Chapter 257 There is no hope in life!
After drinking more than twenty cups of wine, even though the alcohol content was not high, Agou could not hold on any longer.
After Gu Lianshan forced him to eat another bowl of soup, Agou fell unconscious on the table.
Gu Tang: "...Is he drunk?!"
Gu Lianshan took a look, smiled and nodded: "That's right! He's drunk!"
After saying that, Jianjun, like a victorious battle, hummed a little tune and began to eat.
And Gu Tang beside him almost couldn't help but scream!
What the hell is this!!!
According to their plan, the one who got drunk should be her father!!!
It shouldn’t be Agou!!!
Gu Tang covered his chest with his hands, looking devastated, and felt that there was no hope in life.
Third Uncle was even more furious than Gu Tang. He pointed at Gu Lianshan and started scolding him, "Look at what you've done! Someone came to thank you for saving their life, and right after your daughter sent him into the kitchen to cook a table full of dishes, you got him drunk and knocked him over! Who treats guests like this?"
"Don't be angry, old man. It's normal for him to get drunk. First, carry him to my room and let him sleep for a while. After a while, the servants in his house will definitely come to pick him up."
Gu Lianshan put down his chopsticks and wanted to lift Agou up and help him walk to the west room.
Gu Tang glanced at her father. Although he was not drunk, his steps were unsteady and it was obvious that he was drunk.
To prevent them from falling together, she gently pushed Gu Ping'an and said, "Go and help carry him to the west room."
"Oh!" Gu Ping'an put down his chopsticks and helped his father lift Agou up.
Agou was so drunk that he had no reaction and let the father and son carry him away.
He put the man on the bed and covered him with Gu Lianshan's quilt. Then Gu Ping'an supported Gu Lianshan, whose steps were a little unsteady, and walked out staggeringly.
When they got outside, Gu Tang saw her father's appearance and realized that the aftereffects of the alcohol were taking effect and he was starting to feel dizzy.
She waved her hand at Gu Ping'an: "Don't let Dad sit at the table. Help him to sleep in your room. Look at him, he's completely confused!"
Gu Ping'an looked up and was not only confused, but he could hardly open his eyes!
But Gu Lianshan didn't think he was drunk. He kept shouting, "Who said Dad was drunk? Dad can still drink a dozen more cups!"
Gu Tang didn't want to bother with this drunkard, so he stood up and lifted the curtain at the door. He asked Gu Ping'an to support him and just send him to the east wing without paying any attention to what he said.
"Dad, I'll help you go to my room and sleep for a while, please take your time!"
After helping the person out of the main hall, Gu Ping'an carefully led the person to the east wing.
Gu Tang did not follow them, but just stood at the door of the main hall and watched the father and son. He only lowered the curtain after seeing them enter the east wing safely.
I turned around and looked at the dining table, and found that my third uncle was gone.
No need to think, it must be heading to the west room.
He lifted the curtain hanging on the door of the west room and took a peek into the inner room. Sure enough, the old man was in the inner room, feeding Agou a bowl of tea.
As he stepped in, Gu Tang asked, "How is it? Did you eat it?"
"Eat half of it. It can help soothe the hangover and make you feel less uncomfortable. Oh, and feed your dad a bowl later."
"Oh!" Gu Tang responded, but did not leave. Instead, he continued to move forward, wanting to take a look at Agou's current appearance.
But when she saw who it was, she was shocked for a moment: "Why is his face so red? Did he drink too much and have a fever?"
Agou's face was much redder than that of most drunk people. If it weren't for the smell of alcohol on his body, people who didn't know him would have thought he had a fever.
"Blushing when drunk varies from person to person. Some people only blush a little, while others get completely red. Mr. Gu's reaction is not bad, only his cheeks are red."
People of Third Uncle's age have seen too many drunk people in and out of the village. They have seen all kinds of people, including people like Agou.
He added, "There's also a saying that says people with fair skin will have a much redder face than others when they're drunk."
Hearing this, Gu Tang's mouth twitched. She even opened her eyes wide to observe Agou's face... Well, it was indeed quite white.
"Alright, let him get some sleep. I guess someone from the mansion will come and take him away soon."
Putting down the tea bowl, Third Uncle stood up with the help of his cane and told Gu Tang to go out and not disturb anyone.
Before leaving, Gu Tang suddenly turned around and looked at Agou on the bed.
At the moment, it seems that being drunk is not entirely wrong.
He knew the truth. The servants who had followed him carrying the load were most likely hired by Agou.
