Chapter 305 will be revised later
After learning the whole story, Third Uncle stopped talking about it and looked at Gu Tang instead.
"Girl, please go out for a while. Your father and I have something to talk about."
"Oh." Gu Tang responded obediently and turned to walk out.
When she came out of the main room, Agou was waiting for her in the corridor.
Ah Gou had sharp ears and heard what was happening in the east room. He whispered, "Go back to the room first. I'll listen to what they're saying in the corridor and tell you later."
Gu Tang glared at him: "You are eavesdropping!"
Agou blinked: "I thought you would be curious."
Gu Tang: ...Well, she is indeed curious.
"Then be careful. If you get caught by my father, you will be held fully responsible!"
"Okay, I take full responsibility."
Gu Tang nodded in satisfaction, agreeing to let him stay here and eavesdrop, and then returned to the house.
She didn't know how long it would take, and she didn't want to wait in the cold any longer.
She originally thought that it would take at least a quarter of an hour for Agou to come over, but unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the west wing, Agou knocked on the door and then pushed it open and walked in.
Gu Tang was confused: "Weren't you eavesdropping in the corridor? Why are you here now? Have you been discovered?"
"I didn't get caught, I just finished listening."
"Have you finished listening?!" Gu Tang was even more confused. "You came in at the same time as me, and you said you had finished listening?"
"The old man had a very brief speech, just one or two sentences. I listened to it and didn't listen to the rest."
"Then tell me, what's going on?" Gu Tang was very curious. You know, the old man had never avoided her when talking to her father.
Today is the first time, and she is extremely curious!
"It's about Gu Mei."
Gu Tang immediately perked up: "Hurry up and tell me! Hurry up and tell me!"
"Your grandfather said that Gu Mei's belly is bulging, but the Zhu family has been delaying the arrangement of a marriage. Someone noticed Gu Mei's belly and said that some nosy people are trying to find out who Gu Mei belongs to."
Oh no!
Your belly is bulging?!
Gu Tang subconsciously gestured at her belly with her hands. Is this... is this pregnancy?!
"No...Gu Mei just turned fifteen this year! Her body hasn't even fully developed yet! Is she crazy?!"
"According to your previous life's world, Gu Mei was an underage girl, but according to the customs here, she has reached the age of marriage and is suitable for marriage and childbirth."
Gu Tang was stunned. Yes, this was not her world. This was the ancient times ruled by feudal dynasties.
She calmed down and asked, "Did my father say anything after he found out about this?"
"I cursed him three times, 'evil creature'."
"Just cursed him three times? Nothing else?"
"I didn't hear anything else. I came here after hearing this."
Gu Tang: ...
"Why are you in such a hurry to come here? Can't you listen to everything first?"
Agou was silent for a moment, knowing that he was just being too anxious. "How about... I go and listen again?"
"Hurry up!"
Agou didn't dare to delay and turned around and left the west wing.
Unfortunately, when he reached the corridor of the main hall, Gu Lianshan just lifted the curtain and came out of the main hall.
Agou: ...It’s over!
He subconsciously looked towards the west wing. Gu Tang had left the west wing at some point and was now looking over here from the corridor of the west wing.
Agou had very good eyesight and could clearly see that her eyes were wide open with anger.
"Why are you outside in such a cold day?" Gu Lianshan asked calmly.
Agou: "...just went to the toilet."
"Then hurry back to the house and warm yourself by the fire, so as not to catch a cold."
"well."
Agou responded, walked east along the corridor under his feet, then turned right and returned to the east wing.
Gu Tang was so angry that he stomped his feet and went back to the house with a flick of his sleeves!
Her curiosity was piqued, but it ended halfway through!
It’s better not to listen!
During dinner, Gu Tang was still thinking about this matter. From time to time, she would secretly look up at her father, wanting to see what her father's reaction was.
Unfortunately, her father's emotions were too stable. He spoke and acted as usual, without any sign of abnormality.
Gu Tang didn't give up, thinking that if this happened, he had to solve it. He couldn't really let those nosy people find out who Gu Mei's daughter was, right?
As long as you pay attention to his father's actions, you can probably guess what he wants to do.
The next day, Gu Tang continued to teach her third uncle and Gu Ping'an how to make incense while keeping an eye on her father's movements.
The strange thing was that her father didn't move at all. Instead, he came over and joined the old man and the others in making incense.
He also brought Agou along.
Agou learns very quickly. He only watched Gu Tang do it once. By the time he got the hang of it, the incense he made was perfect, fast and good, a hundred times better than Gu Tang, who was a half-baked man.
