Chapter 276: Visiting as a Lobbyist
Gu Ping'an thought that his father had learned almost everything, so would it be his turn in the afternoon?
After a short break at noon, Gu Lianshan took over the incense tube making again in the afternoon.
Gu Pingan:……!!!
Gu Ping'an was so angry that he turned around and complained to his uncle!
The old man has been helping Gu Lianshan. The father and son cooperate very well and have a tacit understanding. Now is the time when they get excited.
Hearing Gu Ping'an's dissatisfaction, he could only comfort him with a few words, which made him angry again.
Gu Ping'an found Gu Tang with a look of grievance, wanting her to ask him to snatch the incense tube from him.
Gu Tang asked him to be patient and motioned him to go back to the west wing with him.
The father and son who were busy over there looked up and saw the brother and sister leaving the house. They didn't think much about it. They thought they had lost their patience and wanted to go out for some fresh air, so they ignored them.
Gu Tang took Gu Ping'an directly into her room.
She asked Gu Ping'an to sit in the outer room, and she went to the inner room and took out another set of incense-making tools from the system backpack.
When this set of incense-making tools was placed in front of Gu Ping'an, he was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, his face was filled with surprise.
"Why is there another set?!"
"Keep your voice down!" Gu Tang glared at him. "This is the last set I have. If Dad finds out, he'll definitely give it to me. Then you'll have to keep waiting!"
"Yes, yes, yes! You have to speak softly, don't let Dad know!" Gu Ping'an looked alert and lowered his voice.
Gu Tang mixed the agarwood he had prepared earlier into a fragrant paste, and then handed it to Gu Ping'an, letting him tinker with it slowly.
Gu Ping'an happily took the incense mud, picked up the incense tube and incense drying net, and said he would take them back to his room to make incense.
Gu Tang didn't care about this and just waved his hand and let him go.
After getting permission, Gu Ping'an ran back to the house like a rabbit, holding the things.
After everyone left, Gu Tang continued to work on mixing the incense.
She took out a few new bags and added scents such as Spring Message in the Snow, Dream of Magnolia, Fragrance of Plum Blossoms, Qingyuan Fragrance, and Lingxi Fragrance.
There are bags that are one foot long, and there are good bags for each type of incense, until all the incense powder is used up.
She did not put these incense powders into the system backpack, but cleared out a box in the inner room and put all the prepared incense powder bags into the box.
By the time I finished all this, it was already dark outside.
Gu Tang found a handkerchief and patted his body a few times, then washed his hands with water, but the smell was still so fragrant.
The same goes for her body. Because of the long time of mixing perfume powder, her body is full of fragrance. If you smell it carefully, you can smell several kinds of fragrance.
Now mixed together, it smells very special and becomes very addictive after smelling it for a long time.
Gu Tang wanted to change his clothes and opened the closet when there was a knock on the door.
She closed the cabinet and went out to take a look.
In the main hall, Gu Lianshan also lifted the curtain. He originally wanted to come out to open the door, but when he turned around and saw Gu Tang coming out of the west wing, he stopped and shouted towards the courtyard gate.
"Who's knocking?"
"Brother Lianshan! It's me! Shunzi!"
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Hearing that the voice was indeed Li Shunzi, Gu Lianshan asked Gu Tang to open the door: "Dad is going back to the house to pack up, you go open the door."
Gu Tang responded and walked along the corridor towards the gate of the courtyard.
When she was still some distance away from the gate of the courtyard, she heard bursts of "woooo" sounds.
His feet paused. This was the sound those puppies made when they were threatening people.
When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, sure enough, the two puppies were standing behind the door, whining threateningly at the man outside through the door panel.
The fragrance on Gu Tang's body covered up her original smell. The two puppies didn't smell it, but felt that the smell was a little strange, and looked back vigilantly.
This sight was so shocking that the two of them jumped up in fright!
This is not an exaggeration, he really jumped up.
Then there were a few screams, and it quickly ran away with its tail between its legs.
Gu Tang looked at the puppies' reactions expressionlessly, and his desire to raise a cat became more urgent.
He raised his hand, removed the bolt, and opened a door.
"Uncle." Looking at the man shivering in the cold outside, Gu Tang had a faint smile on his face and had no intention of inviting him in.
She asked, "It's snowing heavily, and it's so cold it could freeze your ears off. Why are you here instead of staying home to warm yourself by the fire? Is there something wrong?"
"Where's your father?" Li Shunzi was tactless and trembling all over, and he raised his foot to go to the yard.
"I have something to talk to your father about. Are you warming yourself by the fire in the house? You were talking to me just now..."
