Chapter 153 Drunk

Chapter 153 Drunk

After saying this, Gu Tang was annoyed again: "Look at my memory. My father told me before that I can no longer call you Third Uncle, but to call you 'Grandpa'. I was so quick-witted that I called you the wrong name. Aunts, please don't laugh at me. I'll just pretend I didn't hear it."

The four aunts were amused by Gu Tang's words. They hid their shock and smiled to congratulate him, "Your grandfather is also our elder. Considering the seniority, we should all call him 'uncle'. Everyone in the village knows this old man. He is a very upright and kind person. Everyone praises him highly! Now that your family has been adopted by him, you will surely enjoy endless good days in the future. This is really an unexpected good thing."

Gu Tang also felt the same way. Apart from anything else, his third uncle's character was incomparable to that of ordinary people. He was a thousand times better than Grandpa Gu.

The youngest aunt smiled and said, "Adoption is a happy event, and also a big event. Logically, we should choose a good day and set up a banquet with ten or so tables."

The other three aunts also agreed and asked Gu Tang if he could set a date for the west banquet. Then they would come to congratulate him and ask for some good wine and food.

Gu Tang shook his head and pointed to the west: "The grandparents over there are sick, so we won't put it there right now, for fear of causing criticism."

When the Gu family was mentioned, the aunts no longer talked about setting up the banquet, and everyone in the room recalled the rumors about the Gu family.

They wanted to ask, but were afraid that Gu Tang would think they were being nosy.

Seeing their conflicted looks, Gu Tang knew exactly why they were conflicted.

In order to gain a commanding position in public opinion in the future, Gu Tang simply told them all the bad things that happened in the Gu family, and described the second branch as a poor little thing that was tortured and driven away.

The second elder of Gu family and the first wife of Gu family, one is a mean and biased father and mother, the other is a selfish and greedy brother, they are really a nest of snakes and rats!

Although what he said was all true, some things were further processed by Gu Tangshen, making the second house completely "highbrow".

The aunts thought that Tang girl was a good storyteller, and her story was more fascinating than that of the storytellers in the teahouse. They listened with great interest and cursed the two elders of the Gu family and Gu Liansheng, condemning the crimes of the three.

At the end of the conversation, one of the aunts suddenly felt something was wrong, as if they had forgotten something.

After thinking for a while, she slapped her forehead and asked Gu Tang quickly: "Why didn't I see your mother? Why didn't she show up for such a big event today?"

Gu Tang blinked, a little surprised.

Why? Hasn't the news of her mother's divorce spread in the village yet?

After a moment of confusion, a light bulb went off in my head and I roughly knew why it had not been spread.

Divorce is not a good thing, especially for Zhang who was divorced for stealing. It is a difficult thing to talk about, and she would definitely not take the initiative to tell outsiders about her divorce.

As for the Gu family, the two elders and the eldest wife of the Gu family were afraid that the Wei family would be implicated, so they deliberately suppressed the matter and did not let anyone in the family tell anyone about it.

Her father felt the same way. After all, divorcing his wife would not look good, and it would also affect her and Gu Ping'an, so he didn't tell anyone.

The clan leaders, clan elders, and third uncles who also knew about this matter were probably all very tight-lipped. Seeing that the Gu family had never told anyone about Zhang's divorce, they probably pretended not to know and didn't reveal a single word.

Now it seems that everyone kept the secret well, and no one in the village heard any news.

However, I am afraid I can no longer hide it now.

Of course, Gu Tang didn't want to keep it secret any longer.

She continued to pick vegetables, and her small pink lips uttered a sentence: "My mother made a mistake, so my father divorced her."

Um.

Um???

The aunts all turned their heads to look at Gu Tang, stopped what they were doing, and looked horrified.

"Your father divorced your mother?!"

Gu Tang nodded and sighed, "My mother committed a serious crime this time. My eldest aunt was also involved. My father couldn't cover it up, so in order not to implicate Ping An and me, he divorced her."

The aunts looked at each other in astonishment. Tang girl’s aunt?

Isn't that Wei, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family? !

Her husband is a scholar who has studied for decades, and she has also committed a crime? !

"Didn't your aunt go missing? How did she get involved with your mother?"

"I don't know about that. They committed the crime together before my aunt disappeared."

"What did he do wrong? It came to the point of divorcing his wife..." The aunts clicked their tongues, thinking it was too bizarre.

In farming families, divorce is not a common thing, especially for women who have given birth to children. Unless they beat or scold their parents-in-law, they will generally not be divorced.

