Chapter 98 Brothers turn against each other
Gu Lianshan acted quickly, and soon he invited his third uncle who lived in the east of the village to come over.
Speaking of which, this third uncle is a close relative of the Gu family.
My third uncle’s surname is Gu Wancheng, and he and Grandpa Gu are brothers from the same mother.
But he doesn't interact with his brother, Mr. Gu.
Let me tell you what happened here from the beginning.
Old Master Gu, who has long passed away, had a very wealthy family in his early years and married two wives.
The first wife, Yang, died of postpartum hemorrhage. She gave birth to three daughters and a son, who was named Gu Wanshan.
Because Gu Wanshan was young at the time and there were too many children in the house, in less than half a year, Old Master Gu remarried as a second wife, Gao, the mother of my third uncle and Old Master Gu.
After Gao married into the Gu family, she gave birth to two daughters and two sons for Old Master Gu. The eldest son is Old Master Gu, named Gu Wanjin, and the youngest son is Third Uncle Gu Wancheng.
Gao was a kind-hearted person, and she treated the children left by her previous wife very well. No matter if they were daughters who had just married off or sons who had just married off, she gave them all the necessary things, including dowries, betrothal gifts, and houses.
Judging from her behavior, it’s not an exaggeration to say that she is a real mother.
Later, Old Master Gu and Mrs. Gao passed away one by one, and the daughters of the Gu family all got married, leaving their three sons to live in the village.
Among the three sons, it stands to reason that Grandpa Gu and Third Uncle, who have the same mother, should be close. However, because of the division of the family property, Grandpa Gu and his eldest brother Gu Wanshan joined forces to exclude their own brother Third Uncle, and the relationship between the two brothers became very strained.
But when Mr. Gu learned that his own father was very conservative and wanted to give most of the family property to his eldest son, he fell out with his eldest brother Gu Wanshan again.
In short, after a series of mysterious operations, Mr. Gu fell out with his two brothers one after another.
In the end, the clan members stepped in to mediate and divided the Gu family's property into three parts.
The eldest son, Gu Wanshan, was the eldest son of the original wife and took half of the family property. The second son, Mr. Gu, and the third son, Uncle San, divided the remaining half equally.
The one who suffered from this distribution was the eldest son of the original wife, Gu Wanshan. According to clan rules, the eldest son should get 70%.
But the clan gave Gu Wanshan a smaller share because his third uncle had studied for a few years in his early years and often helped the villagers write letters and deeds.
Gu Wanshan was not a bad person. He was grateful for Gao's kindness and readily agreed to this matter.
The third uncle had no objection. He was the youngest and was born to a stepmother, so it was unexpected that he could get three parts of the family property. If he was still not satisfied, he would be shameless.
But Mr. Gu was not satisfied!
He thought he was the smartest one in the family, and when he was young he studied for several years with an old student in the clan. Although he could not afford to continue his studies later, it was not his fault, but his father's and his mother's fault!
When it comes to dividing the family property, even if I can't get the same share as my eldest brother, I should at least get two more shares than my third brother.
But who would have thought that he would actually split the half of the property equally with his third brother!
This has always been something that Mr. Gu has been unable to let go of.
Since then, he no longer has any contact with the two brothers.
Even during festivals and ancestor worshipping events, Grandpa Gu didn't pay much attention to the two brothers.
Both brothers have bad tempers. Since they don't want to interact with each other, then let them not interact. Either one can survive without the other.
However, Gu Wanshan and his third uncle are both very particular people. It is the older generation's business if they don't associate with others, but they don't restrict or instigate the younger generations to associate with each other as they please.
But Mr. Gu was very unprincipled and did not allow his family members to interact with the younger generations of his two brothers.
Especially after my third uncle's wife and son passed away, he gloated over their misfortune for a while, and even restricted family members from attending funerals.
Gu Lianshan did not listen to his father. He was raised by Gao family when he was young. Under the influence of Gao family, he was very close to his eldest uncle and third uncle.
When there was a funeral in his third uncle's family, he insisted on taking his children with him to help pay the tribute.
In the years that followed, he often went there secretly to help chop wood and fetch water, and the relationship between the uncle and nephew was very close.
This time, his nephew asked him to come and be a witness, and the third uncle agreed without hesitation.
Along the way, Gu Lianshan had explained everything to his uncle, telling him the whole story.
Third Uncle was a mild-tempered man. He frowned as he heard this, and anger and worry flashed in his eyes.
He had said at the beginning that Zhang was not a good match, but his second brother and sister-in-law were short-sighted. When they heard that Zhang did not want a betrothal gift, they immediately asked a matchmaker to arrange the marriage.
And there was Wei. Before she married into the Gu family, her reputation was not very good, but the Wei family was well-off and was willing to give their daughter a dowry, and the betrothal gift they asked for was extremely low.
When my second brother and sister-in-law found out about this, they hired the girl back without thinking twice!
Look, now both daughters-in-law have become thieves!
One of them is the eldest son and his wife! This is so frustrating!
The third uncle sighed repeatedly, but he did not say a word against the two elders of the Gu family. He just kept comforting his nephew: "Divorce your wife, and your house will be quiet in the future. It is also a good thing to divorce her while the reputation of the girls and boys has not been ruined by her..."
Gu Lianshan nodded: "You don't need to comfort your nephew, your nephew is not sad at all. These years, your nephew has been both a father and a mother, and he still has to clean up the mess for her Zhang family. Your nephew has had enough.
She had thought before that even if she took the silver, it would not be much, at most ten taels. Besides, it would not be good for the reputation of girls and boys to have a divorced mother, so she endured it.
Unexpectedly, she became even more aggressive and even brought Wei to steal the girl's silver. Together, they stole more than thirty taels! This is like inviting a wolf into the house!
Now she brought the two children from the Lin family back without saying a word. As soon as they came back, they broke into my daughter's house and occupied her room. I can't stand her any longer!"
"Yes, we can't tolerate her anymore!" The third uncle strongly supported his nephew's decision.
Not long after, the uncle and nephew entered the yard one after another.
He raised his eyes and took a glance. Only his daughter and Zhang's mother and son were left in the yard. Gu Lianshan was about to ask something when his daughter suddenly waved towards him and ran over, signaling him not to speak.
Gu Lianshan asked quietly: "What happened?"
Gu Tang pointed to the main hall and whispered, "Grandpa, grandma, and uncle are all in the main hall. Don't disturb them. Let my mother sign the confession first!"
After she finished speaking, she turned around and smiled and whispered to her uncle, "Hello, uncle! This time, please be a witness. The writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone are all ready. They are all in the west wing."
When he saw Gu Tang, Third Uncle knew that she was the young lady in his nephew's house who could earn money. His brows relaxed and he nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay, Third Uncle will be a witness today."
Gu Tang tugged at her father's sleeve and asked her father to take Third Uncle to the west wing first, while she went to call Zhang and her son who were still in "deep mother-son affection".
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