As they got closer, Gu Tang stepped back repeatedly because of the fishy smell on Li Shunzi's body, and quickly made way for him to come in.
"My father is warming himself by the fire in the main room. You can just go there."
"Okay!" Li Shunzi put his hands in the sleeves of his black shirt, and the clothes on his chest were covered with dirt.
Gu Tang frowned as he watched. Although the Li family was not rich, they were not so poor that they could not afford cloth. Besides, Li Shunzi had a lot of clothes, so he should wash the clothes he was wearing.
There is firewood for winter on the fire. As long as you are diligent, you will never have to worry about not having firewood.
It is also convenient to use water in winter. Apart from the water you eat, you can just go to the yard and fill a teapot with snow for daily use.
After heating, the melted snow water can be used for washing, washing vegetables, and washing clothes.
Gu Tang didn't understand. These things can be done with hands, so why would someone come to visit the neighbor's house wearing dirty and smelly clothes!
Li Shunzi walked in front, looking around as he walked, his eyes full of envy.
He turned around and glanced at Gu Tang: "Your father is a smart man. He actually found such a lucky nest for himself!"
Once Uncle Gu dies, this yard will belong to Gu Lianshan!
I heard that Uncle Gu has land and money!
My goodness, once a person dies, everything belongs to Gu Lianshan!
With this wealth, three generations will have no worries about life.
The more Li Shunzi thought about it, the more jealous he became, and he could hardly hide the jealousy in his heart.
Gu Tang was frowning in the back, and the smile on his face was almost gone. These words sounded weird.
Gu Tang didn't give in and directly retorted: "If uncle thinks this is a good idea, he will find one tomorrow. I can't say whether to adopt him or not, but just recognize him as a godfather and treat him as a legitimate relative. At least he can share his blessings in the future."
If you are smart, you will understand what this means after hearing it.
Those who are thin-skinned will probably just shut up and not speak again.
But Li Shunzi was a fool. He didn't understand what Gu Tang meant at all and thought that Gu Tang was giving him advice.
He just sighed and said, "How can it be that easy to find one? Those who have sons naturally don't want godsons. Those who don't have biological sons are even less willing to have godsons. They only want to adopt one."
He is the only son in the family, and even if someone wants a son, they would not choose an only son like him.
Besides, people are not willing to choose someone of his age. They will only choose kids around three years old, who are young and easy to raise and can be tamed in a few years.
People are afraid that they can't tame someone like him.
If he wants to live a good life now, he can't rely on himself, he can only hope to marry a wife with a generous dowry...
Thinking of this, he suddenly stopped.
Gu Tang stopped laughing completely. Li Shunzi's brain was different from others.
Seeing that the man had stopped, Gu Tang suppressed his impatience and asked, "Uncle, why aren't you leaving?"
"Tang girl." Li Shunzi suddenly turned around and startled Gu Tang.
Before Gu Tang could get angry, he heard him ask in a low voice: "Do you miss your mother?"
Gu Tang: ...What the hell?!
"Uncle...what did you say?" Did she hear it wrong?
Li Shunzi misunderstood Gu Tang's reaction.
I thought I had guessed what Gu Tang was thinking.
I thought Gu Tang was always thinking about someone.
He did not hide his joy and whispered, "Your mother misses you so much that she cries every day. Now she lives over on West Street in Bei'an City. If you miss her, uncle will take you to find her..."
"Shunzi!"
Gu Lianshan's voice suddenly appeared and interrupted him directly.
Li Shunzi shuddered, his face filled with panic, and he hurriedly warned Gu Tang: "Don't tell your father about this!"
After whispering this, he quickly turned around and looked at Gu Lianshan.
Gu Lianshan left the main hall and stood in the hallway. "I've been waiting for you in the room for a while. Why don't you come in? What are you talking about with my daughter?"
"She didn't say anything. I asked her if such a big house could be warm. These past two days, my shabby house hasn't been warm at all. Even with the stove on, it's still cold!"
"It's all the same. I've been woken up by the cold these past two days!"
Li Shunzi felt better after hearing this.
It seems that this big house built of bricks and tiles is no different from his adobe house.
He walked over quickly with a smile on his face and followed Gu Lianshan into the house.
Gu Tang didn't follow. She was in the cold wind, her eyes were icy.
Suddenly something came to my mind.
Earlier in Bei'an City, her father saw Zhang with a man on the street, and they were behaving intimately.
Her father said that the man looked very familiar from behind, but he just couldn't remember who he was.
Now it seems that the man might be Li Shunzi.
Li Shunzi had mentioned Zhang in front of her more than once, and he felt that Zhang was not wrong, but she and her father were wrong.