Even those who have affairs behind their husbands' backs will not be divorced in most cases as long as they do not give birth to illegitimate children and do not interfere with household chores.

It is not easy for farmers to find wives. If they really want to divorce their wives, they cannot afford the betrothal gifts to marry again. Without a wife, who will do the chores at home? Who will take care of the children?

There is also the work in the fields. After the wives finish their housework, they have to go to the fields with the men and work with them.

If you think about it, I do much more than men.

So, who would be willing to divorce their wife?

Most people just turn a blind eye and go on with their lives.

Therefore, when the aunts heard that Zhang was divorced, they were very shocked.

The aunts didn't know what kind of person Zhang was. They only saw that after she married into the Gu family, she gave birth to a daughter and a son, which meant that she had established a foothold in the Gu family.

Besides, the Gu family's elders were well-known for their bad tempers in the village, so it was impossible for Zhang to beat or scold them... No! Zhang really beat or scolded her mother-in-law!

The aunts suddenly remembered something and perked up: "Last time, everyone in the village was saying that your mother and your grandmother had a fight... Is this what they are talking about?"

"It's much bigger than that!" Gu Tang sighed again in a pretentious manner, "I don't know exactly what happened, I just know it's very horrifying. Fortunately, my aunt disappeared, otherwise, she would have been divorced!

Now that she's missing, they only searched randomly for two or three days and then stopped looking. Now this has happened again, and they said they're going to hold a funeral for my aunt in a few days, and tell everyone that my aunt died of illness..."

The aunts shuddered, their eyes filled with fear.

What does Gu family mean by this?

Could it be that he thought divorcing his wife would be embarrassing, so he used this as an excuse to turn a living person into a "dead person"?

The aunts, who thought the matter was too absurd, all became quiet, doing their work with stiff hands, and the atmosphere in the kitchen instantly became depressing.

Fortunately, this kind of depression did not last long. The sound of men talking in the yard outside woke up the distracted aunts.

The four of them came to their senses at the same time, smiled apologetically at Gu Tang, and quickened their movements.

Gu Tang acted as if she didn't notice their distraction. She ran to the kitchen door and looked into the yard. She saw her father coming over with the household items. She turned around and said something to her aunts.

"My father is back. I have something to talk to him about. Good aunt, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll come and help you later."

"Just focus on your work and don't come to help. We can finish this small job quickly even if we take our time."

The aunts waved to Gu Tang and told her to just go.

After seeing the people off, the four of them looked at each other and sighed.

"No matter how bad Wei is, we should look for her properly because she gave birth to three children for the Gu family. At most, we can spend some money and hire more people to help us look for her and ask around. How can we just give up after searching for two days?"

"How could the old woman of the Gu family be willing to spend money to hire someone? After all, Wei's children are all grown up, and they can survive without their mother. She just happened to get into trouble again, so they might as well hold a funeral to end the matter. Afterwards, they can find a second wife for her eldest son, and the family can still live a happy life."

"Who said it wasn't? Fortunately, the second branch of the Gu family had a clear mind and adopted the whole family away. They no longer messed around with the second and first elders of the Gu family. This is really a bold move!"

"Without destruction, there is no construction. Didn't you hear what Miss Tang said just now? The second branch of their family has been forced into a dead end! If they don't show some courage, this family will die sooner or later..."

…

When Gu Tang came to the yard, his third uncle and Gu Ping'an, who were in the main room, also came out. Gu Tang called out to his third uncle sweetly, "Grandpa." The old man was so happy that he kept nodding his head.

Gu Lianshan took a look and saw that the grandparents and grandchildren seemed to be getting along well, so he felt relieved.

Gu Tang flipped through the things on the cart and was hit by a foul odor. He immediately took two steps back.

Taking a closer look, it seemed to be something from Gu Laian's room.

Because Gu Tang and Gu Ping'an occupied the entire west wing, Gu Laian had to live in the east wing with Gu Lianshan.

Gu Lianshan chose the southernmost east wing for his eldest son, and he himself lived in the northernmost east wing, and the one in the middle was reserved for Gu Mei.

Gu Tang stood at the door calmly to block her father.

Not long after, Gu Lianshan, who had just put away the things he had unloaded, was leaving the house when he was suddenly startled by Gu Tang who jumped out.

Seeing that Gu Tang was happy, Gu Lianshan did not say anything to spoil the mood. He just asked again: "The East is the main wing, the West is the deputy wing, are you sure you don't want to move to the East Wing?"

