Chapter 182 Asking Gu Lianshan to Go Together
Gu Ping'an in the main room and Third Uncle in the east wing also heard the noise and came out of the room one after another.
Gu Tang asked them to go back to the house and said he would open the door himself.
"Who?"
After asking loudly outside the yard, Gu Tang walked towards the gate slowly.
The strange thing was that even when she was almost at the gate of the courtyard, the person outside didn't answer, but the knocking on the door continued.
Gu Tang walked lightly to the door without making any sound. Instead, he peeked out through the tiny crack in the door. He only saw a dark corner of clothes, but couldn't tell who it was.
"Who? If you don't speak, I won't open this door for you!" Gu Tang asked loudly again.
The person outside the door stopped knocking, but unexpectedly started to curse and swear: "You mean girl! You've only been away from home for a few days, and you're acting so pretentiously! Open the door quickly! I'm your grandfather!"
Gu Tang raised his eyebrows. Mr. Gu?
Good, good, good!
Looking around, she began to look for a handy stick. After searching for a while, she finally picked up a laundry mallet and then opened the gate.
Not only was Grandpa Gu standing outside the yard, but Gu Liansheng was also there. Both the father and son were disheveled, shivering from the cold, and their faces were pale.
Seeing the gate open, the father and son tried to come in, but were blocked by a stick that was obviously malicious.
The father and son's faces changed and they immediately withdrew their feet.
Gu Tang sneered and stared at them sinisterly: "I was wondering who it was, it turns out to be you two, the father and son who have been condemned by God!"
"You!" The father and son were so angry that their eyes went dark. Old Master Gu glared at her fiercely: "I am your grandfather! You little bitch, are you itching for trouble? How dare you talk to your elders like this!"
"Bah!" Gu Tang spat directly, "My grandfather is sitting in the room, whose grandfather are you? The adoption letter is written clearly in black and white, what? Are you going to be shameless and want to erase the adoption letter?"
While cursing, Gu Tang knocked on the door with the hammer in his hand. The knocking sounded so loud that the father and son were so scared that they kept staring at the hammer, fearing that the hammer would change place and fall on their heads in the next moment.
Gu Tang's scolding and threats calmed the father and son down. They didn't dare argue with Gu Tang about how to address elders, and just said they were going to look for Gu Lianshan.
"I'm here to see your father, not to argue with you! Get out of the way!"
"My father went to the clan leader's house for something. If you have the ability, go to the clan leader's house to find him." Gu Tang was sure that he didn't dare to go.
Sure enough, Mr. Gu's face froze, and he looked very uncomfortable. He actually asked Gu Tang to call for help: "Go and call your father back!"
"No, I'm not looking for my dad, whoever is looking for me can just shout!"
After saying this, Gu Tang was about to close the door.
Master Gu suddenly became anxious, stopped her from closing the door, and softened his tone: "I came to your father to discuss bringing your grandma back!"
"Hey! You haven't brought her back yet? How many days have passed?" Gu Tang was very surprised. It was amazing that the Gu family had actually left Feng in Bei'an City all this time!
Master Gu looked away and shouted in a timid tone, "I will soon be better, your uncle..."
"Stop!" Gu Tang curled his lips, "I don't have an uncle!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Liansheng's face turned dark. What do you mean by "no uncle"?
What is the self then? Is it dead?
"You may be adopted, but in the eyes of outsiders, you still have to call me uncle, and your grandfather is still your grandfather!" Gu Liansheng growled, he was so angry that he wanted to strangle Gu Tang to death!
Mr. Gu supported his son: "Yes, your uncle is right..."
Gu Tang interrupted him again: "What outsiders think is none of my business. Do I seem to care about what outsiders think?" After he finished speaking, he closed the door neatly.
The father and son who were locked outside the door were stunned. When they came to their senses, they became furious and slammed the door again!
Gu Tang didn't want to pay attention to it and was about to turn around and go back to the house, but he saw Gu Ping'an and his third uncle coming over here.
Old Master Gu’s voice was not small. Third Uncle and Gu Ping’an both heard Old Master Gu’s voice and came over here together.
"Let them in first. The noise is too loud. It will be embarrassing if the neighbors come to visit..."
Third Uncle advised Gu Tang to go and open the door.
Gu Tang didn't expect that the father and son were so determined to see her father, so she had to follow her uncle's words and open the door again to let the father and son into the yard.
When the door opened again, Mr. Gu saw his third uncle at a glance. He was so angry that his teeth itched and his eyes turned red!