She had never thought much about it before, but now she had to think more about it.
But this sounds a bit far-fetched!
Li Shunzi and Zhang are two people who have nothing in common.
The most important thing is that in Zhang's eyes, Li Shunzi, no matter as a person or the life of his family, is not worthy of Zhang's attention.
If Zhang wanted to remarry, she would only find a widower with a wealthy family in Bei'an City and would not be interested in Li Shunzi.
But this situation happened right now...
When Li Shunzi talked about Zhang just now, his eyes were full of joy and his tone was very familiar.
Gu Tang thought about it and felt that the most likely reason for this situation was that Zhang was having a hard time and had not yet found a man willing to marry her.
In order to make her life easier, she could only grab the men around her who showed interest in her and ask them for money, property, food, etc.
Li Shunzi must have given Zhang what she wanted, which is why she was kept hanging by her.
Gu Tang had no good opinion on Zhang's behavior. In order to survive, some women would not only hang out with men but also sell their bodies directly.
Now she had to make one thing clear.
Zhang was divorced. According to etiquette and law, does it have anything to do with me or Ping An?
If Zhang gets into any scandal, will it affect them?
Especially Ping'an, his family arranged for him to study for the imperial examination. Will Zhang's actions affect Ping'an's study for the imperial examination?
The more Gu Tang thought about it, the more worried he became, and he stepped into the main room.
The atmosphere in the room was not very good. Seeing Gu Tang coming in, Gu Lianshan relaxed his expression.
Li Shunzi was very tactless and actually asked Gu Tang: "Tang girl, tell me, your uncle is getting married. Should your father, as your younger brother, come forward to help run errands?"
Gu Tang's eyes widened. "...My cousin is getting married? Wasn't it scheduled for the end of the twelfth lunar month? It's only the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, so the date hasn't arrived yet, right?"
"It was originally scheduled for the second half of the twelfth lunar month, but now your cousin has run away and hasn't come back. You've also been adopted by someone else, and your grandma is paralyzed in bed, so there's no one to take care of her..."
"Isn't the old man over there fine? Can't he serve?"
"Your grandfather is not in good health. He has been ill for so long and still can't be well. He is weak and sore all over. He can't even lift a basin of water. He can't take care of your grandmother at all."
"Where's my cousin? He's healthy and in his prime. Can't he help out and wait on me?"
"Your cousin is a scholar! He has to take the imperial examination after the New Year. He has books in his hands from morning to night. How can he serve you?"
"Oh." Gu Tang suddenly understood. "The old man doesn't have the strength to serve him, and my cousin is a scholar and can't serve him either. So he wants to let the new daughter-in-law come home early and let her serve him?"
Li Shunzi said as if it was a matter of course: "That's what I mean. As a daughter-in-law, it's natural for her to be filial to her parents-in-law. It's also something everyone praises as filial piety."
"If that's the case, then just marry her. Can't I just ask my cousin to find a bullock cart to pick her up? Why should I ask my father to run errands?"
"Your cousin has to take the imperial examination and can't stand the cold, so we need to find someone else to pick up the new bride. Besides, the betrothal gifts haven't been delivered yet, so we need to find another car to deliver them..."
"Wait a minute!" Gu Tang interrupted him, "Didn't you say that the new bride doesn't want a betrothal gift? Why do you want a betrothal gift again?"
"It's their business if they say no. If we don't give anything, it will be embarrassing. We can just give a little and take it back with the new bride's dowry."
Good job!
In this way, Gu Liansheng gained face and all the betrothal gifts he had given out were returned, which meant that he did not spend a penny and even got an extra dowry!
sharp!
Gu Tang was full of admiration.
"I haven't been feeling well these past two days. Besides, as you know, Gu Liansheng and I don't get along. I'm afraid we'll start arguing again, so it's better not to go."
"If your elder brother isn't going, you can harness the ox cart at home tomorrow and wait for me to come and call you.
When you come back, go straight home and don't go to the banquet over there. This way, if you don't see each other, there won't be any quarrels."
Gu Tang: ...
Gu Lianshan: ...
Which genius came up with this idea?
I really have to thank his eight generations of ancestors!
"Go back and tell the old man that no matter who you ask to come to your house to lobby, it's all useless. I still say 'I won't go'!"
Gu Lianshan was determined not to agree to this.
Li Shunzi's face was not very good. He felt that Gu Lianshan was neither filial nor respectful to him.
"you……"
"Shunzi! Because we've had a good relationship in the past, I listened to you patiently and didn't kick you out. If you continue to lobby for them, don't blame me for getting angry and kicking you out!"
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