me kindly: "Brother Gouzi, where do you want to go this time?"
I feel especially happy every time this happens. They respect my ideas and like to take me out to play. I often want to spend money to buy them something, but they don’t want to.
To be honest, it's quite uncomfortable. Every time I come, they are busy running around, and when I want to buy something for them, they don't want it.
I can only treat them to food every time I come. They will never refuse food, but only if it has already been bought.
If I buy something on the spot, they will take special care of me and not let me spend money.
My brother said that they were all well-trained soldiers and there was no way they would ask me to spend money for anything, so I should just go out and play with them and he would help me take care of them for the rest.
Once when my brother said this to me, it was heard by his comrade-in-arms, the brother named Pei who didn't like to laugh.
It is said that he and my brother are a golden pair in the same team.
There is absolutely no chance of failure when the two of them go on a mission together.
When the brother surnamed Pei took me out to play, he said to me, "Don't listen to your brother's nonsense. We took you out to play because we like your personality. He has never done anything for you."
So my brother was fooling me, right?
I didn't dare ask, after all, my brother was a very vicious person, and I always liked to hit him in places that were not visible but painful.
I learned from a young age not to mess with him.
But I had a better impression of this brother named Pei. Even if he was lying to me, I would be happy with it. Moreover, based on my impression of him, there was absolutely no way he would lie to me.
I originally thought that as my brother's golden partner, Brother Pei would never retire from the army, at least not so soon.
Who knew that he would be the first soldier to be discharged from the army among all the soldiers I played with.
I didn't know about it at first, but my brother called me and told me to go and visit the brigade where he was when I had nothing to do, and to try my best to help if there was anything I could do.
I am a loyal person. Not to mention that my brother asked me to move, even if my brother didn't say it, he used to take me to play with so many fun things, so it would be my duty to help him.
If I had known I would have definitely gone to him.
I met Brother Pei's wife at his home. How should I describe the first time I saw her? I felt like my sister-in-law seemed to know me very well.
Every time he talks to me, I feel very comfortable, and many of my thoughts can sometimes be expressed through his mouth.
I was in deep self-doubt for a while. Could it be that I had different ideas about Brother Pei’s wife?
How is this possible? I don’t think I am a person of low character. Although I am unruly and love freedom, I am a three-good youth.
I began to consciously distance myself from his wife.
As long as I have less dealings with her, I shouldn't have such thoughts anymore, right?
Things don't always go as planned. I originally wanted to take my three good brothers to join Brother Pei. The three of us have family backgrounds, connections, and a lot of passion. Why shouldn't he let us follow him?
If I am not welcome here, I will find other places that will welcome me. I did not confront him head-on, but instead went to find my sister-in-law, who I had been estranged from.
Who knew we would hit it off so well.
I am interested in the long-term development of her shop, and she also feels that our connections and resources are what she needs at this stage.
With such a tacit understanding, I worked under him more and more smoothly, and the money I earned even exceeded the pocket money my grandfather gave me on weekdays.
How awesome!
When my grandfather righteously asked me to give up these unconventional ways, I showed him my income and he was so surprised that he was speechless.
Although my income did surprise her, he still did not agree with my decision to give up being a scholar and go into business. I knew that my grandfather still believed in the old way of thinking that scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans should be equal.
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