"So what if you are the first? So what if you are the second? Will living in the first position help you ascend to heaven? Or will you become an official and make a fortune? We have lived in the west wing for more than ten years. Your daughter should make money as she wants. I don't care about this!"

Gu Lianshan liked his daughter's free and easy personality and kept praising her for what she said.

After hearing these kind words, Gu Tang felt even better and asked her father if the firewood had been moved over: "All that firewood was cut by Ping An and belongs to our family. Have you moved it over?"

"Dad asked your eldest brother to borrow a cart, and they are moving now."

Rare!

Gu Laian actually helped her carry firewood? !

No, when did Gu Laian come back?

"My eldest brother is back?"

"I'm back, I'm almost back." Gu Lianshan's face was very ugly, and he added: "Your eldest brother is really like what your third uncle said, he got tripped up as soon as he arrived at the Feng family."

"Oh? Is it really the Feng family's doing?" Gu Tang raised his eyebrows, but secretly praised the Feng family: Well done!

It is wise not to interfere in Gu family affairs!

"Because your eldest brother and your uncle Shunzi arrived early and the Feng family hadn't eaten yet, they took out a jar of wine and said they wanted to treat the two of them to a drink."

"Drinking so early in the morning?" Gu Tang felt it was strange. "Could it be that the Feng family wanted to get them drunk and stop them from going back?"

"That's about what I meant. But your uncle Shunzi was a heavy drinker. He drank most of the jar of wine and then passed out drunk at Feng's house to rest.

Your eldest brother also drank a few cups. Although he didn't get drunk, he was quite drunk. He didn't know how to drive a bullock cart, so the Feng family persuaded him to stay. Your eldest brother had no choice but to stay at the Feng family in a daze. "

At this point, Gu Lianshan was very angry: "Your Uncle Shunzi is getting more and more stupid. Did Hua Tongzi invite him to the Feng family for a drink today? He even forgot what he was doing there, and when he came back just now, he was still drunk and unconscious!"

Gu Tang frowned: "This is too ridiculous!"

"From now on, Dad will no longer spend money to treat him!" Gu Lianshan felt that his money was wasted and he was so distressed that he could only sob.

"The things have been unloaded, brother Lianshan! Hurry up, there is more at the Gu family, we have to continue working." The four people who were invited to help stood in the yard and urged, then pulled the cart and left first.

Gu Lianshan responded repeatedly, walked around Gu Tang, and hurriedly followed.

Not long after Gu Lianshan left, Gu Laian pulled a cart into the yard with great effort, followed by Gu Mei who came empty-handed.

As soon as she saw Gu Tang, Gu Mei glared at her with a smug look in her eyes.

No matter how angry her father was, she was his eldest daughter, and he still cared about her. In the end, he helped her move her things over!

Gu Tang completely ignored Gu Mei and stared at Gu Laian. Seeing that his face was flushed, he thought he was tired. When someone approached him, a strong smell of alcohol penetrated his nose, which was very pungent.

Is this what her father meant by "how many cups he had"?

Judging from the smell of alcohol, he must have eaten a lot!

Tsk! Now she knew why Gu Laian agreed to carry the firewood.

This must be a punishment from her father!

Gu Laian was extremely unfamiliar with his third uncle's place. He had never been there and was not familiar with it at all.

When he was about to come back from the Feng family, his father dropped a heavy blow and said that their second branch had been adopted by their third uncle, and now they were no longer members of the Gu family, but had become members of the third uncle's lineage.

Whether it's adoption or division, Gu Laian doesn't care as long as he doesn't starve.

The only thing he couldn't accept was that Sanlang was going to study at Changshan Academy.

His grandfather had just told him this secretly. After hearing this, Gu Laian drove out of the Gu family in a hurry and met his father on the way.

He originally wanted to ask about this, but there were people following his father, so Gu Laian felt timid and forced himself to endure it.

He waited until his third uncle came over and saw Gu Tang standing in the corridor. He was drunk and for a moment he forgot about Gu Tang's cruelty and became furious.

He put down the cart roughly, rushed to Gu Tang and questioned him in a bad tone: "My master said that you spent all the money in the family to buy Sanlang a seat as an auditor at Changshan Academy?!"

Gu Tang rolled his eyes at him impatiently: "The old man over there will no longer be your 'grandfather' in the future, can you please stop listening to his nonsense? Your grandfather is in the main room, go in and call him.

Also, the money I spent was earned from selling the deer. I caught the deer myself, so the money is naturally mine. Dad promised me this long ago."

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