They are only responsible for picking up the things and don’t take care of the rest.
If no one comes to pick him up, Agou will sleep all day and will definitely stay overnight.
If I can really stay overnight, then this meal and wine will not be in vain, and getting drunk will be worth it. At least I will have a new reason to visit you next time.
Thinking of this, Gu Tang felt a little better and poured a bowl of warm tea and brought it to the east wing.
With the help of Gu Ping'an, Gu Tang gave her father a bowl of tea, and then the brother and sister returned to the main room together.
Not much of the food on the table was eaten, and the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were not full, but now the food was all cold.
The brother and sister brought the dishes back to the kitchen, put them in the pot, heated them all up, and finally filled their stomachs.
After dinner, Third Uncle sat in the main hall, waiting for the servants to come and pick him up.
Gu Tang advised him to go back to the house and sit in bed and wait, saying that the temperature had dropped again today and he should be careful not to catch a cold.
The old man was a man who listened to advice. Knowing that it was very cold today, he followed Gu Tang's wishes and got up to go back to the house.
There were copper bells on the left and right corridors, and he could hear the sound of the bells even in the house.
The old man had a good idea, but who would have thought that he would wait from the hour of Si to the hour of Shen in the afternoon, but the bronze bell did not ring.
It would have been fine if the bell didn't ring, but the snow started falling outside again. In less than a quarter of an hour, the snow was getting heavier. If you stood outside for a while, a layer of white would fall on your body.
The two drunk people were still asleep, and each was sleeping soundly than the other.
Third uncle came out of the house, staring at the screen wall with a worried look on his face, feeling extremely anxious.
"Master, please stop looking. If the servants come over, they will definitely ring the bell. If they don't ring the bell, it means that no one has come."
Gu Tang stood in the main room, only sticking his head out, and advised the old man to go back inside.
Third Uncle was confused: "Why are Master Gu's servants so lazy? Our master is visiting guests outside, and the servants in this mansion are very relieved. Not a single one of them came over!
In about an hour, it will be dark. What should I do?"
"Don't worry. If no one shows up, we can only keep him overnight. He hasn't woken up yet, so we can't rush him out even if we want to."
Gu Tang was telling the truth. If the person didn't wake up, he could only stay for one night.
Third Uncle sighed and walked into the house, muttering, "Master Gu is really a good-natured man! Even the servants in the house have become so unruly!"
Gu Tang: "...How do you know that I'm a good person?"
"Servants are all cunning. If their masters are good-tempered, they act unruly. If their masters are harsh, they act like quails."
Gu Tang: ...That’s right, that’s indeed the case under normal circumstances.
Perhaps he had already accepted the fact that the servants would not come, so Third Uncle stopped worrying about it and went back to his room to read.
After everyone returned to the house, Gu Tang sneaked into the west room.
Agou on the bed was still sleeping with his eyes closed, and Gu Tang felt something was wrong.
This guy has some martial arts skills after all, so how could he have slept for so long without waking up?
She reached out and pushed him, whispering, "Ah Gou?"
Originally thought that he couldn't wake the person up, but unexpectedly, when he was about to say this, Agou's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, scaring Gu Tang!
"...Are you awake, or are you pretending to be asleep?"
His eyes were extremely clear, without any dazed look at all. He was most likely pretending to sleep!
Sure enough, when Agou heard Gu Tang ask him this, his eyes flashed and he looked extremely guilty.
Without him having to reply, Gu Tang understood what was happening as soon as he saw his expression. He immediately reached out and pinched him: "Are you pretending to be drunk?!"
"No, no..." Ah Gou quickly waved his hands and quietly defended himself: "I'm really drunk. I can't drink much, and after drinking so much, I'm really drunk..."
There was a contract between the two of them, and Gu Tang could tell that Agou was not lying.
"When did you wake up?"
"I woke up at noon."
Good job!
I've been awake for about an hour!
"Why are you pretending to be asleep when you're awake?"
Agou glanced at her cautiously: "After waking up, I reviewed it and it seems that I did something wrong..."
Gu Tang almost laughed out loud at this: "It's not easy! Your brain is finally working! You actually know that you did something wrong!"
"...I want to make amends. After much thought, I think the only way to stay here is to continue pretending to be drunk."
Gu Tang was speechless for a moment: "Did you hire those servants this morning, or did you buy them?"
"I hired them. I used all my money to buy their clothes. And all those things in the backpack were bought with real money. After buying these, I have no money left..."
