He Meizhu's question was direct.
Instead of asking his son what he thought, he went straight to his daughter-in-law.
Moreover, she bypassed Gu Changqing and went directly to ask about the third son.
Gu Changhe raised his head, looked at his parents, then glanced at Gu Changzheng, and slowly said, "I have no objection. Whatever my eldest brother, second brother, and fourth brother say, I will do."
Of the brothers, the eldest, Gu Changshan, was the least quick-witted. The other two, while not as intelligent as Gu Changzheng, were still quite clever.
Look at how well Gu Laosan speaks!
Judging from his brothers' opinions, he neither stepped forward to say he would support them nor to say he wouldn't.
Compared to what Gu Changshan just said, the difference is obvious.
Gu Changshan blushed slightly.
His thick lips trembled, and he couldn't say anything coherent for a long time.
He Meizhu glanced at Gu Changhe before turning to look at Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing waited for He Meizhu to ask questions.
To everyone's surprise, He Meizhu didn't ask him anything at all. Instead, she glanced at him once and then looked away.
“Your father and I gave birth to you, raised you, and worked hard to earn money for you to get married. Now that we’re old and can’t work anymore, it’s only right that you support us.”
She paused slightly at this point before continuing, "But I also know that now that you've grown up and started your own families, you all have your own little thoughts and feel that the two old folks are no longer useful and will only be a burden to you."
"mother……"
"mother……"
The brothers all spoke at once.
He Meizhu raised her hand, interrupting them.
"There's no need to say anything else. Your father and I raised you all, and we don't expect you to be filial to us. From now on, your father and I will live with the fourth son's family."
"You don't need to worry about birth, aging, sickness, and death. Just focus on living your own lives. As for other things, we two old folks can't help you anymore."
While these words seemed to declare that they were going to live with Gu Changzheng's family, they also implied a complete severing of ties with their three sons.
Being spoken to like that by their own parents, they should logically be very upset.
But the three brothers just stared blankly at He Meizhu, as if they had expected it, yet they hadn't.
At this moment, Gu Changshan was the first to react.
“Mother, usually the elderly live with their eldest son in their old age…”
His voice wasn't loud, and he inevitably sounded somewhat lacking in confidence when he spoke.
He Meizhu scoffed, "Retire with you in your old age? Your wife would be willing?"
As she spoke, she no longer feared offending her three sons.
“Go back and ask your wives, who truly wants these two old hags who only know how to eat and not work to live in their house? Eldest son, is your wife willing? Third son, is your wife willing?”
As for the second son's wife, He Meizhu didn't care about her at all.
I never thought she would agree.
She didn't want to grow old and still have to live by other people's whims every day.
The three brothers' faces turned pale and red as they were being talked about. Gu Jianhua, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up.
"Uncle, could you please help us with a certificate? My wife and I will be living with Lao Si from now on."
With the village elders as witnesses, no one can deny this matter now.
The old village chief nodded, his gaze falling on Gu Changzheng beside him: "Fourth brother, what your parents said, are you willing?"
"My great-grandfather is fine with it, and my wife also hopes that my parents can live with us."
"Okay, then let's write it down like this. From now on, Jianhua and his wife will have nothing to do with the other three children..."
The old village chief's word was law; what he said was the rule.
With a written record, they can't deny it later.
After the matter was resolved, the other three brothers of the Gu family wanted to talk to He Meizhu and the others, but He Meizhu rudely told them to leave.
"Go on, go on, go back and report to your wives that we two old folks didn't fail because of you. Hurry up and go on."
He Meizhu was truly heartbroken.
After driving her three sons away, she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked at the old village chief.
"I'm sorry to have made my uncle laugh at me."
The old village chief shook his head.
"Your fourth son and his wife are a good couple; you'll enjoy a good life together." It's said that as people get older, their judgment of others becomes more discerning, and the old village chief is a perfect example of this.
He could tell at a glance that Gu Changzheng's eyes were open and honest, and that although Gu Changzheng's city wife did not do farm work, she was a very kind person.
With a son and daughter-in-law like that, as long as the elderly don't cause trouble, their lives won't be too bad.
He Meizhu thought of Gu Changzheng and Lu Huaijiao, and her heart, chilled by her three sons, began to feel a little better.
"Uncle is right."
From now on, the couple will only have their fourth son to rely on.
Fortunately, both the fourth brother and Jiaojiao are doing well.
That's how the matter was settled.
After Gu Changzheng went back and told Lu Huaijiao the results, the next day, Gu Changzheng took a hammer and started tearing down the wall between their house and He Meizhu's house.
The removed bricks were used to block up the original small doorway.
The small door that led to the second room was for He Meizhu and the others to fetch water.
Because the well is located there.
Now there's no need to fetch water from next door. Gu Changzheng's family has a well in their yard, which he paid for himself. Now that his parents are living with them, they eat together, so naturally they draw water from the same well.
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