Chapter 586: The exiled female prisoner with two bodies (21)
On the first and fifteenth day of every month, unless there are unexpected events, the Gong Liang family will gather together for dinner. On this day, which was the fifteenth day, the whole family gathered in Shou'an Hall, which was the residence of Gong Liangqin and his wife.
Gong Liangqin was already in his fifties or sixties, and because of the hard life he had experienced in exile for several years, his health had deteriorated a lot. Therefore, he did not enter the officialdom after the new emperor ascended the throne. However, the emperor restored his title of Duke Cheng'en, so he is still Duke Cheng'en now.
He is now very free and especially likes to teach his grandchildren. However, except for the eldest grandson Gong Liangjian, who is an obedient and sensible child, Gong Liang Yuzhu and Gong Liang Congyun are both lively and active. When they hear that he is going to teach them, they try every means to skip classes, and their little tricks are endless. Gong Liangqin is sometimes made to laugh bitterly by them.
"It's better to have more children at home. Then I won't have to worry about the two devils, Yuzhu and Congyun. Sometimes I even want to beat them up." Gong Liangqin sighed to his two sons.
Gong Liangxian glanced at Gong Liangsubai with a smile and said jokingly, "Then let your second brother work hard and try to have more children with your sister-in-law while they are still young."
Gong Liangshubai was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect this issue to be brought up, but now he and Lan Shichu really treat each other with respect: they treat each other like unfamiliar guests, polite yet distant. Lan Shichu has been back for so long, and they have not had any intimate behavior, so it is impossible for them to have children.
"Brother, don't rush me. You and sister-in-law have just reached the age of thirty. It's not too late to have a baby." Gong Liang Sibai retorted indifferently.
Gong Liangqin looked at his three grandchildren gathered together, talking and laughing. Even the usually steady eldest grandson Gong Liangjian laughed happily. He said to his two sons, "Have children, have children. Our family is still too small. You all have to work harder to expand the family."
The father and his two sons were talking about the important issue of population reproduction. The female members of the family were not idle either. Liu had been observing her youngest son and daughter-in-law for a long time and found that they had not even looked at each other for such a long time. Lan Shichu had never once laid his eyes on Gong Liang Subai, and Gong Liang Subai was almost the same. The couple were so unfamiliar that they did not look like a young couple at all.
According to common sense, a young couple should be inseparable after several years of separation. Even if their relationship was not good before, after going through the ups and downs together, can't their relationship deepen? Moreover, there is no other woman around her son, so why are the two of them so unfamiliar?
As a mother-in-law, Liu was so worried that her heart was broken. She had already felt that the two of them were unfamiliar with each other and there was no warmth between husband and wife at all. She was very worried and even remembered that her youngest son liked Wen Shi Nong. Could it be that her youngest son still liked Wen Shi Nong, so he was so cold to his wife? !
When Liu thought of this possibility, she became worried. It had been so long since the incident, and her youngest son still couldn't let go of Wen Shi Nong? This would affect the relationship between the couple.
Liu was worried, so she had been paying attention to the couple during the dinner. The more she paid attention, the more desperate she became, because the two of them really didn't communicate at all during the dinner, not even making eye contact! Not to mention the more intimate behavior of picking food for each other, how could this be a normal couple?
Liu, who was extremely worried, kept Gong Liang Sibai after the banquet.
"Mom, what do you want to talk to me about?" Gong Liang Sibai asked doubtfully. What was it that couldn't be said directly at the table? Why did she have to tell him in private?
Liu silently looked at her son. He was tall and handsome, but why was he so heartless to the wife she married in a formal ceremony?
She thought that even if her son didn't like Lan Shichu before marriage, he would treat Lan Shichu well out of responsibility after he got married. Moreover, Lan Shichu was exiled with her family, suffered so much, and gave birth to his child with great difficulty. She could be regarded as a "wife who had shared the joys and sorrows" with him. If her son didn't treat her well, he would be heartless...
Liu gave her son a disappointed look and asked him, "Do you still like Wen Shi Nong now?"
"What?" Gong Liangsubai was so shocked when he heard the name that his eyes widened. He felt as if he was in another world. After a while, he shook his head and denied it, "No, mother, she and I have both married and had children. How could I still miss her?"
"Then why are you and Lan always in a stalemate? I've observed you two for a long time and found that you are so distant and unfamiliar with each other that you are no better than relatives. What's going on? Do you dislike her? But Lan is pretty." Liu asked. She really didn't understand why her son looked down on Lan Shichu.
Gong Liangsubai froze all over. He touched his nose, lowered his head and explained awkwardly, "Mom, I don't dislike her. I also thought about cultivating feelings with her, but Lan Shi didn't seem to have this intention."
Liu frowned when she heard this, but after thinking for a while, she said with understanding, "She may still be angry with you. You left her and ran away from home right after you got married. This was a humiliation for her. It's normal for her not to forgive you. But it's been so long, didn't you apologize to her? Didn't you move her? Then you are really useless."
Gong Liang touched his nose and said, "I apologized to her six years ago when I was exiled. She wasn't angry at the time, so I thought she forgave me and didn't take it to heart. Could it be that she still blames me for this?"
"Of course she is! Have you done anything else to let her down?" Mrs. Liu said with certainty, "Although she is a little angry, you should understand her. You should have a good talk with her. How can a husband and wife be so estranged? You should be more accommodating to her. She has suffered so much over the years. You owe her."
"I will explain it to her." Gong Liang Sibai sighed, but he didn't have much confidence. After all, he had tried to get closer to her before, but it didn't work at all. Lan Shichu simply didn't respond, leaving him helpless.
When Lan Shichu faced him, it was as if there was an isolation shield around his body, isolating them and not giving him any chance to get close.
"You're already grown up, so be more patient with your wife. What's more, you have a child." Liu advised. She has a good relationship with her husband, so naturally she doesn't want to see an unhappy relationship between her son and daughter-in-law.
(End of this chapter)
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