"When you were at the Cheng family, you also plundered a lot of silver! How long has it been since you spent it all?"
Gu Tang looked him up and down, but couldn't realize that Agou was actually a prodigal son?
"...I'm a very unlucky person. I carry money with me and it's gone before I know it."
Gu Tang...???
Agou looked hopeless: "I guess it was either lost or stolen."
"You're an expert!!! If someone stole your money, would you not notice?!"
"If I could sense it, it wouldn't be called bad luck..."
These words made Gu Tang speechless. He had the urge to turn around and leave, not wanting to talk to him anymore.
After a long moment, she took a deep breath and skipped over this infuriating topic: "Close your eyes and continue sleeping! Sleep until tomorrow morning!"
Agou paused and said, "Aren't you going to have dinner? I didn't eat much today. I'm hungry."
Gu Tang: "...Hungry? I'll just starve you to death!" After cursing, he left with a dark face.
Seeing that Gu Tang was angry, Agou immediately understood and kept silent. He closed his eyes obediently and continued to sleep.
Not long after he closed his eyes, Gu Tang, who had left, came back secretly.
Agou opened his eyes and saw a bag of pastries hitting him on the head. He quickly reached out to catch it.
"Keep your voice down! If you get caught, you'll be in trouble!" Gu Tang glared at him with a ferocious expression on his face.
"I swear! I will never let anyone find out." Agou raised his hand and swore with a serious look on his face.
Gu Tang rolled his eyes at him.
You can only believe half of what he says!
I slipped out from the west room and just reached the corridor outside when I saw Gu Ping'an coming out from the east wing with a bowl in his hand.
"What is this for?" Gu Tang glanced at the bowl in his hand.
"Dad woke up and said he was very thirsty. I went to the main room to get him some water."
"Awake?" Gu Tang's face darkened instantly, and he walked around him and went straight into the east wing.
Gu Ping'an scratched her head. Her second sister didn't look well.
Although he was awake, Gu Lianshan had not yet gotten up.
He sat on the bed, his energy recovering. Seeing Gu Tang coming in, he subconsciously smiled: "My daughter is here?"
Gu Tang ignored his smile and scolded him with a stern face: "How can you treat guests like this? You got him drunk and he still hasn't woken up! I'm almost pissed off!"
Gu Lianshan was surprised: "Master Gu hasn't woken up yet?"
"Wake up! You're still sleeping in your room!"
“…Dad, go take a look!”
After putting on his clothes, Gu Lianshan lifted the quilt, got out of bed and put on his shoes.
At this time, Gu Ping'an came back very quickly with a bowl of tea.
Seeing his father so anxious, he quickly handed him the tea: "Drink the tea first. I just told you to drink two more bowls to wake your brain."
Gu Lianshan: ...His daughter didn't lie to him, the old man was really angry.
He took the bowl, drank the tea in one gulp, and then hurried to the main room.
Gu Tang and Gu Ping'an also followed, one was afraid that Agou would be exposed, and the other wanted to see his father get scolded.
By the time the brother and sister entered the main room, Gu Lianshan had already arrived at the west room.
Agou did not let down this time and slept soundly without revealing any flaws.
Seeing that the man was still sleeping, Gu Lianshan did not make any noise to disturb him and quietly retreated.
After coming out of the west room, he ignored the brother and sister who were waiting to see his show, and went to the east room by himself to apologize to the old man.
If Gu Lianshan starts to coax people, he can make them dizzy and confused.
He had not been in the east room for long when his third uncle came out with a relaxed look on his face, showing no signs of anger anymore. He also asked Gu Tang to clean up a room in the east wing.
"Mr. Gu will sleep in your father's room tonight, and let your father sleep in the east wing."
Gu Tang had no objection. It would be best to sleep separately so that Agou wouldn't be exposed.
Gu Tang went to clean the house, and Gu Lianshan was not idle either. He took over tonight's dinner and was busy in the kitchen alone.
By the time the house was cleaned, he had cooked the meal.
After dinner, the family of four went back to their rooms to rest.
Agou, who had been pretending to be asleep, finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to eat the cakes secretly.
In a short while, the whole bag of pastries was eaten.
He touched his stomach and found he was not full...
He slept more during the day and was not sleepy at night. He could see at night, staring at the beams, with his hands on his stomach, enduring hunger and waiting for dawn.
If it were up to him, he would have slipped out to find something to eat by now, but thinking that he had messed up things again today, he didn't dare to go anywhere and waited obediently until dawn.
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