Chapter 2: He is soft-hearted and cannot stand nice words

Chapter 2: He is soft-hearted and cannot stand nice words

Gu Tang glanced at her father and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

This guy is out of tune. He has no qualms about selling his parents' faults in front of his own daughter, and he gets more and more excited as he talks.

I glanced at the bamboo tube containing wine and estimated that it would be empty before I got home.

This is an old problem. Whenever her father drinks, he starts nagging about her grandparents' partiality and her uncle's arrogance.

He never gave any face to the two elders and uncle, and often made his grandparents and uncle very angry.

She has been beaten and scolded, but her father is just a coward and doesn't care.

After he sobered up, he said he was just joking because he was drunk. The next time, he was still the same.

During the past month, her father has done this every few days. Now she has gotten used to it and just listens to it.

…

The ox cart swayed all the way back to Shanghe Village.

As soon as he entered the village, Gu Lianshan raised his slightly red face and kept greeting the villagers and neighbors on the village road.

He almost threw the bamboo tube in his hand into other people's faces, for fear that others wouldn't see it.

Everyone's eyes were looking at the bamboo tube, and it was hard not to see it.

People who don’t recognize the bamboo tube are very confused. What is the purpose of swinging a bamboo tube around?

How old are you, and why are you still playing with bamboo tubes? !

Finally, it was the person who had seen the green wine who exclaimed in surprise, recognizing that the bamboo tube was specially used to hold green wine. Only then did everyone come to their senses.

Good job! It turns out that the person was not playing with the bamboo tube, but was buying green wine from Bei'an City!

"Oh my! Has Lianshan become rich? He's even willing to buy all the green wine in Bei'an City!"

"Brother Lianshan, where did you get your fortune? Even you are getting rich now!"

"Brother, this wine will probably cost one or two hundred coins, right? Did you make a fortune?"

…

Gu Lianshan laughed continuously at the envy of everyone, but pretended to be helpless and said:

"My daughter sold the root of Bupleurum chinense for this. It costs 100 coins per pound. I said it was too expensive and I couldn't afford it, but my daughter didn't listen and insisted on buying it for me to try."

Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Tang again.

Gu Tang smiled slightly: "My father's birthday is in a few days, I bought this in advance to honor him."

This is true. Those in the village who have a good relationship with Gu Lianshan will remember that Gu Lianshan’s birthday is in about ten days.

Thinking of this, those people couldn't help but take advantage of their good relationship and shamelessly ask for drinks.

"My dear brother, please keep this green wine. On your birthday, we will go into the mountains and get you a stone chicken to drink with you!"

"Yes, yes, yes! You have to keep this wine today. When the day comes, let us have a taste!"

"Keep the wine, I'll get you a carp later!"

…

Gu Lianshan was so flattered that he didn't know which way was which and he subconsciously agreed.

"Just come when the time comes! You will get some of the wine!"

After hearing this, the smiles on everyone's faces became even happier, and they all started to flatter him again, flattering him so much that his teeth were not visible.

Gu Tang took a deep breath, gathered his strength secretly, and kept comforting himself in his heart, don't be angry, don't be angry, why bother with a drunkard?

But she couldn't help it in the end, and reached out and pinched her father hard on the lower back.

What are you promising?

The wine in the bamboo tube is almost gone. What will you use to treat our guests? !

Gu Tang was small and not very strong, so it didn't hurt much. Gu Lianshan turned around and looked at her in confusion.

Why are you pinching your dad for no reason?

Gu Tang was so angry that he closed his eyes and uttered four words: "I'm tired, go home!"

Gu Lianshan finally came to his senses from the flattery and felt a pang in his heart, realizing that he had said the wrong thing again.

He glanced at his daughter cautiously and didn't dare to mention the matter of Qingjiu anymore.

He said a few perfunctory words to the people who were flattering him, then forced a smile and drove the ox cart home.

After they were away from the crowd, Gu Lianshan saw that his daughter was still gloomy, so he had to bite the bullet and comfort her.

"There is still some left in this bamboo tube. On Dad's birthday, I will buy some other wine and put it in this bamboo tube. Those people around here have never tasted green wine, so they probably can't tell whether it's real or fake..."

Gu Tang's face turned green!

"Can you fool people with this kind of thing? If you are exposed, will you still have the face you deserve?"

"No!" Gu Lianshan said without hesitation.

Gu Tang: …………

"Dad lost his face a long time ago. Everyone in this village knows that your dad is a two-faced person. He messes around all day without making a proper living and is unwilling to work in the fields. If your dad were someone who cared about his face, would anyone say this?"

Gu Lianshan spoke with confidence and a sense of giving up hope.

Gu Tang felt uncomfortable and pursed his lips: "What are you talking about? We are all supported by you, why are you messing around all day? Those gossipers outside have bad intentions, why do you listen to them?"

"Dad didn't listen to them. I just want to tell you that I'm not someone who cares about face. I can go back on my word the moment I agree to something."

Gu Tang held his forehead with his hand. Why did the tone sound so smug? So, it’s not entirely other people’s fault that you have such a bad reputation.

"We won't talk about the past, but you have to change from now on. On your birthday, I'll buy you another pound of green wine. Don't do such fooling things again!"

Gu Lianshan was unhappy: "A pound of green wine costs one hundred coins! How can you just buy it? Just listen to Dad and bring back some random wine to put in the bottle..."

"You also know that green wine is not cheap?" Gu Tang interrupted him and glanced at him.

"If you hadn't been so careless with your words and so soft-hearted that you couldn't stand flattery, this wouldn't have happened today."

Gu Lianshan looked annoyed. He smiled at his daughter in a flattering way and slapped himself repeatedly: "It's all Dad's fault for what happened today, but there was really no need to buy that wine..."

Gu Tang ignored him and said to himself, "After the new year and the beginning of spring, I plan to send Ping An to Bei'an City to study."

Gu Lianshan's heart trembled, and he could no longer say the words on his lips.

"If this is successful, you will have to change your temper in the future. If nothing else, you need to be more careful when you are out there."

Gu Tang glanced at him and said, "Just take today's matter as an example. You have to think about everything. You can't just agree to something blindly just because you heard a few nice words."

"For today's pound of green wine, it's fine. We can still afford the 100 copper coins, but what about other things? If it's something we can't afford, and you agree to it like this, and then regret it later, will people be happy? Sooner or later, something bad will happen."

Her father is good in every way except for one thing: he is easily influenced by others and cannot stand flattery or praise. Once he hears those words, he immediately becomes the second in command!

Especially when drinking, if others flatter and praise you like this, you will dare to agree to anything.

The key is that after making a promise, the other person may regret it at any time when he/she sobers up the next day and becomes unhappy.

What do you mean by a spit that turns into a nail? In her father's eyes, even ten spit cannot turn into a nail!

(End of this chapter)

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