Chapter 122 There is no such good thing
The five people worked quickly. Before long, the broken door frame was removed, replaced with a new one, and then the door was installed.
I tried opening and closing the door a few times and found that it opened and closed very smoothly without any bumps or instability.
In this way, the door was repaired.
The tea in the kitchen was ready. Gu Lianshan didn't care about anything and just took the large bowl used for eating at home, poured half a bowl into each of them and handed it to them, telling them to taste it carefully.
"My daughter bought it from Bei'an City. She originally wanted to use it to entertain relatives during the New Year. Today you are here, so I cooked it for you to taste. If it were someone else, don't even think about it."
These words made the few people feel very respectable. Just by smelling the fragrance of the tea, they knew it was good tea. It was very different from the tea they occasionally drank in roadside tea shops.
After the tea bowls were handed over, the five people all had surprise on their faces. They each took a deep sniff and said with a grin, "Fragrant! It really is fragrant! This is the first time in my life that I have tasted such fragrant tea. Today is a real treat!"
"There's plenty in that pot, if you like, you can eat it all!"
Gu Lianshan brought out the teapot, and whenever a bowl was empty, he would go over and refill it, allowing them to have their fill in one go!
After having tea, it turned out that just as Gu Lianshan had said, Gu Dazhu did not charge any money.
Gu Lianshan took out a string of money and stuffed it over, but Gu Dazhu stuffed it back with a tough attitude, saying he didn't want anything.
"We have been friends for decades. How can I accept your money now that you are having a hard time? Besides, it's not much. The wood used for the two door panels is common wood in the mountains. There is not much material used. Even if it is chopped into firewood, it is not worth a few coppers. How can it be worth charging you money?!"
Gu Lianshan had expected this to happen, so he didn't mention the money anymore. He went into the kitchen and took out the rooster that his son had caught earlier, and asked Gu Dazhu to take it back and kill it.
"Today is my birthday. I had planned to invite you guys to my house for a good gathering, but unfortunately, something happened at home, and my parents are both too sick to get up, so I can't invite you now.
Take this chicken back and kill it, don't refuse! In the evening, we will go to your house for a drink. Then, I have something I would like to ask you and your brothers for help. ”
"Okay! I'll take the chicken back. I have a jar of wine in my room. Let's have a good meal together today and celebrate your birthday!" Gu Dazhu agreed readily.
The remaining four were not far behind, and they all shouted for their things.
"Brother Lianshan contributed the chicken, and brother Dazhu contributed the wine. Then I will contribute a piece of meat!"
"I'm offering a fish! I just caught it in the river yesterday!"
"I'll give you some turtledoves! I caught them in the mountains with a slingshot the other day. I caught half a basket full!"
"You all contributed meat, so I'll just follow Brother Dazhu's example and bring a few pounds of wine over so we can eat to our heart's content!"
"Okay! It's settled!" Gu Lianshan smiled happily, "I'll go there at the beginning of the evening hour! But this matter shouldn't be made public, guys, don't tell anyone."
"Don't worry, we all know what's going on." The five people nodded. They also knew the seriousness of the matter.
After the deal was made, Gu Dazhui and the others left with the chickens, and Gu Lianshan saw them off to the gate of the courtyard.
The coptis chinensis under the corridor of the main hall was almost cooked. Gu Tang's heart was like a cat's claw, and he kept thinking about this matter.
When her father returned to the yard, she quickly waved for him to come over, "Dad! The coptis root is ready. Can you pour it out and bring it over now?"
Gu Lianshan scooped out some coptis juice with a spoon. The color looked yellow-brown, and he said, "It's OK. Dad will go to the east wing to see if your uncle is awake or asleep. Pour out the coptis juice first and let it cool down. Don't burn your uncle."
"Oh!" Gu Tang couldn't stop laughing. He happily took down the medicine jar and carefully poured the coptis juice into the bowl without spilling a drop!
Perhaps because Wei was not there, the east wing was in a mess, with used clothes and shoes thrown everywhere.
The windows and doors of the room were closed, the light was dim, the air was turbid and stuffy, and there was a strong smell of urine!
Gu Lianshan frowned, he couldn't stand it anymore.
After all, there are two scholars living in this house, so why is it so dirty and messy?
When I lifted the curtain hanging at the door of the inner room, the smell of urine was even stronger!
Gu Lianshan walked in, covering his nose, and found that there was an oil lamp lit in the inner room!
"It's broad daylight, what are you doing? Who lights an oil lamp in broad daylight? It turns out that the money in this house is not earned by you, but you don't feel sorry for spending it, and you just want to waste it, right?"
Gu Liansheng was tired of lying down, so he was sitting on the head of the bed, resting his eyes.
There was an oil lamp lit on the bedside table, a few books on the bed, and the floor was a mess, all of which were the things he had just smashed and no one had cleaned up.
When he suddenly heard Gu Lianshan's voice, he was startled all over, thinking that he was hallucinating, and immediately opened his eyes and looked around.
When he saw Gu Lianshan, his face turned grim: "What are you doing here? What? Haven't you seen enough of my jokes? Now you want to see me make a fool of myself?!"
After saying this, he immediately turned over and lay on his side, not wanting to look at Gu Lianshan's smug face!
Gu Lianshan didn't indulge him. He blew out the oil lamp first, then said, "I wonder if you are dead! You can stand up and walk, and you can stand up to quarrel with others, but why do you lie in bed like a dying person when something happens? You don't even go to see your parents in the main room, and you don't go to keep watch at night. If this is the case, I will get the lion's share when the family is divided!"
Hearing the word "divide the family", Gu Liansheng sat up again, turned around and said angrily: "Our ancestors left us a message! If both parents are alive, the family cannot be divided! How dare you go against our ancestors' message?!"
"It's fine if the family doesn't need to be divided! Dad and mom need money for treatment, you can take out ten taels of silver first! You know how much money your parents have spent on you over the years. Now that your parents are sick, they need money, you can take out the money and the family won't be divided!"
Gu Lianshan stretched out his big hand in front of him and asked him to pay.
Gu Liansheng froze, looking at the big hand stretched out to him with embarrassment. He turned his head away and argued for himself in a timid way: "I haven't graduated yet, where can I get the money to give you? Your daughter has the money, you can ask her to use the money first, and when I graduate, I will definitely pay her back in full..."
"What bullshit is that!" Gu Lianshan interrupted him with a look of disdain, "Don't you claim that you are the eldest son who inherits the family business? You have been studying for decades, but the books did not teach you that the eldest son, in addition to inheriting the family business, also has to support his parents and maintain the relationship with his brothers and sisters.
But you, you only think about inheriting the family business, and have completely ignored supporting your parents and maintaining the relationship with your brothers and sisters at home! Gu Liansheng, there is no such good thing in this world, and I am not the blind old man in the main room. Either you pay the money, or we split up and live our own lives! ”
"My parents will not agree to divide the family!" Gu Liansheng's face turned red with embarrassment, and he wanted to talk about the two elders of the Gu family.
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