Gu Yanzhang thought in his heart that if it was really his sons who made his wife feel disheartened, then he would have to act like a patriarch no matter what.
He is only in his thirties now.
He is in the prime of his life when he is a strong and healthy adult man. If he can't even control his teenage sons at this time, then what's the point of him being a father? !
Thinking of this, Gu Yanzhang suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Chen Xuanxuan with a serious face.
"Wife, just tell me what's in your heart, did our sons disrespect you when I was not around? Even used my father's words to suppress you?"
No one knows a son better than his father.
Gu Yanzhang knew his good sons very well. He thought that his sons should be able to say those bad things to their wives in the name of their father.
However, Chen Xuanxuan shook her head and said, "No."
"I just want to be on the safe side."
"When my sons and daughters-in-law have children, there will be more and more people in the family. There will definitely be more and more conflicts. As for me, I just want to live a more relaxed life. I don't want to quarrel with others every day over trivial matters."
Gu Yanzhang understood after hearing this.
So, he nodded, "Okay. Then when the children are older and can support a family, I will let them separate."
After Chen Xuanxuan carefully put away the three taels of silver, she took out a palm-sized notebook and began to report the accounts to Gu Yanzhang.
How much did she spend in the last month, and what exactly was consumed. How much was the income, and what exactly was sold.
She remembered every copper plate clearly, including the interpersonal relationships.
After hearing Chen Xuanxuan's detailed report, Gu Yanzhang also had a clear understanding of the ins and outs of the family's money.
"Wife, if we save for a while, we should be able to save another fifteen taels of silver!"
"With this money, I plan to buy a calf for my family..."
In the countryside, buying cows, sheep, donkeys, etc. are all major events comparable to marriage!
If anyone dares to say that his family is going to buy a cow, it will definitely cause a sensation.
Some rural people in ancient times dreamed of buying cows.
For farmers, cows are a rare luxury!
Just like some modern men's pursuit of luxury cars worth millions. They will pursue them madly.
Even Gu Yanzhang, who has lived here for more than 30 years, is no exception.
The couple agreed that they would be able to go to the county town to buy a cow in a few months, and they went to sleep contentedly.
...
However, things are always unexpected.
A flood that many people could not imagine hit the northwest of Dalong so madly.
Generally speaking, the northwest of Dalong, where Chen Xuanxuan is now, is actually a rainless area. Especially in the hot summer, God will only send down such a sparse rain every ten days or half a month. However
, this spring is really unacceptable. There
is too much rain.
The swamps in the upper reaches of Xiaoyue River, where drainage is not smooth, were the first to cause floods.
Those people in Chenjia Village, Gujiagang, who have opened up some wasteland here, are all worried to the point of gray hair.
It rains every day, and the water level rises every day. The rice planted in the low-lying land has been almost flooded.
Many poor families who can't even get enough food have only had a good life in recent years because they rented this land. Now the situation is not good, and after they come to check on the rice seedlings every day, they can only look at the sky and cry.
They are really helpless, and one by one, they bring their whole family, braving the bitter wind and rain, and use buckets and clay pots at home to scoop out all the water in the fields.
However, during the day they scooped water from the ridges of the fields, and when they went home to sleep at night, the rain was still falling, and the seedlings were flooded one after another...
These people did this kind of work in the fields every day... After a long time, some people got sick.
After getting sick, most of them just held on.
They didn't dare to see a doctor.
Because the money for seeing a doctor and asking for medicine was too expensive! !
Many times, the disease was cured, but the money was gone.
Here, money is a person's courage and also a person's life.
Knowing that the villagers were having a hard time, Gu Yu'an, who thought about the villagers every day, took the initiative to help them.
After asking Chen Xuanxuan for dozens of kilograms of ginger, he boiled water at home every day, and after boiling ginger, he gave it to those people to drink.
However, such days did not last long.
Because the rain outside seemed to be getting heavier.
Gujiagang and Chenjia Village face each other across the river.
They are only connected by a stone bridge.
Now that there has been a flood here, in less than a few days, this stone bridge with a history of more than a hundred years has been completely submerged by the rolling flood.
Even the stone bridge cannot be seen, and the villagers are also very anxious.
"Oh my goodness, what should we do?"
Tonight, the elderly people and outstanding young people of Gujiagang sat in the ancestral hall and held a clan meeting.
Gu Yanzhang had just taken off his straw raincoat when he heard the old clan leader say this with a melancholy look on his face.
As soon as he sat down, he saw some people looking at him eagerly. Their eyes were full of desire and excitement.
Gu Yanzhang, who didn't know what these people's purpose was, just sat there pretending to be deaf and dumb.
He was waiting for these people to make a move.
Sure enough, after a while, Gu Yanzhang heard the clan leader Gu Yuxi say, "This year is a turbulent time! I heard that the bridges in many places have been washed away by floods..."
"Our village has also been severely affected by the disaster recently. In particular, there are several families who have no place to live..."
After saying this, the clan leader Gu Yuxi was so moved that he shed tears.
While crying, Gu Yuxi turned around and said to Gu Yanzhang, "Brother Yan, many people in our Gu family have lost their shelter recently. As a member of our family, you have to help them no matter what. Free up a few rooms for them to live in..."
Hearing this suddenly, Gu Yanzhang's face changed slightly.
He thought, how could my wife guess such a thing?
He really couldn't expect it, and in the end he could only admit that his wife really figured out everyone in his family.
So, Gu Yanzhang directly told his wife the thing that he had planned before.
"Chief, this is really unfortunate!"
"You should know that the more than 100 acres of land in our family were actually planted by my cousins. In order to grow more food on that piece of land, they have been staying with us all the time."