Gu Liansheng was not much better. He also glared at his third uncle with dissatisfaction, no longer having the joy he had when Gu Lianshan's family adopted him.
"Let's talk inside. It's too cold outside." The third uncle didn't take the hatred between the father and son seriously. He just wanted to invite them to talk inside instead of arguing at the door.
Old Master Gu snorted coldly, without saying a word to him, and led his son to the yard.
This was the first time that Mr. Gu stepped into this yard.
When this courtyard was about to be built, all the villagers praised it and said it was grand and the best courtyard among the surrounding villages.
At that time, although Mr. Gu said that he didn't believe it, he was actually very jealous and wanted to know what was going on with this yard.
Unfortunately, he couldn't bring himself to do it, and he forced himself not to come over.
After many years, he finally stepped here today.
Look at the main hall and side rooms built with green bricks and black tiles, the red-painted corridors connected on the left and right, and the spacious courtyard paved with stone bricks.
Mr. Gu’s heart was shaking with jealousy!
God is so unfair!
His third brother is unlucky in marriage and children, has a hard life and a cruel heart. Why didn't someone take him away early on, and let him live in wealth until now!
I heard the other day that he spent money to buy a cow and an ox cart for the second son's family.
Upon hearing the news, Mr. Gu couldn't believe it, nor was he willing to believe it. He just kept scolding Gu Lianshan, saying that he was a black-hearted man and must have hidden some silver and bought it for himself.
But when he saw the yard, Mr. Gu suddenly believed that the cow might have been bought by his third brother.
This made him a hundred times more uncomfortable than Gu Lianshan hiding the silver!
Gu Liansheng had almost the same idea.
This was also his first time visiting his third uncle's house, but his focus was not on buying a cow. What he cared about was how much silver his third uncle had saved to be able to build such a grand courtyard.
And as the "son" of his third uncle, his second brother Gu Lianshan will inherit everything here in the future.
This was unacceptable to Gu Liansheng.
Why do all good things happen to his second brother?
If I had been adopted at the beginning, I would not have to worry about the annual tuition fees.
The father and son had different thoughts, but they were both equally jealous. They looked around the yard for a long time before entering the main room.
As soon as they arrived at the main room, the father and son were surprised by the furnishings inside.
On the north wall opposite the entrance hangs landscape paintings, and below it is a solid wood red lacquered table about nine feet long.
Below the long table is an octagonal table of the same color, and on the left and right main seats of the table, there is an armchair of the same color.
Further down, there are two rows of guest chairs on the left and right.
Behind the guest chair are antique shelves, treasure cabinets and other furniture.
People who don't care about these things don't think much of them, they just think they look nice or flashy.
Just like the Zhu family, they think it’s nothing special, flashy and impractical.
But Mr. Gu and his son are different, they are extremely particular about these things!
If the main room in their house wasn't too small to accommodate the space, they would have bought one even if they had to borrow money!
Now all the things that I don’t have at home appear here. I find them extremely annoying, but I am also extremely greedy and I wish I could take them all back home!
The more he looked, the more jealous Mr. Gu became. He glanced at his third uncle and said sarcastically, "No wonder my second son was eager to be adopted by you. He thinks that I, his biological father, am incompetent and cannot build a big yard for him or buy these decorations!"
Faced with the sour words from his second brother, the third uncle didn't take them to heart. He just thought he was talking nonsense and sat in the main seat.
Then she asked him curiously, "You are so strange today. Why did you want to come to my house?"
Old Master Gu's face darkened, and he immediately retorted: "Do you think I am willing to visit you? Let Lianshan, that bastard, come out! He was the one who sent his mother to Bei'an City for treatment, and now he has to bring her back in person!"
"Lianshan is not at home because of something. If you can wait, then wait for two or three days..."
"I can't wait!" Old Master Gu slammed the table in anger, "Find someone to call him back! No matter how big the problem is, put it aside! Although he is adopted, he still crawled out of his mother's belly! Nothing is more important than his mother!"
Uncle San was calm and composed, pointing to the east: "Tell this to the clan leader, let him listen carefully. If you follow your words, I'm afraid that families who adopt children since ancient times will not be able to distinguish between relatives and strangers, and the difference between inside and outside will be a mess!"
"You!" When mentioning the clan leader, Old Man Gu felt extremely guilty. If the clan leader heard what he just said, he would probably punish him according to the clan rules!
