Chapter 198 Repentance
Thinking of this, Gu Tianbao's mouth was full of bitterness.
He glanced at Gu Lianshan cautiously and asked in a stammering voice: "Second Uncle... I, I want to ask someone to look for my mother again. I am willing to spend money, but I don't know how much it will cost..."
His mother's private room had several hidden places, two of which he knew. In the past, no matter whether he asked for copper coins or silver, his mother would secretly give them to him. He never lacked silver, so he never touched his mother's private room.
If someone could help him find his mother, he would be willing to give out the silver from those two places.
Gu Lianshan looked at him curiously for a few times: "I thought you were a decent person, but I didn't expect you to repent. Your mother is the same as your father in both her work and her conduct. She is not a good person.
But there is one thing that Second Uncle does not deny. In this family, only your mother will not care whether you are good or bad, and will only treat you well. As for your father, your grandfather and your grandmother, they are just talking. When it comes to life-threatening situations, the three of them will run away faster than the other. "
If it were in the past, Gu Tianbao might have thought that his second uncle’s words were insulting and nonsense.
But now, having already suffered a blow, he knew that his second uncle had no bad intention in saying this. This was actually telling him who can be trusted and who cannot be trusted.
Unfortunately, he realized it too late.
Just like going to look for his mother now, I'm afraid it's too late...
Gu Lianshan patted his shoulder and said, "Go, call your elder sister, second sister, and your father to the main hall. Second uncle has something to say to you later."
"Hey!" Gu Tianbao turned around to call for help, but after a few steps, the person came back. He asked again: "Second Uncle, what about my mother..."
"Don't worry, Uncle Er remembers it."
Gu Tianbao breathed a sigh of relief and trotted to the east wing.
After entering the yard, Gu Lianshan went straight to the main room.
When he was about to reach the corridor, he bumped face to face with Old Man Gu who was coming out of the east room of the main hall.
The former father and son were both angry when they met, and their noses were not noses and their eyes were not eyes.
Old Master Gu was leaning on a crutch with one hand and holding a urine bucket with the other. The strong smell of urine filled the air, making Gu Lianshan take two steps back with a frown on his face.
"This is really rare! Didn't you say in the past that you two elders are too old to bear the burden, and that the younger generation should do more for everything? Just because of what you said, I have been emptying the urine bucket for you two elders for ten years!
Now that I'm gone, why are you doing this work yourself? What? Have you regained your youth? Can you work? Your filial son lies idle in the house all day, why don't you use him?"
This made Mr. Gu's face turn pale. He put down the urine bucket, pointed at the man and cursed: "Why are you running here so early in the morning? You always want to compete with your elder brother, but he is a scholar, more prestigious than you, and more valuable than you. How can you compare with him!"
"Yes, yes, yes! He is a scholar, he has more face than me, I can't compare with him, and neither can you. Just enjoy yourself and take care of your precious egg."
Gu Lianshan's tone was sarcastic, which made people very angry.
Just as Mr. Gu was about to hit someone with his cane, a sharp shout came from the east room: "Is that Lao Er outside? Lao Er! Is that you? I, your mother, can hear you talking! Hurry and get in here!"
Feng's voice was full of energy, and one could tell from the voice that she was doing well at the inn recently.
He pushed Old Man Gu aside and thrust a knife into Feng's chest, "Second Aunt, you are not my mother anymore! I'm adopted now, you can't call me that anymore for no reason or emotion."
After lifting the curtain at the door of the east room, before Gu Lianshan could go in, a foul smell instantly wafted out from the room.
The smell was so irritating that Gu Lianshan gagged twice. When he came to his senses, he immediately started yelling.
"What a smell in this room! You used to be a clean person, how come you are like this now? The smell is even worse than that of a beggar on the street."
These words stabbed Feng in the chest again.
At this time, Feng was leaning against the head of the bed, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes. She stared at Gu Lianshan, wishing she could eat him alive!
"It's just right that you came here today. Go find the clan leader later and tell him that the adoption doesn't count! You are my child, I would rather you die than be adopted out!"
Gu Lianshan's face turned cold, and he pointed at the east wing: "You can make trouble as much as you want. As soon as you make trouble, I will report the illegitimate child to the government! If you dare to conceal the background of the illegitimate child to take the imperial examination, you will be beheaded!"
The three words "born out of wedlock" frightened Feng so much that she slumped down on the bed, panicking and anxious.
How did the second brother know this?
Who told him?!
Old Master Gu, who heard this from outside, came in angrily and scolded in a low voice: "You beast! What did you promise me before? As long as I promised you the adoption, you would never mention this matter again! Now how long has it been? You actually went back on your word and brought it up again!"
"You can't blame me for this. You should have told Second Aunt the truth before you brought her back. You refused to tell the truth, and my Second Aunt was so arrogant and unreasonable that I got angry. I couldn't care less and just told her the truth first."
"You!" Old Master Gu was so angry that his vision went dark.
Feng on the bed came to her senses, and with bloodshot eyes, she picked up a pillow and threw it at Gu Lianshan: "You beast! That's your elder brother! How dare you hide poison inside and want to destroy your elder brother? I'll beat you to death!"
Gu Lianshan dodged quickly: "Don't! I don't have an older brother, I only have a younger brother who died of illness a few years ago. He, Gu Liansheng, is just a cousin from another room. Don't talk about being so close, we are not that close.
Also, if you say that my eldest brother was ruined, then someone really ruined him. Don't glare at me. I'm not talking about me, but yourself. Who gave him the identity of an adulterous child? It was you who gave it to him. If he is punished for this in the future, you can't wash away your sin even if you die to atone for it."
These words stimulated Feng, and she lost all her rationality. With a ferocious face, she crawled forward regardless, wanting to get out of bed and settle the score with Gu Lianshan!
Old Master Gu stopped her and before he could say any words of comfort, Gu Tianbao's voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Uncle, my father and my eldest sister didn't want to come, so I only brought my second sister."
Hearing Gu Tianbao's voice, Gu Lianshan suddenly grinned and said to Feng with a smile: "I came here today, firstly to see you, and secondly to tell you two something.
Talk about something?
What's the matter?
Feng was a little confused by this.
"Second uncle?"
Gu Tianbao outside shouted again.
Gu Lianshan let the person in without even turning his head: "Come in quickly. It's okay if your father and elder sister don't come. It's the same if you listen to it and then tell them about it. Come in."
As soon as the words fell, the curtain at the door was lifted by Gu Tianbao, and Feng also quieted down. Now was not the time to make a fuss, and this matter could not be let the children of the eldest house know.
"Second uncle." Gu Tianbao smiled ingratiatingly, then secretly tugged at the corner of Gu Lian's clothes, signaling her to call for help.
Gu Lian lowered her head and called out timidly, "Second Uncle."
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