Gu Laoqi's throat with a mouthful of old blood.
It made Sweetie chuckle.
"Mom, I miss my fourth brother."
Tianbao, who was full of food, touched his round belly and narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about his fourth brother who went out to study. Now that he is calculating, he is afraid that he will take the imperial examination.
Tianbao's words made everyone feel depressed. The fourth child is going to take the exam this year and is still studying in the government school. There has been no news for several months.
Tianbao is worried about whether the fourth brother has enough money to spend and whether there is someone to take care of him. Although he is traveling with someone, there are still many inconveniences.
Mrs. Gu poked Mr. Gu. Not only did her daughter think about it, but she also thought about it.
"Why don't we go to Fucheng in a few days?"
It takes about one day to get to Fucheng from Fenglai County. We should go by carriage. If we go by ox cart, it may take two days.
Mrs. Gu's suggestion made the Gu family feel nervous.
Going to Fucheng?
They want to go too.
"You can't all go." There were too many women and children, and they were too conspicuous on the road.
Mr. Gu rejected the suggestion that they all go. What he thought was that if it didn't work out, the old couple would go with Tianbao. They would be less conspicuous, and they would have someone to take care of them at home.
But Tianbao felt that if he wanted to go, he should go together. It's not like he couldn't afford the travel expenses.
Didn't you see the disappointed looks in the sister-in-law's eyes?
"Dad, let's all go."
She suggested to Mr. Gu in a sweet voice. After all, going to Fucheng was not something you could just do. She had to arrange the long-term workers first and take advantage of the spring plowing time to plant the crops and see Zhuangzi. Is there a well? If not, one needs to be drilled.
Hey, thinking about it this way, she has such a heavy responsibility.
Mr. Gu didn't get hot-headed and agreed readily this time. Instead, he turned to look at Tianbao who was leaning on the chair and touching his belly.
"Then tell me why?"
"It's safer if we all go. My eldest brother has to be in the county on weekdays. Even if he leaves his sisters-in-law at home, no one will take care of them. It's better to take them all with him and hire a few more cars. If you're still worried, then Just go to Yahang and hire a few guards to protect us all the way."
On weekdays, the farthest we go is the county seat, and my sister-in-law hasn't been back to her parents' home for a long time. This time I set off to Fucheng, which is just the right time to arrange for Xiaoyi and the others to enter a private school. After returning from Fucheng, it would be very convenient to throw him directly into a private school.
Mr. Gu nodded with satisfaction. What Tianbao said was reasonable and well-founded, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it, so he just followed Tianbao's words.
The children cheered.
"You must remember that when you go to Fucheng, your little aunt fought for it for you. Remember to respect your little aunt."
The words that you had not heard for a long time came out skillfully from Mr. Gu's mouth again, and Mrs. Gu on the side followed her seriously. nodded.
Hey. Why are parents so cute?
Love giving and repaying are complementary to each other. If you give, you will be rewarded. It is unrealistic to just ask for it.
Before going to Fucheng, he first bought Zhuangzi, which became the top priority in Mr. Gu's mind.
Mr. Gu went to bed early at night and got up at dawn the next day and walked to Zheng's house.
At this time, Li Zheng had just stood up, washed his face and rinsed his mouth, when he heard a knock on the door.
The upright wife came out of the kitchen and opened the door while wiping her hands.
When I opened the door, I realized it was the old man of the Gu family.
"Sister-in-law, I'm here to bother you early in the morning."
"It's Mr. Gu, come in quickly." Li Zheng's wife turned sideways and let Mr. Gu in, and then closed the door. Mr. Gu walked into the main room with ease. He was sitting at the dining table, and his daughter-in-law was serving food.
"Brother, come over and have something to eat together?" Li Zheng just poured himself a sip of wine, and before he drank it, he asked Mr. Gu to have some with him.
Mr. Gu waved his hand: "Brother, you can drink it later. If it doesn't work for a while, we will go to that store and have a look. If it works, I will buy it." Li Zheng was
a little surprised after hearing this. Although he was anxious when he came yesterday, But I can afford to wait for a day or two, but now I can't even wait for a moment. Could
something have happened?
Li Zheng put the wine glass aside, straightened his face, and asked, "Brother Gu is so anxious, is there something wrong?" He thought for a while and then said, "If anything happens, just ask, although I am a Li Zheng." Yes, but I won't shirk it if I can help."
Mr. Gu was moved, he just wanted to see his son!
Mr. Gu waved his hand: "It's no big deal. Isn't our fourth son studying in Fucheng? This is going to end soon. Let's go take a look first and take care of it."
Li Zheng understood that this was because his son was worried about studying abroad. .
"Okay, brother, let's go to that person's house right now. I told you that if you don't come today, I plan to go today. This family is going to move soon. If there is no problem, we will go to the house together. ."
Mr. Gu nodded and didn't bother to persuade Li Zheng to eat something.
The two of them went out together, and Li Zheng's daughter-in-law walked in with vegetables and steamed buns. When she found that Li Zheng and Mr. Gu were not in the house, she turned around and asked, "Where are your father and Uncle Gu?"
Li Zheng's daughter-in-law is an honest person. Just said: "Dad and Uncle Gu went out, what kind of village did you want to buy?"
Li Zheng's wife nodded. She knew about this because her boss said it last night.
well.
The old Gu family has become prosperous.
"Let's eat."
*
Li Zheng borrowed an ox cart, and the two of them sat on the ox cart and drove towards Zhuangzi where Li Zheng was talking about.
Zhuangzi is not far from Shitou Village, but it covers a large area. However, at a glance, there is not much fertile land, only about twenty acres, but Zhuangzi is huge.
Zhuangzi built the walls with blue bricks, with flowery rocks as steps, and the black wooden doors looked somewhat solemn.
Li Zheng looked up and said to Mr. Gu: "This is the Zhuangzi I told you."
Mr. Gu nodded. Just looking at the outside, he felt that it was good. There were very few walls built with blue bricks in the countryside.
Mr. Gu tied the bullock cart to a tree not far from the door. Li Zheng walked up the steps with his clothes and knocked on the door.
"Button, button, button."
After three sounds, someone heard someone opening the door from the inside. The face of a half-grown boy was revealed in the door, wearing coarse cloth servant clothes.
When they were sizing up the boy, the boy was also sizing up the two people in front of them.
"But Mr. Zheng in Stone Village?" The young man looked at him twice, then looked away and asked with his head lowered.
Li Zheng was a little frightened and quickly replied: "It's me."
"Then come in with me. Butler Liu is on duty today. Please wait for a while, and I will go and call Butler Liu."
The two of them . After coming in, the young man closed the door and said to himself. After saying that, he bowed and quickly turned around and ran forward.
After a while, the young man walked over steadily, followed by an old man with gray hair.
As he walked, he stroked his long beard.
"Steward Liu, I wonder how much this house can be sold for?"