Seeing his father defeated, Gu Liansheng was extremely dissatisfied with his uncle: "You are too fussy. My father is just worried about my mother. Besides, my mother didn't know about the adoption before. She wanted my second brother to go with her so that he could talk to my mother about the adoption. We don't have any other intentions."
"If you don't mean anything else, then why can't you understand what I'm saying?"
Gu Liansheng spoke, and Gu Tang also interrupted, saying that they couldn't let Third Uncle fight one against two, it had to be at least two against two.
She stood in front of her uncle and continued to confront Gu Liansheng: "I just said that my father is at the clan leader's house. If you want him to go, just call him. But you didn't go to call him and had to come to our house to make trouble. To put it bluntly, you are in the wrong. I dare not mention this matter in front of the clan leader again!"
"What about the rules! How dare you, a girl, butt in on the elders' conversation!" Old Master Gu directed all his anger at Gu Tang.
This was at home, not outside, so Gu Tang had no scruples and just pushed back.
"This is really hilarious! A man who had a child out of wedlock actually dares to mention the word 'rules'? Pah! He doesn't even know what is shame at his age!"
These words directly exposed the father and son.
The father and son both had ferocious expressions on their faces, and were shaking with anger: "You little bastard! You are slandering me!"
As he said this, he was about to raise his hand to hit someone.
Gu Tang had not put down the hammer in his hand. Seeing this, his eyes lit up and he raised the hammer directly, ready to hit them before them!
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, the third uncle slammed the table, stood up and blocked Gu Tang, and angrily scolded the father and son with a cold face.
"What's going on? You two have come to my house to show off your power!"
Old Master Gu was furious: "Who is showing off? It's this little beast who has no respect for others..."
"High and low? Who is high and who is low?" The third uncle said in a cold tone: "Although you are my second brother, in terms of status in the clan, I am higher than you! If I am high, then my granddaughter is also high. If you compare high and low with her, you may not be able to win!"
"You!" Mr. Gu's eyes went dark, he covered his chest with his big hands, and began to breathe heavily again.
"Dad!" Gu Liansheng panicked and hurriedly supported the man. The thing was not done yet, he couldn't faint!
Third Uncle looked at them coldly and told them the truth directly: "I will not hide it from you anymore. Lianshan has gone out with the clan leader. If everything goes well, he will be back tomorrow. If not, we will have to wait!
If you can wait, then wait for Lianshan to come back and let Lianshan go with you. If you can't wait, then you two can go and pick him up by yourselves!"
"We don't know the place! How can we pick up my mother?" Gu Liansheng spoke nonsense without thinking.
Gu Tang didn't want to give in either. He poked his head out from behind his uncle and exposed him to his face: "Nonsense! My father told you the name of the inn a long time ago! You pestered my father to accompany you, just to make my father pay the bill!
My grandma eats meat every meal in the inn! She also hired two maids to serve her. These days, she has to pay a lot for food alone! You just don’t want to pay the money because you feel sorry for it, so you ask my dad to pay for it.”
These words hit the nail on the head what the father and son had in mind. Indeed, they were planning to make Gu Lianshan pay the bill.
After easing the discomfort in his chest, Old Man Gu directly admitted the matter: "Your grandma was brought to the inn by your father, and the expenses should be paid by your father!"
Tsk!
It's bad enough that they are so shameless, but they are also so self-righteous.
"Then you just wait patiently!" Gu Tang sneered.
Uncle San ordered them to leave: "Now that Lian Shanren is not here, I will not allow you to make trouble anymore. Hurry up and leave! You don't want to be hit on the head by the club in Tang girl's hand, do you?"
The anger in the hearts of the father and son came up again. Not only did they not meet the person this time, but they were also scolded!
There is no other father and son in the world who are more frustrated than them!
Seeing that the father and son were still hesitating and unwilling to leave, Gu Tang came out from behind his uncle holding a club and glared at the father and son with a bad face.
The father and son's faces froze and they glared at Gu Tang viciously.
You glare at me and I glare at you. After a few breaths, Mr. Gu was the first to give in. Then he left with his son without saying a word.
After seeing the father and son off, the third uncle asked Gu Tang about Feng's matter.
"What's going on with your grandma? The Gu family hasn't come to pick her up for such a long time, and she hasn't asked anyone to send a letter home urging them to ask someone to pick her up?"
Gu Tang shook his head: "I guess she is too happy to leave. She has meat for every meal, someone helps her wash and take care of her, there is a charcoal stove in the house that keeps on burning day and night, and she doesn't have to pay for it herself. She should take this opportunity to stay for a few more days!"
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