Gu Lianshan was hit by Agou. He was silent for a while, turned his head to his son and ignored Agou.
Gu Tang had been keeping an eye on her father, and when Agou showed off the incense drying net in front of her, she gave him a task.
Don’t you like to join in the fun and show off?
It just so happens that she needs an excellent incense maker, and you are the one!
If you don’t use up those hundreds of kilograms of perfume today, I’ll make you pay!
Agou: ...
Among the incense produced, the ones with good appearance should be picked out and sold at normal prices.
The remaining ones that are in poor condition will be sold at a low price.
In order to dry the incense, a room was specially cleared out with two large stoves inside. They were burned day and night. The prepared incense was put in and dried quickly.
The incense that had been made earlier had already been dried. Uncle San lit a few to try. Both the smoke that came out when burning and the fragrance that was emitted were excellent!
It smells much better than those expensive ones out there!
This is my first time making incense, so the lines of the incense sticks are not very straight, but a bit crooked.
This is nothing. Take these out and give a few sticks to every household. Let everyone in the village light them and see the quality of the incense.
The snow is too thick this year and it’s incredibly cold. Going outside to buy incense could freeze you to death!
Nowadays, there are incense shops right at my doorstep, and the prices are much cheaper. In the end, how should I choose? Anyone with a normal mind will choose to buy Gu’s incense.
Gu Tang was absent-minded. She supervised Agou making incense while keeping an eye on her father.
During this time, Third Uncle kept looking at her, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.
It was originally agreed that she would personally make some incense with beautiful appearance and meaning and give it to Gu Sanlang as a return gift.
Now, before the gift is even returned, she has started ordering people around again.
Fortunately, this Gu Sanlang is a simple and honest person, and he doesn't get angry even when she orders him around.
If it were someone with a smaller heart, the whole thing would have broken down long ago.
Forget it, these two are willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten, so let them be.
Gu Tang stared at her father for a long time, from morning to afternoon, but her father still did not move, as if he didn't know that Gu Mei was pregnant.
In the evening, after the family had dinner, Gu Lianshan took Gu Ping'an to search for something in each tank.
A whole mutton, a whole pork leg, five chickens, five fish, and a basket of oranges that Agou had sent earlier.
All these things were piled up in the main room, which was quite spectacular.
Gu Tang was confused: "Dad, why are you digging out all this food at this hour of night?"
"Are you confused, girl? Tomorrow is the seventh day of the New Year, and our family is going to hold a family recognition banquet."
Gu Lianshan pointed outside and continued, "It's too cold, the meat has frozen into stone. The stove in the main room has been burning all day.
After one night, the meat should have thawed, and your sixth cousin will be here to prepare for the banquet tomorrow at noon."
"Start preparing for the banquet at noon? Are you planning to hold the banquet in the evening?"
Gu Tang calculated in his mind that for five tables of food, the process of preparing each dish had to be prepared in advance, including cutting and frying.
This part is extremely time-consuming and laborious, no wonder you have to start preparing half a day in advance.
"We've invited people from the village, so we don't have to travel late at night. So we can just have the evening meal and drink some wine, and then everyone can go back to sleep."
Gu Lianshan placed the meat on the table, glanced at Gu Tang, and specifically reminded her, "You have to get up a little earlier tomorrow. Your sixth uncle said he would come at noon, but with his personality, he will only come earlier, not later.
If people come early and you stay in bed, you will become a lazy girl in the future! Listen to Dad, get up early tomorrow no matter what. "
Gu Tang's face wrinkled up: "How early is early?"
"Is Chenshi okay?" Gu Lianshan discussed it with her in a gentle voice. "Everyone is gathered at this time. How about you get up at this time too?"
Chenshi?
"Is it the beginning or the end of Chenshi?" The beginning of Chenshi is seven o'clock, and the end of Chenshi is nine o'clock.
One at the beginning and the other at the end, but there is a difference of two hours.
"Of course it's at the beginning of the morning hour!" Gu Lianshan glared at her, "If you get up at the end of the morning hour, your sixth cousin would have already come home!"
Okay, then she will get up at the beginning of the morning.
Gu Tang turned around dejectedly and went back to the house.
After walking a few steps, she turned around and asked her father, "Dad, you won't go out tomorrow, right?"
"Tomorrow is the family reunion banquet. If Dad isn't home, where else can he be? Why are you talking nonsense today?"
Gu Lianshan was very puzzled. What happened to his daughter today?
