Chapter 385: Breaking the Old Ceremony

The couple had not seen each other for more than half a year. They had been looking forward to a family reunion after the New Year, but who could have known that the next meeting would be like this? It really made Du Jingyi sigh in his heart.

The temperature of Gu Shaoyu's body and the calluses on his palms were still the same as before.

When Du Jingyi sat in the back and watched her husband kneeling upright and burning paper carefully, she felt a sense of relief after his return.

Until this moment, her heart, which had been holding on, finally relaxed a little. When she looked up at the spirit tablet and the coffin again, she was also silently reciting.

"Grandma, Shaoyu is back, you can rest assured."

The last time Gu Shaoyu burned paper was for his mother, the time before that was for someone in the Gu family, and going back further, it was for his eldest brother.

He watched his loved ones leave one after another. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel pain, but there was nothing he could do about it and he had to be strong.

Otherwise, how could he be their backbone? The folded gold and silver paper money disappeared into the brazier bit by bit, but Gu Shaoyu's backbone became the pillar of support for the entire Gu family.

I don’t know if it was because Old Madam Gu was in heaven, but there was a heavy rain in the afternoon when Gu Shaoyu came back. After the rain, the sky suddenly cleared up.

The winter in Jinling City is much better than that in Sui'an City. When Du Jingyi came here last year, he fainted and vomited all the way, so he had no energy to enjoy the scenery. And this year, Madam Gu passed away, so he was naturally in no mood.

Therefore, when the sky cleared up, Du Jingyi did not dare to slack off at all.

Someone was immediately asked to get ice and put it around the coffin. They wanted to make sure that Madam Gu's body would not feel uncomfortable. After all, there were still four days until the scheduled burial date, so there couldn't be any mistakes.

Now, nearly a month has passed since Madam Gu passed away, so the condolences have almost been paid, and now the family members take turns to keep vigil for her, so the presence of the ice does not matter.

After dinner, Gu Shaoyu invited everyone to Sanshan Hall. Everyone in the room, young and old, male and female, looked at him, waiting to hear what he had to say.

Even Tai Ge'er and his three children came together. This was the first time that Gu Shaoyu saw his triplets. They were all four-month-old children now, a little smaller than Tai Ge'er at that time, but they were still well-behaved in the arms of their wet nurses.

Gu Shaoyu naturally wanted to hug them, but the children had never seen him as their "father" since they were born, so they were somewhat repulsive. Seeing this, Gu Shaoyu did not force it, but called Tai Ge'er over and asked a question.

"Does Taige miss his father?"

Tai Ge'er would now utter a sentence or two from time to time, but they were still all repetitive words, and mostly made a popping sound.

Although he didn't answer, he tilted his head and thought for a while, then broke free from wet nurse Fu's hands and trotted towards Gu Shaoyu.

Although I still stagger when I walk, it is much better than when I first started.

He rushed into Gu Shaoyu's words and shouted "Daddy, Daddy" a few times. Although what he said was not very clear, Gu Shaoyu still heard it.

There was a sense of pride in his eyes, and I felt like my son had grown up.

Looking at the other three confused sons, he suddenly felt that Tai Ge'er was the one he liked the most.

"Second uncle came here quickly, but it was hard work."

The one who spoke was Mr. Du. He and his wife were now taking care of their four grandchildren wholeheartedly, so they were tired and a little thin.

When he saw him, Gu Shaoyu stood up, clasped his fists and said gratefully.

"I'm sorry to have worried my father-in-law and mother-in-law. Now that I'm back, everything will be properly arranged."

Upon seeing this, Mr. Du didn't say much, just nodded and stepped aside.

Seeing that except for the aunt who was unable to get up, all the other people in the Gu family who should have come had arrived, Gu Shaoyu spoke.

"Grandmother passed away too suddenly. I rushed back as soon as I heard the news in Sui'an City. I'm sorry for all the hard work. Grandmother will be buried in four days. Before that, we just need to guard the mourning hall. After the burial, all arrangements at home can be restored as before."

"When my grandmother was alive, she often told me not to be too concerned about the rituals for the dead. Only when the living live a good life can the dead rest in peace. So let's skip the ritual of eating vegetarian food for three months. The most important thing is to take good care of your health."

Seeing this, Fourth Aunt nodded and said in agreement.

"What Shao Yu said is true. When Silang and the others passed away, mother-in-law took us to bury them and then restored everything to normal. We should show filial piety to them during their lifetime. Even if we don't do these empty ceremonies after their death, we will have no regrets."

"What the fourth brother's wife said is true."

It was the second aunt who spoke first. It was not difficult to ask her to follow the rule, but her daughter Xiaoyun was pregnant, so how could she be a vegetarian? Wouldn't this make her even more uncomfortable?

Therefore, when he heard Gu Shaoyu's arrangement, he expressed his deep agreement.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

When the others saw that their elders had expressed their opinions, they naturally followed suit, and then heard Gu Shaoyu continue to speak.

"Before I came here, I had already reported to the court that I would be in mourning for my grandmother for a year, so I will stay in Jinling City during this period. After some time, there may be other arrangements, and I will discuss it with my aunts and sisters-in-law at that time."

"We are completely confident that Shao Yu and your wife will be in charge of this household. This is what mother-in-law meant when she was here."

The third aunt added appropriately that what she was still a little worried about was her daughter's marriage. After a year of mourning, she would be twenty-one years old. At this age, if she still hadn't been engaged or married, she would naturally be called an old maid.

But she has no choice but to swallow her worries and wait and see.

After briefly explaining these things, Gu Shaoyu glanced at Du Jingyi and asked in a calm voice.

"Did people from Room 7 come to cause trouble a few days ago?"

Du Jingyi glanced at Xing Zhao and saw that he looked a little embarrassed, so he realized that he must have told the truth. However, Du Jingyi didn't intend to make a big deal out of this, so he replied to comfort him.

"It was just a few words of quarrel, and my seventh uncle suppressed it at the time, and also made my third cousin who was too talkative kowtow to my grandmother to apologize, so the general should not pursue it further."

"The third lady from my aunt's house in the lobby?"

"Um."

To be honest, Gu Shaoyu was not very familiar with the relatives in the Gu family. After all, there were enough people in his own courtyard, so there was no need for him to pay attention to those in other families.

(End of this chapter)