Seeing that further questioning would arouse her father's suspicion, Gu Tang stopped talking about it and trotted back to the house.
If she gets up at noon and no one wakes her up on time, and she relies on herself, there is basically no chance and she will definitely oversleep.
In order to prevent her father from nagging her, Gu Tang specifically told Gu Ping'an to wake him up on time tomorrow.
Gu Ping'an gets up at the hour of Mao every day without fail, and when the hour of Chen arrives, he comes to Gu Tang and knocks on the door to wake her up.
Gu Ping'an is very conscientious and responsible.
After getting up the next day, he kept staring at the clock in the room, fearing that he would miss the time.
As soon as the noon hour arrived, Gu Ping'an rushed out like a gust of wind and ran to Gu Tang's door and knocked.
This was the time when Gu Tang slept the most soundly. The moment she was woken up, she was only annoyed.
As for what her father told her yesterday, she completely forgot about it.
When Gu Ping'an yelled out what she had promised last night, Gu Tang finally remembered and reluctantly got up from the bed.
By the time she came out after putting on her clothes and shoes, three quarters of an hour had passed.
Only Agou was in the corridor outside the door, and Gu Ping'an was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Ping An?"
"He couldn't stand the cold anymore and went back to the house to warm himself by the fire."
Agou glanced at the main hall and suddenly whispered, "At the hour of Mao, your father went out and came back with a packet of medicine."
Gu Tang's heart skipped a beat. He pretended to tie the sachet around his waist and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what medicine it is?"
"I know. I secretly opened the medicine. It contained musk and safflower..."
"Musk safflower?" Gu Tang's pupils shrank slightly. "This is..."
"If I'm not mistaken, this medicine should be bought for Gu Mei. Musk and safflower are only used for abortion."
"Where did he buy it? Doctor Gu's house?"
Ah Gou nodded. "Yes, I bought it from Doctor Gu's house. I'm afraid he spent a lot of money on it. Musk is extremely expensive. Your father bought about one or two taels of musk. Even if it was the lowest quality musk, this one or two taels would cost at least ten taels of silver."
When she heard that it would cost ten taels of silver, Gu Tang didn't feel distressed. She was just worried that Gu Mei had been pregnant for several months and whether the medicine could still be used to make the baby go away, so as to avoid causing two deaths.
"You said, for Gu Mei to be able to see that she's pregnant, how many months has she been pregnant? If it's early, it's easier to have an abortion. If it's late, can she still use medicine?"
Agou was confused and couldn't answer this question.
He raised his hand and gestured at his stomach, "If outsiders can tell at a glance that someone's belly is bulging, it's at least... this big!"
Gu Tang took a look at what he was pointing at, which was about the size of a small watermelon.
"Your belly is so big! How long has it been since she went to the Zhu family? Counting from the day she went to the Zhu family, it's only been about a month. How could her belly be this big?"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Tang was suddenly struck by lightning and froze in place.
She looked at Agou, her expression somewhat dazed. "No! No! If Gu Mei is really pregnant, she's only been pregnant for about twenty days this month! Then why is her belly so swollen?"
"Ah?" Agou looked bewildered. "Won't a 20-year-old pregnancy cause swelling?"
"Of course it won't swell up!" Gu Tang said firmly.
So, could this be a misunderstanding?
Have her father and the old man thought of this?
Gu Lianshan did think of this.
At first, when his third uncle told him that Gu Mei might be pregnant, he did get angry and cursed a few times.
But when he calmed down, he realized something was wrong. How long had that evil creature been in the Zhu family?
Even if she was really pregnant, her belly wouldn't be bulging right now.
Gu Lianshan began to suspect that there might be some confusion. Could it be that this Zhu Youshou was just a person with the same name and surname, and not Zhu Youshou, the son of Zhu Laosan?
There are so many people in Zhujiazhuang, it’s possible that there are people with the same name.
Gu Lianshan kept convincing himself in this way in his mind, but for some reason today, after getting up at dawn, he felt very restless in the house and wanted to go out for a walk.
But this time, he actually ended up at Doctor Gu's house.
Doctor Gu had already gotten up and was just coming out of the house carrying a urine bucket. When he saw Gu Lianshan, he greeted him familiarly.
Gu Lianshan responded, stared at Doctor Gu's door for a while, and then walked into the courtyard as if possessed by a ghost...
When he came out of Doctor Gu's house, he had a packet of abortion pills in his arms.
As soon as he came back, he told his third uncle about this.
Third Uncle couldn't understand what was going on. Since he didn't believe that Mei was pregnant, who was the medicine for?
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